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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

This statement shows that tho fall in
prices since tho now clip OF wool began
10 como forward in May last has been
almost unbroken. and has been 80 per
cent Tho only slight advance realized
at any time during that period was be-
tween November and December OF
last year, following the crushing dofeat
of tho Democratic party in northern
and western states. There was then
kindled an impression thatsthe party
in power. in view OF n defeat so COM
plete and go unexpected, would have tho
sense to restrain its hostility to Amer
lean industries. Much buying followed,
! and sales OF wool were Tor the first timo
larger than the year before. But it was
soon perceived that such hopes were
vain, and manufacturers and Spectators
who bought wool last November have
since been able to buy it much cheaper.
After the Democratic success OF 1890
there began 4 decline OF nearly three
cents in tho average price OF all quail
ties OF wool. But when tho Congress
elected that year had been in session
few months, it was seen that no change
could DO made until after tho presiden-
tial election, and the prices OF wool,
after more than a year OF decline, re-
manned comparatively steady during tho
rest OF 1892. Tho average was 90. cents
November !, having been slightly lower
during the year. The election OF 1892
resulting in complete success OF the
Democratic party. closing OF works was
feared, but the manufacturers, having
then a remarkably strong market and
orders running we'll into the following
year, did not discontinue production un-
til those orders had been filled. Thus
the consumption maintained the price
OF wool until after tho first of May.
Then was realized tho exhaustion OF
previous orders, and manufacturers be-
gan to decline further purchases OF wool
and to close their works.
It is sometimes said that wool is now
down to free trade basis, so that
nothing worse can befall the farmer if
the Wilson bill should become a law.
But tho price OF Ohio medium fleece.
which shrinks 40per cent, is about "a
cents in January, 1891, having declined
Is cents in the last three years. Tho
price OF Australian medium, which
shrlnks about the same, New Zealand
cross bred being taken rs n sample, was
20.2 cents in 1890 rose to 20.4 in 1891,
fell to 1876 in 1892 and 1876 in 1893; but
in January, 1891, the average OF quota
tions is again 20 cents. In order 10 sell
in open competition with such wool,
even since the rise OF the last wear,
Ohio medium tleeca must fall about 4
cents further, after declining 10 cents
during the last three years. During
seventy years for which records Of the
price OF wool have been kept; there is
not single instance on record ofso
great decline as has occurred within
the last year, nor has tho price OF wool
ever been as low in this country under
any form OF tariff as it is now. M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
a FREQ Traders vindication of FRO.

a FREQ Traders vindication OF Pro.
lection.
Ex.CongresslnAn Mason, who helped
to mako tho Mckinley not, and Mr..
Clarence NJ. barrow, lawyer, and thought
to DO tho most capable FREQ trader in
Chicago, havo been debating tho tariff
question before the Peoples Institute
OF that city. '.G
In tho course oil his remarks Mr..
barrow said OF the protective tariff: ut
will BIO observed that this law simply
enables tho manufacturer to pay higher.
wages; II docs not make him do 1t. 1t
might DO called IN enabling act"
Tho report does not show that tho pro.
tcctionist champion Boizcd this point,
It admits away tho whole FREQ tradc
case and vindicatcs tho policy OF pro.
lection.
II the manufacturer OF this country
DO not able to pay higher wages than
are paid In FREQ trade England or i'll any
other country no cannot be made to do
1t. All tho power OF all tho trades
unions could not compel him. Every
trades unionist knows this. Ii tho
manufacturer can pay, organized labor
Is willing 10 undertake to ace that he
does pay. AT all events the matter is
narrowed down to question between
homo capital and homo labor.
Under FREQ trade tho questioned Is
broadened and tho labor OF the United
States finds itself in Il serious coutro-
versy with tho capital of the United
States and the labor aud tho capital OF
the rcst OF tho world. Protection does
not mako employers less human; it en-.
ablos thcm "to pay higher wages" than
they would pay without protection.
Protection is the anchor Of the wage
earner's hope. II under protection
wages are lower than he would like
them to be, they would be lowerstill with
out protection. Tho fact Of history is
that under protection wages in the I'm
tied States have been higher than the
American w0gc.earne. over dreamed Of
when his skill and his energy were un-
dor tho blight OF free trade.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
FUNNY SNAPS.

When a,SWilliamsburg papa went
home from the city few evenings ago
he found his five.year-old daughter in n
state OF great excitement. She hustled
about full of valuable secret md eager
to be questioned for an important, do
nestle event. had occurred in tho house
next door. during the day. "What ia
tho matter. Bcssie?" asked tho father.
"Oh, papa!' she replied, "you can't
guess who was born to.dayW- Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
Preceptress-I think you might as
well take your daughter out OF our sem
mary, Mrs. Nlnlap. Hardly day passes
that she doesn't make faur pas that is
the talk Of tho whole school. Mrs. Ma
lap-Well. mebbe, il she's got as far ad-
ranced as maxim one day, she prob'ly
don't need TO stay in school any longer.
Chicago Record,
They were arguing about the sinful
use OF tobacco. "What would you
think, said the minister, impressively,
III YOU met m angel coming down tho
street with q cigar in his mouth p
What" rotorted tho sinner, would
you think if you saw one in plug hat
and a pair OF oar-muGs coming up the
street| -7crus Sitings. j
"Wcll, i haven't. changed cooks in
the six years OF my married liie," said
Mrs. Gazzam, after the ladies' had been
discussing the aitsome hired girl.
What n treasure you must havaln'
they chorused. YES answered Mrs.
Gnzzam, II do my cooking myself"
Hapcrs Ba:ar.
uc-Were you over love? Shell
thought / was once, but since I have
read n few OF these modern society
novels. ! have concluded that I wasn't.
--1a.Bh.
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GEORGE W. CiilLDS.
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Is bont upon It's gracious Way,
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Made brighter In mems hearts each day.
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The pane ota philauthropist
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4. Win purse. and heart. aud voice aud pen,
And golden riches grAudly gains * 81 ~,
a To gssndly give his tellow-men. Il
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
Tho Bland Scheme,

Tho Bland scisnorage coinage scheme
comes to this, that tho silver bullion in
the treasury, worth in the market
about S97,00O,0O0, is TO be made up
into lS2,OOO,0oO so-called dollar pieces.
In, other words, the government stock
OF silver is to havo sS5,0oO,o0o Of water
pumped into it.
Some people are under tho delusion
that this is real and honest profit re.
presenting actual money. The fact is
that the accumulation OF silver, in the
treasury represents an enormous loss,
SO great has been the decline in price
since the compulsory buying began.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

TnE ISrELtIoEScER Is indebted to tho
Now York Tribune for the instructive
article on wool prlcca in another
column. Tho tremendous fall Is shown
aud accounted for.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

Hoods Sarsaparilia is carefully pre-
pared from sarsaparilla. dandelion,
mandrake, dock, pipsissewa, juniper
berries and other well known rome-
dies, by q peculiar combination, proper.
ton and process, giving TO Hoods Sar-
saparilla curative powers not possessed
by other medicines. 1t effects remark
able cures when other preparations fail.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

Tho law Is dead anyhow. It was hardly
worth tho whole Of tho Democrats to
takc the trouble to repeal that which
they had nullllod.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

aud will in timo belong to US. For half
century this has been tho expectation
otAmcrican craftsmanship. President
Cleveland should road about Marcy.
lilo was n good deal OF Democrat and
a statesman In his timc. WG-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

VIRGINIA and West Virginia senators
don't want free coal," says the Chicago
Inter Ocean. True enough, but don't
\ fool yourself about tho Wost Virginia
senators. They will not vote against tho
Wilson bill because Of free coal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
Good Nows for Wheeling.

The adjustment Of the Whitaker mill
loss is good news to Wheeling after
nearly three months OF waiting during
time when every days work has had
serious meaning. The public knows
no good reason why this result could
not have boon reached promptly so that
the rebuilding OF the works could have
been begun at once.
But tho clearing away OF the wreck is
to begin to-day and Mr.. Whitaker ex.
poets to have the mill running within
three months, aud for all this Wheeling
will BIO thankful. 1t will DO very sub.
stantial measure OF relief.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

TIE cuckoo" resolution developed
more s'cuckoos'' than were supposed to
DO in tho house. They are no. abund.
anton the outside. "a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
DliYlyeinLilen Napkins.

Having bought a,lot OF odd Nap.
kina at undervalue, We will offer as long
as they last $50 dozen 5-S Napkins worth
g 90, s. 25 and 50 30, choice ST 6S.
70 dozen 81 Napkins worth s. 90.
s. so aud SS75, choice So 50.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08


- 'e|" "oo' s'o"e.' vase 'nelt
nothing else wers done in tho line OF
the Democratic programme wool would
DO put OIL the free list. It is tho ono
thing that has been certain since tho
Democrats were assured OF power.
II everything e!se were lost the
revenue reiormerA" would rejoice in a
great victory if they could point to
wool on the free list The New York
con raoeous viii ,Jn,;. M, ="
tls. ----..-a..-------,-
GREAT Britain has free trade aud
"the markets OF tho world" yet last
ar - comnas,a ~
THO ho,onna - 80, i,,,.S 80.
moro than sono mn mn NJ ro, w..
,borrSo - .;,,,n. :, 49,.
country against free trade the point to
w va tho alocmlnant'partyin this coun-
tryis trying to push the United States.
TINS ;n,or, ,.,l,,a = fora;a, -,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

The adjustment Of tho Crescent mill
ilro loss dawna on Wheeling like q full
moon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

The senate votes to repeal tho federal
election law andth house will jump at
A 70 chance. To- follow, suit. Repeal will
make no real difference in the situation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
Ghe 1:ilttetiQertter.
WHEELING, FEBRUARY 8. 1soi.


The ISrELLlaEScEn will receive and
acknowledge publicly any subscriptions
that may be sent in for tho relief Of tho
destitute OF Wheeling and hand tho
same over to tho citizons' relief COM
mittcc. Tho following have already
been received:
Amount before reported. 80
/, Casn '.'.'''. .,'.'''- W
Total to Observation-Disclosures. 80
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

81 We learn with deep regret that En-:
peEor William has been using language
too strong to print. The young man
should modify his tones.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

THE perpetual motion man who hang
ed himselfon tho machine that wouldn't
work has set an example that may Sc,
Motor Kelley to thinking.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

FonTY thousand New York families
in need OF assistance. They ask for
bread and the Democratic party pro-
poses to give them tho Wilson bill.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

HooD's Pills cure biliousness.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

BEFonE the Democratic party got hold
the cities OF this country were not tax
ing q census Of the idle. Nobody had
the time to spare.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

isxERAL sicKLEs agrees with. that
8Soshelrl New; York Democrat, Marcy, WHO
in in 1850 said tho Sandwich Islands
Sshonld never belong TO any other power
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
Surgery In China.

In the China Medical Missionary jour
nal, published in Shanghai, DR.. J. c.
Thomson has very interesting article
On surgery in China. Referring to the
great fortitude Of the Chinaman under
surgical operations, DR.. Thomson says
that even now it is frequently put to the
test in circumstances where surgeons in
isolated situations are compelled to I'M
dertake operations unaided, or where
otherwise the employment of ohlorofom,
is contraindicated, and in the minor
operations Of surgery. When so tested
the Chinaman will endure without finch
ing degree of pain that to the more
highly developed nervous system of the
Westerner would be well-nigh impossi-
BILE. His experience also goes to con-
firm the general testimony regarding the
remarkable recuperative power of the
Chinese after surgical injuries. The rea-
sons he suggests are the simpler feeding
habits of the Chinese, the rare occurrence
of albuminuria or glycosuria, and their
equable mental constitution. With ref
erence to the Chinese surgeons who have
already been trained by the medical
missionaries, DR.. Thompson says his
observation of these men leads him to
the conviction that the Chinese are fitted
to take at least respectable place as
surgeons, and that time is coming when
Chinese surgery will give favorable re-
sules.-l Scientific American.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
Village Life in Mexico.

A great cotton hacienda in Mexico is
strongly built with walls like those of
fort; the tops of the walls are often
studded thickly with broken glass of
jagged and deadly appearance; for fur
Their protection, companies OF soldiers
are kept within the establishment.
A hacienda of this type, whether de-
voted to the manufacture of sugar or
cotton, the raising of cattle, or mining
of silver, is complete little state, with
every appliance for luxury and security.
1t contains within its walls hundreds of
poems, soldiers, barracks, chapel,
houses for the laborers, apartments for
the owner and his family, and every
necessary of life for man and beast.
The administrator, or general manager,
is the father of the great family; he de-
cides all disputes arising between the
various members of it, and if he is only
ordinarily Just, never finds his authority
disputed, but is looked up to with much
respect and consulted by the poems in all
A gentleman who was for some years
administrator of an estate in the State of
Coahuila told me that while occupying
this position he conceived high opinion
of the simplicity, honesty and trust
worthiness of the Mexican laborer. In
most of the haciendas the machinery is
of most primitive kind. modern i'm
provements being used only in the lerg.
est establishments New York Jour
nal
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
A Monster Sunfish.

A fishing party of seven under the
charge of Alex Msthison, were recently
some five miles off the coast of Redondo,
in the sloop Helen, after barracuda. One
of their number saw floating in the water
what at first was taken tor young
whale. On approaching the object it
was discovered to be large suntish
lying on its side, evidently enjoying the
sunlight. On the nearer approach of
the party the monster dived beneath the
boat. coming to the surface few yards
on the other side. The boat was imme-
diately turned and bore down on it once
more. In its effort to escape the fish was
struck by the bow of the boat and thrown
upon its side.
The'opportunity was seized to throw a
jew fsh-hook into its mouth. Gaining
its equilibrium the gigantic fish sped
away, the reel humming with the $50
fathoms of line carried with it. Then
came battle royal between the great
ocean rover and the fisherman. After
long maneuvring rope was made fast
under its fms and attached to the mast.
The boat was nearly dragged beneath
the waves by the violent efforts the
enormous fish made t. escape. Finally,
under the pressure Of sail and by the eX-
haustion of it's own efforts it was towed
to Redondo and there hauled upon the
beach.
The fish is a magnificent specimen Of
its kind, measuring eleven feet from the
dorsal to the anal fin, eight feet two
inches in length, and weighed in the
neighborhood of 1900 pounds. When
the fact is considered that this is the
largest specimen of its species ever cap
tured, it will be of more than passing
interest to the general public and of
value to the scientific world. The larg
est heretofore recorded is numbered in
the collection of the British museum,
which measures seven feet six inches in
length, captured off the coast of Port
land (Dorsetshire) in the year $780,
Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
Confederate Financial Legislation

The currency legislation of the Con-
federate States reminds one forcibly of
the similar policy of the colonial Legis
latures. The act of February, 1864, was
a repetition of the colonial system of bills
of credit, "new TENOR" exchangeable at
a fixed ratio for the deprecated notes,
"old tenor" This scaling of the debt
was not the only case of reversion in the
history of the Confederate States to the
earlier colonial ways. The Southerners
returned to those earlier days in their
laws fixing prices; in their other expe.
dients to lower prices, and improve the
standing of their Treasury notes; in their
taxes In kind, their produce loans, and
their system of barter liz general, but
particularly in their dislike of heavy
taxation. To the credit of the Confed-
crates, however, it should be said that
in one particular they did not follow the
example of their colonial ancestors.
They never passed a legal tender act.
Mr.. Memminger's position in opposing
any such law on grounds of expediency
was much to his credit, and compares
favorably with the position Mr.. Chase
took in the matter Professor Schwab
in Yale Review.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
A Human Iron Mine.

The most wonderful fish story that ever
came from Berks County is the follow
ing:
Cosmus Eckenrode, of Tilden Town
ship, felt soreness on top of his head
the other day. When the doctor was
called in he extracted a fish hook with
part of the bait and a section of the line
and sinker still attached. Mr.. Ecken-
rode, when boy FIVE years of age, when
fishing for halibut along the Tulpe.
hocken, tramped upon hook, which
entered his foot In the 80 years that
have passed since then it had travelled
throug b his body till it came out on top
of his head. A curious circumstance
connected with the case is that the hook
is about three times as large as when it
first entered his foot. This is accounted
for by the supposition that it is made of
magnetic iron, and as it passed through
his body accumulated additional iron
from the blood. Mr.. Eckenrode has
been a very unfortunate man in this di-
rection. In addition to large number
of needles which passed through bis
present blowing their way through bis
body and have not yet been extracted
Lebanon penn. Report.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-17
ABSOIg eTElY PgJDEE
Self-COntrOI.

1t IS interesting, when one has had
his atten ton called particularly to
the fact, to note how often peculiar
attraction Of manner which we adj
mire in some one Of our friends IS
Identical with or dependent upon a
certain sense Of well-bcing which is
the outcome Of condition Of perfect
self-contrOl. And were it not 1nCum.
bent upon US by the laws Of society,
we should do well, out Of regard to
our health, to place our bodies under
the strict discipline Of our wills
1t is instructive In connection with
this subject to notice how completely
the body and its various functions
may be brought under command OF
the will by those who will exercise
the requisite patience. Muscles may
be brought into action which were
before unrecnguized. Even the vital
functions Of the body may be affected.
There have been not a few exhibitors
who could actually control the heart.
beat, making their pulses noticeably
slower or faster according to their
pleasure.
The seemingly miraculous feats OF
acrohats are simply the result OF con-
tinually placing particular sets OF
muscles under complete control Of
the will.
And If we were disposed to profit
by our Investigations. we should do
well to try and appreciate how i'm"
portant, to our physical being at
least, the gaining Of complete con-
troll over our bodies may be.
The student who has before him
difficult passage or problem must il
be would succeed, exercise sufficient
will-force to place everything else in
his mind second to the task before
him.
1t is much the same in our daily
life. MuItitudes OF petty things
tend to make US forget our purpose
in living, and if we are to rise above
them, we must remember to I'm.
burden our minds of the worries
that we may have room for the
Realities" We must shun excite
ment of every kind. We must live
an even, temperate life; and we can
do this easily enough If we have
gained perfect control over our
selves. Companion.