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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01
ATTRACTIVE eooos-m. eurMAN a CO.
ATTRACTIVE GOODS!
'e WITH Attractive Prices!

lsa combination usually irresistible When we took
stock January /, we pushed profits aside and sur
rendered our store to the profit of patrons. At
every counter you stand before special values at
special prices-that are passing prlvieges-quickly
passing too II you've delayed getting Suit, or an
Opercoat, until the prices went down, don't wait
any longer; they are lower now than they have
been Tor the last thirty years. We are able to make
bargain with you now, greatly to your own ad-
vantage.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

HOOPS Pills arc the hest after dinner
pills, assist digestion. prevent cons.ipa-
ton.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

and take stock In West Virginia Savings
and Building Association, No. ll60 Main
street. Money to loan on real estate.
Shares IS cents. Office hours, 6:l5 to
S:l5 every Monday evening. MAS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-21
THE COLONIAL.

arrange her hair while sitting down.
The colonial styles with rounded out
sides are extremely good and admit of
unlimited outlay in wood, workman
ship and brass ornamentation. Some of
these tables have candle. rests at both
sides of the mirror, so that by day or
night proper light can be secured.
The woman who thinks an ordinary
bureau and brush and comb are quite
sufficient for her daily needs would
hardly credit it were she told all that
the up to date woman who arranges her
hair at dressing table considers neces-
sary to enable her to perform such a
feat. Silver. ebony, tortoise shell, ivory
and rare china are used for the brushes,
combs, hand mirrors, buttonhooks, etc.
Quite new thing Is to have the ia
BILE covered with thick piece Of bevel
ed plate glass put over the embroidered
toilet cover. 1t seems just a trif1e hard
and cold, but looks very we'll. The
ivory and tortoise she'll sets have the
serious disadvantage Of not standing
we'll our climate. The tortoise shell
cracks very easily, and the glass in the
ivory hand mirrors snaps constantly,
owing to the contraction of the ivory in
the changes Of climate. Silver is the
most useful of anything. Embroidered
covers for these tables are handsome.
The white linen, cut in points and but
tonholed in colored floselle, is effective
and shows of the ornaments best. Dot
ted muslins and lace should be reserved
for the duchess tables with their dra-
peries.
At the secondhand furniture dealer
can often be found veritable old ma
hogany dressing tables, which, after be-
ing scraped and polished, are as hand
some as the modern ones, in many in
stances much handsomer. The garrets Of
old New England houses have been
pretty we'll ransacked the last few
years by collectors of antique furniture,
but dressing tables have only recently
been the craze, so there are undoubtedly
still treasures to be found.
For country houses, where elaborate
furnishing is out Of place and where
daintiness and freshness should by rights
take the place of richness Of wood and
carving, the duchess tables in such
rooms are handsomer than those Of
wood A country room furnished in
cretonne, with dressing table covered
with the same and curtains Of lowered
chintz, is extremely pretty. The ordi-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-21
THE TOILET TABLE.
1T HAS SUPERSEDED THE guReAu
IN FASHIONABLE sOuOoIRs.

Prevailing Styles IN Furniture Appear In
the New Dressing TabIes-The Duchess
Table Remains In Favor-Novelties In
COvers-Toilet Articles In Abundance.
In these days milady's toilet table is
as much a part of her existence as the
daily papers or the latest fashion in
frocks. The bureaus reign is over. and
that most useful if not ornamental
piece Of furniture may be banished for
seven years, the usual time, to some
garnet or storeroom, while chiffoniers
and dressing tables take its place The
toilet table need not be part and parcel
Of the set Of bedroom furniture, but it
Is now counted as one Of the essential
pieces thereof. It can be and often is
a unique piece, a veritable curiosity, an
heirloom In every shape and form and
Of every description Of wood Is it fash
ioned-empire, the various Louises, the
colonial and all the many styles. Even
the old fashioned duchess table, SO dear
to the heart Of the amateur carpenter,
has BEEN revived The duchess table
possesses many attractions for people
whose purses are not 30 wide as their
tastes It can be made Of kitchen ia
BILE and dozen yards, more or less, of
white muslin and colored cambria. If q
kitchen table is not procurable, barrel
sawed in half lengthwise, with fiat
board nailed thereon, makes a capital
foundation This sort Of dressing table
while it is fresh is exceedingly pretty.
The mahogany and the wildwood
tables are beautiful. They are quite
low, with swinging mirror, at just the
right height for a woman to see how to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-21
THE LODGE RESOLUTION.

The ADVERTISER is the leading
daily paper of the Hawaiian Islands.
1t has a larger circulation and adver-
tlsing patronage than any paper
published In the Hawaiian Islands.
Telephones SO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-21
wHIrEwooD TABLES.

nary pine wood table makes a capital
foundation, and half round of wood
is good to tack the side curtains to, al
though some prefer the straight brass
rod to hang them over. The mirror for
this sort Of table can be of the plainest
description If the frame be covered, but
the handsome old fashioned gilt ones
are allowable, says the writer Of the
foregoing in The Housewife.
First-class rubber stamps on short
notice at the GAZETTE Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01
THE BABY's PERIL.
Held in the Arms Of II Maniac on the
Asylum fsOOf.

From the Raleigh News and Observer.
To be sure, the man looked kindly
enough and he took the baby from its
mothers arms like any kindly man would
do, and the mother was proud to see her
baby made much Of, like any other mother
would be.
She was farmers wife from Sampson,
and, being stout of arm, had carried the
child all day, except when the husband
two had walked from the
time the train got to Raj
eigh, for they were used to walking
over the fields; but some how city streets
have a way Of making those from the
country tired, and so the farmers wife
was tired when with the little l-year-old
and the farmer husband she had gone
afoot as far as the asylum for the insane.
over 200 of the excursionists had called
on the good DR.. Kirby that day, and so
there was nothing odd now about these
two farmer folks among the others there.
TO be sure the man is kindly enough"
she said to herself and so she let him
take the baby in his arms. And then she
was glad she was away from the city and
its buildings, and its museum whales,
and shops that fret the eye that is used
to travelling over the fields of waving corn
and she looked out from the plazza-way
and she and the husband and the farmer
friends looked upon the deep green swell
OF the home-like hills and saw that they
were good.
And the baby was gone.
What did you do with him?" asked
Joe, the farmer husband, in a mans way,
that came like a bolt.
And, too. the kindly man was gone.
She listened, and they all listened and
looked, but her ear caught the first sound
of the child. 1t was laughing somewhere
from above.
It was ever so happy for the man was
tossing it up and up higher and higher
and its little heart leapcd for Joy, and the
eye Of the kindly man CLEANED with the
cunning consciousness of a new expert
ence, and perhaps broken shaft of
what was once home light came through
the distant years to a brain whelmed be-
meath troubled waters.
There he stood on the edge of the roof
three stories up, tossing the baby.
He was a maniac.
And the baby was in a frolic, and 1t was
a strange sport for the mailman.
What will he do?" The woman fell I'M
der the horror of it in a dead swoon.
Then the men counseled, while the baby
went up and down, and the counsel was
not taken with waste Of word. Every
word counted; for the baby was IN frolc
as he kept tossing it away up in the air.
Some suggested feather bed in case the
little one should be thrown down.
Dr. McGeachy suggested ladders 10
creep upon the maniac, but where is the
sane man that can creep upon a maniac
with even ladders, the mailman who sees
every movement quick as an ape? The
fire alarm was suggested; the words fell
together helplessly and With despair.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Crawford was not idle;
he had gone into the Office and he ran out
with a great slice Of watermelon, and the
baby was kept still in arms on the roof
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

led him as with a terrific roar 1t sprang
upon the suspended goat, and. going down
with its burden. sank into the merciless
pit prepared for Il. Igniting a number Of
torches both to light the way ana TO fore
stall any attack that might possibly be
made upon us from wild animals. we pro-
ceeded in body to the pit. The roars Of
the tiger were awful, as he fur!ously tried
to leap upward TO gain his freedom. As
have already explained to you, the sides
of the pit slanted inward toward the top
and at every effort the tiger could be heard
striking his nose against the loose earth
"This frantic behavior was kept up for
about an hour, when, entirely exhausted,
the fierce king Of the jungle lay perfect
" quiet al the bottom of the pit. Two OF
the natives now lowered bamboo basket
down into the pit, letting the open side
fall directly over the suplne form of the
tiger Immediately after this a number of
natives jumped into the pit and began
crowding rattan withes through the sand
beneath the tiger. and bringing them
around the basket In this manner the IL
ger was in a few minutes completely en-
closed in the bamboo basket
Returning to the hut we awaited the
dawn. and as soon as it appeared the ma
tives went back to the pit and lifted the
basket containing the tiger out Of It. We
detailed ten of the coolies TO take our cap
tive to the city. Before they started 1
took a look at our prize through the rat
tan withes. He was a magnificent speci-
men, but the sorriest looking tiger | ever
saw. He was covered with blood from his
frantic efforts to get out Of the pit. and
the skin was peeled from his nose and
face, while his eyes were almost entirely
closed by the swollen face.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01
A BOTHERED TERRIER.
boy with the IndestructibIe Rat was
More Than He BarEained For.


From the Chicago News.
A rat. a terrier and a small boy caused
thousands Of people to congregate on
West Madison street about O'Clock last
night. and IL was not real rat either
The rat. which was most natural
looking rubber affair." was connected with
long, thin pipe and a bulb. Every time
the boy squeezed the bulb the rat would
leap forward in a most life-like manner,
and the ladies on the street would shrek
with terror and gather up their skirts.
Ihis delighted the crowd, which surged
down on tho boy and the rat from every
direction.
The fun was kept up ror an hour or
more, even the policeman on the beat
stopping now and then for good laugh
suddenly however, a sleek-lOolSing lat
terrier sprang through the crowd and
| made for his mortal enemy. Down he
bounced. The boy gave the bulb "a lab
and the rat leaped about six feet Aga n
the dog made a spring. This time he
caught the rat In his teeth and the pres
sure caused IL to give out a most life-l ke
squeak. which delighted the dog and au-
dience alike.
BY this time the street was packed.
Time after timc the dog would shake
the rat and put IL down, only to see IL
leap up again, to the wild delight OF the
crowd. For the first half hour IL was
mere play for the pluciSy little terrier,
but after awhile things began to grow
monOtonous The dog lay down for a
rest ana the rat jumped over him. This
was too much for canine flesh and blood
10 stand He leaped w again, and now
the contest kept up until the dog fell to
the pavement from sheer exhaustion.
Painting and with eyes protruding, he
made a few more Intellectual snaps at
"a Ffltlh rat til.
side and laid his head on the pavement
His owner worked his way through the
crowd, picked up his pet in his arms,
uttered few remarks and offered to
lick the man who had killed his dog.
Tho crowd jeered and dispersed, while
the small boy strolled down the street
i'm search of another ambitious rat ter
rier
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01
THE LIFE or A nIGmwAYmAN.
Some Kentucky "Reminiscences or
the james Brothers.

the james brothers.
From the Louisville Courier-JournaI.
Where l live in Southern Kentucky"
said the DOCTOR "the uncle OF the famous
outlaws. Frank and Jesse James, lives
also on a big farm and here. when pur-
suit of them became too fierce, these BAN
dts used to come. while detectives scour-
ed the country and state officers dreamed
of the price set on their heads.
"Of course. we more than guessed who
the gentlemanly looking strangers were
who appeared every now and then, and
after-accidents-ha happened to some
amateur detectives who tried TO arrest
them, we let them come and go undis-
turbed.
ION one of these visits, Jesse James, tir-
ed Of a life that had lost its charms, worn
out with being hunted from place TO
place like a badgered animal, perhaps re-
morseful for his many crimes. tried to
commit suicide by taking an immense
dose of morphine
II was sent for and held a prisoner in
the house for three days. When l arrived
he was alost dead. l tried every anti
dote for morphine poisoning, but with
out success, and / finally said to his
brother Is there no way to frighten
him? rouse him anyway you can Frank
led the belt around the collapsed form,
and rushing Ia the room cried: Jesse, we
are surrounded; caught like rats in a trap:
fight for your life. IN an instant the out
law sprang to his feet, his eyes flashed,
and he stood with a pistol cooked in
each hand. After awhile he collapsed
again, but time after time. when he was
practically dead, we called him back to
life with that cry, You are caught
Think what a fear such as that must
be like. The horror Of it was so great that
he responded TO It when dead to every
other sensation in this world. Can you
imagine what it must be TO have that tor
turing fear OF something dogging your
footsteps, walking in your shadow. haunt
ing your dreams, and waking you up in
the dead hours Of the night with q cold
sweat on your forehead. You are caught
Fight for your life red with crime and
black with the shadow of the gallows.'
What wonder such a fear went beyond life
into death itself.
And that" said the doctor, SIS one OF
the romantic and delightful experiences
of the gay life of the highwayman.
For the Lords Sake Harrison is the
r,ars Of a. riff of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01
CAPTURING TIGERS ALIVE.
Some Experiences of an Agent in
Search of Menagerie Specimens

some experiences OF an Agent in
Search of Menagerie Specimens.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
The business of replenishing menageries
with wild animals is interesting, especial
ly when the circus agents go directly TO
the haunts of the beasts to capture them
alive. J. B. Gaylord. foreign agent for the
Ringing Bros circus, has had some
thrilling experiences in his work. Some
time ago he wrote the Ringlings from
Singapore about hunt to capture tigers
alive. Among other things he wrote:
Although the Island of Singapore is
only fourteen miles in extent there are
no less than five hundred tigers that in
habit It's wood, and people here do not
venture beyond the city limits after night
fall. The first night of my arrival here,
while our ship lay in the harbor, / could
plainly hear the roaring of the bloodthirs-
ty beasts as they prowled around the out
skirts of the city in search of prey. n de
Silva, the native agent, having located
several tigers trails. we starte- On foot
with about fifty natives the following
morning. The trip to the first tiger trail
was only three or four miles. and we ar
rived at this point at about o'clock
I'VE next took three bamboo sticks about
twelve feet in length and placed them in
the form of tripod, in such a position as
to bring the point of the tripod directly
above the center Of the pit From the top
of the bamboo sticks some Of the NATIVES
suspended a live goat by cord barely
strong enough to bear its weight, ana
sure TO break If the tiger leaped upon the
goat Everything being In readiness for
Mr. Tiger, as soon as he chose to 10
against our little game, Mr.. de Silva and
myself as well as the natives repaired to
a hut about eighty rods distant and await
ed developments. 1t had been dark about
an hour. and / began to think we were
going to be disappointed. when one Of the
natives rushed into the hut, crying. Lend
a beshma.'
''The furious cries Of the tiger had start
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

while the man looked down at Mr. Craw-
ford.
come down, colonel" said Mr. Craw-
ford, land let's have some melon. He
said IL so quietly that the man looked
again. and they all wondered for an In
slant what he would do. He hesitatad
that was the supreme moment. Come
down. colonel" said Mr. Crawford, coax
ingly.
The maniac turned deliberately. walked
to the manhole on the roof, came down
with the baby, and his face had lost the
wild CLEAN IL wore on the roof lie
looked at the farmer mother In the same
kindly way as he handed back the baby
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

l eat what like, and always drink Rhine
wine Tor dinner. As regards compile xion.
That is a great thing and IL has to be
guarded and cared for as zealously as
mother cares for her newborn babe. I
never neglect to stay for one solid hour
each morning in hot bath. and find that
keeps the complexion in splendid condi-
tion. Then 1 am very careful about an
nointins my face. neck and arms with
the best quality Of cold cream every night
and every time there is any makeup to
take of. When i go into the surf l put
good. lot of cold cream on my face
and cover Il thick with cornstarch-that
proves a sure protection against both the
salt water and the sun. IF a woman
wants to be good looking" she added
she must make an idol of her physique
and devote the same time and attention TO
ii that other people devote TO other things
which they worship. Women who go in
for art and music spend hours each cay
in cultivating themselves in those pur-
suits; the domestic woman devotes her
time 10 her children and the affairs of her
household. Just so an actress devOtes her
time to her physical well-being. Her good
trade. and she is compelled to care for
them. 1t is a WEAKNESS TO the spirit,
though, sometimes, such constant groom
ing, and occasionally l sigh for seclusion.
the freedom of a sack and skirt, AMI the
feeling that / need not consider
whether or not my hair has been sham
.poOed or my nails received their hour 5
polishing. There are so many hundred
things to be done i'm the way of physical
improvement, OF course. every now and
again. as often as 1t seems needful, one
must undergo a Turkish bath. and the
ordeal can't be hurried under any circum-
stances"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

1t is clearly demonstrated now, says a
writer in the New York Tribune that
people can be fat or lean just as they
like if they choose to take the trouble
and there is no use in their going about
either like a bean pole or feather-bed.
Some months ago 1 was getting too stout
for the part l wanted to play, so for five
weeks l ate nothing but beef and drank
nothing but hot water with a little lemon
in it, Tea and coffee are bad for the
complexion anyway. All my tendency to
feshiness disappeared. Again, a year ago
some bones became visible in my neck
got frightened and Immediately set to
work to change everything in my diet
for things that were fattening. Those
homes would not have come in my neck
hut that had been foolish enough to wor-
~ about something you know, occas-
ionalIy you can't help Worrying That sea-
son | ate bananas in every shape and
form. and at all hours at which l could
cram them. I ate them with cream most
~ the time, and ] ate everything else rec
ommended as hesh-producing. Every day
if seemed to me a thicker layer of flesh
formed over those bones, and l soon had
the gratif1ca ton OF seeing thee disappear
altogether Now, while 1 am just right,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

Clara Belle, writing from Sargentville,
Me-. to the Cincinnati Enquirer, tells the
following incident:
Two girls were seated on the steps of
their cottage. Said one:
DO you wear a sweater, Ethel, because
the weather is cool?'
mo, indeed, Maudy. wear it because 1
thought Archie was a little cool"
OYerhearing this, 1 began to look at the
sweaters. They are worn in a new fashion
OF late, and are certainly effective. The
right mode seems to be to don a skirt
to match the sweater exactly and made TO
come Just a little below the ankles and
not according to the fashionable fiaring
model. The sweater fits in Jersey FASH
ion well below the hips, and It comes in
a high rolling collar about the ears. There
is no fullness to the sleeves. and a girl
with fine torso is splendidly set off be-
side the corseted, wing-sleeved rivals thai
appear in conventional dress Their waist
lines are natural, and yet the figure is
perfectly firm about the bust 1t is dis
tnctly sensation to see a fine big girl
in one of these affairs, with hip action
ana waist curve unmarried by the usual
conventional outline given by STAYS. Rur
what do you suppose they wear beneath
l suppose I'd rather hunt UP Archie ana
ask him. ! wonder if that sweater cured
him of the GOODNESS.