The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-10
HRRR AND THERE.

lt's 9 dlhrunt kind o feeling a Teller gets in
ness an all,
don't feel In the spring.
Fer a-heppy hearts the custom when the
early robins sing!
Melancholy days, they call 'em. an guess
Though the daytinie'F not 50 lonely as the
nortO' cherries night,
er .eY,ry leaf a-rusiln' ut my win
re foln. Tar beyond me. an is goin' too,
70 stay.
Qpea.eysd. fan TO dreaminl, MS listen to
leailh, sud an slow-like through the
hloanln orchard trees,
An' n ey'ry leaf a-rustlin'. nm in ev'ry
fancy there's q whisper OF seasons sad
~ tongue IS badly lackln' In the sentI-
mental phrase - a..
But ey'ry year about this time when au.
turn months begin,
feel pnrt nigh as lonesome's II had ID, no
next O. KIN. j. w.
This % the seaEon FOR next years. al
nanacs Little, II any. change can be
noted 10 their make-ups, and 1t would
seem that the almanac publishers feel
that conservatism is the best policy.
There are two distinctive almanacs,
both issued by patent medicine arms,
Ayers and Greene's. At this writing
TIE scribe's eye rests on the 5xS yellow
covered calendar and antiquated joke
collection, known 50 well to thousands
81 American homes as a yearly gift
Rom DR. j. c. Ayers. The front page
o6lainS the familiar treatise on the
moon and its ecIlpses, zodiacal signs,
ia Then follows through the other
pages something about that tired feel
ne,p testimonials from the cured, and,
az course. the calendar OF each month,
with It's chronological features, and
lot Of hierogyphlcs. known only 10 stu
dents Of astronomy. Underneath the
Calendar Is given a collection Of jokes,
calculated to drive dull care away from
the worried hreslde a farm house min
rs an almanac would be windowless
room. And theybeauty Of 1t Is that al-
MANAGES are free. AT one time they sold
for penny each, and an innocent old
lady purchased big supply one year,
because she feared that the price
might 80 up the following year.
AZ to publications there are no files
on the railroad maps donated to the
travelling ppblic. The jewel-like form
OF consistency fails to figure when the
map artist sets down to string out his
red lines, showing where and whence
his road runs. Looking at the map the
traveller would naturally conclude that
curves don't enter the roads curricu-
ium; IT'S all straight The artist has TO
note every little flag station; and put
ting, Ohio, West Virginia. or any other
state out of proportion to do 1t, is con-
dition not sin that contronts him.
There are railroad guides which put
Indlanapolls south Of Dayton, and the
sstate OF Ohio Is stretched east and west
10 4 finish, while from north to south 1t
Il considerably whitfield down to allow
fae Fad-ink surveyor full room. Many
Instances could be given Of the glaring
errors in railroad maps. and no rail-
road reaching Wheeling Is sinless In
this respect. One straight red line for
miles Is nlluring, but to the traveller
familiar with the topography OF the
country included, things are not what
they seem. The map artists central
idea Is 20 give the impression that you
wiz get good run for your money.
Ai the Eighth ward engine house yes
tefday afternoon the little group OF
ioungers on the benches had just set
tied the question as TO what disposition
ought to be msde of the Philippines,
ana turned with new interest to the
discussion of the approaching campaign
Witch was mildly referred to by mill
man, who then took a seat to rest his
tired bones and feast his intellectual
faculties. Politics struck a responsive
chord. The Republicans outnumbered
the BryanIte forces. Dovener's praises
soon grew painful to an ardent follower
az Blair, and he excltedly began to d.
late on how his. champion had out
pointed the gallant captain in their
Joint debate at GlenViiie, GllIner COuh-
a. His excitement changed to rage
when he was shown the e.rors,o Of his judg-
nent, for his friends made 1t ratherplsln
thai jackson Y. was decidedly worsted
il. his encounter with the past, present
and future congressman. However, the
"untefrifed" was also unconvinclble.
and his sulphuric rhetoric alarmed
Ritchfe's children returning from school
you've read all that in the Intelngen-
Ger, he howled. Blair done DoVener
80. / tell you" The enemy laughed.
.i,m afraid. jim" cody remarked one
OF the G. o. p, that you believe the
Register" The Democrat grew speech
less. His face grew purple. To calm
the portending storm and preserve
peace among nelghbors, your friend,
Col. Fritz" colInar, OF the Stats Eel
fung, came 10 the rescue. Gentlemen"
he enjoined. "there'd be none OF this
trouble II you'd all read the German
NAPIER" Not man in the crowd could
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