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'OUR FOREST TREES. " West Virginia's Enormou* W'enltli in Variety and Quuntity. t ARTICLE OF GREAT INTEREST .I, y Ha MAiwrtl-Olmattc Conditions Umt r,,Fmitll nil Effect the Hprwd ofl|wcUi. h ' !* Itoti In tit* Utthm so UlttN<1 lit lit* j" faitotjr of Ita Ttlmbl* \V ?oUt-Owc ; Nlplr *o UrgcthitiriNd Kielutvil)' (V* P??l It wottltl Supply m Population t11,000.000 ftor 1)00 Vun. Tharo are four hundred and twelve apoclM of forent tret* In North Amerl?*? a<iiini io flinno has two humlvert i number one hundred and three, or one- I fourth of all. are found In West Virgin-1 | la. The Atlantis slope has two hundred I and ninety-two species; the Pacific lope fewer than one hundred. There ? am not thirty specie? between the Rocky Mountain* and the Alleghenles which are not also found on one coast or the other. The Inference Is drawn hat wide open country, not crossed by mountains, is favorable to the uniform distribution of trees; but n rugged mountainous region Is apt to confine A certain species to a certain locality. The . mountainous eastern country In | more prolific of specie* than the moun- j talnous western country. This Is seen In a comparison between West Virginia | and the west. This state, with less than twenty-five thousand square miles of eurface, has more specie* of forest trees | than the whole raclflc coast region, with an area of more than one million square miles. Including Alaska, the | western part of British America and all the western coast of the United States, j from Mexico to the Artie Ocean. I Forest trees of any specific kind usually grow a large area, but there in I ?t?arly always some restricted locality I in which a certain species reaches Its greatest development. From this locality of greatest development, the i pedes detervlates and thins out In all directions until the borders of Its habitat are reached In slaw and appearance, I between specimens of n particular tret? j at Its highest development and at its worse sometimes so great that a person I acquainted with the tree at ono extreme would scarcely recognlxe It at the other.' Tim cmnguspin o?k i? ? <-mc w mc point. 11 reaches the Its highest development in Arkansas. und its extreme j ^degeneracy In Massachusetts ori Hit* ast and the base of the Rocky mountains on the went, reappearing again in * few localities beyond. But even tttthin tho narrow limits of West Virginia It shows remarkable change in vise anJ appearance. In some of the western portions of the state the tree la of considerable size, and as soon at the Alleghenles are crossed, going eastward. the chlnguapin degenerates i Into a mere shrub. Perfection tu \V*?t Virginia. A number of the forest trees of North America roaches their highest development In West Virginia. Few territories of similar else in the world can show the perfection of so man? species, dome of the most Important of these are. cucumber or mountain magnolia; wild black cherry and the wild red cherry near the summit of the Alleghenlep; black thorn; service tree: witch hasel; black walnut In the southwestern part of tills state; white oak along the western alope of the Aleeghenies. On the other hand there are a fine species, having their greatest development elsewhere. which reach the limit of their geographical range in West Virginia. Balsam ftr. which nourishes north of us. extends southwest into the state with only a few scattered trees along the highlands of the Allegheny*. Black spniec Is another case to the point. It la more abundant than balsam fir. but Is restricted to the highest mountain of West Virginia. Mountain ash has its southern limit 0:1 the highest mountain* of West Virginia and its northern limit in Greenland. The snowdtop Is a forest >ifi? ita northern limit in this state and Is seldom mot with, but 1* common In cultivation. The white pine reaches its southern limit In this state an an important source of lumber supply, but the tree la found further south. The difference between a tree and a I shrub are not agreed upon by all botanist*. In counting the species of trees j In this state. I have considered as tree* all that have straight, wooden stem*, with branches above the ground. SI*1' alone doe* not .??*tle the question 1 I have seen shrubs In Florida thirty fee: high. and tree* on Mouut Goddard not two fe*t high. In drawing a distinction between trees and shrubs. I have folhHtaS Prof. Charles 8. Sargent, of Harvard University. If distinction were drawn according to some other authority the number of species In W?>t Virginia might be more or fewer. There Is no well understood reason why a certain species among trees should flourish In on" locality and be absent from an adjoining area of siml Jar climate and sou. wim mo lac-uiueo provided by nature for distributing seeds. we mlcht expect a ocrtatn uncles of tree* to extend the length and breadth of continents wherever soil and climate ore suitable Yet they do not. They content themselves, like races of people. In occupying certain tracts and localities, and going no further, although there Is no visible reason why they should not do so. Why. for Instance. should the white pine appear so bountifully In certain belts crossing three or four counties of West Virginia, and be absent, or neirlv absent elsewhere? The differences In climate, Mil. elevation and ralnfnll are not so great that It should be responsible fur It Th?persimmon tree does not grow In vast forests like the white pine, but It shows a similar peculiarity and Is found In one district and Is absent from others where it seems It ought to nourish. Variation at t'llmat* and Soli. There are, however. In many case* well known reasons why certain species of trers do not spread In all directions. Trees are naturally migratory In their habits. That Is. the seeds will be scattered and the species will spread In all directions until some barrier Is reached beyond which further advance Is Impossible. The most usual barriers are high mountains, unfriendly soli, or an area preoccupied by species so vig- | olrous that they will crowd out all n-u - comers. River* ana irkcs art; not onfin i great hindrances to the spread of trees. The seeds can cross more rapidly than many migratory ant mala West Virginia's K'-ouraphy and topography offer many barrier.-* to the universal spread of species, and many advantages to <11verslty and variety. If It were a Mat plain, like Kanna*. there would be llttl" difference in climate, rainfall, elevation* exposures of the surface to differ- | ent points of the compass, and n much greater uniformity of soil than at present. The result would be that th" same kind of trees would be scattered all over, with probably n few tlom. But it l? not a plain, it baa j every elevation from two hundred and sixty feet, at Harper's Ferry, to nearly five thousand. In Pendleton county. It has two distinct cllmstos. dry and warm east of the Alleghenles under , the Influence of the Atlantic winds, and sheltered from th<- weft winds under the lee of that range; a more damp and a somew hat colder climate west ? f th?* Alleghenles und?r th?? Influence of the wlndsf rum the Pacific ocean Each climate has a marked Influence upon Its forests. Trr.-s establish themselves where best suited. The 1 le vatlons of the land has still more to do With th?- distribution of ir.-.-n Soil has more influence perhaps than either elevation and dlmst**. Exposure of surface to the points of the compass often determines what tree shall occupy a dlstrh t. Hrmlock. If It has Itm choice, win pre-empt steep hills and rocky rld^-s facing th?* north. There ute other trees which prefer southern ex posure, and others the eastern. Ho fur as objuration hsa gone, there Is no tree which prefers a western exposure. West Virginia ha* many soils, one often radically different from the other, uml each peculiarly friendly to one speHe* of trr#'*. Mm! perhaps hostile, sometlmes prohibitory* t?? another. Thus, a rich limestone snll, made up almont exclusively of disintegrating and dissolving iim?*Mt<in?' ruck, Ih perfectly adapt* ed to most trees, but Is poisonous to the grvat laurel, which cannot endure It. A large limestone always hIio\vh un open road through a laurel thlakj't. Some sj>ecles of ash tlourlsh best on dry. rocky, sterile ridges, where few other trees can find nourishment. A few species of trees which reaeli their greatest development ?n the cold country north of us. extend south into this state, but creep along the bleak suin...lu ititrli.mi iimiintuins In on der to flntl environments similar to those of their cold northern home. The service tree, sometimes called June berr>*. Is nuturully a northern species, flourishing In Labrador, but It has spread southward, and Is found In Went Virginia at moderate elevations along the outlying ridges ??f the Alleghenles. Rut a variety of It stubbornly adheres to Its stormy climate, although far from home, and will grow nowhere else. It nestles among the ledges and bowlders on the very summit of the Allegheny mountains, where there Is scarcely enough noil to support hnckleberrlcs. It attains a height of four or live feet. I speak of It as a variety of service. Thin Is only a conclusion of my own, as I have never been able t<? find In any botanical work a description which seemed to apply to it. I presume, however, that It Is well known to botanists. I have seen It only in three counties of this state. In a narrow strip not a mile wide, following the top of tho Allegheny mountains northeastwardly, from near th?* head ?>f Senaco creek In Pendleton county to the region above the Canaan valley In Tucker county. The ultltude of the mountains where It grows lit about four thousand feet. If species of trees, like species of animals, obey the laws of evolution, wc have a rare example In the service tree. The branch of the family which adapted itself to tb<- environments of a lower altitude and more fertile soil has been able to spread far away and attain great developments, but the ar? boreal cousin which refuse* to come down from the mountains, and which clings to environments as much like Labrador u possible, remains dwarfed In alxe and restricted in area of hnbltut. Barrlftt to til* Sprml af Trrci. It Is thus seen what some of the harriers to the spread of trees are In West Virginia. One kind cannot cross a high mountain; another cannot descend into the low country; Htm another is so tropical in Its tendencies, as the snow, drop, that it cannot penetrate a latitude more northern than the southern part of our state; yet another, as the mountain ash. is h? confirmed In Its habits of a cold life th$t it can enter West Virginia only by following the tops of the highest and coldest mountains. Elevation alone makes greut differences In the climates of different parts of this state. Spring Is almost a month later In Pocahontas county than in Wood. This difference Is due t? difference of altitude. The ground Is ban? of snow In Grant county in autumn a full month after snow has covered Randolph, Just across the mountain, and of but little greater altitude. This difference Im due to Randolnh's bcinc in the track of the west j winds, and Grant's being sheltered from them. All of these differences act more or less as barriers to the spread of trees, and help to produce West Virginia's heterogeneous forests. There are species of trees that are seldom checked in their spread by mountains or any other natural obstacles. They grow on mountain and plain. In valley and on rocky slope. The dogwood is one of these; and the quaking asp is still more remarkable in this respect, it has the widest geographical range of any North American tree. It Is found on the coast of the Arctic ocean, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and southward almost to the tropics. In the forests of West Virginia there are two species of buckeye; six species and one variety of maple; two species of locust, with one or two varieties: two species of wild plum; three species of wild cherry; two species of crabapple; three species of thorn; two of dogwood; two of gum. with several varieties: live of ash: two of laurel; three of elm; two of walnut: four of hickory; fourteen of oak. with several varieties; two ??f beech; thr< "I inn 11, l?U in Hum. mm push u> pln'c. One specie* of wild plum, the Chickasaw, Is not believed to be h native of West Virginia's forfeits, but was Imported and afterwards became wild. The heaviest wood of West Virginia Is red ha*v, and the lightest white ?edar. A cubic ? r tho form'eV, when thoroughly seasoned. weighs fifty-four pounds; a ruble foot or th?- latter weighs twenty pounds. For the purposes of comparison, it may be stated that a cubic foot of water weighs about sixty-two and one-half )h)ui?I><. Chinquapin la next to heaviest. The weight of a few of th" other woods rang'- as follows per ruble foot: Ironwod. fifty two; post oak. tthellbark hickory, black haw. fifty-two; Mack hickory, flowering dogwood, fifty-one; cow oak. fifty; persimmon, forty-nine; blackthorn, forty-eight; blue ash. forty-seven; Jack oak. forty-six: wild plum, forty-five; I yellow ash, forty-four; sugar maple, forty-three; dogwod. forty-two; white ash, forty-one; sour gum. forty: big laurel, thirty-nine; yellow pine, thJrtyelght; red mulberry, thirty-seven; red I birch, thirty-six; sycamore, thirty five; Indian cherry, thirty-four; mountain maple, thirty-three; pitch pine, thirtytwo; sassafras, thirty-one; cucumber, I wite basswood, twenty-seven; wafer ash, twenty-six: yellow poplar, twentysix; white walnut, twenty-five, balm of Gllead. twenty-four. Ktlruloronr I'orMll. Government experts have estimated the forota of Went Ylrglnlu at six hundred and forty million* of cord*. The counties of thin state having the smallest proportion of forest to cleared lands nn? Harrison and Jefferson; the second In proportion as a group are Monro.*, Mason. Jackson and Itoane; tin; third group consists of Preston. Monongalia. Marlon. Taylor. Harbour. I'pshur, Lewis, Doddridge. Tyler. Kit. fii'-. W i. Ohio, Hancock and Hrooke. The fourth group of counties, those of densest forests and proportionally largest uncleared ami. cm? braes th?* remainder of the state. In the llrst two counties mentioned tin* . ord wood Is estimated at from five tr? ton cords per acre. In the next group th?* estlmato Is from ten to twenty rords. In the thlrrl It Is from twenty to flfty cords, and In the fourth It Is over fl" Th?- full value of wood depnds primarily upon Its weight; secondly. MOTHER! in! Knsrlish language and the one about which the molt tender and holy recollections clatter is that of Mother?she wuu wau.ut'u our wruuer jrnm, ji vmr life of every Expectant Mother is beset El Mother's Friend soassiits Nature in the change taking Qe that the Mother id enabled to lorward without dread or gloomy foreboding* to the hour when sho experiences tho the joy of Motherhood. Its use insures safety to the lives of both Mother and Child, and she is left ! stronger after than before confinement. S?nt by Mall, r?r?lpt "f price. $| no per tv?tHe. Ilook to ' Expectant Mother* " will i>c n>all> e?l frr? on reqnc?t, to anr l?iiv. rontalninK ralliable mXormatlou and voluntary teitlnionial*. 11* Bradfltld B?ftIator < .. AtltnU, Ol. OLD BV ALL ORVMISTB. RHEUMATISM MunyonV Kheimrntlnm Cure In icuarantod to cur? Acute or unmciuUiiIn from one to five clays. Hhurp, flhoottaK palm* tu uny 4J*rl uf t! ? Mid)' stopped by '* few done* .4 prompt. cr4tnplci<> und |>ermanent euro /or tainvncnii, aorcneiw. ntlff back and ulr pain# In JilpH and loin#. Chronic rheunmtlatit. sciatica, lumbago or pain In tlm bit. arc Hp codify cured. It ??ldom fall* to Rlv? rrl'irf from one or two done*. and itimoa: Invariably cure* before one bottlo ha* been lined. l*rlco Sue. MINYON'S Improved Homoeopathic llomo Remedy Company put up a yepuruAo cure for each 0Incase. At all druhtglKt*, montly 2? cent*. (Julde to Health fre p. I'entottal letters to I'rcif. Munyon, IQOTi Arch Ktreet. rhiludidphln,. Pa., annwered with fre*? medical a* I vice for uny dlaeawe. whether or not it in ttcasoncd. una thirdly, whether it Is ruinous or nonreslnous. After segregating the resinous frora the non-n ulnourt woods, mnklnir two general clrtsaes, the vaJuo of tvro wood8 us fuel in proi>ortlonntc to their weight, provided both ure thoroughly aejfisoned. A cubic foot of yellow poplnr weighs twenty-six pounds; a en bin to*< of bl.uck hickory weighs twice us much, and in <*>mbuatlon will develop twice as much heat. The same rule will hold when one resinous la compared with another, but resinous woods a? a class when compared, weight for weight, with non-rettlnous, are capable of developing about twelve l?er cent more heat when burned. Hut, in order to get out of resbious wood all that la in It, a furnace must be con* true ted which will prevent the unburned smoke from escaping:. When pine Is burned on an open fire the blnck smoke which rises la so much good fuel going* to waste. A block of wood develops the same amount of heat, whether burned green or dry. Hut if burned green, a portion of the heat, usually about fifteen per cent. Is used In evatjoratlng the sap and water In the wood, and there appcara to be a deficiency of that much. If the people of West Virginia depemlcd entirely oai wood for fuel, there la enough in the forests now to supply a population of one million people ut least two hundred years. Great as this amount seem*. It Is but a handful to the quantity of wood stored away as coal under the Went Virginia mountain*. HO MAXWELL. SL George, W. Va.. May 7, 1S&7. inniTinvir. AUiARn? FrliM Won at lb* Urut Turn feat at St. LohU. ST. LOtTIS, May 10.?In addition* to the awards made by the 27th natioal turn feat and given out last tiight ore the following: For apparatus work nlone?First, Robert, Milwaukee: second, George Erllch, Milwaukee; third, George Vervalln. Denver. First group of athletic sports comprising jole vaulting, climbing, rope and broad Jumping?100 contests?First. Albert Graeber. Denver; second. George Vervaly, Denver; third Henry W, Hoes, New Y?>rk turnveroln. Now that the festival Is over the Turners will be given opportunity to visit scenes of Interest around St. Louis. Today they went to Jefferson barracks where there were drills by the United States troops given for their entertainment. To-morrow a trip to Merrlmar Highlands Is comtemplated. the time to be >4petit In dancing, rowing and swiminiag, _ Peculiar Doable Fatality. CHICAGO. May 10?A peculiar double fatality occurred last evening before hundreds of spectators In Lincoln Park. While boating on Lake Michigan, Matthew Roche, and his ten year old nephew. Harry Flynn, Attempted to exchange feats The boot was overturned and the boy drowned although Roche twice succeeded In putting the little fellow on top of the capsized craft. While this was going on. Albert Mattarl. who was in the crowd at the water's edge, suddenly pitched forward < a his face dead. His death la ascribed to excitement caused by Matching the struggles of the drowning boy. MaiktU Robber*. SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 10.?Two masked robl?ers at one o'clock this morning, entered the residence of Rev. Joseph Flache, the Catholic priest at Dyer. Ind., and ransacked the house. Th?' idlest and cook were awakened and seeing probable resistance the robber used an Iron bor. striking the c?jok on the h*-ad. Intlictlnn dangerous wounds. The priest attempted to shoot but his revolver fa I left to work and he wan handled. Wood hounds are on the trail. MOUNDSVILLE. A MtarHlNiiron* Hrlatipi of Minor Mat* (rri from .Miriiull'i Metropolis. Rev. ("J. W. Crimes, who spent several days In the city locking after his business Interests, returned to his home in Clarksuhll. here he closed out hi* stock In rhf fa If Creek Oil Company to other stockholders. .Mr. G. V. Hugh?, who ypent a few days In the city In th.* Interest of the new railroad, left Saturday for Wtymsburg, , where several promoters nnd capitalists fr??m New York held a meeting In the Interest of the road. The delegates from Simpson chapter of i the Bp worth league for tft.? district con- i ventlon at Chnpllne street M. K. church, fltnrted yesterday on the 1 o'clock motor, i The stockholder" of th#* M<nimlsvllle 1 Shoo Company have decided Co soil the : factory at public auction. The date has 1 nut been named. Mr. H. C. Curtis, of Kethany, was In ! town yesterday. He Is an aspirant for the clerkship at the asylum at Spencer. Quite a crowd of our Epworth < I/paguer* will attend tho mass mating at i Chapllne street M. E. church to-night. Miss Mamie Marlow. of New Mata- ' moras. Is visiting tho family of Dr. STates. on Fifth street. i Janus A. Slgafoose Is expected to return to-day from his trip to the nouth. Rev. 13. M. Spurr and family, ore mov- j Ing to the new hospital at Qlcndale. I !?? lUMMinurc ot v/inu uctmitri ?*J I . John Short*. was here yesterday. THE Weatfleld. (Ind ) News prlnl* th*? following In r?>Rar<l to an old resident of that place: "Prank McAvoy. for many year* in the employ of the 1,.. N. A. & ?'*. Railway here. says: "I have lined f haml>erlaln's Colic. Cholera and ' Diarrhoea Remedy for ten year* or K?ncer-nm never without It In my fam Ily. I consider It the best remedy of ; tli?? kind manufactured. I take pleasure : In recommending It.* " It I* a specific for nil bowel disorders. For sale by druggists. , llfllff lu Nla llnuri. Distressing Kidney and Hladder dl?- , eas* r.it.'V.d In six hours by "New , Great flouth American Kidney Cure.* It I* n great surprise on account of Its j exc?edln* promptness In relieving pain In bladder, kidney* and back. In male or fernni-. Helievet retention almost Immediately If y u want quick relief and cure, this Is the remedy. Sold by 1 It. II. List, Druggist, Wheeling. W. Va. __ thf&n | Simply Apply SWATNE'8 OINTMENT. 1 No Inmrnui medicine required Cures tetter, cczcma., itch, nil erupt Ion* on tli* far*. hand?. note, *te., leavin* th* *kln ! fksr. whit* ami healthy, it* *rt?at lical* 1 Irs and curative pow*rs sro pn??c?*Mi i?y < no oihur remedy. Auk your druatflst for j HWAYNt ti OINTMENT. tths&w , Wbatntoj* Neuralgia? Dr. MUea' Pain Tills, \ BELLAIRE AIltortiarUMl Ncm mud tiodlp Prom ih? tilui ( II)-. Chairman John Pollack, of the RepubI lean county committee, has sent notice* to the members suggesting a change In tho date for the ctounty convention, fixing it ?H* June sin. And ?uv? il: committeemen time nr.d expenwe a proxy Is enclosed authorising the change. The object la to allow the convention to Mlect the delegates to tho state convention. An effort wan marie to have the committee appoint these at Its former meeting, but it failed. The trouble win be In getting men to go to Ttoledo, since what will be done 1h already nettled. A atranger wtta seated in the uirk Sunday evening whicn he waa suddenly sel*"d with file and h.i 1 ten in succession. Dr. Long \r?* called and gave him some medicine and after which the fellow wa* taken to the dry hall, wher? ?e stated that hi* home we* In YoungHlowu and he wan on hi* way home from Cincinnati. He did not want to remain at the city building and wad let go. Henry Dixon, a wc!l known resident of this city, died Saturday night nt his home on Belmont street. Deceased ha a been ill for several months past, and waa *ix(it nirt*. Th?? funeral will take place this a?tcrnonn at 1 o'clock, from his lute ln?rntv In torment In the Dixon burial ground at Steele, O. Decker Huffman. who made an asuault upon Ills mother here one morning some time ago. watt convicted In common plt-a* court yesterday and Judge Holllnga? worth fined him $100 and cost* and sentenced him to sixty day* in jail. Mm. John DuBols left yesterday over the Cleveland & Pittsburgh road for lndlanoia, Iowa, where h? in sent a a a delegate to the United Prerf>yterlan mlealonury convention, which is to be held-at that place. Mrs. James Flfton returned home yesterday morning from lJarnesvllle. where she has been npendlng the past two weeks with relatives. Charles La Jtocne is arranging the programme /or the concert to be giv?n by the labor assembly at the Elysian Theatre next week. Mrs. Georgi E. Work returned ?o her home In Sistersvllle yesterday, after a pleasant visit With relatives in the Fourth ward. Thomas Godfrey has returned home to Mingo Jui.ctlon after spending a few days with fctends and relatives In this city. R. C. Msn&omery left yesterday for a trip throug Indiana and Illinois. In the inttreats of the Bellalre Stove Company. Mrs. Mary Hefmtorod has returned to h<?r home In Clarington, aftt*r a pleasant visit wit** re.atlves In the Kourth ward. Mr. and Mr*. Theodore Burkett and two children. of St. IxmJs. Mo., are the guest a of relatives In the Fifth ward. An entire new set of mil* was placed In the plate mill yesterday. It l.i not known when this concern will go on. A. Kern has secured the contract to put a now slate roof on th?- Catholic church that is being built at Ebn Grove. J. M. Boyd returned to Pittsburgh yesterday morninfr. after spending a few days with his family in this city. The winners In the combination prizes will "be announced to-morrow night, at the old St. John school building. M. J. SonJU'born. of Morgaiuow*?, W. Va.. 1* sending a few days with friends and relatives In the cfty. Monl Nelson returned home yesterday after spending a few days with relatives at Bethany. W. Va. Albert Hartenstein returned to Solo ye?terday. after spending a few days with relatives here. Misses Anna and Alice Butler, f>t M-itindsviile. are the guilts of friends lit thSecond ward. The Choral Society will meet In regular session this evening at the First Presbyterian church. Peter O'Malley nas gone to Slstersvllle to accept a position as clerk In the Arlington hotel. A large crowd from this city will go to Moundsville this evening to aeo the Wal latrr cirvua. Michael Porterfieid went to F.ast Liverpool yesterday, where he ha* accepted a position. Miss Nellie Cavanaugh, of Moundsvllle, la spending a few days with friends In the city. Howard Armstrong: left yest^nlay for Slstersvllle, after visiting relative* In this city. H. R. Fitton will ro to Steubenvllle tomorrow to attend the? bill-posters convention. If. Roem?*r went to St. Clalrsvllle yesterday morning, he being on the Jury. Samuel Crow is the proud father of a little son. at his home on Gravel Hill. Miss Maude Ferrell. of St. Clalrsvllle, Is the guest of relatives In this city. Mrs. J. Hughes, of St. Clalrsvllle, Is visiting relatives In this city. II. T. Day went to Llbaon, O.. yesterday. on a business trjp. GET WELL AND STAY WELL Get Rid of What Make* Von 8lck ami (May ii i.i ?r it. i It Is so simple to bo well that we wonder why there are so many sick people. Come to think about It, must be because they don't know what's made them sick. If they knew that, they could prevent < It, and when they were sick. In some L-asefl cure themselves. But. so long a* : we don't take more care of our health, we shall always be more or less slek. The simple rules of health are: Keep | clean, take exercise, eat pood food, scour out your stomach. This last means: Don't tolerate Indigestion. Cure it with Shaker Digestive Cordial. A stomach full of undigested, fernionted, putrid food Is the unhealthy est thing you can think of. Half of our diseases and troubles come from the poisons of undigested food. More than half of them could be cured with Shaker Digestive Cordial. More than half, because often when we think we are slek we are only weak. m<l a course of nourishing food digested without effort by the stomach (with the , aid of Shaker Digestive Cordial) would relnvlgorate the whole system and rcifik?' us well. , A trial ImHIa tt'111 timvn |( M druggists. Write for Interesting book to The Shakers, 30 Beade street. New York. A Ural Catarrh Care. The 10 cent trial alio of Ely'# Cream Balm which can be had of the druggist la sufficient to demonstrate Ita groat merit Send 10 cvnta, we will mall It. Full site 10c. ELY BROS., 56 Warrent street. N. Y. City. Catarrh caused difficulty In sinking nnrt to a great extent Ions of hearing. lJy the use of Ely'a Cream Balm dropping of mucua has ceaaed. voice and hearing have greatly Improved.?J. W. " Davidson. Attorney-ut-La w, Monmouth, 111. CBOUP and whooping cough are rhlldhood's terrors; hut like pneumonia. . bronchitis, and other throat nnd lung trouble*, can be quickly cured by using One Minute Cough Cure. Charles It Goetce, corner Market and Twelfth treets; Bowie A Co., Bridgeport; Peabody & Hon, Ben wood. 1 ^ I Mil* IUI?y la < Mltlng Terlh Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Wlnslow'a Soothing Syrup, for I'hlldren teething. It soothes th? | child, softens the sums, allays a!l pain, cures wind colic and Is the beat remedy ' fti; diarrhoea. Twanty-flvc cents a ooiiie. mwi&vv. UNCONDITIONAL aurrandor. I? the t?nly terrna those famous little pill# " known an DaWltt'a Little Early Riserwill make with constipation, wick hea?! j I iche uml ilomach trouble*. t!hnr|e* R. 1 Uome. corner Market nnd Tn-elfth I ' itrms; Itowla A Co.. Urldgepoft; Pea- ] IxHly St Son, Btnwood. 1 | I MEDICAL. A Wonderful Medicine 0WQ I ^or jrfnous anu Ncrrouit auoraorajucQaflttina ud Palo in tho Stomach. Sick UoadocUt, Glddi* new, Fullnoea and Bwt-lling after meals, DlxU. neeeand Drowslness,Cold CtillU, Flushings of Boat, Loss of Appetite, fiborlneaa of Oreatb, Coe* tlfeneet, Blotches on tho flkln. Dliturbod 81eop, Frightful Broome, and all Nerroua and Tremb* ling tionsatlons, ac., whoa these eymptoms are oauMd by constipation, as moat of tbom art. THE FIRST 003E WILL OlVff RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. TliU Is no Action. J5?ery offeror is earnestly Inrltod to try one Box of these Pllle and tftey will l*o acknowledged to be A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BBBCIIA.H'S PILLS, taken aa directed* will quickly rostoro Females tocomplete health. , Thojr promptly rernoro obstructions or Irrego* larltles of tho system. For a Weak Stomach. Impaired Digestion j Disordered Liver they act Ukomnglo-a few doees will work woo- ! den upon the Vital Org ana; strengthening the muscular system, restoring the long-lost com* > ploxlon, bringing back the keen edgo of appe* J lite, and arousing with the Boaebad of l Health the whole physical energy of < the bumsn frame. These are facts admitted by , thousands, In all olasses of society, and onoof the best guarantees to the Nervous and Oeblll- . tated Is that lleechamhi Pills have tho l*ar-est Salo of may Patent JHedlcllkO In the World. WITHOUT A RIVAL ' Annual Sales more thim 6,000,000 Boxes 8&0- at Drug Stores, or will be sent by U.S. Agents. B. F. ALLEtf CO., 865 Canal Be, New York, post paid, upon reoelpt of price. Book jTM upon appucaiuu. _ ELY'S CREAM BALM l?a potltlvreurft. Apply into the noitrili. It Is qalckly bMrbed. CO rot* at Dragglst* or by null: umpln 20c. by mail. ELY BROTHERS, M Warren St, New York Olj. MADE ME A MAN /<?> AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CORE 4/**n iUXormM Mem st| on, Impotaney. filaof>leaan?a. Kc.. c*am>i V T bj AbuM or otbar Kicuaaa* ana lsdir \ JbL c ret Ion*. Th*w quickly and imrtJu \ mtorv l*tat Ylullt* In, old or yoanc. and fit a man far atody, butinvwor m*rri?#?>. Inunltj andOotunmption if tun tntlmo. Tto*irdm ahowa Immediate imrror*, meat and effort* a CUKF. where all otnar fail In let upon bavin? tha frrolne Ajax Tableta. Thar bar* pared tboueanda and will cur a too. Wo elm a poalU*e written manatee to eflaet a euro Eft ftTC In g whnMnr raftinii thn montrr. 1'rirtW W I VlMr pecka**, or ais pktm (fall UMtaMoti tar gZAQ. Uj v mail. la plain wrapper. nino raealpt ot prlr?. Umltr * txm- AJAX REMEDY CO., GESTur** J For x&lo in Wheeling. W. Va. by J?<>Kan Drug Co. re3-tlhacs n PPklflNtfr** Kiidili IMmsmi-' Hn?d. N ENNYROYAL PILLS <s -<?*V Orlfiwal aa4 Oaljr A villAN ??. itsiit Mk &\ iJJ t-lM I'mtlA Kr ivnuft Pi* jffVX 3 ?sLX2>In K*4 ?M tiUd JVniMiH. mM?wMMttu?k TakaVBr \ M 7. * I'/ ^ *lDtllttll?.NM<?A I L JJf In I|M|4 Ix MKkilwi UJ S \ ? B "lUllrfhf UHIi?."wUt:.'.k.rrl*ni ?X nr Man. |o,Mo;?i.M?itn ^ rcitUli fM+r Chemical C*,Ma4l??? ?** ?a. * llatt ty ad Utai l>n4cuu. ruiua*., !* . 9( my2S-ml h?fca-wyepar THE1T04DAY CUkHOL ~Cr KolSdaT^Vf 0 6talo.""foe Syriaf*'*"* ntrtsrtt PTRirmiB oodailmivAtr pttziso. il OiwM*. irMltoui (Mm*. rtrlLOI. _ _ MALYOOIt MFQ.COm Utnoattar, O.. U.B.A tnyy-tth*? FEATHER RENOVATOR. Wives ana rf Housekeepers. TELCPOONB NO. 209. To All Whom It May Concern: The undersigned have purchased Ylamll* ton a Improved r eamer nenovaior, nna also an Improved Carpet Heater, which la guaranteed to neither rip nor ravel, and are now prepared to do work promptly ind at reasonable prices. Work called for ? ' and delivered free of charge. I-eave or- cl Sera ai 1L Luke'a Livery. No. 1490 Market street, or address FORD & HANNEN, Comer Eighteenth and Chaplin* Streets. n: Wheeling. W. Va. rLUMBINO, ETO. TRiMBLE & LUTZ COMPANY, SUPPLY HOUSE. ? et Plmnbiiig am! Gas Fitting, Steam and llot Water Heating. it k Fail Line of Ibe Celebrated?? r? SNOW STEAM PUMPS ? ?? KcptComtantW on Hand. ? ROBT. W. KYLE, Practical Plumber. Gas and Stum Fitter, * C( Ilt5t? MAKKtT b IKELT. cc ?n<1 Klectrta Chan-tailors. Klllori. ?n1 tt; lay lor Burner* > pccuity. wrj ^yiLUAM HAKE A SON. tc Practical Plumbers, is <US AMI STBAJI FITTKUi tl No. 38 Twalfth Stroo:. f' AM Work Don* Pro'imti- v ItoMonAbto tn INSURANCE. l>? . ? - , ol riEAt. mSTATSI {} riTLE INSURANCE. ; Jfjrnu purchase or mak** loan on ml m, tattle have tuo title tuturcU br tin Wheeling Title and Trust Co., NO. 1313 MAltttKT ftTIUtltr. ?<* I. M. RUSSF.Ll. L K. STIFKL Prroldont J.J. RAWMNU K L BINlil-hTuN. Vloo l*retldent. A?*'t ?^<reUff. ? ; G. K. t UllXJUlUtfr. lixamlaarot TUlo*. ? detT _ riALLS. SOIREES AND rARTIES F Supplied with all kind* or 1'laln and Fancy i'nntinK- An entire New Lino of Samples ?f Hall Programme", Ticket* and lnvita- A ion*, at all prices, at the Intelligencer lob Printing Office, 23 and 27 Fourteenth itrcot TEOATBB'B 8ALE. rnRUETEOT *ALE OPOlffo COUNT* X REAL E8TATE. WL*%T* lly virtue of a <!??(] of truit mad# k? Jainc* W. Dlnch and Nancy IS. Dinrh ? ,! wife. and John Dlnch, to me, n. {tearing date on the flr*t day of April' n-,V and iio-.v of record In the cl?rk r.ffiV,. ; the county court of Ohio count> u*??J Virginia. fn.Doed of Truat Uook No ? (IUKO SMi I Vflii fll ' ' BATURDAY, T1IE FIFTEENTH |,Ay OF MAY. 1W7. noil at pubH??tuictlon at tho north fr,lf? door of the court hou?.i of Ohio countv Went Vlrglllm. commencing ut t#n oVl!!& a. m.. the following <leicrll*d i.r.,.,./-,* to-wlt: All (hat certain tract of i,,f?{ a tod on tho'water* of CMtlemai.N tA.i* In tho district of Liberty. r?hio -ount? west virjcmin. uimj nujuininjr land* ;# Joseph O. Curtis. Joseph M.-Cnu-im joh? (J. Rodners and others, and bounds* follow*: He#lnnlnjf at n white 0?k Joseph McCauslln's line and running thence north Ifi1" can! 21 poh-H to u v.,],?. thenc?> south 1W east 40 poles to a Mau' near the burn on said land; thenn. ? cost 40 Doles to a black walnut, corn., to lands of Johnson L. Garrison nnrj oik ers jthenee south h'A cast 167** (.<,]. M r ,n* beech, corner to lands of Joseuh O < 'urt thence north J8* 2? west nr. sugar tree, eorner to land* or v., Causland: thence north 12' west ii and 15 links to the place of beglnnlnr an] contalnlnK forty-six (tli acres and two u. roods, more* or lens, mis twinjr th? rai! nroperty that was conveyed to Jume? u" Pinch and John Dlnch by Julia a Prsli rind Robert J* I'rall. hrr hwnband. t <>*,* bearing date March ?. lfj3, and now of record In tho clerk s office <,f th- . oun-i sourt of Ohio county, West Virginia 7 TERMS OF SALE?One-third .,f the r,,jr. chase money and a? much more ?* ,f, purchaser may elect to pay In cat-h or. d?r uf wale; the balance In two ' nents ut one ond two years, th* r?)rr>,45.. xecutlng his notes with approved eecurt 'or the deferred Inst all rncnt?. with Int-rei; 'rom day of sale, tho Interest on th? v. 0ni leferred Installment payable annually thl :ltle to said property to be retained unt'i laid notes are lifted. JOHN E. Dl'NLAP. OP* Tr REAL ESTATE. JACOB SNYDER HOMESTEAD FOR SALE. Wf offer for Ml* at a bargain the lit* nldflnce ot Jacob Snyder, dec****], ittuite and known as No. 915, on the west il<fo >f North Main street. The housa Ip an *; rant, large dwelling of thrf!<: ?<torlw?. ??;) ighted and ventilated. with all modern mprovements, and In fimt-claa* ord*r. rho grounds are spacious and well kept, xtendlng to the river, and the view aior.j he Ohio river Is one of the t!n*?t In tt* Ity. Will veil the property either f-jr. ilshed or unfurnished. A rare chance on & lUlck tale. For particulars apply to MNEHART & TATIM, Telephone ??. City Bank Building. FORJE&ElSrT, ?*o. 1053 McColloch atreet <19 <0 ,'u. taM Wood street. 3 rooms ' v) >'o. 2*17 Chaplin* street. i room*- ' c >0. 37 Seventeenth itreet 20(0 ?'o. 2505 Alley H 10Q So. 1614 Main street, 4 rooms. both tfasr*. hot water .... !5<<5 ?o. 2C08 Main itreet >to !o. 3510 Main street, 2 rooms . 5tfl io. 73 North York street 12 So !o. 127 Fourteenth street ? ?o. 183 Fourteenth street 24 * >o. 141 Sixteenth street Z# io. wt B^vwiMnin sireei > :o. 3? Sixteenth street. stor* room . :* i ?o. M22 Main street, ?tor?> room IIW ;o Sic Main street. 3 rooms and ?v.h pa*** furnished. for 'vj uninjer residence. 4 or 5 rooms. Seibert homestead ? 'o. 2302 Main street J? o. 4 S3 National ltoad > * Io. 237 Main street, saloon and 2 rooiru SW :*>*ider.r?e Edglngton Ijine, U room*. S acre? ground, 200 fruit tree? ? io if/4 Main slropt SW aloon in Martin'* Ferry 11X roomed house Crescent Place . Tto hotiHes near Manchester Coal Works. ?misi of Mt. de Chantal.. .13 ea:h rooms fVfbcrt property, on Wheeling creek 500 ?o. 2342 Market street, blacksmith shop ?table rear of German Hank ? FOR SALE. Ground 1W feet square on Twenty* tventh street, with buildings thereon. No. 22?7 Chapline street. J7.000. Five-roomed house southeast comer ox llxnbeth and Twelfth street. 11.IPO. Real estate of every description. JAMES A. HENRY. eai Estate Agen. Collector. Notary Public and Pension Attorney, No. lCl^ Mala street. _ myS REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. Funding lots on the Island. House on North Main street. House on I.lnd street. House on the Island. House near Twentieth street, with 4 >oms, |73o on a quick sale. Tdoney to loan. rINK & BRAUNLICH. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. 'hone OH. 1143 Market Sirwt. FOR SALE. FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENTS. 5 shares Hank of Wheeling. 2>) shares Riverside Iron Work* 5 share* Bloch Bros. Tobacco Company. AH thvse arc i? per ccnt stock*. S2.imj c per cent sold bonds. *ecur*3 of rut mortifuxe on business property !n tn.f ty. interest payable semi-annually. , Jiuo bond, secured by tlrst mortgac* oi^ no of our larfte manufacturing plant*, per ccnt. semi-annually. These are Investments equal to govern^ ;ent bonds and pay twice the Income. <3-. O. SMITH, j Exchange Bank Building. J FORSALBJ Fifteenth itreet residence. 9 room?, vita ith. hall, both Rapes, lartte lot. betweetl oft and Jacob ptr*>et*. This 1# a barsaini id a rare opportunity to get ?och prop# r ourtepnin sireei resiaencr. - iw.i Ith bath, hall nnd both pa***: verj! iolee: near Jacob street; Kwill bujf .with 5 years' time to pay for it 7 Money to Loan In amounts of Ol 00. 000, S2.C0Q. IS.000 and tio.ivo. on ell/ tal estate security, on fhort notice. j >ROLF"S ZHN&* ASSIGNEE'S SALE. LSSIONEE'S SALE. By \11 tUfl of a ! 1 f aaxlfft ment rf ii l . In Ti ist B I", foil J Ohle lunty. \V. tho underbred ? '< ; puhllo sale at tho north front -tc^or ol le court house, Moundsvllle. W. Va., oa MAX U. IB?, AT to O'CLOCK A M >i- the bant fit of Uit creditors ill th? *operty belonging t.> the Bprlnijrr Oil&M n? Company, as follows: Two pr<'.luolnc oil well* an! rroJ-C* K mis well, two dry well* with th* <**? k in them, four r '".l substantial derI'kp. thr? < hollers, two engine*. Jve *?* r pumpH. about a,WX> fort of casing. 1.** et of one-Inch and 5,000 feet (more or ss) of two-Inch water, gas and ptti, tive tanks with capacity for i. irrels, with stocks and die* and other iota too numerous to mention, A coo* r t?% outfit for oil Willi. Alio tw-' i * es acres of territory on the I-ouij . ? ,.. ,,.rt axiom: urm, n, in nofj?*r*on oil field*. Al?o n ii.* ? * on Jim's Run, all In Marshal! .;r,:y. V* Will undirslaw d nm rrea the rlrht to i* urn t?sr? .. ?!<* to another day U In dgment. (he Interest of the cred tors w* .m?J it. : m ' Bale Cash. N W. BECK. Assignee Sprinter Oil and Gas Ca N0T1CR TO CREDITORS All parson* holding claim* ajrslnst the mpany must prseent two ina nt once for nottlnmont. N W. BBCK. w hr. ling, W. \.?. March M, ii?:-:i-s-inyi' MACHINERY? 3EDMAN A CO.. > GENERAL MACHINISTS. SU MANUFACTURERS OP HAMS* AND STATIONARY RNOINO. t*lJ mnllM, W. T*