davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
suMMER Joys.


Now comes the chime Of summer time,
With skies Of deepest blue.
When e ks the weather lend inquiries,
rs i bot enough t0r you
It's trade to ply the sportive fly
Now buEECs round your nose,
And Interrupts, With ghouliSh glee,
Your Sunday moEn's repose.
Tween u and the blazing sun
Almost destroys your sight;
In turn The dread moSqultos hum
will drive you wild At night
You cross the street, a friend to greet.
The dust blows 10 your eyes:
Your collar Wits, yonf face perspiros,
Your angry passions rise.
It rnIns always on picnic days:
The ants get IN the pie;
Though you drink from morn TIL night,
You're always holland dry
Through days Of toll you till the soil,
But Others get the loot:
The robhlnS rob your berry vines
The boys boycott your fruit
Tho chIekenS scratch your salad patch,
Hogs bog your sweet corn down:
Your country life ls filled with woe,
You're wrctChed IN tho town.
And yet next spring you'll doubtless sing
The praises Of our cline,
And swear that jNySalone do Gil
The glorious simmer time.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

! very foolishly praised the pipe be-
fore offered to buy it, and the willy old
savage winked his other eve and sprung
the Heirloom" racket upon me, and, as
a consequence, l had to pay him 81 for
it. I atterward found identically the
same article at the post traders for
Sl.S5. What does an Indian want with
war club? Yet you will see this
highly decorative bludgeon in every
store. It is made usually Of the tail OF
deceased steer. II is cut open along
tho side, stick inserted, stone as big
as a goose egg sewed in at the north
end and the natural tuft of hair on the
opposite side is left dangling, but usual
~ colored red or green TO make it look
Indian. That is the way an Apache
makes them. A Sioux makes club for
the market like slender sledge ham
mer with stone tied on with raw
hide thong. Rather than make a head
himself he will scour the plains-or
rather his wife does--in order to find n
head made by moro industrious ances-
tor and fled for future reference on a
boundless prairie. :
There are many interesting things to
be picked up around m Indian camp,
but the finger marks of genuiuenesl are
not so indelibly impressed upon these
relics as OF yore, and It is we'll to look
twice at the article before you purchase.
Nearly every tourist who strikes Den
yer has mania for buying some gen
uine Indian relics, and the curio indus.
try grows yearly more stupendous in
the face OF the fact that the number. OF
Indians is growing less, and they rely
almost altogether on the post trader for
supplies OF every description.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

The best salye in tho world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup.
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. II Is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents q box. For Shle by Logan
Drug Co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
Very Conscientious.
Epoch

eve don't think our conductors are
turning in all the fares they collect"
said the manager OF street car line to
one of his Oldest employees. you
don't knock down, do your
eyes, sir"
"You do! Why didn't you deny it?'
"Why, sir, my mother always taught
me to despise liar"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
THEIR FIRST SEPARATION.
Drsadful suGOrinr q I'VE Fond Hearts
Portrayed.

Minneapolis Timta
They had been married but six
weeks, and her Gown dear. blessed
George" was going away, 70 be gone
three "whole, dreadful days" She had
gone to the station TO see him of, and
was clinsing tightly to his arm as they
walked up and down the platform wait
ing for his train to back into the sta
tion. Both OF them werc as solemn as
they would have been had he been ex-
lied to Siberia and was about to start
for that desolate country.
you'll write every day, won't you,
darling ~ she said.
Eyes, indeed. And you must write
me long letter tonight"
ooh, / will. And you'll take real
good care OF yourself?"
"0h, yes; will :.
ooh, YOU must. What would do II
anything should happen to my boy?
ooh, nothing will happen to me,
"oh, but something might. It would
kill me II anything shonld happen to
t'You foolish little girlto be SO fond
- , Te' AZ csretnl settinG on and of the
90. p - gars ~ thot So m Won't Get OF
Sst -, ! oon ,sSila Il Il Il notion.
VI a ~ = T Tro m Won rstc GOOD care Of
Yourself g / G darling"
ooh, / shall just sit and cry all the
4 asbaIt von miss me 40 nuchP"
"Miss you? oh, George"
ve. The %iaFse yo Sil seem e me nN'
minis miss Youf l'haii 'n'nN % you 9Sets
m trWoa do.r ala hovI Oh IL that YOUR
..o;a LOU non uso y IL ~ ~
'tS w. s
0hS caor,am
S yn S 3 9ss b. brave and strong liz.
"a , 10u rIss 0e . Ot@'e @--S
t'e .t no" w., ,,ha, ,o,, .ra .oo;no
n 10y, s - "ne" you so oS'0"
" @ThsIe' there. don't cry; you'll at
...o a. ~ ,,,,, s o',antion
IFeSI sG mG nn. a asea HOW rcb attention
&C.,. ana + O. Io how 10 crvS
s nSIa ,,o Su+ nn.tn,t Cana now. kiss
w. ~. .S E"u us' v A4O % >''S
'ns s.1 SI01 Ge:,,om
"Ga.Sb,, 5er,;,,n
"Yo.,sII T. u .n oasctrl 9n
0yos ~ zoe Se G g.
=
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

CD. Fredricks, the well known pho
tograph y ITO Broadway, New York,
says:
IL have been using AILcocK'u Porous
PIAsrERs for 20 years, and find them
one of the best of family medicines.
Briefly summing up my experience, l
say that when placed on the small of
the buck ALLcocK's PIAsrERs fill the
body with nervous energy, and thus
cure fatigue, brain exhaustion, debility
and kidney difficulties. For women and
children Ihave found them invaluable.
They never irritate the skin or cause
the slightest pain, but cure sore throat,
coughs, colds, pains in side, back or
chest. indigestion and bowel COM
plaints."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
Tho Pride Of woalt,..

SyttHtV BM70IH' !.
Dead Beat thumbly. to Swell, old time
friend Of hisl-Lend me FIVE bob.
Swell (handing it overthrow, old
man, for goodness sake don't booze it
Dead Beat (haughtily, pocketing the
two half crowns)-what right have you,
sir, to dictate to me how should spend
my own money.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

Jusr as sure as hot weather comes,
there will be more or less bowel COM
plainti in this vicinity. Every person.
and especially families, ought 10 have
some reliable medicine at hand for in
slant use, in case it is needed. A rs or
so cent bottle of Ghamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is just
whatgyou ought to have and all that
you wouldneed, even for the most Sc
we're and dangerous cases. It is the
best, the most reliable and most sue
cessful treatment known and is pleas
ant to take. For sale by druggists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
TlELn ANclRNr wEApoNs

The Indians, some OF them, do make
a very good bow with sinew back. which
will propel an arrow with great velocity.
He does not use ono himself; preterring
to use the deadlier Winchester. Still,
thcrc being money in it, he will spend
his Sundays in making them for collee-
tons and selling.thOm alter a great deal
Of haggling rs a valued heirloom Of
'HOle-in.the-Face," his father-in.law,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
1t Always Does.

Baltimore american.
Amid the crash Of nations and the
trembling otdynasties, it may be noticed
that the June wedding-boom goes steadi.
ly on.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

The success Of Hoods sarsaparilla is
because it possesses true merit, and no
claim is made for II whichi Is not fully
supported. Y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

she-"You say you have never been
in love. How near have you come to
it?n He-mI was married once.n-Life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
FINANCE AND TRADE.
rhs rsa.urss Of tho Money And ssssk
Markets.

Nrv Yorx June s-Monsy on call easy a.
lalJs per cent; last loan III elosed enessa =
IL per cont Prime mercantile paper 274ao pc.
cent Sterling eSehpnger qpiss Du' H'~ -
q s7IISai 6s,E, Sales @S,2s7 shateA -.
The stock market showed no cnanse IN "
general character to-day There wa H., NV
AMOUNT was not Bucent 70 have az! ~ Il,n,.s ~
upon the course Of prices cspeclIal dstt T,hs
dc tinusualiy strong pOoilion ot the Danhs.
market closed active and nrm 70 sH0nb bs"S4''''
at slight gains for the day. =, On nm
Railroad bonds were quiet, salgS, S S..s An
Government and state bonds duii DIV H .
BONDS AND sFock euorArtoNs--oLossp s'n
n q. -. ,IsiIlNev York Central. 1874
D. 4 q e6l;pot, .lOhio MissiSsippi.-.-
II q AZ reSs 100 n 40 prelcrred......- g
pscIac Il. n5toS los Oregon. lmprove't- y
Ltchison .. s<loregon NAv...,..-.... q
ISnws Frnra,"s al slOfeFou Trims. ..,...s. ly39
American kxpfesS120 pAclnq NJ '''''''''''' 10
Canada Pacihc.....4 g ia
Canada Southern eS1SiPullman FAtA'e'''''' SSiI
Central Pacihc - so 81 Reading 99e4
Chesapeake & Ohio 22S Rock Islam ''''''.'''''
AZ .s..Ipd nrSf'd u DO preferred
mi m z off;ihcy 6ssIi9t Paiil SOmn1a... "a
mai q Hndsonit 1872 DO preferred. ..... l2lS3
nal fsct d Wat 1851 Tenn Coal 4 Iron S974
Dan r a preFd ID Texas Pacific. .........
Erie 2SL<lUnton Paeifc....... ga
Eort WayuG......,.1..hlol y! q: S1P' ~ 3 m
Illinois Central. ..lQ2 81 L,A ;'''''' SStI
Kansas 4 Texas,,.,., 90 pEeie ll
Lake Shore Melb tAISo ASsk
LouiAVIlle 4 Nash. l2fl western HI1 az
Memphis 4 ChSs,.,. 70 Am. Cott2ln1 yii'''''' 10
Michigan Central. l0I Colorado CoA'-'''''' -
Missouri PAelae..... Iron livet.''''''''''' al
EaahVille 4 CHAT. g Qnicksiyc[ ;'''''-' III
New JeISey Central. 1SI do preieEEeu-"'''' :. "a
Norfolk a W. prefd w Sc. n Z
Northern Paelho.... l9I IIichm' a = W. r. i 5si
do preteFred-..,... Chicago 1sA-'''-'' SIst
Northwestern. ..,....1le lead al
do prefefISd-.....te iSsgas Eruse''''''''''' '''a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

Clerk-'G see by the paper that Mr..
Payne o'Niore has absconded-skipped.
He.owes US $780, Fashionable Halter
-'oh, my heavens and earthl There's
$50 dead loss" Smith, Gray e Cos
1lnnLhLL ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

CHICAGO. ILL.,. June s.-cattls, receipts 800
head: shipments 5000 head: prims native
stecr1 steady; best steers & 5a4 81: Others So 51a
head; shlpments $500 head: mutton sheep
steady; lambs and other grades lower. Hogs,
receipts 900 thbRd blEha puienttY 5000 head;
market active and 6al0c higher; mixed and
weights sts71<zaS %; light A6SaisS.
East LIBERTY. Pa, June a-cattle. reccipt1
160 head; shipments 40 head: market steady:
prime 81 60RA IS: fair to good 81 0oa4 90: common
IS 2SR3 g. bulls. cows and stnga g 25a3 t0 fresh
shipments 1000 head: marSet dull; all grades
a T0a4 90 Sheen receipts ] 900 head: shipments
400 head: market firm; primo s. 5Qa5 81: fair to
good 81 5oa5 %; common g 00a1 so; yeRrllngS
g 5oae %; spring lambs S coal 90; veal calves
81 75a5 %
CINCINNATI o., June a-Hogs strong; common
and light 81 DIAL 70; packing and butchers s. 50a
4 50; receipts 400 head; shipments 1000 head
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

When Baby was sict, We gave her cAstOriA
when she was a Child, she cried for cAstoria.
wheu shs became Miss, she chung to castoria.
w6sa she bad Children, she gave them oassorIs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
PLENTY on HAND.

As the necessity for genuine Indian
implements grows less for practical use,
the supply of genuine Indian weapons
and ornaments grows greater. 1t is be-
cause the Indian has ceased to pursue
the chase, and as he grows lazier with
civilization his squaw grows more in.
dustrious and learns%to make popular
trinkets as business, which brings in
the almighty dollar to buy wliiskey and
tobacco for her own particular buck.
AS toys, the Indian weapons are
rather decorative, but they arc built on
the ready made principle and invariably
fall to pieces with the;slishtest practical
use. There is scarcely now an article
sold as an Indian curio Tor which the
poor Indian has the slightest use, ex-
cept to bring him in a revenue.
For instance, what does an Apache
Indian want with spear? Still, he
makes them to sell OF long, crooked
pole with blade OF boiler iron tied
upon the end. II you should throw it
with any force against treo or the
breast bone OF an adversary it would
double up like a iackknife. Yet it is
Iuullu III bHG Jlu SulAOeAty uALNH bACA Wy
in chicken feathers, stolen, perhaps,
from raucher's hen roost 1t has
stripes OF red and green paint and
makes a fine looking trophy to hang
upon the wall. III
In the first place, where can an
aborigine get boiler,iron2 It is popu-
larly supposed that the noble red man
spends his leisure time pounding out
stone heads for his arrows and spears,
but he is not moderately cons tructed
on that plan.
Allthe stone implementsand weapons
now on the market are relics OF bygone
Indian race, by modern Indian, who
sometimes picks them up in the graves
Of his ancestors and barters them for
wherewithal for drinks. The stone age
OF the North American Indian has
passed ore this into legend.
One spear exhibited in this city has a
hoe handle for a shaft, and the Rnllible
tourist exclaims, How wonderful" I
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

CHICAGO. June s.-Wheat was unsettled and
nervous to-day and elosed with loss OF 9 40
Yesterdays gain, Inding, IN, u corn wa 'pl'
Oats followed wheat and corn and shoW loss
PrcyisIons were largely Influenced by grains
and closed somewhat loWeE.
Waslf@cash No, spring ss1Gas'zzc; No y; 4 3
sEtisssse? Jal9 Isl August s'99sa
'1 GoSsnc No. 2, size, June !:
oAm1cesh M. 2, S2Sas3o: Juno and July
s29las5;, sss2tfc: August Sl7tas21sssl1to
BARLEY-60c.
FLAxSEED-Sl0 %.
MES PoRK-CGsh $40 20; July 80 s<aio 6'1Sa
81 az
NEW YORK June s.-Flour. receipts 5000
barrels export 5000 barrels; mSSEes Ae a9oj
bushels Of futures and 10000 bushels o. SPOT
spot market unsettled and lover; ungr9 4!ie,l
red sleasl oo5z; options weak; ~; req J1ns
ss5:sSs e; Ds ssig ei $3.50 Corn,
receipU 1900 bushels; exports SVO0 ouS W. o5S
sales l,ssg,Ooo bushels OF futures and 2Zs,0Oo
bushels OF spot; market lower ana Weaaahjj> " ~
graded mixed 5ea6lc; June 5Sei July 6oNaoe4
Ssc; August 65a5T5iaSsc: September Sc Oats,
receipts 1900 bushels; exports 1000 bushels
sales 10000 bushels OF futures and eS.UN Sv
bushels OF spot: market higher and dull: June
37skc: July 5Tssc: August S7Hc. Codee steeny
and unchanged. Sugar hrm. Molasse. quiet
Rice hrm. TGlloW steady and quiet, Resin
steady. Turpentine irmer Of SOC, Egg stenoy;
western 161lc Cut meats quiet aud 9fn .. fo n.!
dull. Lard quiet: western steam andJuly g 81;
August s. IL; September IS 70 Butter arm.
Cheese easy.
PuIIApEtpH1A Pa, June s--Flour quiet.
Wheat steady: No. red June o21Sa9@c. Corn
quiet: No. 2 mixed June and July 6o9abS{Si
August and September 65a5SISc. Oats nominally
unchanged. Butter Arm: Pennsylvania print
extra lsa2oc. Eggs firm; Pennsylyania hrsts loc'
BALTIMORE Nh. June s.-WheAt hrmer; No.
red spot and June, 93t+a93c. Corn strong; mixed
spot 5shc Oats quiet: No, . white western 4le,
Rye dull: No. 2 $50 Hay firm at Sl4alh. Others
unchanged.
CINCINNATI. o.. June a-WheGt quiet: re-
ceipis 1900 bushels; Shipments 1000 bushels.
Butter, sugar, eggs and cheese steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

ALLEGHENY, Pa, Nov. 81, 1891.
have been In the drug buSineSs for tho p'Ss
fifteen years Silver Ago Whisky has never been
questioned as TO purity. and always. recon-
mended by the medical profession
- I7lT5 r. z FLECK Druggist
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

NSHE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE
Il s q bright, sparkling, Instructive family
jeurnal Il Il original IN every department.
clean IN every limo aud aulted - It z intended
70 interest and improve every member o. the
tAmilya whether IN city OF county,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
RAILROADS.
WTEFITTG6ELdGROYE RAILROAD.

on and after Wednesday, Juno l. 1892 rains
will run as follows, city dino:
a. NJ, BOO q m, 1880 a m. ii 100 a m, "l2:oln
:O0p. m, 2p M, 800 p M, 400 p m, tA p
M, 600 p m, 100 T. m, 500 p IN $3.50 p ~,
j0:s0p. m. ~.
LRAvR ELM GsovE-a6:ooA m, 700 m; 500
n. m o A M. 1000 a m, 1850 O. m. 1900 M
100 .. m, 400 p, M, 400 p. n.. 400 ?. NJ b:9l
D. M, 600 p m. 900 p NJ, sop m, s'.o Am,
i0:I0p. n.
SDGily, except Sunday.
SUNDAY Church trains leave Elm Grove at
s:tsA N. and Wheeling at 1911 y, M
n. I. HElSGRRBER,
myg7 General Manager.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

IF YOUR BACK AoHES,
Or you are al worn out really good for moth.
RRoWNiS IRON BifTEHs.
It win cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
agood appetite.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
NofE the folloptng opinions Of leading PHYsI-
CLANS and HOSPITALS as to the merit OF
SILVER AGE RYE.

ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Max Kleln,s Silver Age Whisky has been used
exclusively In this institution for medicinal pur-
poses with good rosulS. F. X. TlDESLET,
Superintendent
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
Live Stock.

CINCINNATI. O.. June s-wheat quiet: re
ceiptS 1000 bushels: shipments 1000 bushels
Butter, sugar, eggs and choose steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
80, eennsylvanla stations
[VIBaERsVIYdRia IlRgs:I
Trains Run by Central Time.

ricJrIr oyy1crs AT pENEyTtvASlA STATION on
WATER GF., FQoT OF ELlVENTu BIS hAEALIHN
Al MoLvRE HOUEE, WHEELlIIo, AID ~ 1BH
PENNSYLVANIA 6IAfIoN, bAtDlEPoR1'
EnrT1rMEsr sYRrRH-"pAN AANDLR RoUrI.'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
Baltimore 1.-Two Stock Market
cALvERroN STOCK YARDS.
MONDAY, June 6, 1892.



Baltimore 1.-Two Stock Market
GALVESTON SrocK YARDS, l
MONDAY, June 9, 1892
TIE SWINE MARKET.
Arrivals this 16S
ArfVhb lSt b2lo
Arrivals one year $40
REMARKS.
Though the receipts arc nearly 1900 head
more than last weeks numbers, yet the ofler.
ings At the yards are nearly identical with those
OF last week. Prices arc lrmer at the figures
ruling then, though the market Is not active.
The numbers arc abont equal TO moderate do
mAnd. Quotations range at 617c net Nearby
hogs sell at 6g61<c. net. aud Western at GelG7,
with most sales at 75t@7 net.
UNION LIVE STOCK Market,
CIAREAoNT, June 6
All hog. sold didn't IL these yards by E A. Blacshere
Receipts this week 2,eo2 head. against 1884
head last week.
Fair TO good selling 10
rlgs sellng q
Receipts Of sheep and lambs. 5SS head ~
LAMBS selling .....5 to gc
ARRIVALS OF lrvG STOCK
At he Union Sock Hnrds, va d. & 0. Railroad, tor
trcsk ending 6h
lt5 cars, containing So cattle, lls calves,
6,sSs shcep and lambs, 6,7os hogs 10 horses, Sd
shipments to New York, Philadelphia, eta,
So cattle, Is calves, $3.50 sheep aud lambs
900 hogs, 50 horses
Petroleum..
NBw YoRK. Juno S--Intoompiiahce with IA.
quest from Oh City, tho oil brokers here after a
conference thts morning decided 70 discontinue
There was, therefore no oil market to-day.
NEw YORK. June A-PlS iron quiet Copper
dull Lead quiet. Tin arm. Nff''
ClScssArt O.. June s-coston quiet; mid.
ding 1aSc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09
.wAY TLME CARp.

Arrival and departure Of trains on and ettet
Nav y, ls91. EXPLANATION q 1890 sr,sAsSsls.
s.as1ted. Saturday exc ept0d; l9lpdAy only
Sssfrfday only. Eastern Standard Time
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

MSSS PoRK-Cesh, SO 40: Jnly SO s7ll<a1o 671fa
a1O 40: septombor $40 %, sal0 72SSihi0 81.
LARD-taIh and July % s71i; September
Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-08
THE GOTHENBURG PLAN.

The Earl of Meath has an interesting
and instructive article in the Nineteenth
Century concerning what is known as the
Gothenburg plan of dealing with the traffic
in intoxicating liquors. Under this plan
the municipal council is the sole licensing
authority, and it fixes the number of Ii
censes which it deems necessary for pub
lie convenience. Instead of issuing them to
individuals, however, the council grants for
limited term of years monopoly of all
licenses to stock company of citizens spe-
cially organized for the business of ac-
quiring licenses and which undertakes
to conduct the liquor trade in the
public interest. The council retains a
close control over the company. The ap-
pointment of the latter's employees is sub
ject to the councils approval, and the lat
ter determines both the number and the
sites of the shops where liquor may be
sold. The shareholders, furthermore, are
prohibited from taking more than five
per cent profit on the capital invested; all
profit over that rate must be handed over
to the council to be expended by it in the
reduction of the public burdens. The
chief advantage of this plan, as will read
lily be seen, is that neither the stock
company nor its employees in the
liquor shops are at all interested, as liquor
dealers in our own country always are, in
encouraging and promoting the immoder-
ate consumption of ardent spirits. Tho
employees are simply paid a fixed salary,
the company makes its profit on the capi-
| tai invested rather than the amount of
business done and is not allowed to make
| more than five per cent. anyway. The
| surplus profits of the liquor trade, after
paying the stockholders their preferential
interest, instead of going into the
treasury for the reduction of taxation,
are applied each year in pecu uiary
grants to the funds of deserving charities,
benevolent societies, philanthropic institu-
tions or other objects of general utility
which are entirely dependent for their ex-
istence on the voluntary support of 1he
public. Amy charity or institution whi,rh
derives any aid from the local treasury ID
debarred from participation in the grant,
of the surplus profits of the liquor bust
ness.
The plan appears to work well. Only q
few years ago drinking habits were alarm
ing among the Norwegian people; now
they have in great measure freed them
selves from the intemperance evil. Tr "
elers report that they meet there no men
L t., =.
or beggars, and that they see few dram.
shops. Indsed, since the legislation OF
1866 and 1871 public houses have been
practically abolished in the country dis
tricts and greatly diminished and regulated
in the towns. In Bergen, for example
with population of 1000, there are bu
fourteen licensed houses.