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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01
4 Hymn.

Unto each n lamp Is given
To uphold Till Judgment day.
And the flame was lit In heaven r-
To illumine earth's darker way
Lamps of faith, o burn ye BRIGHTLY
Oil OF grace. o never fail,
Down deaths lonely Swallowed valley,
To the gates OF heaven prevail.
Life we live with one another.
Death we each must face alone;
Lift your lamp that through the shadows
Christ may recognize His own.
Though ye faint and. lamp eXtIlguished,
Fear TO meet His holy view;
Still press on, for high In heaven
Christ shall light your lamp anew.
Westminster Gazette.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

Love doesn't stay bllndfoldcd very
long after II gets married.
From wifchood comes woman's
dls!lluslons and sorrows: from mother
hood her hopes and ideals.
A woman may. know n good deal less
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

Commodore Melville.in The Engineer
ing Magazine for March, reviews most
instructively the naval-engineerlng les
sons drawn from the Spanish-American
war. He treats fully the service-em-
cheney OF the different types OF war YES
sells, and the general facts established
as to the design OF warship machinery
fo- crulsing-economy and response to
emergercy-demands for speed and
power. An extremely entertaining por-
ton OF his paper IS that devoted to the
auxiliaries-the distilling ships and the
naval repair ship. which was n new
feature In naval operations. Mr.. Hun
ter has an Illustrated article on the
Nicaragua canal, especially important
In Its suggestions at this juncture. Mr..
Croudace writcs well OF Railway Loca-
ton and Surveys In India" accompany-
Ing the text with many new and effec-
tive illustrations.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

The notable thing about the eminent
public men now writing for Scribner's
Magazine Is that they are skllltul and
PERTAINING writer's. as well as men OF
affairs. For. this reason the contribu-
tiors OF Senator Hoar and Governor
Roosevelt are literary productions. as
well as chronicles OF action. In fiction n
new writer. Albert White Worse. and n
new field. the Eskimas OF Greenland.
are introduced with dramatic short
story. illustrated by McCarter. Anothe,
newspaper story by Jesse Lynch VIII.
fans, tells the famous tale OF college
lark that helped to make history. Mr..
Cables love story is concluded In this
number: Robert Grant writes q
"Searchlight Letter TO n Modern Wo-
man with Social Ambition"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01
GelO RdDerHsrn1.e,n,,,.

STo 1.Sli: For sALE-I WILL SELF, -
ofthe court house. IN the eIt, =, i n9;i eoas
on Monday. the 9Th Inst. com ~, " hl,seins.
~ O'Clock z. m. 60 shares ~ WSS'ns a,
Bank OF West HirriSla stecS < National
OF Wheeling & Belmont Br,ds. :, SHARES
shares OF Carroll Club stock s'ock. :
nv, T,Hoss o'BRIey
III! - AdmIn,strn ia
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

For Sale.

will sell privately or at public aue'io0'
under authority of the circuit colf, O.
Upshur county. the Buckhannon ptH+'
with full newspaper equipment. incirahs
Cranston power press, Nandnzen case
line engine. folder, cutter, etc. The pA'H'
has been continuously published for tNea'
ty-nine years. Is Republican in points,
and Is !lrst-class business properly.
The sale will be made for $500 cash 81,
residue on credi; OF three. six. nine an
twelve months. with interest and seca'''''
G. NJ. FLEMING,
Special. Receiver. 4,
Rrcrb,nron w Va M!
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

trhc iNTELLIGENcER. embracing IT'S
several editions. is entered In the POST
Office at Wheeling. W. Va. gas second.
class matter.) 5;.f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

In fiction the March number OF Har-
per's Magazine is especially rich.
Brander Matthews contributes char
acteristic short story. ION the Steps OF
the City Hail." illustrated by W. T.
Smedley. Under the title without the
Courts" Sarah Barnwell Elliott con-
tributes vivid picture OF critical
phase OF southern life not unlike that
which she portrayed in her noted story.
AN Incident" The Rented House.
by Octave Thanet. is an extremely in
teresting psychological story OF an al
together original style. Another short
story that deserves attention is THE
Way OF the Cross by Stephen Bonsal
THE Span O. Life" by William Nc
Lehman and ]. y. McIlwralth Is con-
cluded in this number, and will shortly
be Issued In book form. Their Silver
Wedding Journey" byW. D. Howells. is
continued, and 1t is appropriately Illus
trated by ". T. Smedley.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01
HYGEIA DAIRY;

Our WHOLE Fresh AIlt is Sc p., 49,.
Skim" MIX Is &c per quart. II yon S ..
SC milk,ibuy accordingly and do xo ~ wan,
mixing. We sell Il STRAIGHT S4' 0Aa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

In the March Atlantic DR.. John Flske
brings to light class OF quaint and
entertaining curiosities of literature in
his article on Some Cranks and their
Crotchets, ranging over every field of
eccentricity from the man who thinks
he can square the circle, or that he has
discovered perpetual motion, to the in
terpreter Of the Book OF Revelation,
and prophets Of the millennium or OF i'm
morta! life on earth; and no one read
Ing DR.. Flske's entertaining pages will
wonder at his original impulse TO class
ify such writings as insane literature.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01

1t has been estimated that there are
at the lowest count 100000 American
women who are. directly interested in
some form or other OF club work. For a
long time there has been a growing de-
mand for a thorough discussion of the
interests ofAmerlcaH clubs in the pages
OF some leading periodical. That such 4
demand has existed is fully proven by
the wide favor which has greeted Club
Women and Club Work." the depart
ment conducted for Harper's Baza: By
Margaret Hamilton WEIGH. 1t is
enough to say, that in no other Journal
can so complete discussion OF this I'M
portant subject be found.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01
MARCH MAGAZINES.

I'd 10 =
The March Pail Mall Magazine ha:
an uncommonly attractive table OF con.
tents. The number opens with fine
poem by Prof Charles C. D. Roberts
entitled "Klnsmen Strong" emphasiz.
Ing the aspirations OF those who favor
a closer union between the United
States and England. Among the other
notable contents are: An article on the
life and work OF the late Puvis de Cha
vannes by Miss Marie L. Won Worst,
with portrait and examples OF his work;
THE Shlpwreck." powerful short
story OF American life,py Mrs. Gertrude
Atherton.' an article b5 Mr. Frederick
Greenwood, discussing. in its political
aspects. the Kaiser's recent jauns ia
Palestlnea and the fourth instalment O.
General Sir Hugh Coughs "Old Mem.
cries" OF the AfghanistaD campaign.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
MGLL-HANDS IN THa NORTH Ann
SOUTH COMPARED,

The difference in wages between ro
North and South has changed but Iitto
since 1890 The average paid to mali
operatives in the North was 81 50 no,
week and IS 49 in the South, to women
S. "a in the North and So II in tho
South, while children received ebout
double the amount in the North. mr.
50 76 per week. The recent reduction
in the payroll at Fall River and other
New England cities has reduced the
average so that the southern scale il
from twenty to twenty FIVE per cent
less, instead of thirty, thirty five, and
fifty per cent less. The total number
Of mill hands in the city OF Charlotte,
N. O., is 1 345, who earn weekly 81, $40.
This is an average of but s. 81 each,
Several other mills in the Oarolinas do
not average over s. IS per week, while
a company organize near Charlotte
employs ninety people with a payroll
OF $3.50 per week, although this Is
divided among thirty men and boys
and sixty women and girls. This mill
has 5000 spindlep, 100 looms, end rep.
resents an Investment of 800. 900 Is
weekly payroll is but three times the
amount Of interest on the entire invest.
ment, estimating it at six per cent
The city Of Charlotte is al illustration
of the average paid textile employees
throughout the South Mill Opera
tives in the SOUTH" by D y Allen
Wiley, in The Ohautauquan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
WORK COMMENDED.

The present Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction has been laboring in
season and out of season to impress the
public mind with the idea that the
work of public education is too great in
Importance aud the results too far
reaching for partisan politics to be
allowed consideration in this work.
This idea is taking hold upon the
public mind, and espe cjally is meeting
the approval of the teachers. Tnis will
be seen from the folio wing taken from
the Liberty Register, published in the
interest of Liberty Normal College,
Randolph county:
Hon. Charles Fl Mebaue, Superin.
tepdent Of Public instruction. is the
second man, who has not shown par
tisan politics while executing the duties
Of his Office.
THE State needs a man as Superin-
tendent of Public Schools who is broad.
minded enough, who is profound
enough, who is liberal enough in his
feelings so stand above partisan poll
tics, fear or prejudice and work for the
common good of all; tbs rich, the poor,
the high and low and all people and all
races; q man who has a heart to feel
and a mind to comprehend the need Of
education in North Carolina, and who
will lay aside party interests and
party politics and party feelings
and pull off his coat and put his shoul
der to the educational wheel. In all
the above and more too Hon. O. b.
Mebane has won for himself an envi
able reputation.
"And the Register recommends that
the people put Hon. Q. Fl. Mebane
back in Office for Superintendent Of
Public Instruc lions for the sake Of edu-
cation, for the sake of the children Of
North Carolina, and for the good Of
the State. Prove all things and hold
fast to that which is good is a very
good rule.
I'VE care nothing for the party Of
which Mr.. Mebane is q member. The
man and not the party is what we need
in this off &c."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
NEGRO CoLoNIz ALTON IMPoS
SlB1B.

The impracticability Of negro colon
izatiou ia set forth by Booker 7. Wash
ington in the November Atlantic.
Among other things he says:
The next census will most likely
show that we have about ten millions
of black people in the United States.
About eight millions of these are in the
Southern States. We have almost q
nation within a nation. The negro
population in the United States lacks
but two millions of being as large as
the whole population of Mexico. It is
nearly twice as large as the population
OF the Dominion of Canada Our black
population is equal to the combined
populations Of s Eitz9rland, Greece,
Honduras, N~icarauga, Cuba, Uruguay,
Santo Domingo, Paraguay, and Costa
RIGA. When we consider, in connec-
ton with these facts, that the race has
doubled itself since it's freedom, and is
still increasing, it hardly seems possible
for anyone to consider seriously any
SSAOA0 ~ OWA6E0NAOu LEOW AW9E4CA as
a method of solution. At mcst, ever
II the government we're to provide the
means, but a few hundred thousand
could be transported each year. The
yearly increase IN population would
more than likely overbalance the mum
Der transported. Even if it did not,
the time required to get rid Of the
negro by this method would perhaps
be fifty or seventy Ave years."
This is IA accord with The Progress
i've Farmers view that the negro is
here to stay. and that it IL useless to
talk Of colonization as a solution OF the
race problem.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
ELECTING JUDGES BY POPULAR
VOTE.

In a number Of our exchanges q
spirited discussion is in progress on
the question Of whether or not our
judges should be elected by popular
vote. A large number Of leading papers
say they should not, giving as reasons
that an elective judiciary subjects our
judicial system to all 1.-The perils and
evils OF party politics." that the men
who are to become our judges are
forced to engage in q d~isgracefut strug
gle for Office; to pay assessments to
and win the favor of party bosses, and
that the desire to keep In touch with
the machine renders an elective judi
ciary q peril to lstice. That there is
muoh truth in this strong indictment
Of our present system, We will not deny.
But the remedy proposed-that OF
electing judges by legislatures or allow
Governors to appoint them, would, in
u opinion, prove worse than our
present system. The man chosen
judge by a legislative caucus is brought
in much closer contact with party
bosses md mu &C be far more subject to
their will than the judge elected by
popular vote. In like manner, the
judge appointed by the Governor must
feel under greater obligations to the
Governors cliq lie of party bosses than
the ldge who receives his Office from
the people hemselves.
Thepresent method of electing judges
undoubtedly has its bad features, but
the evils cannot be remedied by taking
the power of election from the people
aud placing it ia the hands Of the Gov
ernor OF the party Legislative caucus.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14

explosive that can be handled with
safety by its 9 Ounce for ounce, it
ia from five to seven times more de-
structive than nitro ~glycerine. and
from forty to fifty six times more pow.
erful than the best gunpowder.
1T is safe to handle, and no other
high explosive is. 1t gives off no sick.
ening fumes. It can be fred from or
binary guns without danger of explo,
sion from conclusion. A shell full of
lyddite thrown into a regiment pro-
duces the same effect as dynamite ex,
ploded in a stream full Of 1sh-plus
blood and mangling, and the sounds of
creatures in anguish"
Lyddite shells should be classed with
poisoned arrows, which are uaed only by
b~arbariens. But "civiliz ng" England
heeds not the protest of the Beers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
ENGLAND's BARBAROUs WAR.
FARE.

England claims to be the great civil
izing nItion of the earth and English
sympathizs rs are saying that the
triumph Of E lgland in the Transvaal
means the victory Of civiliz alton and
enlightenment. It is hard to reconcile
these statements with the fact that
England's methods of warfare in the
TransvRal are horribly barbarous and
cruel. Lyddite shells are being used
and a recent London dispatch says that
q single British brigade will carry 10,
600 rounds Of these shells into the Beer
republic. The same dispatch says that
according to the estimates, a single
shell, falling into a compact body, will
kill 800 men. 1t was demonstrated in
battle Of Omdurmau, which destroyed
the army Of Khalita Abdullah, that q
large number Of Dervishes were killed
by suffocation, while hundreds OF vul-
lures and eagles fell upon the battle
field from the same cause.
A fuller discussion of lyddite is given
in the following extract from a recent
issue Of the New York World:
''Lyddite is made by treating car
bolic with nitric acid 1t is therefore
picric acid. But picric acid is 60 enor
mously explosive in its impulses as to
be incapable of use or even of safe hand
ling. In the manufacture Of lyddite,
picric acid is subjected to a secret pro
cess which renders it as safe to handle
"a ordinary gunpowder without in the
least impairing it's terrific explosive
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
TOBACCO GROWERS TO MRRT:

We invite the attention Of our to
bacco growing readers to the call Of
President Grimes TOR a meeting Of
North Carolina tobacco planters ia this
city, December III. This is a most
important meeting, and we hope that
township and county meetings will be
held at once for the purpose Of electing
delegates to this State Convention. In
the condition of our tobacco growers
there is certainly room for improve
ment, and if anyone is interested in
their welfare they themselves should
be, and should show their interest by
attending this State meeting which is
to consider ways and means Of better
ing the condition of tobacco growers
II you are a tobacco grower, make it
a point to be in Raleigh, December 9Th.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14

So much has been said about Mr..
Summerell, one of the superintendent
Of the States farms, we clip the follow.
ing from the r 0anoke News:
HE is certainly considered one OF the
best farmers in Northampton county
and q most excellent supervisor. We
have known Mr.. SummerelL for years
and could not believe that he would be
guilty of the horrible stories published
about him. We are glad for his sake,
for the sake Of the poor convicts and
for the sake Of North Carolina that be
has satisfied the board that the reports
we're greatly exaggerated"
We believe only good men saOuld be
placed in any off Sc, no Wever great or
small, and when a suitable man has
been secured and the States interest ls
being we'll served the political party or
partiZans that condemn and mallgn
him suffer more than the person or
persons misrepresented. There were
men who were possessed with all the
liberty given to MORALS By the laws oil
North Carolina who ventured too far
in the unprecedented cold OF Lass win
ter and stuff 3red from cold bite or frost
bitten feet and.legs. YES we are glad
that all the political buncombe hatcn9d
against MI. Sum nsrslI has proven OF
no avail. We rely IRE upon what
the Roanoke News has to say for him
than all the political sheets in the
State combined.-Littleton News-Re-
porter ID 9m.)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
THE
CBR AVERAGE AMERICAN Ctr
ZEN.

We have before us an every day spec
tacle OF eager sggregations OF capital
putting aside scrupies as visionary and
impractical, and hence IN American, "
in order to compass SUCCESS and at the
other side of the counter tae &C. alltd
representatives of the people, solemn
in their verbiage, but susceptible to
occult and diggraceful inf fences. The
two parties to the intercourse are dis
Greet and busioes I-like, and there Is
little risk of tangible disclosure PrRc-
tically aloot from them, except for q
few moments on election day, stands
the mass of American citizens busy
with their own money-get5ing or prob
Iem.solving, and only TOO ready to be-
lieve that their represen satlves are ad
mIrable. They pause to vote as they
pause to snatch a sand Wich at q rail-
road station Eve minutes for re-
freshmentsl" Five minutes for politi
Cal obligationsl Individually there are
thousands Of strictly honest and noble
AO0A BOO Lax IA OHO O0AVO0 UO6'
Who doubts it9 The originality and
strength of the American character is
being constantly manifested in every
field of life. But there We speak Of in
diViduals here we are concerned with
majQrities and the question OF average
morality and choice. For though we
have an aspiring and enlightened van
of citizens to point the way, you must
remember that emigration and natural
growth has given US tens OF thousands
of ignorant, prejudiced, and sometimes
unscrupulous citizens, each OF whose
votes counts one. Perhaps it is true
and here is my grain of consolation or
hope-that the average voter is so
easy-going, so long-suf sring, 80 indis
posed to find fault, so sel6shly busy
with his own affairs, so proud OF a
institutions ana himself. so afraid OF
hurting cher peoples feelings, and so
generally Indifferent as to public mat
ters, provided his own r serene, that
he chooses to wink at bribery if it be
not in plain view. and likes to deceive
himself into believing that there is
nothing wrong. The long and short OF
it seems to be that the average Ameri-
can citizen is a good fellow, and in his
capacity Of good fellow cannot afford
to be too critical and PARTICULAR
From"A Letter toe Political Optimist,"
by Robert Grant, ia Scribneris.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-14
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

The British Government has decided
to take hold Of the telephone system,
and has secured a Parliamentary vote
Of $40. 900 600 to begin the work in
London. IL already own the trunk
lines b tween the various cities OF the
kingdom and has been leasing them
hitherto to the operating company.
1t has owned and operated the entire
Geographic system of the country for
q generation.
In Germany almost the whole rail
road mileage is puOli: property. The
cost of the broad gauge railroads up
to 1892 was 90 1913 AIS 889; the gross
receipts in that year we're 1878 800 $40,
and the operating expeDses $215 ,145,-
533, The eurplus of $161 253 838 gave a
return of 6 Is per cen on the capital
invested the ordinary rate OF interest
in G srmsuy being less than three per
cent. The profits of the staterailroads
pay 40 per cent of the Prussian govern
ment.
In England and Germany and most
other civilized countries the question
of intrustiug any new function to the
public authorities is treated as one to
be decided purely on public grounds
If the general interests demand the
change, that settles it. Any corpora
ton that may happen to be in the way
simply has to stand from under.
In America we think first Of the cor
p~orations. It it occurs to somebo 1y
that it might be a good thing for the
people Of the United States to run their
own railroads or telegraph or tele
phones, as the people Of go many
foreign countries do, he is suppressed
by the reminder that those enterprises
have already been pre- empted by the
Vanderbilts, and the G 0uIds, and the
Bells.
The Journal believes that the Ameri
can people a manage their own sf
fairs az we'll as any other people in the
world, and that when they feel like
undertaking new duties for their own
benefit there is no more reason why
they should be diverted from their
purpose by the presence Of a corpora
ton in their path than it they were
G Germans, or Eaglishmen or Austria
lisns. Private railroad or telephone
projectors do not give up their enter,
prises out of consideration for the com
p9nies in possession of the field. Why
ehould the government
Public ownership of public fran
chises.
The values created by the communi-
ty should belong to the community" y
New York Journal