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4 Brainy RaiL,cau Company.
Wheeling W. Va, Special.

A certificate of Incorporation was issued
yesterday for the Coal and Iron Railroad of
West Virginia, with capital of 81, 500, 0OO
The road is to run from Winchester, Va, to
Davis, Tucker County, W. Va, through what
is probably the riches coal field on the con-
'tinent Among the incorporators are James
G. Blaine, Senator j. N. Camden, Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, ex-senator Chaffee, ex-.
Senator H. G. Davis, Senator Mcpherson, of
New Jersey; ex-Gov. Whyte, of Maryland;
Senator A. P. German, of Maryland; ex-
Vice-President Keyser of the Baltimore and
Ohio; Harrison Garrett, son. of President
John W. Garrett of the Baltimore and Ohio;
Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, and other we'll
known politicians and capitalists.
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THE ROBIN.

a purple flush is beaming low,
And slowly rising DER the sky;
But ere it gains brighter glow
We hear the robins tuneful cry.
Perched upon his waving spray,
He sounds his morning reveille,
While the shades are taking flight.
And earth is bathed in crimson light
Earliest herald of the dawn!
Earliest bird upon the lawn.
Sing thy mathis loud and clear,
And wake the hosts to join the cheer.
WILSON FLAG.
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A PAINTED PACRYDERM.
Ho,r To 1rnke 4 Sacred Ezenhnnt.

George Gillespie, of Liverpool, England,
an arAmal keeper and trainer, who arrived
in this country on Monday reached this city
late last evening and made the following
startling affidavit before Wendell P. Bowman
attorney for the Pennsylvania Society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals in refer
ence to the white elephant in the possession
of Adam Forepaugh known as ''the Light of
Asia.n
Gillespie is tall, fair-complectioned, in
telligent-looking Englishman, about 81 years
of age, and is accompanied to this country
by Robert Hughes, young fellow, about 20
years old, also an animal trainer, who, cor
roborates the affidavits made by him.
PAINTING THE TIGER EATER.
The story that Gillespie tells, and upon
which the Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals will base their action, is most
remarkable one. The text of the affidavit
runs thus:
II am an animal keeper and trainer and
have been in the business and in the employ
of William Cross, an animal dealer, of 1S
Earl street, Liverpool, England for about
twentythree years. During the past eighteen
months / have been constantly in his en-
ploy
'Among the animals that Cross had was a
small elephant named Tiny Hewas about
five feet two inches in height, of ordinary
color, and had small tusks about as thick as
cigar. Tiny was purchased shortly before
last Christmas by Samuel Watson, the agent
of Adam Forepaugh.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
''For about eight months before his ship
ment to America. which took place on the 9Th
of March, was in charge of him. About
three weeks before his shipment Watson Or
dered him to be covered over with compo-
sition of Paris white, mixed with size, and a
flesh colored pink composition, also contain
ing size. Watson ordered this done for the
purpose of making the animal Look white.
This composition was applied about fifty
times before the elephant was shipped to
America, and his skin became blistered and
sores and biles broke out on various parts of
his body, on which was applied Friar's bal
sam for the purpose of relieving the animal
The sores caused and still cause the elephant
pain and restlessness and if persisted in the
coloring process will kill him..
SILENCE FOR MONEY.
"After his arrival in New York TINY was
sent to Philadelphia, where Adam Forepaugh
now has him. Watson went with the ele-
plant.
81 am informed that Forepaugh is now
continuing the coloring process upon the
animal for the purpose of exhibiting him as a
white elephant. Upon the arrival of the
Alaska in New York Bay Fulford, man
who had assisted in the coloring of the ele-
phantin Liverpool, came on board and of
fered me employment with Forepaugh at a
high salary, saying that he did not wish me
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The Algona Republican has increased its
advertising rates 1915 per cent, in order to
gain more room for reading matter and in
cidentally to increase the revenues Of the Of
fee.
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Ne,v Name for the Old Steal.

The annual steal in Congress has changed
its name. 1t used to be the river and harbor
measure. Now it's a multitudinous new DOS
Office appropriation.
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The Dubuque papers suffered proceedings
of the city council to crowd out criticisms of
the Langtry show.
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elbow do American compare with Europe
an detectives?"
''The systems employed on the other side
of the Atlantic have developed finer class
of detectives than we have on this side The
Scotland yard detectives in London have the
reputation of being the sharpest in the world.
John Shore, the chief inspector, is probably
without his equal in the detective service
His men are sent to all parts of the world in
search of criminals. The Old Jury Detective
Force is another strong corps of detectives.
Their work is confined more especially to the
banking district of London. The French
detective system is more like that employed
here than the English. The Chief of the
secret Police Force of France is G.. Mace,
man OF great courage and keen penetration.
He has been in the service thirty years, and
is only 45 years of age. The headquarters of
the secret police are located in the Palace of
Justice on the Seine. When Napoleon III,
was at the height of his power '.The Service
of Public Safety" as it was then called, be-
came mere political machine for executing
the wishes of the nobility. Alter his death
an effort was made to purify the service, and
was successful. A large number of the old
er and more experienced men were discharg-
ed and new men put in their places.
1t is now claimed that the young men
who are now growing up in the service in
Paris will in few years become the most
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Hurrah for Blaine and War.

Blaipe's boom i now reported to be
raging In Florida, and the vote Of that
Stste is sought for him upon the ground
that il he becomes President s'the first
and most important move of his Admin
istration viii be the annexation Of
Cuba He once s'told man. in
Florida that Cuba was worth nearly five
hundred million dollars to this country;
and. of course, if there is anything In
this world worth Eve hundred million
dollars, Blaine's intention is that the
American people shall have it, even If
he has to pay the money out Of his own
pocket But one apparent obstacle to
the purchase of Cuba is SPANS much
reiterated determination not to sell that
island under any circumstances nor 1t
any price. This, however. would hard
" be an obstacle to Blaine, for having
determined that We ought to have the
Island it win Be easy enough to pick .
quarrel with the owner - Z preliminary
= tAking Il Waris Z pesessau payt
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the token-fowers she held, and with an
impetuous movement she threw them
out of the ar-window. o. if she could
only have cast her past folly with them!
She felt that every word Herr Hern-
sheim said was true, and she recalled
the plying contempt she saw IN his
eyes, and heard in his voice, until she
felt tempted to cry out aloud.
And for that fat, ugly man she hsd
made such a>fool of herself, and got q
Notifying reprimand besides. When
the car stopped. she was running up
into her own room, when her mother
called her.
"You have hardly time to dress for
the opera, Nell. DO make haste. 1t is
Lucia di Lammermoor' again tonight
your favorite. " ~.
Nelly laughed Historically when she
remembered the Edyardo she had just
left II have q bad headache, mann
ma; 1 don't feel like going. I'm tired
of the opera, any way"
No persuasion could induce her to
change her mind. That night was
spent in wholesome thought and reso-
lutions, and it left an impress on her
whole after life. .,.7-.s. XII
She did not, however, feel that it was
her duty to confess her folly to the girl
whose taunts had driven her into it..
From her at least she might conceal
her humiliation. Accordingly when
she returned to the seminary on Mon
day, she laid two pairs of gloves on
Marcia s desk. 49,.
81 suppose I've lost my wager" she
said, ,..as you required proofs that
had spoken to Herr Hernsheim, and ]
have none"
/ Marcia's lip curled. She was terri.
| bly, disappointed that Nelly's boast had
turned out what she supposed an idle
Jest
..Of course you haven't" she said.
"I never thought you would, and
needed some new gloves. KNEW you'd
turn coward at the last" iii.i9Hia
To Clara Nelly told the whole story.
''If you are as much shocked and dis
gusted with me as am with myself"
she said, you'd give me up. But fol
once in my life, I saw myself through
Herr Hernsheim's spectacles as others
see me, and the peep suffices. 1t has
been . sharp lesson, but l shall never
forget it, YOUTHS Companion.
L VI
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A MICHIGAN WRECK

Stir ND the fire and make it bright.
You want, my lads, a story true;
took q cruise one Summer night
On Michigan's waters blue.
The wind was fair upon the lake,
The moon lit up the CHEEKY deck,
when up the Captain sprang and spake:
sBring to the ship! A wreck! q wreck!" =
.Iet down the iife-boats, bearties, ALT
Work with a will" the Captain said.
"Ho! Ship ahoy!" rang out his call;
The wreck was silent as the dead.
AIleyes were strained across the wave,
The mastlcss hulk was drawing near,
No voice from out that floating grave,
The Captains cheek was pale with fear.
It rose between us and the sky;
Its guuwalc blOtted out the stars,
Across our bow it floated by,
1t barely grazed the boom and spars.
s.Keep her in sight" the Captain said:
"And follow close upon her wake!
With topsail, jib and mainsail spread,
We bounded DER the billowy lake.
An, then we prayed for morning light. !.
Es.h heart was filled with fear and dread
{. As, through the silence and the night,
That shapeless craft before us sped.
The dawn lit up the eastern sky, 80.
And blacker yet the dark hulk seemed, f.
its strange form rivctcd each eye.
y From stem to stern the sunlight CLEANED
And then, ay, then, the mystery past;
The wreck was q Chicago shoe:
The crew and Captain looked aghast-
A girls e-medium-tucnfy-tsU0
Puck.
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The Boy and the Bag.

There arc few sights more suggestive
of hopeful patience than that of a boy
sitting on bag of wheat that has fallen
from his horse. He starts to mill joy
ously. The great event in the life of a
Young country boy is to be entrusted
with milling expedition. He sleeps
very little the night before the journey,
so active is his mind concerning the
prospective trip. His father helps him
on the horse, and he sits on the bag as
proud of his position as king is of his
throne. Every object along the lonely
road interests him. He plucks the bloom
from the lockwood and almost falls off
when the horse reaches around to bite
himself. He rides into a creek to let
the horse drink and splits at the min
nows that swim around. After be goes
up the bank, on the opposite side Of the
streaYl, and pursues his course along
the road, he notices with alarm that
the bag is slipping to one side. He
sits still further over to make the bag
balance, yet he is not salts
fed. for it keeps sliding to one
side and, at last it falls of. He can
not restrain his tears, and though he
knows that he can not lift one end, yet
he tugs at the bag. The old horse
snorts, nibbles the grass and lashcs the
boy across the eyes with his tail.
"Whoa, you old fool!' and the discon-
ISOLATE little fellow weeps afresh. He
can not leave the bag, fearful that some
one will steal it. He must wait the
tardy coming of q passer-by. He hears
the sound of hoofs and he listens in
tently, while the swelling buds of his
hope burst into full bloom. He is
doomed to disappointment, for the horse
has no rider. Thunder rumbles in the
distance and he will get wet. At last
he sees an old negro coming along.
His heart beats high with hope. The
old negro steps aside and takes a by
path. The boy shouts. The old negro
does not hear him. Another hour, that
seems an age draws itself along. He
hears wagon. He is almost wild with
joy. The driver. though a surly fellow.
lifts the bag up, and the boy, happy
and thankful, is rescued just at time
when he does not think that he could
stand it . moment longer.--Ark0nsosc
Traveller. .si- al 4Isf7, hss
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It is unprecedented that this is going
to be campaign of scandal; that this
Presidential year will be signalized by
an unusual amount of mud singing.
These apprehensions are induced by the
free manner in which the public re ord
of the leading candidate on the Repub-
lican ticket is made the sub ect of COM
ment and exposed to critical examina-
ton. His supporters deprecate the de-
rogatory remarks that are made about
the favorite of the Star-routers and
land-gran. jobbers and condemn a, q
scandalous procedure the analytical
process to which his practices rs
statesman are subjected a5f
But what may ordinarily appear as q
scandalous way of treating q candidate
can not be avoided in Biaine's case.
When the facts connected with his ca
reer are plainly presented delicacy in
handling his case would be unfairness
to the people who are asked to elevate
him to the highest Office in their gift.
Ii q threatening evil may be prevented
by the use of harsh means il would be
inexcusable weakness to allow . deli
cacy as to the mode of treatment to in
terfere with the obvious duty requiring
its prevention. When a candidate for
an important public trust is presented
to the people, the extreme nicely that
would regard the exposure of his de-
merits as scandalous is not the kind of
sentiment to be relied upon when the
public welfare is IN question.
This no doubt was the view taken BY
the many intelligent and reputable Re-
publicans who previous to the meeting
of the Chicago Convention plainly
stated and published their objections to
the nomination of James G. Blaine. In
taking this position. to which they were
led evidently by conscientious motives.
plain statement of the ground Of their
opposition to him was proper and un-
avoidable, and when it necessitated the
exposure of q record closely identified
with the corrupt politics that constitute
the greatest danger to the Government.
it is preposterous to charge them with
mud-slinging. 49,
1t will be well to bear in mind that
when the Democrats join in the indict-
ment of the Republican candidate they
are in accord with the best Republican
authority. It Is an anomaly in the
politics of the country that the severest
arraignment of the character of q can
didate should como from the best ele-
ment of his own party and the fact that
James G. Blaine comes from such .
source entities it to be regarded -
something above the level of ordinary
campaign criticism. Harrisburg pa }
Patriot.
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Threatens EvIl to the Republic.

The Presidential candidacy of Mr..
James G. Blaine is menace Of evil to
the Republic. Off the citizens that
were proposed to the assembly OF
partisan electors, and of ali whose
names have been mentioned in connec-
ton with that Office, Mr. Blaine b tho
least fit, the least trustworthy.
He is perhaps the most intense par
tisan in America. Moreover, his party
ism is not the partyism of statesman
who is guided by sincere convictions
founded on broad knowledge and UNDER
standing. 1t is the partyism Of mere
passion for leadership actuating man
Of intense prejudices. of ugly temper.
and of defective understanding. whose
highest happiness is in playing the ring
leader in . disturbance. This character
of Mr.. Blaine was fully displayed dur
ing his leadership of the House, at .
time when passion rather than judy
ment was the guide of nearly all the
members of that chamber.
In no respectable sense- of the word
is Mr.. Blaine . statesman. When he
entered tho Senate-a body In which
craftsmanship is not yet wholly extinct
The stepped out Of his own place and
into one which he failed to manifest the
faculty of filing respectfully. So far
from adding to his public reputation,
his brief career of Senator served only
as . means of making more conspicuous
his notable defects by comparison with
superior characters. 1t has been said
by sorneof his personal champions that
he made himself conspicuous by his nd
vocacy of the Chinese Immigration Pro-
bihiti0n Bill. He made . speech for.
that measure which gained for him no
admiration among those who listened
to its delivery. Without any founda-
tion, in reason, knowledge, or under
standing Of bis subject, it was the pain
full harangue of an aspiring demagogue
who. as everyone plainly perceived, was
already fishing for the 'sandlot" votes.
y His strange and more than suspicious
South American diplomacy was a fur
Their exhibition of a meddling and reck-
less propensity to crush in where
angels fear to tread" and to undertake
what neither angels nor mortals of good
Judgment and right prudence would
either undertake or approve. That
chapter alone in the public career of
Blaine contains conclusive proof to all
sound minds of the peril with which his
selection for the Presidency menaces
this Republic. - Chicago Times Ind }.
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Polite Solicitations.

Some persons are very sensitive rs to
the manner in which they are saluted
by acquaintances in the street and else
where. There are more of these sensi-
tive persons than is generally supposed.
As the process of accosting = lperson is
an easy and simple one, it therefore
appears that lack of good form in this
respect is inexcusable. Truly there are
many individuals who are guilty of i'll
manners, some not intentionally, but
wholly because Of carelessness or ignor-
norance; some through ense Of self
importance, and others through down.
right meanness. A friend or &C.
quaintance deserving of recognition on
meeting is worthy Of being addressed
respectfully and decently. Not that
bowling, scraping and grinning, and
other supposed ceremonies of polite
ness are demanded; but what is meant
is that the one addressed should be
called by name, with the addition of
such other civilities as may be con-
yenient and appropriate. Many there
are who would rather be passed with .
simple nod or no recognition at all
than be greeted with q cold "Good
morning" or . gruff "Good evening""
How easy . thing it is too add the name
of the person addressed, and change .
seemingly heartless salutation into one
that is respectful and friendly. A
surly, Chow are you, sir?" is not only
senseless, but insulting to man of good
tastes. Not less hateful is the habit
which not . few men have of address.
ing each other as ''Mr.-oh, ah," with
out pronouncing his name, under pre-
tense Of mot being able to readily recall
it. Super-sensitiveness in this direction
is not to be commended in our busy
life. yet il is moro excusable than neg
lcgence and boorishness. - Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
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How Bl.ine's Nomination was Bsusht.

.
4 AS to the usc Of money to nominate
Blaine 1T Chicago. the charges are GER
tainly plain and explicit enough An
informant who GLAZING to have been In
Chicago, tells the storySas follows:'
s.Thirty.votes were wanted for not
later than the third ballot, aud prices
vera arranged for the first, second and
third ballots. The delegations selected
as most apt to furnish suitable material
for the commerce. in votes were from
North Carolina, South Carolina, Flori-
do, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas.
Ten thousand dollars came 70 the Sher.
man House for six votes from South
Carolina. Only two were obtained,
one on the first and one d the second
ballot. The sum was ready for the
same number Of votes from the State Of
North Carolina until the third ballot
when four went over. Ex-Carpet-bae
Senator Copover took In i've votes from
Florida on the fourth ballot These
had been valued 1t $1,000 Il turned in
on the third ballot. Tho AFkausss
TRADE was very thoropghly understood
early in the etmRle. Eleven Of her
votes went to Blaine after the first bal
lot Alabama yielded two votes On -thi
Gepond talbot. sd 20 uogv until the
59uth ballet hsa she gsye eight
Loeisieue sd MlsSouH 0adg pp ~
.thjssy ~ KssAtae ~ 1plle 3. 80 4
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The Democratic Opportunity.

The personal magnetism of James G.
Blaine is not so powerful as to attract
the whole body Of his party to his sup
port. Intact, the negative pole Of the
Maine magnet seems to have rather
more influence than the positive Its
repellent power is absolutely astonish.
ing. 4ss
There is not an independent journa
of any standing or influence, from Maine
to California, that does not oppose the
election of Blaine. Indeed, some of the
most reputable aud influential Repub-
lican newspapers are rs pronounced
and emphatic in their opposition to the
Republican nominee as any Democratic
newspaper in the land
The Boston Advertiser, Springfield
Mass. Republican. Worcester Mass. J
Spy, New York Times, New York
Eue,sing Post and Brooklyn Union are
prominent among the Republican jour-
nails which have already announced
their hostility to Blaine. These papers
supported every Republican candidate
for the Presidency from Fremont to
Garfield.
!. The Independent journals Of note
WHICH oppose the ELECTION OF DIANE are
the Boston Herald, New Haven NeUs.
New York Herald, New York Aoyning
Journal, New York Truth, New York
Staots Zeiturg. Puck, Philadelphia Rec
ord, Philadelphia Times and Chicago
Times. Other Independent journals
deplore the action of the Republican
Convention in making him the nomi-
nee. f,s
These newspapers are read daily by
not less than : million voters The In
tluence they will exert upon the minds
Of intelligent and thoughtful people
will be quite sufficient to ensure Mr..
Blaine's defeat. Already . movement
for the nomination of another ticket
which shall represent the disafFected
Republican element is in contemplA-
ton.
The opportunity is thus once more
presented to the Democrats to make q
winning fight for the Presidency. Only
the gravest and most inexcusable error
on the part of the Democratic party
can prevent Democratic success In No.
vember. -ErcAGvge.
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|of asspiritsd foreig1 policy. and by q
.wap OF thatsort we would both salts y
the requirements of that policy and get
the island. War is therefore an newt
able part of the Blaine programme.
and the people must not forget it. This
policy would be in pursuance of the
theory that inspired Blaine's Peruvian
opcrat ons. 1t will make things lively
for CONTRACTORS and viii make money
plenty. In will make new period Of
imitation and new boom for the ficti-
tious values that Jay Gould deals in. =
NJ Y Herald.