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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-16
A New Kind OF u Colon.


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"Pap, does semi mean half?"
"Yes, son."
"Well, then, semi colon out to be
but half a colon, aud they make it
more'n a whole colon, because its got
the two dots and tail to one Of 'em be-
sides. ought to be called tail colon,
that's what it ought to be called"
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Points,"
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Texas contains PCS, $50 square miles,
and the act Of annexation took effect
December 20, 1915.
A fundamental rule is that 3 motion
vtt,d down cannot be repeated until
some other business has interviewed.
The attorney general oil the United
States should be addressed, in writing,
"rbe Honorable Attorney General"
If the "tea" is an afternoon entertain.
ment-given, that is, between the
hours OF 5 and Swear handsome visit
ing costume, keeping on your bonnet
and gloves, as you would if making
call. If the "tes" is in the evening, |.
e., after o'clock, wear evening dress.
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Very Hear IL.

Hasn't young Mr.. Slim offered you
his hand YETI" demanded q mother OF
her daughter. He's long enough
about it,"
mot quite, mother; but he come
very near it last night"
GLOW did he come very near it?'
asked the old lady.
"He offered me his arm"
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SEEDS Eyksh1tXIssSs etSSsRRI sf

We cary In stock fuII supply OF ths
moth clover, Lncerne, Alfalfa, Alsike. White
Esparsette and Yellow Terfoit cloyers, Tim
othy, Hun gsrian Grass, Minet, German q
clean. English Blus Grass, Red Top, OrchsI5
Grsss, Bed Osts, BARLEY, Wheat, Buckwhesf
Corn, Potatoes, Onion sets, etc. Also fEf
line If Garden and Flower Seeds, AgrfcU
sstjmst stating quantity desired. AL e.
ders noom panied with the cash Ill ID az bte
lowest market rates on day OF recetpk WHna
for our illustrated catalogue ]. u. McCUL
IOUGHS sONB Agricultural and Bed Ware.
house, lA and i3s Walnut Street, Clnctnr1tI,
Ohio, {Establiahed Nov. 1871 ta9sbx
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6REEN-EYED ENVY.
Puck.

She pressed her hand on her hair,
And her cheek as red as a rose,
And drew IL over her fOrehead fair,
And toyed with her Grscian nose.
And nokmlle on sunny wing
Its f1iRht DER her features took,
Because on her dazYling eugagement-rtng
Her sisters wouldn't look.
An Illinois girl has succeeded in COL
Letting q string OF buttons twenty four
feet In length. She must have bssn
cutting Ip an old polonaise recently
Hotel Mail.
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Fond OF the Ancient.

"Oh, just dote on the ancient and
antique! exclaimed Miss Blimber, q
gushing maiden of thirty-eight springs:
Eyes, / know you do, auntie," said
her niece of twenty, from the opposite
side Of the room; mamma says you
are awfully conceited."
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BRIG -a-BRAC.
Stray Paragraphs from the Humer.
lists.

A Struggle with Copyrighted News-YO-
men and Her Clothes Bound to Col
Iect Somsthing-Floods and Ro-
mance-Fond Of the Ancient
Straining Girls Brains.
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sc nuaII 8 spawn cure
ON HUMAN FLESH.

yEyAY, Ind, August IL, 1881.
DR.. B. J. Kendall q Co.. Gents :-Ssmple
circulars received TO-DAY. Please send ms
some with my imprint printed on one sidt
only. The KerdaIl's SPAWN cure In in excel.
lent demand with us, and not only for ami
mails but for human ailments also. Mr.. Jos
Vorls one Of the leading farmers in our ooun.
y, spraIned an ankle baby, and knowing
the value OF the remedy for horses, trtod II
expected. Cured the sprsin in very shon
order. Yours respectfully
Price 81 per bottle. or 8 bottles for 8. An
druggists have 10 or Can get it for you, or Is
- III be sent TO any address on receipt Of price
5y tpe proprietors. DR.. B. ]. Kendall Co.
EnosbufEh Falls, VT
Send for illustrated circular.
BOLD BY ALL DaU69lSTA 1ylls
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PROOF.

friends gave up all hopes OF my recovery. ID
Robt. Delaney, Martins Ferry.o.
Consnmptien. Chronic Di..rhs.
cYstsd 70 . skeleton. Strength gone. Dr
s wslI 'o M. % G. J. Nelson. &issiins " VI
C:..rTh; Polygs: Of See: Ls:. . e
medicines failed 70 help me. thought ms
distaSe incurable. Or. smith cured me com.
PletslJ twoysA" ago. lave ess S Vol evs'
' Of speldei d Co., wheeling, W. Va
Caacer Of Bsesst-was cut out thrss
times by phynieisus. DIT: Smith cured me
without the knife. Ms. II. n. circuit.
To the Iadie~-Dr. Smith HIS method u
Wesins.s whIek cures il in sahort time. L.
dies need suffer no longer.
Female Weaksess-Most aggravated
kind. NO one seemed 10 understand the cas-
Of my d:Ishter; Dr: smith anh cured 1de hsrs ys~
Mrs.. G. ]. Nelson, Wheeling, W. Va
Yfstula In ADo, Piles-Aost aggravated
Was given mp 70 die and pronornced incura-
BILE; On my back for sighteen weeks; ID:
Smith cured me In I'VE weeks without the
knife. three years sgo, and enjoy betts
Thos Colvin. Grocer, Wheeling.
Tits.My wife had them f9f ye A. =. Could
ago, and she has had none since.
serofulous Ulcer On l-eS for Ysass-
Or. Smith cured me two ears ago.
Mn. Catherine Phlllabaum,
Valley Grove, W. Va
DIR. snith will engage 20 cure any case u
piles, no matter how long standing. without
the knife. and without the least danger %
any kind,
Loss Of MnnhOOd-Br. Smith has made
speciality of this condition which saps N
foundation OF health and renders miserable
10 many. His treatment win restore health
and strength In . short time. DR.. bnithS
rooms are 10 arranged that patients calling %
zee him do not como In contact with Others.
and his business With Ladies and gsntisnsa =
strictly confidential.
Bleed DfsspdePs-Those suffering from
this destroyer Of Life may consult Dr.. Smith
With perfect assuranos-
A Chart for kelkEKAminatt00 seut %
patients ut . distance on recoips o. Two -
stamps, and patients thus treated are lwAyD
RuarHnteed aStisfac ton.
COnsaltatfoa Free ut once. Once hou0
from 4. y. % =. -, daily, sxospt sunday
Cal on or address
DR. ]. K BMfTH,
No. ixH Chspiins
man Wheeling, ". Va
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Saved Him 1900 Dollars

ADAMS, N. Y, Jan. 20, IBs1.
Or. B. J. Kendall a Co., Gents Having
used good deal OF your Kendalls SPAWN
Cure with great success, thought would
let you know what Il has done for me. Two
wears ago had as speedy colt a. was ever
raised in Jefferson county. When wa break.
ing him, he kicked over the cross bar and got
fast and tore one OF his hind legs all 70 pieces
i.mployed the best farriers, but they all said
ne WAS spoiled, lie had very large thor.
lugh pin. and used two bottles Of your
Kendall's SPAWN Cure. and Il took the bunch
entirely of, and he sold after wards for $3.50
DOLLARS. bt We used &C for bone SPAWN and
wind gals, and II has always cured com
nletsly and left the leg smooth.
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~ z OIOAL.
Or. J. E. SMITH,
70. 1904 Chapline Birees,

NOs HbVH N""VEE8V "s'O"V
Near Fourteenth Street,
In the only regularly educated physioiaS
specialist on the following diseases In tn
Slate of West Virginia, and the best evidence
OF his skill Rn6succeas In the test imony OF hh
patients. He never uses b patients nAmf
without Formulation; those appended are .
few out OF many hundred certificates In hh
possession. Many years, experien 90 In ths
bet hospitals. together with a thorough med
ical education and familiarity with therapeu
tic agents, cloee Observance OF empermen.
tai peculiaritles and strict attention 70 ny
success diseases which are frequently regard
"a as inouYabls. In every instance DrBmiu
wili fran ky givsthe patient his opinion.
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Imported Wooden DRESS
all the New and Spring
of DRESS SILKS, Summer
best makes imported, Printed
Ottoman Cords in Printed an
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-16

| "Oh, they are gong TO nave little
chat. i told Aggy the sooner 1t Vas
over the better"
"a chat with my SON." Has this
this Miss Burghley met Arthur be-
| fore?
Hannah laughed. "Did you not
| know? Oh, then must not tell you
the secrets Of the prison house. But
pray don't look so awful, aunty mine.
The secret is not Of q very dreadful ma
| ture."
Lady Best was, however, by no
means eOmforted by this intelligence.
Arthur had been carrying on with
this girl unknown to her, and hence
| the reason Of his detection and listless-
ness. OF course the neighborS were
right; love was the root Of the evil. Aud
to think Of the little mink forcing her
self in here under Hannah's auspices.
Oh, it was too bad-very much too bad.
she had been treated shsmefully."
And, her heart too full to speak with
out committing herself, which pride
prevented when she remembered that
this niece had been eonniving to deceive
her, she went Indoors, up into her own
room, Of which she locked the door, and
then INDUCED in the luxury Of q tenn
pestuOus burst of tears.
For more than an an hour sine re-
NAMED there, sob5ing and composing
herself by turns, till IS last she heard
voices snder the window. Carefully con-
eesllng herself she stepped from behind
the curtain.
There they were, all three talking and
laughiDg,a "woke-up" look on Arthur's
face which she had not seen there for
months
TWAS strange, very strange; and as
she stood and watched them she could
net make up her mind whether she bad
or had not made q mistake in asking
these people 10 come. After all, If his
love for Agatha saved Arthur from de-
spondepcy and made man OF him, she
ought to consider her object gained.
Anyway, she made up her mind to
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28
Effect or ihe New Tariff.

Mr.. Nimmo chief Of the bareau OF stats.
tics, has made his report to the secretary of
the treasury IN regard to the operations of
tho tariff act of March 3, 1883. 1t appears
that that act caused a reduction of about per
cent. in the average ad valorem rate of duty
on imports. In detail tho changes were as
70 flows Sugar and molasscs, reduction of
8 3l-l00 per cent. iron and steel and manu-
features thereof, reduction of 15-100 per
cent; clothing wool, reduction of 0 $500
per cent; combing wool, reduction of
Il 27-l00 per cent; carpet wool, reduction
of 6 l-100 per cent. manufactures of wool, o
reduction Of 52-l00 per cent. manufactures
Of cotton, an increase Of l 92-100 per cent. ;
manufactures of silk, reduction of
S S2-100 per cent. earthen and china ware,
an increase of 10 1l.l0o per cent. glass
and glass ware, an increase Of 1 9-100
per cent spirits and wines, an increase of
is 2s-l0o per cent, and malt liquors, re-
duction of so 1-10o per cent. The report,
which is a document Of about seventy-two
pages, embraces somewhat elaborate state
ment in regard to the changes in ad valorem
rates caused by the tariff act of March 8,
1888 and by the fall in the import prices of
commodities, 1t contains also considerable
amount of statistical and other information
in regard to the production of sugar, iron,
wool, manufactures of silks, and Of spirits
and wines in tho United States, The report
treats with some particularly of the pro.
duction in the United States of the three
great classes of wool known to our tariff
laws, namely, clothing wool, combing wool,
and carpet wool, and the extent to which
these three kinds of wool are used in the
manufacture of worsted and of wooden goods,
hats, carpets, and other articles.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28
Anlusenients.
MONDAY, APRIL 90, 1884.
wAsuiNaToN p c

WITH this Issue THE REPUBLICAN, passes
into tho control of a new ownership and n
new editorial management. In their hands
it will continue to be . republican paper,
laboring always for tho success of the party.
1t will be the organ of no person, clique, nor
faction. Its best energies will DO bent always
to the collection and presentation Of the news
of the day in the most attractive form and to
the advancement of the interests of the people
of the district, every one Of whom it hopes
soon to number among its patrons.
A change of form, which will make the
paper more compact and convenient, and
otherwise improve it, and which will enable
the publishers to supply it to its patrons at a
reduced cost, is contemplated, but at present
it awaits the arrival of new type and the
preparation of new machinery.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28

To the prsyerful consideration of those VIII
have been lulled to peaceful sleep In the as
suranCe that the people of the southern states
had long ago abandoned all hope Of getting
pay for their former slaves, the following ex-
tract from letter addressed to the Baltimore
american by B. G, Harris, resident of Mary.
land, is respectfully referred:
There are two debts of large amounts which
think the government should not hesitate to pay
or settle satisfactorily now that has the ability
One is the claim for French spoliatons. Tho
other claim is for the negro slaves In Maryland,
and other border states, which the federal gov
eminent took from their owners, ayowedly for
public use, and which the constitution which
congress swore to support declares cannot be done
without fair compensation, The amount due
citizens of Maryland for their slaves thus taken,
at $500 EACH is S26 1867 700, and the whole amount
due the four border states is about sl20,OOOOOO.
President Lincoln aud the congresses dur
Ing his administration, by their course
on the subject clearly indicated their estimation
oftho justice OF the claim, From my own expert
enco and knowledge, can say that many Of our
0it1ens whose slave property was thus taken
from them are really impoverished and suffering
for tho necessaries Of life, The government is
now capable OF paying them, and lot 1t make ar
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28

Tho Gladstone ministry is confronted with
problem which may yet work its downfall.
The national sentiment will not tolerate the
abandonment of the garrisons on the Upper
Milo to their fate, but how they are
to DO relieved is question no one
that no English troops could possibly roach
Gen. Gordon in time to be Of any assistance
If the surrounding tribes are really in insur-
rection. Tho contingent of Abyssinian
troops which il being negotiated for might
possibly get to Khartoum within reasonable
time but their coming might precipitate an
uprising Of the Arab tribes which could have
been averted If there had been no outside
interference. For the present it would seem
that Gordon's only hope is in keeping peace
with the people around him.
At Berbcr the situation is even moro threat.
eniug. The English army which was sent to
Suakin to subduo tho instruction in the Red
sea littoral was expected to march across the
desert to the Nile and relieve Berber, but
after Gen. Graham had disposed of Osman
Digna he returned to his ships and sailed
away, leaving the posts on the Nile in greater
peril than before. The difficulty of march
ing an army across desert is very great, Blu
this is one Of the contingencies that England
ought to have contemplated whom she under.
took to maintain the authority of the khedive
in his remote provinces. Gen. Graham was
evidently of the opinion that it was impossi-
BILE to reach Berber, or he would have gone
there instead of returning homo by way of
the Red sea. He is expected to arrive in
London to-day, and the cabinet is awaiting
his coming before dispntching another expe-
dition.
If the march across the desert Is impossible,
Berber and Khartoum can only be reached by
way of the Nile. The troops will have to dis
embark at the cstaracts and follow the tortu-
Gus course of the river. 1t will require two
or three months to got to Berber and proba-
bly, twice as long to got to Khartoum. Unless
the threatened catastrophe is averted by
there 10 no hope that the troops at either place
can hold out until re.enforcements can reach
them by way of the Nile. The Arabs take no
prisoners, and retreat across the desert is inn
possible. Massacre impends over the be-
leagured garrisons. 1t is this that touches
the English conscience and excitcs hostility
against the ministry on account of the tardy
and indecisive military movements.
Tho Egyptian government has relapsed
into its accustomed impecuniosity, and loan
of Gs,o0o,0OOo is needed to meet pressing
demands. Nobody knows how the money is
to be raised. Credit was long since exhausted,
taxation has reached It's utmost limits, and
all tho resources of the country are hereby
mortgaged. Nothing more can be wrung
from helabor of the poor, patient yfcllah, whose
crops are remorselessly seized and sold to pay
the cost of his own subjugation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28

Engagements for doing so at once. I trust the
border states will take some early action for urg-
ing their claims before congress. Congress will
surely give ear to the complaints OF $4,000 of the
citizens of our country who were Shareholders. and
are directly interested in having this oppressive
grievance redrIssed
Some pretend that the United States arc prohib.
tied from paying this claim by the fourth section
Of the fourteenth amendment, which declares:
Neither the United States nor any state shall
assume or pay any claim for tho loss or enamel.
patton Of any slave" This cannot DO construed
to refer to the border states for In no sense were
their slaves lost but were taken aud he'd openly by
the government for It's ownuse They became the
property OF the United states, of course, for fair
consideration due 10 their owners and this took
place considerable time before the constitution
Of Maryland or the thirteenth amendment,
cmnnclpating them, were adopted, so that these
proceedings could only affect them as the prop.
erty Of the United States. Congress should care.
fully avoid the population of such claim, rep.
resented by so many Of our citizens IL might be
bad example some time in tho future. This
cannot be considered party question, for even
the negroes are favorable to its payment, mas.
much as their rights and standing are In no re.
spect inJuriously affected by 1t.
A solid south, whose representatives in
congress have the brazon effrontery to vote
reward to union general for betrayinV his
commander in the face of the enemy, will not
hesitate long before making an attempt to
dump the national treasury into the lap of
tho south in payment for its slaves. All that
is lacking is power. A democratic president
would embolden the south TO make the raid
and dragoon thoir northern allies into line
to assist them.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28
THE DIPLOMATIC BILL.
Numerous Changes and Reductions OF
Compensation Proposed In the Foreign
Seryice.


Numerous Changes and Reductions of
Compensation Proposed In the Foreign
Service.
The house committee on appropriations has
completed the bill making appropriations for
the consular and diplomatic service aud re-
ported it to the House. The amount appro-
priated is $977,770, which is $367, 275 less than
the estimate, and $31s, 1856 less than the appro-
priation for the present year. The measure
reduces the contingent expenses of legations
$50, 500; of consulates, $4,000. The allowance
for clerk hire at consulates is reduced $50, 900.
The annual salaries of the minister to Aus
tria and Italy are reduced from $4,000 to
$4,000 The Office of agent and consul general
at Cairo is made O consulate at an annual
salary of $4,000. The office Of minister to
Roumania, Servia, and Greece is abolished
and consuls are provided for Greece and
Roumania. A similar change is made in the
office of minister to Bolivia. The consul
generalship at Madrid and consulship at
Honolulu are abolished, as are number OF
unmportant consulates at other places. No
provisions are made in the bill tor charge
d'affairs ad interim, nor for salaries of consuls
not citizens of the United States
The salary of the minister to Colombia is
increased from $500 TO $4,000, and of the
consul-general at Hong Kong, from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The bill provides that the proposed changes
shall take effect July LIST, 1854
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28

LOUISIANA inanciers profess to believe
that tho recent adoption of an amendment to
tho constitution of tho state raising the in
terest on the state debt from to per cent
for thirty years will restore public confidence
in all Louisiana securities, If the Louisiana
ring would establish the rate at per cent,
aud pay that per cent, such action would
have more effect in restoring the shaky credit
of the state than any buncombe attempt to bal
loon the state bonds by voting large dividends
of east wind in tho shape of high rates of
evanescent interest. One of these days when
tho Mississippi takes a notion 10 break
through the ridge, along the apex Of which
it is pursuing its circuitous path to the sea,
and take short cut to salt water by the
Atchafalaya route, the bondholdcrs can re-
imbursc themselves by mining the dry bed of
the river for the millions the government
has uselessly dumped into the stream to build
that ridge higher
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-28

WORK FOR CONGRESS.
Free Bridge and Tariff in the House
Various Senate Measures.


Various Senate Measures.
In the house.of representatives to-day, after
the usual call ofstates and territories for tho
introduction of bills, tho committee on the
District of Columbia will be entitled to the
floor. Continued consideration will be asked
for the bill providing for free bridge across
the Potomac, which was left as unfinished
the ilth instant. Friends Of the
tariff bill, expect that Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday will be devoted to the discus
sion of that measure. The appropriations
committee may, however, ask consideration
of the District of Columbia and consular and
diplomatic bills both OF whi,h have been
reported to the house. Friday will be de-
voted to the discussion Of private bills. Tho
bill to amend An act to execute certain
treaty stipulations relating to Chinese" has
been made special order for Saturday
The unfinished business of the senate Is tho
pleuro- pneumona bill Senator Plumb has
given notice that he will ask the senate to
vote upon it before adjournment to-day.
The next measure in order, the only special
order on the calendar, is the senate shipping
bill This measure has been delayed to
await the action of the house upon the
Dingley bill 1t was tho purpose of the
friends of the senate bill, in case the house
sent them the Dingley bill in form which
met their approval, to move its substitution
in the senate for their own. The adoption of
the free shipping amendment by the house
has, 1t is understood, defeated this purpose,
and it is now probable that Senator Frye will
ask the senate to proceed to the discussion Of
the senate bill as soon as the pleuro-pneu-
monia bill is out of the way.
1t is understood to be the intention of
Senator Hoar to ask consideration of tho bill
relating to bigamy, better known as the
Mormon bill, as soon as the shipping bill is
disposed Of
Matters of general legislation will probably
be displaced for day or two during the
week by the Indian appropriation bill, and
it is possible that the agricultural bill or the
pension bill may be reported In season for
action before the end Of the week.