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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.
THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.

1NHE COLUMBIAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY
Il school, l1}5 VI ST. NV furnishes thorough
preparation for college for the United states military
and naval academies and for business Ten instruct
ors. Number of pupils limited to 100. few vacan-
cies remain. For information apply TO A. 4. MON
TAGUE, Pm. d., Principal. oc24-:Sm
1--WE COLU MBlAN UNIEERS1TY.-THEC ORCO-
Il ran Scientific School opened October 1. The
classes winch meet IN the open 20 both
sexes For Information about the in Algebra
Geonletry, 1rlgonometry. Analytic Geometry and
Calculus, apply TO ii. l.. HODGkINs, Professor Of
Mathematics. orl,-.Im
GARFIELD KINDERGARTEN - MISS MARY
NJ Hooper, who founded the first kindergarten in
Washington IN SGD has returned to the city and will
reopen her klndergarten at the residence of Mrs.
Leonard GARFIELD Spencer, 1921 III 1T. ne, MONDAY
october a. N 70 IL m. Herdic and street lines
CONNECTING with all parts Of the city pass the door
se2S-:}m
MADAME A. PELE tFROM PARISD
NJ 1929 18th st. NV
french Glasses aud private lessons; best refer
ences. se6-:Jms
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REDUCTION IN PASSENGER RATES ON THE PENN
sYLvANIA RAILRoAD.-It is announced by the
passenger department of the Pennsylvania rail-
road company that for the better accommoda-
ton of its patrons the Pennsylvania railroad
company will, on and after Sunday the 9Th in
slant, reduce the passenger rates between
Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburg to eight
(SS) dollars for first-ciass tickets and seven SD
dollars for second class. This reduction in
rates, with the magnificent service which this
road affords, will undoubtedly meet with favor
at the hands of the travelling public
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OUT OF WASHINGTON.

S1S0 PER YEAR, DEPRESSED BUSINESS
SlSO prices Maplewood Institute. both sexes
ConcordNlle Pa Elrstclass Instructors all branches
taught, good home for Little Boys. JOS. SHORT
LlDGE baleD. A. M, Principal aul2-4m
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

Two NORFOLK AND FORT MONROE
IL - The POPULAR ROUTE.
TIE OLD FANoklTE STEAMER GEORGE IEARY
hnEat firs s4h Table rGoMtoRrABLE
rooms large, comfortable and heated by steam PolitS
and attenuye officers Thorough DISCIPLINED
From 1th-street wharf MONDAYS, MEDNESDAYa
and FRIDAYS at pm
lie only steamer landing at Boston wharf NorfoiA
and the only line having exclusive connecticut with
BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE sTEAMERs
Tickets and rooms at OlS and 1891 PennsVlyanfs
ave. Hawleys 10th and n. W. aud Knon's Enpr,ss
deuces. Telephone No. G45-3
mig MM I. WEIGH. supt and Gen AIT
NORFOLK. FORTRESS MONROE AND THE
MONDAY, November lS 1889. steAmers Iadr OF ahs
Lake and Jane Moscley, having been reI,airsd 40
newly furnished, will leave Sixth-street wharf tr,
mus 9TH and 18th street cars, at pm. keturnins
hour. Close connections for New York pliladelnbte
and North ana south For rooms and infar,a.
uon resardlng freight call AZ hart Telephone Ssll
"a. Also Is. ana ". Ticket Offces OlH and az -
ave-, aud Hawleyis Express. INLAND ANIL So
BOARD CoAsIlNG COMPANY. nl6
MOUNT VERNON
steamer W. W. CORCoRAN, CAPT I. T. r,.k.
leaves 9TH St wharf daily (except sunday Tor N,,sS
Vernon. leaving ~ 40 Ia, reaching " .S..,s
800 pm are, hound trlp. H. udlux adll,ls.lon
- e.~~A-S -~ ----0-' selo
EIoR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
u MIN lhON SIEAhEk "MAkEFIEID-
leaves IN street wharf Oh AONDAls, THI7l,SDAya
Shd IOhDAfs al Am. Returning IUkSDAlS
Landings as Tar As NOnlni Greek, Va 81 Clee "a 49,
Aid Leonardto~n, Md Connects with B al,, a, hi !. -
SLeILerus See schedule. JOAN ~ fAIlSEI-I 40
=. v. -, nlen4ser. JASo
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RAILROADS.
TTNHE GREAl
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE


Il PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
NJ, 10 THE NORTH. wEsI, AND SOUTHWEST.
sffkL kkT f MisS lhfcsp fi peHffaKSE
TRAINS LEk Il En StsaT s5 FsSa STATION
SSo ol Si,t, 9Th MD y sLIhkIs AS fYlLows,
Of Pullman Vestibalei Cars Al 10 So a m DAILY,
Past Line, 10 so :. m. daily 10 Columbus and 81
S%SSs 's and s sssns e Car s'G narSs Z S
%GRG sI lS9 daily stccP, ss,SSsSsy; 70 SI iS
S alSo and Cincinnati E1press $50 IN dslyi
aSan. h' and s5h a COR as4f.Sas s % i 81
siseFn Ss MasSssa . 80 S9s S. sna ~ s
LOUIS oonaectins aS,ly Al Harrisburg with throaEA
Press lO:Oop.m daily, for niis6urv and the West
With through Sleeper 70 nttsbUrg. and httsburs
t. pALrlMoRE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
for nam, SansndaisnA Rochester and NiAsAra Fails
For hrs GsnsnaalsHa and Rochester daily: for Buff.
lalo Sld NiaeAra dsAly eNceVt saturday 90 pm.
For "th SieeI ns Car Nashinston g kschester
r., a; m; dails, except sunday.
F0 i Psiik, IN pSShK ,Sn THE FAST
IN S;vo oa II 90 and II 40 An, 2;io so
9o iv0o ann "a Hn a on sunday n'oS
nm lAmi;ed Espress q Pullman Parlor Cara
30 an, daily, except Sunday. and 400 p-iA
FOR PHILADELPHIEo ONLY.
fas, hhress 81 IN week days and $40 pm daily.
For Boston without chanl-e 3.eo pm every day
Jersey City with boats Of Brooklyn ANNEX. afford.
ing direct transfer 90 FULTON street AVOIDING
double ferragc across New York City.
For Atlantic CITY. IL 40 week days IL go p IN.
daily
For Baltimore. e.35. 7i2o sac. 900. 8 40 10 so.
IL 900 and IL 40 am, 1.:Oa, = 10, 70 $3.50,
400, 4;l0. 4:20, 4:@n 600, 40, S:lO. 800
and IL 20 pm. On sunday, 900. 9:U5. Oa50.
IL 40 am, 10. 3 20, > 80. 90. 4 10, .Ou.
40 $40, 10 90 aud IL 20 pm.
For Fopes Greek i.lne. 20 M aud 40 m daily.
= except sunday.
For Annapolis, 72O an, .o5 and 20 pm. daily,
except sunday. Sundays. 9:o5 A.m- 4l0 pm.
ALENANDEIA AND IREpERIcKsBuRG RAIL-
HALLWAY.
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER Is. 1882
For Alexandra, 30, 30. -. AZ, s:45, 1887
AHA lS-O+ noon, 90, 4: 10, -. Z 90. o.ul.
so, 900 and 4 ! 30 pm ON sunday At q 80,
10. ~ -, 1902 am = 30, 4 10, O:Ol, sOS
AccommodAIiGn for Quantico. 7;45 am and q 30
m, pm week days. a. m SundAys
FOR RICHMOND and the South. so. 10 81 am. and
10 pm. daily. Accommodation 4 90 pm week
Trains leave AexAndria for Washington. COS 7soa.
800 5.lo, 1913 IL 90 An. ~ 300. , 10.
o:lo. 800. DO 10 b. 10 AZ ana II :O5 pm On
SUNDAY AT . 10 and 1 .07 am. 10 o.lu. 0;lu.
- ;ha,s :2u, 10 81 and lO.42 pm
1lckots and information At the Oince. northeast cor
ner OF 9Th street and P,nnsy lyAuia avenue. aud at
the station, here orders can be lett tor the VI
baggaee 10 destination from hotels and residences.
ChAS. r. PUGH, J. X. MOOD
General Manager. Id2l Gen. rAs Agent
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THE POPULAR WILL STIFLED.
Attorney Generals Remarks on Whole
sale Violations Of the Election Laws.

OF VOTERS, DESTRUCTION OF BAL
LOT BOXES, BOGUS BALLOTS AND FALSE RETURNS
AT THE RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
WITNESSES LIVES IN DANGER.
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VNHE WASHINGTON ARcHITECTURAL IRON
Il AND BRIDGE WOkkS.
EDWARD L DENT. VI. l., Proprietor
The best facilities in the city for all kinds Of Iron
work Steel Beams. Angles, &c always in stock.
zine Ornamental Cast aud Wrought Iron Work
speciality. Repairs and general machine work done in
the best manner and NJ short notice
Sole licensees IN the District of Columbia for the
"Goetz- Mitchell" system Of Beam Anchors and Pro-
tectors- Works Cor. SD aud alter sts lei i2S-.i
City Once. l4l3 q 81. NV. Tel 42S-2,
RS washington be
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CREDIT


CREDIT
SYSTEM.
UNDER WHOSE MULTITUDINOUs
METHODS EVERY HOUSE KEEPER,
WHETHER SHE COMMANDS MUCH OR
LITTLE READY MONEY. CAN NEATLY
FURNISH AND ADoRN HER HOME.
IN OUR
COLOSSAL
TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
TO. ADD A FOURTH ONE.
OUR TRADE
HAVING INCREASED TO SUCH
PROPORTIONS
WILL BE FOUND ALL MANNER
OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, WHICH WE
AT LOWEST MARKET
PRICES. GRANTING YOU THE PRICELESS
PRIVILEGE OF
USING AND ENJOYING
THE ARTICLES WHILE PAYING US FOR
SAME,
AS YOUR CONVENIENCE DICTATES,
UNTIL THE DEBT is CANCELLED.
OUR SOUVENIR" FOR CUSTOMERS
IS HANDSOME IN THE Extreme,
EAGERLY SOUGHT AFTER. AND con-
TINUEs AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURE AT
HOUSE HERRMANN's
CASH AND CREDIT HOUSE,
POI and g-23 18th ST. and $50 Mass. ava NV
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DRUNKENNESS. OR THE LIQUOR HABIT.

nkUNkENNEss. Or THE LIQUOR HABIT.
iesirVely Cured by administering Dc. Hainss'
GOLDEN SPECIFIC.
Pecan ne xfven IN cup Of coffee tea or IN articles
a. food without the knowledge Of the patient; IL is abb
solntely harmless. and Will effect q permanent and
Speedy cure whether the patient n moderate drinker
or an alcoholic wreck 1T NEVER fAILS Over
4VV'VVV oruhkards have been made temperate men
Ao nave ~ken ooiden Specific in their coffee without
'Len knNSedse. and to-day believe they quit drink
ins u e4r osn Tree Will. 1Spase Dook Of parricu
Tree.
y. y. WARE. under Ebbitt House
mhll-osl4Gt
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IL ERvAND
Ia ES6RAVER AND LITHoGRAPHER
-. lOl2 PA. AVE-
Visiting rds neatly engraved from your pl.te IN,
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A CADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS. 1919. MASS
facility and
education No efforts are spared to advance the pupils
N music ana art lie musical department comprises
theory and technic and embraces piano. harp, VIOLIN
Languages. general vocal and drawing and fancy
work free. oc2l-4m
CPENCERlAN BUSINESS COLLEGE.
SSo,oo, ., p Corner TN and sts NV. r..,.,
school Of Practical English.
School ieieeapny and Elecsrea scienc
seoo Of SeehScs as6
Day and night sessions
Cali or send for illustrated catalogue free
SPENCER, Vice PRINCIPAL. se23
T'HE BEEhIIZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES,
IL s3 nns a. Se best school
Tor aspeedy mastery Of the Foreign Languages
Ne Iri aer Iess6 6esi Fr now.
Branches in Boston. Brooklyn, New York, Philadel-
phia. Chicago. Berlin and Paris. selO
SCHoOL OF MUSIC ESTABLISHED 1870, THEo.
- INGALLS, King. Principal. a29 9Th St NV Church
organ for students use Rapid and thorough courses
in piano and composition sel7-3m
WANTED-GUITAR PUPILS By a LADY WHO
has made the instrument speelaty tT9 o iesSons
mont ave sel0-3m
EDwARD c. TOWNSEND.
Correct tdeep, Breathing Voce Culture. orasorca and
Dramatic Action. at 1877 18th st, NV. se2-4m
MISS BALCH's CIVIL. SERVICE INSTITUTE,
fully for all Enaminaiions Execution taught and Com
positions revised Book Keeping aspecIalty au29-0m
GHOkTHAND.
Ladies' and Gentlemen who wish to acquire q thor
ough knowledge Of shorthand for business purposes
will find well-eqniPped Instruction rooms: moderate
terms and the guidance Of experienced teacher and
practical reporter at the Business School of the M
q. A, 14O9 New York ave. INSTRUCTION day and even
ing Glasses last year finished work 80 words per
minute. accurate work. sel2-3m
RUsINEss AND ENGLISH EDUCATION.
ID Send for Circulars.
MARTIN COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
oc31 3l3 9TH street northwest
TINIvERSITY-TRAINED TEACHERS WILL PRE-
" pare for Civil Service. West Point. College, Engin
eering &c Private lessons class Soc Day and even
ing Call, after 5. FRANK 4. HALL. 221 4 st. NV
se203m
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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.

GUARANTEE TO TEACH FRENCH AND GER
~ nan in Six Months FRENCH by young lady,
sional teschers). Apply preferably evenings, i432
ST. NV. d5-2t.
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LOUVRE GLOVE CoMpASrs
CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS,
STYLISH,
RELIABLE,
INEXPENSIVE.

ONE PRICE TO ALL.
OUR BARGAINS FOR THIS ENTIRE WEEK.
Ladies' 5-button Kid Gloves, in Black, Tan and Dar
oolors, with narrow embroidered backs. worth 75c.
at DOC.
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Does it hurt
the Clothes /?

W We hear that some woman said of
n Pearllne-"its the greatest thing ever saw for
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FENHE WOMAN'S GYMNASIUM, GA 18TH ST..
Il NV, Dr. Clara Bliss Kinds. Medical Director and
Lecturer; Mr. and Mrs. Hartyig Nlssen, Instructors.
Glasses now forming. n25-2ws
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spyere Cnse Of nlooa poIson.

Thousands suffer from blood poison. who
would be cured II they gave b. b. b. botanic
Blood IIalm) trlnl. Send to the Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta Ga. for book Of wonderful cures, that
convince the most skeptical, tits sent free.
J. 0. Gibson, Meridian, Miss, writes "For a
number Of years suffered untold GgoniCs from
blood poison. Several prominent physicians
did me little II any good, begun to use u, D, D.
with very little faith, but, to my utter surprise
It has made INC well and hearty person."
T, lIallCrton, Macon, GNr writes: Icon
tractcd blood poison. first tried physicians
and then went to Hot Springs. returned home
Il ruined man physically. Nothing seemed to do
nc uygOOd. My mother persuaded me to try
II. Il. H.. Tony utter establishment every ulcer
quickly healed"
Bcnl Morris Atlanta, Ga, writes: ~ suffered
years from syphIlitiC blood poison which refused
to be cured by all treatment Physicians pro.
nOunCed 1t Il hopeless case, had no appetite, ]
had pains In hips and joints and my kidneys
were diseased, Ny throat was liberated aud my
breast mass OF running sores. In this COndl.
ton commenced use VI II. b. i, 1t healed
every ulcer mud sore and cured me completely
within two months" Logan 4 Co., Wholesale
Agents, DLW,
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II Ia becoming an axiom that tho Dem.
ocratiC purity never knows when II Is
beaten. II Is 80 blinded to It's own mis-
takes that 1t cannot SEQ the causes that
brought defeat, or else 1t Is too cowardly
TO admit them. The Cincinnati Times.
Star administers the party deserved re.
buke whom II says;
This pitiiul whining by Democrats that
Grover beat tho party Is disgusting,
Why do they not stand up like men and
mantully take their dCiCOt2 Why do
they 90 around like crying children,
saying, "IIo did ~" II Is q babyiSh
business, this long drawn out waillug
aud complaining, II Cleveland really
beat his party, why did his party not
ioresCc trouble last JWnO2 II has no one
TO blame but itself, iOt, II nominated
Cleveland knowing full well In advance
the platform upon which he must nocoS'
sarily stand. llstrlkes us that vi only
the old, old Casu Of party whose "hind.
sight Is better than liz foresight" and II
IL grooming to think that tho case were
not different Think of such thing as
this from the Washington correspondent
Of the Enquirer
dTho tears that Demonstrated on the
Alh Of March, while tho Republicans arc
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DIED.

WiLsON-At Short Creek, on Wednesday, Feb
rlary 10, 1889, ut 3 O'Clock a. M, REnECCAt
widow ut the late Joseph Wilson, In the VOth
year OF her age.
Funeral from the residence Of her son, Joseph
u. wilson, ut Short Creek, Friday, February
Ii, at ig o'clock IN. lntcrmCnt at Wilson
Cemetery. Friends Invited.
DAILEI-On Wednesday morning, February H.
1850, lIgSNiE o., sUil Oi Charles aud Agnes
DalICr, aged D yCAr, 2mOnthSEnd ~ days.
Funeral from the residence Of hIS parents, No
% Alleys on Friday afternoon Rt2 o'clock
Friends Of the family NtO invited to attend
inlOtncni nj NJ, Calvary Cemetery.
gNYDER-On Wednesday morning, February
IL. 1857, Mlts MANY Snyder, youngest
daughter Of Jacob aud Mary J. snyder,
"Amlahlc, shO won ALI Intelligent she
charmed nlli lvtyOut, sliC loved ALI and dead
she kndlUhH ALL
Funrrni uutlrc hereafter.
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SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

DIR. Barron says that town life leads to
degeneracy on account OF the bad air.
To mark on tin boxes, n correspondent
OF the New Idea directs: Rub the tin sur
face well with an Ordinary lead-penCil
rubber, and write directly on the box
with good ink in your best style,
Thread from the fiber Of the netsle is
now spun so fine that sixty miles OF 1t
weighs only two and one.halt pounds.
The same fiber has for some time been
used in Europe In the manufacture OF
ropes.
Porcelain shot are now made in Mu-
mich, designed for cleaning wine and
medicine bottles, The advantage over
lend shot, often used for this purpose, is
that the porcelain is entirely free from
contamination, and is not acted upon by
either acids or alkalies.
Soapst0ne, reduced to a fine powder
and mixed with oil, is said to be the best
possible preBerVatiVe for wool. 1t is also
an elleCtuRl preservativo from rust when
used upon metals, and US q protection to
stOue.wOrk Of any kind it has no equal.
II is largely used in China for the pro.
lection OF obelisks, etc.
Asa wood preservative naphthaline is
now used In Scotland, its action being
to destroy all albuminoid compounds in
the wood, leaving it dry and clean to
handle, with only faint aromatic smell.
The naphthaline is melted in vessel
capable Of being tightly sealed, and in
this the wood is saturated,
1t is well known that stone, however
large, may no broken by striking sutii.
Cient number OF blows with q hammer
along the line where it is desired to
break the stone. In this process the
force OF the blow Is expended in gradu-
ally weakening the cohesion Of the par
tcles in u line following the direction OF
the blows, This weakening is increased
by each successive blow until finally
rupture occurs,
An interesting experiment was recent
| ly made by Il Or, Durand in reference to
the relative power OF Imagination in the
two sexes. He gave to one hundred OF
his hospital patients dose OF swGetGnGd
water, and shortly aiterwOrd entered the
room, apparently greatly agitated, saying
he hNd by mistake administered a
powerful cmetic. In few minutes
lOur.hiths OF the subjects were effected
by the supposed emeliC and were mainly
men, while every one OF those not effect
cd were women,
Several cases OF electric prostRtion are
reported from Creusot, France. It
affects workers under electric light. The
light exceeds 100000 candle power and
it appears that it is this excess OF light,
and not the heat, which produces the
nervoussymptoms. A painful sensation
in the throat, face and temples is first
noticed, then the skin becomes Coppery
red and irritation is felt about the eyes
much lNchrymation onsues, and these
symptoms then disappear, while the
skin peels Off in five days, The effects
are comparable to those produced by
walking over fresh snow in the sunlight,
and may be regarded us sort OF sun
burning"
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Homes In the South.

The Queen & Crescent route will
sell excursion tickets to Fort Payne, At.
ITALIA, Tuscaloosa, Decatur, Ala, Hates.
burg, Jackson, Miss, and Arcadia, La,
at one fare for round trip, ON November
20, December 4 and Is, tickets good for
sixty days. Now is your chance to ex-
anime the cheap farming lands OF the
South. No billiards., sure crops and n
pleasant climate. All trains leave from
the Grand Central Depot, Cincinnati,
For pamphlets and other information
address Neil G. Kerr, Central Passenger
Agent, Pittsburgh, Pa, or D. G. Id
wards, acting General Passenger Agent
Queen & Crescent route, Cincinnati,
6bin
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Ex.srArE Senator Fontain Smith, OF
Fairmont, is one OF the best known
Democrats in West Virginia and u law
yer OF high standing, He is one Of the
frlmors OF the Constitution, which the
Democratic majority in tho Legislature
hts done its utmost to nullify. Like
Judge Ferguson and every other Demo.
cratic lawyer Of reputation, Mr.. Smith
believes TINT the action Of his party in
the Legislature in refusing to open and
publish the returns for Governor was
unconstitutional. There are fow law
yers outside tho Legislature who have
dared risk their regulations by sustain.
ing the action Of the majority. All Of
them have not expressed an opinion,
but all those who have done 80 agree
TINT tho Republican position Is the cor.
rect one. 1t Is knownthat many others
entertain the same opinion.
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ITnow appearsthat sack, the Kisser,"
who has furnished some interesting read
ing from st, Louis, is mythical person
created by epterprising newspaper re-
porters. 1t is not the first time, says a
contemporary, that st. Louis newspaper
enterprise has made n iackass OF itself,
Some years ago the people OF st, Louis
were shocked several days in succession
by stories Of grave,robbing in the chief
cemetery of the city, Several newly
made graves, too, appeared upon exam
ination to have been tempered with,
Finally the city was Mortified to read OF
the discovery of body in nm alley that
locked as lit had been dropped by grave
robbers in fright, The sensation, NJ that
OF JaCk, the Klsser," lasted until the
police authorities found out that the
person who stole the body from the
graveyard and left it where it was found
aud tho person who wrote such u vivid
account Of tho affair in the newspapers
were one and the same, st, Louis news
paper enterprise is rather too rank lor
| its health,
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IT is reliably stated that President
Harrison will call an extra session Of
Congress about April /. 1t is proper
that such action should be taken. There
are important matters to he attended to
without delay, not the least Of which is
the correction Of the outragcs by which
n half dozen Republican congressman
elect were defrauded OF their certificates.
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THE Commercial GaEeite discovers that
Pittsburgh is afflicted with anew disease.
ltsays the mortuary report for last week
enumemtes deaths by tovers, fractured
skull, etc., ending with "by cable car l."
This recalls Il verdict returned by Il
much.cstocmed Coroner OF that county,
now deceased, in tho case OF q man
killed by the cars which reads "Died
from natural causes supcrinduCed by n
locomotive"
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TIE Democratic organ is still engaged
in the frantic endeavor to turn the tide
of public sentiment, which is loudly con-
demning the course Of the Democratic
majority in the Legislature. twill not
succeed. The people cannot be deceived.
They know that the action OF the major
ity was unlawful, unprecedented and
revolutionary. Wide circulation is given
to Gen. Spiigg's address in defense ofthc
Democratic position. The Democratic
organ will not dare publish the mastery
argument of Judge Maxwell delivered
during the same debate.
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SPEAKER JOE WooDs continues to dis.
tinguish himself us the most remarkably
curious Of nil the curious presiding
officers OF whom We have any account.
He has succeeded thus far in placing
himself on record as deciding that the
point of order OF mo quorum" when
raised by n Democrat is well taken, but
when raised by Il Republican is piece
of impertinenco that is not worthy OF
attention. AS mn impartial presiding
officer Speaker Joe Woods is not howl
ing SUCCESS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-14

WHAT is being done by the LegiSla'
ture in the matter of needed reforms in
our election laws? The statesmen at
Charleston will neglect u pressing duty
ii they adjourn without complying with
the popular demand in this direction,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-14

Tux State Convention OF Republican
Clubs to meet in parkorsburg to.mor.
row will be an important one, No club
should be uuropresented there, The
ISTELLIGENcER hopes that the Wheeling
organizations will sec to it that they are
properly represented,