The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-04
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
They are |. coming N from the camps in the
The boys who for tho conflict marched
away; } n bi
Heroes Of the hardshlps worse than bat
And a thousand homes are glad to-day.
They are coming from the camps in the
southland
Fast as trains can speed tho journey on:
Folded are the tents, and trapptngs mar
tal,
And peace and rest wait In the homes be-
yond.
They are coming from the camps in the
southland
Back 10 homes and welcomes fond and
Joy ripples West vireln.a's hills and val
,leya,
And ycarning hearts are thrilling
through and through.
They are coming from the camps in the
southland Hp. Hr
But ah. In one home a vacant ROOM;
Ard boy sleeps In the sunny southland.
y. ".
If all turns out happily, as It does in
Laura Jean Libbey's novels, the return
of the First West Virginia regiment
will be connected with q pretty little
romance. No doubt there will be many
OF them, but n Wheeling boy who en-
listed in the Moundsville company Is
the hero In mind, while the party OF
the second part was bred In old Ken
lucky" and as handsome and sweet as
are the girls typical OF the blue grass
state. The first chapter opens without
any waste of introduction on Il railroad
train carrying big bunch Of soldiers
on to Chickamauga. In the gladstone
days of late sprfnstimc. and when the
train halted In certain town group
of young ladies pressed forward with
baskets OF fruit and flowers. which they
showered on the blue coats with brief
ceremony They were thanked by the
grateful boys, and the train pulled out
with regrets issued from the engines
escape valves. In one basket presented
by a dark-ha!red belle there reclined
a note containing her name and address,
and the recipient didn't do thing but
write to her from amid the routine OF
Chickamauga. Her reply was equally
cordial; the correspondence continued:
photographs were exchanged: the West
NirSinian secured thirty days FUR
Tough TO visit his parent" of
which was spent In entertaining and
being entertained at an old Kentucky
home. Now he has been mustered out,
or will be to-day. and before he reaches
Wheeling there must be another stop
off in Kentucky. Both are hit hard, and
who knows but the West Virginia and
Kentucky border line Will not be soon
blended In the state. OF matrimony?
There ought 10 be that kind OF a finale
to make the story end satisfactorily.
An authority predicts that the day is
not far distant when every home will
be supplied with an electric battery, just
as now the family medicine chest is
supplied with its stock Of arnlca, iodine
and the other acquisitions of n home
in which baby fingers get burned and
little boys stub their toes. Applica-
tons of electricity have proved of es-
Unable benefit 10 sufferers from rheu-
matism, sprains and bruises, and when
there is more general knowledge Of
the fascinating little battery It's benefits
will get the opportunity for further
AZ IIsl III lilSl lllell-
ton, one Is likely to be timid in run
ming the gauntlet, but there IS no need
Of hesitancy when the electric current
is properly applied. Its effect is decid
eddy pleasing and soothing TO the
nerves. and there is no sensation OF pain
whatever, the contrary being true. The
battery is sleep producer and boon
to tired nerves after the turmoil and
worry Of the day. An amateur cleo
triciaH, Prof. E. J. State. physical d.
rector of the Y. NJ. C. A, has made
many successful experiments in quickly
healing sprains and bruises. and fire.
quent!y rheunattcs Journey to the city
electric light plant for relief. But as
with everything, the secret Of success
lies in knowing how.
II was hanged in: Moundsville in the
fall OF '99" promises TO be 4 popular re-
frain in the shades OF the other world. !
for 10 and behold. every victim OF a
necktia party from the four corners OF |
the state must be transported to the |
state prison TO see his finish, II the bill |
in the legislature is made law. And |
that the Mound City shall be character |
istic Of its name and be adorned with |
many moundlets. the District OF COL |
umbi1 convicts are to spend their days |
In the same institution. and providing |
they die there. OF course their graves
will make rlpples on Moundsville real |
estate. This recent legislation Isn't |
making the citizen of Marshalrs me-
tropolis swell out with pride. for he
fails to see the honors conferred on him
and his ncighbors. To his mind the
spectacle presents itself OF the future
when perrhance he may mingle with
the maddIng crowd, and he feels that
his native pride will pale before the re-
mark Of his newlyfound acquaintance: |
Let me see. Moundsville-why, yes. |
We sent Jim Smith there TO be hung. |
Certainly I've heard OF your town. Bill
Browns neck was stretched there. too |
and Dave Jackson--oh, quite number |
from round our parts. Glad TO know |
you. sir. Must be kind O. nice to live |
in your town, sir. and see hangin' |
bout once or twice 4 week" And so on |
ad inhnltum and ad libitum. Mounds
Vile would prefer honors bordering |
more on the aesthetic.
The question Is often debated why or
binary audiences like popular music |
more than they do the classical numbers
and various reasons are assigned. 1t
was TRUE OF the audiences some years |
ago. and despite the prophecies OF the
true musician. the same condition con-
tinues and is likely 10 continue. wheth-
er or not musical critics assert that the
public is not educated up TO good music.
For the professional man, the doctor,
lawyer and the merchant. are rs easy
bats for the catchy Georgia Camp
Meeting" or Hot Tine In the Old Town
Tonight" or the many other cphemeral
ditties as the newsboy on the corner. or
the grimy-faced driver OF the coal cart
riding cheerily down the street.