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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-15
HOW He succeeded in LIE.

The man with the self satisfied air
had stopped to speak to a couple OF
men on the street. and when he had
passed one Of the men remarked:
There's man who has come up
in the world rapidly"
rs he a brilliant man2" asked the
other.
well, no; at least no one ever
thought so. .
He must be a hard worker then.
No; he doesn't work any harder
than he has to"
well, suppose he has lot o
good hard sense, and that makes hin
valuable
He has never shown any evi
dences of it. !"
The second man thought the mat
ter over for a moment and then said
''Oh, well, some people have O
faculty Of making others think they
are smart men even when they are
not.
He hasn't that to any marked ex-
tent No one considers him a par
ticularly able man"
what is the secret of his success
then2''
His ability and readiness to say
things rejecting on the work Of
others. His only hope is to eonvinee
people that others do poor work. -
Chicago Tribune.
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THE DIRTllsT CITY IN THE WORLD.


q Il I'm China, and Its streets are From
Two TO SIX Feet wide.
Annoy, in China, bears the unenviable
reputation Of being the dirtiest and most
unhealthy city on the globe. The repu-
tation IL thoroughly deserved. What 10
more unpleasant fact 10 the promise OF
the present tendency Of affairs to lower
and worse condition. The reasons arc
obvious to new conner nt a glance.
The city 10 built on the edge OF q
mountainous island, and Is exceedingly
old. Inscriptions on ancient tombs run
back as far M the beginning OF the
Christian era, and coins found In acct
dentally discovered gravesdate dynastics
from 800 to 1000 B. G. During all this
period the hillsides of the city have been
used az burying grounds. As the popn-
lation increased the houses encroached
upon the cemetery land, until finally tho
two became hopelessly intermixed.
Tho United States Consulate 10 regarded
as very superior locality, but 1t Ii sur
rounded by over a hundred tombs. A
score OF the large blocks OF granite used
In and about II are old tombstones. On
the hill, immediately behind the resi-
dence Of r. Malcampo, the graves touch
one another at every point and form
solid white surface Of rock, brick, porce-
lain and cement, covering more than
|, 0O0, 900 square feet. Near tho Lampaw-
do joss house $1,000 bodies are said to
have been buried vertically to save space.
They lie, or stand, on plot Of ground
Of as many square feet. Annoy proper
and It's suburbs have a living population
Of about 1,O0O, 900 and dead one OF four
and half times as many. The wells are
shallow and are sunk on the edges Of
graveyards and even among tombs them
selves. have not seen one whose water
Is not muddy and discolored BY the per-
petual turning MP OF the soil.
The city Is relic OF the past. It is
walled the same az it was In tho time OF
Confucius. 1t has no sewers whatever.
The streets vary from two to six feet In
width; no wheeled vehicle can use them.
An equestrian would experience great
difficulty In turning corner. Here and
there is an open space or plaza, dug out
so as to be ahuge open cesspool; into It
the streets discharge their filth.
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Tha Largest serpent.

The largest serpent OF which accurate
measurements have been taken and noted
was an anaconda which DR.. Gardner
found dead and suspended to the fork of
tree during his travels in Mexico. 1t
was dragged out into the open ground by
two horses and was found toy measure
thirty seven feet in length. Inside Of 1t
were discovered the bones and flesh Of a
horse in a half cigested state, and there
was no doubt that it had swallowed the
animal whole. DIR. Gardner and other
travellers say that anacondas, pythons and
boas attain length Of over forty feet,
but there is no recorded instance OF one
having been encountered longer than
that which has been mentioned, though
many persons have seen serpents alive
which they estimate to be Of considerably
greater size,--Detroit Free Press.
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A''< 1sAs % .ho purs. Va. ~ 4. ..S.... =, ~.
wAss isnd recollection .,...,,.,. ), -,
ns g n.as -, The coal T. 4, enc line tss i
Aod every ssssa thir !. ~, n.,...,,, .,.,,,
/ duesd 4. - and sh' min fA's pro
me s.aith Of ha "a labor. how sssss reduced 10
m. .I"'om' ,ooD ,arln sha. plundsrsd .s
The Old shoddy tariii. the iron ore tarin,
wGi -
some >tin-piated badges we hail ~ q treasure,
uAey call up in mind what protection could
"a Piqua they made them-two inches BY
The rArss. and queerest The world eve,
knew,
How arden. they seized them, regardless Of
And quick 70 tho home market patrons they
fyi
Then. soon realizing that truth they ars
4 stretching,
And dreaming rsformers. make @coinage"
The old shoddy tariff. tho iron-ore tarin,
i The tin-piated tariff that plundered 50
WELT
How swift from tho green, messy crowds con-
4 tribution
The carnesies grabbed all the gold that they
craycd,
And they cut down their help. fearing no re-
trsbution,
For congressman dined on the wages thus
saved.
But now we've removed from our loved habi-
tation
The schome Of protecting. by taxing the
:
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: You Cant do it Again.

When the great results attained by
Mutual life shown the confused agents Of rJva
companies they exclam Eyes; but they cant do again
They are willing admit that the dividends paid BY the u
ua Life Insurance Company of New York all its carrier
policies largest paid by company on similar
forms of is claimed that the Mutual Lie can
duplicate dividend results on policies issued
Let
On Policy No. 1865 issued November = 1870 at age
s50oO annual premium s9945, ordinary NE
plan of first twenty the dividend additions
making the insurance value as
death claim which than the amount OF prem
ums paid improved at 10 per cent. compound interest
On Policy $685. issued September 1877, at age
twenty six annual premium slO co. ordinary life
plan dividend additions in 1891 at the end OF the rs
twenty years 70 raising the policy 10 So
being better than all the premiums paid I'M
at per compound interest annum for twenty
years.
Thus appears from the records OF The Mutual Life In
surance Company York that the first twenty years
dividends ending 1884, declared policies issued
1870 favorable those declared in the
first twenty years policies issued in 843 is therefore,
quite reasonable to that the future dividends of this
Company policies issued the dsrlbu-
plan will good those realized in the first twenty
by policies issued in the early OF the
Company the old sreversionary addition pan which
dividends every five and added the policy
at their insurance value.
Since 1890 the Mutual fes dividends have shown grad
ual increase every year.
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THURSDAY EVENING. DfcfMatR IS. 1882
roonomIeal FofeIgners.

.sThe thing with which ! return
home the most impressed, says an
exceptionally intelligent woman who
has lived abroad for some time, is
that Of the real economy which ex-
lists among Europeans. At first we
lavish Americans term it parsimony,
and sniff at the accounting for candle
ends in the household OF Q British
peer or the careful thrift OF the Ger.
man housewife who binds her bed
blankets with deep, loosely caught
binding Of cheesecloth to preserve
the nap that comes off enthusiastically
from handling in daily bedmaking,
INT after awhile we discover that
side by side with this rigid avoidance
Of waste and needless expenditure
there are impressive results and gen
erous, handsome OUTLAWS
They are all skillful, too, in max
ing the most of everything, much
more SO than we with the Yankee in.
genuity Of which we boast-it seems
Inherent, not acquired. At this mo
ment think the French peasant
woman can serve for FIVE sous bet
ter. a more nourishing and appetiz-
ing meal than our scientific kitchens
can put forth for three times thai
sum, and this with no disparagement
to the latter. As a people we seem
to lack the faculty Of getting the
most out Of the least; that is, the
maximum Of comfort out Of the min
imum of expenditure, in striking con.
trast to our transatlantic friends. ~
Her Point of View in New York
Times.
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4 TurLi.h Idsa or : Rulsr,. Rights

The Shah Of Persia, Nasr-ed- Din, was
in England in 1873. When informed Of
the immense wealth OF more than one OF
the English Dukes, he calmly told tho
Prince OF Wales that all such subjects
were dangerous, and therefore should be
put to death, and zealously enjoined upon
the Prince the necessity of so doing.
But, !" replied the Prince, 81 cannot do
that " You, said the Shah,in aston
ishment--"y you, the heir to- the throne,
and cannot put subject to deathf" " By
no means,p said the Prince, "without
process Of law" Well, then" said the
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-15
How aIsn Should Trea. women.

struction upon this important subject:
"When thou art married seek to please
thy wife, but listen not to all she says.
From mans right side rib was taken
to form the woman, and never was there
seen rib quite straight. And wouldst
thou straighten itf 1t breaks, but bends
not. Since, then, tits plain that crooked
ID woman's temper, forgive her faults
and blame her not; nor let her anger
thee, nor coercion use, as all is vain to
straiRhten what Is curved. '-[ Detroit
Free Press.
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m. worId,. smalI.,t Po., ono.

The smallest, simplest and best pro-
tected post office in the world Is In the
Straits of Magellan, and has been there
for many years. 1t consists Of a small
painted keg or cash, and is chained to
the rocks OF the extreme cape In a man.
ner so that II floats Free opposite Terra
del Fuego. Each passing ship sends q
boat to take letters out and put others
with postmaster, and Is, therefore, un-
der the protection Of all the navies Of the
world.
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Al Fellow Feeling.

"How d'y dor We're sorter connected
in business, so we might as well be
sociable.n
~ don't quite follow you,p replied the
dignifed stranger.
nWhy, your the superintendent Of the
insane asylum, amt YET"
\ aYes."
aWell, I'm the man who wrote the
leading popular song. Washington
Star.
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Antiunitx Of NIekname..

The origin of the word as well as
the exact date Of appearance of the
custom of ''nicknamingn is unknown.
Such names are as old at least as
the most venerable chronicles, for,
upon diving into ancient history, we
have no trouble at all in proving that
Plato was called the Attic Bee and
Socrates ''Old Flat Nose.n There
isn't the least doubt but that many
OF our surnames come from nick
names applied to our ancestors, such,
for instance, as "Dollarhide," ''Ox-
enrider," Bright" "Lightfoot, y
Walkingshaw, "Redhead, > Long.
man, : "Longfellow," etc.
Julius Caesar was popularity STYLED
'Baldhead, and even the third Ra-
meses is said to have been known by
an Egyptian word which signifies
Iimpy." No one has been able to es-
cape the blighting or benign influence
OF the nickname. Kings, queens, phi.
losophers, divines, statesmen, as well
as many other eminent persons, have
been made to prosper or suffer BY
having some appropriate or ridicu.
died after the lawful
an name. -
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-15
. Adgust
Flower

Hon. does he feelf-He feels
cranky, and is constantly ex-
perimenting, dieting himself,
adopting strange notions, and
changing the cooking, the
dishes, the hours. and manner
of his eating-August FToUer
the remedy.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-15

Hoao does he feellS--He feels
at times a gnawing, voracious,
Unsuitable appetite, wholly un-
accountable, unnatural and un-
healthy.-August FloiOer the
remedy.
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Ask
Your
Doctor

If q pure, saoeet prepa-
ration of refined cotton
seed oil and purified
beef suet is not more
wholesome than ami
NAL cooking fats.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-15

Hoac does he feeIS-He feels
no desire to go to the table and
a grumbling, fault-finding,
over-nicety about what is set
before him when he is there
august Floacer the remedy.
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w H Y {?

Because it's always pure, all
ways the same, always the
best. Such a record tells more
than pages of talk It's
Just as good to-day as ever and
it is the tobacco for you, If
you smoke, you should smoke
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Hon does he feel2-He feels
after spell of this abnormal
appetite an utter adherence,
loathing, and detestation of
food j; as if a mouthful would
kill him-4ugust Flotcer The
remedy.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-15

How does he feeIp-He has
irregular bowels and peculiar
stools -August Fioioer the rem
edy. io-lay
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Health
andConnfort.,s


by the use Of poor smoking to.
bacco. The one tobacco that
has held. it's own through all
the changes of time and against
all competitors is Blackwelrs
Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30
MORNING SMILES

Mr.. Huckleberry-'tNo one admires
me-" Miss WallAower-''No one adj
mires me, either.n Nj. Huckleberry-
Eve had better organize mutual adj
miration society. / admire your eyes.
What do you admire about me?' Miss
Wallfower- Your good taste Puck
Hotel Clerk Ito guest from Arkansas)
-'sWill you want room with bath
connected2n mo, l reckon not. /
won't bein town more than a couple Of
DAYS; besides, ] took bath onlya few
DAYS before I left Little Rock. "-Teras
SittingS.
HeA.It / were to try to kiss you,
what would you do?" She-"scream."
He-"Do yon mean III" She Empress
sively)-'Indeed, l do; 80 you had bet
ter wait until we are out Of hearing of
the hotel. "-Brookiyl LIE.
He-NI have decided to ask your
fathers consent by letter, Pauline.
Now what sort OF letter would you
advise me to make 1T" she-"I think.
Horace, that would make it an anony-
nous letter. Life.
Little Boy-''I saw you kiss sis, and Il
YOU don't give me ten cents III tell"
Young Man-"H Here's the dime" Little
Boy-"Thanksl That makes S. I've
made this season" Good Netrs.
"What are you doing? y asked the con-
vict Of the reporter who was writing up
the penitentiary. "I'm taking notes. "
dump! That's what brought me
here. "-Washington StGr.
"And where's old Bill Johnson
"He's here" "He was running for
Congress twelve years ago What's he
doing now?" "Still runnin' p'-Atlantd
Constisntion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30
nlnrn Rnlh Ionrnnlism.

Yesterday the INTEIIeKScER showed
how tine Register had made forced levy
ON the editorial columns OF the Buffalo
Ca,rir to supply itself with some very
Indignant views on the "force" bill
There was not the change of a line, a
word or a point OF punctuation in the
article as 1t appeared originally in the
Courier and as it appeared three days
later as an original editorial article in
the esteemed but erring Regiaa.
The New York Sun has caught Mr.
Puilitzer's World at the scurvy trick OF
manufacturing cablegrams in its Office
and resorting to devices the most des.
5parate to cover up its tortuous tracks
The proof is so positive that If hanging
were the penalty tho World would have
to hang. July IL it published as a spe.
cial cablegrain from Berlin the day be-
fore q remarkable interview between its
correspondent and Bismarck. Under
date Of Milan, August 4, was a long in
teryiew with Prot schiaparelli, who
vas made to contribute to the interest
ING Mars literature Of the day.
The Sun denounced these interviews
as bogus, charging that they were writ
ten in tho World Office. The Sun sus.
rested that tho matter be submitted to
Mr. Nicholson, editor Of the Tribune
andsifhe said that "the matter in ques-
ton came BY cable, or had any atom Of
the foundation ascribed to 1t in the
World, = the Sun would contribute $1,000
70 the Tsi5,me fresh air fund. By this
time the Woeld was very desperate, and
on August s, nearly a month after the
PUBLICATION Of the bogus Bismarck In
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30
RREAKFAsT BUDGET.

"Women have been voting for twenty
years in Wyoming says Senator War
ran. Of that state, ''and there Is not a
better governed community from one
end OF the land TO the other. For the
first time they will vote this year on q
choice for President, and will youch
for their judgment and independence.
Ibelieve the day is coming when every
state will see the injustice and disad.
vantage Of denying political rights be-
cause Of sex"
A mink entered the lot of Mr.. Well
ford Stanley, near Fredericksburg, Va.
and seized large rooster and started to
leave with it, when the rooster sud
denly rose and few q distance OF over
one hundred yards with the mink hang
ing to him. Finally the mink let loose
its hold, after flying about ten yards
further, came to the ground, none the
worse for his voyage save slight
bruise.
The natural historian of the Leayen'
worth Standard saws that water moe.
casin snake thirty inches long can swal-
low catfish twelve inches long without
experiencing any Inconvenience on ac-
count of the fish's horns, which some:
times puncture the snakes body and
project half inch through each side.
Mr.. @. wyndham, the London play
wright, has the laugh on his critics.
When he produced his Syringe OF socie-
ty" 1t was universally condemned, yet
it pleased the public immensely and
the theater was crowded for weeks.
The "waxftter" In Queen yictoria's
household arranges the candles on the
dinner table, for which he draws EGO q
year, but he does not light them. That
duty Is performed by two lamplighters,
drawing a salary of sl00 each.
Mrs. Thibadeau, Bangor (Me.) dis
patch relates, got drowsy in church on
sunday, and yawned SO vigorously that
she dislocated her jaw, and her contor-
tons at once broke up the services.
Joseph Ball, nearly ninety years old,
was in Nyack, n. Y, one day last week,
looking for relatives and friends. He
left there sixty-fiye years ago and has
not been there since.
When the Turk goes to his mosque to
worship ne Keeps nus uat on, ~ ne
thinks he would be unbecomingly
familiar with divinity if he removed it.
Raphaers Three Graces." a part of
the Lord Dudley collection was pur-
chased by the Due d. Aumale for e24,-
600. II cost Lord Dudley only 81, 900.
A pair Of shoes and stockings were
found in the stomach of shark eight
feet long, which was caught at Bruins
wick, Ga, on Saturday.
Tawas City, Mich. sold 81, 900 worth
OF huckleberries and left S75, 900 worth
in the woods to rot Pickers were
scarce.
A Chicago policeman has shot and
killed an innocent man whom he be-
lieved from a description to be horse
thief. #
The sultan Of Morocco offers So apiece
for tho heads OF the rebels who are
making trouble in his dominions.
The Daily Commoner, the only daily in
Kansas advocationg the Peoples party,
has suspended publication.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30

Can chronic diarrhea be cured2
Those who think not should read the
following from Mr.. Joseph McGufin OF
Spaulding, Union county, Iowa. He
says: II was troubled for years with
chronic diarrhea and used many
kinds of medicine; but nothing with
permanent effect for good. until ! tried
Ghamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhna Remedy. l would say to every
one in need of medicine for the
ailment mentioned and kindred dis
esse hy tse Remedy, and like myself, you
will never be without it in your home"
% and so cent bottles for sale by drug
Riata. paw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30
A Wcst yirpinIan Abroad.

Hon. John Basel, who recently returned rom
Europe, few days since gave the Hetp, prae.
teal demonstration OF the workings OF the tartn
that certainly shows that the consumer pays It.
He Showed US pair Of Kid gloves, pt1rchnSed by
him In London ior 81 They are the hnest Ad
gloves made. He priced the Saine glove IN
there was from s! IS to s. 50. A pair OF silk and
wool socks purchased by him for Is cents in
London he found would cost him In PhtlAdel-
phia. from 81 Is 10 81 30. pair o. tailoF.made
found would cost him.st In London. A aue SILK
umbrella for. which he paid - in Brussels he
found would cost him 50 In this country. lie
mRdo these purch1ges for the sake Of comparison
and to find out who pays the tArih When ne
landed In New York lie had 10 pay tariff on
these goods that brought them up 70 about The
same price no would haze had 70 pay In this
country for the same atttcleA-ClGrEsourg NelH'.
Barring his Democratic politics Mr..
Basel is an an excellent man, which
makes the INrE1nteEScER, as his friend,
regret that SO short stay in Europe
has got him in the notion Of wearing
only imported commodities. If he will
be satisfied with American products of
high quality neither henor anybody else
will have to pay any duty on them.
We cannot think that Mr.. Basel
'made these purchases to find out who
pays the duty on them" He knew that
he would have to do that for the privi-
lege of bringing them into this country.
The interest Of the foreign manufactu-
rer in those commodities did not follow
them into Mr.. BassePs possession. he
had sold them in his own home mar
ket, and that was the end of the trans
action for him. II he had been export
ing them for sale in this country he
would have paid the duty, for there is
nothing in the list that we do not make
and make wellin this country.
For example, the 1STEIIreEScER has
been comfortable and happy all sum-
mer in dozen pairs Of black socks that
cost three dollars in Wheeling, twenty
five cents pair, fast color, but there
is no silk in them. We have not had
opportunity to compare the three-dol-
lar Belgian umbrella with certain
American umbrella that cost fifty cents
less, but an umbrella that stays in a
family and continues to look reputable
and to do good service for three years is
good enough for the average man.
If manufactured commodities are
SO much cheaper abroad than they are
here it is because the labor that is in
them costs less; which is not SO well for
the labor or for the country. We could
produce at less cost by cutting down
the labor, but there are a good many
people in this country who object to
that way Of going about it.
There is still another pertinent
thought. Mr.. Basel had good pro-
tected American dollars to buy his for
eign silk socks; for which he should be
grateful. If Harrison county were set
down in England it may be that Mr..
Basel would be content with cotton
socks when it becomes necessary to re-
plenish his wardrobe.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30

THE only reason for Mr.. Gepeland's nom
i,,ation, and tie thing dtat forced his nOnsi-
aatioa IN spite Of al dc esrts Of politicians,
,sas the fact that. IN he minds Of ths Demo
cratic masses, he reprsssnts the idea Of free
trade. The platform is an unmtstatab1s
declaration against all parleying NTH pro
lection. Npasa Democratic party in he
fed as committed to 0te policy Of sOesping
array epay shred of a protectius dusy.-Ha-
~ George, tie Fres Trader.