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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06
A s,np Of lle world IN a Trap.

Phil. DAILY is what is knownas sport
ing man, which does not mean that he
beguiles his leisure moments with the
rod or gun, but that he makes his living
by the card playing OF other men.
Mr.. DAILY is well known in Philadel-
phia, where lie used to keep gambling
house; in New York, where he has his
winter residence; and at Long Branch,
where he keeps a so called club house,
in fact gambling hell made famous by
John Chamberlain.
Mr.. DAILY is in no sense u "green
horn" He may be supposed ito know
what is what" II anybody has "scen
the elephant" he has. He has more
than the average quick wit OF the aver
age man OF the world. Yet trap was
set for Mr.. DAILY and he stepped into it
like any slender foot"
A woman wrote to him requesting
him to call on her at n certarn time. He
had never seen the woman and knew
nothing OF the house. He explains that
he thought possibly some old friends ere
in distress and wanted to see him. AT
all events lie was on hand as requested.
Before he had been there long two mask
ed men stepped into the room aud one
of them pointed Il revolver ut him, at
the same time telling him to throw up
his hands. With great presence of mind
aud no little courage, according to his
own account, Mr.. Daily turned on the
man with the revolver and, in a wrestling
match which cnsued, received u scalp
wound. Their plan having miscarried,
the masked men were glad to get away.
Mr. DAILY was glad to get of with his
life and $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
bones in his pocket.
The probability is that Mr.. Daily did
not suppose that any old friends were in
distress. 1t is possible that he is mis-
taken about the masked men. A rea-
souable presumption is that he suspects
ed, il he already did not know, the char
acter OF the woman and was glad to so
to see her.
Whether Mr.. DAILY was shot by man
or woman it is not material. The
moral Of this immoral performance is
that Mr.. Dalyis the first shrewd man
10 be drawn into the trap OF woman;
but men of different social position
from Mr.. Daley, being entrapped, pay
the reckoning and are glad to escape
with whole hides from the "badger
game"
The newspapers have all told of this
episode. Much more will be said about
it. Yet any woman who uses the least
skill in selecting her victim can draw
another shrcwd man into her net, and
probably with better financial results.
Men refuse to learn where there is a
woman in the case.
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Three-fourths oil our people are troub'
led with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint
in some form or other, which by nature
OF the disease has a depressing influence
on the mind or body, preventing them
from thinking or acting clearly in any
matter OF impOrtance. Indigestion, COM
ing up OF food after eating, dyspepsia,
sick headache, acidity OF the stomach or
any arrangement Of the stomach or liver
upon which the whole action OF our
system depends) are speedily and eiiec:-
tually overcome by the use OF Green's
!lugist Flower. The most stubborn cases
have yielded TO its influence, as thou
sands OF letters received will testify.
The immense sale OF this medicine is
another guarantee Of its merits, lover a
million and a half bottles sold last year.
So we ask, will it pay you to suffer from
any OF the above diseases when you can
have immediate relief in the august
FiOwtr. Three doses wi!lprove its worth.
1t is sold by all druggists and general
dealers in I'LL parts OF tue world. D&w
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Commenting on the rush for office, the
New York Erming Post says:
The vital matter is the morbid condt-
ton Of the public mind, illustrated by
the rush for office which began after Mr.,
Cleyelands election Jour years ago, and
which is now renewed after Republican
victory. Why is there such craze for
holding office? Why is the humDleSt
place-in the public service sought with
such ayidity? Why do men who are
capable OF making their own way in the
world and winning independence, sub,
iett themselves to the uncertainties and
dangers which always attend the hold
ing Of Office? There is food for thought
in considering such questions as these
This is what the INTELLIdEScEE has
been trying to impress upon those OF its
readers who are hungering and thirst
ing after something-almost anything at
an cost so long as it is a public place
Few public places are worth having by
men who can do something else. For u
Young man, who has a right to look for
ward to successful life, nothing is more
hopeless than Government clerkship
But the young men will not believe
this, and SO they plunge head over heels
into the general scramble.
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President cleveland. nightmare

Whoever has had the patience to wade
carefully and thoughtfully through
President Clevcland's latest message
must have been struck by the boldness
OF his effort to draw class lines in this
country and to array one part OF the
people against the other.
This is not an entirely new departure
for Mr.. Cleveland or for the leaders Of
the Democratic party; it is only II longer
step in the direction in which they have
been going. All through the late cam
paign this was the Democratic plan, on
the stump and in the press, to stir up n
popular revolt against American manu-
facturers-a plan OF campaign which met
with the hearty approval and active sup
port Of the British manufacturers and
British politicians.
In the message just sent to Congress
Mr.. Cleveland says great deal to show
that he regards manufacturing on Amer
lean soil as a crime against the Republic.
Ii manufacturers make money it follows,
in his judgment, that they are successful
by reason oirobbingt their employees and
plundering the consumers of their wares.
observe sentence or two IRON his mes
sage:
We discover that the fortunes realized
by our manufacturers nre no longer sole
" by reward OF strict industry and en-
lIghtened foresight, but that they result
from the discriminating favor OF the gov
eminent and arc largely built upon un-
due exaction from the masses OF the
people. While the citizen is
struggling far in the rear or is trampIed
to death beneath an iron heel, corpora
tions, which should be the carefully re-
strained creatures OF the law and the
servants Of the people, are fast becoming
the peoples masters.
The President desires, of course, to
have it understood that the American
manufacturer, whether operating in.
diyidually or in association with one or
more Of his fellow citizens, is enabled to
do these wicked and destructive things
because OF the protective tariff system.
This position, however, is not consist.
ent with the claim Of the Presidents
party that under u taritI:ior-rcvenue
only, all protective features being abOl'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06
TO GO on THE STAGE
Mrs. Marie BIniuo's LIiolce for Her Future
Life-shs seeks not Notoriety but to Sup
port Her Child.

Mrs. NarIc HluIue's Lhoic. for Her Future
Life-shr Seeks not Notoriety but to Sup
port Her Child.
New York World.
What has been limited at for many
weeks by those directly interested in
the welfare Of Mrs. james G. Blaine,
Jr.. has at last assumed definite shape
and it is now nuthoritatively stated by
that lady herself that the stage will be
the scene OF her future career
Nor is this to be considered as a sud-
den step taken with the idea that with
the notoriety which her past troubles
have given, her future is already I'M as
sured success, even though she may
possess no talent.
II is the determination OF q spirited
little woman to use the talent which
size believes herself to possess, strength
enrd by the advice OF many friends who
are interested in her welfare.
Neither is it n spirit of bravado which
prompts this action, but n matter OF
sheer necessity, and the only method
which presented itself as means of
procuring livelihood for herself and
infant.
"Yes, 1t is true; am actually going
on the stage" was the young wife's
CHEEKY response to the question Of an
EUning World reporter, rs she invited
him into the cosy reception room in her
apartments at the New York Hotel.
"ThcrU were two paths open to me,
journalism or the stage, and l chose the
latter.
at is, no. alone my choice, but &c.
cording 10 the advice OF all my friends
that is, with few exceptions, one OF
whom wrote me a few days agoto ask II
it were true, and loudly declaiming
against any such publicity. To that
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kind Of letters have but one reply
win you support me and my bahyY
mo, the time OF my appearance is not
definitely settled, nor can ! state under
whose management / will make my de-
but, because don't know yet. | have
received several offers, but have not as
yet decided with whom / will go.
"Ofcourse, / will have TO study first,
never having appeared on the stage
either as an amateur or professional, al.
though some newspapers insist that l
have. But this you can say authoTita-
lively, that with the exception OF one
occasion when l sang in an amateur
opera, have never been before the foot
lights" -,
evil you make yourdebutin operaT'
asked the reporter.
''No, am not strong enough for that
yet ; but Just what line ! will select for
my appearance must depend entirely
upon what is in me, which, OF course,
will develop under study"
"From whom do you intend taking
lessons?"
"Mr. David Belasco, OF the Lyceum
Theatre, will be my instructor, and
have already enrolled myself us his pupil
| have formed no ideas OF going abroad
to finish my studies, nor shall Igo to tue
other side for any costumes, as l believe
there are good enough dressmakers right
in New York; protection to homeindns
tries" and the young wife laughed
heartily at the appropriate campaign cry
Again, us the thought OF her pas'
troubles came before her, the merry
smile gave place to saddened look u
sue said:
During my convalescence l weighed
the matter thoroughly and felt that witt
returning health and strength must Dc
something to provide for myself in TIT
future, and the decision to go upon thu
stage is the result OF long and deliberate
thought"
"Had chosen the journalistic field,
would have felt more as if l were goinl
among friends, as the press has eve
been kindto me, and upheld me entirel!
throughout my trouble, but felt that
was more fitted for the stage"
! AS regards her litigation Mrs. B!ain'
would say nothing, although volunteer
ing the statement that she had by III
means dropped it.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

IT is reasonable to suppose that the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Company
is not entirely lacking in enlightened
selishness," and that it would rather
please the men who do business with it
than to Inconvenience and displcase
them. The present condition Of allaiIs
with regard to the freight traffic of
Wheeling isa losing game for the city,
but the City Council does not seem to
see it. When does the Council propose
to raise the state of blockade?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

Col. ALEX. CAMrnELL's well informed
letter on the sheep husbandry OF Aus,
tralia has the merit OF being written by
an expert and keen observer. Our
home wool.growcrs will find in Col.
CampbelPs letter so much 10 entertain
and instruct that they will, We trust.
deal gently with him for his too.previous
jubilation over the second.term election
of Mr.. Cleveland. Is it not written,
"To err is human2" And the offender
is SO far away from home!
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

TIE publications concerningthe Aleuts
are made upon sufficiently good author
ity to warranta searching investigation
by Congress. Whetherthe Alaska Com
pany, its agents or anybody else guilty
Of the crimes against helpless peo'
pie as charged, is well worth knowing,
SO that an effort may be made to apply Il
remedy. The government or lack oil
government OF Alaska is OF such char
acter as to make possible all that haG
been alleged.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

A FEW more messages OF the length OF
President Cicvciand's latest will accele-
rate the tendency OF newspapers to treat
the Presidents communications with re-
gard to their public interest. Acommu-
nication from the President has value
because it is from the President, but it
is not necessary to reproduce every word
because it is the Presidents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

IL Harrison wants it believed that he
is going to be President he must not be
on speaking terms with Blaine. This
is n Mugwump prescription. How kind
and unobtrusive those gentlemen are
with their advice.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06
twelve Years Afflicted.
BLuFrTOx, IxD,, Feb. Q, 1856

BLUPFIOH, IND, Feb. Q, 1887.
| have been afflicted with Blood Poison fol
twelve years. Have used prescription from
physicians offered me during that period
ThrouIh the druggist, W. A. Gutelilis / pro
cured one bottle OF b, Is, u. mud since have used
three bottles, and am satisfied II has done me
more good than anything ever used. am al
most we'll, aud am sure, within two or three
weeks will be perfectly well, after twelve ycArS
suffering intensely. Write or address,
JOSEPH FEST,
Wells Co., Ind. Baker and CDnfeCtOneT.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

TnE last desperate effort to steal the
State Of West Virginil. is to be made in
the Legislature. The Republicans OF
West Virginia will be there when the
curtain rises.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

An extra session OF Congress will start
the new Congress and the new Presi-
dent snugly OH the way. 1t will give an
opportunity for the immediate admis-
sion of the Territories, also for the adj
mission to seats in the House of men
who have been duly elected and counted
ouI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06
Makes an old Man Young.

r.s.-i bought three bottles Of Your Botanic
Hood BALM from my friend II. b. BRllarl, at
Campobello, S. Z. have been using Il three
weeks. II appears tO give me new life and new
strength. II there is anything that will make
an old man young Il Is Is. D. D, | anl willing TO
scll IL. | can earnestly and honestly recon-
mend Botanic Blood balm.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

TIE difference between brick paving
and cobble stone pavingis very apparent
in such weather us this. In weather
still worse the difference is even wider
and more striking.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

IT is an interesting coincidence that in
Kanawha us well as in Wetzel county
the ballot changing amounted to just
twenty-eight votes. One head must have
conceived both jobs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

All who desire full information about thu
cause ard cure n blood PoiSOnA, scroiulA and
SCrOmlOus SWellings Ulcers, Sores, Rheuma
tlsm, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc, ran &C
cure by mail free, II copy OF our 3epagc lllustfA'
ted Book OF Wonders, tlllCd with the most won
deEIul and startling proof ever before known.
Address, BLOOD BALM co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

That HACKING Cough can be soquickly
cured by shiloh's Cure. We guaran-
tee it.
WILL you SUFFER- with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is
guaranteed to cure you.
SLEEPLEss NIGHTS, made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is
the remedy for you. Sold by W, Will
Jams and Q. Menkemiller. COW.
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Qbe Sntelligenter,
wnEELIN0, ". va, DEcENInER o, 1888

THERE is something odd in the idea of
Mrs. Cleveland securing for her husband
a French governess to teach him the
language Of Boulanger.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

Now yesterday, from sunrise to sunset,
you could have almost any kind of
weather for the asking. This is what
we understand by assorted weather in
inh lnta
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

Superintendent Lalnon-"0llcer ].
0'HoOligan, you are charged with hay
ing been drunk and riotOus while on
duty utter midnight" 0'Hooligan-lts
a loi, sir, and l can prove an allyby.
Sure nm was aslape at the tonne"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

Office Boy Ito cditor)-"There's a mad
old gent outside, sir, wat wants to see
you.T Editor-"Did he FAY what he
wanted?" Office Boy-"Yes SIR" he
said that you printed poem that his
son writ, aud lie says hell have satisfac-
ton or 20 to hospital"
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HONEST OPINIONS.

Candor compels It's to admit that some one has
long known the Ingredients Of Is. Is. u. But
since II has never been put before the public,
mated the prescription ana used Il for years In
his Practice, 1t is original.
Nothing to Equal It.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06
rha Raat PurIfIer Made.
pAMAscus. GA, June. %, 1851.

DAMASCUS, Ga, Junc?9, 1887.
Ihayo suffered with cntarrh for about -four
year,, aud after using. four bottles Of Botanic
blood Balm lind my general health greatly I'm,
proved, and II could keep out OF tho bad
weather would be cured. believe II Is the
best purifier made.
Very respectfully,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06

MILLER-on Tuesday, December 4, lSSs, at {
O'Clock p. M, FRED. J. MILLER, in the l9Ii
year OF Ills age.
Funeral Will take place from his late residence
at TrIadclphia, W. Va, this (Thunday.
afternoon at o'clock. Interment ut PENN
sula Cemetery.
sWIREs-on Tuesday, December I, 1855, Rt lO:JC
u. III, MARY JAM SwiREs, In her 6A year
Funeral from the residence Of her brother, No
823 Main street, on Thunday afternoon Mt
O'Clock. Friends OF the family are respect
fully invited to attend. lnterment at Mt
Nnnh I.nmntntN
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OIlCc, SlO ouuILl!I SL
We will give 500 lor any case OF Ca
tarrh that can not be cured with Halls
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
+. j. CHENEY Il Co., Props, Toledo,
0. Sold by druggists, Zoe. D&w
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IOLEDO, ", Jnh. ~, u

TOLEDO, o., Jan. 10, 1887,
Messrs. +. J. Cheney q Co.-GentIe.
men:-I have been i'll the general prac-
tice OF medicine for most forty years,
and would say that in all my practice
and experience, have never seen a pre-
paration that could prescribe with as
much confidence OF success us | can
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
you. HIVE prescribed it great many
times and its effect is wonderful, and
would say in conclusion that have yet
to find ease OF CataIrlI that ii would
not cure, il they would take itaccording
to directions. Yours Truly,
l.. l.. GORsucn, Nj. D.,
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LOGAN & CO..

do-DAw wholesale Agents.
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WU WWUVTbIHT
job lots.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-10
An Indian "Burning"

Every autumn, if they are allowed to
do so, the Concows have burning" or
burnt Offering to their dead, says
writer in the San Francisco alta. They
erect brush house in the graveyard,
and upon the night selected by the
''medicine" men all repair thither laden
with baskets, beads, pinola and acorn
soup. The baskets and beads are hung
on poles, the pinola and acorn soup
being set at the bottom in the big
baskets, that are fashioned 80 closely as
to hold water. Again We see what they
have gained from the white man. After
the white people, who come to see the
"burning," have bought the finest and
the best of the baskets, the rest are
thrown into the large fire in front of the
brush house and each one seeks the
graves of his dead relations, and there
they sit and cry till morning. The noise
can be heard for miles distant. The
half breeds or younger ones generally
spend their time in gambling. This is
carried on either with cards Or by means
of the grass game, which is thus played:
Two or four men, selected by some one,
seat themselves on the ground where
the grass is long, or, if the game is
carried on in the sweat-house, they pull
a quantity of the grass and lay it in piles
in front of them. Then one side-haV-
ing decided by lot which-begins. TAX
ing four small sticks in his hands-tWo
in each-he sings a monotonous chant,
the words of which have little or no
meaning, in the meantime rapidly chang
ing the sticks from one hand to the
other, rubbing his hands together,
snatching up handfuls of grass, some
times burying his hands in the grass,
then tossing small bundle of it over
his head, and going through all sorts OF
maneuvers to conceal the change OF the
sticks or deer bones. One of them is
peculiarly marked, and the game is to
guess in which hand it is held At a
given signal from the opposing side, the
motions are stopped and the guess is
made, and the player loses or wins the
pile of beads or money in the center, as
the case may be. To an Indian there
is nothing more exciting than a good
"grass game" and they will play for
days at time, hardly stopping to eat or
drink, and their legend of the game tells
that in olden times men played tor men,
a chief betting his men, and finally him
self, till all were lost or became captive
to the enemy, till Tn Koi:to the
Saviour, came and won all men back and
gave them to themselves again to be free,
and then left with them a message to
Glove one another" and look for his
coming again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-10
Southern Feathered Brigands.

From the sowing of the seed to the
harvested crop the farmer is subject ed
to the inroads of myriads of insects, of
species known and unknown, and in
many sections to the depredations of
birds and mammals, all seeking to ap-
propriate and destroy his crops. But
no damage sustained by Northern farm
ers from Gro VS., blackbirds and the ever
present English sparrows can compare
with the ravages in the rice-felds COM
mitted by the birds called bobolinks in
the North, reed birds along the Chesa-
peake, and rice-birds in the South. In
Vulnerable hosts of these birds visit the
rice-felds at the time of planting in the
spring, devouring the seed before the
fields are flooded, and again at harvest
time in the fall, when, if the maturing
grain is in the milk, they feed upon it
to ruinous extent.
During the periods of their invasions,
says a Government report, thousands of
men and boys called bird-minders are
employed with guns, and millions OF
birds are killed. Still the number in
vading the rice fields each year seem in
no way diminished, and the aggregate
annual loss occasioned is estimated at
$2,0O0,O 900. According to the authority
quoted, the bird is strictly migratory.
1t appears on the Savannah River about
the 10th or 10th of April and remains
until perhaps the 23th of May. 1t ap-
pears again about the 18th of August,
when the early grain is hardened and is
not so inviting as when unripe and In
the milk. Some lessening of its ravageS
is gained by seeding 80 as to have the
young rice under irrigation before the
spring focks arrive, and to have the
grain ripened before the autumn flocks
return. Such precautions are, however,
only partial preventives, as is shown by
the immense losses annually occasioned
by birds in the rice fields of the South.
-NeU York World.