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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-16
FOR RENT.

No. 1921 McColloch street, 500.
No. PIP Chapline st Fifth ward, 5000 Ger
month until April l, 1889.
Five Room House on South Kim st., Island.
No. 200 Coal st three rooms, $500.
No. 92 Coal st., three rooms, Is 90.
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COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET

JDhN J. JAlODl U4 VuIU.
GEORGE Z. BOYD, OF Ohio.
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for Salt
SALE.
TOR SALE.

Two story Brick Dwelling on Main street rsr
Fiffeenth. Both Frame aud Brick HOUSES ttr
Central GlLN works all chesp. A number q
residences and %uuimproved lo,. on d.
Islspd. A rare chance on river front until No
yember l, Houses AID rooms for rent Noae
IN loan. CARVER BROS
Real Istats AssntA ISIS Asrtet Street
oclO Wheeling, ", VI
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TOR sALE-A NUMBER OF Law BOOKS
cheap. A nance fur q young attorney. Ap-
nIv Of I225 Market street au6eodx
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HERE is an interesting parallel between
I go strong protectionists:
John Quincy Adams,

John Quincy AdGB's
The duty constitutes
a part o. price OF the
mass Of the Sra-
Gle IN the market IL Is
substantially paid on
the article # domestic
manufacture as well a
that OF foreign produc-
ton: upon the o e II Is
= bounty: upon the
other Il is a burden, and
the repeal OF the tax
must operate as an
equivalent reduction in
the reduction Of the ar
.ucle whether foreign or
IAnmpStien
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ENOR R~RNT-SAL00N AND GROCERY IN
n burlington. Inquire on the premises, or my
saloon in IElnaville for particulars. JOHN
III RICH C4e4dr6
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per 49,"
IL would thus seem that the CAned'so
farmer has an advantage owes his Amen
can ntiShbor in the purchase of Necessary
Implements produced in his own country,
and the latter before purchasing his plows
might well figure rs follows:
Price Of pillow at retail in United S!ate,....Sl6.C0
Price of same in Canada. ....."....sl2.OO
Freight TO return same to United
States duty is free on American
goods rsturned)- ............. u. lW
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A WORD OF

There are many white soaps, each represented to be " just as good as the IVORY :
they ARE NOT, but like all countafets, lack the peculiar and remarkable quaTues
of the genuine. Ask for Ivory Soap and insist upon getting it.
Copyright lS6 by Proctor & Gamhe.
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Leaving actual cost 10 manufacture plow. .
Ee;ailed 10 American farmer Gt...""~....... 10
Profit II mapufact lrer on all home sales,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08

quite fayoritc in the school and best so
cicty. For n Few years the Blal0cll men
were away from home q great deal; then
they began 70 be seen oftcncr in the yicin-
ity. and about thai time an extraordinary
series Of crimes began. First, the Gulf
house. hotel I'm Columbus, was burned,
and in the ashes were found the remains
81 man who was suppose 90 have been
murdered Net, u hr-c powder magl-
zinc near town WIS blown up. Several
inccnd'ary fires followed. Nm adjacent
postclico was robbed, o safe blown open,
and many horscs stolen. rs now APP
pears, the gang was contracting its sphere
of operations, and while il had formerly
robbed i'm distant places, il was now
"wOrkncn Columbus and adjacent tOwns
Detectives were employed, but discovered
nothing. and n regular reign Of terror set
tied on Columbus.
At length Constable David Gordon, "A
shrewd officer, made up his mind that the
Blalocks were the guilty parties, and
without consulting any one watched their
house several nights. lie soon discovered
enough 20 convince him, and laying his
evidence before the sheriff and city mar
shal. said nc would watch one more night
before making any arrests. 1t was his
last night alive. One OF the gang saw
him in "a thickCt near the house, and
creeping up behind him sho. him dead
The house was surrounded soon after, and
most of the gang captured. Two brothers,
pea" and Andrew Fry, were frightened
into = general confession; then all the
others. seeing that escape was hopeless,
fastened 20 make their separate cOnfos~
siOns. Miss Clara Blaloch making the
fullest one Of all \ great number OF
letters were seized; and most curious
feature Of the case is that, though Clara
was secretary, the cypher in which the
writer's communications were disguised
consisted II a series Of most obscene and
disgusting words and phrases. The oil
cals say il was their most extraordinary
experience with cTime-this handsome,
modest appearing girl, who only few
DAYS before was teaching the smaller chill
dren OF the village, now confcssing TO u
knowledge Of shocking crimes and 10 the
authorship ana receipt Of letters so Oh
scene that men blushcd b. read them.
The persons arrested so far are John.
Bal Clay and Clara Blalock, their father
and mother, Dan, Ped and Andy Fry and
BIZ and Grant Alley, and their crimes
range the whole code from murder and
arson down 10 petty larceny. The Frys
are thorough towards; both tainted when
brought before the court and cried for
mercy, bat the Blalocks take Tie matter
very cooliy and complacently claim TO
have had a good deal OF satisfaction IN
their performances.
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RENDERS AND BLALOCkS.

Another Family of Robbers and hurder-
crs Detected In southern Kansas.
Southeastern Kansas and the adjacent
sections are almost AZ much excited as
they were in 1919, when the noted Bender
family's horTid crimes were discovered
In the handsome village of Columbus,
comfy seat Of Cherokee county, lives
family Of the name Of Blalock, Of which
the handsome daughter, Clara, was
teacher in the town schools she grad
mated from the high schools with honor,
and was noted for beauty. modesty and
readiness with the pen. Yet 1t Is now
concInsiyely provcd-coniirmed 10y her
own coufcssion-that this handsome girl
has long been the ruling spirit, the secre-
tary. and one might say the queen, Of az
q band of outlaws a. ever cursed
the border. They were better than the
fcndish lenders in this, that they pre-
ferred robbery to murder. and never took
life when the object could IL gained with
out il. Il may easily he seen that such a
revelation cxcites intense interest, and
that every scrap OF fact concerning the
extraordinary girl is eagerly sought for.
Tho Vlalocl;s located in Columbus about
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from Zanzibar on

several Of h.s explorations into The hcart
If Africa. Livingston also -tlrtel from
the same place The principal island.
Zanzibar. has only an area 81 about GO
square miles AKA "a population sar.ousiy
estimated from 100000 to 5000 Tho
strait separating it from tho mainland IL
about twenty Use milo wide Tine capt.
tal Of the sultan b. Che city ~ Lln1.
bar, a place ~ about $1,000 people 10 -
not very cicauly. being only washed iy
the rains The palace .s uctl thc rcl, op-
posito Che haroor Thc Inhabitants con
sist principally of Arabs. Mada-scsna,
negroes and last Indians. The town has
lonc been prominent slave market ana
though Che .ridc was abolished uy the
treaty it stn surrepuuoHIy carried on
The late sultan icaycs 70 son, 10 ycaH
old. who succeeds 10 tie throne. TOO
present dynasty has hcll sway for about
100 years, SON sucoeedng father
When Che sultan left England aficr
making tie treaty, Punch c.cyer'y upro-
sented Mr. D'lsracli as saylu-. amid h.s
adicus. that Dee hoped S,yy.d pa ,ash
would, on ls return home, ll al joe his
power 20 suppress the slave traae ~
which his dus.y hiehDes mlDe reply
that he certainly would do FAD. adding.
with wink. "Iut remember. oh. shcik
Ben Dizzy. Conservative party yery strong
iu IluIutW However Seyyd Blru a
Did work mlrfI..y for tln abolition n
tlev'e traffic. in spite of bitter opposition
and threatened revolution.
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"The suite is one of three rooms, dress
Ing room, bathroom and bedroom. The
bathroom is Of pure white marble, fitted
upTith solid slyerlaucets and trimmings.
The bedroom is q grand big room, done up
in old gold and crimson. The walls are
finished with tluted old gold silk, gathered
In the center on each side with big
rosettc OF crimson. There are no pictures
on the walls, hut all about stand easels
with favorite oils and etch.ngs. The car
pet Is one specially woven. and has for L
design 4 big medallion which carries ont
the tones of old gold and crimson. The
bedstead, the dressing ease and the ward
robe are OF carved ebony, but the chairs
are done in different shades OF delicate
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nullnrh. nv Yenr. AGO.

"Thcrc .5 q huge difference between
billiards of today and billiards of hity
years ago." said tAe proprietor az billiard
rooms on Chestnut street "TA. tables
are changed, the rules are changed. the
cues are altered, and ns for public opinion
why, do yOu know that If a business
man entered q billiard room then his
reputation was gone forever. The came
was REGARDED as one Of chance, ard who
ever played it was sct downas O. gambler
1t was against the law for hoy Co play,
and over the door OF every room was dis
played the sign, No Minors Admitted,
as though the very sight OF game would
ruin their morals Those who played
were mostly FOUNDERS. gamblers and men
about town; men who hadn't any charac-
ter to lose Philadelphia News.
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silk. TIE bed is made up in bemstitche1
linen, with a plain white MarsclleS spread
over all. "
JAY GOuld has never initaicd the Van
derbilts in attcmpuns-at least, success
fully--to he n leader In fashion Whether
this Is the fault OF "socicty or Mr..
Gould, it is hard TO tell. There is GER
tainly prejudice against him ,hat does
not appear to exist against some other
mill.onaircs. This is Somewhar singular,
for Gould senior is said 10 DE % man Of
taste, especially in books, AID fine
scholar
Neither can Mr. Gould point w.th pride
70 a $1,000 French professor 81 rastron-
omy.
We give cuts with this Of Mr. Could,
bis son George and wife, and t.o Gould
city re- .dcucc Eddie Gould, t.e younger
son, has always been chary OK Dds picture,
and so his face is not shown. though his
career has begun rs picture que'y Us shat
oil his father or his brother.
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on growing spiritually, and the power 20
produce the pictures soon came. The
house decided 10 the medium by Mr..
Marsh is valuable one, and rs walls are
hung with paintings Of the Old masters,
which belonged to the princess royal
father, OF have since been spiritually
painted through the medium, but which
several young men, who are engaged in
furnishing pen sketches for newspapers,
pronounce TO be daubs.
We give specimens of the drawings
made from these paintings, and "a speci-
men spirit communication written inside
little pad. 1t is by means Of these com
municatiOns that Mr.. Marsh is assured
of the genuineness of the pictures.
Diss Debar. the husband of the medium,
is alleged by skeptics to he the probable
painter Of the pictures. This is holly de-
MED, Of course, and Diss Dcbar is kept
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08

The horn of a horses foot grows moro
rapidly in warm, dry climates th1n in
cold, wet ones; I'm healthy energetic ami
mails than in thos. tLlt are soft anl
weakly, IN exercise than in reposc; in
young than in old animals. Thus dis
courses the author Of Artistic Horse
shooting. who, furthermore, says: Food
labor and shOeine also add their influence
while the seasons are 10 some extent con
cerned in the growth and shape Of the
hoof. In winter Il widcns, becomes softer
and grows but li,tle; in summer il is con
deused, becomes more rigid, concaye and
resisting, is exposed 20 sevcrer wear and
grows more rapidly. This variation is a
prov sion # nature TO enable the hOOf TO
adapt itself 20 the altered conditions IL
has TO mcc.-kGTd horn 10 hard ground
soft horn % soft ground.
In ,his way Is accounted for the infu-
ence Of locality upon the shape Of the foot
On hard, dry ground the foot is dense,
tenacious and small, with cOncave sole, and
q little but firm frog; in marshy regions il
is large and spreading, the horn soft and
easily destroyed by wear, the sole thin and
FIAT, the frog an immense spongy mass
which is badly fitted TO receive pressure
from slightly hardened soil. In u dry
climate we have IN animal small com
pact, why and vigorous, travelling on u
surface which demands tenacious hoof
and not one adapted to prevent sinking;
in the marshy region we have n large, lynn
phatic creature, one Of whose primary re
quirements is foot designed 10 travel on
a soft yielding surface. Change the re-
spectiye situations Of these two horses,
and nature Immediately begins to trans.
forM them and their feet.
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II should bc stated that the industrious
reporters who have been investigating her
past do not fully agree as TO her parent
age, and she herself alleges that they
differ so materially rs to credit her with
twelve different mothers. IL is Il fact be-
yond controversy, however, that she has
figured two or three times in the courts
OF the metropolis, and las been accounted
n genuine possessOr Of extra physical
powers by friends and foes alike for sew
eral years-One woman, whom the madam
had arrested rs an insane person, testify
ing that inanimate objects like dinner
plates. etc, would ily across the room, APP
parently Of their OVID vOlitiOn, at her be
hest Some OF her customers have ac-
cused her of swindling and some have
said she obtained portable property from
them surrcptitiously by spirit aid She
was very heavily in debt, and there were
many judgments recorded against her I'll
Mr.. Marsh decided his property 10 her.
She has now settled these claims, how
ever.
When Dir Marsh was introduced to the
Princess Editha she at once miraclcd some
letters between two states tied together,
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Nearly all counterf.its and counter
fe.tc~s are detected, and the plates arc
discovered and muulated ly c..se.'1s
marks across their face. C0untorte.tcls
most difficult 20 find are those who don
wori. with plate but Use pen ~ tAe
treasury department in washington tley
have % twenty dollar bin which l5 All done
by hand and with pen and ink. 10 is %
DANGEROUS counterfeit and though tle
maker has been circulating them for
ycar- he has never been found. Tic
singular unrt of d. Us that the producer
can only make ordinary wages, i1r tAe
time consumed must be considerable. Any
visitor CD Washington may 20 % the
r0.uc- gallery iu tle treasury department
ana see the captured specimens = very
benevolent looking official w.I take great
piea.ur. lu showing you ali the rare sleci-
mems. There are couuter,c.ts al Che way
from the i've cent nickel To- the SlOJJ
bond. There are 81 bills raised 90 $40,
and $40 bills raised 90 500. There is %
plate IN the gallery which was arranged
% be used FOR cOuntcrtci,s on different
banks. When % was advertised that there
was a counterfeit out ou certain bauN
Its naue would be removed from the
plate and another substituted When tie
capture was made $40 600 ia spurious
bills were taken.
Counterfeiters are OF all sorts and OF
both sexes. There are Cinnamon, Euro
peans of all nationailues and native
Americans in their ranks Women arc
said 10 be the most successful in getting
rid Of the stuff For this reason nearly
al gangs OF counterfeterS have women
connected with them
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08

'rro'" mi o'' i'"'''s ''" only furnishes
portraits Of individuals who f0urishcd
mapv centuries before the Christian era,
but produces views on the planet Venus.
Nine. Diss Debar has many firm ad-
herents, Lawyer Marsh being only tho
leader, so TO speak He has much stronger
faith than any of his fellows, however, ils
he has fully demonstrated 10y dc@ilng his
handsome residence i'm New York TO Mime.
Diss Debar. to be used as "a temple from
which To spread the light, and by appear
ing i'm public OF the platform at CHECKER
Ing hall in lecture setting forth the
truth as nc understands it.
She says she is the illegitimato daughter
OF King Ludwig and Lola MonteA but
certain newspaper reporters claim That
she was born in 1919, at HarrOdsburg,
Mercer county, Ky, and that her maiden
name was Ann O'Delia Solomon. When
o years old she removed from lIarrods-
burg to Washington with her parents.
After residing in several other places, the
family went back to Kentucky and lived
ut Louisville. Ann ODelia, according 10
these young men, attended the Packer in
stitute in Brooklyn, but she did not re-
main there very long.
Want Of space will not admit Of follov-
ing Ann O'Delia Salomon's record 30 70
lated through all IFS details, including
various vicissitudes and one or two matri-
monal ventures, until she turned mp IN
New York rs the princess Editha," the
daughter of the king Of Bavaria But
it is alleged that one Of her homes was
in the insane asylum on BlackWelis
Island
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method adopted by the madam is to have
her customer hold blank canvas on his
head and lool. steadily into q mirror
Then the picture comes. "
The skcptio claims that the picture mas
already been painted on the canvas
which is covered with II thin finn OF gela-
tine. which becomes transparent, allow
ing the picture to matcralize, in the bEhI
This rs. Of course, Indignantly denied
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or.r.pal !, he latter the fine curved
l.,o. ..,, ~o,--ilar while Inn thc former they
..,., ma, .o distinct and are ir-e.aitr
h f. s.n.a.lva.reci that tIcdGereuce
n, s.7oof o. counterfeit bin from The ronu-
.,,ot.,,. u.a.t.rof considerable moment
r,., .......ai r,..t. i. observation-disclosures
l..... -i..1 fto in--...io1 When to
....,...,... d.. .r..,-.. t... r,,..r ia moist and
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lor what ia now known as Living tone
college, located at Salisbury 3. G..
IT, WAS elected president of tho COL
lee and the first term began in OctO-
Der. iSS2 The attendance cou- sted ~
three students and there were as many
teachers composing the faculty. They
assembled IN one room in "a private dwell
ing, then located in the present spacious
grounds of the college. Now there are
over 200 students iu attendance. the fac
Ulty consisting OK eleven instructors and
the property being worth fully 100000
Mr Price was a delegate 10 the ceutcu-
airy conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church. which convened i'm Baltimore ln
1884. and he was selected 10 deliver one Of
two addresses OF response 10 o.. address
Of welcome boy Bishop Andrew tue late
Dr. NcTerrln delivered the other
I'm 1850 he went ON iectur.u- tour 20
California. whore, IN five months. Doe sue
cocded in raising nearly $1,000 lor his
cherished institution. As a lecturer Doe
has had splendid success. III, has. .y
special invitation, occupied the ug'p,s of
both Bcechor and Talmage IN Lr9aIya
and been houoIed By % distinguished aud
cultured audience .u Boston
In June. 1887. the degree Ct u ID wa,
conferred upon him by the trustees oi
Lincoln university
lie is coal black. of st0ut nsure, and
has q rich. sonorous voice. which Is ca
pablo of the gcntle-t molu..'.0n. end
which i5 free from the affected correct
ness which characterlzes many negro
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08

States - silver
certificates. But
all couuterfcits
are imperfect for
under tuc magui
tyiug glass differ
cuces aleauparcut
which the uu-
aided eye is pow
ericss 10 detect
There are several
points Of diNer
cucc which an cX
pert would easily
discover between
his counterfeit
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REV. JOSEPH CHARLES PRICE
The Man who Declined the 'lission 20
Ilhcria.

ttH'N isAf
Rev Joseph Charles Price. colorcd,
whom President Cleveland rendered the
appointment Of minister resident and
consul general Of Liberia, has declined
the pr0nered honor.
He was born Feb 10, 1854, On Elizabeth
City, n. c. His mother was free, his
father was q slave. At the ago of years
he found himself in New Bcrne, $40 attend
ant 10 the public schools Later on he
became 81 pupil of the Lowell Normal
school of that city, which was conducted
under the auspices Of Boston pe. pie. At
an early age he taught in this institution.
lie entered Shaw university ai Raleigh,
I'm 1873. but was able 10 remain only a
part OF the session Leaving there, he
earned money by various means TO
further prosecute his studies. 10
1875 he became % student If Lin
coin university Pennsylvania. en-
tcriue as a freshman aud graduating four
years later. leading his class ami being
chosen ID, yalcdicto;ian. lie u..t com
pletcl q theological course, covering q
period ~ three years, graduating i'm
1851 Tie earned the money % pay his
school expenses himself, teaching school
during vacation times.
In 1891 DE was q conspicuous h-gre IN
the memorable Prohibition campaign
which occurred in North Carolina. lie
WAS Jealous advocate of pru. lition,
and his speeches were listened to with
interest by both races.
Boo August. 1881 he was elected dele
gate "a the Ecumcn.cal conference, which
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08

,...t f. .r..r.,. f-
$50. 100 tb,t
- ia ~,
,o,I-l d.. -,
..t .t. IN
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spon dissolving the firm, and there is talk
Of removing him from his official position
as member of tho park board Bat the
spiritualists-mosto Of them-hail lis en-
trance into their ranks with great joy,
and declare 1t Will be followed by a
marked advance Of the cause Of truth.
A skeptic who understands something
Of photography says that he believes that
The pictures are probably produced by the
duplication Of the dry plate principle. The
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08

ana the genuine - silver certificates. In
the counterfeit the rulng on the scroll
work surrounding the Roman figure
"N' upon which the stamped number is
printed, and the execution OF the portrait
are defective Under the ma-uuyug
glass the ruling OF the stamped number IS
found 20 bc crude, ending abruptly instead
M fndLns into lho nnnor. ~ In lhn CAS-. Of lie
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SHOWING THE QUEER
THAT'S WHAT CROOKS CALL PASS
ING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

description and Cuts That VIII Enable
You TO Detect the Clcverest Counter
fe,t Now lsoing-Somcthing About Che
secret service and Fad Money.
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uatcd on the east
coast OF Africa,
comprising IN e
islands Of XanZi-
bar, pcuoa. Ma
in and other
smaller islands.
The inHinlandh has
been but lttic ex
plored backof the
colsts, a. the sui
tan's authority is
but little rccog-
nizod beyond the
walled towns gar
risoncd by troops
Bat S,a.iey, ,ae
plorcr.ha- s'artcd
f-,... Inr. ..I..r .r.
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and won the law
yer with more
ease than he had
ever wor a jury.
"At that PERIOD"
says Mr.. Marsh,
"Mrs. Dollar had
not advanced so
far in her medi-
umship as TO pro
0uce oil paintings
on blank canvas. "
But the lady kept