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The herald., 1895-01-01
PUBLIC WORK,

Action of the Council on ths Recomms on
dations OF the Board.
Action upon the report OF the board
OF public works wac as follows:
Petition from e. A. Forrester and
others asking to have the extension OF
Kip street graded at the expense of the
city. filed.
Petition from John A. Bullard asking
to have the eprinkling hydrant removed
from in front Of the old court house
property, where he ia erecting a buei-
ness block, bs granted and the auperin-
tendent of street sprinkling instructed
to have the same removed to some other
location; granted.
Petition from George Cummings and
others, asking that the grade OF New
Jersey street from Echandia to ST.
Louis streets be estsblished, be
granted. and the city engineer instructed
to present the necessary ordinance 1T
The herald., 1895-01-01
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The High Sch COL Hsntipg Contract Givon
Consideration.

The High Sch COL Hsntipg Contract Glvon
Consideration.
A call was issued yesterday morning
by DR.. Pepper, president of the board Of
education. summoning the other mem
bsrs OF tho board to attend special
meeting lest evening.
The meeting was held at the city hall
in the superintendent'a office. on the
third floor.
President Pepper occupied the chair
and. all the other members were present
with the exception of Msssrs. Trask and
Buehler
The meeting was called for the purpose
OF passing the demands of Stewart d
Savage. the contractors for heating and
ventilating the high school.
The board went into executive eession
shortly after 8 O'Clock. and. the roll be-
ing called. the secretary proceeded to
read the demands.
The original contract price was $6G75.
OF which amount $2.39l.50 had been
previously paid. leaving the amount
due to be S436l.74, which is 85 per cent
oi the entire contract.
The $1301 which is withheld ia 15 per
cent of the total amount as agreed upon
when the contract was awarded.
Mr.. Stein moved that the demando be
passed and his motion was at once secs
ondad, all the mambeya amioably
agreeing in the affirmative when the
roll was called.
A motion to adjourn was then made
and seconded and the shortest session
which the board OF education ever held
became at once a thing OF the past.
The next official meeting of the board
and the last one ia which the present
membe will participate will be held
on January next.
The herald., 1895-01-01
Thn ainxiN Taxnra.


The Single Tax club held public
entertainment and social last evening,
which was attended by en audience that
packed Blsncha rd-FitzgsrAld hall to its
utmost capacity.
1t was the first entertainment Of music
and literary exercises given by the club,
and the public outside OF the organlza-
tion responded nuuerously to the invl-
tation. the programme offered pleas
ing variety Of interesting exercises, in
cluding something to suit the taste OF
every person present.
One feature was educational, being
brief speech by Clarence A. Miller, who,
in his character ristically clear and logi-
ply. His remarks wers heartily ap-
plauded, as were also tine other exer-
cisee.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Mott, the wcll-known
music teacher, sang several fine selec-
elected great applause. Two OF her
Moore, also won paudits from
the delighted audience by their
we'll rendered vocal and instrumental
cClOCttOn5s iOlOpaOA EihklStOh pay oN
sweetly on his autoharp and charmed
every listener. VIM. 8. Creighton read
an original poem entitled The Persan's
Vision, which called forth q round OF
applause. Little Rose Andrews, the
youthful elocutioniat, got in come work
which astonished those who heard her
for the first time, and threw the entire
audience into convulsions OF merriment
and spplauses.
recess for aocial intercourse was also
an enjoyable feature of the evening. and
single tax literature was distributed
free. The chair announced that another
entertainment would be given by the
club February 4th on the occasion OF
the organizations first anniversary.
After q humorous speech by Ralph f
Hoyt, which was loudly applauded, the
audience dispersed.
The herald., 1895-01-01

There ia good reason for the popular-
ity of Chamberlain Cough Remedy.
Davis q Buzard OF West Monterey,
Clarion Co., Pa, say: 1T has cured
people that our physicisns could do
nothing for. We persuaded them TO try
o bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and they now recommend it with
the rest of u.s." 50-cent bottles ior sale
by Off & Vaughn. Fourth and Spring
@. +. Heirzeman, 222 N. Main.
The herald., 1895-01-01
Lioenssd Land Surveyor.

We do all kinds Of work nd in subdividing
tracts-our specialty-tske pay in land, horses,
hay or most ANYTHING, hava money. We deal
in land buy, sell or trade. and rent houses as
there is not much surveying since the boom.
Have sold 200 places on installments, rent
stopper. Langworthy Co.. 226 s. Spring. Up
staira Take hnistsr.
The herald., 1895-01-01
Rsnl Estnte Trnnsactiona.

The report OF the county reco order
elbows that the number of deeds filed
during 1894 was 1878, involving a
money confederation OF $l4. $50 443,
against s74,970. $50 in 1893. The num-
Der OF mortgages fled was 5l4l. and the
confederation Sl7S,167.
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He Was a Promoter.

Three well dressed and sleek stock bro
kers were standing at the head of Wall
street the other day discussing the where
for Of the wind tempered to the shorn
lamb, when they were approached by "a
slouchy person whose nose glowed with
the reflection Of frequent libations.
"Say, fren's," he began, II was not
always what am. Perhaps don't look
the part, but I'm promoter. Hol on,
now; give me chance to explain" This
he threw in to stay the three, who were
departing elsewhere.
"You see, no said, after he had cor
rallied the three again, II had wife, an
she druv me to drink. l was promoter
then, same rs 1 am now. Only l WASH t
off my feed. Now, yossee, I've got the
gran scheme. It's this. " He was talking
very rapidly to got it all in before the 9TH
ers moved on again. cts this: Buy a
farm, thousan acres, sheep-thousan S too.
Buy all sheep in sight Then buy patents
on my machine. Great machine Corral
sheep. Feed en- in one end; start 'chinery.
Hopper goes roun, clink, clink; sheep go
dinky dink. Result, one side feeds out
mutton chops, t'other SO pants, all wool
an yard wide. Say, you amt got quar-
ter, has you? Thanks. Good day" And
he slid around the corner and dived
through the folding doors.-New York
World
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RAILROADS HERE AND ABROAD.
Comparisons Between English and Amer
lean Fast Trains,

The present rivalry between two great
railway corporations in Great Britain in
the matter of the speed Of passenger trains
may well be taken as n compliment to the
enterprise of the managers of American
railroads. 1t was the long continued sue
cess of the New York Central's express
that gave the Britons the idea of running
trains long distances at the rate of so
miles an hour or thereabout.
The recent achievement of the London
and Northwestern road in running u heavy
passenger train from London to Aberdeen,
distance of $40 miles, in 53S minutes,
although unprecedented in point Of time
per mile for long distance travel, can
scarcely be regarded rs challenge to
American railway managers to do better.
Tho Empire express has made 436H miles
in 425% minutes, and its ordinary run
ming time, taking into consideration the
great difference in conditions existing be-
tween the British roads and the New York
Central is even moro remarkable than
was tho fast time from London to Aber-
deem.
The British roads run either above or
below grade. There are no grade crossings
to be looked out for and no city or village
streets are traversed by the trains. The
Empire express runs past hundreds of
grade crossings, and cuts through moro
than 90 cities of Importance in its passage
between New York and Buffalo. In every
case where tho train passes through the
streets of city the speed must be reduced
to eight miles an hour. The Empire State
express makes its great speed in spite of
such drawbacks, which are unknown to
the British railways.
William Buchanan, the master of mo-
tive power of the New York Central sys-
TEN, expressed the opinion the other day
that the running time of the Empire State
express could be reduced one hour with alb
solute safety. If such change were
made, the rate of speed of the Empire
State would be far greater than that of the
London 1ier which made $40 miles in 53S
minutes. New York Times.
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their discourse with many anecdotes in
Guiding one which told how certain
woman had failed to receives certain pres
emit because the man who had promised it
to her had not had an opportunity to re-
visit the dwelling in which he had seen it.
Taken altogether, it is difficult to i'm
agine a character more interesting than
that of the man whose career has been out
lined above. He could write good verse
and brilliant prose, tell good stories and
make friends as fast as he met men and
women. He could produce fine imita-
ton of n rare wine by mixing up base in
gredicnts at jolly dinner or fill English
statesmen with admiration by his solemn
anti-Irish orations at gloomy London ban
quets. His mind was of that rare variety
combining great brilliancy with profound
knowledge.
Every step in his early mental develop
mcnt promised great achievements and flu
ture fame. But the hopes of all his friends
were unfulfilled. 1t is charitable comment
enough to say that his was II life Of wasted
opportunities and Of dissipated brilliancy.
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Pen Picture of the Pope.

In the course Of an address delivered by
Cardinal Gibbons the other day he gave
the following pen picture of the pope:
Represent to yourselves a man in his
eighty-sixth year, pale and emaciated,
with pallor almost of death upon him.
His body is more bent than it was eight
or ten years ago. but his eye is bright and
penetrating, his voice is strong and sono-
rous; his intellect is remarkably clear and
luminous, his memory is most tenacious.
He has also an astonishing power Of phys
ical endurance, which enables him to hold
audiences for several consecutive hours,
treating on most important subjects with
cardinals and foreign representatives, as
well as with private individuals, and pass
ing with ease and elasticity of mind from
one subject to another. He is remarkably
familiar with the public events Of the day
"The holy father naturally rejoices at
the religious progress of the United States
and takes deep interest in our political
and social institutions and admires our
republic, where we have authority with
out despotism and liberty without license
and where our strength lies in the intelli-
gence and patriotism of the people"
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HIGHER PRICED SHOES.
The Increase Attributed to the Greater
Cost of Leather.

The Increase Attributed to the Greater
Cost of Leather.
An advance in the price Of shoes has
been caused by the increase in the price of
leather during the last year or more. From
conversations held by reporter with sew
eral New York manufacturers, jObbcrs
and retailers it appears that this advance
was caused by the exorbitant demands of
what is commonly known as the Leather
trust This trust which is called tho
United States Leather company, is com
pared with the Sugar trust, the Chicago
cattle combine and other great business
monopolies 1t controls between so and 60
tanncriGs, or about so per cent of all the
tannorics in the country, and has a capital
stock Of over $12O, 900, 600. Its officers say
that the great cause of the advance in the
prices Of leather is the decline of the cattle
industry, both at home and abroad. A
few years ago they say, every one who
could command the necessary capital went
into cattle raising on big ranches and on
an extensive scale. SOon according to
their allegations, the business became so
overdone that it was no longer profitable,
and many owners of ranches were COM
PEELED to abandon them entirely at great
loss.
A leading wholesale dealer in fine do
nestle, imported and other shoe leather
said: every kind of leather used in max
ing shoes has been steadily advancing in
price for the last 10 or 16 months. The
price for glazed kid has advanced from 10
to 30 per cent, according to the grade of
stock. Women's shoes, which were former
ly made of pebble goat, prunella and vari-
Gus other materials, are now nearly entire
ly made of black or fancy colored kid,
which requires a much larger number of
small Skins a scarcity of which naturally
causes an increase of prices. Shcepskins
and Calfskins have undergone correspond
ing advance. Cowhide and sole leather,
which arc used in the manufacture of the
cheaper grades of boots and shoes, have
advanced over 100 per cent"
Some manufacturers with whom the re-
porter conyersed said that the advance in
the price of shoes began about four months
ago, when they were compelled to increase
their prices from 10 to 30 cents pair, &C
cording to tho grades of the shoes, but
that the advance had been mainly confined
to shoes of the medium and lower grades.
The advance up to date, therefore, mainly
affected those who wear the heavier and
coarscr grades, which require in their
manufacture thicker uppers and soles.
Thin shoes Of patent leather and similar
material, with light solGs, have not yet
been seriously affected. -EXchangc
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HOW HE WAS KNIGHTED.
Sir Henry Irving Tells How 1t Was Done.
A Simple Ceremony.


eyes, it was impressive, very impress.
i've We love the queen, you know and
loving her we respect her every action. 1t
was good thing for our profession, you
know, such official recognition of our art. F"
"WhO were present at the ceremony
"It was not very formal. There were
but three persons present-the queen,
Princess Beatrice and General Gardiner.
In the anteroom were, of course, many
dignitaries. We passed into the queens
presence in a line.
Each of the queens attendants had q
list of those to be neutrality-suspicious. to
preclude the possibility of knighting the
wrong man. Now, it is all right going
forward, but rather awkward going back
ward. You see the room was very small,
and when you backed out there was the
man behind you, and perhaps if you were
not careful the wall of the room.
"The queen used the sword that was
worn by General Gardeners father. Her
majesty touches you on the shoulder-one,
two, three-you are on your knees, of
course, and at the conclusion she says:
Rise, Sir Henry'-that is if your
name is Henry. Then you are knight.
"It is not customary for her majesty to
speak otherwise than to prefix the word
sir to tho subjects first name during the
ceremony, but in my case she graciously
added, 1t gives me much pleasure
"Will you use your title on your play
bills?" he was asked.
"No, indeed, " he replied. ave are &C
tors and must be together, you know-all
equals. One might be very bad actor
and title wouldn't go very well then. ="
Interview With Henry Irving.
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TALES OF THE TIMES.
He Commanded the Army While Grant
Got a Mint JuIep.


The cobbler who mendod my shoes was
named Bigly, and he was always called
general, " which somehow did not quite
comport with my IDEA of the cobbler.
True, he had been soldier during the
whole of the rebellion, but just what kind
of soldier did not know. True, also, he
had lost his leg at Gettysburg, but it was
a dozen years after the war in the acct
dental upset Of Il traction engine dragging
a thrashing machine in the field. Still he
was General Bigly in the common par
lance, and one day asked him about it.
Weren't you in the army?" l inquired.
eyes, sir, he answered proudly and
promptly.
"Sco much flghting?"
From April, 1861, to September,
1865"
II notice that everybody calls you gen
eral. What was your rank? We're you a
gencral?"
Il was in command of the Army of the
Potomac, sir" he said, as truthfully in
tone as any man | ever heard speak.
ooh, come" laughed, II never heard
of a General Bigly in command of that
army. You arc giving me CUFF, as the
boys say"
cts true as gospel" he insisted
"Tell me about it, if it's all the same. "
"Woll, you see it was this way" he said,
pegging away at the shoe in his lap and
not looking squarely at me. II was in the
Army of the Potomac when General Grant
took charge and was sergeant. 1 used
to know the general out in Galena when
he wasn't so much, and he was mighty
friendly with me and made me his orderly
used to go every place with him, ridin
over the field and that kind of thing, and
sometimes there wasn't nobody but me
and the general ridin around for miles to-
gethOr. Well, one day we had rode out
along the road, and we come to little
place where u man lived that could make
the finest mint julep in the whole state of
Virginny. knowed about the place, and
so did the general, and when we struck it
1 could kinder see his mouth waterin, for
mint julcps didn't grow on trees in them
days in Virginny. When we got opposite
the gate, the general sorter stopped his
boss and looked over at me, and l shut
down one eye soft and easy.
Bill, says he-he always called me
Dill Ill pTlNdIo- DILL Will YOU 10 INC Il
favor?'
"Anything on top Of earth, general, ;
says l. What is it?'
"'Will you be kind enough to take COM
mand of the army while go in here and
get a mint julep?
"'Of course will, general, says I,
straightcnin my back as if had ram
rod stuck down it and comm to n salute.
Thanks, says he, and please hold
my boss at the same time
"Thcn he went in, and for about Is
minutes 1 set there on my boss like Napo-
leon crossin the Rubicon and was in
command of the Army of the Potomac,
and ever since that time the boys have
called me general, and didn't see any
use of sayin they shouldn't ,"-Washing
ton Star
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IN FALL MONTHS.
Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Can Now be Cured.
OId-TimG Obstinate Diseases are
Easily Durable.
Paine's Celery Compound is the
Great Specific.
1t Restores the Neglected, Fam
iShed Nerve Parts.
1t Replaces WORKOUT Tissues
with New, Vigorous Ones.

Paine's celery compound is the one as
sured remedy for rheumatism and Deu-
ralgia that is every day accomplishing all
that physicians claim for it!
Both these old-time, obstinate diseases
are to-day speedily and permanently
cured by Prof. Edward E. Phelps great
prescription.
Neuralgia and rheumatism are merely
names for a certain reduced state of the
nervous tissues. AS far as causes go,
the, 80 not much differ from nervous
de d.. headaches, dyspepsia and sleep
les. IT.. -.
I 10 >chief is the same in every case,
ne. o., system robbed of life and sub
stance u, over eXertion and scanty nutri-
tion. ILr cure for all these is likewise
in the same direction. Strengthen and
restore the nerves to their normal con-
dition with Paine's celery compound.
1t is tine advice of the ablest physicians
everywhere.
AS soon as all the countless nerve CEN
ters and tibers have been made sound
and strong, not only rheumatism and neu-
DuV INV SplllGS, hluhOg IIuuUlC,
disordered liver and heart palpitation,
vanish without a trace to remind one
that their presence was not all fearful
dream.
Paine's celery compound does its cura-
tive work in simple, straightforward
way. 1t wastes little time on the minute
and puzzling classification of diseases,
but bends all its energies at once to feed
ing the worn-out, shattered nervous
track, filling the arteries with rich, new
blood, and building up the body for its
fight against disease.
Low spirits lose their power when the
system feels the buoyancy of returning
health, such as soon comes from taking
Paine's celery compound. The rapid
gain in weight that follows its use is
reasonable indication of the strengthen
ing processes that are going on among
the vital organs.
Many men and women who recommend
Paine's celery compound do so in what,
to others, may sometimes seem eXtrava-
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pound has made them we'll!
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When Nancy Led the Way

She has frightened her cinch by another inch,
she has shortened her stirrup strap,
And she's off with IA whirl of horse and girl,
and I'm a lucky chapl
With "Catch if you can! I'm as good as a
mani" ut a breakneck pace we ride.
/ have all but placed my arm around her
waist as we gallop side by side.
When "Hoopl XII yi!" and her elbows high,
she spurts in the cowboy style;
With jerk and n saw at her horses jaw, she's
ahead for another mile
And it's Nancy's dust that breathe / must,
and it's Nancy's trail follow,
Till leave the rut for steep short cut and
I've caught her down in the hollow.
Then into tho creek, with splash and shrek,
to her saddle girth she dares,
ooh, make for the shoal, or he'll stop and
rolf" But it's little that Nancy cares.
And up the hill she's ahead of me STILL and
over the ridge we gol
And my steamingnag has begun to lag, but it
isn't my fault, know.
Oh, fair astride does Nancy ride, and her spur
she uses free,
AMI it's little she cares for the gowns she
wears, and it's little she cares for me!
Bus the strawberry roam, with the sharp
backbone that Nancy rode that day,
He doesn't forget that Saturday yet, when
Nancy led the way.
Exchange.
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Taken in time, kidney complaint can
be cured by the use of Ayre's Sarsapa-
rilla.
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Hoods Pills f faD n5' sstnars. Pill sso. and

The best wearing, most stylish, and
the greatest value of any $500 Mems
Shoes on the continent.
Best calfskin, dongola tops, solid
leather soles, with all the popular toes,
lasts and fastenings, and Lewis Cork
Filled Soles.
Each pair contains a paid-up Acct
dent Insurance Policy for 500, good for
90 days.
Wear Lewis Accident Insurance Shoes
once and you will never change. The
insurance goes for "full measure
Talk with your dealer who sells LswlS'
Shoes.
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Are what Men Want.

The Equitable agency collected from a
policy holder Ss7,6S per annum fof 20
years, making total payments S9533O.
This party is now offered as follows:
1st Cash Sl.519 II, a return of all pre-
miums and S56557, besides his 20 years
insurance.
I'd Paid up insurance $1,000, nearly
four times what he paid out.
Sd. Annuity for life of Sl07.O9. This is
about II per cent on his premiums.
Zone fact is worth thousand theories"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-20
!. s. RHODES { CO.
CONVICT LABOR TO LET.

Sealed bids will be received at the West
Virginia Penitentiary al Moundsvine, W.
Va, until twelve O'Clock meridian, on the
4th day of December. 1895, for the labor or
one hundred and fifty male convicts, Tor
a period not exceeding five years from the
Attn day Of December, 1893.
l. Each bid must be accompanied with
a bond. with security TO the satisfaction
of the board that the bidder Will comply
with the terms Of his bid If II is accepted
and be sealed up and addressed TO the
warden. endorsed bid for Labor"
g. Each bid shall specify the articles pro-
posed to be manufactured and the mum,
Der of square feet of shop room which VIII
be required, and If steam power Is re-
quired. the amount Of power and the price
per day they are willing TO pay therefor,
and shall be unconditional.
8. The price per day for each CONVEX
shall be specified. and n n different price
per day is stated for different periods,
each period and price must be so stated,
that one may be accepted and the other
rejected. 4. -.
4 III the person bidding desires to man
ufacture different classes OF articles, the
labor 10 be employed ON each must De plu
s. C6nvicts viii labor nine hours a day.
BY order Of the Board of Directors;
no9oawt NJ. VAN fhLl' "aIuen'