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Year: 1879

The West Virginia Press Association is q


comparatively recent organization. In


fact 1t received yesterday perhaps its lar


gest accession In the way Of members. 1t
isnot strange, therefore, that 1t now holds
umeeting for the first time in our midst


1t has scarcely had an an opportunityto
doso before. For the sake of all the In
terests that attach TO such an association
wesre glad that its present meeting has
occurred just at this opportune time. It Is
not only delightful season Of the year for
such gathering, but better than that, as
the Hon. @. D. Hubbard very appropri-
ately remarked in his words Of welcome to
the editors at the Mcclure House banquet
last night, 1t is a season Of great business


activity in our midst. Had the editors


met here at the date first proposed, in


June last, they would have had in some
respects at least 4 quieter time. The great
depression Of the last few years had not
then lifted from our industries. We were
only beginning to discern family the
coming Of better times, and we did
not then expect to see at any time in the
near future the full tide OF business
activity that is now upon US. We are glad
therefore that the gentlemen of the press
have happened in our midst at q time
when they can see what Wheeling really
isasa business center, and especially at a
time when her great and unequllled nail
industry shows to so much advantage.
What they saw yesterday Of our leading
industry was very happily referred
to in the remarks Of the President of,the
Association at the banquet last night, when
he said that 1t illustrated iorcibly to his
mind what combination OF labor and


capital could do for a community. He
was correct in that observation. Il does
illustrate the power Of such q combination
most torcibly. 1t Is this eombination that
has made Wheeling what she Is, aud that,
as DR.. Logan said in his remarks, has seni
abIed her to take such respectable rank
among the business centers Of the county.
The lesson that 1t teaches win not be losj
on 80 intelligent body Of men asour Cd,
iIorial yisitors,-yiz, that 1t is the mission
Of the pres to promote a cordial
unity Of feeling between, labo,
and capital, and never TO SOW III,
seeds Of diseord between them. The
strength Of community largely depends
on the cooperation Of these two elements
and on no one influence more than intelli
gent and candid discussion on the part o
the press does the heartiness Of thislco
operation depend. Unfortunately We has,
had instances since the outbreak Of Ii,
panic where the power Of the press ha


not been exerted on the side Of this sort .
discussion, but where for partisan purpo
Year: 1879

ses and temporary advantage appeals have
been mals Ot an inCendiary character Il
q visit 70 dtfllcity alta time like this


teaches one lesson more than another "a
an intelligent newspaper man 1t is tie old
lesson in Esop's fables, knSwn al
the bundle olStiGks, whereby It was shown
that in union alone there Is strength.


We truat thatths editors will have fur.
ther time and opportunity during their
yisitto pursue their observations IN our
midst They have not begun to sec the
full extent Of our manufacturing enter.
prises We are sure that we only express
the general wishes Of oil who are engaged
in these enterprises when we invite them
rs isrGs possible to take them all IN by
personal visits during their stay. For a
long time Wheeling has been conscious Of
being greatly misunderstood by many per.
sons In the interior Of this State. Al idea
has prevailed that her prosperity has 10
some considerable extent been abs Fbed
from the balance q the State. Some oi the
papers have occasionally alluded to her
as large sponge that absorbs the money
Of the interior. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Wheeling owes as little
Of her prosperity to the territory in which
she is situated as any city in the Union.
She has absorbed her prosperity from the
country at large, and especially from the
great West, and this prosperity she has
brought into the State and shared with all
the people 0l the state, abis shown BY the
tax teturnsto the Auditors office. Its
therefore nothing more than fair thar she
should stand in the proper light before the
people Of the State, and no body Of luen
who could assemble in our midst have it
in their power to'such an extent tu put
the facts before the people as they really
exist as the intelligent gentlemen who are
our guests at this time.
Year: 1879

Tnr Wheeling Telephone Company OK.
pecs to complete their preliminary ar
angements to-day, and enter into con.
tracl for the work necessary to be done to
get their lines under way. The rates for
tie use Of the lines by business places and
private houses have not yet been definite.
ly fixed, but the disposition is to put them
atsuch reasonable figure as to induce
the largest possible number Of persons
to avail themselves OF the facilities which
the company propose to afford to the peo.
ple Of Wheeling.
Year: 1879

The minstrel performance taking it as
a whole, was fair; but it did not come
up to general expectation. There were
a few features that were unexception,
ally good, which will probably serve
to counteract the bad impression which
although contracted fora while seemed
bound to become prevalent. There
were others literally musty with age,
which should have been pruned at the
risk Of shortening the programme. In
addition to these objections is this prime
cause of complaint: The unexpected
raising of prices. People went to the
ticket office expecting to get in at the
regular rates but were surprised to
find the prices raised to ~ cents per
down stairs and so for the gallery.
Easily five hundred people left the
ticket Office without entering. Why
the management raised the price is not
known; it certainly could not have
been because of the superior excellence
of the performance for the specialities
therein enacted were barely above the
standard.
Year: 1879

We requested to call the attention Of
the Street Commissioner to the bad con-
dition of the pavement on Seventh st.
near Madison. A day or 80 ago an aged
lady was injured by stumbling here,
and has been since laid up with a
|sprained ankle.
Year: 1879

and still another went through his hair over his left ear. With four shot in his hands, Blankinship raised his gun and fired a second time and is confident he hit one, as loud oath was uttered with the firing of the charge. The robbers having dis abled the messenger and gained the battle, they ordered the driver to throw down the mail and express box, which was done and the stage then ordered on. Upon meeting the up stage, Blankinship returned to town for treatment. The express box contained several hundred dollars. Officers are out after the highway mon
Year: 1879

Senator Bayard is coming to the Demo
cratic front. II one State is as good as an
other, according to Democratic doctrine, why
is not q Senator from Delaware or Rhode
Island as good as a Senator from Colorado or


Texasy And. II Senator Bayard is a good
man, why could not Georgia give him her vote
as readily as il he were from Illinois? ibis
may not be politics, but it is common sense
Year: 1879

Benny B. is almost as sly as joey B. was
He is poor, injured dove so We let him tell
1t. He has worked up the Immaculate white.
robed business just SO far as 1t will do, and
not shut out the coored vote.
Year: 1879

Charge your mind with your duty. That
s largely the true deGnition Of faithfulness
But memory and mistakes are used as
apologies great deal oftcner than necessary
A boy beginning business life will generally
lose his place who pleads such an excuse
more than once or twice.


A successful business man says there were
two things which he learned when he was
eighteen, which were afterwards of great use
to him, namely; "Neyer to lose anything
and neYerlorget anything" An old lawyer
sent him with an important paper, with GER
tain instructions what to do with it.


"Dut," inquired tho young man, "suppose
| lose il; what shall l do then ?"


The answer was, with the utmost en-
phasis, "You must not lose it2"


"I don't mean TO-" said the young man,
"but suppose should happen to?"


"But l say you must not happen to2 l
shall make no provision for any such occur
renee. You must not lose itl'


This put new train of thought into tho
young mans mind, and he found that if he
was determined to do thing he could do it,.
He made such provision against every con-
tingency that he never lost anything. He
found this equally true about forgetting if a
certain matter of Importance was TO be re-
membered, he pinned it down on his mind,
fastened it there, and made it stay.
Year: 1879

Do not be discouraged about the
electric light. Rome was not built
ina day, and the electric is not go
ing to make the world brilliant in
one night. 1t is in its infancy.
Only a short time ago some Of the
most eminent electricians laughedat
the idea of dividing il, SO that one
circuit would furnish more than one
light. No one inventor will do the
whole work. Many patient and
skilful men are industriously work
ing out new ideas and improving on
old ones. There will be many kinds
Of electric lights and the competi-
tion will be spirited. The world
wants u cheap light which is bright
enough without being too bright,
which will burn steadily and which
will not give out the mischievos pro-
ducts Of combustion which ill every
room where gas is burned. Some
people are unreasonably clamoring
for immediate perfectionin these re-
spects. Let them clamor. Their
noise will not penetrate to the lab.
oratories Of the inventors, The Won
der is, that it has reached tho per
fection thus far attained One thing
we must urge upon everybody who
isin. the presence Of an electric light.
! Take care e your eyes. With aeon
Year: 1879

A man will go to the grocer and
buy barrel Of flour without presu-
ming to dictate to the tradesman
what kind Of wrapping paper he
shall use; but the same man will
subscribe for a newspaper in the be-
lief that his subscription fee has
bought the editor, body and soul.
Year: 1879

In the Spring Of 1877 these gen
tlemen lost their Factory by fire,
but with indomitable pluck and en-.
ergy they never ceased work, and


by the end of the season, on the
site where the old Factory stood, a
large and magnificent three story
brick factory was erected, supplied
with the most improved machinery
and is now run by steam. 5h #
Year: 1879

Your attention is respectfully
called to the subject of the above
circular. You will readily realize
the Importance of the combina-
tipns embodied in my invention,
which makes it unquestionably
the most practical, efficient and
reliable Fire Escape heretofore
introduced to the public.
Year: 1879

You will as readily realize, it
is expected, the very important
inducements hereby offered for
or speculation.


| am prepared to receive prop
ositions for the sale of my patent,
or of State rights, or to have the
Fire Escape manufactured on
and to give due consid-
Year: 1879

the country and no duty is more impor-
tant than political duty. The puny whine
of these Reformers is, that conventions and
primary meetings are packed and manipu-
lated by unprincipled men. 1t is not true
as a rule, and the exceptions are few fit
were otherwise, il would be an eternal dis
grace to the American name. The very
men who make this false charge are the
men who will not perform their political
duty like the average citizen. They are
thoroughly aristocratio in their feelings and
assume the airs of birth-born right to die
tate to " the common people" They will
not attend primaries, and therefore cannot
go to conventions as representatives of the
people. oh, no! Their lordships' broad
cloth might come in contact with the smut
of the mill or machine-shop. Then they
denounce citizens in office whom the peo-
pie know and respect and deem worthy Of
leadership, because, forsooth, such Office
holders attend primaries like other good
citizens, and are elected by their neighbors
to represent them in conventions. The
grapes will always look sour to these foxy
lordlings while free republic exists on
this continent.


The Republican party maintains its con-
troll of National affairs solely as q political
organization. 1t is justly held responsible
for its stewardship. Many of its principles
are bitterly opposed by the Democratic
party therefore, no Democrat, if he has any
manhood or principle in him, should be
willing to give countenance to the princi-
pies he so bitterly opposes by accepting
Office from a party which is doing all that
lies in its power to maintain those princi-
pies If he accepts Office he is either with
out political principles or else he comes
into our camp like n spy. In either case
he is not an honorable man, and therefore
he should be promptly expelled, as one
unfit to hold an honorable Office. What
would have been thought of General GRANT
if he bad intrusted important military
offices TO pronounced rebels during the war,
to men who denounced the war rs a crime
against the South, and who openly asserted
that they would do all in their power to
defeat the National cause? Would he not
have been condemned at once rs n traitor,
or been removed from his command rs one
insane? And is not the National suprem-
acy for which we then fought in as much
danger of overthrow now-nay, in more
danger-than it then was? If it is not, il
is high time for the Republican party tc
abandon its position upon National suprem'
acy. We believe that we are now going
through a crisis as great MS any that oc'
Cured during the war. Therefore we say


Republicans to the front and all who
are worthy to hold Office by the suffrage oI


the Republican party, to the van! "HC
"who dallies is a bastard" and any one
who would order brave soldier to thu
rear is traitor or q fool.
Year: 1879

THERE is q very lively anti-SHERMAN
bureau here in Washington, located not far
away from the Cincinnati Enquirer bureau.
Among its more or less active agents are
number of dismissed Treasury clerks who
furnish lists of questions to be propounded
to the Secretary when he goes out to Ohio
to mend his fences These questions, being
duly telegraphed to the Enquirer, are duly
propounded by Democratic agents duly dis
tributed about in the fence corners. One
result Of this method of political attack
has been to enable the Secretary to explain
why the four per cent. funds were not with
drawn from certain National banks imme-
dately ON the sale of the new loan. And
his answer is complete and satisfactory. 1t
shows that the Government is fully secured
in the amount of funds thus held by the
banks, and suffers no loss therefrom, while
the attendant drain of legal-tenders from
general circulation has been successfully
avoided
Year: 1879

1t occurs to us that the opponents of Cen |
eral GRANT, both inside and outside the
Republican party-those who contend that
he is out of the rice, and will not in any
event be n candidate for the Presidency
should be satisfied with their own conclu-
sion and relapse into respectful and con-
sistent silence. Somehow they seem to
have a suspicion that they are mistaken,
and that there is some chance for General
GRANT being found in the field next year.
To all such we would say that they should
be more trustful of their own superior
judgments in this case and not keep worry
ing themselves to death over a foregone
conclusion. General GRANT is no further
from the Presidency now under their wise
conclusions than he was when he sailed for
foreign shore and may be no nearer, ex-
cept as time brings everything in the future
nearer by its ceaseless throbbings. The
opponents of General GRANT, though he is
regarded as out of the race, have far more
anxiety about his future than his warmest
and most devoted friends. His friends have
relied solely upon the popular sentiment, and





the Presidency; will be content with the
popular determination of the question and
will support any other candidate, if nomi-
mated, with the same zeal, though not, per-
haps, with the same confidence of success.
1t is success that they desire, with tried
material which is answering in its devo-
ton to the public good and the National
unity and peace. They feel that the coun-
try cannot afford at this crisis to try any
doubtful experiments regarding National
policy or ultimate success, and for that rea-
son it has been hoped that the popular will,
when the proper time should come, would
settle this question so rs TO secure perma-
nent peace quiet and prosperity to the
common country. When this end is reached,
no matter in whose hands the helm of State
is placed, the friends of General GRANT
will have accomplished all that they desire.


We infer from the outgiyings of some of
the opponents of General GRANT that they
will not be as submissive to the result,
should their preferences be disregarded. 1t
has already been announced er cdthedrd
that some now high in position in the Gov
ernment, and who are feeding upon bread
provided by the Republican party in its
last National campaign, declare their dis
loyalty to the Republican cause should that
party decide to place the Republican stand
ard in the hands of General GRANT in 1880
This fact simply reveals the difference be-
tween Republicans who are such from prin-
ciple, and who ever stand to the Republican
crib, fodder or no fodder" and those who
pin their faith upon a high position and q
fat salary, irrespective of higher considera-
tons in political relation or as to what
may be for the general good. 1t is the dif.
ference which exists between the patriot
and the huckster in politics.
Year: 1879

WE notice that Mr.. GEORGE w. BULL,
long the Albany correspondent of the Buff
falo Commercial Advertiser, has announced
himself rs n candidate for State Senator
for that district, and we sincerely hope
that the Republicans will concur with him
in the opinion that he should be nominated
and elected. Mr.. BULL has large experi-
ence as q politician and correspondence
conversant with the interests of his district
and the State is marked for his industry
and fidelity, and for long faithful public
service is entitled to any honor his ambi-
tion may be likely to covet and the people
of Buffalo and Erie County have the power
to bestow. The announcement of Mr..
BULLS candidacy appears to be received
with q cordiality and unanimity that
promise favorable results May he succeed.
Year: 1879

Such condition of things would rather
elevate the fcathered songster that saved
Rome, we should think Why didn't the
Herald begin to fix things earlierP Then
the Republicans might possibly have been
saved the trouble of holding a convention
or at least from any responsibility except
rs TO the minor offices.
Year: 1879

PERHAPS KEARNEY was merely selfish
coward, after all. He counseled peace and
quiet in San Francisco last week, it is true,
and many of the newspapers have been in
clined to give him fair share of praise
therefor. But he knew very well that any
other course would imperil the safety of his
own worthless carcass.
Year: 1879

THE persistent attempts of the bull-doz-
ing Southern Democracy to make it appear
that the assassination of their former leader,
Captain DIXON, of Yazoo, was the result of
personal difficulty have utterly failed.
All the respectable Democratic newspapers
Of the country have repudiated that idea
with scorn.
Year: 1879

BOB INGERsoLL's reported desertion to
the Democratic party is now definitely de-
MED. In the course of his prospecting
about to find out whether there is such
place as Hades or not, it was natural that
he should have approached the confines of
the Democratic camp; but as he did so, he
pinched his nose with thumb and finger
and retreated hurriedly, exclaiming:
"Eureka!p
Year: 1879

SECRETARY SCHURz claims that the
President withdrew the troops" from the
South in 1877 because it was his consttu-
tional power so to do. There is very little
to be gained by discussing this question !;
but we feel inclined to admonish Mr..
ScHURz that he will fail to elevate the
Administration in public estimation by
this kind of special pleading, The consti-
tutional duty of the President permitted
him to order 4" the troops" South, North


East or West, as he pleased, on American
soil, and it was not their withdrawal by
him from any given section that attracted
comment or criticism. On the contrary, it
was his failure to order them in the name
of justice and in the cause Of right to sup
port the legally-elected governments of tho
Year: 1879

HAVING disposed of General GRANT by
assigning him to position on the Isthmus
canal, the New York Herald now insists that
Senator CoSKLING shall accept the nomina-
tion for Governor at the Saratoga Convention,
rs that would necessitate the nomination of
TmDEE by the Democrats, and render the


canvass one of unusual life and activity.
Year: 1879

THE widow CHISHOLM and the widow
DIXON are now jointly interested in the
execution of the laws down in Mississippi.
Far apart as their husbands were in poll
tics, these two mourners now meet on COM
mon ground, seeking justice and vengeance
at the hands of the murderers of the fathers
of their children, and seeking it in vain.
And this is one of the phases of modern
life in the chiyalrous State of Mississippi.
Year: 1879

SENATOR LAMAR is going down South in
a few days. Meanwhile, until he returns
he declines to express any opinion regard
ing the BARKsDALE-DIXoN murder, be-
cause he doesn't know anything about it,
The wisest part of discretion is oftentimes
u profundity of assumed ignorance, But
there are people hereabouts who assume
that Mr. LAMAR is afraid to express his
opinions on this subject-afraid to denounce
the murder because that would make him
unpopular at home, and afraid to justify il
because that would add to his unpopularity
elsewhere.
Year: 1879

Under the recent pension act, if de-
ceased soldier was n pensimcr Mt the
time of his death, and at the time had
two children under the age Of sixteen
years and left no widow, the tho child
rem are entitled to the arrearaees Of pen
sion under the act, If such soldier left
a widow, she is entitled TO the arrearages
and they are not IL he was not pen
sioner ut the time Of his death, neither
she nor they are entitled to q pension
and arrearages, even though he may have
been. His failure to obtain O pension for
himself bars the widow and children.


But if, before his death, he has made
an application for pension, the widow
or children, as the case may Be, aro en-
titled to the pension and arrears if bis
application IS granted. In other words,
the fact Of his death nowise Affects an
application, but carries with It the
right to enter an application. The com
miBsionef8 FAY that 1t Is impossible to
give u general decision which will cover
all cases. Almost every question raised
q. new and knotty question a8 to the
construction Of statutory law. out Of
this uncertainty there rises much mis-
conception. The claimants best plan is
TO state his or her case, and patiently
await decision, without relying impliC-
lily upon what may have, in Other cases,
been imperfectlY understood.
Year: 1879

EgetmaB Papaf,l


Two German hunters arc out for hare
shooting, but meet with very poor luck.
u wish We could catch them as they do in
the United states,' finally muttered one
of them.p


g How Is that"


The weather must be bitterly cold,
aud you must 60 in the nighttime. All
you have To 10 is to take lighted Ian.
tern and place it where you believe the
hares ard. Thunder say che harcs to
themselves where does the light come
from +? and gradually make up to inves
tfgaic the phenomenon. They sit around
the lantern in q circle and keep gazing
az the light. Pretty soon, however, the
glare nnyes their eyes water, the tears
stream down, and before they know what
they are about they are frozen fast.
Ali that The hunter has TO do Is to break
The ice around them and to put them in
his bag
Year: 1879

He came In the store and asked IL
there Was any one there who would help
a poor and honest man, which called out
general laughter and the remark that lie
had better not Let anS honest man hear
him repeat that on itnlighs cause offeHse.
Tie ready reply, that there wasno dan.
rer In chat place, earned him quarter
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