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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-16

A New York paper suggests that II
the war can be postponed until the Jer-
scy mosquito season opens, there will
be no need for planting the harbors
along that portion OF the Atlantic coast
with torpedocs and mines, as a means
OF defense from foreign Entertainments.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-16

"N f"S"s sh Aoas /. F. j.
Doubt not your better self-believo
The better self the true one: 5,t
TITS not the gray sky that's the sign
or heaven: It's the blue ono.
Quench not the spirits light that comes,
Tho rarely, to 'llumine
The house OF llfe-the house unfaith !
Would build tho spirits tomb In.
Let not the grosser part OF YOU,
Mere matter-make Faith faltcr
When In your heart she would uprcar
Truths high and holy altar.
Let not the senses clamor drown
Tho small voice OF tho spirit:
Heed not tho devil that bids YOU scorn
Heavens message when you hear 1t.
Doubt not your better self-all else,
Sloughcd of at least, shall perish;
Doubt not your better self. but D
Gods angel In you cherish!
o, doubt your brain when II denies
That which Is Ger most real ~
TIL eternal element In things
That perish-the ideal!
Doubt not your better self-belIeve
1t Is lIfe's very kernel
The little spark OF the divine
That tells OF the eternal!
Boston Globe.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-16

a German scientist figures out that
some cep:urles from now women viii
have boards. Everybody is grateful TO
HIN for not fixing the date this side OF
those several certuriesaILn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-16
LAST EXCURSION
To Washington and baltimore via BaIti-

Thursday. March a. Round trip So
Tickets good ten days. For full infor-
nation apply 1900 Market street or T. C.
Burke, City Passenger Agent, b. 6 o.
slulInu -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-16

tThe INTELLlGENcER, embracing It's
several editions, Is entered In tho Post
office at Wheeling. W. Va. as second.class
matter.1 l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-16
JAMES A. HENRY.

Real Estate Agent. Collector, Notart
Public and Pension Attorney. No. 1871
Main street. mrl6
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26
SCIENCE.
It is impossible to run a. an altitude

It is impossible to run az an altitude
81 1000 feet above the sea.
All the land above sea level would
not fill up more than one-thlrd Of the
Atlantic Ocean.
4 captive bee striving to escape has
been made TO record as many as 15.540
wing strokes per minute in a recent
test.
As far as calculations can decide the
Temperature Of comets is believed to
be 1000 times ~fiercer han that OF red
hot iron.
4 curious fact has been noted by
Arctic travellers snow when at g very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
An elephant is possessed Of such a
delicate sense Of smell that 1t can
scent a human being at a distance Of
a thousand yards.
It is said that the patterns on the
finger tips are not only Interchangeable
through life. but the chance OF the
finger tips Of two persons being alike
is less than Il in 81, 900, 000. 900.
The amount Of liquid ref:eshment
taken by a man of seventy years would
equal 10, 700 pints, and to hold this a
pail twelve feet high and more than
$500 times as large as al ordinary pail
would be required.
Tests Of molybdenum steel by a ST.
| Petersburg chemist show that j: re-
- -, l. -, 4,,arr4a,, l+aC1 b,+ &c znnIa
softer by annealing and harder by high
heating. It stands fire and tempering
better, showing no assures where
tungsten steel very often does.
4 new spool designed to take the
place Of the more expensive wood
spools is composed of a strip of stiff
paper coiled to form a tubular core
and extending in opposite directions
to form a fattened body portion hay'
ing retaining ears at the outer ends.
In d recently-patented bed for in
valids, the mattress IS formed of a
series Of separate compartments, which
can be inflated separately or stimuli
taneously to the desired hardness,
thus permitting the raising or lower
ing of any section to tit the patients
body.
Safety boats for pleasure or .ifer
saving purposes, are prevented from
capsizing by a number Of air recepta-
cles and cork floats arranged at each
end of the boat, the compartments be-
ing placed at such a height Is to de-
-cend below the water when the boat
tips, and throw it back to IN upright
position
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26
kn Ancient Custom.
ron, Lspujican TrdrtjGr, Arkansas city.
Kan.

From Espujtcon Trdrtjtr, Arkansas city.
Kan.
Pngrimages to some shrine Of st. Vitus
to cure the disease known as st. Yitu7'
dance arc no longer made. The modern
way Ct treating this affection is within
reach of every household, as is shown BY
the experience OF Karl A. Wagner, the
cicyen-yCar-old son Of George Wagner. OF
80 9th St, Arkansas City, Kan. The faith
r tells the story as follows:
over a year a@o,' he says. Karl was
taken with 81. Ntus' dance and continued
to grow worse during i've months he was
under q physicians care. His tongue be
calnc parulyzed and we colld not under-
stand Il word he said. He became very
thin, lost the use OF his right leg and
seemed doomed to become Il hopeless In
valid. We had about given up hope when
DR.. Williams PM Pills for Pale People
were recommended TO my wife by a lad;
whose daughter had been cured Of d siIni-
lar affection by the pills.
q bought a box Of them 1T once and soon
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26
Care iii H~idiculins Children.

There IS so great q charm III the
sportive play Of fancy and wit that
there is no danger of their being neg
lected and underva!1cd, or hat the
native talent for thc,n will remain IN
developed; our chief sollcltude must
be to keep them, wen III their widest
flights, still III subsection to duty and
benevolence. We must not allow our
selves to be betrayed into an approx
ing smile at any efTusion Of wit and
humor which are tinctured IN the
slightest degree by Miniature. \ child
will watch the expression Of u
tenance to see how far he may VEN
ture, and if he find that he has the
power to amuse us i'll spite Of our
selves, we have no longer any hold
over him from respect, and he will 60
rioting IN his sallies until he his tired,
and seek at every future opportunity
to renew his triumph.
Wit, undirected by benevolence,
generally falls into personal satire
the keencst instrument Of unkindnos.s:
it is 50 easy TO laugh at the expense Of
our friends aud neighbors-tI4y Iur-
nlsh such ready materials for OR wit,
that all the moral forces require T. ~
arrayed against the propensity, an
its earliest Indications checked. We
may s~atlrize error, but We mustalWayi
teach by example to children. not onig
IN what We say Of others before thc.H,
but III Il treatment OF themselves.
We should lever use ridicu:t towan
~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26

The smithsonian iu>,itn< 'H 4~
crivel Il 9ollcctiun which J. s..
lance 10 tine archcolo"i@t.
It Is known rs tn" >rtunl..
trihution. having been disco,
this Enrl.>hman i'll Som1l3auG. 4.
eastern coast Of -Atrica. Tie H.
.uacIl,s w.ye purchased from lLr "A ~
crrr ly II" smithsonian la~ y 'f.
TI.c.e are about fifty pieces a.tlr.
lection. mace Of sim ~ l1a}rs
ranging in SIC fro:a tn.jfct' 81
length 10 har :. fo2a, som" "o'--
several rounaTs. Ihe objects "fe
o~eI to be spear hoa~l>, Bette =
wedges. truncb"o1~. .lHi-tT~-
whatever they may 10 t'tWrJ
Tie di>coyerer had THIS ! o>fy
subject Of his md and the
where tie objects were HA'3.rt~
certain landmarks IS - te
liver. mentioned III Genesis lrd <
mink ti,1t the caruren Of IIi,". T
ver existed, may have ]" err rer.
! tIlut these very tools bad t'en
and used by Adam ard hi~ ht.I'"r
Jr- rcntiant@. - amy ra:", .s
rri.~ IL Egypt ami soma ."a'I a5
- tine ilea tI2r nav "r'. .al ?"
n thc place whore he f" Fiji
VOWED. nIuet have he.}.in tif
81, -, IN = ,ronirai lHn3
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26

the bottom and the fire is kept burning
slowly and steadily, \ pit takes two
days to burn through. Strong winds
are a great enemy 70 successful ON
huStiOn and great screens of gOrSe are
usually made. In burning. the wood
loses 10 per cent. in bulk ard SO in
weight.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26

Nan va nai. ~ mourn, tut q wil0"e-
Ds1hl.y oplIit"- It.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26

notice Il
change for
the better in
Narl'S con
dition. [
was so we'll
pleased that
[ d Q ugh
III o Q t
thorn, and
whom he had
q five
oNcs the
disease dis
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-05-26

Identified by tattoo Marks.
-opv-.,At $50. b, IN. rrsr.rr . ose~s 80. cnesns-

aSSSaHaSee GsS3sSs&a
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24

Fether BY a mysterious cord Of flesh.
and they died on the same day. leaving
their property 20 be- distributed among
the poor OF the parish, and among al
who care 10 apply FOR a dole Of bread
and cheese on Easter day. This bene-
faction has been In existence for six OF
seven centuries. and al present Us value
is about $500 a year Formerly the
doloa consisted Of bread and cheese and
ale. but the latter produced 70 much
hilarity In the village that Il was abol-
iahod. and the charity IL now limited
to the two hrst mentioned nutritlve mr.
tlclos. The bread u made up In the
form " cakes. bearing q rude repre-
sontation Of the Twin Maids Of Bid
danden. and are generally preserved as
ouriosltiea by the recipients. They are
baked very hard. aud are admirably
adapted 10 giyo work 10 dentists BY
breaking the molars by those who at
tempt 10 penetrate their mysteries. The
poor OF the parish. as distinguished
from neooesitoua Stranger. are supplied
with ordinary quartern loaves and
cheese.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24

"NH@N ~ 49, - 'NHsHHN'
a New York paper has department
In ~ evening edition headed. ITO
Spank or Not to spank" and under
that heading many wise and many
worried mothers air their views. and
seek for advice on the subject Of the
need or good Of spanking maynard
children One woman writes:
II have always believed In spanking
children who were obsircperous. but
my little daughter. Minnie. aged ?.
does not seem 10 mind, She says 10
her little brother. Harry. aged 6; oh.
come along. Harry. Mammall beat
ne. but that1l last only few minutes.
and We can do this for an hour What
can do with a child who reasons In
this fashion,"
In reply to the inqulrIng mother the
paper answers:
This letter shows that when Il ~ a
child that confronls us and not a
theory II IA well to study the child. and
not to insist too strongly upon the the
Dry n thia small damsol foars no
spanking because she ~ phllosophlc
enough n weigh ~ grief sting with
the long enjoyment Of her naughtiness.
devise some long punishment for her.
Deprive her Of hor opportunities to en-
Joy life. Keep her indoors and at some
task for = punishment
Devise Tor her some long punish
menL" Poor thlngl she'd ind long
enough one Of the punlahmenta devils
Cd for mo when | was "obatreperous"
by my Aunt Lizzie" who brought me
up and was a perfect genius for In.
venting long" and. now think, cruel
punlnhment. Pointing 10 an extra
high ehah. from which my feet could
not reach the floor. she would say.
sternly: Emily. get up In that chair
and shut your eyea and keep them
shut for ton minutes" II seems a alight
puniahment-hut Ola spanking was
fun beside II. My eyes wouldn't be
shut two minutes before Il would seem
that ten minutes aud more had passed
How the long punishment" dragged,
aud long before Il ended resolved that
II would be long. indeed. before again
gave that woman" aa I used TO men
tally call my exactlng aunt. who was
not my own aunt. but an unole'a wife.
another chance 10 10 torture me. But
Aunt Lizzie did not allow her punish.
menta TO lose their terror by too fre-
auent an infection. She had a large
and cooperating variety. and Il was
a long time between turns.
She was not really a cruel woman.
and ! was not very naughty child:
yet the puniahmenta were actually az
cruel a. II | had been wicked aprlto
and she a witch Many good.
Christian mother. In her eaEerness to
wisely correct her children. torturos
them oven M ala my puritanlcal guar
dian. ! guess a good spanking. after
all. Ia the best, and II Ia the only
punishment recommended By Holy
Writ.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24
Causes OF contaEion.

An eminent physician In the authori.
y for the statsment that boys are
much more likely to contract many
diseases than girls. and gives the rca-
yon that the youngsters play in the
krects. where they pick up all sorts
OF germs. A boy hurts his fingers. and
sticks them In his mouth. and nnayhnp
llcka them to yet better hold OF his
top or whatever he may be handling
Diphthorh and typhoid fever especial
~. he says are more likely TO be con-
tracted by boys on this account. In
addition to this. boys roam about ey-
erywhere. and are. 80 to speak. in ey-
cry kind OF mischief. A lad may con-
tract disease by picking up some
stick or article previously handled by
an infected person. He advises that
when boys come In from play they
should give their hands and faces n
thorough waahlng. not forgetting to
clean the teeth with the utmost care.
Excellent advice. no doubt. but what
an amount OF moral persuasion
would be required to get the average
boy 10 take these prooautionsl Wash
ing Is very often looked upon M n very
unnecessary operation, and a sad waste
Of tins.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24


the language OF abstract criticism does
not seem to NJ her case.
Tho sunshine Of her manner. the
warmth Of her smile. the 1.-THE grace
Of her dainty figure and the spirit OF
huoyant, beautiful youth that shines
out even through the moments Of ten-
dercst sentiment. all combine In ono OF
the most engaging stage creations with
which England has ever favored us.
Not that We admire her solely as n
sweet and womanly young person. out
OF whose violet black eyes we read the
story Of tenderness. fidelity and truth,
She has also won our sympathy and re-
spect by her beautiful and artistic
stage work, which Ia filled with 40
many evidences OF that magnetism and
susceptible temperament withoutwhich
even the most beautiful woman who
appears under the CLEAN OF the lime
light can only command the tribute Of
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24

Tho yaguenoss OF the young with "a.
spect TO the age OF their elders Is pleas.
antly illustrated by the early history M
a nohleman who once represented a
division OF Manchester In the Engllsh
parliament, His mother had a mald
who seemed TO childish eyes extremely
old. The children OF the family ionred
to know her age, but were much too
well-bred TO ask a question which they
folt would he painful; 90 they sought
10 attain the desired end by a system
OF Ingenious traps The boy CHANGED
IN a lucky hour TO fnd IN his Book OF
Useful Knowledge" the tradition that
the aloe flowers lowered only once m
a hundrcd years. Tie instantly saw his
opportunity. and, aecostlng the maid
with winning air and wheeling ac-
cent. asked inslnuaungly' Susan.
have you often seen the aloe nowerf"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24
Atmo.phsre. OF rlnns,..

DR., johnson stoneya name has Iona
been associated with a theory that ise
composition Of the atmosphere OF a
planet. ana Indeed. the question
whether Il shall have an atmosphere or
not, depends upon the size OF the plan-
ct. which determines the force OF gray.
lty at Ia surface,
II IA more particularly with n refer
enee 10 the moon that the thory has
usually been presented. Stripped OF
its scientific phraseology. Dr. stoney's
view IL that the gravltational force OF
the moon, which Is only about one.
sixth a. great no the eartha. Ia not
strong enough TO prevent the Indefinite
expansion OF such gases ~ form the
earths atmosphere. and that conse-
Quently II the moon ever had a gaseous
envelope these gaaea were probably
long ago disslpated In space. Water
yapor upon the moon would be IA tru.
ant as a gas, Hence the moon has lost
by evaporation into space. lts seas NJ
we'll az lis atmosphere. The lat.st
conclusions 20 which nr. stoney's in
vestigatlona have led him. aud which
are set forth very fully In the "Trnp.
aactlons Of the Royal Society OF Dub-
iin." are thus summed up by Nature
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24

a passing fancy without touching tho
heart or leaving behind any distinct
impression that dehes tho enyioua
tooth OF time.
Mary Mannering ia no passing fancy.
The gentle dark beauty illuminated by
ravishing smiles aud ombelllshod by
the sincerity that shines out from those
truthful and lustrous Eyes Ia not her
only endowment The impulse that
first carried her upon the stage was the
consciousness. not 20 be resisted. OF
an Unborn talent for the actors art
and during the few brief years OF her
stage career she has fully demonstrate
ed that her Instinct In this case was
not mistaken. Although Just now in
the flush OF youthful success. awaiting
the mellow art Of maturity, she has
given evidence OF those distinguishing
qualities that belong to those who are
born for the stage. The delicate touch
Of art is observed In all that she does.
and one perceiyea at once that she 10
In sympathy with the higher forms OF
feeling aud the deeper sentiments OF
tender truth that spring out OF a pure
and sensitive heart.
One OF these days, ,orsaklng those
dramas given over 10 the cheap veneer
OF modern philosophy. In which she
has been Obliged TO appear. we may
hope TO see her at her best In some OF
Shakespeare delightful herolnes. No
one can reasonably doubt her success
a. Viola. Rosalnd or Imogen, and
when experience has steadled and
broadened the talents that have al
ready been 40 fellcltously disclosed,
We may reasonably expect that she will
make the character Of Juliet her own,
and sound the deeps Of a tragic love
in no uncertain manner.
Not only does her Joyous manner in
dicato a fitness for Rosalind. but the
intensity OF her nature. only half dis
closed by the requirements Of the oon-
temporaneous drama. should respond
with picturesque sincerity to the wider
emotions experienced by Capulet's
daughter.
Thus far Chicago has enjoyed Miss
Mnnnerlng's appearance In Ave plays,
not one OF which commanded her best
talents. although In each case the grace
and beauty OF the actress proved most
allurlng and established her 70 firmly
In esteem that her brilliant future Is
anticipated with the utmost confidence.
She has appeared as Joan Mallory In
"rhe Mayilower" Daphne in THE
First Gentleman OF Europe" Sadie In
"The Late Mr.. Costello,7 Fay zuliani
IN the princess and the Butterfly"
Ane Monica I'm "rhe Tree OF Knowl-
edge" In all Of these characters, not
one OF which IL vital. Miss Mannering
has charmed us by her definite touch,
dainty manner and sympathetic read
ing. establishing herself upon o throne
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24
singing spiders.

A naturalist who has given many
years OF study 20 some Of the smaller
forms Of insect life has discovered that
certain sorts Of spiders are possessed
OF organs. for which there seems to .
no use save TO create sound. They arc
mostly used when the little creatures
are alarmed, although the opinion 10
held by some that this Is their means
OF calling 10 their mates, The alarm
idea. however, has some support IN the
case OF tho rattlesnake. which IA pro-
vlded with the means OF making its
presence known whenever an enemy
approaches. Whether the possession
Of organs for creating sound is design
cd merely as protection or warning Ia
a poiat TO which naturallats are giving
careful and enthusiastic attention.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24
HE'S rHE WHOLE THiNo.
fBarbourvllle. ~. Letter.l

Ahal uoui NAAitt N.Y. As-AA'iI
Mayor William Anderson OF Bar
bourville Il perhaps the most interest
ing man in the Blue grass common
wealth. He IS well known to 81. Louis
travelling men as Boss Anderson.
He was born at Barbourville rs years
ago and never lived anywhere else. lie
never used eyeglasses. never tasted
alcoholic stlmulnnts Ct any kind. never
smoked. chewed. or used tobacco In
any form. lie owns aud operates tho
only street car line in the town. He
Is proprietor Of the only hotel in the
city and personally meets all day and
night trains with his street car. look
ing for patrons OF the hotel. He is
leader OF the choir Of tho Christian
tFrom the only photograph he ever had
made. Taken before the war;
church and Is superintendent Of the
Sunday school. lie has been choir
leader for twonty-olght years. and has
not missed service during that time.
lie has not been absent from wtdnes-
day night prayer meeting but once In
twenty-threo years. when he. as mayor.
had to preside over a special meeting
Of the council to consider the question
OF local option. Mr. Anderson know
Lincoln. who appointed him postmas-
ter at Barbouryille. lie attended both
conventions which nominated Lin
coin. William Anderson was the first
mayor OF his native town many years
ago. and few others have held the onice.
For thlrty-seyen years he has been
trustee Of the jury fund. and not once
have his accounts been examined or
questioned. Although he is Q feet and
2 inches tall, his appearance ia graceful
and pleasing.