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A SHORT TON OF COAL.
BartOn's Wrath and Perplexity and
the Explanation of the Mystery.

Barton had been buying coal by the
bushel till about week ago. Then he
got an increase in wages, and on his
way down town he stopped at the coal
office and left his order. They promised
to have it around at his place on
Thursday afternoon.
On Thursday evening when he got
home he went out to the coal sheds
that were built UP close to the alley to
feast his eyes on the goodly pile of fuel
that had that day been dumped into
the shed. AS soon as his glance rested
on the little black mound he knew he
had been cheated. His temper had al
ways been pretty prickly, and he went
back to the house fairly boiling over
with anger.
"Nettie'' said he, we've been robbed
by the coal company. Just you go out
and look in that coal shed, and if you
can see more than a half ton there I'll
eat my hat. What did you let 'em un-
load it for? Couldn't you see they
didn't bring enough? You oughtn't
have signed the receipt till you had
looked around and satisfied yourself
that everything was all straight
Il didn't sign it, she replied. THE
window and saw them, so l thought it
was no use for me to go down.
Well" he snorted II guess the Of
flee must be closed by this time, but
I'll stop there in the morning, and if l
dent give them piece of my mind I'll
know the reason why. It's a pretty
state of things when dealers can go
around defrauding poor people in that
style"
The next morning when he reached
the coal office he found the clerk stand
ing in the door.
Hello, Barton said that individual
cheerily. Sorry to disappoint you
yesterday, but our teams We're so busy
we couldn't get around to you. Have
it there to-day, though, sure pop"
All day long he thought of that half
ton of coal, and the more he thought
of it the more perplexed he became.
There was seven families living in the
house, all of whom were too poor to
buy more than three or four bushels at
a time, so he knew it could belong to
none of the tenants. The landlord was
equally guiltless of being the owner,
fer a years association with him had
given Barton to understand that al
though that worthy raked in toler-
ably fat rental each month, his parsi-
moniousness was too strongly devel-
oped to allow him to squander 81 for
such luxury as a half ton of COAL
"Tom," said his wife when he reached
home, 1--WE made a. mistake about that
ton of coal. 1t wasn't ours at all. Ours
wasn't delivered till to-day. The half
ton belonged to the landlord
'The landlord?" spluttered Tom.
"His wife got mad at him and told me
all about it," explained Mrs. Barton.
''It came from the Relief and Aid Soci-
ETY.. What do you think of that for a
man who takes in the rent from three
uses?"-Chicago Tribune.
hpendh
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dured An incident al the coronation OF
the Car in May last shows that by the
Greek Church woman is still unrelent-
inslv held as an unholy being After
the CZarina had been crowned she sat
beside the Car and participated equal
ly in all the ceremonies until it came
time for the royal pair to receive COM
munion. The Czar went into the sane
tuary. but the Czarina knelt outside, as
women are never allowed within the
Ikonostas. This is on a par with the
legend above a certain Mohammedan
temple. women, dogs, and other inn
pure animals not allowed TO enter"
Coming now to the second point raised
by our editor, "Wives be submissive to
your husbands" 1 have to state that
he limits this largely to a physical sub
mission. and on that ground thought
my article unworthy of print, an opin-
ion which. fortunately, was not shared
by any other editor in the large list that
publish these Thoughts" l must be
brief, but l will be emphatic.
He omits sin the Lord" (Col ill.,. 1S)
No one editor, nor ten thousand at
once, could convince me that tithe, Il
fraction of the degradation to which
woman is expected to submit, Is in the
Lord" l do not use the word "degra-
dation" without due thought. When
ever the grandeur and the far-reaching
influences of our various powers are lost
to sight. there is degradation.
He also omits any reference to verse
II of the same chapter. which If it
means anything must mean sanctiti-
cation of the supreme and most fateful
Of home duties.
Our editor makes st. Paul his strong
hold. Space will not permit more than
reference to the continued influenceover
Pauls mind of the rabbinical teachings
received at the foot of Gamaliel.
Though broadened out. so extraordinar-
IL that he became the Apostle TO the
Gentiles," his views and thoughts upon
women remained colored by some of the
almost childish theories of the Jewish
commentators. But the point to be
made clear and emphatic is that our
editor comes near to hypocrisy when he
drags in St Paurs words to bolster up
his theories regarding the position of
women. one long question will state
this and close the article. Are we men,
who, contrary to Jewish law permit
women to teach men in Sunday school,
and who deprive ourselves of our privi-
lege of "instructing in law" when we al
low women to train little children in
Holy Writ; are we, L say, to be mentally
biased enough to claim that certain
other rabbinical limitations regarding
women shall continue in power after we
have given a practical denial of force to
the greater number of them?
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MISDIRECTED KINDNESS.

Oh, mule, Thou sad, neglected beast,
Abused by men through all thy days;
No kind nor loving deed thou seest,
Nor hardships follow all thy ways.
Thou hast unjustly been accused
OF kicking people just for fun;
But hadst thou not been much abused
Thou woudst not cruel things have done
Thy heart with kindness is rife
Though thou hast very seldom heard,
In all thy dreary, toilsome life,
A friendly, love-inspiring word.
But / to thee will be a friend,
No wrong shall meet thee from my hand
Thy goodness shall my tongue commend;
Not mine to cudgel nor command.
And so upon thy battered hide
! lay a hand, of i'll bereft-
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TROUBLE AT THE JUMPERS.
The Girl and the rlaster of the House
Have a Misunderstanding.

Mr.. Juniper was away from home
for a week last month, and during his
absence Mrs. Juniper engaged new
servant girl-a great, raw-bOned, high
tempered Amazon, who had muscle
enough to have made her eligible to the
position of baggage srnasher at union
railway station.
Mrs Juniper went out one afternoon
and said to the new girl before star
ing:
do not admit any reddlers or agents
or strangers of any kind while 1 am
away"
mo, ma am said Julia.
Half an hour later Mr.. Juniper ar
rived. and having left his latchkey at
home, rang the bell. Julia appeared.
What do yeez want?" she asked.
Want girl? Well, now 1 like that"
j"Begorry. an yen lo;ke it less if yeez
try to put fut into this house. Be off
wild ye."
BE Off"
That's phwat OF said, an Oh name
it,"
See here, you brazen-
"Phwat?" shrieked Julia. Eye red
whiskered, red headed oul tramp, Do
yeez tink Oi'll be called names be the
lo:ke av yei Oil not lave bone in
yer scrawny little body an ye'll shape
this noight in de jug for thryin' to
break in inter a private risidince."
She grasped Juniper, and when po-
liceman separated them, ten minutes
later, Juniper had gotten good deal
the worst of it and was screeching for
help. Julia went into the house to pack
her trunk.
"Oi couldn't be hoired to live in de
same house wild do loikes av 'em!" she
said, shaking her brawny fist at Juni-
rer as she went up the front steps,
Detroit Free Press.
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THE committee of inquiry that was
voted for at the last General Assembly
and appointed by the Moderator. was
one that commanded the respect of the
whole church and was fully justified by
the result. 1t is not forestalling any
fuller statement of the conclusions by
the committee ITSELF says the New
York Evangelist" Pres), g to say here
that it's judgment vindicates the boards
and confirms the church in it's fullest
confidence. Our church trusts are tri-
umphant, but may not the very appoint
ment of such a committee to some de-
gree leave behind it a feeling of dis
trust? Here we touch the tender point
in all such Investigations The exercise
of a right to inquire is a delicate mat
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spection," it may be set down that he
is talking through his headgear

spection," it may be set down that he
is talking through his headgear.
DISCREDITING INTELLIGENCE
Napa Register: Bob Ferral discred-
its the common intelligence of common
people if he thinks to persuade them
that this campaign is one in which
the millionaires and money changers
are on the one side and the poor down
trodden farmers are on the other. The
combined wealth of twenty-five of
the leading silver mine owners of the
country who either in person or
through their agents have been active
in shaping the Is to | plank in the
various party platforms is estimated
at So41 10000 And Sewall, the DEM
ocratic nominee for Vice-President is
worth clear S6,000,000. Talk about
syndicates, millionaires, money chang
ers, monopolistsi Where are they to be
found If not behind this 10 to 1-inde
pendent of any other nation-proposi-
ton?
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An Example.

You will kindly give us an example
of the general law of averages, Mr.
Peabody" said the professor of mathe-
Elatics, after his lecture on the doctrine
OF chances.
"Um-why-theres the speed of the
telegraph and the lack of it in the mes
senger who delivers it, said Peabody,
in vague, hesitating way.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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ter. 1t should be intrusted only to men
who have the gentleness of wisdom.
One who comes with an air of suspicion
is very likely to find some trifie to con-
firm it. Nor does the habit of suspicion
stop with the brief season of public ses-
Sions. The press and the pamphlet per-
petuate the misery. Far and wide fly
these hints of underlying mischief. these
charges of mismanagement With a
swiftness OF which suspicion alone is
capable, the fatal influence spreads till
the infection gets hold and heroic reme-
dies are required. That is one thing
to be held up for reprobation. Distrust
of our brethren has crept in to work
evil in many ways. Some have encour-
aged it on the plea of purifying the faith
and some to purge the finances. One
distrust has bred another, and trial
for heresy is followed by a trial for
business incompetency. 1t is time to
repent of our sins and ask God to send
us once more an era of charity; to grow
in all hearts the grace of confidence in
our brethren
"Credulity run mad is the condition of
many religiously incredulous," SAYS the
christian Leader" OUniv) of Boston.
They will not accept as authoritative
any of the statements of the church. or
even of the Scriptures, but they pros
trate themselves at the feet of news
paper wisdom. A statement is unques-
toned if shown in the columns of the
daily paper; all argument is silenced by
this up-todate testimony Yet as q
matter of fact there is no greater evil
in the world than the irresponsible
press. An instance: In one of the great
representative dailies of the country
there recently appeared news item of
about fifty lines containing eleven state
ments of alleged facts: ten of the eleven
We're absolutely and entirely false. yet
two hundred thousand people read the
item as an authoritative announcement
Political and sporting news is pub
lished not to give the facts, but in the
interest of some person or party. The
paper may flatter itself that all that it
publishes is true, but ii leaves out other
truths that modify those published. An
editorial which is the creation of one
man, and represents his judgment, arro-
gates to itself the weight of it's entire
circulation, and men bow down with
what under other circumstances would
be put down as blind superstition.
Where is the credulity? In accepting
the evanescent statement of the news
paper, which is supplanted by another
twenty four hours later, or pausing rev.
erently at the statement that has en-
dured the criticism of eighteen centur-
ies?"
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Ontfcfan.

F. de Wolfe Hennah, at Masonic Tenn
pie. Office hours, 9 to l. > to >; Sundays,
o to II. Examination and consultation
free.
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The width of the Suez Canal is S25
feet
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'The Monthly illustrator and Home
and Country (66 Center street, New
York; is at hand for August. 1t is very
freely and handsomely Illuminated with
engravings. Four complete stories ap-
pear. AN American Artist in Paris
is by Clara McChesney; a paper on
Whist and it's masters is by r. F. Foster,
and a paper on stephen Cranes Col
lege Days is by Clarence Loomis
Peasler There are numerous other at
tractive features
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by Hugh M. Eaton on "Puvis de Chav-
annes, President of the leading art as
sociation of Paris at this time.
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'The Penny Magazine" for September
(Philadelphia) has the complete novel
cite, THE Vocal Nocturne," by Her
bert D. Ward, Swing Low Sweet Char
iot," by Myrtle Reed, when the Gar
is Crowned" by Francis Aymar
Mathews, IF a Woman WILL by jean
nette Benton, Through a Glass Dark
ly," by Melville Phillips.
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An interesting coincidence, or an ex-
ample of mental telegraphy, is that
just at the time when Professor Roent-
gen was perfecting his discovery of the
y rays, but before the results were
made known there was published in
Stella" by Charles S. Hinton, a ro-
nance, the plot of which was based on
the fact of the permeability of the hui
man body to rays of light. Stella
was published in November of 1895
and ii was not until some months later
that the condition stated in the book
and seemingly SO far beyond any like
lihood of conjecture, became a scien-
tific and demonstrable piece of knowl-
edge.
'Spalding's' Home Library" for July
was devoted to Lotto by Miss A. Howard
Cady. 1t contains brief history of the
origin of the game with a few notes
and anecdotes in connection with it and
full description of how to play it, Is
fully illustrated. (American Sports Pub
fishing Company, New York;
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prank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
co,S.ar,her New York; is at hand. 1t
=. ,,e,-,1 ,,,ofusely illustrated. and is re-
.-..rl-atlv strong in its variety of mat
80 ,rbicb addresses all clean tastes,
- ,s Of an elevating ad very helpful
a,,aracter A notable paper with many
,,e,,.traits Is Colonial Danes and Their
Ra,,ab,ars,, another the second paper
.s5,a,aya1 Lee at Gettysburg" with
oa ecan,nanying article of ''Recollec-
-. a.. of 7 90 by one of his staff officers.
..,,,,.e a,r,., TTn,ted states Light House Estab-
,.l,o,tn ;s a very entertaining and
,Hea.,,,o article. There are stories,
lll.os e,.s sletches. boys and girls depart
poe Lent paper on THE Nuremburg of
~ Master-Singers," and an art paper
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.s,rba Coast Review" (San Francisco
for August is as usual with that crisp
and vigorous magazine Oh iInahce ana
insurance, full of matter OF interest," 10
underwriters and investors. me He-
view in this number taxes a poid po-
sition against the free coinage OF SILVER
policy of the Bryan Democrats ana
the Populists.
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"Macmillan's Magazine" for August
Macmillan & Co., London and New
York; has these articles: ''The Secret
of Saint Florel," "A Prince of Wales" "
"Rahel Levin and Her Times" THE
Long Vacation Shall We Return to
the Land?" An Execution in India" 3"
"On the Antiquity of Tobacco -Smok-
ing The Story of His Life" THE
Red Deer of New Zealand" In Lord s
Pavilion
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",rhe Book Buyer" for August (Chas.
cerihner's Sons, New York; has a sketch
80 william Winter, the dramatic critic.
Itch a fine profile portrait of that dis
tinguished journalistic writer There
are portraits also of Sir Walter Besant,
Robert W. Chambers. William Black.
Lillian Bell, Chester Bailey, Fernand and
Friedrich Nietzsche. The literary mat
ter is of high character and varied in
terest.
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With the number for July, 1896 the
tenth volume of the "Quarterly Journal
OF Economics is brought to a close. An
index of writer's and subjects for the
series thus closed has accordingly been
prepared for the convenience of sub
scribers, and for the greater ease of
consultation by students. A copy is at
hand and it proves to be of exceeding
value as an open sesame to the riches
of the series of this review. George II.
Ellis, publisher, Boston.
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Tulare Register: 1t is well to attach
not too much Importance to somebody s
opinion as TO how this or that State is
going by 'an overwhelming majority
The various committees are getting re-
ports each through it's own partisans
and everything is reported as going
our way" and "our way" means the
way of the committee to whom the re-
port is made. Whenever a man spends
a day or two in a State and then bases
an opinion upon his own careful in
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
LOCAL BREVITIEs.
Matter. OF Minor Moment In anil About
fhe Eifr.

Matter, or Minor Moment In anil About
tho CITY.
Both theatres are dark the first three
days OF the week.
Special meeting Of the city board OF
education this evening.
Ex-shcrifr Louis Steenrod left yester-
day for ST. Louis, by way OF the Penn
sylvnnia lines.
The American vaudeville company
has closed three nights engagement
at the pythlan Castle
The Railway Mems Club meets to-
morrow evening in the Terminal depot
waiting rooms A full attendance OF the
membership IS desired
The Players Club leaves to-day on
Its tour OF the state. The first PERFORM
ance will be given this evening at Sis
tersvIlle. The club IL under the marriage
mcnt OF Colonel Ned Stalnaker.
The EliiIns Cadets will hold Il busi-
ness meeting this evening IN the sceond
branch council chamber, city building.
Important matters VIII b. considered
and large attendance is desired.
Mrs. DR.. J. NJ. Cooper leftson Thurs
day for a short visit to DR.. and Mrs j.
W. Cooper at Belairc, and from there
to Charleston. where she will visit her
daughter, Mrs Henry A. WIse.-Wells-
burg Herald.
Saturday. IN Clerk Hooks office the
following transfer OF real estate was re-
corded: Deed made October q, 1896. by
Andrew ]. Godfrey and wife to Mary
j. Hall and Andrew ". Hall her huS-
band, and Bella V. Mllllgan and W. ~
MlligHn, her husband, FOR Interest In
che undivided onc-lifth OF certain rcul
estate; consideration, 500.
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The attention OF the good people o!
Wheeling Is called to the unusual at.
fractions which the hospital benefit Of.
fcrs during the evenings OF this week al
Arion hall. The various items OF inter.
est will be found In this mornings In
telliSencer. Supper tickets will be fifty
cents, and will admit bearer 10 the ba-
zaar. Admission 10 bazaar wlthou;
supper ticket, will be fifteen cents. The
bazaar viii be on Tuesday and We'd
ncsday evenings. On Thursday will be
the Old Folks concert. and on Friday
the thcatrlcnls and dance. The admls.
sion to each OF these attractions Will be
flfty cents and in no case will any re-
duction be made to those holding sup.
nor Tickets t..-..-t -sr.r.
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acknowledgement



For City Clerk-John q. fensure.
At the Observation-Disclosures,
Grand Opera Housc-Slavcs OF Gold.
Opera llouse-Misa Philadelphia
Dissell Carpet Sweeper--Ne & Bro.
For SRio--N Two-St0ry Brick Dwelling.
Electric Burner Discovery OF the Cen
tury--Thlrd Page.
4 Hero OF the War-Slxth Page.
PhotOscope-!Thlrd Page.
Kinescope-Thlrd Page.
Public Salc-WilliAm Il. Simpson
Scrlbner'S History OF the United States
Tho New York Tribune-Sccond PHge.
Hardly Three Wceks-Gco. j.. Stlfel &
Co.-Thlrd Page,
Large Turkish Rockcrs-G. Ncndcl &
Co.-FIfth Page.
True Econony-Kraus Bros.-Fittt
Page.
The Question OF Correct Drcss-Thc
liub-EiIhth Page.
The Christmas spIrlt-stOnc & Thomas
Eighth Page.
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HERE AND THERE.

In the play "a Railroad Ticket"
which recently held the boards at the
Grand, appears scene In which Cl-
gar store Is offered for sale. The ublqul-
tous clerk. seeing possible purchaser
enter the store. gives signal 10 num-
Der OF his crOnhs on the outside, who
Immediately come in md participate In
mad rush 10 purchase the aromatic
essence OF nicotine The stock Is soon
depleted and years damage done TO
the cash register, which had been ring
Ing continuously since the presumed
purchasers entrance. At the conclusion
of the unprecedented rush the s;ran-
ser remarks that the business would
be too severe n task for him and walks
out. leaving the would-Dc buncoers
thcmselvca buncoed. Il now transp!res
thar Il Wheeling business man had a
similar experience In Columbus but
he fared worse. Seeing an advertise
ment OF 4 cigar store, doing flourish.
ing (?) business, which the owner could
be induced 10 part with for'a small Sum
of samolIans, the Wheeling man lnyes-
t!Eated. He saw store. apparently
well stocked with fine line OF snlok-
ers' goods. 4 never-ceaslrg line Of
customers poured In and out and made
substantial purchases. The investiga-
ton seemed to demonstrate the desira-
blllty OF the establishment as money
maker and the investigator invested
$1,000 and the store was his. When
he took an inventory, OF his stock he
found that the majority OF the boxes
were without contents, while his sales
for three weeks aggregated IS. He found
the business too enervatins and soon
closed UP the store. He is to-day In
business In Wheeling, but the cigar
business still sends SILVER down his
spine.
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SCALY crupt!ons- on the head, chan.
ped hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds
burns nre quickly cured by DcWltts
Witch Hazel Salvc. It Is at present tho
article most used for piles, and II nj.
ways cures them. Charles r. Goet2o
corner Twelfth and Market streets:
Bowie &c Co. Bridgeport; Peabody &:
Son, Norwood.
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Some OF tho best physicians who
have had their eyes examined and in.
vcstigated Professor SiSh's new scien.
Tile method OF examining the eyes and
hitting glasses without use OF drurs
ana making tho patient blind for n
week. or having them look at charts.
etc. or In my way depend upon tho
patient, Is wonderful and the only nb-
solntc correct way for examining tho
eyes Tor glasses. professor Shelf can be
free ut lilo Main street. go
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The exclusive announcement In Sat-
urday's Intelligcnccr that the Natural
Gas Company of West Virginia had sue
ccedeG In making arrangements with
the Wheeling Natural Gas Company
whereby the latter sells gas TO the for
;ner, and ending for good and all the
late distressing scarcity oil Eas for do
mestic consumption. was received with
pleasure by the general public, or AZ
lcaast by the large proportion OF the
public which uses gas. In this connec-
ton, n business man asks whether a
reduction Of the price OF gas is now In
order. He puts It this way:
"rhe Natural Gas Company OF West
Virginia now gets whnt gas II needs
from the Wheeling company, which has
all the gas It needs and some TO spare.
Some OF the Wheeling company's con-
sumcrs pay that company six cents a
thousand for the gas. Now the West
Virginia company turns around and
sells that samc gas for eighteen cents
net. Isn't twelve cents thousand a
pretty good profit when YOU consider
that six cents Is the entire cost of the
gas?"
The gentleman Is probably wrong
when he assumes that tho West Virgin
In company gets the Wheeling compa-
nys product at six cents. The West
Virginia company was In the hole, to
use n slang expression. and 1t IL not
likely that the Wheeling company con-
scented to help It out without Itself shnr-
ing In some OF the profit. Assur"dly 1t
would have been n poor business move
TO have given the West virginia compa-
ny the advantages or the great Cameron
field without Il substantial rcmunera-
Hon