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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02
FEBRUARY WEATHER.

Weather Observer Schnepf and
Whartmaster Crockard yesterday fur
nlshed the Intellisencer with the wea-
Their and river statistics which enter in
to this papers. monthly weather state
ment. Contrary TO Mr.. schnepfs an
t!cipa;ion. February of this year was
not the month OF the coolest average
weather on record here, as February OF
1895 shows an average temperature OF
24.7 degrees, while the average for the
month just closed was 81 degrees. The
lrures fnllhM.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02
Quaker Oats breakfast Porridec.

Use double kettle, then there is no
danger OF burning.
Always use freshly-bolling water. not
water that has stood In the tea-kettle
all night.
Salt the water to taste before putting
the Rolled Oats in.
Stir one part Quaker Oats into two
parts freshly-boiling water. Be careful
to stir in slowly. SO that the porrIdge
may be kep-free from Jumps and each
grain thoroughly scalded. Boil twenty
minutes to half an hour. and IL You can
allow the time. let the porridge simmer
on the stove fo- half an hour longer. 1t
will have all the more flavor.
DO not stir at all while cooking * n
double boiler is used. Keep your kettle
covered. Milk can be used instead OF
water II preferred, or half milk and half
water. Serve hot with sugar and
cream or syrup as preferred.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02
The National Inclndnd

Trade reports say that the National
Steel Company Is also to be included in
the proposed working arrangement be-
tween the American Steel G. Wire Com
pany and the Federal Steel Company.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02

GOOD things to eat at Redeker's Gro
Gerry, conducted by the Kings Daugh-
tiers, Friday and Saturday of this week.
Telephone No. 1879.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup has saved
many a life. It Is n positive cure for
bronchitis and !nclplent consumption.
Price % cents
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02

FReIoW zero.
Fair, partly cloudy. 70 days.
Cloudy without rain. days.
Rain. . days.
Snow, 6 days.
Highest temperature. 63' on clst.
Lowest Temperature, 10 below on 10th.
Average temperature, 81.
Average temperature 1895, $3.50.
Average temperature 1895. 2i.7'.
Rainfall, 2.S6 inches.
Rainfall, 1895, 80 inches.
River closed with Ice at this port, Feb
ruary 10. Mt $3.50 n. NJ: river open at $50 a.
~. on February 20.
Total snowfall for tho month. Il Inches.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02

GO to No. 2lS7 Market street for your
Groceries. in charge of the William II.
Cooke Circle OF Kings Daughters, FRI
day and Saturday. -,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02

EAT yonr supper this evening at the
Y. Y. church,. Price SO cents. 49,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02

Is. q o. Mld-Wintcr Excursion
to Washington. d. c.. and Baltimore.
Thursday. March 2. Round trip. $40.
Tickets good ten days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02
THE RIVER.
YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES

YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.
Charleston. .KANAWHA. $50 n. m.
Pittsburgh. BEN 'HuR, . p. m.
Slstersviile.. RUTH. $3.50 p. m.
Darlington. :. LEROY. $3.50 p. m.
Sicubcnvlle..T. N. BAYNE, $50 p. m.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Pittsburgh. GREENWOOD. $50 n. m.
Cincinnati. QUEEN CITY. s n. m.
Parkersburg. u: X: BEDFORD. II a. m.
Mntamoras.. .LENINGTON. II a. m.
SlstcrsvIle.. RUTH. $3.50 p. m.
Clarington.. LEROY. $3.50 p. III.
Pittsburgh. .LORENA, 2 n. m.
Stoubcnvlllc.. T. NJ. BAYNE. 2:20 p. m.
boats LEAVING TOMORROW.
Pittsburgh. VIRGINIA. 5 a. m.
Petersburg. BEN HUR. IL n. nj.
SistorsvIlle.. RUTH. 3:30 p. m.
Clnringtor.,..LERo $3.50 y. NJ.
S,cubcnville..T. NJ. BAYNE. $50 n. m.
Along the Landing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-02
Along the landing.

The Queen City cleared Pittsburgh
last evening with fine start for Gin
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
SAVED FROM ENEMY.

I was Just 16 years old. 1t was In
the January OF 1871. The French
town in which / lived was besieged by
the Prussians. For two months the
enemy had held our little garrison
blockaded like a fox in its hole. IL
was a terrible winter. 1t showed in
~cessantly. Cold and hunger were
harder to contend with than the enemy
himself, and the fever thinned u
ranks faster than his bullets.
One day father came home, having
fought through the entire night, and,
embracing my mother, inquired for me.
My mother replied that ! was at the
military school, where he had entered
me. Just then l came in with my
drum on my back and my drumstlcKs
thrust through my shoulder belt, nap
by to be alive in spite of the misery Oh
the time, and whistling like a black
bird. My father fixed his eyes on me.
''Tell me, my son, If you have not
already learned something OF the art
of WARP"
1 felt very proud and answered;
81 believe so, my father"
In fact, / knew there was no one who
could teach me how to better handle a
drum.
LET me see how you can beat your
drum" said my father. very Wen.
Now beat for a charge"
l beat my drum so furiously that I'M
der the inspiring call l felt that |
could lead an assault on the bells OF
the cathedral tower.
We'll done!" said my father; that
is first-rate."
Then he said nothing more until my
mother had gone to her chamber,
when he drew me closer to him, and
said, gently:
Listen, my SON.; the enemy has
killed many of our men, ano, besides,
a hundred men, at least, are wounded.
The drummer of our company has two
bullets in his breast. We must have
another. In this hour everyone ought
to be willing to do his whole duty
wilt thou take his placer"
My heart filled my throat and choked
my answer / do not know that it was
from pleasure, but it certainly was not
from fear.
The day passed. That night, while
my mother slept. my father with his
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
FIRED.

gun on his shoulder, and / with my
drum on my back, set out for the camp.
Thus / became a soldier.
For one month all went smoothly.
This did not prevent me, however,
from bringing down with my fathers
gun, a brigand Prussian who showed
his head at the corner OF the woods.
I had a steadier aim than the old sol
diers even, and the man ! drew on was
a dead man.
One morning at daybreak the cap
tain, who had collected his men on
the parade ground near the old gate of
Saint Claude, called to my father, who
was drilling his men:
Sergeant Bigorne," he said, "the
enemy presses us each day more close
ly; If this continues, in eight days he
will be within our walls. This must
not be. Tonight the c~ommandant has
ordered a sortie In order to reinforce
the troops at Luneville, who hold tha
country in the enemy's rear. Your di-
vision is to be the advance guard, SER
geant. 1t is the question to pass the
enemy or die in the attempt"
$50 be it," answered my father; I'VE
will CO."
And he went. This was a dreadful
day. The enemy had been informed,
and received us with a volley of grape
shot. However, we held out firmly
until evening, so firmly that not one of
us heard the order for retreat. and
when night fell we were encircled by
the enemy, with no hope of escape. All
the same, these civic guards, shop
keepers as they were, did not know
when they were beaten, and when a
comrade fell they simply fought for
two.
OF our own section only two were
left. / counted for nothing. being so
slender that l think I must have passed
between their balls. My father had re-
ceived a saber wound in the shoulder,
but l could see him still bearing aloft
the flag above the smoke of the battle.
Our fire slackened; our ammunition
had given out; the end had come. The
word strangles me yet when | think Of
tive were forced to surrender.
Two hours later they imprisoned us
IN a farmhouse that the fires OF war
had spared. A Prussian field marshal.
followed by his chief OF staff, dis
mounted for a look at his prisoners.
His men showed in their eyes the
pleasure our capture gay them; but
their white uniforms. blackened with
powder and the marks OF bur saber
thrusts. showed the evil we had done
them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
LEGEND OF DON JUAN.
Where Byron Got the Theme for His
Most Famous Poem.


The simplest form OF the story, ac-
cording to M. Antoine Latour, who
hunted this "belle legende' to It's
source in 1856, seems to be that Don
Juan Tenorio killed the Comendador
Ulloa, whose daughter he had stolen
away. The Comendador was buried in
the chapel Of the Franciscan Convent,
into which, it was rumored, Don Juan
forced his way for the purpose of in
sulting the tomb of his victim, where
upon the effigy, descending from its
niche, seized upon the offender n
bore him body and soul to the infernal
regions; the most probable explanation
being, however. that the monks. in or
der TO check the atrocious career or
Don Juan, ehticed him within their
walls-whence he never came forth.
The idea OF the talking statue was
first utilized by Lope de Vega, b
lived near to the time OF Don Juan;
next, Arise de Molina gives the COM
plete legend in his play entitled Ell
Burlador de Sevilla; or, Ell Convidado
de Pedra" (The Mocker of Seville; or,
the Marble Guest). A century later
Antonio Zamora uses it again in a play
translated "All Debts Must be Paid"
Moliere presents 1t in l. Festin de
Pierre laying the scene in Sicily how
ever, and improving the character or
Don Juan so little that his audiences
were shocked and his play prohibited
and forgotten. His Don Juan was more
a citizen of the world than a Spaniard,
and the legend had become Familiarity
known all over Europe and fiourished
as a favorite theme for puppet shows
and pantomimes. 1t had appeared in
England in Shadwell's play, called
THE Libertine,'' and at a later day
Byron took possession of the name,
saying:
''Ill therefore take our ancient friend
Don Juan,
We all have seen him in the panto-
mime
Sent to the devil somewhat ere his
time"
But his hero is by no means a res
direction of him of the Spanish leg
end; he is only a peg on which to
hang another and no better story.
Finally Mozart and his libretist, the
Able Da Ponte, took 1t up, eliminated
some OF Its most repugnant features,
and gave us the opera of Don Gio-
vanni."-Poet Lore.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
TEMPERANCE THEIR TEST.
Long Island Girls Won't Marry Men
Who Touch Liquor.

VINO Aoucn LtquOrs
The white ribbon is the badge of a
little settlement on Long Island and
temperance rules the town. I'VE do
hereby severally and collectively agree
never to marry men who drink. They
must sign the pledge before they ask
us for cur hands" This platform has
been adopted by the girls OF the little
Long Island town of Greenport. The
men have dropped their drinking ways
and they are all eating cloves. The
saloonkeepers, seeing nothing but ruin
in sight, have appealed to the girls to
change their minds, but they declare
they will not. The girl trust for the
suppression of drunkenness was organ
lied at the home of Mrs. S. B. Horton
in First street, G%reenport. A total
abstinence society was formed and the
members announced that they had
agreed to boycott drinkers matrimon-
tally. Mrs. Cora +. Sherry, the late
secretary of the woman's work depart
ment of the w. c. T. u, made a speech
paving the way to this stand. Mrs.
Horton said that the only pledge abb
solutely required from them was that
of total abstinence. the other agree
ment being optional. The young men
of Greenport. it is said, are not es-
peeially bibulous, but more Of their
earnings go in liquor than the girl
trust thinks right. A story will be
made of the results of alcoholic mar
riages and lectures will be given show
ing the dreadful endings of homes in
which the husbands are drinking men.
Mrs. Horton declares that the men
must stop altogether, and would not
admit that they could just take a "wee
little SIP"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
THE MooNsHINER EXPLAINED.

A Georgia revenue mar had a novel
experience recently with a moonshiner
in a suspected district.
Early one morning he discovered an
old man standing near a grave in the
mountain region.
But the trouble about this grave
was that the revenue man had OBJ
served smoke issuing from the place
where the headboard should have
been.
He surprised the old man, who i'm
mediately feigned great sorrow, ex-
planning his presence there by the
statement that his brother was buried
there.
At the mention Of his brother he
feigned great grief and said he never
would get over it-it wuz sich a hard
di~spensation of Providence"
"But isn't 1t peculiar" said the rev.
enue man, that / see a stovepipe al
the head OF his grave, and smoke is
suing therefrom?"
stranger" replied the weeping
moonshiner, she died in MS sins, an
hits my opinion they're a-roastin' of
him down below. ATLANTA Constitu-
ton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
THE WINDOW S
Queer Shell That Serves as Substitute
for Glass In Manila.

SuuCE ohCi An2t serves as SuDotlLuL6
for Glass In Manila.
In Manila, where there Is an inter-
esting field open to the naturalist, the
natives have a queer substitute for
glass. 1t is a bivalve shell OF about
nine inches Of surface. SO transparent
that print can readily be seen through
1t, and admitting a mellow light in a
room where 1t is used as window
glass. The shell Is an attractive OBJ
iect, perfectly straight, and in appear
ance resembles isinglass. One could
almost imagine that it was some
skilful invention of the natives, could
not the growth rings be readily OBJ
served. The outer side Of the shell is
p~erceptibly rough, while the interior Is
perfectly glazed over, and in the light
has the pearly luster found in many
of the thin-shelled oyster-like mol
lusks of the tropics. The shell is the
placuna placentia Of science, and Is
well known in China, the common
name being the Chinese window oys-
ter. 1t is employed there also for win
dows, and used in lanterns. The Chi
nese grind up the shell and make
from 1t the silver paint so common in
their water collows. The bivalve Is
very common in the Philippines, and
forms a very good and cheap substi-
tute for glass; one that is extremely
ingenious and suggestive of the value
of shells.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
THE ANCIENT LAND OF oPHiR.
evidence That 1t Was What Il Now
Called Monomotap.. Africa.


from the Matabele Times: The
Nohomotapa region, in Rhodesia, is
the ancient land of Ophir. The gold
mines OF the ancients are now redis-
covered n the gold ingot molds re-
gently discovered in Rhodesia are iden-
'icai with the tin ingot molds used by
the ~Phoenicians in Cornwall. 1t Is
DeiieVed that the Phoenicians worked
the south African mines 1000 B. G..
scripture tells us how Hiram the
rhoenlcian king, brought enormous
quantities OF gold, ivory and slaves for
Ming solomon, and where could all
vi these have been discovered together
ana IN such large quantities as De-
scrloed in holy writ, If not in this por-
tlon OF southeast Africa? Jobs ref
erences to gold dust locate the
sources of Solomon's wealth in the
parts, and certainly neither the ivory"
nor the slaves" nor the apes of BIZ
ple history came from India, for AZ
rlca, as is well known, has ever been
credited in history as the ivory. slave
ana ape producing country. Further,
there Is considerable doubt whether
any other country, India included,
could at that period have produced the
quantity of gold mentioned in Chron-
lcles and Kings. Scattered throughout
this country are colossal ruins of for
'resses, temples of distinctly Phoeni-
cian origin, identical with the ruins
now seen in the land of the Phoeni-
clans and built by the same race as
erected ~Stonehenge on Salisbury pain
and later built the rounded towers Of
ireland. Here is the herringbone style
OF building, as in Arabia, Sardinia and
the British Isles. There, too, are the
gigantic monoliths, cloven stone and
stone circles, with affairs and sacred
Enclosures.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
Another Religious Sect.

Francis Nichols, of Minnesota, who
has organized a religious sect called
the Brethren in Christ, says that all
the human race, except the 100000 in
his sect. will be eternally lost. The
property of the communicates is
placed in a common fund, Of which
Nichols has charge. All funerals OF
members of the sect must be under
his direction, and his travelling ex-
penses are, of course, borne by the
mourners. Those who desire to keep
in the kingdom must abjure all dis
pIay in dress and all ornaments are
forbidden. The members must not
have any friends who are not in the
kingdom, and this rule is said to be
one of the most severe OF all on the
women No tie of relationship is rec
ognized, and persons in ones W fam
ily must be Stunned if they are out
side the kingdom.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
WANTED PAUL TO TELL HIM
Anxious About the State Of His Ancient
Correspondence.

Anxious About the State of His Ancient
Correspondence.
A man of the north side saw a mas
culine member of the human race tum-
bic down on the sidewalk the other
evening, hopelessly intoxicated. Dis
susted at the sight, he was about to
pass on unheedful of his neighbours
misfortune when the story OF the good
Samaritan flashed across his mind and
ne resolved for once to be charitably
helpful. He accosteG the fallen one
n assisted him to his unsteady feet.
and after much persistent interview
Ing succeeded in ascertaining the num-
Der OF his home. Thither he piloted
MS sWaying companion, and was re-
warded on the doorstep by a volley of
thanks and a uost importunate invi-
tation to enter and take a drink. mo"
responded the modern Samaritan en-
p~hatically, Il won't go in and take a
drink, and you'd better follow my ex-
ample and get to bed as quickly as
you an "All right, guess l WILL"
mutlereu the tlpsy host, drowslly. But
tell me your name, anyway. / want
to know the nam of the man who
brought me to my door," AS his elo-
quence and voice were waxing in
strength the Samaritan thought is
wisdom to comply in some way with
his associates desires, and at the same
time had no intention to reveal his
own identity. Paul is my NAME" he
answered at last in compromise, turn
ing to go down the steps. Come here,
Paul." eagerly called the other man at
once. Come back and answer the
question I've had it in my mind to
ask you for years. Paul." he contin-
ued impressively, ibid you ever get an
answer to your letters to the Ephe-
sians?"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01

There is a new rival to the channels
skin vests SO long worn by women for
extra warmth. These new vests are
of paper. Those who have worn them
them less bulky. just as
warm and less expensive than the
channels. They are SO cheap, indeed,
that they can be thrown away and a
new one purchased without troubling
the conscience of the woman with only
a moderate purse.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
worse Than New York.

Tn the first four weeks after the
onening of the electric railroad at
Cairo. Egypt, it is said that no less
than eighty persons were killed, and
since that time the weekly average
hos been seven or eight. This very
high rate of casualties is supposed to
he due in part to the imperfect sight
Of many natives in consequence OF the
ursvalent v diseases, but fully as
n,rcb 20 the fact that they are unfa-
r,iliar with such swiftly moving ve-
hicles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
why Tommy II Good.

Aunt Sophia-"And is Tommy a good
little boy at school?" Tommy-"Yes.
auntie." Aunt Sophia-"And why is
Tommy a good little boy?' Tommy
cause it's better fun to see the other
boys get a licking than to get one
yourself."-Boston Transcript.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
short Girls and M.,r,mopv.

1t Is said that short young ladies have
a better chance OF marriage than their
taller sisters. and the reason given Is
that short women make the better
wives.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01

Many a man will spend Ave times the
amount in a day for drinks and cigars
who thinks so cents for new asparagus
an extravaganza.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01

SATAN probably originated the say
ing MAN wants but little here be-
low"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01

re for the {,
~ congrea i
mboat ins.
a. plying d I,
boat was |,
ohg a promia |,
has gone ID
an impa,1 /
made exts /
nts in its M,
has ALREADY
eople in Bes |
and the an ]
hool fund
Blunt has
eacher in i
lerque, n. ",
rrn.
merry registe,
esident Of Aun
'ired at Plaas
the heart.
liade to re.exa
ehyery in Hus
some years
on in the reed
n of John He'd
six miles wex
kicked by a Id
I'd, from which
uddenly last W.
cunt Vernon.
per and moydI
able, when be
/.
ration have
multiplying COM
capital Of Sod
T. l.. Squire, D
wis.
eceiyed at Rad
death Of WiMa
le. He was On
the Hills, and
about the hOS
II was opened
ninth az RlukAz
Ing 800 gallons
n a depth Of q
region where
been hauled
be- general stor
%, at Doland,
tn OF clothing
Xix weeks that
red and small d
x-soldier. who v
Is for some tine
areeny, pried n
cell with an j
from his bed g
Deadwood has
both CongressN
and from Seral
lat negotiations
le war departH
IN for that city.
school chillrsl
(eted. showing 4
,ase Of l6O osg4
ual estimate q
lily. it gives q
{ about 1000, u
.bout 500 over 4
night clerk IN Y
,adwood. comml1
1 dose OF moT
siderable over y
b night preya1
lost at the gsn
as at Lake Gens
arried.
z occurred receu
deaf mute sc1
irues were MIS-
/ Falls and ~
nerscp Neh .
d the ceremony
one of the teael'
acted as interVs'
[r of Il state :.
m Adjt Gen .Ol'
the First scuh !
n the date o. -
-aEr
nth of this ~
K ffty-six. Of " \
Tiled in action. J. J
and thirtyone ?
mt. =,
Carr mine, on y
niles west Of ~
W York paTl1
first payment .
ash. The purs1ss
--~Spao inlIitII
a thorough ~
covered bytvoy
while out lOOSD'
yention Of the : :
association q
he following
ar; John Bree Z
Lamn. y
esldent; w. Ma
bd vice ~presldeD,'
WATERFOWL, sec..
oux Falls. ira
Huron. sega
,~fporation M ss
[cretary OF sta.'
the Milling fo os,
whose princlpa,
Fauk.cn and y
D. The ine My
and J. H;
-. lanes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01

Hypocrisy is the gift of virtue useo
In the adornment of vice.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01

,~gporaiion hass
[cretary OF stals
Milling Povu
whose principaa.
|ans.en and ..,
b The ~incerpsv'.sj
ugh and J. II, n
and James -
/ purpose Of $50
i power @ a.
he state sra, .a, N
inherit Aistss.,nsd
Ilminary ex.ilmsrl
Il Justice wo'slsb
i charge Of v'o y
az. = AZ
ntered By inc =
vcrruled. IL b
rtorney fmMs.d
srnissed 100
int.sas rhe