The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-04

IN tho print ihlrt waist. n
The clty's bricks and mortar.
al seasons lust the banie. Z. y !, /, a
For. sprinytime in the city. & ~ ssi
is only spring In name; II 4
/. Yrt there's gladly one sweet token.
The maiden who's encnsad-- Mn =
dream OF spring and .coioris =. n
In her print nhirt waist.
oh NiSTa he daily srSets the ross s
And through the lcnfy. tree-tops y
Tho balmy bIecEelct blowpf : (,
nut despite the heated city, V 4.
lis hurry md It's haste, s, d a
We can reyel In the maiden sS
With the print shirt waist.
Il Is passing strange that no pen has
s,ug the praises OF chewing tobacco.
The comforting pipe, the soothing cigar
!, the dainty cigarette have MI had
heir good qualities touched up IN
smooth flowing prose and verse, but
10 Oar as the deponent hath Knowledge
ne enjoyment received from masticat-
loe the weed Is unhonored and un-
uag. Some men prefer TO smoke,
o,sers to chew, and each class main
,lns It's side OF the tobacco market to
B, the better. The bigoted ,smoker says
chewing Is disgusting. an argument
which the chcwer doesn't care to meet
Ace to face. but says In return that he
an tell smoker by hls clothes, the
which the smoker also doesn't care to
deny. But the smoker has one couso-
,tlon, his falling has found favor with
NE poets, while until he gains the ear
Of The muses.. the other gentleman will
Se forced to initiate tho COW, and chew
Ms cud In silence. I. !, n &, q gf,
As a tobacco.chcwing town Wheeling
takes the top limb. It's t'Mail Pouch
|. known where men are wont to gath,
sr and enc!rcle a cuspidor. while the
fame of RED Letter" has only been SUI
rereded BY wheeling, made by the
.,ne firm. With such facilities in its
midst for turning out q great output,
< II Isn't surprising to notice a package
Of scrap" bulge from many coat
pocket In a days Journey through the
'Nall City," But halt! Is Wheeling
nall city any more7 Hardly, for the
nail Industry is largely a fond recollec-
ton, and no more than twenty nailers.
and employment now IN Greater
Wheeling, which includes Wheeling:
and all over the river towns. More ap-
pppriately designated. Wheeling is
the "stoglc and Scrap CITY, and to
quote the words OF one OF the boys at
ChlekamauGa, ut was awful lonesome
here until you sent the scrap, father,
and when the other West Vlrginians
caught sight OF my package the tears
came to their eyes. They said It looked
50 much like home" 81
Coming back TO the rag up for chew;
!,e. the mortal who uses his teeth be-
tween, meals in grinding the weed into
PULP suffers for his habit. He can dis
Euse It better than his fellow-slnner.
who has to flaunt pipe or stogle before
the eyes and nostr1ls OF a long suffering
public, but like the fish which bit too
by!agly and long he is finally rounded
70 before one whom he has sought to
deceive. II, he's careful he can work
bis jaws cautiously, and spar; for an
opening. That Is, he can pursue the.
(; peaceful tenor OF his way, splitting only
On the proper opportunity, in this way
keeping people In the dark. But there'll
come a time when the jig's up. and it
came yesterday to a young man who
sells ha5erdashery In a Market street
store. He cflews, and until yesterday
fhewed wisely. and well. So well, In,
TACT. that his best girl never was aware
Of Il, and on running :intu him on the
street. proceeded to tell him a whole
batch 0: interesting gossip. At any
other time he would have been delighted
10 listen. but 1t happened that his
mouth was full. He was Just about to
sIpec;orate when she met him. Then 1t
was all off, and he. was n prisoner,
silent disappointed, nervous and mad.
Thrice she asked him a question, and in
vain he tried to answer with nod. But
us best perhaps,t to give his own version.
When she run into me-" he explained,
! had whole COB full. I tried to
todse behind a telegraph pole for one
e'!et, sweet respite of a second,to moist
En- the pavement with pulvenzed scrap,
but she kept Standing straight in front
Of ne, firing the questions at me to
burn. knew che hated chewing, and
heard her say she bounced the other fell
nT cause he used tobacco. and that she
assp!sed Il chewer worst of oil, SO
med every way to get out OF the fix. I
Ned changing the cud from one Jaw to
saother, but that only made II worse.
iSen tried TO swallow it.and thought
10 Gle right there. She noticed me
screw my face up, and asked me what
ives the matter with me. That was
ABOUT the sixth question she'd asked.
9es.tes talking, q whole lot OF stuff, but
saw she was getting mad for not
NlIas her what caused my face to as
sumo look OF pain. Oh.iit was awful.
CONT believe ever suffered SO much
n few minutes in my life before. Here
saed been talking to me, and from the
Hts' hadn't said a word. Didn't she
ee' tired OF IL? Well, now. search ME.
A. soutse she did. wouldn't you get
Mtsd Il l wouldn't speak to you? She
Vlant DO thing finally but turn around
" her heels and start down the street.
put say, that turn was my salvation.
y was good turn she done me then,
I iSr when she turned my mouth let
scHse, and l borlbarded the bricks with
nne.cui. Oh, what q relief. And In an
S.her moment Twas ut her eide, and
sheG itnp BY telling her was Just teas
.S her In not saying word. No. I'm
sA sure she believed me. but I'll try to
* II up bettor Sunday evening. Any
'''W' I'm going to quit chewing"
An incident somewhat similar recent
" occurred at the home OF an-esteemed
SFiac, who lives In Clay district. 1t
vas also n young man. for when It
zones t. chewing the youth OF the land