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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-15
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A oneint old rnwn.

Aries is one of those curious old towns
that were evidently planned with an eye to
siege. Crossing the moat, one passes
through an EN- battled gateway with quaint
armOrial carvings sadly mutilated by time
The cobblestone streets are very narrow
and in their labyrinthine yindings, re-
mind enc Of the kyles Of Butte. Having
safely threaded them, the center of the
town is reaohed-the Place Royale. Here,
hard by the Hotel de Vile, is the Cathe-
dral Of St. Trophimus Not far distant
from the cathedral are the remains of the
Roman theater. The two Corinthian col
uHnns still standing remind one of the
forum at Rome. The ground is strewn
with the fragments of pillars extending in
q line for a considerable distance, and be-
yOnd rise-tieS above tier lin the form Of a
CONFERENCE.-The seats for the spectators.
Near TO the bheater is the most celebrated
Of the Aries antiquities, the great alnphi-
theater. Tit measures 40 feet by 341, and
there still remain two stories of so arches,
formed of such enormous blocks of stone
as call to mind the giant circle at Stone
henge. Within the walls are vaultad
chambers opening on the arena, which are
supposed to have been the dens of wild
beasts. Above them there are corrl-
doris and As rows of seats, which were
capable Of accommodating upward OF 20, :
GOO people. The building is believed to
be Of tine time Of Titus, and though not
comparable in interest TO tbs Coliseum a6
Rome is in a much better state of preser-
vation The amphitheater was in the
eighth century converted into a fortress
either by the Saracens or by Charles Mar
tel, who erected four defensive towers,
three of which remain. London Culver.
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Tt costs no more to build a cottage which
Is really good artistically than one which
Is intrinsically bad-lesss in fact. Reserve.
simplicity, dependence on the really good
old models that have been left to US from
the earlier periods of American building
these are the only qualities that are re-
quired, and generally they should not be
hard to find nor to acquire. Arrange the
rooms very simply, keep the lines of the
plan as near plain raouangle as possible,
leave the roof alone, avoid many bay win
dows, towers and dormers, make your
ohimneys just as large as is feasible, have
nothing to do with yellow and white paint,
and you viii bs pretty safe.-Ladies'
Home Journal
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80 fountaln - Il stangaeId's.
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FIRsT rLooR.

ings, for it Is the well proportional, good
looking house of any kind that rents or
sells sooner and for a higher price than one
that may be equally good, but not SO good
in appearance
Plan. Frame, seaside, shore OF country
residence, suited for erection in any first
class neigh borhood. Front, 50 feet; depth,
80 feet. Height Of stories: Cellar, feet;
first story, 10 feet 2 inches; second story,
9 feet 2 inches; third story, 8 feet 2 inches.
A heavy frame, sheathed, felted and with
Single finish Piazza very large and spa
cious. Interior: Open 1replaoes in hall,
parlor, library, dining room and principal
bedrooms: portable range with hood in
kitchen; range and tubs in laundry; first
and second floors lined and deadened; sec
ond story floor, also kitchen wing of first
floor, yellow pine; main hall, parlor,
library and dining room Of quartered oak.
The cellar floor is cemented. The ceiling
Is plastered. The walls Of first, second and
third floors arc soapstone finish.
The interior finish Of the front hall is Of
CHARTERED oak; the parloT, library and din
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If you want all the news subscribe
for the JOURNAL.
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Electric fan motors at A. Lees, $50
Kan. ave.
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WAS JUST In TIME.

Helen Stuart was engaged to be married
TO Lord Hughes, and the whole county
talked of the coming event as one of the
straugest that had taken place for many q
day
That the beautiful gifted girl Of barely
90 should have accepted the hand Of the
old earl was indeed a matter OF surprise.
Why had she chosen him. people asked,
when others Of equal rank and younger
and moro suitable had gone mad for love
of hers
At night, when all the inquisitive world
was asleep, Helen would lean from her
window and gaze at the starlit valley at
her feet and pour out her heart to the ST.
lenoe.
I'll could not help ft.' she would vail.
stTt was to save poor RaIph's honor. p
Yes that was It, Her brother had told
her that unless she married Lord Hughes,
TO whom he had mortgaged his property,
they must be ruined, turned out of house
and home and left penniIess=wOrse, inn
prisonmenb would follow for Ralph, for
that was the old eaEls alternative If she
refused.
Three summers ago there had come to
the village a young Journalist. and Helen
and her brother had made his acquaint-
Rnoe, which grew quickly into intimacy
and friendship.
Totally opposite to Ralph Stuart in
every way was Holmes AIaciean- Born Of
poor parents, who had left him at an early
age to struggle alone, he had educated
himself entirely ana gained the post he
held on one Of the best papers simply by
his brains ana hard work.
1t was o. the night Of his arrival that
he saw Helen Stuart and knew from
henceforth she must be the guiding star
of his life.
Would you-would you let me walk
through this field with you? There is a
bull over there, and / am SO afraid
g Certainly. Allow me to be Of any
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white houses with Green Blinds.

Time was when the plantation homes Of
the south were universally painted white
with green blinds, and while Dickens and
other travellers ind critics may ridicule the
glazing white walled houses, upon sun
heated pavements aud may be treeless
streets Of the Cities yet amid thu green
trees and waving fields Of the soath these
white houses with green blinds were cool
and inviting Ia summer and, surrounded
with evergreen trees IN winter, were pic
lures Of elegance and good taste. -Ameri-
ran Homes.
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What if I should cease to love your he
asked in moment Of reckless abandon.
Then, dear I should have your letters
published as unique contributions to the
literature Of ths century, was the sooth-
Ing reply.-Detr0it Free Press.
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Wool-I6 pays to have a political pull, !
tell you. was appointed a dog catcher
today.
Van Pelt-What possible good can that
be to you?
Wool-I'm tired of wearing Neighbob's
dog home every time / call on his daugh-
Gerl-New York World
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AROUND The EARTH BY WIRE.

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A large poFla0ls 1araaoo heats al the
principal rooms. House treated with creo-
sOte stain for side walls and roofs, the cas-
ings and blinds being painted. Tho yellow
pine floors of veranda and ceilings are I'm
ished with spar varDish
Cost to build, finished as above, SIS, 600.
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Footpad-Colue. now, shell outl
Farmer (as hs oompIies)-I aIus was
out on thet shell game anyway i-Nsw
York Press.
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We do mending and sew on buttons
free Of charge Peerless Steam Laundry.
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IS per cent off during June at Brigg'
Millinery parlors. Keith block.
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low. I have no mines, nor am I here
to buy
In response to inquiries as to the &C
ton Of the Georgia and California
Populists that If SewaH was not with
drawn and Watson substituted they
would not support Bryan, he said: Il
don't want to be interviewed about
anything or anybody. Every voter
who wants silver restored should vote
for Bryan and SewalI. It is a fight be-
tween the masses and the classes, and
this includes the great hulwark-the
producers.
This fact is rapidly forcing itself
on the people of this country. The Deo-
pie here don't like the methods of
monopolies or power of money bags"
AS to the probability of Illinois go
ing for Bryan and Sewall the answer
was vague and was: I'm coming
through Illinois, Nebraska and this far
in Colorado, find the sentiment
strongly in favor of the free silver
ticket. illinois is greatly awakened to
the issue as presented by the Chicago
platform. There we will have a holly
contested and very interesting cam
paign,"
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TIE SAFE OLD SOUTH

The result of the elections which
have occurred recently in Alabama and
Tennessee will have a tendency to sim
plify campaign matters greatly. If
there has been any doubt in the minds
of campaign managers, regarding the
attitude of the south this year it has
little cause to longer exist
The solid south has been solidly
Democratic every four years for two
decades and there is every indication
that it will be Democratic this year.
If Republicans or Populists have
been counting on the vote of any south
ern state for their candidates they may
as well dismiss the thought from their
minds. The battle must be fought and
the result determined north of Mason
and Dixon's line.
It has for many years been a fancy
among Republicans and more lately
among Populists, to carry some of the
southern states during the summer
preceding the election. On what are
called off years their hopes have in
a few instances been realized, but when
the presidential election rolls around
the result is always the same. There
seems to be no reason for thinking
that it will be different this year.
1t does not help matters to reason
about it and try to discover why the
south always votes the Democratic
ticket in a presidential year 1t does
it and will probably continue. to do so.
The nomination of a gold standard
Democratic ticket will not prevent it.
In Alabama the Populists and Re
pubhcans combined lost the state this
year by 10000 on what so far appears
to have been a fair vote Though a
fair vote is probably a rarity in Ala
bama if this one proves to have been
such it will indicate a Republican and
POpulist loss. This merely means that
the year has arrived in which the old
Democrats drop everything and vote
for the old party.
In Tennessee, which elected a Repub-
Hcan governor two years ago there
have been marked Republican losses.
Governor Evans probably forsaw
what was coming when he declined a
denomination.
The southern people are cIannish.
They carry on the hottest kind of po-
nticaI warfare among themselves, but
as soon as an outsider appears-and
that is what they regard the national
Republican party-they are united
against the invasion.
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CLEARING AWAY THE RUBBISH

CLEARING AWAY THE RUBBISH
The effect Of free coinage of silver on
the price of silver bullion has proba-
bly, been the subject of more discussion
than any other phase of the money
question. The preponderanee of evil
dence as well as of opinion seems to
place it at $1.29 an ounce or there
abouts.
1t is a matter of history that during
the period when the minis were open
to gold and silver alike at a ratio of
16 to l, the price of silver bullion was
never below $1.29 an ounce and the bull
lion in a silver dollar was therefore
worth 100 cents. The advocates of free
coinage are almost unanimous in the
belief that the same price would pre-
vail again under similar conditions
The advocates of a continuation of
the present gold standard are also
very largely in the same opinion.
There is scarcely a gold standard ora
tor or a gold standard organ that has
not declared in his or its sober mo-
ments that the value of silver win be
doubled by free coinage to the ad-
grandizement of the silver mineaown-
z
purpose to say you can't put value
into anything by legislation and with
free coinage of silver we shall have
only 53-cent dollars, but these asser-
lions are made on their "or days or
when they think they are addressing
a crowd that don't know what they
said the day before.
So, with the facts of history in favor
of it and public opinion almost unani-
nous on that point, it might as well be
considered as settled that under free
coinage at 16 to silver will be worth at
least $1.29 an ounce. All the gold bugs
having conceded this at some time it
should be dropped from the discussion.
It will tend to clear up the atmosphere.
If this is to be a campaign of educa-
ton it is folly to thrust into it any
thing on which all are agreed. When
the gold standard people found that
their theory that in the event of free
coinage of silver, America would be-
come the dumping ground for all the
silver in Europe, could not be success
fully maintained they dropped it. Why
should they not do the same with the
53-cent dollar idea? They say them
selves that the price of silver will be
doubled, hence it must be apparent
that the value of the bullion in a sill
yer dollar will be doubled, and it there
fore could not be a 53-cent dollar. Those
two questions being out of the way.
now let US discuss something else.
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know enough to go in when it rained.
Bismarck, instead, of being f1attered at
this appeal for advice, was very much
embarrassed, as the conversation was
being eagerly listened to by representa-
tives of many newspapers. He got out
of the predicament safely, however, by
telling Lii that, in his opinion. the viii
Of a sovereign should not be opposed.
Prince Ii afterward made amends by
literally praising the German army, the
kaiser and everything else German in
the same manner that he had praised
everything Russian while in st. Peters
burg and everything French while in
Paris. This must not be taken as an ev-
idence of dark duplicity on Lis part,
for that was only his Chinese idea of
courtesy. Americans familiar with the
language of the Bowery might say that
Lii was just ''jollying him along
OF course we expect that the ex-vice-
roy will say nice things about America
when he gets here. Some of them will
be said in all earnestness, too, for he has
moro than once expressed his liking for
Americans in a substantial manner. He
treated General Grant most royalty
when the latter visited China during
his tour around the world and made the
dOu. JODu w. 4 OSI0E Ou6 OF his COQu-
Dental advisers during the late war
A committee of prominent men has
already been organized to receive Prince
Ii when he lands at New York, and he
will be entertained as long as he can be
induced to stay there. It is probable,
however, that he will go on to Wash
ington after a day or two. He will
probably stop in Chicago, where there
will be more banqpets spread for him
and he will be given a good send off
when he sails for home from San Fran
cisco.
About the personal characteristics and
habits of the distinguished Chinese the
foreign correspondents seem to differ
greatly. One says that he converses in
English with little difficulty, and an
other says that he understands but does
not attempt to speak our language. One
writer asserts that Lii has acquired a
liking for some articles of occidental
diet, while another declares that he eats
nothing except that which is prepared
for his table by his own native cooks.
They all agree, however, that he is a
tall, well preserved man about 70, who
seems to enjoy life under all conditions
and is very much interested in all kinds
of western enterprises When he gets
here, our own newspapers will supply us
with any amount of accurate detail /
about this most interesting visitor.
CL4AkENCE P. SKINNER.
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Kansas City Star notes: When Geo.
T. Anthony left Ottawa to go to his
deathbed in Topeka, the touch of death
was already upon him, but he mani
Tested the Anthony game to the last.
He permitted himself to be assisted
into the carriage which conveyed him
to the railway station, but at the sta
ton, where many eyes were watching,
he gathered himself and, with a firm
tread, made his way unsupported into
the train. Among the last letters An
thony opened was one from William
Mckinley, expressing his sorrow at
Anthony's sickness and the hope that
he would recover speedily. Anthony
was a great admirer of Mckinley.
whom he knew well, and this letter,
written in McKinley's own hand, was
a great source of pleasure to him in his
last hours.
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The Republican state convention
made some mistakes in its nomina-
lions last evening which will handicap
the ticket to a considerable extent, if
not very seriously.
Governor Morrill, ought not to have
been renominated if it was desirable
of course such a result was desirable.
Any good Republican would have held
the prohibition Republican vote; but
Mr.. Morrill, cannot. OF course the pro-
hibition Republicans will not vote for
John W. Leedy, who is an anti-prohi-
bitionist, but a great number of them
are apt to remain at home or leave the
governorship blank when they vote.
Governor Morrill, made himself high
ly unpopular during his administration
and it was a mistake to renominate
him. The State Journal has no person
al feeling in the matter, and so far as
it is concerned, it makes no difference
whether Major Morrill, were renomi-
mated or not We speak as a spectator
Of events. The turning down of Chief
Justice Martin was a grievous error.
Judge Martins name would have ad
ded strength to the ticket.
He was agreeable to the free silver
element of the party which is large
and influential.
The nomination of T. f. Carver will
be looked on as one dictated by railroad
influence, and the fact will weaken the
ticket in this particular campaign, in
which the issue of corporate power is
brought so prominently to the front.
The remainder of the ticket is in the
main satisfactory to Republicans.
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CHINA'S STRONG MAN.
The Approaching Visit of Lii
Hung Chang to This Country.
Many Conflicting Stories Concerning
the Chinese Statesman.

Ii Hung Chang, the great Chinese
statesman, soldier, millionaire and ex-
Pooh Bah Of the Flowery Kingdom is
soon to visit the United States, and
preparations are being made to give
him royal reception, or at least one
that BELTS his rank and station.
Prince Lii is undoubtedly the greatest
Chinese alive. He would be a big man
in any nation, for he has risen from the
common people in country where such
an occurrence is almost a miracle. He
comes to America after having visited
all the important capitals in Europe,
where he has been universally received
with distinguished honors.
1t has been said that Prince Lii is no
longer the great political factor in
China that he was before the disastrous
close of the Chinese-Japanese war.
Some allege that he is a back number,
no longer in the confidence Of the en-
peror, unpopular among the powerful
men of the government, and that instead
of being an honor his Appointment as
envoy to represent his royal master at
the coronation of the car was only
ruse to get him out of the way until his
enemies could complete his undoing.
These statements seem somewhat
probable; but, on the other hand, there
are the European diplomats who treated
him so cordially, and who assert that
Lii is just as big a gun as ever, and that
when he returns to China it will be to
resume his former high rank and i'm
portant offices.
It is entirely likely that Lii Hung
Chang is but little worried about his
treatment abroad, for by this time he
must have been wined and dined to his
hearts content In ST. Petersburg, in
Paris and in Berlin he has been the
honored guest at elaborate banquets, at
which, so it is rumored, he did not taste
a morseI of food. but only sat and looked
as pleasant as possible. The most inter
esting feature of his European tour was
his visit to Bismarck. He chatted with
the Iron Chancellor over the coffee cups
at Freidrichsruh, and, in his artless
Chinese way, asked the retired states
man to advise him as to the best way Of
managing an ulruly emperor who diun't
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BUGS FOR ROTHSCHILD.
A Pacific Coast Naturalist Making a
Collection.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 12.-Among
the occasional visitors at the Chamber
of Commerce is a man of somewhat
striking features, with keen, clear,
with a figure so straight and vigorous
that you stare in Wonderment when
he tells YOU he is 81 years old. This
man is George w. Dunn, natural s.,
whose whole life has been spent out of
doors studying the wonderful creations
of nature.
Mr.. Dunn has always been natural
1St. He came to California in 1S49 and
has made this state his home, though
in the interim he has visited Central
visits in Mexico, Lower California,
South America, British Colunb ia, in
short exploring almost the entire CONT
nent in his search for rare plants and
insects.
He is at present making a collection
Of butterflies for Baron de Rothschfld.
Baron de Rothschild is one millionaire
with a fad, or rather he is an old and
famous naturalist. He is now making
a collection exclusively of BUTTERFLIES
the most brilliant and beautiful ON
all parts of the world, and Mr.. Dunn is
supplying him with the BUTTERFLIES from
this coast.
Mr.. Dunn not only collects the but
terf1es but he also secures the larvae
and matches them in his room which is
filed with boxes of these beautiful
creatures, either mounted or packed
for shipment.
If packed, each one is folded in a tiny
little three COFnered envelope ana care
fully arranged that nothing may
touch the delicate anatomy of the
beautiful insect. They are shipped first
to August Belmont, New York, and
from thence to Trig England. where
Baron de ROthschild has an immense
three stored museum for the home of
his collections.