The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-26
GERMAN CHRISTMAS
marx torthe Poverty-striesen ones
Who Were too Poor
10 buy GIFTS FOR nae CHILDREN
/, pull Holiday T~rade4rhe Npbie
Work Of tho Mothor of the Empe-
.or-shc peyotcs her Time 20 she
poOr-Fcars Of the cholera=Politics
Of tho Empire.

OF tho EAItAE
BERtrs, Dec, 95.-The stagnation in
business here and the wet and sloppy
reather have tended to make the week
.n,eceding Christmas, usually character
he'd by hustle in business affairs, about
,bs dullest within the memory OF tho.
oldest resident. Yesterday was the
S,igbtest day Of the week and there.
,,ss a slight frost. The sunshine and
Sracinc atmosphere brought ont crowds
Il sightseers, who thronged the streets,
Gazing at tho displays in the %shopswin-
dous, but buying little!
According to the shopkeepers their
holiday saleswcren rbetoreso small.
Tbe curse OF hard times prevails every
Irbere. The wealthier class appear 20
Ia Affected by the depression, and,
Ssbare heretofore they have spent
Money freely for Christmas gifts, they
his year have made only limited pur-
cbases. People Of the middle classes
Tho + usually the best Of customers.
Snrinr this generally festive period,
have bought only cheap trif1es, and the
tho workingmen with little orpomoney
ara Obliged to limit their indnlgence in
Christmas fare.
THE rRADRsPEoPIe COMPLAIN UTTERLY.
II ia often suspected that the COM
plants of shopkeepers about the bad
condition Of trade are not genuine, but
this wear such complaints are known to
bs sadly true. The outlook for inns
movement in any branch OF trade isl
s%xceedingly gloomy. Commercial and
financial circles alike take aipessimisttc
view Of the situation, and,croakers.
Who at ono time would have received
Fcant attention, are now listened to as
oncles.
Operators on the Boursehave lost
their usual daring, and now enter into
soeculations with q ttmidity foreign to,
their natures. Bourse transactions are
o~yershadowed by fears of political
eoayulsion in France, aud disturbedsby
the condition Of home affairs arising IN
The army. The projects for taxation,
especially the one regarding banking
snd stock transactions, form another
eIsment OF suspense. Financiets hold
theefect Of these projects will be ruin
Gus. while others form o mildef estimate;
d The result. Nobody however, cal
eulates that the projects VIII have q
influence to prevent improvement IN
the bGsiness situation.
THE SOCIALISTS MAKING CAPITAL.
The Socialist papers seize upon the
occasion to comment upon the misery
among the working classes. The Kor
vsaa publishes a Christmas article in
which emphasis istlaid on the frighttuls
suFerings OF the poor throughout Ger
many. The paper says that while
there Is plenty 81 carefully nourished
game in the forests and in the domains
Of the a~ristocrats, workingmen are al
loved to die of hunger. Though the
article is written in the customary style,
GtSocialist exaggeration it has alarge
basis Of fact. While charity is abln=
daat, it is badly organized and relief.
does not reach the mass OF sufferers.
Prominent among those who are
working to alleyiate the misery OF the
pOor, Is the mother OF Emperor VIII
lam. Every day throughout the week
she has been engaged in some work OF
kindness. Yesterday she spent several
hours at the Friedrichsam Hospital.
She presided at the distribution OF
Christmas presents, of which she was q
irge contributor. In the children's,
ward she went to every cot and gave TO
each occupant some plaything and q
lsdEidinghood cloak, most OF which
we're sent through the legationto the
children BY American ladies here.
To-day tho splendid array Of Christ
mas trees have been lightedatthe palace
at Potsdam, but the young prince will
not be allowed to touch the Ornaments
OF dainties, all Of which will beisentttoi
cheer tho children in the different
hospitals.
EHAPPRARANoE OF THE CHOLERA SCARE.
The temperance Of cholera at Ham
burg has caused theauthorities to order
arenewal Of the precautions heretofore
taken 10 check tbe spread az the di.
selse The emperor has directed that
regular daily reports regarding the di-
sease be sent to him. The recent mild
E Wsssne Gs ana v ne exIsaGr na ! s.S g
s'Siste5 IN ]ba nrsaent ontbreaE. The
opinion IL bsid byiGerman hygienic ex-
perts on the snbieet IL choiera that
there win hs anothsr onthreak Of the
dIseass in the sny;ns
News from q Pstsrsh,rs atates chat
Inc Rnssisn Observation-Disclosures snmmonedi
aeongrSSs 81 sOS aactors ~ whom 15B.
dc rom sbolsTS!iniactsS districts. The
congress viii sit tbr eight daysa1d viii.