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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09
COMPLIMENTARY TO THE VISITOR.

Prom In9 WoHTNNEVH TVf''
All the old and middle aged Baptis's not only
baltimore, but largo section OF the south, wiz
remember the cclolTatei Doctor Fuller, whose go
oucnce and powerful eNho'tai"ns brought thousands
into fellowship with that church Shortly AfleT me
rse M thc wlr ne WAS making a number q ahdr SScs
through South Carolina On" sunday be preached
n q huge outdoor meeting Of cHlnrd 2cnri. req
ncauflrt tho cOlgTrea'Ou 81 inc R~v. Mr.. Muuni
sn1 a CoIlrcd c.CrCi man of mitr' Nducaunn. but
strong native 'a!cnt Liz" many 81 his clSS hs
nray'rs ard sermons ahoEnicd IN ut phrases snd
.lcta1hor~ which wcr" brought into play with ire
duercy and effect but II must havc startled 90
Doctor Fuller 10 boar hh sermon prriarrd NV ~,
CONCLUDING invocation OF brother Murchsons set and
accustomed prayer: 49,,
An now, @ lnwd, brrss do feeble words "hleh
are about - fall from de sinful an polluted ps Oh
DIV unworthy sarvSDt.H
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09
TIE NEW STATES.
XVII.
DAKOTA POLITICS.

lLa q GAME OFF, SINGH BETWEEN THE TWO
SECTIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09
WHIT cor1p rnAr rovRrH ONE BE'

From The Washington PuHI' ,,,.,,,,n ,-hn
There is a very nice young lady In washington we
hns nay OF Kidding herself VI b0IHS " % oohlslao.
~ icatr Shn tells tha treEnhe parV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09

sosrH DAxorA's CONVENTION = Candidates
1. sos THE TWO Observation-Disclosures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09

A recent phare Of accident insurance Is The ,'Nlns
=, r.k5 ON passenger elevators, which cover ho' "'y
damage to thu elevator itsolf but pfo'n'" 10
the owner OF the elevator for such sums OF ro"o.
49,. no .o-,rIlsd 70 pay TO people who have heen
,Tt,r,d or KILLED by any accident to the Ut mo
amount Of this irdemnI,y Is, q course, limited N
UroportIon to the premium paid and the holder OF
he policy is expected allow the elevator % 90 eh
a,nln.d by the compsnys Inspector at any te bio
10 conform TO certain regulations anu
running II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09


To show how very big they are, they attempt the
partieuiar enterprise they cannot succeed IN. Mr.
McKspsie has not msde that blunder yet. His
personality Is charming He came to Dakota an
ignorsnt young Scotchman. without friend in
the world or penny lie peddled pop in the
streets Of Bismarck. lie worked as d section
hand, shoveiliug dirt on the Northern heiHe Rail
road. and his FIRST distinctive rise in society was
when he became o section boss. lie isn't ashamed
Of that past, and met no one In North Dakota
who was ashamed OF IL for him. But IL is de-
oidedly psst. he is a great big, good ms tuTed-
looking giant, with clear blue eyes that gaze
stsaisht into whatever they are directed at and
n particularly strong iawbone That iawbone
b tho thing that illustrates Air McKensie. It.
win exert more influence on the organization OF
North Dakota's State Government than the entire
anatomy OF most other men.
i 10 impossible 10 exaggerate che Importance OF
Mr. MeKensie's relation 20 the work now being
dale "a North Dakota. II you talk with him, you
Sfn observe that he never uses the personal pro-
Aeau that he never raises his voice above the
r1astioual tone, that he never tells you anything
yM dovs alresdy know and that, as a result OF
The salk, you have. somehow OF another, better
orinien Of yourself than you had before II, before
ssi7e him, yoa have travelled through South Dn-
hssa yoa VIII wooder where the horns and the
aoyel foot are Of which you heard SO much.
Hvthiag have said about Mr. mcKensie must
.saa e the inference tlaf che people OF North Da-
xssa are lacking in seifasertion. On the con-
ussT y y the fidelity with which be has served
mes censss that has given him his paramount
9 W. ihty ind no FAULT with him for being pow
49, From isnlfsoa 70 Aberdeen in South Ds-
ssa asar INN sxssnsted ~ . sgEaas ssA Q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
An Inevitable Result.

people sometimes WONDER" says
DR.. Jennings, why such and such men,
possessing great intellectual power and
tirmness of character in other respects,
can not drink moderately and not give
themselves up to drunkenness. They
become drunkards by law-fixed, im-
mutable law. Let a man with con-
stitution as perfect as Adams UNDER
take to drink alcohol, moderately and
perseveringly, with all the caution and
deliberate determination that he can
command, and if he could live long
enough, he would just as certainly be-
come a drunkard-get to point
where he could not refrain from
drinking to excess-as he would go
over Niagara Falls when placed in q
canoe in the river above the falls and
left to the natural operation of the
current. And proportionately as he
descended the stream would his alco-
holic attraction for it increase, so that
he would find it more and more diff
cult to get ashore until he reached a
point where escape was impossible"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
After His Boy.

During the Christian Endeavor con
vcntion at Chicago, one of the dele.
gates, a young business man, dressed
in a natty rough-and-ready suit, every
movement alert and eager, aud telling
of bottled energy within, came sud.
denly upon a red-faced citizen, who
evidently had been patronizing the ho-
tel bar. Buttonholing the delegate a
trife uncaremoniously, the latter said:
"What are you fellows trying to do
down at the Battery? You are hot on
Temperance, l see by tho pape.s. Do
you think you could mako a Temper
ance man of me?" NO" replied the
delegate, looking him over from head
to foot with keen glance, slightly
contemptuous, 1--WE evidently couldn't
do much with you, but we are after
your boy" Al this unexpected retort,
the man dropped his jocular tone, and
said, seriously: "Well, l guess you
have got the right of it there. II
somebody had been after me when I
was boy, should be better man
to-day. The Pacific
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
Corn-Cobs for Fuel.

In the West, corn-cobs are market.
able commodity for fuel, and loads OF
cobs are brought into the cities by the
farmers in the country and sold to the
city people, who prefer them to food
for summer Use, and in the winter use
them for kindlings to light the coal
fires. Some pour little kerosene over
few AMI use them as torches to Start
the fires; they ignite quickly and are
very convenient. Cobs are kept picked
up and saved in this country more
economically than hard wood chips in
the East. They make a quick fire for
summer use, and answer every Dur.
pose for cooking. Wood and coal are
very expensive, and it is a matter n
economy to use these for a substitute.
and if farmers wives in New England
once tested their utility, they would
gladly save them for use in the cool,-
stove.-Nebraska Cor. Country Gentle
man,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.


has been recently passed in Waldeck,
Germany, forbidding the granting of a
marriage license to person addicted
to the liquor habit.
The participants in a recent ball in
Paris drank 81, 600 glasses Of ale, wine
and champagne, besides 5000 bottles
of claret and 1000 cups of iced coffee.
There were eaten $4,000 sandwiches,
$4,000 buns. etc.
WE have a great horror of arsenic
and fifty other things; the fact is that
all these other things are mere bag
atelle in relation to the most direct,
absolute, immediate and certain pois-
onings which are caused by alcohol. -
DR.. James Edmunds.
THADDEUS y. WAKEMAN, of the New
York bar, has a decided opinion on the
Temperance question. He says: There
are but two consistent positions on
this subject; free trade in alcohol if it
is a food; no trade in alcohol Except
as poison) if it is a poison. Science
has rendered her verdict on the facts;
it is poison, and the most terrible
affection of the human race" +.
CALIFORNIA, with its "pure, light,
homemade wine" idea, has one sa-
loon to every ninety of its population.
This proportion is exceeded by only
two States in the Union. So far from
wine-making being CALIFORNIA; main
spring of material success. it has been
shown that against its 1887 value o.
81, 780, 900, the wheat and barley prod
uct aggregated $45, 100000, and the
gold and silver mining, 1914, sos, 000.-
n. w. Christian Advocate.
DIR. TALMAGE says: Gather up
the money that the working classes
have spent for rum during the last
thirty years, and | will build for every
working-man house, and lay out for
him a garden, and clothe his sons and
daughters in silks, and stand at his
front door prancing span of sorrels
or bays; and secure for him q policy
of life insurance, so that the present
home may be well maintained after he
is dead. The most persistent, most
overpowering enemy of the working
classes is Intoxicating liquor. 1t is
the anarchist OF the centuries"
WHISKY never misses fire." So
said man to us the other day. No;
it never does. 1t is sure to bring down
its victim sooner or later, whether he
be high or low in the social or intel
lectual scale. And fluttering all about
him will always be the wounded hearts
of mother, father, wife, children, sis.
tiers, brothers and friends, while be.
yond and behind all this is too often a
trail of ruined virtue and contaminat.
ing influences. At least six hearts on
an average carry a lifelong, over
shadowing, dreary sorrow for every
victim alcohol brings down. The
undertone of all family and social life
is largely silent sorrow and dreary
heartache over the victims of alcohol.
No; whisky never misses tire-never.
The Churchmar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
HISTORICAL RUBIES.
Gems.of Great Value Owned by Asiatic and
European Potentates.

Gems.of Great Value Owned by Asiatic and
European Potentates.
A fine stone of four carats' weight is
worth from -, 900 to $4,000; but above
this weight rubies are very rare, and
would command fancy prices. Taver-
nier has given a drawing of one be-
longing to the Shah of Persia, which
weighed one hundred and seventy-fve
carats; and the Kings of Burmah were
said to possess one of the size of a
pigeons egg. The largest ever seen
in Europe is that one which Gustavus
III. of Sweden presented to the Gar
ina upon his visit to Russia in 1777.,
The ruby has been initiated in paste.
and garnets backed by a ruby foil are
often met with. Crimson spinel is
called spinel ruby, and rose-red or
pink spinel, balas ruby. This last
name is said to be derived from Bal
asian, the ancient name of Beloochis-
tan. Although many may be deceived
by the spinel, the ruby may be readily
distinguished by its superior hardness,
its specific gravity, and its crystalliza-
ton, which is hexagonal, the spinel
being octahedral. Historical stones
often turn out when examined to be
unworthy or their fame; thus the
famous ruby said to have been given to
Edward the Black Prince by Don
Pedro OF CASTLE after the battle of
MALARIA, A. d. 1907, worn on his helmet
by Henry V. at Agincourt, and now
placed in the Imperial State Crown of
England, is a spinel. The monster
ruby of Charles the Bold, set in the
middle of a golden rose for pendant,
which was captured by the Bernese
after his rout at Granson, was found
10 be false by Jacob Fugger after he
had purchased it. The ruby was sup
posed to be an amulet against poison,
plague, sadness, evil thoughts and
wicked spirits; and, most wonderful of
all, it warned its weerer of evil by be-
coming black or obscure. Christian at
Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30

would buy a fine house and lot in any
city. 1t would pay for large farm in
the country. Don't you pity the fam
lily of the man who has slowly burned
up their home?"
"W-h-e-w! / guess you mean me;
for | have smoked more than twenty
years. But it doesn't cost so much as
that, and l haven't any house of my
own; have always rented; thought
was too poor to own house. And all
because l have been burning it up!
What fool have been!n
The boys would better never light a
fire which costs so much. and which,
though so easily put out, is yet SO
likely, il once kindled, to keep burning
all their lives. Temper.
ance Tales.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
A SMALL FIRE.
But 1t Lasted R Long Time, and Burned
Up a House and Lot.

But 1t Lasted Long Time, and Burned
Up a House and Lot
Jones, have you heard of the fire
that buraed up a mans house and
lot?'
mo, Smith; where was itP"
"Here in the city"
what a misfortune to him! Was
it good house?"
Eyes; nice house and lot-a good
home for any family"
"What pity! How did the fire be-
-gin?"
1.-THE man played with the fire and
thoughtlessly set it burning himself !"
'How silly! Did you say the lot
burned, too?"
Yes; lot and all-all gone slick and
clean"
THAT is singular. 1t must have
been a terribly hot fire; and then /
don't see how it could have burned the
lot"
"No; it was not very hot fire. In
deed, it was so small that it attracted
but little attention, and did not alarm
anybody"
But how could such little fire
burn up house and lot? You haven't
told me-
ut burned long time more than
twenty years; and though it seemed to
consume very slowly, yet it consumed
about $3.50 worth every year, till it
vas all gone"
Il can not understand you yet. Tell
me where the fire was kindled and all
about -"
"WsiI. then, it was kindled on the
end of u cigar. The cigar cost him,
he himself told me, $3.50 per month,
Or 500 a year, and that in tweny-one
years would amount to So, $50, besides
all the interest. Now, the money was
worth at least ten per cent, and at
that rate it would double once in about
,even years; so that the whole sum
could be more than $4,000. That
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
A LOVE TALE.
The Sad, Touching Story of Mi
RAM Douglas.

Many years ago-so many that do not
care to particularize-I was engaged in pre-
pairing for college, under the tuition of a
clergyman in a small village in Eastern New
York. In the same place was a young
ladies' seminary at which, during several
months of the year, there were gathered
from seventy-five to one hundred young
women.
The son of a farmer in the vicinity, ig-
norant of the world and unused to society
other than such as was afforded by the
muscular girls of the sparse farming COM
munity, it may easily be fancied that the
seminary students seemed to me, with their
fine dresses, their sprightly faces and en-
gaging manners, to be beings of superior
order. They were, in my esteem, veritable
hours, unequaled in their charms and sur
passing in their attractions.
For months was content with distant
worship. To stand on the piazza of the
"tavern" on Sunday mornings, and watch
the long, double lines of youth, as thew
moVed on their way to the church, was a
felicity that for the time gratified NV most
ardent expectations. At the outset nv
vision was so dazzled that saw only a wind
ing, sinuous line of exquisite color and
beauty In time the glowing whole began
to be resolved into details; black eyes and
blue; golden aud raven locks; blondes and
brunettes; laughing mouths and slender
forms manifested themselves as single stars
in nebule under the inspection of a tele-
scope.
II.
Many OF the girls were commonplace in
appearance, and others became so only after
long observation. Many of them were pos.
sessed of average charms, while there were
a half-dozen or so of superlative attractions.
One of this class attracted my especial
notice, not merely on account of her beauti.
full face, graceful motions, and tall, slender
figure, but mainly on account of q sadness
that almost perpetually pervaded her coun-
tenance. Her hair was black as ink, her
complexion that of an octoroon, her eyes of
q species OF purple black, all of which was
a sort of setting Of mourning for the melan-
choly face.
Certain evenings at the seminary were
given to social diversions, at one of which
made the acquaintance of the possessor OF
the triste countenance. Her name was
Miriam Douglas. She was about seventeen
years OF age; and, as / later discovered, an
accomplished singer, llnguist and converse
tionalist
She was so unlike others in her appear
ance, so marked in her melancholy, 80 gen.
tie in her converse, and so brilliant at the
piano, that / became powerfully attracted
to her, and when circumstances permitted
we were together. do not now think that
our acquaintance matured to the ripeness
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30

EARLY in the season the fowls on
the farm can be made to do good service
If allowed on newly plowed land.
Chickens will scratch industriouslv for
worms, and the number of insects eaten
by large flock daily is very large.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30


The interior OF the house afforded evil
dences of prosperity. There were piano,
some pictures Of the better class and vari-
Gus other evidences of cultivation and
wealth. AS had learned Farmer Douglas
was the possessor Of great wealth, much of
which had come to him by inheritance He
was a man of about half century, slender,
slightly STOPPING, thin locks, with care
worn face.
At the table there appeared Mr. Douglas,
Miriam and a younger brother.
'Is Mrs. Douglas illi'' ssked.
My mother is" responded Miriam, with
hesitation and marked confusion. my
mother is"
Pardon me; did not know. 1 am very
awkward. Don't say any more"
A dead silence followed, and perceptible
feeling of restraint and embarrassment fell
on the family. After the supper we all
went into the parlor, where, after awhile,
Miriam and myself were left alone.
l recall that evening with profound re-
greet. We were both hesitating, reticent and
timid at the outset. Miriam had changed
but little. She was charming as when
had known her at the seminary; if there
were any difference it was that the habitual
sadness of her face and the somber melan-
choly of her splendid eyes had grown more
intense. 1t could not be lack of health,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-12
Ready-Made Clothing
EVER OFFERED IN WHEELING.

hGAln hnO mere irresponsible ward juglug-t solid hCt-HImIel by honest COM
pGtop, and visible your eye, Il you'll EePin, Whatever DO your nsdsn Clothing We AN
don't bother your head about details STYLE cut IT. Sc Come straight to u.s. md ",
wilantdpto your most exAdhug demands n cut and style, htand finish, wear uivouh.
Our position In the trade Iuuas this promise, and Our facilities aud resources give Us Ilmn.
parable advantages for eadugth the best deseu-oF tho pauat too-aud satisfying ALL AulIp
wolves no obligation 10 purchase.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-12
D,BgHEERYBUNGLING
A Would be Robber Gets Moth
ing, but Drops his Watch,
EXCITEMENT ON MARKET ST.
A Man Knocked Down With Intent to
Rob Him, but an Alarm is Raised
aud his AssaIlant FIces Minus
His Own Time Piece,

About 10 o'clock last night a wild cry
OF Thieves! PoliceI" attracted a pretty
good crowd on Market street in front OF
the Register office. A man with a light
oyercoat on was seen to run across the
street and up the alley towards Chapline
street, but persons who reached the
alley almost Immediately, among them
Officer Shorts, said the man did not get
to Chapline street, Search in the cross
alley and yards near was iruitless,
All that could be learned was that the
man who ran up the alley had knocked
another man down on the sidewalk, and
was in the act Of robbing him, when a
spectator yelled for the police and the
robber ran, In his haste he dropped
his watch, q large silver hunting case
one.
The man who was knocked down was
not known, and he shortly walkedaway,
He is said to be an extend man OF VIII
sons Ministries, and was intoxicated,
He has been in the city several days.
Officers Shorts and Carney obtained the
name Of his assailant from a man who
knew him and who witnessed tho as
sault, and started out on a search for the
two men,
Later it was said that the assault was
not for robbery, but grew out OF u quar-
rel. The party assailed accused the other
Of stealing a silk handkerchief, aud the
other grew angry and Knocked him
down, Kicking him after he was down,
A warrant was issued by Squire Ankle
for John Slater, accused Of the assault.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-12
The sprIng Rnce. nopmInr.

The Spring races Of the State Fair, to
be held May 90, 80 and 81, on the Island
will be q great success, as appears from
the applications Tor premium lists and
tho correspondence. The secretary Ia
hearing from fast horsemen, They will
have some Of the finest and fastest horses
in the country at the meeting, and
the grand exhibition Of agricultural i'm
plements and machinery will be a great
exhibition, judging from the applica.
tons for space that are coming in from
the manufacturers Of agricultural nipple.
ments. They seem to think 1t is q grand
scheme, this being the time Tor The far.
mer 10 buy his Implements, before h0r'
vest, and q visit to the Spring races and
chance Of seeing the implements work,
will give them Q good opportunity to
make their selections,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-12

In spite Of the kicking Of jealous com
petltofs, the odorless exCavator is still In
the city and doing It's work as salts
factorily as ever, Tho legal charge per
barrel Of forty gallons Is seventy.ive
cents, which all night cart men charge,
r. NJ. Gilleland's charge amounts to less
than Il cents for A Ogallons. His barrels
hold 90! gallons, and no guess work.
They are gagged by MI. Edwards and
sealed. For one Of these barrels he
charges 46 cents. When soil is removed
in his tank apparatus it costs less than
70 cents per 40 gallons. His work Ia
done in the day time and Is unoblect.
ionable. His apparatus, exclusive Of
his horses, cost over S1,250, and is the
only modern, approved apparatus in the
city, being the patent device OF Henry
A.. Noble, Of philadelphia, approved by
s%anltarlans, He Is the man to do
work cheaply, promptly, reliably and
without offensive odor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-12
MUSICALE LAST EVENING.
The Pupils Of Miss Parran's Institute En-.
terrain their Friends.

N
The young ladies' Of the Wheeling In,
~stitute, Miss Psrrau's private school at
No, 100 Twelfth street, gave a delightful
little musicale last evening that was at
tended by an agreeable company COM
posed Of the relatives and admirers OF
the fair pupils. The programme opened
with a piano duet, ia Baladine," one
Of Lysberg's compositions, played by
Misses Hulda Delaplaine and Annie
Fisher, Miss D~elaplaine also played as
solo, ia Gazelle,N by Hoffman, and
Miss Fisher won a hearty round Of APP
plause by her nicely executed rendition
Of Gottschalk's "Last Hope.n Other
piano solo performers were Miss Mary
Bruce, who played "Illusions de Jen-
neise," by Mayer; Miss Mollie Baer, who
played ina finished manner Bahm's "Ser-
enade de Mandolinata," and Miss Sadie
Mead, whose selection wRsa valse OF Cho-
pins Top, 90, No. ~, Miss Mead and Miss
Y. HOge played a spirited duet, Miss
Emily Despard sang very sweetly Tosti's
"FOr ever and for ever Misses Lille
Vance, Sadie Mead and B, Hoge enter.
tanned the audience with well delivered
Rotations, ThesChool sang two Choruses
and a selected class sang two other
Choruses, the closing number being the
prayer from "Der Freischutz." The in
strumental part Of the programme was
under the personal supervision Of Prof.
II, S~Chockey,
At the conclusion Of the programme
q very enjoyable time was had socially
by the pupils and their friends,