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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-08

To items of great interest-muslln
lWO Underwear and Cambria EN-
broideries. Hundreds OF women arc
daily taking advantage OF our great
0't'' use" GEO. NJ. SHOOK & co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-08

Last night lace curtain in the resi-
dence OF Sam Sloan, on Jacob street be-
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-08

WITH little cnrs ynu hive more Linens
for 81 90 thnn usually for - o. BUY ut
StIfel q Co = to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-08

EWING BROS. reduce prices for 90
days TO reduce stock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-08

OUR loss Ia your gain. Hundreds OF
piecss of SIlkH and Dress Goods TO DO sold.
Must be sold at onoe. -1o,,.s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-08

DR.. Miles Pain RUS atop IIcadacho,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

perature Of the body after death and
also to ocular tension. The gradual
cooling of the body is considered one
of the surest signs OF death, and
yet the GOODNESS of collapse that fol-
lows supposed drowning is frequently
mistaken for the poStmortem cooling.
Ocular tension has been regarded as
a certain test, but in cases OF glaucoma
the tension during life is very great,
consequently after death when the ten
sion naturally relaxes glaucomatous
eye assumes the tension OF a normal
eye.
Absence of circulation is good test,
but instances are on record where peo-
pie have been restored when there was
neither pulse beat nor heart-sound and
the respiratory function almost sus-
pended by narcotic poisoning. Even
post-mortem discoloration cannot be ac-
cepted as an indication OF death, as the
same staining is frequently seen in life
| Neither can muscular contractillty
be relied on, as after death from Asiatii
cholera the contraction often appear:
in the muscles of the lower jaw ant
fiexor muscles of the forearm. Rigol
morris is not infallible, as this rigidit,
Is often assumed by cataleptics ant
those half-drowned or frozen"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
WISE SAYINGS.

The widow is not always as mournful
as she is dressed.
Like a great many thieves, Time
steals on" and cannot be arrested.
When the Office seeks the man it
is seldom his fault if it does not find
him.
Nothing pleases man so we'll as to
be asked If his eldest daughter isn't his
wife,
The Islander of some people Is as
great a recommendation as the praise
OF others.
You can always please a good man
by telling him he has devilish twinkle
in his eye.
A married woman's description of an
ideal man is a picture Of the kind
she didn't get.
The man who repents on a sickbed
and gets we'll generally backslides be-
fore he pays his doctor.
After man is married, he stops
wearing button-hole bouquets and be-
gins to wear stains on his clothes.
The second baby may weigh three
pounds more than the first without
causing half as much excitement
From the ensign. Indianapolis
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
FAIR CHINESE N. DIS.
Two Of Them Among tho Graduates 81
the University of Michigan

the UnlVefsty OF SAICuiBoA"
While come OF the Americans in the
senior medical class have been COM
PEELED to appeal to the faculty and get
special examinations at the last mo-
ment in order to get through, two Chin
csc girls in the class have finished with
a splendid record in scholarship both
with the faculty and with their Fellow
students, says the Detroit Free Press.
They are Meiyie SHE and Ida haAn'
two girls who registered from Kim
Kiang, China, and are the first Chln-
csc girls to graduate from the UNIVERSE
ty of Michigan and almost the hrst
Chinese in this country. In the fali OK
1882 four Chinese students came to Ann
Arbor, all Of them proteges OF the we'll
known American missionary, MISS
Charlotte Have, in her mission school
at Kin-Kiang, in the province Oh
Kiang-Si, China. Two OF them were
the girls above named and the other
two were boys-Taiyen Chico, now
sophomore lit, and Yung Ping Cheng'
sophomore medic. The girls had been
prepared by Miss Have, beginning be-
| fore the boys did, and were ready TO
enter the medical department at once
even to the Latin requirements, while
| the boys went back and took two years
OF preparatory work in the Ann Arbor
high school. Taiyen Chico graduating
from the Latin course and Yung Ping
| Cheng from the scientific course In
1894. The history Of these four Is very
interesting, though rather hard to OBJ
tain, as they live by themselves and
have few close friends among the stu
dents, though they are on intimate
terms in many households OF churcn
people in this city. Yung Ping Cheng
and Meiyie SHE are orphans, the latter
coming from the province OF Canton
while the three others are from
kiang-Si. Miss Have found in them her
most apt pupils and determined to nj
them in the best possible manner tC
aid their countrymen, so she mas mann
tanned them here by her own means IN
order to educate them to be medical
missionaries. The two girls Will re-
turn to China very soon now and take
up this work among their own people
as workers with the Methodist Episco-
pal missionary forces. In two years
too, Yung Ping Cheng will be ready to
follow this field Of work, but Taiyen
Chico has changed his plans since com
ing to this country. He wants to be
Chinese professor some day and this Is
what made him enter the literary in
stead of the medical department.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
WHAT is FATlCUE2
There Il a Degree of Physical WEAKNESS
Which Is Dangerous.

Fatigue is the natural result OF labor
and as such is periodic symptom with
which every healthy person is familiar,
says the Youths Companion. 1t is one
of the laws Of organic life that periods
of relaxation shall succeed periods OF
activity. The heart itself is normally
in repose for about one-third of the
time consumed by each beat-a fact in
which there is something particularly
suggestive and interesting, since physi-
ologists agree that about one-third OF
the twenty-four should be devoted to
sleep. Life is made up of series OF
vibrations in which tension and rest
succeed each other. The heart vibrates
about seventy times a minute; the vi
brations of the respiratory organs oc-
| cur about sixteen times in the same
period; while the vibrations of the
whole organism may be said to COM
| plete their circle once in twenty-four
hours. Abnormal fatigue, state ap-
preaching exhaustion, occurs when one
attempts to alter natures rhythm,
when the hours Of tension are made to
| enCrOdc0 upon luOSe WHICH 6uOuIu Uc
devoted to rest, when muscle and nerve
already fatigued are driven to further
exertion. Fatigue of kind known as
entertaining results, in the case Of the
athlete. in heart weakness and short
ness of breath-''loss of wind" as it is
called while the long fatigue
occasioned by excessive application to
professional or business pursuits re-
suits in nervous prostration or even in
paralysis. While excessive fatigue is
in itself unwise one of the chief dan
gers which result from it is that com.
monty indicated by the term catching
cold" Thus the danger of sitting in q
draft or on the damp ground is many
times doubled after great exertion. The
application Of heat to the surface is 6
more logical procedure after extreme
fatigue. Loss of sleep is one of the frs
symptoms of abnormal fatigue. Ha
bitual insomnia from this cause Is t.
be treated in only one way, by absolut,
rest.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

halfway sure that life was extinct can
now have relief.
DR.. Carl L. Barnes Of Chicago has
made a discovery-an X-ray discovery
by which the presence OF death can
be readily detected. says Chicago News.
DR.. Barnes based his experiments on
the fact that dead hand held before a
lamp does not transmit ordinary rays
Of light, though they readily pass
through the hand of the living. The
latter is LUMINOSITY red, the former
dark and Opaque. This radiation is
scientifically explained on the theory
OF refraction and the blood corpuscles.
The red corpuscles are bi-concave disks
which have highly refractory powers in
life. rendering 1t possible for light to
penetrate the structure. Acting upon
this theory he made practical demon
stration few weeks ago in his iabora-
tory in this city. A sciagraph of a dead
hand and living hand was taken on
the same plate. The two hands, that
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
Not to Walk In.

An American in England. who had
bought a pair Of shoes of q fashionable
dealer, carried them back soon with a
protest.
Look here!" he said. "I've had
these shoes only two weeks and they
are completely out Of shape and the
leather is giving away in two places"
The Englishman looked at the shoes
an instant. Dear me! dear mew he
said, "you have been walking in those
shoes? That's 1t. sir! Our shoes are
made only for carriage people, sir!'
And the dealer loftily moved the
American out of the shop.-Canadian
Shoe and Leather Journal.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
HERE AND THERE.

Brussels contains a clock winch
wound up by the wind, and never "
human hands. Il
France has more money In circuS
ton in proportion to its population W.
any other country. Il
Moscow's calamity will cost the W
perial exchequer 100000 rubles.
number Of persons killed in the CIV
is said to be 4,500.
The expense of heating a LonaS
theater, the Vaudeville, by electi'clsl
using storage batteries connected w..
radiators, is said to have been
than 70 cents an hour. u
Bicycles seem to have taken the p'A
If brass candlesticks for wedding pr.
ents in England. Princess MAUI
Wales is said to have recei'eu "
dozen of them already. I'D
Il is recommended that ever! "|
boat carried by ships should Nc Sl
vided with bottle OF citric aciu' WI
nrecipitates chloride of sodium, anu /
is said, converts sea water lh'o
atable drink.
Berlin, having determined to p..s
a seaport like Paris and Mancnes's .s,]
now debating whether its ou'le' ~
be Stettin and the Oder. when w NV,
the deepening of the Oder-spree Co..
or Hamburg and the Elbe. "A
The Japanese are keeping up
the discoveries of science. A ser
16 reproductions of photographs -,
tanned by means Of the Roentse u. y,
has been issued by Profs, T. To- =.
guchi and T. Mizuno OF TOXIC uA
sity. ,,,o,
| Father Quandel. the new auuU'
the great Benedictine monas'', .ar
Monte Casino. was formerly ah O
In the Neapolitan army, having f. /
the rank of colonel at the time y. \
siege of Gasta. After the fall VI
9ourbons he became a monk.
An English bicyclist. hauied =. IA
fore the Leeds p.iice court iof -
without light. 2leaded thal ~
moonlight and thsfe was no n ,,.sa
one. The magistrate was incii LID
accept the excuse. but finaii! ~.
! 10 f,ne him ~ cents. including
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

The machinery Of the big mill stop
ped with a sudden and horrible jar and
jerk and the workmen pulled out the
crushed and bleeding form of one who
was a stranger to them all.
Are you badly hurt?" inquired one.
Il fear am" groaned the unknown.
II am dying"
"Shall we send for your friends?
Quick, tell US your name"
"Oh. never mind" he answered. II
am all alone in the world and my name
doesn't matter. Just say that I died
incog." And a grim smile illumined
his face as the spirit of the profession
al humorist took its fight with his last
supreme effort.-Judge.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

The sidewalk debater had gathered
very considerable crowd and had
brought all his powers Of eloQuence to
bear on the financial question. He was
a man of extreme ideas, and Farmer
Corntossel wiped the perspiration from
his brow, cleared his throat and said:
Mister, would yer mind kiner sayin'
somethin right slow SOS my intelleck
kin grab hold, so ter speak,"
"On what point?"
do l understand you ter say that
the guv'ment kin, by merely putin
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
BETRAYED ET PLJN PuD3,r,
Burglar Who Fo-.ot .;u.,nes. in u..
q! ON.

OF ON.
The English are proud Of tha
watchdogs and it is known tina, MAJ.
farmers rely upon the cackle OF thu,
guinea hens for the protection of tho.
hen roosts, but in addition 10 all ,h,,
England has just afforded an examol.
of the safeguarding qualities Of pp,
pudding, says a London corresponds.
Of Paris Temps. This unexpected dan
onstration took place in a house on u.
Portsdown road, in the Maidavale GUAR.
ter Of London, belonging to Mr.. Pr,
ton. a surgeon in the navy. At abom
$50 o'clock in the evening a burpl,,
got into the house through the celia,
by breaking the lock of the kitchs,
door. This burglar was George Donn
van. He knew that the house wa
empty. The members OF the famil,
we're at the theater and the servant,
took advantage Of their absence to n
on a vacation for few hours. FavorA
by these circumstances, Donovan hal
little trouble in reaching the dinina
room. There an enchanting spectach
was presented to his eyes. Hina
poet tells us the story OF the brigand
of Delhi, who, at the moment when NJ
was about to cut hole in the wall d
a house to get in and commit robben
hesitated whether he would cut il in
the form of Tyre or Of flower Or u
a bird. George Donovan was not sh
uhoA hv orti cti
tons. He noticed on the table splep.
did plum pudding, something that BE-
| hadn't tasted for a long time. So III
sat down in front of the national dish
cut huge slice of it and sailed in. Thai
pudding was delicious. Like Raggles
| Donovan struck it rich. He cut slice
after slice, but unfortunately for hin|
a plum pudding is not possessed Of ths|
light quality that belongs to French
| pastry. Soon the burglar got thirsty|
and. in search for something to drink
/ he discovered a bottle of Scotch whis.
ky, his favorite beverage. He remained
at the table enjoying himself thorough.
ly for about an hour. Soon he became
ohlivious of his professional duties
In fact, he didn't know where he wa,
SO he threw himself on the luxuriCl
carpet and went to sleep with an un
ruffled conscience. At about midnight
he was found there and was reused up
by a policeman, who had been called
in. He admitted without hesitation biz
object, but he was loud in his praise Of
that pudding. Addressing Surgeon
Preston, he said he would like to know
if that pudding was made in the house
or in some confectionery establishment
because, he said, he never before had
tasted anything so delicious and be
wanted to taste it again, He was "a
ken before police justice Of Mary.
lebone, who committed him for trial
"All right, judge" he said, but, all
the same, that was fine pudding and
drst-ratt whisky"
Judge Plowden, who is somewhat
; a humor made a funny speech, glc
rifying the English plum pudding
: which, as he said, not only Furnishes h
, imprudent with indigestion, but also
, as this case plainly showed, protect
the fireside and knocks out burglars.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

NJ mr. Barnes and one where the arm
had been amputated at the elbow, were
laid side by side on platehoider "n'ch
held the sensitized bit Of glass.
The marvellous mechanism was set IN
motion and the powerful light focused
mi, on the two objects. After an ex-
posure Of fifteen minutes the plate was
carefully developed and the result
nroyed TO the doctors profound salts
faction the unmistakable difference be-
tween dead and living flesh. The bones
Of both hands were about equally well
defined, but the soft parts OF the DEAD
hand were noticeably darker, whlcn
marks the difference between dead us
sues and living tissues. Even under
tho present crude conditions the expert
can readily distinguish between the
two. However, the sciagraph does not
give as good results as the horoscope
and other instruments recently IN
vented to examine tissues with the
naked eye unless the subject has been
dead for several hours. If the sciagraph
ia taken within a few hours after death
,ha hands will be alike, but as the
change in the tissues begins to take
Mace then the X-rays will show de-
c,ded difference in penetration.
lone of the first constituents OF the
human body to undergo decomposition
after DEATH" said the doctor, lis the
blood. then follows the intestines
trachea, brain. muscles. etc. All OF this
will take place in many cases within
few hours after death. The natural ten
dency of all this decomposition Is &c
liouify the tissues. thus permitting the
X-rays to penetrate them more readily
than in a subject more recently deaf
where such decomposition has not com
menced. But the experiment is dis
tiuct success and is Of vital Importance
no. only to physicians and undertaken
but to humanity in general. for In
| grained in every soul is latent horro
of being buried alive. Hitherto al
signs Of death have their exceptions
Even putrefaction often appears In liv
ing bodies, and in order to be regards
as an infallible sign Of death 1t must b
general. owing to the difference IN tn
chemical composition Of bodies. Tn
latest theories regarding positive sign
Of death have been advanced by FOL
siguers and relate chiefly to the ten
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

that his injury was received just as he
said It was. The officer then went to
the Molten home, and for days sought
In vain for some clue. Thence he went
on a fruitIess search for young Writ.
and after months OF work abandoned
the case a6 hopeless one. Bob came
home and acted with the doctor, to
whom he took a great liking, but at
length yielded to encouragement.
All at once the young friends OF the
doctor who called at his office were
itualism. He talked persistently OF the
wonderful phenomena proving individ-
ual spirit presence and communication;
Of modern mediumship having COM
munion with the departed, lifting the
mist OF obscurty to expose alike the
motives and hidden deeds OF men.
When the doctor went 80 far as to
arrange for seance there was gen.
eral suspicion that his mental powers
had succumbed to some weakening in
fiuence, but curiosity was sufficient to
secure as large an attendance as he de-
| sired. He insisted on the presence OF
Eph, his surly man Of all work, for
whom the black drapings and darken-
| ed room had fascination as we'll as
| terror. After there had been softened
| strains Of music, weird sounds as OF
passing wings and unaccountable rap
pings, the doctor had pretended con-
versation with the shades of departed
relatives and then notified Eph that his
former master from Alabama wanted
to talk with him. With chattering
teeth Eph stood up to receive a clam
my hand in his and then went down
upon his knees.
In a deep voice the spiritual pres
ence" recalled some Of the memories
Of other days and then in fearful tones
said: But, Eph, you've gone wrong
since we parted. You're a thief and q
murderer"
Johnson done kill ole Tom when he
tried to stop US. 1t was dat rapscallion
Johnson dat got me into 1t. Use gwine
to TESS it all, massa, an get forgib.
ness"
And he did even to where the plum
der and Johnson were to be found
Then the doctor ceased to be a spirit
ualist and told his story. Examining
the handkerchief mask months after
the tragedy he had found in 1t few
hairs from some ones mustache OF
beard. Eph being present, the doctor
amused himself by telling how with thu
aid OF microscope he could examine
. the roots OF the hair, compare then
, with those taken from the faces OF sus
pected persons and thus run down thu
murderer. Eph did not show up abou
the Office that day, and next appeared
with clearly shaven face, giving
, reasons for this remarkable change 81
frequently that light suddenly dawn
ed upon the doctor. 1t was useless t
, accuse upon such evidence and the doc
tor. knowing the dense superstition O
the old darkey, played upon 1t witt
, the result noted.
Writ was at last found in a lunati
, asylum. fact not surprising to thos
, who knew him we'll, for his mental an
, nervous condition had deprived him o
. all ability to work and sent him out II
0 search Of health. The culprits wer
3 convicted and the next great event a
the mansion was . wedding.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

A man was standing quietly at SD
street and Broadway the other day OBJ
serving the passing throng. Sudden
ly he gave yell of pain and began hop
ping about in a wild manner. The
man quickly pulled OF his coat and
cried: "A piece Of hot coal has fallen
down my back" Several persons came
to his assistance and after they got
of his collar pulled out a burning
cigarette stump from underneath his
shirt. Some one had thrown it from
the elevated railroad station. New
York Exchange.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
KILLED BY A CRUEL BLOW.

KILLED BY A CRUEL BLOW.
Doctor by some occult subtlety that SO
long as the tragedy Of the mansion re-
nained unexplained his suit would be
. hopeless one.
Promptly he went at the task thus
assigned him. The two burglars had
Done their work In the dark and with
cut noise save muttered curses when
cid Mr. Molten made vigorous resist
ance. Two women servants who had
been with the family for years slept in
he wing and heard nothing. Henry
Writ, a college friend Of her brother
Bob. now completing in Europe. had
arrived the day before on his wheel,
% he was riding over the country for
his health. He had been shown to his
room at 10 o'clock the night previous.
but his bed had not been occupied, and
nothing had been learned of him since.
Il saw the young man when calling
n your mother yesterday" interrupted
tho doctor, land did not like his looks.
There was certainly something wrong
with his mind or his conscience. and he
may have been an impostor.
"That ia not possible. know him at
snce from Bob's frequent descriptions.
You will be wise to leave him out OF
your calculations. But there Is one
ching that may help In this search.
when one Of the men was trying 10
sscure my wrists bit him in the hand
and am confident left q mark"
Az the doctor walked to the barn for
Ais horse he found under the bushes
handkerchief that had evidently been
used as q mask. for 1t was knotted at
the corners and Sits had been cut for
he eyes. There were no initials Or
ether distinguishing marks. but he
Dushed 1t in his pocket, and was soon
kurrying homeward almost as fast as
70 had dashed over the same road q
few hours before. His haste was due
10 the fact that late the night previous
he had dressed the hand Of a man who
represented that 1t had been bitten In
n eight. A circus had been showing
sAere. and this fellow said he was q
sanyasman. The doctor at once tele'
srsphed the shrewdest detective in thu
etate to meet him at the town wher'
~ show next appeared. There wa
10 trouble In finding the wounded man
bat the evidence was overwhelming
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22

its stamp onter any ole thing at all,
make money of it,"
Yes"
AN that'll give it value?"
Certainly"
"Wall, then, it's a durn shame, an
I'm goin' right over ter Seckretary
Morton an enter protest. Ell the gov
eminent kin perduce value by Jest
writin' on piece O. paper they amt
no reason under the sun. ez kin see,
why it shouldn' perduce cold weather
by hangin' out the blizzard flag. The
principle is exackly the same, an the
fack tibet 1t amt been done is only
another reminder of the reckless way
this country wastes its opportunities"
Washington Star.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-22
Both,

He-"Then you can never be miner"
She Impatient for him to go)-"Have
| not refused you sufficient number of
times?" He-"But you will at least
take an interest in my welfare?" She
dosing her temper)--"Yes, and In your
welfare, too."-Cleveland Leader.