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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05

form abuses which sne charged to the Jesuits,
whom she disliked IL was conceded that her
knowledge of European politics was consid
cradle. She occupied herself in correspond
ence with the leading diplomats of Europe.
and in forcing the resignation of King Lud
wigs ministers, controlling the new appoint
ments herself
She lived in fine style Her residence was
gem and contained the most beautiful
works of art She was presented at court as
the kings best friend" Her income was
s25,000 a year. The title OF Countess OF
Landsfelt was bestowed upon her. with an
estate with feudal rights, etc. About 1000
persons were her tenants.
1t was not probable that an adventures
could long hold all this prosperity and power
without eneries She was hissed by the
people in the streets. the students opposed
her, and on one occasion attacked her. She
was saved by the sudden appearance Of the
king, who called in squadron OF cavalry
and rescued her The following year the
king closed the university Then the cries
against Lola Montez came from all quarters.
The king held out for time. but the cham
Der of peers at length wrung from him an
order for her expulsion She was taken by
gendarmes beyond the frontier, while a
mob was burning the residence she had left
Lola Montez intrigued for her return with,
out effect The king remained constant in
bis affection for her, but his power was not
sufficient To bring her back in face Of the op
position OF his people. She drifted tack to
England and appeared in piece called Lola
Montez. or the Countess of an Hour The
play was however, suppressed
Lola had not been loved by sufficient men
to prevent George Stafford Head, of the
Life Guards, from marrying her in Isi9 He
had just come Of age and into fS0 OO0 a year
But the guardsman's relatives were not fav
orably disposed toward taking the newcomer
into the family. and about that time her
former husband. Capt James. turned up, and
Lola wes arrested for bigamy Notwith,
standing the efforts of Heads family. the
case was remanded. and the lovers were per,
United to travel together on the continent
However. the divorce was at last granted,
and Lola came To America
In the CnIte.i states she attracted great
crowds from curiosity to see one who bad
passed through such extraordinary events
Not having tired of welded life, she married
man named Hull. editor of The San Fran
cisco Wing From San Francisco she went
to Australia, Is King with her young New
Yorker as agent He fell in love with her,
but being repulsed by the fair grass widow.
irowned himselfin the harbor at Melbourne.
She made money in Au.tralia Returning to
the United States, she rettled at last in New
York There Is no evidence IN all her his
tory Of her ever having had child She
died in New York IN 1851 Her grave Is To-
Gated :n Greenwood Cemetery. Brooklyn
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ployes. country surveyors, superintendents OF
estates, officers of Garrisons and the poorer
regiments of the line, as well as families Of
thoroughly impoverished mobiles 1t can be
justly said. however. o: people of that
description in general that they are all lead
ing more or less humdrum, cianuish lives,
rarely turning from the consideration Of
their own immediate wants and pursuits
finding their best recreation in drinking tea
and lCnchias in cheap restaurants, and are
slowly but surely tending to obliterate all
traits that distinguish them from the lower
classes of the empire
Mis- + \ MAcGAaAN.
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IL DnJarrier. edr
or OF La fresse'
ana a young natiFs
OF san domingo
named ,l Deau'ai'oh !,
me sanoihS Q.
tne prue-ohe Oh
tne SECONDS was 'hs
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tne TACT tnat Loias
io'er' DuJarr'er'
was killed. astracs
cd cofisiuerapie Nv
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Landlady TO applicant for board-Havs
you children. madamf
Applicant-So
Landlady-Youa are fortunats. for We never
take families who have children
Applicant-Hare you any childrsnf
Landlady- Yes, two.
Applicant Well, you are unfortunate, for
we never board with families who have chill
dren New York Sun.
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Wifs-i wish hadn't written that letter
last week, John. | am afraid was some
what hasty and unjust.
Husband-Whst ierteri
Wits-To veneering & Ce.-ths one gave
you to mail
Husband going through his pocksts,-By
thunder, Maria, thcrs Is the letter novI
forgot to mail it
Wife twitheringiy,-Wsll, l declare, John
Smith, you are too stupid Hereafter shall
mail nay own lettaTs.-New York Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05
A Quiet Household.

Mamma" said little Flossie; "can Katie
Waffies come and play with meF'
Certainly not, Fiossie, don't you know
that our poor little dog Fido is very III, and
that have sent for doctorf-Ths Epoch.
Square Minister.
After one or two gentle efforts on the
part OF the collector to awaken Deacon
Jones, the minister said from the pulpit:
''Nsver mind, Brother Layman, as
Deacon Jones has not heard the sermon,
perhaps It would not be right to expect
hin, to pay anything fer it. The Epoch.
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fsts, OF intriguing courtiers. OF more or less
wirtily slandered royalty
Most natural questions, those; but not all
alike easy To answer. The middle class of
Rs1ssia-the working clements so little
heard about mostly for the reason of its
members mInding chiefly their own business,
eheir pursuits being to a great extent similar
60 the pursuits OF tradesInen, employees and
merchants IN other parts OF the globe.
Yet there is a distinct popularity attached
60 the middle class of Russia, and that arises
from the fact that the irrevocabiy established
middle class there does not correspond to
that Of any other country. Amy Russian
may at any time drift into being a member
Of the middle class, and he may as easily rise
or descend the social ladder again There
being no laws establishing privileges Of
prtmogeuiture. fortunes and estates of mobiles
are constantly getting smaller and smaller;
whilst the industrial classes ought TO have q
fair prospect Of prosperity in a country so
rich in natural resources
Notwithstanding the subdivision Of the
people into classes-the peasants, the mer.
chants and the nobility-there exists no such
gulf between the classes in that country as
in the west of Europe. where classes were
established under the pressure of the feudal
system
Russia proper never had any feudal regime
sni the passing Of individuals, and families
cot OF one state OF sociely into smother is
often cccasoned in that country by the pres
aIre OF economic conditions brought about
by personal thrift or careiessness, by educa-
szonai advantages or the lack Of such
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05

HY Is it that so
little is heard OF
the middle classes
Of RuSsiai What
are their livesf
What are their pur-
suitsf
) q C b are the
questions that seem
to come upof them
selves nowadays in
the inq uiring
American min d,
tired Of hearing
and reading Of
bIoodthirsty Nihil-
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05

it w7ss the same ID ali bis paonc actions.
He had no little obligations as the ordinary
statesman hes, and he carried his pride some
what to an extreme. The story will be remem-
bered Of how his father, who was judge in
New York, was very indignant one day on
being introduced as Judge Conkling, father
Of Roscoe Conkling," and after the meeting
was over he gave the chairman lecture for
his form of introduction. The old man was
as proud as his son, and it is said that he had
the same habits as Roscoe, in that he would
never pretend to be what he was not.
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RESTAURANT OF THE LOWER CLASS
II Is among the merchants OF Moscow
again that we find the Botkins-those cele-
brated patrons of art-the Mamontofs. the
Soiodovnikofs and others, whose art collec-
tions are treasures in their kind; whose
dwellings are highly comfortably and artist
ically appointed resideDces-not the pro
verbal palaces Of the ignorant merchant
princes. bent only on showing what fabulous
sums they can put into house and its deco
rations There are merchants sons again
who themselves are artists OF renown, such.
for instance, as the distinguished painter, n.
" Nevrev, who makes speciality of histor-
ical subjects
In Siberia, where they are more left to
themselves. the Russian millionaire mer.
chants owners of valuable mines, are more
given to practical enterprise; some Of such
send out ships on Arctic expeditions, or com.
mission them to find issues out of the mouth
Of the Lena river through the Arctic ice, and
clear roads on toward European ports
Others again, bent more for the qualification
of self, build first class river steamers of the
American system. they build them solely for
their personal comfort, a man would builp
q yacht, there being no regular line of
steamers on the Siberian rivers, and, travel
ing on those steamers, their owners give free
rides to all applicants, 10 the lowest as well
as the highest standing men Of the surround
ing country
The RICH and enlightened merchants of the
provincial cities of Russia proper are gener
ally to be classed, as 30 their tendencies, as
standing midway between the fayorite pur-
suits of the merchants of Moscow and those
Of Siberia
Merchants of the old type, still very igno
rant and often bigoted, spend their surplus
money chiefly in feasting, and often going
even on sprees, in distributing aims to beg,
gars with a lavish hand, in feeding tho in
mates of j2ils, in adorning the churches. and
in such display of luxury as best qualities
sheir individual vanity.
There would remain, Of course, much to
be said of the pursuits of other sets of the
middle class-sucA as are not endowed with
too many worldly goods Here would have
70 come in the merchants of the second and
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on her account between

was discovered that her lover had willed heI
5000 francs The feeling turned against
her, and she was forced TO leave Franco
At Baden Lola made a good find" in the
the person Of the king Of Bavaria Hs was
at this time 81 years Of age, man Of very
re6ned tastes, bad done great deal for
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05
knew Il Too We'll.

Have you something in the shape Of a
tonic and strengthenerF inquired tired
looking man stepping into a drug store
"Fve been riding all night on the cars and
I've got to brace up for q days running
around the city
Eyes, sir" said the clerk, briskly, produc-
ing bottle Of patent medicine; there's
nothing better than this-'Dr McSlim's In
vigorator-fifty cents bottle. :"
Thunder" exclaimed the jaded looking
man, with extreme disgust. II am the
manufacturer OF that stuff Chicago Tri-
bune
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05
ROSCOE CONkLlNG.
GOSSIP AND REMlNISceNcE ABOUT
THE NEW YORK STATESMAN.
His Kindness to women-HIs Pugiiism--
Where the Opening Of His Chicago
Speech Came From-An Incident of q
ISpecIaI Correspopdence.l

Especial Correspopdence.l
WASHINGTON, April 8O-It is wonderful
what a hold tho name Of Conkling has on
Washington During his last sickness he
was the man most talked of, and he had,
even in his retirement, as many friends as
any statesman in public life He had many
cruel cuts after he left the senate, and it IL
said tina: there is at Utica a package Of 500
letters which be received threatening his life.
These letters were sent Immediately after
the death of Garfield They charged him
with being its cause, and they threatened to
Kill! him in every possible way. Conkling
was brave man, and he showed no signs
that be had received anything Of this kind
He was absolutely free from fear, and the
day OF Garfields death he walked up and
down Broadway without regarding the
people, who were crazy with grief.
Senator Conkling will always be known to
the people as an austere and domineering
man, but bis life included many kind acts,
and during the last few years, which he de-
voted almost exclusively to money making.
he pleaded many a poor mans case
heard OF an instance not long ago. 1t
related to one OF the noted women Of Wash
ington. who. through her husbands death.
had become a member of one of the great
departments He was widower when she
married HIM, and though he died wealthy,
his property fell into the hands OF the chill
dIpn Of his first wife. and his second wife,
through technicality, was able to
get nothing 1t was New York
case and had to be tried there. The lady
consulted the Washington lawyers, and they
advised her to go to New York and engage a
prominent lawyer there. But the woman
had no money, or very little, and she feared
to try AT last she went to New York, unde-
cidei what lawyer TO see or what to do She
was walking past Trinity church when she
saw Roscoe Coukiing talking to a friend.
She had often seen him In Washington, but
had merely had an introduction to him and
had no acquaintance with him to speak OF.
As she passed his eyes met hers, and Senator
Conkiing raised his hat He noticed her
worried countenance, and he left the man
with whom be was talking and held out bis
hand, saying:
Madame | have seen you somewhere be-
fore. and see that you are greatly worried
about something If can be of any service
to you | will be glad to offer my services
The lady burst out crying, and said she
wanted lawyer, and Senator Conkling
made an appointment for her She was to go
TO his office in half an hour, and she went
She told her story and his legal brain dis
secJed it in an instant There was no doubt
about her getting her fortune, and she asked
him what his charge would be- In a gentle
manner he told her he would charge her
nothing, and with tears in her eyes she
thanked him. Through his advice she has
gotten her share of her husbands property,
and she is one OF the sincervst Inourners now
that he Is dead
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Senator Conkling had perhaps ono Of the
bes. physical constitutions in the co :ntry.
He was as straight as line and he walked
like u lord His hroad shoulders, his full
chest, his strong neck and his elastic tread
were for years the envy of the other states
men. and his muscles were such that he was
not afraid to GO about at night While he
lived at Washington be had gymnasium in
his rooms and he was a fine boxer Stories
are told of how liz used to inyeigle his
brother senators into putting on the gloves
with him and then. after punishing them
terribly. let them go with laugh. One time
he came this dodge over Matt Carpenter, and
Carpenter brought pugiliss along with hin,
on his next visit under the guise OF friendly
constituent. and the pugilist, who was a sort
of cas-, iron man, gave Coakling one of the
best beatings he ever had
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There would remain, Of course, much to
be said of the pursuits of other sets of the
middle class-sucA as are not endowed with
too many worldly goods Here would have
TO come in the merchants of the second and
third guilds" the poorer government eu-
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Conkling moved men much BY the force Of
his presence As he walked down tho floors
of the Chicago convention and took his stand
upon the rostrum he had n rose in his button
hole and his ambrosiai curl was curled
daintily on his big broad forehead can see
him now, as hs stood before that convention
and looked about the galleries and at the
audience room. in which Is 900 people sat
can almost hear his sneer as he directed it at
the antiGrant element OF the convention
He seemed to hold the whole crowd in the
hollow OF his hand, and it was full minute
before hs made that memorable opening
which has gone down in history. You re-
member the verse, and it was uttered in slow,
deliberate tones which reached to every part
Of the convention hall:
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Strictly speaking, the middle class" of
Russia consists Of families OF commoners en-
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II you ask us whence our cant
Dur sole reply shall be,
He halls from Apponattox
And its famous apple tree

Nue 49, epPao "Sn
How the convention roaredl For fifteen
minutes there was a solid cheer from Is, 600
throets, and this was mingled with the Kisses
OF the 1900 antiGrant men The crowd
cheered and cheered and cheerei again. and
tine memorable fight which followed, with its
5u6 voters, has gone down In history Where
Coukling got his opening, however, is little
known Ex-Postmaster General Cres well
told me the story, and he prefaced it by say
ing that hs considered Roscoe Conkling tho
greatest OF American debaterS Said he:
Tho verse was not original with Conkling,
but it was tine work of a poeticaI friend
Some time before the convention this friend
and Mr COnklins wero out riding together
The conversation turned upon Grant, aud
the poet read to Ccnkling a poem which he
had written about Grant Ths verse which
formed the opening of Conkling's speech ut
tue Chicago convention was one of the verses
of this poem, and when Conkling heard it ks
said: That verse is a good one and | will
have occasion to use it He made the poet
repeat IL several times and committed it to
memory. be packed it away in the recesses
OF his big brain. and it set the convention
Wild
saw Conkling short time ago In New
York. and was surprised to sec how he had
aged within the past few years His hair
was Us white as silver, and there were crows
feet at the corners Of his eyes Thought his
sneer had somewhat softened, and his cold
blue eyes looked more gentla he came hur-
riedly into book store on Broadway, above
the Hoffman house, and asked for q rare
book, which the bookseller, however, had not
on hand He then turned and left, and the
bookseller told me that the ex-senator YVES q
great book buyer and ono of his best cus-
toners
CoDkiing was never accused Of dishonesty,
and one of his strongest holds on the people
after be left the senate was the integrity Of
his public life made trip through the
west last summer, and everywhere l re-
ceived questions q, to what Conkling was
doing, and met not few men who hoped
that he might yet bs q presidential candi-
data was told that be could carry certain
states without trouble, and was surprised to
see the character Of his supporters
Speaking Of his public career, he made it
a rule Of his life never to accept any favor or
attention involving an expenditure Of money
from people with whom he might possibly
have public dealinga Some years ago he
was going about New York city with q state
officer and friend. The party took . hack
at the Fifth Avenue hotel and turned down
TO Wall street, and the state officer made .
bargain with the driver to take them
there for sl.50 When they had ar
rived At the end Of the journey the
state officer paid the bill, and Conkling
at ones offered him fifty cents as bis share Of
the fss The officer refused ts recsivs it,
and Conkling, with bis lordly air, drew him
self up and said: "Sir. always pay my own
hack fars,n and the officer, mumbling some
thing took Il
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05
THE middle CLASS
Writers on Russian Topics Neg
lect It.
OF WHOM IT IS MADE UP.
H Is Unlike That of Any Other Country
and includes Commoners EnuobIed for
Reasons, Merchants of All Kinds and
the Less Important OmciaIs.
lSpcpiai Correspoudence.l

lspcHiai correspoudence.l
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NEW YORK, April so.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-06
T y DEAD.
One Of wheeIing's Oldest Citizens and Bus
Ass Men Passes Away.

One Of wheeIing's Oldest Citizens and Bus
Ass Men Passes Away.
Peter Xinn, one of the oldest and best
known citizens of Wheeling, and formerly
one of her most energetic business men,
died yesterday morning at / o'clock, aged
seventy-one years, at his residence, corner
OF Main and Tenth streets. Mr.. Iinn
started to Boston some weeks since to visit
his son and daughter, hut when he reached
Baltimore he was taken suddenly and seri-
ously i'll and was compelled to return home.
He did not recover from his illness, al
though he became much better and was
able to yet about until Thursday last,
when he went 10 bed, gradually becoming
worse until death ended his sutferings.
Mr.. linn came to Wheeling about 1922,
with his grandfather. Graham, from Mar
tinsburg, who opened the Grant House.
Mr.. linn was then about six years old but
he soon commenced making his own way in
the world, and in 1885 was in a dry goods
store with Kelley O'Farrell, who kept
where Berger's leather store is now. He
after wards learned the machinist trade
with Helm & Richardson, whose shops
stood on the present site OF MUM & Bran
fass' place, corner OF Main and Fourteenth
streets. He Was after wards In the restau-
raunt business on Twelfth street and at
one time kept q boarding bouSe in the old
Noah Zane mansion which stood at the
corner of Eleventh and Main streets. He
began the confectionery business in a
frame building on Main street a short
distance below his late residence, and
several years before the war he moved TO
the present location, where he has
been in business until several years
since, having erected the building
that now occupies the corner. Mr.. linn
was married to Miss Martha Jane Jones,
of Baltimore, daughter Of a sea captain, in
1888, and had he lived until Wednesday
next Mr.. and Mrs linn would have cele,
brated their golden wedding. Mr. Finn
leaves six daughters and one son. They
are Mr.. VIM. ZInn, Of Boston, a prominent
merchant, who is now in the city, having
stopped off on his way TO California via
the Southern route; Mrs. Peter Ditto, Of
Somerset, ohio; Mrs. Chas. Hustler, Of
Baltimore, who, with her husband, il hert
now; Mrs. Joseph Williams, Of Boston
Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Dunn and Miss Mat
tie Zinn, all three of whom are ut home.
The funeral will take place to morrow
morning at 9 o'clock from st. Joseph:
Cathedral.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-06
Startling

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fever and sgue, that it exists in their very midst,
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Un'on. subsequently,, when it is sScertainej,
as it invariably is at such times, through the
valuable experience of some onewho has been
benefited and cured, that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is q thoroughly eficacious eradicator of
the malarial poison, and a means Of fortifying
and tranquility reignS throughout the whole
neighborhoOd. Besides the febrile forms of ma
larial disease, dumb ague and ague cake are
removed by the potent action OF the Bitters, TO
which science al o gives itssancrion as a remedy
for rheumatism. dyspepsia, constipation, liver
complaint, debility, kidney troubles, and all dis
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assimilation.