The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-15
HERE AND THERE.

* Sith US CHEEKY SLOW an spark Nl'Ss .,
Folks don't know any comfort. uur ever
With hsat thaes propelled from the cellar
| 81 M below. az ~ l6r ~ n "a M. d.
An, Z furnace e dangerous: no s,eilin'
| IRA what ffHN e,ttIf Ilie tfi itit NJ. it
Like y blow w ihe household, some day
when It's hotl ii38
These iron arrangements in the ncor an
Appear bout out as cosy rs no lire At all.
No}slch contrlvanee fur me. modern ur;
Gimme lie blaze that you draw yer chair
Aiare a !; somp'ny-;o watch 1t burn. an
You sii,In' an musin' on, days long aso.
An the storm Il may break an tho night
winds moan, . .gjlr
An yer chair may DO all, but yer not there
Fur o ~ q tho nigh, an It's asrknes, an
Conc ol',fricnds an faces to tenant the
An'tIh ,,s II BRIGHTNESS an warmth o'the fire.
Luil yer heSrtaches an pains in the sweet
est O. dreams. y
No up;to-datc furnace fur this homo o.
No,hentIn' continuance o. modern Design
THIS many aryear Il has comfortcd me,
Gave n smile fur tlicTsish an n warm
An ny i i, Conscience I'd smit me, know.
That AZ The OF fireplace had seen is Be, best
As II In answer to the remarks OF a
local pulpit, WheelIng's Intellectual at.
mospherc is beginning to assert itself.
Within the past few weeks two debnt-
Ing clubs have arisen enough to attract
public attention. On account OF the
marriage OF one OF its members the ISL
and debating club has heralded through
The press. Its resolutions of indignation
at ahe forensic light who Joined the
ranks OF benedlcts, The crrinE member
VIII hold futuGe debates with his other
half perchance with her mother. Not
altogether to show the dark side has
arisen the club composed of sentle-
men OF African lineage. They ascend
the forum neither TO bubble about the
thusness OF the that, but 10 wrcstle With
questions puSzllng to the most success
ful prize rebus contestant, The prime
mover In the colorcd debating club Is
joe kinsey. the Stamm house porter.
He is a deep thinker. and doesn't need
TO be down well to be so. His knowl
edge OF debating was acquired in South
Carolina, where he scored many sue
cess. Next week the club meets for Its
first conflict. The question for debate
is whether the honor Of saving a drown
Ing person should go to the man who
rows the rcsculng boat, or the owner Of
the boat; providing that the owner of
the boat couldn't row. and that the
man who rowed had no boat. and
wouldn't have figured in the rescue un-
less the other man furnished him the
boat. As a puzzle that two men and the
boat question takes the icing But
there is no likelihood Of razors being re-
sorted to. %
There Is young man In this city who
wanted to clothe his friend, clerk In
mems furnishing store on Market
street. In an intellectual atmosphere II
printed matter of certain species
could accomplish 1t. The certain spe-
cies Is the festive medical pamphlet. and
the clerk several weeks ago commenced
to wonder why nearly every patent
medicine. firm in the country should
send him, their advertisements. There
came sure cures" for consumption.
rheumatism. catarrh, dyspepsia, and the
sundry Ills that mar Is heir TO- AS
weeks waxcd and waned and the DEL
ugc continued, The clerks eye took on a
saddcr cast, and lines of care furrowed
his brow Why should he be target
for the patent medicine fiend? He was
as sound as gold dollar, yet when he
came to consider, his mind did
threaten to give way II the mail carriers
didn't quit leaving all kinds OF medical
literature at his home, at the store. and
presenting them TO him on the street.
His folks grew suspicious. his employer
looked at him cautiously. Day after
day loads Of sure cures" were Haunted
In his face. One day there came n sam
pie bottle of remedy for fits, and the
clerk almost took one-not bottle but
a fit. His friend, practical Joker
fearing his work was going too far.
confessed that he had written to all the
medicine houses, sending the clerks
name and address, and guaranteeing a
testimonial ii the remedies effected
cure.
, Speaking of printed matter brings up
little matter Of print and the printer
y curious individual is the printer, and
II his hearing is good its wonder his
ears are not cremated. for though he has
often byhls little breaks nearly caused