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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07

in the First Congressional district. This
will make the kannas delegation stand:
Republicans, 2: Farmef8 Alliance, 8.
Tho State ticket Is still In doubt with
chances iavoring the Farmers Alliance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
Wnsl,inrtOn's Vote.

SEATTLE, WAsl,, Nov. 8.-The returns
and estimates from all counties in the
State TO the Pos..Intelligencer gives vii.
aon (Rep.) lori Congress plurality OF
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
THE NEXT CONGRESS.

An Estimate OF How tho House VIII Stand
After Next March.
From the returns SO far the following
will DO the complexion OF the next Ma.
tional House OF Representatives. There
will DO a few chanrcs when the returns
arc NIL in, but not enough to materially
alter the result: s. 4 \
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07

majority Of 1900 in this district last year
was reduced to 200 this year. He car.
ried his own ward and the city and
county by large mnjorities showing un.
precedented gains. gi5S
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
MDntnDn ISet,ir,is.

HELENA, MoNr., Nov. G.-Returns are
coming in slowly from remote precincts.
Dixon's election is generally conceded
by 200 to 400. The Democrats claim two
majority in the State Senate. 5 . =. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
MR. DLI'LW'S OPINION.
Ho Accounts for the Cyclone TINT Struck

Ho Accounts for tho Cyclone TINT Struck
. ~ f u. Tuesday.
NKw York, Nov. G.-Mr. Depew was
seen by a reporter last night and asked
what he thought Of the Democratic tidal
wave.
ut is the Mckinley law" said Mr.:
Depew. mot thelegitimatc results OF the
Mckinley bill, but the effect OF It's going
into operation only thirty days before
tho election-eilec!s which ought to
have been foreseen. am not surprised
that we are to have Democratic House
OF Representatives. Some weeks age l
made up my mind that the Democrats
would carry the lower House of Con-
gress, though l did not expect SO great
majority as this. IN tell you what
made me think so. It was the way the
Mckinley bill was being made use Of.
All over the country prices have been
going up, or going to go up because OF
the Mckinley bill, and generally on ar.
tic)es which were not effected by that
measure. Some of my friends went to
New York to buy a piano, and they
were told they had better buy at once,
as pianos were going to increase SlO0 in
price because Of the Mckinley bill, al
though, as matter OF fact, pianos were
not In the new tariff. ~ tl,=
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07

SAVE the boys and thea !; H. =. !.
W giving them Hoods Sarsaparilla ooE I
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07

Farmers Alliance have IN Illinois, 8 In
k1nsaS, 2 IN Nebraska, counted III Democratic
column for convenieuce,s ~. -,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
/ Tho Firat District. s.l.. :
Following is the table Of majorities in
the First district so far as received;
DODDRlDGE C0UNTY'S VOTE.

- - ITII- n ~ - ltUig T,ISj
peudleton's estimated plurality, $50.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
Played Sucker for a Purpose.

There are any number of good story
tellers in Congress. Everybody knows
of the fame OF Allen, OF Mississippi, and
Billy Mason, of Chicago, in this re-
gard, and now that Representatives
Spinola and Flower, the one gray
bearded and the other rotund. sit close
together, they are always sure of a
crowd around their desks TO hear them
swap their varied and interesting ex-
periences. General Spinola RECALLED
his friends with good poker story
recently. Il was coming down the
Hudson one night" he said, lin COM
pany with Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thur
low Weed Dean Richmond, and
George Law, when Weed proposed a
game of poker, and | was asked to
come in, | hesitated, for | had only
about 81, 600 in my pocket, and L knew
that it was TO be "A game without a
limit. | mentioned the state of my
finances to Law, but he told me to take
hand, and said that he would back
me to any amount. i ain willing to
lose $50, 900 or $40. 900 tonight he
said, and tomorrow | will tell you my
reason So the game started and
stayed in. hugging the shore pretty
close and getting startled every once
in a while when some one went $1,000
blind. When we quit at daybreak |
had won about 1900, but Law had
lost ten times that amount. The next
day | met him. L will tell you, Frank,
he said. why | lost that money. l
wanted Vanderbilt to think | was a
sucker, and so played like one. The
result was that to-day sold him a lot
of steamboats, for nearly 5000, 900 more
than ever expected to get from him.
Don't you thiak the money was well in
vested ?"- Hob.Ay50a Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
Story of the Grand Duke Alexis.

A writer in the Paris Figaro gives
numerous details regarding the private
life of several princes, among which
the following story of the Crank Duke
Alexis of Russia is particularly piquant:
The Grand Duke. who is an Admiral
in the Russian navy aud has a great
influence over his brother, the Gar at
one time created as great CONSERVATION
in the imperial house of Russia as that
of which the Archduke John has re-
Gently been the cause in the Austrian
Court, but by another method-an af-
fair of the heart.
The yonng Empress Marie, his
mother, had with her as a maid of
honor the daughter Of the poet Joukow-
ski, in whom she took especial interest.
One evening when the Young girl was
alone with her sovereign she fell i'll
tears at her feet and confessed that
she was loved by the Grand Duke
Alexis, that she shared his passion, and
begged her consent to their union.
Imagine the Empress's surprise.
The imperial answer was the imme-
diate escort of the maid of honor to the
other side of the frontier, to the home
of her relatives il a foreign country,
and an order to the Grand Duke to re-
Join the Russian fleet in the Baltic.
But the august masters of Russia
did not realize with whom they were
dealing. The Crank Duke escaped
from his vessel. joined the maid of
honor in her exile, took her away with
out ceremony, and carrying her to
America there married her secretly.
l pass over the disgraces, the vicissi-
tudes, the phases OF all sorts that fol-
lowed this exploit. Royal loves are
like fires Of straw; they are as quickly
extinquished as kindled. The day
came when the Grand Duke, under the
influence of his mother, completely sub
mitted to the Emperor Alexander Ii.
and reentered the fold.
The secrecy of his union and the
conditions under which it had been
contracted made ii null in law. Time
dried the tears of the heroine, and she
married Saxon gentleman, Baron
Coohrman, and lived in retirement in
Germany. Their only child enjoys a
large income, and bears the title of
Marquis de Segiana, conferred upon
I'm by an obli@ing Chancellor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
a live E!cgvictUa Girl.

She was as gentle oi eye as a soft
gaelic, that sIe was for this didn't
happen this weeE, although il is by no
means ancient history. il was in Il
shoe store IN Lewiston, and the gentle
maiden was an acquaintance OF the
proprietor, and always oOuLAt her No
% there wien she eHc.lsei her dainty
feet in anything brand new. Here's
something that will III you," said the
jocular proprietor, pas :ng ont a pair
OF wool boots fitted with pain OF lum-
beInan's rubbers. III hale YOU Il
present of them il yoI viii wear them
down TO the Post O.iice aaI back
ait a minute" said she. and in Il
''minute" she was arraycd in wool
boots and lumbcrnau's rubbcrs-
Watch me to the post 8-t.oe,n and she
WAS gone. Tier feet beaeath her pet
tic0at like little mice sole in aud out
as il they feared the l;Eat. wrote the
poet 200 years ago, bar he didn't refer
TO the Lewiston young lady who did
this feat on foot, or he never would
have said It. Sle was back in less
than ten minutes. red-c.ieekcd and
laughing. There" said sac, rs she
passed up the boots. DO them up
III send them TO nay father down In
Penobscot county / never lose a
chance to help the folks al home, and
the shoe dealer was Is good as his
word, and dad maiye.iGi ut a pain,
of nice wool boots from his thoughtful
daughter in Lewiston.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
Only a Little Newsboy.

Ten o'clock in the building of the
big city paper. The electric lights are
burning and the whirl of presses and
click OF types make busy scene. Ed
itor5. reporters, proof-readers are busy
preparing the days doings for the
morrow.
The door OF the chiefs Office is
pushed carefully open and blue
eyed, faxen-curled maiden of six sum
mers and as many winters enters. No
body knows how she got there. No
body saw her climb the stairs or walk
through the hail. She is ragged, dirty
and has been crying.
rs you the editor man?'
Yes, little one; what can l do for
you?"
''Rube is dead, an thought maybe
you'd like to tell about it.
WHO is Rube?'
why, didn't YOU ever hear of
Rube?"
You see. there are are so many
people that can't know them all.
The big. bearded man was actually
ashamed of his ignorance.
But Rubc wasn't people-he was
my brother. He sold papers an blackcd
boots and all that. He wasn't ve@y
rich an ma said the city man would
bury him-but he was good to me"
did you sell papers. too?"
mo. | stayed home; but Ruhe
brought me candy dogs an candy
roosters, and licked bad boys that
made me cry. An if you tell folks
how good he was, maybe they'd think
better of him.
What do you want me to say, little
one?n
why. that he was u years old, an
was helpin' mother an'-oh. ! don't
know-but member he was always
good ter me"
Before the little mourner left the Of
fee she was the recipient of q handful
of coins donated by "the boys of the
office and the big editor OF Tered the
janitor to accompany her home.
Thus it was that the rea !ers of the
great paper were mildly as 0nished 20
read on the mornings local page:
Died-Yesterday, Rube, the news
boy. aged II years. lie WAS the sup
port OF his widowed motler and loved
his little sister better thla lis life al
most. He was buried il the potter's
field last night. Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
About the vikings.

Paul du Chillu differs with many
leading historians as to the social con-
dition of the Vikings. the direct an
cestors of the English speaking peo-
pie. whom he believes TO have been
well civilized. He insists that 1.-The
people who We're then spread over a
great part Of the present Russia. who
overran Germania. who knew the art
of writing, who led their conqucring
hosts to Spain. into the Mediterranean,
to Italy, Sicily Greece, the Black Sea,
Palestine. Africa, and even crossed the
broad Atlantic to America, who were
undisputed masters of the sea for more
than twelve centuries, were not bar
barians," and concludes: Let those
who uphold the contrary view produce
evidence from archaeology of an in
digenous British or Gallic civilization
which surpasses that o.. the North. y
A. T. Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06

stIiIel. They coursed about the garaen
and out toward field which had been
planted with vegetables, and which lay
fallow under its late autumn plough
ing.
About this field they circled, each
circle growing narrower, their noses
still to the ground. Then, with q
trumpet-like call, they began to dig,
throwing up the soft earth about them
with fury.
The squire, his man and the dog
fancier had followed. All were pale
with horror. Suddenly the latter sprang
forward.
Take your master awayr' he shouted
to the servant; but the squire, with an
awful cry of
They have found herr dropped like
stone upon the ground.
1t was, indeed, the body of Madame
Vinton that they had discovered. A
cord was tied about her neck and
twisted tightly. sShe had evidently
been strangled.
Robbed and murdered by some burg
lar, people said; but burglars do not
usually bury their victims. The SER
wants were evidently innocent-two
quiet village girls. whom no one could
suspect.
Later, when after severe fit of i'll
ness. through which his mother nursed
him, the squire was able to go feebly
about the house, he found in his dead
brides escritoire small box, in which
lay package of letters addressed to
her, and signed, Your husband, Emil, "
and photograph. The latter was the
portrait of the man he had met at the
gate, aud had been taken in Paris.
Afterward he held communication
with the Partisan police. and sent them
the photograph. The information he
received from them caused him a re-
lapse. But he never revealed it to any
one. He lived to close his mothers
eyes, and died. a sad and silent man,
in the house upon the hill, his only
friends the two dogs, Uno and Ino. 1t
is probable that the ladies of Poplar
town had been right IN their opinion of
Madame Vinton, but this good man
never ceased to love her FOR all that,
nor to believe that she had sincerely
loved him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
Dude and Conductor.

/ stumbled over an old-fashioned
hair trunk as | jumped on the front
platform Of crowded horse car in
Morrisania the other afternoon. saws
the n. Y. Star. A spruce-looking
Young dude was using it as foot-rest
an1 when the conductor came out to
collect fares he told the young man
that he wanted an extra fare for carry
ing the trunk.
I've paid my fare. and that's all
yol get from me- said the dude.
'.All right" snarled the conductor;
''then off it goes" and moment later
he had bundled il off into the roadway.
A couple of blocks further on the con-
d,;ctor. who had been glowering at the
dude all the way, said. Il told you
I'd throw it off, and / did; see."
Whats that to me9n said the young
fellow quietly. 1T isn't my trunk ?''
While the conductor was running
back after the trunk the dude stepped
off the car, and, with the remark
served him right for thinking I'd own
such looking thing" disappeared in
the gathering gloom
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06

The times amt as they used to be and every
thing is changed:
Our good. old fashions of the past are won-
drously deTangcd.
And while l hope the world is getting better
all along.
II seems 10 me that much of this new folderol
is wrong.
But maybe it Il possible I'm fogyish of late
And things to which l fondiy cling are sadly
out of date,
But | insist religion. with its cold, new
tangled ways.
Can never reach mems hearts as did those old
camp meeting days.
country bout
TO plant our gospel battery and Satan put to
rOut;
We'd wash our robes of glory in the Jordan
clean and nice.
And get our homc-spun garments full of burrs
and beggars lice,
We tried 10 get enough of grace before we left
for home
To las, year until the next camp meeting
dGtc would come.
And though at times We stumbled into Satan's
tEorny ways
We got a new start every year at those camp
meeting days
No more in thunder tones the parson hurls
his threat at vice;
In homeopathic doses served on little chips of
Ice
He cdo;es ont grace and glory with exactness so
profound
You'd think he feared there wasn't quite
enough to go around.
And so sadly listen as my mind goes back to
when
We all joined in the services, each shouting
his amen"
What wonder that l sometimes sigh as mem'ry
For just touch of fire from those old camp
meeting days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
BE Kiad 10 Children.

Children should be taught obedience
and bad habits should be corrected
But many a parent has remembered
with deep sorrow instances OF undue
severity aud unwisc punishment when
too late To correct it or make amends.
''The following incident related by Il
father illustrates this: Il shall never
forget. though have wished =
thousand times that | could, how
punished little Mamie for continuously
pronouncing word wrong-as /
thought willfully ly-a.ter had tried
hard to make her say it correctly. She
was quiet for few minutes after ! bad
punished her, and then She looked up
with a quiycring lip, and said:
Papa, you will have TO whip me
again. / cant say it..
You can imagine how | felt. and
how | kept on remembering the look
on her face and the tone OF the sad little
voice"
Little ones are often timid and grown
people do not sufficiently sympathize
with them. The following incident;
illustrates tbs:
A well-meaning father once whipped
his little girl, attempting to overcome
in this way her whimsical terror OF the
dark when left alone at night. The
poor little maid sobbed herself to s.eep
that night.
But the next evening, five minutes
after she had been left alone with the,
to her, fearful dark, her terror over
came her dread of punishment, and a
pitiful little voice was heard at the
head of the stairs.
20. papa, please come mp here and
whip me! I'm so iraid of the dark
This convinced the father that the
child's terror was more than a whim,
and he deeply regretted his hasty pun
irhment, which was never repeated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
Where Latakia Tobacco Grows.

Latakia. which gives its name to the
famous tobacco, is Il small seaport in
northern Syria, which occupies the site
of the ancient Iaodicea, but the port
has been blocked up with sand, so that
only small, lightly laden boats can en-
ter. Behind the town extends vast
plain to the south beyond Jibleh as far
as the range Of hills in which live the
Ansarieh. the descendants of the sect of
assassins so famous in the time of the
Crusades.
This tribe is specially engaged in the
cultivation of Latakia tobacco. At the
end of December the ground is irrigat-
ed and the sowing takes place in jan
uarv. ten or twelve seeds being placed
in single hole made with stick. As
soon as the sprouts appear above the
ground they are. covered with mats,
which are raised only when the sun is
up The women and children are en-
pioyed in keep ng oil tie birds and in
wedding out the weaklings. In Febru-
AIRY the sprouts are transplanted TO an
other field, where the earth is piled up
well about them: in March they are
kept well watered, and in April the
harvest commences. The first leaves
form what is called the new tobacco,
and is smoked with delight by the fell
labs themselves, it being stronger than
that obtained subsequently. From
April to August the plants must be
watered according to the state of the
weather, and must receive general at
tention. The real harvest takes place
in August and September. The plant
is cut. the leaves removed, tied in
bundles, and placed on mats to dry in
the SUM- In November this process is
finished, the tobacco is placedin horse
hair sacks, and put on the market.
The merchants subject the leaves to a
new drying, and then sort them out
according to color. perfume and general
quality. There are in all three quail
ties, of which the finest is obtainable
only from the more elevated planta-
tions of the Ansariehs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06

A remarkable sink" exists in Brad
ford county, Florida. 1t Is 200 Yards
across, perfectly round, with smooth
sides, and the water is loo feet below
the surface. Ne bottom has ever been
found. The sink is surrounded by
beautiful shade trees.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06

4 fIae faru oF s. aces near Stokes post Office,
n4ria-. s. asras .laac"8. b@ll2ce AaC,i wood ttn-
bsr. a9d hayilsra eramc House. leg barn, and an
orchard 81 Il. asI ills, M oTe-hlii mile from a
pgst .fi.a s.ara amt 5aluoE, viii he sold cheap
farms: Daa aalf down, balance an time.
II r., several o.her farms for safe. Apply
e. z. t'eIy sturgeon Bay. Door CO.. "
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06

B .JCNS ELLOR AT LAW.
JlpCN, Hrst h9or, in door
a#-a- OIHr@. So4tH Eighth
ta..a., .sEr elections promptly
JULIO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-16

cockades Ike the officers, but Certainly they
should be so comic tably and presentably
attired as 10 inspire self-respect. An exam
lnation of the subject would prove, no
doubt, that the most efficient soldiers were
well dressed. PROFESSIONALLY the best cit
liens are we'll housed.
The small design that illustrates this
article is considered something better than
commonplace. IL has graceful lines and pro-
portions, and there is total absence of
tawdrY effects, like those produced by
sawed-work orlamentation. Ii has no fire
places, mantels. sliding doors or other ex-
pensive features, yet the interior is comfort
able and attractive.
A brief description Of the design is as fol-
lows:
General Dimensions-Width, 90 feet 6
inches; depth, "a feet.
flights of Stories-First story, feet 6
inches; second story, feet
Exterior Observation-Disclosures stone;
first story, gables, veranda rails, and roof
shingles.
Interior Finish-Walls and ceilings fln-
ished with two coats of brown plaster, in
tended for papering; spruce floors; white
pine trim and stairs, grain filled aud finished
with hard oil. The space under the stair
way Is enclosed with grooved aud beaded
pine. forming hall closet.
Cologs-All shingles, including roof.
stained silver; all trim, veranda posts and
risers painted white; sashes, outer doors and
lattice work painted dark green; veranda
floor and ceiling oiled the upper half of
front door glazsd with small lights.