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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-02

l'rrrmya. Mlcm, sspt, The Chu.
boyea1 company oItho Filth Infantry,
". ~ a., Is now In MNfqnOlIo nnd will
reach hcro with tho companies from
lonwpol, Calumet, lionRllton, and
NHf1uollo NJ IA. m, tomorrow shovel
u,"wH, numbering MY men, arc In
Marquette,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-02

Cucio,, snpt. l.-.rho CnIoigo Social
i,ls hal lhoit rod flag prO'ontnlion tn.
day, bnt tho presence u tho police aud
tho Enowlogo that lhors was largo tc'
serve In all Of tho stations, mado II n
very tanO allnif
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-02

I0sDoy, scpt 2,-Audtow Carnegie
hn, column loltor In tho Times this
morning, based On tllo roccnt Irish con.
yentlon In Pittsburgh, urging tho IImoS
Ia uso ils power aud lull uenco towards
finding a solution Of tho Irish question.
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EoUADonEAN HEvoLUrIoNIsTs
Capture tho Capital Clly-O Colombian AZ.
fairs Remain Tranquil.

CoLoS, CoLoMBrA, Sept, l.-Au!hOnIic
information is received here that GEN
oraI Aliaro's troops have taken Quito.
General saraitI, who led the govern
ment loTcos, tod to the American legS.
tion aud Salazar fed to the Peruvian
legation.
President Caro- gives public assurance
that Colombia 10 in tranquil state and
late reports OF an uprising are denied.
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SANDY Hook, n. v, Sept IA
shock, apparently that OF mn earthquake,
lasting about throe seconds, was iolt
about OiOS u, m, to-day
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-05-25
Sir Walter ScOtt's Pluck.

When Sir Walter Scott was left
poverty stricken, with debts amount
ing to $500, 900, he said to his credit
ors, "Give me time, and I shall be
able to pay you every farthing."
Having relinquished his property to
his creditors, he said to a friend in a
deep, thoughtful tone: 1T must be
very hard thus to lose all the labors
of a lifetime and be a poor man at
last. But if God grant me strength
and life a few years longer I have
no doubt shall be able to pay it ALL"
He then set to work in earnest, and
during the three years that followed
performed a literary feat unparal-
leled and reaped immense profits.
In these three years. from 1922 to
1880, he wrote and published about
80 different volumes, making more
than ten a year. Besides this he was
editing an edition Of his novels, to
which he added copious notes, and
such was the demand for these works
that over 1000 persons were occu-
pied in their mere manufacture. It
seems hardly credible, but 10 of these
volumes were edited and published
in a year. The profits resulting from
these three years of labor amounted
to something like $500, OOO.-Ex-
change. %
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Blanchard, in his book on Abys.
sinia, says that neither the Doreas
nor the Bennett gazelles were ever
known to resort to the springs, creeks
or rivers for the purpose of drinking.
Throughout Africa the expression,
las dry as Sahara or an old gazelle,"
is very common. Darwin, in his
Voyage of Naturalist, /" SAYS that
unless the wild llamas of Patagonia
drink salt water they must not
drink at ALL" All writer's on natural
history subjects are agreed on the
point that the largest and most in
teresting branch of the sloth family
never drink. Haynie says, "They
are one branch of the peculiar ami
mails which never drink water" C.
b. Tartan, on page SO, volume 9,
American Notes and Queries"
mentions a parrot which lived in the
London geological gardens So years
without drinking so much as a drop
of water. Somers, Williams, Chris.
tian and others doubt whether wild
rabbits ever drink, but Rev. j. q.
Wood questions the correctness of
their suppositions. Creatures which
never drink r thought to absorb
from their own tissues or
from the surrounding atmosphere
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-05-25
Lincoln's Wonderful Memory.

CsAOH
One of my cousins, John Holmes
Goodenow Of Alfred, Me-, was ap-
pointed minister to Turkey early in
the Lincoln administration and was
taken to the White House before his
departure for his post to be present
ed to the president. When Lincoln
learned that his visitor was a grand
son of John Holmes, one of the first
senators from Maine, and a man of
note in his day and generation, he
Immediately began the recitation of
apoetica1 quotation which must have
been more than 100 lines in. length.
Mr.. Holmes, never having met the
president, was naturally astonished
at this outburst, and as the presi-
dent went on with this long recita.
ton the suspicion crossed his mind
that Lincoln had suddenly taken
leave of his wits. But when the lines
had been finished the president said,
There, that poem was quoted by
your grandfather Holmes in a speech
which he made in the United States
senate in -" and he named the
date and specified the occasion. AS
John Holmes term in the senate
ended in 1888, and Lincoln was prob
ably impressed by reading a copy of
the speech rather than by hearing it,
this feat of memory appears most
remarkable. If he had been by any
casualty deprived of his sight, his
own memory would have supplied
him with an ample library.-Noah
Brooks in Century.
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VICTORY.
] fought a battle tonight, dear:
After the day was done.
In tho CLIENT hD,,~, u1- -

fought a battle tonight, dear:
After the day was done.
In the silent hours alone, dear,
fought a battle and won.
1t was not like the battles Of old, dear.
That we read of in history and song,
Twas a battle Of conscience and heart
dear,
A struggle to conquer the wrong.
This battle ! fought tonight, dear.
Was a a and stubborn fight.
Temptation was my foe, dear,
And / fought in defense Of the right.
] won a victory tonight, dear,
Though the conflict lasted long,
And often the side Of the right, dear.
Seemed crushed to earth by the wrong
But after the battle was won, dear,
The world grew strangely bright,
And life seemed happier to me. dear,
After the battle tonight.
And when evil strives to usurp, dear.
The kingdom Of truth and of right
hope for victory again, dear,
As sure n complete as tonight.
Harry Eastman in Detroit Free Press.
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their archaic form and appearance
the most ancient known. They are
of silver and bear on the upper side
the figure of a turtle and on the un-
der an indented mark. Coins are
among the most certain evidences of
history. In the later part of the
Greek series they illustrate the
chronology of reigns. In the Roman
series they fix the dates and success
sion of events. Gibbon observes that,
if all our historians were lost, med
ais, inscriptions and other monu-
ments would be sufficient to record
the travels of Hadrian. The reign of
Probus might be written from his
coins. Herald.
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Tho Earliest Coined Money,

Throughout the early parts of
Scripture as we'll as through the
poems Of Homer not a single pas
sage occurs from which can be infer
red the existence of stamped money
OF any description. It is agreed that
the Egyptians had no coined money.
Herodotus is authority for the state
ment that the Lydians were the first
people who coined gold and silver.
The Pairan Chronicle, however,
ascribes the first coinage of copper
and silver money to Pheidon, king
of Argos, s95 B. c., in Egina, which
Elian corroborates, and the best
numismatic antiquaries agree in con-
sidering the coins Of &gina from
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-05-25
NAPOLEON %BONAPARTE.
Great Genius Displayed In Re-
forming France.
AT THE SUMMIT OF GREATNESS.

Created Consul For Life by Overwhelming
Popular Decree-Treaty of Amiens-Ro-
man Catholic Religion Restored-Pros-
perity Smiles on the French.
copyright. 1895, by John Clark Ridpath.l
XIV.-THE CONSULATE.
No question with which the First
Consul had now to deal was more i'm
portant than that Of religion. France in
process of restoration must have a faith.
In the whirlwind Of revolution, the old
religious institutions of the people had
been abolished. GAS to me, M. le Presi-
dent, said Naigeon In the Convention
n day, 81 am free to avow myself an
atheist" Procureur Chaumette had had
his placard put over the gates Of all
g%raveyards thus, Here is an eternal
Sleep" Atheism had been formally pro-
claimed. In the general anarchy, the
Mother Church had been destroyed.
Among the masses, however, religious
beliefs and hopes were not extinguished;
even R~obespierre had had his ridiculous
Feast of the Etre Supremel Napoleon
we'll calculated that reviving France
must have a new religion; and what
should the new be but the old?
No sooner vas the new government
established than the First Consul put
out his hand with overtures to Rome.
He proposed to Plus VII. a settlement
of the religious status Of the French.
The celebrated Concordat, Of the 18th Of
July, 1901. by which the Roman Cath
Ollie religion was restored in France was
the result. The secular pacifcation by
the treaty Of Luneville was followed
hard after by the Cancellation of Rome.
The essence Of the agreement was that
the new bishops-to be nominated by
the First Consul and confirmed by the
Pope-should swear allegiance to the
Republic.
Nothing could surpass the activity of
Napoleon in the first year Of the Consul
late. The energy displayed by the gov.
eminent was astounding. Everything
was in process of reorganization. True,
the ancient regime was extinct. True,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-05-25
THE ENCORE FiEND.
Something Of the Good He Does and Like
wise UndOes.

Something Of the Good He Does and Like
wise Undoes.
Really there has been too much
said in ~dispraise of the encore fiend,
and it is high time that a word or
two were spoken in his favor, for he
is by no means the utterly useless
and unlovable creature that some
harsh critics would have us believe.
The encore fiend indeed has many
very praiseworthy traits, and of his
usefulness there can be no doubt in
the minds of those who will view his
performances dispassionately and
with an eye to discover the benefac-
tions which flow from his unselfish
efforts, for he is distinctly altruistic
in his intentions and in the methods
by which he carries them into effect.
He is by no means the hog that his
frank and artless manner would
seem to declare him. On the con-
trary, he labors for others, and for
all, as we'll as himself. He is not in
tent only upon getting a full return
for his money, but he is bound that
all shall receive their money worth
also. Moreover, he informs others by
his liberal and energetic applause
what is worthy of their appreciation,
and upon the principle that there
cannot be too much of a good thing
he insists that they shall have as
much as possible of what his superior
taste conceives they should admire.
And the moore fiend thinks not
only of the welfare of the people at
the theater, but of others who are
not there. BY lengthening the per-
Torrance until after II o'clock he
prevents the bibulously inclined
from visiting the gilded saloon be-
fore vending their way homeward,
and thus does he a good thing for
the cause of temperance. Again, by
delaying the close of the performance
he brings money to the purse of the
herdic driver who is employed to
hurry suburbanites to the trains they
cannot reach in time by walking, and
he helps the hotels likewise, mas
much as many who cannot reach
their homes, having lost their trains,
are obliged to put up in town.
The Moore f1epd is, moreover, no
mean factor toward the elevation of
the stage, for his applause not only
rewards good acting or superior sing
ing, but he causes the performers or
singers who have done badly to re
peat their efforts, and in this way
does he punish offenders.
The encore fiend, it is true, receives
a personal benefit from his applause
and indeed every good act brings
its compensation to the actor-for
the exercise he INDUCES in is an
excellent prophylactio for the govt
and rheumatism, it assists digestion
and aids in the healthful circulation
of the blood.
But these benefits to himself are
only incidental. His main purpose is
to act for the public good, and most
theoretically does he attain his OBJ
ject.-Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-05-25
II CANNY SCOT.

he Is Witty and Can Also Be Humorous
If He Chooses.
From the Scotchman we do not ex.
pect humor, but we get something
perhaps more precious-namely, wit.
A Scotch witness must be handled
carefully, or he may prove a Tartar,
as the following incident will show:
The witness in question excited the
counsel's suspicion by the accurate
measurement he returned of the
length of some article. "You are
sure of that, my MANI" "Hootie ma!
haze not I tak'n my aith upon the
beuk?" "Well, sir" said the counsel
in his most brow beating manner,
then tell me, On your oath, mind!
how came you to be so exact?"
"Aweel, was it not that I kenned
some ~stoiterin daftle 'ud put the
question, so I teuk the measure o.
it."
But a Scot can be humorous if he
chooses. Listen to him. He was dis
charged from Holloway Jail, and in
answer to one who inquired how
things went with him, replied:
"Weel, you see, a body Gamma haze
everything in this life, and I'm no
gaun to misca' the place-no me. For
a. the time I was there-just twa
months nate, by the bye-I was weel
proteckit frae the wiles o. a wicket
warl' outside, while my bread was
glen me, an my water sure" Is not
this Scotch? Does not every word
breathe the man-his philosophy, his
Difference to the powers that be, and
his religious twang?
But the canny Scot sometimes
,overreaches himself. An Aberdeen
young man was charged at Bow
street with being drunk and disor-
derby and trying to force his way
back into the Black Bull after hours
for another "wee drappie." He ask
ed to be allowed to speak in his own
defense, and explained how he and
a friend went in to have their
CRACKS" and after drinking six
tumblers of toddy apiece he suggest
ed that as they were about to part
they might take a "wee thocht
mair." A neighbor asked what Ian
guage they spoke, adding, cts only
fit to christen pigs VII" Regarding
this as an affront Andrew wished to
but the landlord turned him
out, and he then tried to get in, not
for more liquor, but for the purpose
of indicating the honor Of his native
tongue. Were you drunk" inquired
the magistrate. mae, nae," said
Andrew. I'm no gaun to dig a pit
to break my ain neck intill. Yell no
get ony sic admission as that frae
me-" "Then I must hold you to bail.
Otherwise I should have discharged
you on paying the usual fee." An
drew was thus entrapped in the pit
after all. He was removed, and then
sent a friend to the magistrate ask
ing if he might be allowed to plead
The magistrate recalled An
drew and put the question to him,
but the natural caution of the man
even then would not let him go fur
Their than "he wad admit that he
wasna what might just precisely be
called sober" Whereupon, with the
payment of 5 shillings, he was allow
ed to go. Why could not the man
confess that he was roaring drunk
and get his 5 shillings' worth to the
full?-New York Advertiser.
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Accommodating.

A druggist in Lake View invites
on his window: Patrons of the car
line will please come in and kick
while they wait. The telephone is
free, and the city directory Is yours
as long as it lasts. A thermometer
will indicate the temperature. Don't
trouble yourself about buying any
thing. We are here for pleasure. Yo1
can get any kind of goods a great
deal cheaper in the city. "-Chicago
Tribune.
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A Century Hence.

Don't" pleaded the weeping fa-
Their, don't name her after your
for president. Don't you
see that everybody will be able to
guess her age when she is grown?"
But the mother, blinded by I'm.
craftsmanship, refused to
consent. Cincinnati Tribune.
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A Short Wait.

Witherby-I forgot my latchkey last
night, and when l came home l couldn t
get In, SO l had to wait until the family
got up.
Plankington-How long was it, old
man. About half an hour?-New York
World.
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Warned In Time.

Mrs. Strummer-Are you fond of mu-
sic, Mr.. Cleft My daughter will play
some Of her new pieces this evening.
Mr.. Clef-Yes, l Am fond Of music. ]
am glad you told me your daughter is 60
ing to play.-Boston Transcript.
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A Strong Company.

First Theatrical Manager-Golng to
have a tank in your piece this season.
Second Theatrical Manager (enthusias-
tically)-Every man in my company is a
tank!-Life,
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The man whose yea is yea ana MS
nay nay is, we all confess, the most
courageous. whether Of not he may
be the most successful in daily life,
and he who gave the precept has left
US the most perfect example of how
to live up to it. .
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just III Thing,

Don't you think Smith introduced
shat Irish quotation into his speech very
happily"
Yes, 1t was quite pat."-New York
Press.
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Winter Time In Georris.

Lovely weather this-warm sunshine
and blue violetsl"
Yes. If you're not going to use your
snow shovel tomorrow. I'd like to borrow
ttP'-Atlanta Constitution,
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The huge masks in which actors
played on the Greek stage in the
time Of Eschylus cost 80 cents
apiece.
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p. CAH 10! I 9sT al !, 4 eATEEEs gce 2
MUNN 4 Cos W. have bed neaRiY nfty ysasT
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9osmaeaoo ooocernin4 Rasente end 6oW % ob.
Sean Snem se1s trcS Aleoa cetaloguo Of meehan-
Pstsnts go thloesh Mum &dco. receive
r. Bses: .. 1oSscs g re iSscieptiee A9efieaa. md
~. -: :lsssssisaSii,sss.as.s.ss Iiss s. 81 4 Rsass;
se ssa'a s. 49, ssas.o', Ss.ts5s; sse:S::s q:
- vitS -. sssSlia ssissess IS Nv Il
AuNN = o NEW YORK. S01 BROADWAY.
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A.O.U.W.

Meets every Wednesday night in A.. O. U. W.
hall. A cordial invitation extended to visiting
brothers. CD. Lam. N. q.
II E.. HEALEY, r. s..
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CONTRIBUTED SCRAPS.
Written for the LIGHT.I

Written for the LIGHT.I
1t is a remarkable fact, that nine
men out of ten, so soon as they are
elected to a public office, get the
big head, in a malignant form, and
abound in red tapeism and a dis
gustful display of petty authority.
They imagine it would be debas-
ing their official dignity, to be
courteous and accommodating to
the people who have business to
transact with them.
A public Office has no power Of
TRANSFORMING fool into a genius
and a fool into a gentleman. The
man either exalts, or degrades an
Office, by the courtesy and ability,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-09

who would favor the giving away
Of any franchise for the use of our
streets. They should be leased
for a progressive price, a per
centage on earnings, so that
the income to the city would grow
with the value Of the franchise.
The first ordinance presented
granting a franchise to the San
Antonio Street railway, contained
a wise provision requiring a per-
centage OF the earnings to be paid
to the city to be a fund to keep the
streets in repair, but it was strick-
en- out at the instance of the incor-
porators.
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GIVING AWAY FRANCHISES.

The short-sighted folly Of giving
away valuable franchises to pri-
vate corporations, is being thor
.oughly ventilated by the press in
our large cities. 1t is too late for
our city to undo the mistakes
made during the past ten
or fifteen years, but in ss.fu-
ture no man should be permit
ted to be mayor or councilman,
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or the rude and insolent manner,
in which he performs its duties.
There are a parcel Of men, who
serve a week, as jurors, in the
Forty-tifth District court and in a
couple of weeks, ire acting as jur-
ors in the Thirty-seventh District
court. This sort of perpetual SER
vice, as jurors, could not possibly
be the result of accident.
The men who are thus on the
Jury we'll nigh continually, may be
personally clever men, and good
citizens, but that fact does not
make it right to place them on the
jury every other week. This makes
them professional jurors in the
'broadest sense Of the term, mas
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nature by making them standing

nature by making them standing
jurors.
The new Jury commissioners are
we'll known supporters of the Big
Six close corporation, which rules
the county. The people are by no
means blind, and they see how
these things are done, and they are
tired and sick Of having everything
done at the dictation of the Big
Six.
Marshal Druse deserves hearty
commendatiou for his mastery ar
rangements for handling the close
ly packed and we, ged crowd on
Alamo plaza at the Rattle of Flow
ers. He wisely exc uded vehicles,
which only occup!y much-needed
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ground and obstruct the sight Of
what is going on, and gave the
plaza to the people. Buggies and
carriages are positive n%uisances on
such public occasions, and should
be treated as nuisances by being
ru1ad mt
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much as serving or the jury is
their trade and vocation.
These favored individuals run
with the machine-the big six
and are principally ex-policemen
and ex-cIty officers, at present out
of a job. The public is under no
obligation to support these men,
by submitting to the iniquity of
their being standing jurors.
The special jurors are taken from
the same favored class. 1t is a won
der the district judges do not see
the faces Of these jurors SO often as
to be able to recognize them as the
faces OF old acquaintance, and to
object to imposing on their good
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-09

WE HAVE THEM ALL.
Hose, lawn mowers, grass catch
or and rakes. ALAMO IRON WORKS