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match; the violet grows under the oaks
shade. ] chose the ma gnola and the
violet. Your friend,
Katie Welsh.
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NEW HAPPYHAMMERS
EDUCATION.

Total number of IIappyhammcrs 4 70
The herald., 1896-02-02
RESERVE BLEEDING TO BUY BONDS

The statement is published that
treasury officials are "much disturbed"
because prospective bond purchasers
evidently intend indirectly to take
from the reserve the gold required to
pay for the bonds.
The officials may be disturbed by
evidences of such intention that have
come to their knowledge. but surely
they cannot be very much surprised.
They know how it has been heretofore,
when bonds have been offered to the
general public, and they can hardly be
astonished to find that what has hap
The herald., 1896-02-02

bids of those who buy this gold? 1t
| Is doubtful, to say the least.
| Probably the business of taking gold
! from the treasury to pay for bonds has
not been carried on to any very great
extent thus far No man can be sure
that his bid will be accepted unless he
puts it so high that he cannot afford to
pay premium for gold, or for shipping
1t abroad and home again. There may
be something of this going on to raise
the gold for the first payments of 20
per cent. But after the bds have been
accepted and the first payments made
there is nothing to prevent the sue
cessful bidders from taking the gold
from the treasury to pay the remain
ing 50 per cent. The popular loan may
be success in the sense that all the
bonds will be taken at some price and
paid for in gold, but there IL as yet no
certainty that it will be success as to
it's mcin purpose Of strengthening the
gold reserve.
All this uncertainty lends force to
the arguments of the president and the
secretary of the taeasury for radical
reform of our currency system. 1t
ought to be plain to every man OF aver
age intelligence that there must be
something rotten in system which
makes it necessary for the government
to borrow hundreds of millions of gold
coin to maintain the parity OF its
paper and silver-asystem under which
individuals find profit in paying q
premium for gold to lend the govern
ment and to be paid out by it at par.
In other words, there must he some
thing rotten in system under which
tie government has to borrow hun
dreds of millions of gold with which to
redeem at par it's notes which are at a
discount in the market.
With this rottenness so plainly ex-
posed the wonder is that the necessity
for finally extinguishing the govern
ment's discredited paper is not obvious
to everyone who gives the matter any
thought.-Chicsgo Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-02-02

tracted much interest among his pro-
fessional brethren. He was naval at
tachs abroad during Cleveiand's first
administration, and he has thoroughly
familiarizsd himself with foreign naval
methods.
The greatest fighting ship in the feet
is the bsttleship Indiana, commanded
by "Fighting Bob" Evans, Or. as he is
officially known, Captain Robley d.
Evans. General Nelson d. Miles once
said at banquet in q semi-humorous
speech: "The two ugliest men in the
United States service are its two most
courageous men-Captain William
Wallace Of the army and Captain
Evans of the navy"
Fighting Bob" has halt in his
walk. The lower part of his left leg is
badly twisted backward, the result of
wounded knee received during the
etcrming of Fort Fisher. He was then
a midshipman, and had been graduated
from the naval academy one year ahead
of his time. When the sailors and
marines had landed a storming party
OF about one hundred men was told off
and volunteers asked for to leed it.
Four stepped forward. Among them
WAS Evans. They tossed a coin for the
perilous honor, and Evans won. He
was the fret to mount the scaling lad
der, but when he reached the parapet a
shot struck him in the knee and be
fell inside the rebel works, a bleeding
captive. The next day Fort Fisher fell
and the young MILDLY was recsptured.
He was subsequently, placed on the re-
tired list, bnt pleading for active SER
vics, a joint resolution was passed by
both houses of congress restoring him
to the active list, and exempting him
forever from physical examination as
to disability. He is the only officer in
the navy who has been thus honored.
The Indiana compares favora oily with
any warship the world over. She has
displacement Of 1921 tons, 5000
horse power and e speed of sixteen
knots. She carries very heavy bat
The herald., 1896-02-02

terry, four II and four 13-inch r. L..
rifles. mounted in pairs in two TURF t.,
eight S-inch rifles, four six-iuch rifles
and twanty-f TIT quick-firing guns of all
calibers. The projectiles of her 13-inch
guns weigh nearly 1000 pounds and
powder 800.
The New York, the flagship, at
tracted much avorable.com ment at the
naval display during tine KEEL canal fes-
Invites last June She is $3.50 tons dis
placement, has lc 500 horse over and
maximum speed Of twenty-one knots.
She is one of the finest vessels of her
| class in thu world. She carries six s.
inch rifles, twelve 4-inch rapid fire rifles
and sixteen quick-tiriug guns of all
-, calibers-thirty-si guns in all.
| The armored cruiser Maine comes
A.. next to the New York in fighting Ca
pacity. She is 664S tons displacement,
| 5000 horse power and speed of eight
cen knots. She carries four 10.inch
rfisG in turrets, six 6-inch rifles and
! twenty quick-tiring guns, making thirty
guns in all
The Columbia is the pride Of the
navy, as she is thu swiftest war vessel
OF her size 10 the world, having speed
of twenty-five knots. As commerce
| destroyer she is reg Arded as invincible.
She was not meant to tackle the big
war ships of other nations, and for that
| reason her main battery is light, while
her secondary battery is unusually
strong. She has but on, S.inch rifle,
two 6-inch and eight 4-inch rapidfire
but she has twenty little quick-fire
, pieces. She is 1900 tons displacement
and has 81 900 horse power.
ID -. :-sl, ;oA.
ships. Each is 5000 tons displacement,
| 10000 horse power and has speed of
nineteen knots. They carry each one
6-inch rifle. ten 4.inch rifles and eight
| quick firing guns-niueteen guns in
ELL
The Montgomery is 20O0 tons dis
placement and has speed of eighteen
knots. She carries two 6-inch rifles.
/ four 4-inch rapid-flre rifles and nine
, quick-f1re guns-fifteen anus in all.
This makes total of 19l guns of all
sizes, and when the guns of the Marble
head and San Francisco, now in
! European waters, are added, the num-
/ Der will be increased to $50.
Great secrecy marks the movements
Of the fleet, and until it reached
European waters no one. not even the
! officers of the ships, would know what
the nature of the work might be. 1t is
| quite certein that if orders are given
to co lect the money, no time will be
! wasted in the senseless formalities
which marked the action of the
European powers gathered in the Bos-
phorus for the protection OF the Ar
menians. That the sultan cares little
| for American opinion was recently
shown by his refusal to allow the Red
Gross society to administer to the
starving multitudes in the devastated
| districts.
The herald., 1896-02-02

pened is likely to happen again. The
people of the United States are
patriotic, but they do not regard the
government OF the United States as an
object OF charity or special forbear-
ance. They know that it ia able to pay
for what it gets, and when it goes into
the market for gold most OF those who
have or can get that article to sell are
disposed to get what they can for it,
Bankers as class are not more that
way inclined than other people. They
ara rather more likely to conform to
the wishes of thu government, because
they have special reasons Tor taking Il
lively interest in the maintenance of
monetary stability.
The further statemsnt is published
that treasury officials made it known
among bankers and others that where
gold was drawn from the treasury for
purposes other than export steps would
he taken TO keep track of it, and that
, when it was found it was to be nsed in
paying for bonds the bids of the per-
sons offending would be rejected.
Since then a suspicion has arisen
among the officials that much of the
god taken nomineily for export is
merely shipped out to be shipped back
and used by shippers in payment for
bonds.
Such may be the case to some ex-
tent, but it may not be necessary to re-
sort to this subterfuge. It is under
stood that persons, presumed to be
intending bidders for bonds. have
been paying premiums running from
% to per cent for gold. 1t matters
little to them from what source the
! gold comes so that they get it. They
do not themselves get it from the
treasury at par, though they might IL
they chose, but others who do not
wish to buy bonds do get it from the
treasury and sell it at a premium to
intending bidders. Can the treasury
officials trace such transactions and
protect the treasury by rejecting the
The herald., 1896-02-02

~ VI y ~SAAAN AoA A'AVAASt ~
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SOC all-wool new spring Dress
Goods, in plaids and rough effects,
Monday
25C Nd.
CSC Spring Dress Goods, small
plaids, Monday
lSC Nd.
75cnew Cashmere Plaids, 4Oinches
wide, Monday
soc Nd.
7-c all-wool French Flannel, Mol
day
Csc Nd.
80 pair large size Blankets, sold
all over at 81, Monday
Csc Pair
50 pieces new Art Denim, in all
shades, regular value 4oc, Monday
25C Nd.
50 pieces Scotch Ginghams, regu-
lar value 15c, Monday
&c Nd.
IS pieces heavy German Table
Linen, So inches wide, regular Csc
value, Monday
45C Nd.
80 doz. ia heavy white Bed
Spreads, large size, regular Sl.25
value, Monday
85c.
6 pair Chenille Portiers in all
shades, others ask s., Monday
S1.85 Pair.
Is doz ladies' fleeced-lined ribbed
Pants and Vests, trimmed with silk
ribbon, regular SOC value, Monday
Csc.
50 doz Anchor Corsets, drab and
black, good value at 75c, Monday
soc.
20 doz Wash Percale Wrappers in
dark shades. regular value $3.50,
Monday
Csc.
-
City of Paris
~ N. Spring St.
Glass & | ono
The herald., 1896-02-02
Would Make the Sultan a Very
Sick Man
CREAM OF THE u. S. NAVY
An Aggregation of Destructive Marine
Monsters
Naval Officers Anxious for charcs to
Distinguish ThemseIves-fhe Ad-
mirai's War Career

It would be grost thing in the eyes
OF the officers Of Uncle Sans navy If
the government authorities should de-
eide to COLLEGE the damages from the
Turks for the wrecking Of American
mission property at the point of the
cannon. In the first place, it would
give them an opportunity to show that
the navy Is not the weakling which it
is popularity supposed to be by some
European nations. 1t would also dis
play the fighting qualities of the differ
ent types of warships in the North At
lantic squadron, and, moreover, tend
to increase the chances of promotion
all along the line.
There are nine warships in the
squadron, but two of them-the Texas,
the bs' tlsship, aud the Amphitrite, the
double turret monitor-would remain
at home. Moni' ors, by reason of their
email amount Of free board, are not
The herald., 1896-02-02
THE SONG OF TIE SOCKS

With fingers pupctured and torn.
With pipe stuck under his nose,
bachel or sat in bachelors den
Darning the holes in his hose
Darn--daTn--darnl
Those hose with fancy clocksl
And still with voice OF doorous pitch
He sang the Song Of the Seeks"
'Darn-darn-darn!
While the land ady takes a snooze,
An darr--dern-darn
VIII the boys are taking their booze!
It's oh that might become
Simpson from Kan as soil
Where a man has never a sock to wear,
If this be Christian toll!
"Darn-Darn-darn!
While tho smoke gets in my eyes!
Darn darn--darn
These hol, OF pTodi,ious size
Heel a. d instcp and toe.
Toe and inste p and heel
Till over my stocking tall asleep
And am walked by the prick OF the steel.
30 mon with sisters dear.
o men with mothers and wivcsl
You don't know what q snap you lave,
Compared with bachelors liyesl
Daln--darn-darn
While the smoNe creeps into my nose;
Darning at once with double thread
My thumb as well as my hose.
"Darn darn darn!
Ny labors never stay.
And what ore the wages? bed and board,
With pru es three times day,
That fol ng bed and this d rty floor,
a table--a squeaky chair
A wall with chrome of ancient date
And a mirror the worse OF wear!
sob but 10 breathe The brea h
OF the cowslip and primrose sweet,
With the sky above my head,
And no stockings on my feet
For only one short hour
To feel as used to feel
Before l wrestl d with folding Is
Or tasted u boarding house mealr'
With fingers punctured and torn.
With pipe stuck under his nose,
bachelor sat in II bachelors den,
Darnirg the holes in his hose,
Darn darn darn!
Those hose with the fancy clocks;
And still a voice where sorrow puris.
ould that its tone could reach the girls!
He sung this Song OF the Socks
w G j.. in Chicago News
The herald., 1896-02-02
RUPTURE

Professor Joseph Fandrey, European
specialist, formerly of Berlin, Germany,
now permanently located at S2l South
Broadway, Los Angeles, is a. practical
rupture specialist and manufactures the
latest patent trusses This own invention)
for curing rupture, also corsets for curva.
ture of tho spine, female supporters, etc.
Each case will be made to fit. Over forty
almost helpless cases of from two to twen-
ty years. standing, some twice broken, arc
today cured and have no more use for
truss. Patients from two to seventy-tive
years of age. Information and testimoni.
ais will be sent free on application.
The herald., 1896-02-02
Beautifu, Ontarlo-speclaI Offer

Deciduous Oh lizards of 8, 10 or 20 acres
in almonds, prunes, peaches and aprjcots,
two years old, in prime condition and will
be cared for free of expense until three
years old, for sale on easy terms at $l2J
to $175 per acre. Owner will allow $40 per
acre for crop when trees are three years
old See Darling & Pratt, investment
brokers, rooms $40 and SIT Bradbury
hloolx
The herald., 1896-02-02

Tickets sold Saturday, good returning
until the following Tuesday. The great
mountain seaside resort of southern Cali
fornia. Southern Pacific trains leave
Arcade depot at $40 a. m, 4:35 p. m.
The herald., 1896-02-02
Excursion to Riverside, Round Trip, $I.7s
Wednesday, February StI

Santa Re gives you choice of routes, go
ing via Pasadena and San Bernardino, re-
turning via Orange or vice versa. Ex-
cursion train leaves La Graude station 8
a. m. regular trains 7:1O, s 30, o, IL a.
m, 4, :45, 5 30 p. m. Six trains return
ing.
The herald., 1896-02-02

All prices Of wallpaper greatly reduced. A
A. Eckstrom, 324 South Spring street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-17
BRYAN HACKED BY MILLIONS,
silver Barons In Whose Hands Those who
IIar" t'ccn struck by tho Crnrc Are
PiayinHy-IFactA that Talk. 5faf

- N
Piayingr-FaetA that Talk.
As IL well known, tho leaders Of tho
Democrats and PopuliS,a have been
claiming that they have no money with
which to carry on thc campaign. thnt
there ARE no wealthy men In tho move
mcnt TO elect bryan, ana that htcy must
rely upon tho "dcnr people" 10 helm
them out. That these claims were false
IL wei known. as Is also tho fact that tho
silver barons OF tho west ara prcpnred In
unload GOodly portion OF their wealth
~ order to elect n man who viii permit
them 10 coin 60 cents worth OF silver
and call II n dollnr.
The congressional committee has pro-
pared list OF the lcCndIng I,rynn sup
porters. who, while mIllIonalrcs, nre nrc-
pretending TO be the masses in order that
they may become moro wealthy. This
llsl SHOWS inc enormous wealth Of $751;
9VoOOo represented by men of this class.
Here Ii the list; -
Hearst estate. California, $4,000, 900.
Fair estate. California, $50, OOO, 600.
John Mackny. California. $4,000, 900.
llagan. California, $4,000, 900.
w. a, Mark. Montana. 10000, 600.
William NJ. Stewart. Nevada, 10000
900.
Francis J, Ncwlands tshuron cs,atc),
SIS. 900. 900.
Dave Mofrat, Denver, 10000 900.
Senator John =. Jones (Comstock lode)
$2J. 600, 900.
Flood estate. $4,000, 900.
Denver Smelling works, $4,000, 900.
Il c. Chambers. Ontario silver mine.
SO. O00, 900.
Charles Z. Lane. California, SEQ. OoO. 900.
j.. 4, Holden, Old Telegraph mine, ;l5,-
00O 900.
Mark Daily, Anaconda. Aiontnnn, $15,-
Butte silver and smelling works. sl4.-
800 900.
S. r. iTauser, Granite mountain silver
mines, ti0.OO0.00o.-
French syndicate. Old Telegraph mine,
Utah, $4,000. 900.
Leadyllle silver smelling works. Ss,-
zoo. 900.
Broadwater estate, IIelcnn. Montana,
S5.O0O. 900.
senator Henry n. Teller, Colorado, ST.
600, 900.
Senator Lee Mantle. Montana, $1,000
900. :,
The grand totOl is S547. 100000.
The above table affords an interesting
birds eye view OF the totnl wealth OF but
.: Of the leading silver mine owners OF
the west. who, either In person or
through their agents have been active in
shaping the l6 TO plank In the various
platforms OF the Democratic Populis,
and silver conventions, recently held in
St Louis and Chicago.
To the silver mine owners the election
OF Bryan and OF & free silver Democratic
house means millions. Placing the pro-
dnction OF their mines at 81. 900, 900 ounces
year. though 1t would soon be 100, OO0.-
600 ounces. and the government paying
them at the rate of 81 20 an ounce, and
granting. for the sake OF argument, that
It cost them 6S cents an ounce to mine,
the people Of the United States would
pay into the pockets OF the silver mine
owners $il,00O,000 per unnum. and mako
great mnnopollsts OF the very men who
are crying out against monopolies In
their platform.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-17

BiiFFALo. n. Y, Sept. l5.-PolItl-
clans were given surprise this af-
terno0n by the appearance here OF Il
number OF PopulIsts who after a pro-
trHcted conference appointed n conn.,
mittee OF five TO visit the Democratic
state committee and present TO them
a plan for fusion In his state to defeat
the Republicans. The committee ap-
pointed were d. u. $. Zero. OF Glen's
Falls, chairman OF the state committee
OF the Peoples party: c. r. White, OF
Mlller's Corners, president OF the Far
mer's Alliance;' Colonel A. C. Fisk. OF
Denver, Colo, Il. ". Druscau. OF Den
yer, and {. h. Matthews, OF Buffalo,
who ran on the POpulist ticket for
governor some years ago. About fifteen
Popnlists OF this state are here 10 urge
this course.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-17
TlIESIIAEERS IDFAS OF MEDICINE.

Now 4 days when a man goes to Els
doctor, he In usually told that he has
some unheurd Of disease with long
name, and when no leaves the office he
docs not know whether Il h 81. Vitus'
Dance or consumption that 80 sradtial-
ly undermining his health.
It II therefore refreshing to talk with
tho Shakers, for their very simplicity
commands confidence and respect, und
we have the further satisfaction OF
knowing that they, have devoted them
selves to tho study OF disease and It's
cure for more than hundred years.
The venerable old man whom the
writer saw wns only too glad 10 dis
ciisa his pet subject. lie said that
strange M II might seem. very few doc
tors realized that thrce-quarlerB OF
the most prevalent diseases were NIL
attributable to faulty digestion.
Tl1 then went on to say that a child
OF average intelligence knows that pu-
trh meat or decaylng vegetables are
poisonous, and must he avoided, and
yet these same foods. even II taken In
to the stomach In the freshest possible
condition soon dccompOse unless d.
gested and absorbed.
In such cnScs the resulting polsons
enter the system, when aches and
pains, weakness and debility soon fol-
low M natural consequence.
II was n recognition OF this that led
tho Shakerg TO devote their energies
TO tho perfection OF Il product which
would stimulate the digestive organs
and assist them TO perform their pro-
per work,
The first symptoms OF dlsordered d.
geStlon IN loss or appetite, and tho
Shaker Digestive Cordial Is wonder
fully efficient In supplying my defci-
ency In this respect. at tn, same time
It relieves all distress after eating.
Furthermore, as was carefully explain
ed by our venerable friend. 1t Is abso-
lutely harmless
Better evidence OF the Shakers con-
ndence In II could not be found. than In
the fact that they have placed 10 cent
sample bottles In the hands OF all
druggists, assured that II once tried
It will produce such immediate and
marked benefit that 1t Will be contin-
| ued.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-17
GEN, HARRIS's POSITION.
- 4 :
Has Not Voted tho Republican Ticket Ia

Has Not Voted thr Republican Ticket for
n sixteen Years.
To the Editor OF tho lnielIlgoncer.
SlR;--I observe that the Register re-
Gently, In speaking of Gen, T, NJ. IinrrIs'
Letter nnouncicng that he Intends sup
porting the PopocratIcc ticket IN this
campaign, speaks Of him as 4 ..'lite.long
Republican" aud apparently seeks 10
create tho Impression that he Is now
leaving tho Republican party and going
over to the Democracy.
The fact Is that General Harris has not
voted for q Republican candidate for
President since 1850. and I am informed
that his letter ny published In the Park
ersburG Sentinel, stated that for twelve
years he has been prnhlbltlonist OF
course the Register did not print this
part OF the letter. We do not consider
the matter OF sufficient Importance to
Justify It's mention. except for the pur-
pose OF calling attention to the stud
led misrepresentation and falsifying
that seem to b. such IA prominent feat
ure OF the campaign on the part of the
Register and others OF Its ilk.
Notwithstanding the detection OF
General Harris In 1854, the Republican
majority IN this county, which IN 1850
was $50, has steadily grown until In
1894 II reached the respectable figure OF
7O6--so you src We have managed 10 get
along In some fashion without the gem
erals support
The Republicans OF Richie county
are wide.awake. and while we are not
making any great noise or blufIinS
claims. We confidently expect to give
good account OF ourselves In Novem-
Der In the shape OF a splendid majority
for William Mckinley and the entire
Republican ticket. REPUBLICAN,.
HarrIsville, w Va. Sept. II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-17
MAINE SETTLES IT.
1t wns n Fair Fight Between FREQ Silver
and Sound Money.

= and sound Money.
.it Philadelphia Record: The exact pro-
portions OF the sound money victory in
Maine cannot be definitely known for
several days-it will take that. long to
measure it-but details sink Into Inslg-
nlHcancc beside the magnificent fact
that the victory has been even more
sweeping than the most sangulne
friends OF the cause had anticipated.
Tho P9pocrats had put forth hcrcu-
lean efforts In the state, the home Of
their vice presidential candidate and
the last OF the communicating to
speak before November But the gold
Democrats and the Republicans, stand
Ing shoulder 90 shoulder. presented n
united front. and they have hcutcn
bnok ilra forces of reputation and an
archy with a tremendous blow.
In vain VIII the discounted organs
or PopOcrncy attempt 10 obscure and
helittlc the meaning Of this verdict. On
saturday last. Chairman Hughes. Of
5the Maine PopOGra,lc state committee,
sfnndc this declarations:
,Thc battle has not been between the
.e%ot old parties. but between the silver
nanson ono aide, and the gold men on
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-17

- H'V tsUTIVI Ut VIC INFRINGEMENT
SRA. Z. Baron. Of Point, Pa,
writes TO the Pittsburgh Post and says
that thlrty-siS years has brought us
back to where We were In 1860 That Is
true with me and Infer from his re-
marks further on that It Is with him.
am Union man still and Infer from
his writing that he Is n rebel still.
He says the Democratic party Is the
pnrty OF emancipation and they have
proved 1t largely IN the last three years.
They have emanclpated more happy
prosperous worklnSmcu from labor to
starvation than Lincoln emancipated
frhm slavery in the south. and now that
party Is trying 10 get us down to rivet
the irons on US still stronger.
DAVID TEATER.
Z Cromwell street, Wheeling W. Va.