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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-25
TIE REPUBLICAN, MECCA.
Delegations sun FlockimE to indianapolis
a GFent RecentIOn.


4 Great Reception.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 24.-ExCursions
to the home OF General Harrison were
resumed to-day after an intermission Of
three days. The delegation from Cham
pagnc county, Illinois, numbering about
l 1000, arrived at l o'clock this after
noon on special train. At hali-past .
General Harrison received the visitors
in the office Of the hotel, on the ground
floor. His appearance was the signal
for an outburst Of applause and numcr-
GUS loud inquiries OF, "What's the mat
ter with Harrison?
AT the conclusion OF the usual vigor-
Gus response to the campaign query
some one would cry out in feigned sur
prise:
"Whose all right?"
The Jealous unanimity with which
they accented the word Harrison" in
answer, made even the General smile.
Hon. Frank Wright, of Urbana, on
behalf OF the delegation, read tedious
address cougratulating the General on
his nomination and reviewing his civil
and military life.
Gen. Harrison responded MS follows:
My FRIESDs:-I feel very conscious OF
the compliment which is conveyed by
your presence here to-day. 1t is fortu-
nate that you are allowed not only to
express your interest by such popular
gatherings as this, hut that you will be
called upon individually y after the debate
is over TO settle the contention by your
ballots. An American political canvass,
when we look through
THE NOISE AND TrNsEL
accompanying it presents scene OF pro-
found interest to the student OF Govern.
ment. The theory upon which our
Government is builded, is that every
qualified elector shall havean equal inilu-
ence at the ballot box with every other.
Our Constitutions do not recognize fraC.
tional votes; they do not recognize the
right of one man to count one aud d
half in the, determination Of public
questions. It is wisely provided that
whatever differences may exist in intel
ligence, in wealth, or in any other re-
spect, at the ballot box there shall be alb
solute equality.
Every citizen who is n patriot ought
to lend his influence to that end, by pro
noting necessary reforms in our election
laws, and by watchful supervision o.
the processes of our popular elections
We ought to elevate in thought ant
practice the free suffrage that We enjoy
Let me thank you again for youl
friendly visit to-day; and If any OF you
desire nearer acquaintance, ! shall bC
glad to make that acquaintance now
IGCheers.l
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The Great Nerve Of q Tiger Hunter.

The beaters had been at work half an
hour when we heard cry that the man
eating tiger was making his way toward
the plain, hustled along somewhat by
the volleys of stones, but sharpening his
claws and growing defiance. In taking
up our position it 80 happened that
Lieutenant harrington was on my right,
IN line with the mouth OF the gully and
not more than twenty feet from my ell
bow. He had double barreled rifle of
heavy calibre, while had a repeater. In
three or four minutes after the cry OF
warning the tiger appeared in the mouth
of the gully. head on to Harrington and
looking him straight in the face.
Hold on He's my meat" shouted
the officer, as he brought his gun up,
and it became point of honor with the
rest of us to hold our fire. He took cool
and careful aim, but the bullet simply
touched the skin between the tigers
ears. He dropped like stone, but was
up in an instant, and with roar to
shake any mans nerve, he sprang for
ward at the lieutenant. In the tenth of
q second I turned my eye from the beast
to the officer, and what was my horror
to see serpent twining itself about his
leg and rearing its head to level with
his shoulder. / forgot all about the on
coming tiger, and for the first time in
nv life my blood seemed turned to ice.
harrington stood with his left foot
ahead and his right braced, and as the
tiger touched the ground for the last
spring the rifle spoke again and the
beast rolled over with a ball through his
brain. Then, while we all kept our
places like so many blocks of stone, he
dropped his rifle, sci ed the snake below
the head with his right hand, and came
walking toward us. The serpent
writned and twisted about in its rage,
and as it uncoiled itself about the mans
leg he flung it thirty feet away. 1t was
rushing back at him, when one of the
party, with shotgun at his shoulder,
blew its head off.
''Good shot," remarked harrington,
as he walked back and picked up his
rifle.
We ran after him and shook his hand,
and showered unstinted praise on him
for his nerve, but he would not be d
hero. 1t was the presence of the ser
pent, which was of highly poisonous
spccies, which had disturbed his first
aim. He felt it under his foot, and re-
alized that its bite meant death, but a
maddened tiger was before him and he
did not give the snake second thought.
Culcutta (Ludia) Times.
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Arctic Sledse Dogs.

Kamschatkau dogs are probably the
most sagacious of all feral types, and are
employed and trained in the most care
full manner for the multitudinous ser.
vices required of them. Soon after birth
they are placed with their dam in deep
pit, that they may see neither man nor
beast, and after having been weaned are
condemned 10 solitary confinement for
six months, at the end of which time
they are put to sledge with other dogs,
and being extremely shy ard frightened
withal, they run as fast as they can until
they become blown and cowed. After
this trial trip they are remauded to their
pit, where they remain, off and on, until
they are thoroughly tired and sledge-
broken. This severe education sours
their temper amazingly, and makes them
anything but companionable. Drivers
are frequently obliged to stun them by a
blow on the nose before embarrassing
them on account of their savage nature.
Besides drawing sledges they tow boats
up the river in summer and keep their
masters warm iu winter nights. They
are remarkable weather prophets, and
discount the Signal Service Bureau, for
if when resting on journey they dig
holes in the snow, there is certain to be
q storm. They are of the husky type,
shaggy, with erect, curling, bushy tails
and not very sharp noses and ears. They
live exclusively on fish, which they catch
for themselves. In winter their ration
comprises forty frozen herrings per day.
FOREST and Stream.
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RailrOaGing in Holy Lands.

Thackersy, in one of his whimsical and
satirical Roundabout Papers, alludes to
the railroads of the future in Eastern
climes. He mentions something to the
effect of how inconguous will at first ap.
pear the announcement of the guards
of a train that passengers for Damascus
and Jerusalem will change cars and that
Babylon, Nircveh and the Persian Gulf
towns arc allowed forty minutes for re-
freshments. The ideas of the great
humorist arc already realized to a certain
extent as an excursion train recently
left i'aris for Genital India. The route
chosen is by rail through Vienna to
Odessa, thence by the Crimca to Tiliis,
Baku and across the newly opened rail-
road to Samarcand. Thcreturn journey
will be made to Batoum thence to Con-
stantinople, Sofia, Belgrade. Buda- Pesth
and Vienna to Paris. The trips will be
duly organized and will cost $1,000, which
includes living and sleeping-car, and
will doubtless receive large patronage.
The humorous prediction of the great
satirist would have been realized ere now
had it not been for the prejudice of the
English Government that is rigidly op-
posed to any railroad that leads to her
Indian dependencies. San Francisco
Chronicle.
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The Lords Prayer as a Model.

All the prayers recorded in the Bible are
short. Should they not be so In the prayer
meeting? Would 1t not be we'll for Chris
tians to take the Lords prayer as model2
The conference room is no place for long
prayers They should be confined to the
closet. Some ministers never pray over six
or eight minutes during their Sabbath SER
vice, whilst others extend their prayers to
twenty minutes, and we have sometimes lime;
heard a prayer that was half an hour long.
Some men are not aware how much time
they consume in their public do.
votions. But this is no excuse
for them. Three minutes are long enough
perhaps for a conference prayer. Two
minutes would be better than ten and give
better satisfaction to the hearers. No one is
pleased to listen to one who extends bis de-
votions Long prayers seldom Ego in a
right line to God" whilst few sincere and
earnest wor.is reach his ear and secure n
blessing. Reader, when you next pray in
public be sure and know that you 40 not
consume over five minutes---IReligious
Herald.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Let Her Do What She Can.

Let Her DO What She Can.
Let her do what she can for humanitys
sake,
Whatever the form that her service may
take
Whether high in the councils of Church or
OF State,
Or down where the outcast and suffering
wait;
In the love circled home be it cottage or
hail,
In the school, where the seed in the soft
ground may fall
In the Afr can jungle, far over the SEQ,
Or here in the land that tie Lord has made
free.
Let her do what she can, for the worlds
blending wall
Rises up on tile breeza, is abroad on the gale
If her heart for the good Of her fellows be
stirred,
Restrain not her efforts, in decd or in word.
Let her walk in your fellowship, brother and
friend,
Wherever your steps for humanity trend;
Turn not from the proifer of service aside,
Let your strength to her wisdom and love be
allied.
Let her girdle the world with her ribbons Of
love,
And lift the White Cross all its plague-spots
above;
Let her scatter Christs leaven from shore
unto shore,
Till wrong and oppression shall ve1 US no
IIo!e.
"She hath dome what sho could" said the
Saviour to men
Who sco ned Ut the service sho rendered him
then;
"She hath done what she could" be it said
of us oil
When the curtain of silence shall over us
fall
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CURIOUS FACTS.

The principle of percussion was pat
ented by the Rev. Mr.. Forsythe in 1907.
About 1917 q wheel-lock came into
use, and about 1862 this was superseded
by the fint-lock.
Henry v, of England, is said to have
died of "painful aiflicton premature
ly." This is courtly term of getting
rid of King.
The word diocese was at first applied,
at that time as q civil division in Rome,
ascribed to Constantine, A. D., 326; but
Strabo gives an earlier date to such
Roman divisions.
J. P. Lindley. of Bridgeport, Con-,
has the reputation of being the oldest
travelling man in length of time spent
"on the road" He is seventy-six years
old, and started out years ago with o
notion wagon selling to dealers.
When the Revolution came on, the
American iron men had grown skilful
enough to make cannon and shells fol
the Continentals, also big shallow pans
in which to evaporate sea water and sup.
ply salt when the foreign article was cut
John A. Snider, of Siverlyville, Penn,
has silver watch that has been in use
for more than 10 years and still keeps
excellent time. Mr.. Snider's grand.
father took il from the body of H.ssian
soldier slain at the battle Of Trenton in
the Revolutionary War.
A mushroom between two and three
inches long was gathered in La Grange,
Ca, recently. Its shape is that of the
foot and leg of duck. Turned over
and viewed from beneath, the foot is
very similar to that of human being,
for it is broad, with the toes distinctly
defined.
1t Is said to be a curious slgnt to warcn
the little Indian children when they first
come to the House of the Good Shep-
herd, in Denver, COL, to be educated by
the Government. When they first reach
the institution they go up stairs on their
hands and knees, not understanding the
use of the stairs, and sleep at night un-
der the led, from which they first pull
"Violet stones" are species OF porous
rock found IN the Hartz mountains. The
moss known as violet moss, which
emits an odor similar to that of vioets,
covers the stone thickly and fills its por-
Gus surface. The odor is said to be re-
tanned sometimes for years, and it is IN
creased by moistening the stone. They
are much sought after in Europe as d
means of permanently perfuming toilet
articles.
Society, in Atlanta, Ca, was recently
convulsed by an apparition of a promi-
nent young man wearing a singular arti-
Gle of neckwe The article is known
as a Napoleon ichu, and was made of
imported Egyptian lace of the finest
quality. It is one of those ties such as
were worn years ago when gentlemen
were arrayed in knickerbockers, and
when their cuffs we're of lace to match
their ties.
School life in China means something
different for the boys and girls from
what it does here. The girls do not
have to 60 at all, and the boys begin
when they are six or seven years old.
There are no vacations of nine weeks, or
half holidays, or Fourth of Julys. At
dawn in thu morning school begins, and
when it gets too dark to read school
closes. Mothers are not bothered with
unruly children, and much of the child's
training is thus done by the teacher.
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Electrical Pleasure Boats.

"Electricity as power to drive small
boats2 Why. of course we will son
have it, and it will be great dsalafore
convenient and pleasant than nose hot
steam launches and nashville petro-
leum boats"
The speaker was a paminent New
York electrician, and he alked of the
advantages of electricity yer steam aud
was very sure that soon J, ,chtsmen who
could not afford large steam yachts
wonld find electricity muc, tie better
power to use to propeI theil boats. He
added: The machinery tax, up less
room, and then the heat OF the furnace
is not felt, because there is no furnace,
and the smoke and grease are alss done
away with. They are building them in
England. I have received particulars of
one that has Just been launched. 1t is
sixty-tive and onc.half feet i'll length,
ten feet in beam, and is designed to
carry eighty passengers at six miles an
hour. The electric machinery and stor-
aye cells are pia:ed below the deck, fore
and aft, leaving clear run the whole
length of the boat for passengers. In the
middle is a handsomely fitted cabin,
with lava ories, dining room, etc. The
electrical energy is converted into mo,
tive power by two motors of seven and
one-half horse power, each driving IN
turn -bladed propellcrs. Beats Will
soon be made to store electricity ano
run Just as the street cars do now
Mail anA Express.
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A Professional Stuff.r.

"Taxidermy has always been one Of
the fine arts" said a little, dried up old
man, seated behind a multitude of
stuffed and unstutfed animals in, q, cellar
in downtown street to me. II learned
my trade in Germany many years ago.
and came to this country when taxider-
mists were fewer than now. Is there q
living in the business2 Yes, moder-
ately fair one, but not what it used to-
be. And then prices are lower than
formerly. Why, used to receive IS TO
Sl5 for stueing plain, everyday Thomas
cat but now I'm lucky if can get one
third that sum for the work" o1g
"What is used for stutfing animals2" e
"Many taxidermists use straw and ex-.
celsior, but l prefer cotton. Hair Is
often used, but it is expensive. Ladies
whose pet dogs or cats have died some
times 90 to great expense in having them
stuffed with hair. A few months ago ]
performed curious piece of work for Q
little boy whose mother lives on Fifth
avenue. The child was fond of white.
mice, aud had as many as twenty of
them in room at the top of his mothers
house. Through the room ran pipe
from sto in the room below. The
fiue was defective. and one morning the
child went to the room where his pets
were only to find them dead. The pipe
had broken, and the white mice were
literally smoked to death. Half dozen
or more recovered and the rest died.
The boy was disconsolate, and nothing
would do him but he must have them
stuffed. Ididn't wish to undertake the
lob, which I knew would be dificult'
one, but being pressed by the mother Of
the child, consented. stuffed nearly q
dozen of the little fellows and stuck!
them on a board. They looked quite
natural, can assure you. Small animals
of any sort are harder to stuff than large
ones. Whya Because their bodies are
not large enough 10 permit of filling.
sWhat kind of household pets do you
stuff" asked. Gall kinds, but princi-
pally cats, canary birds and parrots.
Nothing can look more natural than a
parrot, if nicely stuffed. Parrots cost
$4 to stuff, large and small birds in pro-
portion. Oh, no. The business amt
what it used to be-" said the old man,
sadly, in conclusion.-Roche't CM ~
Hen tM
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What a Smile Did.

A lady of position and property, anxious
about her neighbors, provided religious ser,
vices for them. She was very deaf-could
scarcely hear at all. On one occasion one OF
her preachers managed to make her under
stand him; and ut the close of their conver-
sation, asked, "But what part do you take in
the work2' "Oh," she replied, 81 smile
them in, and smile them outn' Very soon
the preacher saw the result OF her generous,
loving sympathy in a multitude of broad
shouldered, hurd-fisted men, who entered
the place of worship, delighted to get
smile from her as she used to stand in the
doorway to receive them. Why did not the
working classes attend the house of God?
They would, in greater numbers, if self
denying, Christloving Christians would
smile them in, and smile them out.1tThe
Christian, London.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Study well the human body, the mind
is not far off. ..:." "a "
One might as well be another's pors
traits rs a servile imitator. q
Government is the necessity of all,
politics the greed of a-few.
Virtue needs no distinguishing mark,
it displays its own identity. o,.r. y
A we'll covered house may be empty
inside, also we'll covered head.
Genius will show itself somehow, as q
spring finds its way to the surface.
Equal talent depends upon nature
equal opportunity is the right of all.
The aim of mere politicians is to per.
suadc the people they are having their
own way. ......a, +
Men are never so really little as when
they attempt to be greater than they
really are.
The laborer is the sole base of the
public pyramid; the top may be high,
but it needs the base.
If men knew as much at forty as they
think they know at twenty, what wise
world this would be. .. - -,.s-:
1t is only by labor that thought can be
made healthy. and only by thought that
labor can be made happy. -.
Truth, like sunlight, is inlueht; but
as this gives life only asit is the medium
of heat: so truth only as it is tine medium
Of love. ....,....t q
Youth is but the painted shell. within
which, continually growing, lives that
wondrous thing, the spirit OF, q man,
b;dng its moment OF aspiration, earlier
in some than in others. .,...,~
All truly wise thoughts have been
thought already thousands of times;
but, 10 make them truly ours, we must
think them over again, honestly, till
they take root in our personal experience.
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TEMPERANCE.
Missionary Hymn.

"ISSiOnaF1 IIS taih'
from the high rocky mountain
To the Atlantic Strand.
Where many purling fountain
Flows through our youthful land;
From many northern river,
To many southern plain,
They call us TO deliver
Cur race from Dacclus chain.
What though our cares he eases,
Our sorrows doth ECU IL,
Tho many Il trste liz lleascS,
He causes action vile;
III vain with lavish nin;incss
The temperance light is strcwn;
The Giunkard III his i,lindTsSs
Bows down To Ju.s OF Stone.
Oh, We whose souls arc lighted
With wisdom irnl: OH high;
Oh. 10 these meu ciiShitd,
The pos nous dram deny.
Eestrurtion! ull, destruction,
IEt awfui sound pro o:laim,
I'LL al, in every station,
Snail shun tie monsters fame.
Oh, let the dreadful story
he spread from poe to pole,
Till man has case! To glory
In worshirimg the !owl.
Til Ger our raHsolhcd ture,
lnieIEpeIaDce being s.ttin,
Respect or our Creaio"
Anh Christian friendship reign.
C. ". Cook, in B,ttt AEe for Temperance
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THERE is much speculation as to the
prospective husband of Princess Glenn
entine of Belgium, although she is only
16 years old. Her two sisters were
married at II. SHE will inherit vast
fortune, and is said to be beautiful and
accomplished Various princes are
named as suitors for her hand, hui
there is an impression ct home that she
will be married to her cousin, Prince
Baudouin, who is likely, one of these
days to become King Of the Belgians.
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Victory in Great Britain.

The increasing power of the temperance
sentiment in Great Britain is evidenced oy
the cablegram announcing thut the Govern,
ment had withdrawn the licensing clauses OF
the County Government bill. This bill pro;
vides that if liquor seller should be refused
license he must be lowed tompensation Ior
fiercest opposition from the temperance peo-
PIE and most OF the dissenting churches; az
its adoption would render tho liquor sellers
more powerful than they have been, and
would compel the people to abandon all
efforts to prohibit Or restrain rain the ilFt6r t6r
trailc, or take millions of dollars out OF the
pockets OF the taxpayers The Government
was at first disposed TO pay no attention to
the protests against those clauses of the bill,
but it became apparent that if they we're re-
tained the entire bill might be lost, and to
save it they yielded. The Methodist Times,
which early called attention to the objection:
able character OF the bill, is deserving OF
special credit for the removal Of what would
have proved to be bulwark of the rum-
power.
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my brothers and sisters, how sweet it will be,
after the long wilderness march, to get home;
dove in the time OF the Deluge when il
found its way safely into the window OF
fI,, w.
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Temperance News and Notes.

A temperance society lately formed in St
Petersburg, is said to be gaining about 200
members each week.
Mrs. Fumi Ando, the wife of the Japanese
Consul General at Honolulu, devotes her
time largely to temperance.
The United Kingdom Railway Temperance
Union has membership OF l3,"4I-a most
comforting fact for railway travellers.
The Southern Star says: GA count WAS
made of the cases booked in the station
house for the first three months of l$S., and
for the the same months oil 1855. During
this year, OF since the saloons nave opened IN
Atlanta there has been one thousand one
hundred and thrty-two moro cases booked
than during the samo period OF last year
under lrohiGition.
There are moro than iOl saloons and only
five churches and chapals within i; SHORT
distanc, of Castle Garden. Everyone OF the
so-cal!ed immigrant boarding houses Is q
saloon kept by the worSS men or the city. y
sum OF 50 year is paid by tho keepers oL
each of these places to the Commissioners OF
Immigration for tie privilege of soiclrlng
customers among the immigrants. Inc
rece;ts for these licenses amount to over
$1,000 annually.
According to The Rev. DR.. Mutchmorc, of
Philadelphia, the moral effect of English
occupation in Egypt seems to be an increase
of drinking in the towns and the cities. But
the British influence is favorable and helpful
to the mission work, especially in facilitating
the building of churches" 1t is enlinently
proper that British influence should be fav'
orable to mission work, but what sad com.
ment on Christian England is the statemen.
concerning the increase of drinking.