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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-05

In tho ears, sometimes roaring, buz.
ling sound. are caused by caiarrh. that
exceedingly disasreeable and worry com.
mon disease. Loss OF smell or hearing
also result from catarrh. Hoods Sar.
saparilla, tho great blood purifier, is a
peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease, which it cures by purifying
tho blood.
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Chr Jottelliae,,rer
wuELLlNo. JANUARY ., 1895.

THE Daily IntelliGeucer will DO sent
from now until March I for ono dollar. If
you want to keep posted on the doinEs OF
( tho Legislature send In your dollar ut once.
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A MATTER which some members oil
tho Legislature should bear in mind is
that thoy wcro elected to represent tho
sentiment OF the people who voted for
them and not their own personal ambi.
ton. They arc tho servants Of tho pub
lie, and arc expected to carry out tho
wishes OF thoir constituents. BY failing
10 consult tho preference OF ajority
of tho party, TO which no owed his pre-.
fcrmont, many legislator has doomed
himself TO political dontlI.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-05

HOOPS PILl.s arc the best after dinner
pills, assist digestion. prevent constipa.
ton,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-05
. Hoalthfulncss OF Wheeling.

lno annual report OF tue city health
officer. DR.. ]. W. Mccoy. Is worry graft.
Tying In all respects. II Is a matter on
which We may congratulate ourselves
that, according to tho vital statistics
presented by tho health officer, tho
dcnth ratio for the year Just closed was
not only tho lowest since tho establish.
mont Of tho health department In 1906
twenty.oight years ago-but Is lower
than tho death ratio Of any other city OF
tho same population in the United
! States.
This fact, gratifying as it lie, should
not inspire us with too great u sense OF
safety, or with over.conddence In tho
healthful condition Of the city, for 1t 10
we'll known that there Is much room for
improvement In that direction. DR..
Mccoy calls attention. for instance, to
tho fac! that diphtheria, which has been
so prevalent throughout tho country,
continues its ravages here. aud recon.
mends extraordinary measures for It's
suppression, such as quarantine regula.
tions. tho private burial OF victims OF
the disease, &c.
The doctor notes the skopticism
among Wheeling physicians regarding
tho virtues OF auti.toxinc, the new
diphtheria remedy, and seems to think
the newspaper reports OF tho wonders
1t has wrought arc exaggerated. 1t 10
true. as he says. that the medical
authorities arc divided 10 opinion as to
the efficacy OF auti.toxinc. but 1t does
aeem that the prepondcrance OF tosti.
mony ia in favor OF the remedy. It is
hardly possible that the newspaper re-.
ports OF its success. coming daily and
from every direction. as we'll as tho re-
port OF the assistant surgeon general Of
tho navy. who made an investigation
under government auspices, can all be
the interest fabrications."
IL is also true that Wheeling physi-
clans have been remarkably successful
in the treatment OF diphtheria without
the use OF anti-toxiuc. and that the
death rate from the dreadful disease is
lower hero than in most citie,. This
fact, however, should no. deter us from
taking every precaution possible for the
suppression OF the disease. II anti
.oxine has tho virtue claimed for it, let
us have it, and in the meantime, lot us
assist the skill OF our physicians and
their remedies, by improving the SAM.
tary condition OF the city, by general
cleaning UP and an determination OF the
| germs OF disease.
Tho health department OF Wheeling
is no. the least important OF her ins.i.
tutions. It's administration is soms-
thing in which every human being is
concerned. aud every human being has
a vital interest in observing its rogula.
tions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-05

Observation-Disclosures. Baked Beans and
Brown Broad. Ginger Snaps. Butter
Toast Coffee.
DINNER Roast Beef. Ounce Jelly.
Sweet Potatoes. Canned Corn. Celery.
White Bread. Pink Lemon Phosphate
jolly. Angel Cake. Grapes.
LUHcm.-Oyster Crackers and Milk.
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TIE New York Evening World pub.
fishes dnily u miniature cartoon show
ing that certain goods have been ro.
ducod from to 10 por cont in price.
which fact, tho World holds, Is duo TO
tho now thrift. aud shows tho poor man
is benefited. 10 mako tho picture moro
elective tho World should publiah
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MONDAY, Jan. Z.

True worth Is in being, not seeming;
Il doing each day that goes by
Some little good-n0t In the dreaming
OF great things to do by and by.
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Our Nex. Yicc.Pr..idont.

In: an interview in the Now York
Tribune, Hon. W. S. Edwards, OF Char
lesion, details in an interesting manner,
the rise OF Republicanism in West Vir.
ginia. After telling about tho splendid
victory in November, Mr.. Edwards very
acnsibly says:
West Virginia will DO Republican for many
years. We propose 10 lead the young aud pro.
gresstro element OF tho south and bring |: and
hold 1t to Republicanism.
"And It Is right here that We want the Rcpub.
llcaGS OF the north TO give us hand. We shall
do our part this winter aud send splendid type
Of working Republican 10 the United Stntcs
senate; and then VIC want tho Northern Rrpub.
ican states In 1895 10 give US Nathan Gof' q, Vice
Presidential candidate on the national ticket;
This, as Mr.. Edwards says. "is good
politics from national standpoint"
No man south Of the Mason and Dixon
limo would DO moro available. or would
bring to the Republican party greater
strength from the conservative and pro.
sressive element Of the south. Not
only would the nomination OF Judge
Goff insure beyond tho possibility OF a
doubt the electoral vote OF West Vir.
ginia TO the Republicans, bu. the votes
OF North Carolina, Tennessee, and, pcr.
haps, Kentucky, which last named
state Mt tho late election had 10000
Republican majority on her county
vote.
Thoro is no longer n solid south, but
there is the birth Of a new south, polit-
icaliy, lcd by West Virginia. General
Gotfis tho logical candidate for tho vice
presidency in 1896, not only because no
is Of tho atale which has led in the
breaking away from tho bonds OF Sec
tional prejudice. but bccnu.e Of his
great popularity among tho people
throughout tho country. and because tho
no longer solid south is going to dc.
mand this recognition at the hands OF
tho Republican party and present GOT
au its candidate.
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DAILY HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

SuSDAY, JANUARY 8.
The purcr lie draws higher.
Every year.
And It's morning star climbs higher.
Every year:
And cnrths hold OH us grows slighter,
Aud the heavy burdens lighter.
And the dawn immortal brighter,
Every year,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-23

Msests5fs;! e:.sstt5f;zlB9!!!o lB9!!o'6,
:3TAANkseIyIHNG NJ
N|RR;fI}}}EII2}2 rs; = T. }2ZEH4E:
NEAyS'| yS'||sE 4
THSAHSAkSSSN IjT W T's BEEN the
b9BHkfpf1 NIA %SElAM longest, drear-
Hh hNiYNE lest year of my
.s-Als11sssel.A 49, Il. life, by all
Mehetable Brown, dashing a stray tear
from her faded blue eyes, as she medi-
tatively lifted huge brown potato
from the shining basin which she held
on her lap and proceeded to pare it.
"What with Lindy's dying and Johns
going away to college right here in my
own house; the Green's, that I'd lived
beside nigh onto forty years, takin' it
into their heads that they must move
into the city and be somebody, and
Ruth marryin' as she did and goin' off
as missionary to Feejie or Hottentot;
Samantha Ingols, that I've knowed ever
since she was Samantha Merrymather,
and wore pink calico pinafores to dees-
trict school, gettin' the western fever
and settin' off with only weeks notice
to take up claim and fight Indians
place. Though why she couldn't be
content on the neatest little forty
acres in all Blair county, that poor
Silas slayed so hard for and left her
when he died of typhus, is, as told
Eleanor Winner, when we was talkin'
it over at the mite society, the day it
met at your house, Mis- Williams, a
mystery to me, and allus will be. For
my part l never was one o. them rovin'
kind, and there amt citizen in all
Brownsville that has stuck any closer
odd years, if can't vote and do say it
as shouldn't.
"The Browns never was of that un-
stable disposition. There was my
great grandfather, Ebenezer Brown;
he settled on that eighty just south of
the meetin' house when there wasn't a
white man nearer than fifteen miles.
He come to stay and he stayed. When
he died my grandfather took the same
place and I've heard him say he never
went beyond the county line but once
in thirty years, and that was in lookin'
after some stray cattle. Then there
was my father, Jacob Brown, no one
can say he was any hand to be sky
larkin' over the country. He was one
o. them peaceable. hometown men, and
liked to took fit when he was sub
pornied on the jury to Miller, burg the
time Nat Williams stole them sheep.
''As for orLindyand me, you know as well
as do, we amt slept outside this house
in forty year, exceptin' the time wher
Cousin Emily was married, and nothin
would do but we must 60 to the wed
dim. 1t was all fuss and flutter. We
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-23

income from public and private sources
is altogether insufficient to cover the
enormous expenditure of the court and
harem, although it exceeds, some say,
$10,000,o00 per annum. BY having large
means at his disposal in critical times
the padisha may hope to stay proceed
ings by outbidding his enemies. Abdul
Hamid has devoted to this policy over
100000 of piastres during the last few
weeks, and thus saved his life three or
four times. The most notable plot dis
covered was that of cadets of the mill
tary pioneer school, who became ugly
in early summer, but then, for one rea-
son or another, went unpunished. This
time the leaders had conspired to muir
der the sultan during the night from
October IL to 13. Who instigated the
young rascals is as yet mystery, but
it has developed that they were in the
pay of certain high palace officials, or
that the latter had been bribed by the
cadets and whoever had corrupted them
with money and promises.
Twelve conspirators were to be Sc
creted in the palace, armed with revol-
vers and daggers. The conspirators in
the sultan's immediate suite had ar
ranged to set them free after midnight,
then conduct them to the corridor lead.
ing to his majesty's bedroom and sud-
denly put out the lights, That was to
be the signal for the murderers to
throw themselves upon the half dozen
guards lying on the floor in front of the
sultan's apartments. After dispatch
ing them they were to plunge their dag
gers into Abdul Hamid's body.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-23

wasn't nobody there, but someway Two
been thinkin' about it ever since. Then
your comm over this mornin' and say
in the same thing makes it look to me
like an unknown providence.
"Tildy's my choice, and if she'll como
I'll take her, and she shan't lack for
nothin' as far as this worlds goods go.
"If she could only be here by Thanks
giving. But therel I've an idee. Why
not have 'em all over here to dinner.
and you and Mr.. Williams come, too?
That would malSe-let me see-twelvo
besides myself. The best china wouldn't
hardly go round. But that doesn't
matter. can eat off one o. them blue
plates just as well. Two turkeys ought
to do, with plenty of mince pies and
cranberry sauce. I've got 'em, too, as
fat, sleek turkeys as ever was put on u
platter. We could talk it over then,
sort o. quiet, while the children played.
1t wouldn't be so lonesome as to look
forward to settin' down all by myself.
L feel more CHEEKY already. But dear,
dear how have run on! It's quarter to
twelve this minute, and these potatoes
only half cooked, and you settin' by
starvin' for your dinner"
Thanksgiving morning dawned clear
and cold without, but within the snug
home of Miss Mehetabel Brown there
was warmth and comfort. This was to
be great day in her quiet, uneventful
life. Preparations had been making for
DAYS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-23

never got to bed till near midnight,
and 1 like to never closed my eyes to
sleep wink the whole night. Lindy
come home next day with nervous
headache that lasted her until Sunday
mornin', and she wouldn't t have gone out
then only it was communion. But.
poor girl, she's sleepin' quiet enough
under the snow this winter" and Miss
Mehetabel drew long sigh and brushed
aside another tear.
"As was sayin', Mis- Williams, what
with all these changes, to say nothin'
of the belfry blowin' off the meetin'
house and maxim it look so sort o.
squatty, this has ben the longest,
dreariest year of all my life. To be
sure 1 amt got anything to complain of
so far as creature comforts is con-
cerned," glancing approvingly around
the tidy kitchen, and through the open
door at the spotless dimity curtains of
the best room. "But don't seem to
have no livin' soul to take an interest
in, and nobody to take an interest in me,
exceptin' Rover and the parrot, and they
are both like to die of old age most any
day.
81 amt got no heart to eat nor work.
1t used to be so cozy like when Lindy
and me was here together, she settin'
on one side of the table and me the
other. Ialways poured the tea and she
dished the sauce. Indy was good
company-sort o. cheerful like, even
after she took that hackin' cough that
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-23

Miss Mehetabel had taken from the
upper bureau drawer in the spare bed
room that very morning sundry knitted
tides and mats, together with pair of
highly-colored and embroidered pillow
shams that never saw the light except
ing upon state occasions. These, with
huge beaded pincushion, purchased
by Miss Mehetabeps grandmother from
genuine Indian princess, and which
now rested primly upon the old-fash.
ioned dresser, showed that the occasion
in her eyes was one of great and un-
usual interest.
In the snug pantry all was in readi.
ness. There were rows of mince and
pumpkin pies, tender and toothsome;
dainty preserves and jellies all ready to
''set on" while from the oven of the
bright little range in the kitchen pro-
ceeded savory odors wondrously sug.
gestive.
Miss Mehetabel herself was arrayed
in her best brown merino, carefully pro.
tccted by a neat white apron. She had
hesitated in making her toilet between
the ordinary gold breast-pin to fasten
her linen collars and pale green rib
bon bow with white lace at the ends,
which had been her one piece of extrav-
agance at Cousin Emily's wedding.
''It isn't out of keepin' with this occa-
sion," she murmured softly to herself
ct last, as the balance turned in favor
of the latter. "It brightens me up
Bit" and she carefully pinned it on and
n1t tod hn a,,le 4,
only comes once year at best, and such
one as this but once or twice in life
time"
There was sudden knock at the
front door. In walked the preacher and
his family, followed by Mrs. Ellis and
her little flock, made as presentable as
their scanty means would allow.
All was excitement and merry talk,
and soon the quiet house rang with the
happy laughter of children.
Dinner was dispatched by and by, and
what dinner it was, to be cure never
tc be forgotten by certain empty little
stomachs.
The great matter was talked over aft
er dinner, when they were cozily seat
ed in the snug parlor. 1t was not all
news to Mrs. Ellis, for she had received
a gentle hint from the little PASTORS
wife few days before, and had decided,
like the brave, sensible woman she was,
to hide the pain of the parting in her
own heart and think only of the best in
terests of her bright little girl.
1t was all settled at last, and the chill
dren were called in for parting hymn
and prayer. AS they knelt together in
the gray winter twilight deep, quiet
Joy stole into the desolate heart of Me-
hetabel Brown.
She drew closer to her the little form
that knelt beside her, and whispered
softly to herself amid her falling tears:
''He setteth the solitary in families."-
! Emma Searles Ulrich, in Union Signal.
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Brice is a religious man, although not
active in church work. When the Pres
byterian general assembly was held
here two years ago, Senator Brice was
called on for little contribution to
help defray the expenses of the local
churches, and he gave $500, greatly to
the surprise of the clergyman, who
never dreamed of getting more than
$50 from any one man. When only IL
years old young Brice enlisted in the
s6th Ohio infantry. He came out of the
war captain, in July, 1865, before he
was quite 20 years old. He then
studied law, practiced, and finally be-
came engaged in business enterprises
which have made him wealthy. He has
been an active working democrat for
many years, and has served his party
with great distinction. He is one of
the most genial, likeable men in the
senate, and is an important factor in all
legislation.
Senator George C. Perkins, of Califor-
mia, is Sc years of age, having been born
in 1889 in Kennebunkport Me. He is
regarded as one of the rich men of the
senate, anu ne also is enUlUleu 10 ENJOY
his accumulations, for he was very
poor boy and made his own way in the
world. He was reared on farm, but,
when only 12 years old, he shipped as a
cabin boy, and spent several years at sea
in that humble capacity. He then
shipped before the mast as a common
sailor and went all the way to Califor-
mia in that capacity. 1t was rough
experience for boy only 16 years old,
but he was hearty, healthy, ambitious
and strong, SO he did not mind the hard
ships. When he reached California he
went to Oroville, where he engaged in
business and rapidly prospered. He
then engaged in banking, mining, mill
ing and steamship business. During
the past 90 years he has been building,
buying and operating steamships in the
Pacific ocean, from Mexico, California,
Oregon, Washington and British Co
lumbia clear up to Alaska. He was
elected governor of California in 1879,
and was appointed to the senate in 1899
to succeed Senator Stanford, who died
while member of the renate. His term
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-23

proved the death O. her, as / always
said it would if it lasted long enough.
"We was only two old maids, Lindy
and me, but we was happy and comfort
able. What with the weekly prayer.
meetin' rollin' round so often; the mite
society and the quarterly meetin' COM
in off once in three months, and the
presidin' elder stoppin' with us on ac-
count of the preacher always happenin'
to have so many children and bein'
sca'ce O. spare beds, we hadn't much
time to be lonesome.
"But it's all changed now Lindy's
gone. I turn sort O. sick and faint
when I think of Thanksgivin' comm
on, and settin' here and eatin' turkey
and cranberry sauce all by myself" and
Miss Mehetabel, under pretense of
rinsing her potatoes, walked to the sink
and dried her fast-filling eyes on the
snowy towel.
'Mr. Williams and I have thought
the little pastors wife, who had sat half
smiling, half sweeping, but at the samo
time busily stitching away on child's
apron during Miss Mehetabel's lengthy
discourse. 1--WE both think you ought
not to live here alone as you have been
doing, when there are hundreds of
destitute children who need just such
love and care as you are able to give. A
child would be great blessing in your
lonely home. Have you ever thought
of this, Mehetabel?"
n,,t Il T
thinl1in' about that very thing only
yesterday. AS was goin' down to the
grocery store to buy pound of tea, I
went pass Mis- Ellis old home and there
was four o. them children hangin' on
the rickety gate, with nobody to care
for 'em, and their poor mother off doin'
washin' or scrubbin', or anything she
can turn her hand to-so sort O. delicate
as she is, too.
"There wasn't better brought up
girl in this whole deestrict than Miriam
dy Walters. That was her name be-
fore she was married. She was sent
away to high school one term, too. But
she had hard row to hoe ever since
her poor husband was run over by the
steam engine and killed SO sudden. l
always feel like putin my fingers in
my ears every time hear it screech ut
the crossin' to this day.
"Them children is just as bright as
whip. There's Tidy, now, next to the
oldest girl. They say there amt n
scholar in the Sunday-school can re-
cite verses to beat her, and her eyes
shinin' as black as coal when she
stood up speakin' piece at the Sunday
school concert. Well, as I was sayin',
as / went by there yesterday and see
'em hangin' on that rickety gate, so
sort O. forlorn and neglected, somethin'
sort o. spoke right to me: 'Mehetabel
Brown, you ought to take one o. them
children and give 'em schoolin'.
! 81 turned round sudden, but there
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remarks are weighty, because of his
Nobody ever questions the correctness
of his statements, no matter how parti-
san the debates may become. He is
one of the great men and one of the
good men of this age.
Senator William f. Villas, Of Wiscon-
sin, is man of great ability. He is So
years of age, but still in the vigor of
virile and aggressive strength. His
life has been a busy one, and he is never
happy unless he is busy. had the
good fortune to serve him as a subor-
dinate for a short time when he was
postmaster-general and learned to ap-
preciate his qualities of heart as well as
brain. He was soldier during the civil
war, then studied law and has practiced
ever since. While he was postmaster
general and secretary of the interior he
performed more work than any other
two members of the cabinet. He is a
great orator, and it was largely due to
his personal efforts that the state of
Wisconsin was carried by the demo.
Gratis in 1890, with the result that he
was ClCSUSu W UuC Sclldlc ~ SuCcccu
Senator Spooner, who, by the way, was
q magnificent senator and superior
man. When l first met Senator Villas,
in 1885, he was one of the handsomest
young men l have ever known. His
hair was black, and there was not q
trace of gray in his well-trimmed beard.
His eyes are large and expressive and
his manners gentle and mild. But he is
forceful man, and of tireless energy.
Senator John Is. Gordon, of Georgia,
is now 63 years of age, but as erect, stall
wart, soldierly in appearance as when
he gallantly led the confederate soldiers
in many hard-fought battle. He has
long been the most popular man in his
state, and has the hearts OF the young
men of Georgia close pressed to his own
heart, for they almost worship him. He
was brave soldier and was eight times
wounded in battle. Gen. Lee regarded
him as one of the ablest generals, and
he commanded wing of Lees army
when That great confederate soldier sur
rendered his army to Gen. Grant. Inn
niediately thereafter Gen. Gordon re-
turned to private life and took part in
political affairs. When the democrat 8
carried Georgia in 1872 Gen. Gordon was
elected to the senate. He served two
terms, but resigned his seat and entered
upon private business. He was elected
governor of Georgia, and again elected
to the senate in 1890. He can stay in
the senate as long as he lives, for his
people delight to honor him; and he cons
fers honor upon his state nv his dist i'm
guished services. He is magnetic
orator, and as lecturer has won res
ncwn. SMITH ID. Fry.