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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-18
PASSING T| ] / G
One Continuous seeno Of Beauty
Through State Of West Virginia.
THE MOUNTAINSsANDl VALLEYS.
Engage tho Eye-D Description Of the
Streams and Valleys Scenes Of the,
Historic Points Of the War-Won-!
derful Timber and Coal Country.

- = 1 -
New York Tribune: II took a recent
business trip through West Virginia."
said A. l.. Curtain, of Philadelphia, al
the Gllsey House. and never have I
seen In the east scenery that surpassed
that which l Viewed there. Leaving
Cumberland We went through to Ell
kins, the western terminus Of tho rail-
road. and 1t was q continuous scene Of
beauty. As ! had come through WASH
ington 1 had followed the Potomac on
the Baltimore &. Ohio railroad from
the capital TO Cumberland. and from
Cumberland the road ran along the Po-
tomae to its source. From the mighty
river that interposed its broad bosom
between the Month and South had
seen 1t dwindle little by little to the
proportions Of O creek, then to the
mountain brook, finally to disappear
entirely as I crossed tho divide Of the
Allegheny mountains. Soon the water
ran the other way, and I knew that
whereas q moment before I had been
gazing on waters that found their eg.
ress In the Atlantic ocean through
Chesapeake Bay, now I was gazing on
the Drawing brook that formed the
headwaters Of the beautiful Mononga-
hela river. The Blackwater insepsibly
becomes the Mononga that river in
tina melting into the Ohio, which
rushes on to its destination, and is alb
sorbed and dtsap pears In the dark and
turbid waters, of the mighty Missis-
slppi. ind is borne onward to the Gulf
Of Mexico At a point in the divide we
had passed two tiny streams, one OF
which paesed through and irrigated
many OF the stntes Of the Atlantic sea-
board. This brooklet, running toward
the east. while 4 few feet beyond, run
ming toward the setting sun, was Its
tiny. laughing sister who, in Journey
ing to her destination to the Gulf would
pass through the rich Ohio river VAL
ley. andStouch the southern limits Of
the republic. Isknow. OF nothing more
impressive than a divide. AS we tray
elled westward the .Blackwatersra rapidly
swelled from babbling brook to the
whirling, swirlIng, brawllng, leaping
mass of water that Shurtles. so madly
down the western slopeSof the Alleghe-
nies and is ,endeared to the memory OF
all trout fishermen. 81.
.Erdeared no longer, alas! as the
mining OF. coal along its course has SO
poisoned Its waters as to render. them
no longer hnhitable5 for that game and
gallant fish. From Cumberland We
passed through Piedmont and that sur
rounding country, made 50 famous by
the CiYiDtwar. Rapidly We assembled
until we reached the divide. o, fewsmi
this side Of Thomas. Then we follow
ed the banks Of the Blackwater until
we passed It's famous fails, and the
stream dropped far below us, while .wo
followed on, and up on the mountains
shoulder. our right windows all but
touching the blasted rocks OF the
mountain side, our left hanging over
so steep a hin that It was almost pre-
cipIce. Far below US, through the tree
trunks. we could catch occasional
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: NEW YOEli-Flour, receipts 1885
barrels; exports 1908 barrels: market
again neglected, but manifested rather
more steadiness to-day with less pres
sure To sell .s.a5i.5 so
Corrlmeal steady.
Wheat. receipts 9s.o50 bushels: c1-
ports $3.50 bushels: spot firm: No. 2 rcd
7Sc (. o. b. nnoat; No. 2 red THO cleva-
tor: No. Northern Duluth S3Mc TO. b..
afloat: No. hard Duluth S7hc f.. o. b.
afloat; options during the flrst half OF
tho session wcre weakened by heavy
worlds shipments. local unloading and
eaaer cables; closed firm at Mc net adj
vni1ce: january &c 13-1GGp77Ac; March
7S15-16B7oAI79Hc; May rs 9.1G@
10 l1-1G379c; December n 1S-1G@77bO
THO. Z
Corn, receipts 265, 200 bushels; exports
1sao2S bushelG: spot STEADY; No.St2.
d5ho elevator and 45o ndoat.'f 4. o.. b.:
options opened easy With wheat, but
quickly rallied on tho old complaint of
poor condition Of corn ut the west, to-
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Benwood Briefs.

The striking puddlers and a represen-
tntiye Of the Wheeling Steel G. Iron
Company, met at the city hall, In an
endeavor to come to an nmicable set
Element OF their differences. The mat
ter, 1t Is said, rests wholly on recogni-
. ton OF the Amalgamated Association,
and Us the company refuses to do this,
no settlement was reached. ne
The structural iron work for the new
blacksmith shop at the Wheeling Steel
Works, has been put in place. The
work of placing the galvanized iron
will begin in n few days The old black
smith shop will be used as machine
shop In conjunction with the new tube
mill.
Morgan Westwood had one Of the
fingers OF his left hand caught between
two trucks and painfully mashed. while
At work at the Riverside yesterday
morning. A surgeon dressed the injury.
Amputation will not be necessary.
On account of the severe weather the
men who were employed clearing the
ground at the lower steel works, for the
new tube MILL. were laid OF until there
is moderation in the weather condi-
TONS
The slavs OF this place Will dance Mt
Blue Ribbon hall, December 20. A
gypsy band will be imported from Brad
dock, Pa, to furnish the melody.
The Knights of Pythias will dance at
Pabst hall New Years night. An Or
chestrn will furnish the music.
Willie Policy, sevnn-year-old boy.
Ia Ill OF typhoid fever, ut the home OF
his parents, on Main street
The Evil Eye Club will dance at Hol-
derman's hall Tomorrow evening. Pro-
fcrsor Long will play,
VIII Porterheld. Baltimore & Ohio
clerk at the Junction. Is Ill at his homo
on Main street.
Mrs.. Fannie Newton, of New Mar
tinsvllle. is tho guest OF relatives on
Main street.
Fritz Radius has resigned his position
as Labor boss at the Wheeling Steel
Works.
The employees OF the Baltimore 6 Ohio
received their monthly salaries yester-
day. ,ti
Joseph WarDock, OF Martins Ferry. is
the guest Of fela lives on Nain street
Miss Edith Emblem, of Boggs' run,
Is recovering from a serious illness.
VIII Powell resigned bis position with
the furniture firm OF Becker & Son.
A slx-yrnr-old child OF William Bo-
gard, Is seriously III OF diphtheria.
Miss Allie Mcdonald. OF tho Fourth
ward, In Ill ut her home.
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New York Mining Stocks.
miscellaneous,

crate spring demand. May ranged from
2she to 2sNc and closed q shade higher
at 23S423%c..
Provisions were dull and easy early.
heavy, hog receipts causing q general
decline In prices. Lard and pork were
offered quite freely, with TOW, takers.
Toward the close the demand improved
prices recovered somewhat. January
pork closed 1oc lower ct 40 IT,; january
lard 2hc lower at s. IS, and January
ribs unchanged at Sc 39.
Estimated receipts tuesday:
Wheat, 175 cars; corn. 776 cars; oats,
$50 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
The leading fueures ranged as followas
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higher, while generally steady. The
close was steady at net ltnchanaeti
prices to s points lower. Total sales
$4,000 bags. 4. ! !, Z RI 81
NEW YORK-The statement OF The
visible supply OF grain In store and
ailoat Saturday, December Is. as COM
piled by the New York Produce Ex-
change is as follows: Wheat, 81, Ss2, 900
.S.13s,0oo bushels: decrease, g., 900 bush.
els, Oats. $685., 900 bushels decrea Sc.
,SSS, 200 bushels. Rye, ]. 10000 bushels; !,
Increase, 5000 bushels. Barley, 3,4S2. 900
bushels; increase. 20s, 900 bushels.
L BALTIMoRE-FIlou dull; western
super 81 35G2 45;ireceipts 10 .0T9 barrels:
exports 3iS barrels. Wheat dull: spot
md December 717s @72cs receipts 2O.Sg2
bushels. Corn weak: spot, old, 423sl
43c; receipts PSI ,47G bushels. Oats firm:
No. 2 white SeGsoMc; receipts 1,ssS
bushels. Cheese steady; large l1,s@
Ike. Butter firm: creamery, 21622c.
Eggs firm at;26Q27c. llls} =
I, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES steady; family
50 1908 10: fancy, 50 20G3 60. Wheat
firm; No. red TIC. Corn firm; No. .
mixed 39c. Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed CSC.
Rye steady; No. 2, 5411ksd55c. Lard dull
at Sc so. Bulkmeats steady at Sc 500
8 60. Bacon fairly active ut 81 62IS.
Whisky firm at 81 q. Sugar easy; hard
refined 81 SoG6 IS. slt IS,
TOLEDo-Wheat dull and steady;
cash and December 76c. Corn active:
cash 3Sc. Rye SIC. Oats quiet and
steady; cash and December 2SIkc,
Cloverseed, 1899 prime Sc IS. ff1'S
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Died From Bullet wounds.

HAzLEToN, Pa. Dec. 1s.-Joseph
Bresenski. q Hungarian. died at High
land to-day, Of wounds inflicted. It Is
alleged. by. one Of his countrymen in o
shooting ARRAY which occurred as the
result OF a drunken brawl in a saloon
at Freeland last night Thomas Boyle
and William Bathcski, both Of High
land, who it is said, were implicated In
the affair. have been placed under ar
rest. Bresenski was shot through the
head and the abdomen and In his dying
statement, made to a Freelnnd priest.
accused Bathasld Of killing him and e1-
onerated Boyle. N $3.50 10 !. h. ~
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Dry Goods.

NEW YoRK-There was a moderate
attendance Of buyers to-day in the dry
goods market and spot business was
quiet In ell departments. No changes
In prices Of brown bleached or coarse
coiored cottons. Print cloths quiet but
steady. Prints In average demand ut
previous prices. Ginghams firm, but
quiet. Orders for wooden goods keep up
last weeks improvement and tone occa-
sionally Hrmer.
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McMechen Briefs

Mira. sIlvina Jones, aged seventy
eight years, died ut tho homo Of hcr aon,
Sunday night Funeral services ut the
NJ. Il. church ut o'clock this after
noon. The lnterment will be at Me-
Mcchen cemetery. ssfla gf5E ~
Jamos Gntewood. OF sherrard. was
hero visiting relatives yesterday.
Harry. Rude had hin fingers no badly
mashed Saturday. while ut work ut tho
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Broke er Arm.

Katie. the six-year-old daughter OF
Martin OBrIen. fell on the Ice on the
pavement, on Main street, near Gates
drug store. at Benwood, mt noon yester-
day. sustaining a fracture of the right
arm. The, child was removed to the
home Of her parents on McMechen street
where a surgeon attended her,
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Petroleum.

OIL CITY-credlt balances 81 o7: GER
t'flcates. no bids: shipments, 1873, $50 bar.
reis: average. 1928 barrels; runs. 1885,.
S14 barrels; average, s7,1s5 barrels.
NEW YaRK-Standard oil ssa4Gs2S,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-18

ITCHING hcmorrhoids were the
plngue Of my life. Was almost wild:
Doan's Ointment cured me quickly and
permanently. after doctors had failed"
G. f. Cornwell, Valley street, SAUCER
ties N. VI -.---.. - LL-.-. = - VI
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Four Christmas bargains.

We have In stock four slightly shop
worn high grade upright pianos. which
we have decided to offer to Christmas
buyers this week at wholesale prices.
Come in to sec them.
+. w. BANNER co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-18

MANDoLINs, Danjos and Guitnru
will DO sold this week regardless Of cost.
MI si 3, w. BAijAfI1R 90.
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Do You Appreciate tho Service OF
Your Stauorraphcrp

II so, no better excmplincation Of
the fact could ho made than TO make
her n Xmas present Of VISIBLE
WRITING DAR-LOCK TYPEWRI-
TER. Phone 1124, or call at 1893 Market
street.
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Mound City Lodge No. 49, 7. o. o. F.,
entertained their sister lodges Of Wheel
Ing and vicinity last evening, at their
hall on Tenth street. a large number
OF the other lodges were present and a
very pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
Mr., and Mrs. W. D. Chcadle left
yesterday for Cambridge, Ohio, to be
present ut the celebration Of Mr.. Chea-
defs fother's eightieth birthday.
Mrs. Mary Farrell. who has been at
Palo Alto, California, for. some limo,
will return home this week.
Miss Bessie Ewing enters West Penn
hospital, Pittsburgh, to-day. to take a
training course rs nurse.
Ex-Judge T.. p. Jacobs, Of New Mar
tinsrille. was In the city on business
yesterday.
Mrs. Jennie Clark is visiting her SIS
ter, Mrs. 2. Morgan, at Porters Falls.
Captain A. a Baker has left for Par
kersburg. toSsDend the holidays.
Mrs. L. c. Steenrod. of NelsonvIlle,
Ohio, Is visiting relatives here. ~
James R Moore. Of Pleasant Valley,
was In the city yesterday.
City Clerk c. W. Conner Is visiting
relatives in Union district
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-18

TRY It. onca used It takes the pre-
cedence Of nll othorG-Cook's Imperial
Extra Dry Champagne. It has q most
delicious boquet. 5'gE.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-18

A LAZY liver makes q lazy man.
Burdock Blood Bitters. is the natural.
never failing remedy for lazy livcr.-l
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FULL limo Of talking machincs''
from 80 upwards. Also full limo OF re-
cords. .. W. BANNER co,
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wheeling Steel Works, that anputatIo,

Wheeling Steel Works, that anputatlon
was necessary. ti5
Mrs. Henry Keller. aged eighty-seven
years. is seclously Ill at the home OF her
son. David, at the Benwood Junction.
Frank Stewart and wife are home
from Moundsvllle, where they were the
guests of Mrs. Stewards parents.
George Powell and daughter, Miss
Emma. Of Proctor, are Visiting Mrs,
Thomas Sharp, OF Gravel street
3 Charles Sturn and family are horne
from a visit with Mr. Sturn's parents,
at Glover's Gap.
Henry Novels. OF Cameron, was the
guest Of friends here yesterday.
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Lambs Gen.
orally Lower.

CHICAGO-Cattle, receipts 2l,ooO
head; market generally 10915c lower.
except handy light butchers stock and
Texans SLOW to 10c lower; good to prime
steers IS 2096 10: cows $4,000 Is: heif-
ers 81 Go04 co. bulls 81 6o9i 50; calves
81 0095 90. Hogs, receipts to-day 41,000
head: Tomorrow 5000 head; estimated
left over 5000 head market opened a
shade lower, closed weak at 6@1ec low
Ier: mixed and butchers 81 65@4 9711a;
bulk Of sales 81 1904 80. Sheep. receipts
5000 head; sheep and lambs 10@S0o
lower; good to choice wethers 50 500
A 90; native lambs "a COOS 65.
UNION STOCK YARDS,
T3j.s54. Wheeling, Dec. IA.
f Cattle-Steady: extra, 1000 to 1000,
81 25G4 so; good. 900 to 1000, So 1904 %:
800 to 900. SO 25@3 rs: 700 10 500, 81 500
3 rs; bulls, 81 50G3 90; cows. 81 6o92 50.
Hogs-Active: extra, IS S595 90; good,
81 1904 SIS: common, "a 0o9t 20.
So eoR3 90. 4 i, ~
Lambs, 81 Oo95 25.
Calves, 81 0046 rs.
Fresh cows. 10000 per head.
EAST LIBERTY-cnttle slow and
lower extra. IS 3o95 As; common Sc 500
g 20. Hogs steady: prime neavies. me-
diums and best Workers. IS COOS 05;
prime. pigs ana light Workers SO $50
5 10; roughs, 50 1904 70. Sheep lower;
choice wethers "a 90; choice lambs
IS 5o95 15. Veal calves 6;6o97; 90.
CINCINNATI-Hogs steady at 50 $50
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SOLID Sterling Silver. q
w. J. LUKENs. Ono Price Jewclcr.
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NEWYoRK-wool dull.
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.paiiy. ,tExcc2t Sunday. ssundayo only
Pullman Sleeping or Parlor Cara on al
T. c. BURKE.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent, Whssl-
f. 81 UNOERWooD. D. B. MARTIN,
:, General Manager. Mgr. PISA. Trafdo.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
The Mystery of Radium.

The substance called .radium emits
radiations resembling the X-rays with
out the application of work or energy
from external sources, and without ap-
preciable loss of weight. This seems
to be inconsistent with the law of the
conservation of energy, but the mys-
terry is explained by the calculations Of
Monsieur Becquerel, which shows that
a loss Of weight so infnitesimal that
in thousand million years it would
amount to no more than milligram
would suffice to account for the OBJ
served effects. According to this ex-
PLANTATION the emanations from radium
consist Of material particles. But
how infinitely minute must those par
ticles be!
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
Glass Dissolved In Water.

Every kind of glass at sufficiently
high temperature. says Prof. Carl
Barus. must eventually show complete
solubility in water. Under pressure
glass dissolves in water heated to 40
degrees Fahrenheit. Sea- water more
than about $50 feet beneath the surface
will remain liquid at that temperature,
and If it penetrates the earth's crust
where the temperature is equally high,
1t will, apart from the pressure, lique-
~ the silicates, or CLASSY rocks Prof.
Barus concludes that at depth Of
about five miles. silicates in contact
with water are virtually fluid. and that
the level Of aqueous fusion in the
earth is five times nearer the surface
than Is that of igneous fusion.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
AAD|
',RoGRESS

paratus is provided with means for at
taching it to the edge OF tub, and con-
nections can be made to the faucets by
means Of a rubber tube, to force hot or
cold water into the pipes. The latter
are perforated along the sides, and
screw clamps are provided by which
they can be adjusted to any desirable
angle, throwing the spray either d.
rectly on the body OF the bather, or
causing it to ascend a short distance
into the air and fall gently II the d.
rect stream is too harsh for the skin.
With this device the bather can rinse
the skin without the necessity OF refill
ing the tub with fresh water, and
shower at the proper temperature will
prove itself an agreeable feature to the
bath.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
Largest of Animals.

Mr.. Beddard. in his new book on
whales, reminds readers that although
the Imagination is apt to picture the
giant reptiles of the Jurassic and
Cretaceous periods as having exceeded
in size all modern animals, yet in fact
there is no evidence that the earth has
ever contained either on land or in
the sea, creatures exceeding the whale
in bully. The mammoth was larger than
the elephant. but the ichthyosaurus
could not match the whale for size. al
though with its terrible jaws it would
doubtless have been the whales mas
ter.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
Where Spiders Are Useful.

At recent meeting of arborcultur-
lists in France, the question was de-
bated whether spiders should. be suf-
fered to spin their webs on fruit walls
The general opinion seemed to be that
the webs were more useful than OBJ
tectionable. 1t was remarked that
they prevent the incursions of ear
wigs and similar insects. and also in
terfere with the operations Of noxious
flies whose larvae ravage leaves and
fruits.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03

this purpose, and without the machine
it is almost impossible to cut the SER
les of holes in the straight line neces-
sary to form the mortise. Isaac Schur-
man of Danvers. Mass, has designed
the tool shown in the cut to replace
the machine now in use, and the rapi-
dity with which it will perform the
work will recommend it to the prac-
tical carpenter, aside from the fact that
its cost is no more than the old ma
chine. At one side of the frame which
supports the bits is guiding plate, at
tached in such a manner that the turn
of several thumb screws will move it
toward or away from the bits. thus ad-
justing the tool for cutting the NOR
tise at the proper distance from the
edge of the timber, and as the bits are
removable from the frame the mortise
can be made Of the desired length by
taking OF one or more OF the end bits.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
A Remarkable New Zealand B,r,

A Remarkable New Zealand Bird.
The capture of fourth specimen of
the "takahe." or flighless rail Of New
Zealand, is regarded as one Of the
most important events of recent years
In ornothology. The capture was Of
fected nearly two years ago, but de-
tailed accounts of the bird have Just
reached England. The takahe Motor
mis- hochstetterD is about equal in size
to goose, but its wings are very small
and unlike all Of its relatives in other
lands, 1t cannot fly. Its breast is Of
rich blue color. and its powerful beak
u described as "a large eQuilateral
triangle Of hard pink horn" apparent
y an excellent weapon. The first
specimen of the bird was caught in
1849. the second in 1851 and the third
In 1879. The new specimen is said to
be the finest of all, and $500 has been
offered for it.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
TOOL FOR CUTTING MORrlsEs

The cutting Of mortises in timbers
for frame buildings has hitherto been
a laborious task, even with the aid Of
the boring machine in common use for
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
NEW BATH TUB ATTACHMENT.

The shower bath is luxury which is
not found in many homes. partly on
account OF the expense of the extra
space necessary for the apparatus, but
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-03
The Affairs
of Europe

are faithfully portrayed in the original and
exclusive cable dispatches which The CHI
CAGO RECORD prints daily from the leading
capitals of the old world This magnificent
special service is in process of being greatly
extended to include every important city
in the world; and it is supplemented by
the full regular cable service of The Asso-
ciated Press
The Chicago Record, alone of all American
newspapers outside New York city,
now prints original and exclusive
cable dispatches daily from
the leading capitals of Europe.