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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-18
FROM RICHES TO POVERTY.
A Tramp Who once Had s7S, 900 to Bet on

A Tramp Who Once Had S76, 900 to Bet on
Tildcn's Election.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June I7.-William
W. Wilmont, "A years old, and worn and
broken with long tramp on foot the
most Of the way from New Orleans, ap-
piled to the Charity Organization Society
this morning for relief. He told re-
markable story, which is fully backed
up by letters and references OF undoubt-
ed genuineness. He said he was born
in New Orleans, but left home at an early
age and spent many years wandering
through Europe. He finally came home
and settled down and married in Pitts
burgh.
When Tilden was the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency Wilmot bet
S75, 900 on his election. The bet was
drawn and the money returned. Soon
after his wife died and left him alone.
The $4,000 was soon squandered, and
Wilmot became poor man. Previous
to his serious losses he had invented q
machine for Crimping boots, and out oi
this had made q handsome fortune. To
prove his assertion he exhibited his
original letters patent. The old man is
becoming very weak and is almost deaf.
He was given temporary relief here and
will be aided 10 get to his old home in q
few days.
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New York, from Indiana and 2 from
Maine.
Blaine and Gof, 5-west Virginia 2
Pennsylyania 2, Ohio l. NILE: l
Blaine and Foraker, lowest Vir
ginia 3, Ohio 6, Kentucky L.
Blaine and Gresham, 4-Ohio 2 and
West Virginia 2.
Blaine and Alger, 3-West Virginia
Pennsylvania and Ohio, one each.
Other Blaine combines: With Allison,
from Illinois; with Depew, from
West Virginia; with Lincoln, 4 trdm
gennNkRhia;l viii Morton. ] ttrom
West Virginia; with Mckinley, from
West Virginia, from Ohio, l from Mis-
souri,; with Phelps, ! from West Nir-
ginia; with Porter, from West Vir-
ginia.
Gresham and Foraker, l from New
York. Gresham and Gof, from West
Virginia. Gresham and Depew, rom
Ohio and i from New York. Gresham
and Evarts, | from West Virginia.
Gresham and Morton, 2 from West Vir-
ginia. Gresham and Phelps, 2 from
West Virginia, l from pnsylyania and
Lfromi Ohio. Gresham and Sherman, !
from! Wisconsin. ~ "a r..
Algor and DepeH, 1 from PennsylYai
mia. Algeria and Hiscock, ! from Penn
sylvania and from West Virginia.
Alger and Morton, from West Virginia.
Alger and Phelps, from West Virginia.
Allison and Phelps, a from New York
and from Massachusetts.
4 G.nnI,nsr, fnnHn Don nuNyI.
vania. Depew and HI1iBonl 2 from
West Virginia, / from Pennsylvania, l
from Ohio and from New Jersey,
Foraker and Depgy, ! from Ohio:
Harrison and Depew, l from West
Virginia. Harrison and Miller, from
West Virginia ? And Phelps, 2 from
Pennsylvania, l from West Virginia, !
from Indiana.
Hawley and Mckinley, l from Con-
refiisss; HissSct Idia Alger, 4 from West MI
ginia. lHiBcock and Harrison; I from
West Virginia.
Lincoln and Depew, from Pennsyl-
Tania.
Mckinley and Phelps, from New
York.
Sherman and Alger, from West Vir-
ginia, from Pennsylvania, from Ohio.
Sherman and, Goff, 4 from Rhode
Island. ~ ~ -
Sherman and Harrison, from West
Virginia, 3 from Ohio, 9 from New York.
Sherman and Hawley, 9 from West
Virginia, ! from pennsylvania, ! from
New York, - sifi j
Sherman and Lincoln, from West
Virginia.
Sherman and Phelps, l from Penn
sylvania, from Ohio, l from New York,
from Nebraska.
The names mentioned for first place
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ing more can be said OF it. ] find
il TO be true that Mrs. John A. Logan
has taken it under her special protec-
ton, and she is politician Of no mean
abilities. Harrison and Gresham men
say they are &F III /.
L NOT RiaHTEe ZACH OTHER Z
but they are getting in some side wipes
just the same. III Gresham had Indiana
solid on the first ballot he would in all
probability be the nominee. As 1t is,
all the prospects are aoundering. Depew
is not seriously regarded for the inst
place, because his own State has not
adopted him us her favorite son. Allison
is not making much noise, but Is held to
stand well in the event Of Snowman
going TO pieces early, and the Blaine
pushers being unable to hold them
selves down. California came deter
mined TO raise Blaine shout in the con-
vention and TO nominate and vote for
him to the end. Greed Raymond, a
healthy product of our own Marion
county, heads the California delegation
and he wants Blaine or blood. Some oi
Blaine's best friends have been at work
to-day on the Pacific Coasters and think
they have them quieted; at all events,
they have promised to shorten sail. A
man with one eye can detect at first
sight that this great big
CROWD PREPERs BLAINE
to the whole bunch of thoroughbreds in
the field. This feeling is so strong that
the venturesome are offering to bet on
Blaine's nomination. They argue that
it will be impossible to agree on any
other man; that Blaine will be named
at a critical moment and nominated
unanimously. In short, they expect to
place him where he can't decline. John
W. Mason doesn't bet, but he expects to
vote for Blaine in November, so does
Major Moore, Of Harrison, AS for my:
self, am little too new on the ground
to offer combination, but / venture the
guess that Blaine will not be driven into
the fight this time. C.B.H.
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Mn CnrnerIn 1nteryiewsd.

LONDON, June l7.-Mr. Carnegie was
interviewed at York to-day. He said
that Mr.. Blaine could be President any
day II he liked. Mr.. Carnegie repudi-
ated Mr.. Chamberlain's assertion that
Americans did not favor Mr.. Gladstone's
Irish policy, and expressed surprise that
Sir William Vernon Harcourt or Mr..
Moreley had not challenged MIR. Cham
berlain in the House OF Commons to
name two prominent Americans who
did not favor that policy. Americans" F"
said Mr.. Carnegie, ''are not disposed to
deal with Lord Salisbury, who had been
q bitter enemy Of the Republic when it
was combating slavery" He declared
that the fisheries treaty would never be
ratified.
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MIR. BLAINE'S TRIP.
10 Travels LeISuroly aud Successfully
AHolda the Frequent Storms.

Ho Travels Lelsuroly aud Successfully
Avoids tho Frequent Storms.
LONDON, June l7.-Mr. Blaine, with
Mr.. Carnegie and the rest Of the party,
is still Jogging along comfortably toward
Cluny. Until yesterday they had crept
along at q rate OF twenty-five miles a
day, and had avoided the thunder
storms, which have been so prevalent.
Yesterday, however, they caught such a
shower as must have been an unpleasant
change from the monotony OF sunshine.
Mr.. Blaine spent long time in Lincoln
Cathedral, and expressed his opinion,
according to proud correspondent Of
that place, that he had never been in 50
fine and SO attractive building in his
lifa
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LONDON, June 1.-THE court circles,
in announcing the death Of Emperor
Frederick, says: at is source of deep
grief to the Queen and royal family who
lose in him noble beloved relative, for
whom the Queen had the greatest atfec-
tion and respect. Her Majesty mourns
especially for the desolation OF her dear
ly loved, sorely stricken daughter, be-
reit Of the noblest and best OF husbands" /"
Special memorial services for the dead
Emperor, with funeral anthems and
professions, were held in the churches
throughout Great Britain to-day.
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THE OUTLOOK.

The situation Rather rMlISd-EyeFybody for
RlAins, of Maine. tr.T
SiRsdl DiIpGteA to az IaitElieeNoer. = a. T. y
CHICAGO, June 17.-He would be a
wise man who could predict the result
OF the coming convention. Sherman
leads by large odds. His most sanguine
friends claim 500. More careful ones
say it won't be no much. 800 would be
safe estimate as the returns look now.
The more ballotinR the less strength
sherman will have. He will have gath
cred at the start all he can
command. Some OF his lopdest
bSckCrs have no expectations OF hia
nomination, It is only necessary "a
circulate freely among the Ohio men to
sec the hOllowness Of their professions.
The Alger boom is 4 very respectable
affair, and at this writing moth
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Cnmn tn firlnr nt I.nli.

NEBRASKA CRY, NEB., June l7.-Maj.
A. S. Cole, a prominent lawyer and poll
itician, and well known throughout the
west through his connections with the
escape Of United States Signal Service
defaulter Captain Howgate, was to-day
arrested charged with embezzling $500
from the District Court. He was about
TO leave for Washington Territory, and
returning from church when arrested.
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PARIS, June 7.-Most Of the Paris
papers regard Emperor Williams orders
TO the army as having warlike tone,
contrasting singularly with the rescripts
Of Emperor Frederick. Some journals,
notably the Steele, which has a moderate
article, view the ssEmperor's language as
moderate, as that Of soldier addressing
soldiers, and express the hope that the
Emperor's proclamation to the Prussian
people will be decidedly pacific.
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lWAsnrNoroN, D. c., June l7.-The
following bulletin was issued this morn
ing: 9a. m.-General Sheridan slept
well and naturally great part OF last
night, his rest being only occasionally
broken by attacks OF coughing. His
pulse has gained in foree and volume.
His appetite is improving. Respiration
to be irregular.
-f = II r. NJ. 0'REILLY, ~.
.A n '.tA W.M. MATTHEW'S,
.... H. G. YARRow.
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PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCES
he Votes of Over n Hundred Travelling
ltNltI MIN R.initt,od TE.ii

Tho Votes of Over . Hundred Travelling
gHNla Men samned Up. ~
Some time ago Chief Clerk Sam
Harrison, of the McLure House, began
to sell pools on the Presidency. He
gave a man the privilege upon paying
% cents to record a guess Is to TIE two
nominees at Chicago, and the proceeds
are TO be divided among those whose
guesses are right, Saturday night when
the sale closed there were llSquarters-
SIS 25-in the box, and a summary
Of the guesses shows the following inter
esting result: ,J.Ff.l ,TE
For Blaine and Harrison, 20 votes, Of
which 8 are by West Virginia men, 8
from Ohio, 3 from Pennsylvania, 2 from
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This table is OF Interest as Showing
how many acceptable men the party has,
and how uncertain the result seems. OF
the guesses, all but few are by com.
mercial travellers, and Of these few all
were transient guests Mt the Mcclure but
one, n lady.
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Special Di1patehtO he InteliOeneer.
WASHINGTON, D. G., June ia new
postoffice has been established at
strouds, Webster county, eight miles
east Of Delphi, with George W. Morton
rs postmaster.
]. Garland, of Hurst, W. Va, is here
tonight,
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PoMERoY, O., June l7.-Mrs. Mary
Capite, Of Clifton, W. Var while gath.
ering lettuce in her garden, was bitten
on the right hand by copperhead
snake, and died four hours thereafter.
She was about fifty years OF age and q
widow. .f.rH. .rs ....
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MOT GUILTY."

ClnIburne, who Shot the Colored Waiter NJ
Charleston, Acquitted.
Special Dispateh 70 ne LataliOnea.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, June 1.-THE
Circuit Court had a night session last
night and finished the Claibourne trial
which has been in progress three days.
Hon. Meade R. White, Of Staunton,
spoke an hour for the defense. Prosecu-
ting Attorney Burdett spoke an hour
for the State. The court room was
crowded and many Of Claiburne's friends
were present, some from Staunton. The
jury retired at 1920 and returned at
10:22 with a verdict Of "not guilty"
which was received with loud applause.
Public sentiment seemed largely in Clai-
bourne's favor.
The Democratic Congressional Exc;
cutive committee met here last night and
decided to hold nominating conven-
ton at Kanawha Falls, August IA.
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AHnnnY HIt.A

Sam Harrisons' latest scheme is great.
He has a glass jar with a neat tin cover
fitted to it, and in the cover is slit cut.
The lid bears the words, drop, q nickle
in the slot and get your name mentioned
for the presidency. 1t is:a good hit on
both the nickel weighing machines
and the prevalent little presidential
hOOma for n cent.
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Ayalunble Horse Dead.


SpectdI ONplHc1 70 H< HHeHVeHcT'
FAIRMoxT, w. Va, June 17.-Mr. Jo-
seph E. Sands lost his Clydesdale stall
lion Friday night by death. He was
valuable horse, costing Mr.. Sands
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BRUSSELS, June 17.-Letters from
Congo confirm the fears that trouble has
befallen the Stanley expedition. The
Nord has received bad news regarding
Stanley.
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Christopher Columbus wasno painter,
but all the same he was the first land,
seer OF America,
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Continued on Fourth Pags.l
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
Trappca q Grny Enrle.

A large gray eagle was captured on
the farm of Peter Quinn, In Butler
township, Scott county, La. The cap
ture was made by Mr.. Quinn's son,
Joseph. In the morning the eagle
made its appearance in the iieigtb6r-
hood and in the afternoon was seen to
alight ON Mr.. Quinn's farm. Arrange
ments were then made for its capture.
Mr.. Quinn's son got wolf trap and
set it on hill, and fastened live.
chicken near enough TO il. so that If
the eagle made an effort 10 get tho
chicken away it would spring the trap;
And this it didSsprang the trap tIvice
without being caught But il WIS de-
termined to get the chicken.
The trap was set the third time and
matters moro carefully arranged for
its capture. It was some little time
before the bird made an effort TO get
its prey: Mr.. Qninn's son stood off iii
the distance and watched. The eagle
flew over the trap once more and dart
cd down TO embrace the chicken in its
claws It fluttered over the trap q
moment, there was snap and chicken
and eagle were Tapping their wings
together. The eagle was caught this
time. Mr.. Quinn's son ran at once to
the trap to embrace the captive. It
made bold fight but could not get
away. The trap held it by one toe.
Mr.. Quinn now has it Gagged. The
bird measures six feet four inches from
tip to tip. It was the first eagle ever
seen IN that county.-Cor. st. Louis
Republic.
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A Bread winning Artistic Taste.

eyes, my profession in this city is a
new one-not an original idea strictly
with me, for IN New York there are
several ladies in the high social life
there who, with limited means, do
Just as am doing" The woman was
speaking to a st. Louis Globe Demo
crat reporter. She continued: "You
see have naturally the head and taste
of an artist, not practically, but theo
retically. / was accustomed to wealth,
and my artistic taste was heightened
by European travel and observation
to the greatest point of culture. When
revcrses came the idea was suggested
to me to utilize this gift, and my pro-
fession Is now an open secret here to
all the wealthy people and those OF
less means who have the house deco
rating propehsities.
when a house is built the owner
sends for me to arrange the interior. /
select the furniture, the draperies, the
bric-a-brac. in fact everything pertain
ing TO the decorative part of the home.
1t very often happens that the owners
with plenty of money TO spend are alb
solutely divested of any IDEAS So
Then, again, there are people only
COulOfLdDly eiIOuSH SltUaLSu 10 a4tOW
a certain amount 10 be used for tho
ornatnentation of their home: con-
form TO both Of these styles; very
judiciously, of course: ! select the
ceiling and wall designs; then the gas
or electric jets:
After the solid portion comes the
movable, the rugs, skins, draperies and
articles of virtu. ( buy and arrange
everything with my own hands. II Is
work of fancy, but l do not limit my
charges and have good income
from my arduous art work There is
scarcely handsome or artistic home
in this city which is not the result in
interior loveliness of my skill. OF
course II is sub rosa. IsiInply sell my
taste and talent and to the master or
mistress falls all the credit of the ae-
eomplished beauty"
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The dapanese Merchant.

Tho japanese are content with little.
and it is from this attribute of their
nature that Americans need not ex-
pect TO compete with them in business
in their own country. They do busi-
ness Oh margin that would ruin an
American tradesman, and if they
make cents on the sale of watch or
10 cents in selling clock, they are
satisfied. Where thrifty tradeSman
can live and bring up family on $40
a month there is little hope for the
luxurious American. The whole ma
ton seems to be engaged III what a
Connecticut Yankee would call q
whiting business. The stocks of
many of the stores would not bring So
at auction, and the merchant sits like
the Turk in his bazaar surrounded by
his goods and with his legs crossed
serves his customers. His floor is his
counter, and his goods hang on the
wall or are piled within easy reach of
his hands. He has space altogether
about as largo as small bedroom
and the whole of the front of this is
open. The floor is raised about two
feet from the ground and the custom
ers sit on the edge as they haggle over
the prices.
1lc Jdpa1leSe IueIC1IdIlI always aSi1S
three times as much as he expects to
get. You offer him one-tifth and
gradually reach the third. He gives
you a tiny cup of tea and places beside
you bowl of charcoal for your pipe
while you are looking at his goods,
and as rulo it seems to be Indifferent
to him whether you buy or not. If
you go away without buying he bows
politely and says ''Sayonara, fare.
we'll, with as kind a smile as though
you make purchase, and if you offer
him something out of the usual order
he makes his calculation on Chinese
calculating machine, consisting of n
box of wooden buttons strung on
wires. By moving these up and down
he adds and subtracts quite as quickly
as we do with pencil and paper, and
his figures are rarely wrong. g.-Franls
G. Carpenter.
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Some fasts Abo,t non.n

Starch and sugar when eaten undergo
digestive change before they are assim-
Hated. In honey this change has been
made to a considerable extent by the
bees. It is partly digested, easy of as
similation and concentrated. aud fur
nishes tho same element of nutrition as
sugar and starch-imparts warmth and
energy.
As medicine honey has great value
and many uses. 1t is excellent in most
lung and throat affections and 4is often
used with great benefit in place of cod
liver oil. Occasionally there is person
with whom it does not agree, but most
people can learn to use it with beneficial
results. Children; who have more ma
tural appetites, generally prefer it to but
ter. Honey Is a laxative and sedative,
and in diseases of the bladder and kid
neys it is an excellent remedy. 1t has
much the same effect as wine or stimu-
lants, without their injurious effects, and
is tInequaled in mead and harvest drinks.
AS an external application it is irritating
when clear and soothing when diluted.
In many places it is much appreciated as
a remedy for Group and colds. In pre-
serving fruit, the fornlic acid it contains
makes better preseTvative than sugar
syrup, and it Is also used in cooking and
confectionery.-Am Bee journal.
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Hebron Today.

We found ourselves encroaching
upon the land of the Azazimehs, the
descendants of Ishmael, and were
overwhelmed by a storm of abuse
from a delegation of the tribe who,
having sighted US afar off, stood
awaiting us at the ford Of the river
which led up Beersheba way. No day
in Petra held more anxiety than this
one did; for parting with the mutin-
Gus wretches into whose hands we had
voluntarily placed ourselves at Aka
held US prisoners, and arranging with
of intolerable yelling and bluster
which was more interesting than
pleasant Swords, pistols, clubs,
spears, fists and guns were all used;
but nobody was hurt-very much.
Even the moon looked troubled by
the time we made our departure. If
such people infested this region when
the spies came this way, it is not so
wonderful that they returned to
Moses and said, I'VE were in our own
sight as grasshoppers, and so we were
IN their sight" Certainly my long
felt sympathy for Hagai. and Ish-
mael was much shaken by my deal
ings with their descendants. Nothing
could be more lovely, however, than
the region reached day sjourney far
ther north, when in the neighborhood
of the brook Eshcol." The land rolls
through ''green pastures" and beside
the still waters. The wide valleys were
clothed with verdure, spotted with
daisies, buttercups. dandelions, pop
pies white and red, and many other
flowers. Large hocks were there, at
tended by their shepherds; the fella-
hin We're at work, and the women,
rying water in jars upon their heads.
The fields were protected from the tor
rents by stone walls such as we saw IN
the wilderness, and Give groves and
vineyards abounded. 1t was CRATE
full scene, made more so by the re-
semblance of the gray sided hills to
those of good old Massachusetts. Each
vineyard of EShcol was protected
by a high stone wall; IN every one
was low stone structure which served
as the house of the attendant. The roof
was the watch tower; whereupon the
watcher spent the day. To- keep the
birds and the Bedouins away from the
fruit. Nestled away down IN the .al-
ley below lies the Hebron, in the
plains of Ma1nre" There; reaching
across, is the old camping ground of
the patriarchs, and in the distance
towering above everything else except
the surrounding hills; are the minaretS
of the mosque which covers the cave
of Machpelall. Hebron is the oldest
town in the world which has main
tained a continuous existence The
hills and the valleys alike are clothed
with olive groves, orange trees end
vineyards; figs, nulberries, almonds,
pon1egranates and vegetables like our
own melons and cucrmbers also
abound. Streams of water run llither
and thither and murmur music which
gladdens the heart of the weary trav-
eler.-Cor. Century.