davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

boy arraigued on Saturday for stealing
money. Getting ireo through mercy,
perhaps not unwise on the first %oiTense,
he is back on Monday for robbing a
blind man Of a watch, Thisis certainly
indication enough Of an Inherent tend
oucy that ought to be ~eradicated, and
the best way is to place him in tho re-
form school.
Such boys left at large in the commu'
nifty arc a temptation to other boys, an
annoyance to the authorities and a
menace to the public. The time for I'M
reasoning sympathy is past. There has
been too much of it already, These
juvenile criminals will not reform them-
selves, their parents will not or cannot
reform them, and it becomes the duty
of the state to do SO, and to do SO with
out delay.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

CoLoRADo's scheme to establish state
depositorIes for silver aud to issue
thereon certificates which shall be ro'
ceived in payment for state taxes and
pass as legal tender within the state
might solve tho silver problem in that
state, 1t will also make Colorado u
good state to stay away from. The idea
is about US impraetieable us sOne other
notions Of the silver fanatics.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

and drought in Europe this season to
the scarcity Of lecbeFss in tho North
Atlantic,
An elderly man arrived in Washing,
ton a few days ago, where he had
walked from York, Pa, OF the advice
Of u DOCTOR who said that the walk
would cure his rheumatism.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

THE much desired dronching rain tor
which this section of tho country has
been suffering for weeks past came yes.
tofday, but it would have been better
appreciated if it hadn't come all at
once. The volume OF water was a little
more than We bargaincd for, but it was
better than q continued drOuth and We
have much to DO thankful for.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

IT 10 fortunate for Vice President
Stevenson that he timed his visit to the
Pacific coast before the extra session.
The administration will not DO SO pop
ular that its representatives will be
wiucd and dined out there after tho
Sherman law is repealed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

In one week from yesterday Congress
will convene. President Cleveland
should spend tho low remaining days
among tho cowboys in Texas taking a
few lessons in the art OF training wild
horaas.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

catarrh Attacks All Mucous Membranes
ItAi1octs tho Ears, Eyes, Nose, Throat,
bronchial Tubes, Lungs, stomach, Bow,
els, Kidneys, Bladdor-the Whole MIu-
sous Tract-ourO Diseases of These Or.
saus by Removing the Cause.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01
ENTs.
GRAND PICNIC
-op EHE-
Butchers Association,
on WHEELING, W, VA.
TO LIE HELD on rHs
NEW FAIR GROUNDS,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1893.

Agraud street parade at 0 O'Clock a III. Dane.
Ing, Horse uud Bicycle Races. All mont shops
Will close on the above date at s q ~. The Eat
ing Stands Will be In charge OF competent Indies.
Music by the Opera Hous and holsters nriss
Bands for parade aud concert music, aud Mels.
tet's String Band for dancing.
Fitst-Trotung aud Pacing Raco-puse $50;
frSt Slb, second -; milo heats, two III three.
SecOnd-llalf Mile Running Race, free for all
Purse $50; lrst SIS, second SO; two In three.
sThlrd-A race between T. C. McClOllnnd ana q
horse Of John Meiaanon fef Is pHrse from tho
butchers Of 50, the winner 70 take ALL MC0an.
mons hORO Is TO run half mile while McClelland
runs four hundred ind seventy yards.
F0urth-TwO bicycle RNCos, ono II two mile
dash and tho other one II half mile dash. Prizes,
Gold Mednis. Two prizes 20 10 tho winners Of
tho two mile dash and one prize to tho wlnnpe Of
the OnU.hulf tillo dash.
CALF KILLING CONTESTI
In white Linen suits. for the best time aud neat.
est work. Purse SIS; Afst SIS, second SIS. third
q; three to start. q. II. MOdlCk has tho rggdla-
lions.
LAMB KILLING for BOYS under eighteen years
Of Rge. For best time aud noaiest work. Purse
sl6i inst $40, second s..
Admission 10 Grounds 1Oc. Grand stand Toe.
NO CHARGES FOR VEHICLES.
Iyll.1Th4s.gL.au1 2.s4wy2d
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

FRAScE grabs ons.halt Of Siam and
England is not likely to Interfere, The
reason is plain. After a while England
will want the other half and France
will not interfere. 1t will DO an equal
"divvy" with the two great powers, but
where will Slams share come in2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01
TrE periodical story from Parkors.

TIE periodical story from Parkors.
burg announcing the discovery Of rich
silver mines on the Little Kanawha
river is on its rounds. Can it be that
the Parkersburg liar has sprung his
chestnut at this time in tho hope OF
influencing tho votes Of the West Vir'
ginia congressman for FREQ coinage?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

Drs, Copeland, BeII q Davis trca. success
Wheeling, W. Va. ONCE hours, 0 To IL A. ~, 2to
ST. 81. and 7 70 OF. n. Sundays, 10 20 u a. ~,
and . 10 1 p, N. Speclalties-Catarrh and all
diseases Of the eye, eat. throat and lungs dys'
pepsiR cured; nervous diseases curedi skin
diseases cured.
Many cases treated successfully by mail. Send
2cent stump for question blank
Address all mall to
DRH COPELAND. BELL & DAVIS.
ll2l Main street. Wheeling, W. Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

prisons, ii not for the scatfold itself.
This fact may constitute a good argu'
ment in favor Of private executions.
1t is true that the intic.ion Of the
death penalty in private would rob
executions Of much Of their horror and
lessen the evil influence on the commu'
nifty, but the question still remains,
would their effect be to lessen crimeP
In other words, does the fear OF the
death punishment deter men from COM
hitting muvderP
Criminals must be punished, to be
sure, and how to provide a punish
ment for murder which is not revolving
and which is not demorallzlng in its
effect upon the world, and which, at
the same time, will be effective, is a
question that ia open for debate.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01
Special Sale

Of Ladies' Low Shoes ut greatly reduced
prices, all the lntoSt styles In black and
tan in tho Oxford, Butcher aud Prince
AlbOrts to soloCt from. L. V. BLOND.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01
NOTICE,

SToCKS FOR SALE.
IS shares Wheeling Title and Trust Co.
10 shares Peabody Insurance Company
IS shares Warwick China Company.
l0sharei Wheeling Steel aud Iron Companv
20 shares United States Glass Co -ComlOn.
q shRTei Nail City Stamping C0mpaaE
10 shares Mall POlGh Tobacco COMPANY.
lOshRreS FlrO & Marine Insurance "a,
80 shares. Wheeling Street hallway Co.
Il, 5. IRWIN, Brosar.
aul No, 81 Twelfth Stree,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-01

No Anti yrine in Bromo.sOltzer. 10
Cures all headachos-trial bottlesl0c
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
CYCLING IN PARIS.
Becoming Fashionable Pastime for tn
Early Morning Hours.

Becoming Fashionable Pastime for the
Early Morning Hours.
The bicycle is winning distinction,
writes Paris correspondent of the
New York Tribune. Since Lord Duff
FERN began to take his morning con-
stitutional rides on a low bicycle in
the Bots the steel horse has become
fashionable, but only between eight
and eleven in the forenoon. Clemen-
ceau, who, if a tribune of the people,
likes to pass for being Chic" has dis
mounted from his park hack to cycle
and hopes soon to be a good rider.
Aristocratic youths who are growing
up under the care of reverend fathers
at JULY, Vanguard and the Rue de
Madrid spend their Thursday holidays
at ''veloce schools" and in making ex-
cursions under the eyes of ''veloce
trainers" The trainer now directs his
efforts greatly to the teaching of an
easy upright carriage on the cycle 1t
is not easy to acquire such seat,
though the thing is possible. The
proper carriage is called ''un siege de
gentleman" 1t would seem as if the
bicycle vocabulary could not get on
without borrowing from the English.
Judging from the coinages which are
SO fast enriching it, it seems to me that
the rule that is growing up is for one
half of every composite word to be
English. Examples of this are ''veloce
port" ''veloce man." ''veloce suit
lightning veloce'' and "veloce rider
The word ''veloce" did not exist six
years ago 1t is contraction of we
locepede," the old-fashioned name for
the bicycle.
lola only took to cycling after he
had seen some "veloce trainers for
fair "artistes" look as well on their
steel steeds as cavalry officers on their
horses. The cycle has not yet been
brought into the novel of any first
rate author. But, being now in gen
eral use, for at any rate the stronger
sex, we may expect soon to find it in
vested with a literary interest.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20

eide off-hand that the lazy mans at
tributes are negative. Very likely he
aims TO be what he is. friend of hu-
mainly. He perceives undoubtedly
how eager the majority of his kind is
to be ever busy about something, and
in the goodness of his heart and with
a disinterested devotion which is de-
serving of the highest praise, it is fair
to suppose that his only concern is to
increase the happiness of those about
him. He not only gives others an OBJ
portunity for physical labor by his
amiable self-denial, but his persistent
and consistent idleness furnishes all
who know him with perennial mental
exercise. His laziness gives others the
means whereby they can earn living,
and it also and at the same time makes
those others happy and in love with
themselves by having him as a sort of
antithesis, which by contrast adds
force and luster to the qualities which
in their self-conceit are regarded as
superexcellent.
The lazy man, therefore, not ONLY
does no harm in the world, but, on the
contrary, does much good. This fact
never will be appreciated. unless the
lazy men should all at once forsake
their laziness and become workers.
But lack of appreciation does not
worry the lazy man; he is not given to
worriment. In his unselfishness he is
willing others should monopolize that
as well as the cark and care of this
world, the exercise of body and of
mind
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
FAST STEAMERS DEFENDED.
The shorter in Passage the Less the Pas
Sencers Eat.

The Shorter in Passage the Less the Pas
senGers Eat.
When man talks of ''fast boat"
twentY-two-knot boat. which means
twenty-five mile boat, from Queens
town to Sandy Hook, the pessimist ut
tiers the word ''coal!' and feels that no
more teri ible condemnation could be
uttered The coal consumption. saws
the Saturday Review, is no doubt
great, but the shorter trip means less
human fuel in the shape of fewer meals
for the passengers. The quick pas
sage is all in favor of the ship owner
in the commissariat of the ship
Many of the passengers become hun
CRY only on the fourth day, and the
reduction of the journey from ten to
five days means something considera-
BILE in the consumption of beef. seeing
that the reduction is always in the hun
CRY days.
The ship owner calculates, with APP
palling Indifference to suffering hui
manity, that if the passage could be
shortened day or two more some of
his passengers could be landed Just at
the time they were beginning to think
about the cook as a person of conse-
quence. There is another practical
view of this case. A ship that can
make voyage to New York and back
in fortnight will earn ffty-two
freights in the year, instead of TWEEN
ty-siX of the boats of twenty years ago.
The crew costs no more, if the coal
does, and the earnings are double
Those who know most about boats
know also that the safe boat is the fast
boat. because the fast boat must of ne
cessity be strong.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
EoG-STEALlN0 HENS.
Fowls That rurloin the Contents OF Tn
Nj

NS.Esiff1OFS Nests.
In Capt. Bendire's Life Histories of
North American Birds" the hen of the
Canada grouse is reported as a con
frmed egg-thief. A number of these
birds were observed in captivity to
rob one another's nests frequently
Two hens had their nests near to-
gether, about two feet apart, and as
each laid every other day, one nest
would be vacant while the other was
occupied. The hen that laid last
would not go away until she had
stolen the nest-egg from the other
nest and placed it in her own.
a hen was once seen to attempt to
steal an egg from another nest twenty
feet distant. She worked for half an
hour or 50, but did not succeed in NOV
ing the coveted egg more than eight
feet-the way being uphill. The egg
escaped her and rolled back a foot or
two so often that she gave up the task
in disgust.
One evening the observer found one
hen on the nest, and knew that she
was beginning to set, as all the other
hens had gone to roost. Slipping his
hand under her he found three eggs,
the nest-egg, an egg she had just
laid, and one stolen from neighbor-
ing nest.
He took two out and held them be-
fore her, when she placed her bill over
one and tried to pull it out of his
hand. As he refused to let her have it,
she placed her bill over the remaining
egg and pushed it back out of sight, as
much as to say: ''You have two, and
that is all you can have" She pleaded
so hard for the other eggs that he
took them away with much reluctance
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
How They Telegraph in Persia.

,Telegraphic communication in Per.
STA is said to work fairly well in dry
weather, but in times of rain and damp
it is unfortunately far otherwise.
This arises from the fact that the insu-
lators are not fixed to poles of wood or
iron as with us, but are driven into
trees that have branches growing
round the hooks and touch the wire,
thus intercepting the current When
large tree is not available a small
one is resorted to, which often break
or the shaking of the slender tree b.
the wind dislodges the insalator or
hook on which it is fixed, aud the wire
trails on the ground. 1t is no uneom-
mon thing for the wires to be seen
lying rightacross the high road, whie7
is followed by hundreds of mules bot
in Ghilan and Astrabad A case Is
officially reported of a high foreigT
official telegraphing to Teheran froT1
Europe announcing his intended ar
rival at Resht. IN which the telegram
was received IN the seuder's presence
eighteen days atter Is dispatch
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
WHAT DOGS KNOW.
They Are Mind-Readers Rather Than
Word-Keadars.

While dogs generally do not really
know the meaning of one-half the
words that their masters think they
know, they certainly do learn to dis
criminate between certain words with
the sound of which they have been
made familiar. They are. however,
much better mind-readers than word
readers, says Youths Companion.
1t is common thing to hear people
say of a dog: He understands every
thing that is said" | do not believe
that this was ever true of any dog, nor
anywhere near true. Intelligent dogs
know their names and generally recog-
niZe the meaning of some half dozen
other words. But they are so wonder
fully quick in the use of their instinc-
tive perceptions-so much quicker than
civilized human beings ever are-that
people who see them exercise these
perceptions often unreasoningly as
sumo that they understand the words
upon which, rather than upon in
stinctive perceptions, human beings
base their actions. ! will illustrate
what ! mean.
once had Newfoundland that was
regarded as a marvel of intelligence.
In the evening when / made to him
some such wordy speech as this: I'm
my opinion, the hour has arrived when
every well-regulated canine citizen
should retire for the night, he would,
to the great wonder of strangers, pick
himself up from the rug reluctantly,
stretch, look furtively at me and then
go away to his sleeping place in the
shed.
But if, at the right time and in the
accustomed way, l repeated phrase
from the Scriptures or quoted line of
poetry in foreign language, the dog
would retire in precisely the same way.
1t was the understood wish, not the
speech, that he obeyed.
Often the best-trained dog seems to
fail to understand an accustomed COM
mand. Everyone who is familiar with
dogs knows that these cases often hap
pen, and then when they do the COM
mand must be repeated until the ami
NAL somehow catches it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
OUR FROZEN ANCESTORS.
Primeval Man May Yet Be Discover ed
CONCEALED In a Glacier.

Primeval Man May Yet Be Discovered
CONCEALED In a Glacier.
"Was the primeval man arboreal,
and did he live upon fruit?" 1t has
been suggested that he was driven
from these mild ways by the cold of
that unpleasant time when glaciers
covered the earth, answers the Gentle
mans Magazine. The trees died and
the fruits persisted, and the ancestor,
climbing down, began with rats and
mice, and finished with cannibalisn,
to avoid perishing likewise. Also, he
invented fire Also, the cold made
him use language. But this is
rather an unsubstantial speculation
since Prof, Prestwitch, for in
stance, believes that there were men
before the glaciers. At any rate, he
tells us that at Sevenoaks, in the very
old pre-glacial plateau drift" above
the downs, he has found instruments
of flint.
1t is not impossible that those beetle
browed persons, the poleolithic men,
the remote men who Clipped out
weapons of unpublished stone and knew
the uses of neither cattle, clay nor
corn, were less human looking than
their skeletons would lead us to fancy.
There is hint in one rude scratch ing
on bone that they were thickly hairy
There is a remote chance yet--at least
it is pleasant fancy to entertain-that
we with our own eyes may yet see this
hairy ancestor of ours in the flesh
Every one has heard of the entire NAM
moth, skin and flesh complete, frozen
up inside of a Siberian river and endur-
ing to our days. The flesh was so fresh
that the dogs fell upon it and ate it
without i'll results.
Now, these pre-glacial men of Prof.
Prestwitch must have been contempo-
raries with those mammoths and they
may have ventured, too, since they
hunted the mammoth, into high lati-
tudes. The discovery of refrigerated
ancestor is by no means impossible.
1t is necessary for anyone who has
read ''The Frozen Pirate to curb his
imagina ton here. In all humanity we
must hope the ancestors, when thawed,
will be dead.
Fancy the shock of Rip Van Wrinkle
intensified by ten thousand genera
tions. If he is dead he must, of course,
be promptly stuffed by all the best tax
idermists in council, and placed in a
commanding position in the museum
in Cromwell road, relic and true por-
| trait combined.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
HARD TO SUIT.
An lnvalid's Irritability ut . Queer OF.
Tense,

An Invalid's Irritability ut . Queer Of
Tense.
A San Francisco man, as reported by
the Call, had been in bed for several
months with a malady that made him
very nervous and irritable. His wife
and daughter ministered to him assidu-
ously, but were sometimes at their
wits end in trying to satisfy his capri
cious desires. AS the young lady said
once. her father was 80 unreasonable
that he would scold if an angel were
waiting on him" One night, when
the mother and daughter were both
thoroughly tired out, a young man.
a friend Of the family, was called in
to watch with the sick man for six
hours after midnight. The invalids
wife instructed him about the medi-
cines, and especially cautioned him to
be careful about disturbing the pa
tient.
''He is very irritable" she said
Don't speak to him except when he
speaks to you, and if he is asleep when
the time comes for him to take his
/ medicine, don't disturb him.
And by the way" she added, as
she was about leaving the room, you
may like something to read Here is
Mark Twain's 'Roughing IT, it will
amuse you, but you mustn't laugh while
reading it, for Mr.. j will fancy
You are laughing at him, and viii be
very much annoyed"
The young man performed his du-
ties to the best of his ability, but on
going away in the morning was
thanked rather CURLY by the invalid.
As soon as he was gone Mr.. j.
broke out.
See here. MOTHER said he, don't
ever send that numskull to watch
with me again.
"Why. father, what do you mean?
Wasn't he attentive? He didn't go to
sleep, did hep
mo, no, no; but / was awake for
two hours, and I watched him reading
Mark Twain's book all that time,
and
But, father interposed Mrs j..
81 gave him that book to occupy his
time. He"
''0h yes, yes, that's all right; but
that fool sat there for two hours read
ing that book, and never smiled once. .
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
HORSES WITH WHITE FEET.
Considered Unlpc!<y in France, But High
~ Thought of in the Orient.

Considered Unlrcky in France, But High
~ Thought of in the Orient.
In France, and l believe in European
countries, says L'Artiste, it is most
ominous sign for rider, and especial
ly a soldier, to want a horse with four
white feet. The famous Gen. Lasalle,
who was very superstitious upon this
point, never knowingly mounted such
a horse. The day of his death, after
several ominous events which had
happened to him that day, such as a
broken mirror, a broken pipe, the
picture of his, wife broken at the mo-
ment when he went to look at it for the
last time, he mounted a horse not his
own and without glancing at its feet.
The horse had the unlucky signs.
Mounted upon this horse he was struck
by a shot fired at a moment when
fighting had ceased by a Croat among
the prisoners just taken at the battle
of Wagram.
On the other hand, these four white
feet are a mark and token of consider
alton with orientals, who do not fail
to mention the fact in the pedigree of
their horses. notice proof in the
certified list, made by the elders of
the countries, which accompanies the
present which Abd'el Kader in July,
1854, made to the emperor of a certain
number of valuable horses. Thousands
ofsuch proofs may be cited.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
= Clever Retort.

In Mr. p. 7. Barnums struggles
and Triumphs; or Forty Years Recol-
lections," he mentions having been in
Washington in 1862 with Commodore
Mutt. President Lincoln sent Mr. Bar
mum al invitation to visit the white
house and bring his short friend. The
cabinet happened to be there, and the
president introduced the little mariner
to them After little joking Mr.. Lin
coin bent down his long, lank body, and,
taking Mutt by the hand, said: "Commo-
dore permit me to give you parting
word of advice. When you are in
command of your fleet, if you find
yourself in danger of being taken pris-
oner, advise you to wade ashore!'
The commodore let his gaze travel up
the whole length of Mr.. Lincoln's ex-
tremely long legs, and replied, quiet
ly: II guess, Mr.. President, you could
do that better than could!'