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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-26

For West Virginia. Western pennsyl-
vanIa md Ohio, fair weather: warmer;
fresh southcrly TO westerly winds,
Local Temperature.
The temperature Saturday as observed
by z. Schnept, druggist. corner Four
tccnth and Market streets. was as fol-
lows:
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is o
Sunday.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-16
WheW!

Wasn't last Sunday a scor-
cher ?That reminds us Of
other hot days to follow.
You will need Shirt Waists
and our assortment is now
complete-some of the hand
soonest styles we have ever
shown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-16
Gully Etaaehee 5uuraaI,
CRUISE or NAVAL RESERVES.
Admiral Bunce's Fleet to Take Those On the
Atlantic Coast TO Sea.

Washington, May 15.-The programme
for the annual summer cruises of the
State Naval Reserves has been prepared
by the navy department. and win be for
warded at once to the various command
ing officers of the organizations. 1t is the
intention of the secretary to give the re-
serves the most extended system of prac-
teal and theoretical instruction in their
work that has yet been attempted, and
to carry out the plan thoroughly. Adj
iniral Bunce will be instructed to dispose
Northern coast will have some ship as
signed TO it for duty, and on Il given date
the entire squadron will put to sea. The
reserves will thus have the benefit of
practical exercises in all that pertains
TO the elementary branches of naval
work.
All of the organizations north of the
Chesapeake will be taken to sea for one
week beginning July u, and vessels are
10 he assigned by Admiral Bunce to the
different states. according to the strength
of the reserves and their locality Early
in June. two or three ships. probably the
Montgomery and Raleigh. are to be sent
to the Southern states, and they will be
joined by the Amphitritc at Key West
when the men from Georgia, Florida and
Louisiana and the Caroinas are to be
taken on board for several days cruising
in the open ocean. Nearly all the South
ern states now support Well-equipped and
finely organized reserves. which. consd-
ering the short time they have been en-
rolled are admirably drilled and show
GREAT Ztiti III the WORK.
The New York men and the Connecticut
and New Jersey reserves and the division
from Rochester will probably be taken on
TWO ships of the fleet while the Rhode
Island and Massachusetts men will re-
quire two others. Two or three DAYS will
be devoted TO work in and around Long
Island Sound, where the New Workers
will be exercised in boat drills. target
practice, and landing bodies of men
armed and equipped for distant service.
Several finely drilled organizations are
now supported by the Lake states. and
these will have this summer the services
of the old Michigan. the only naval ship
on the Lakes. for their use. The Illinois
in the country, and will be the first ia
board the Michigan. .Detroit's will fol-
low and then others. according to their
SIZE. Caiifornia's men viii go out in one
of Admiral Beardslee's ships some time
in August.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-16
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

A post office has been established at
Mountain View. Franklin county, and
Lewis e. Bawley appointed postmas-
ter.
The creamery at Dry Mills, Gray
owned by S. W. Foster, was destroyed
by fire from a defective flue Thursday
Loss $4,000. The insurance policy ex-
PRED last month and had not been re-
neWed.
Judge Webb in the United States dis
trict court, at Portland, Friday. sen
fenced Ida May Maloon of SkoWhegan
indicted for embeZzling letters from
the South Norridsewock post office. to
two years in the reformatory for
women at Sherburn, Mass
The body of little Harry Harvey was
found by boys fishing in the Piscata-
quis river late Thursday afternoon.
near Sebec station five miles down the
river from where he was drowned, at
FoNcroft. The Harvey boy and Gladys
EoWell. playmate, fell into the river
through the thin ice, last December.
and both were drowned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-16
New York Produce Market.

New York May Is.
FLOUR-Receipts, II, Pa pkgs: exports.
$40 hbls. 1864 sacks; sales, $500 pkss
SOUTHERN FLOUR-Easy.
RYE FLOUR-Quiet, easy.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-l.20.
RECOMMENDATION
WHEAT Receipts, $4,000; exports. 1885,
0oQ; sales. 5000, dun, easier. with options
closing firm fob. .6ls TO arrive No l
Northern. fiis to arrive
CoRN-Recipts. 172. 900: exports 1900,
sales, 1900; dun easier; No. >, 35il ele-
vator: 36l4 afioat
OATS Receipts, IS 200; exports. 10000:
sales. 1900: dull, mixed easier: No. >
"a 2H243t; No. white 26h: No. = Chicago.
25i41i-5%4; No. 3. n: No. 3 white. q. mixed
western. 25M26: white western, 26iam2Si. !:
white state 26i2G2Sis.
BEEF-Quiet. family, 9.5o010oo; extra
mess. 7ftS: beef hams. dull; tierced beef.
SLOW; city extra india mess, l3Nl5; cut
meats. dun.
LARD-Quiet nominal. western steam
closed, 400; city. 4.26; refined, DUH con-
tinent, 5.25; S. A.. 80; compound iisM4i5
POitk-tluict. Weak.
BtNfTER-Quiet.
CHEt;Sit2:--Quiet; new easy; state large.
rETROLiiI M-Quiet United lis.
COFFEE Rio. quiet steady.
SlGAE-Raw quiet
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Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Augusta, May Is
have this day sold my interest in
the firm of Devine & CouGhlin to John
Coughlin. Al accounts due the firm
may be paid TO him. | cheerfully recon-
mend him for Il continuance of the
favors shown to the firm by the pub
lie in the past. JAMES T.. DENINE
Augusta. May 10.
! have this day purchased the in
terost of James f.. Devine in the drug
business OF Devine & Coughlin. | will
settle all bills against the firm and the
accounts due the firm may be paid to
me. ] hope to merit a continuance Of
the public favors which has been be-
slowed upon us.
. may16d1w JOHN COUGHLIN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-16
MARKET REPORTS.
New York Money Market.

New York. May t.
Money, easy. 2N2ta.
Prime mercantile paper. 5M519.
Governments. quiet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

every once in a while whirling the water
round and round in his pan, an astonished
expression settled on his face. HI panned
the dirt down very fine, and did not even
ind color He sat on the side of the
pauhole for a short time, apparently lost
In profound meditation, and then looking
across at the frog sternly, remarked,
on - green-coated, white-bellied cuss,
II you ever interfere in my business again
will Kill you. Jack then picked up a
rock and hurled it at the frog, who avoided
the deadly missile by diving to the bottom
OF the hole. Jack started for another pan
and when he got back the frog was not in
sight. Jack set TO work panning again
and was rewarded by finding two ounces
OF gold in the pan. He then departed for
the mine in more cheerful frame of mind
after carefully looking to see that the frog
was not in sight.
''Dick Stoker happened along and in
qulred why Jack was running the panhole.
Jack then related the outrageous conduct
OF the frog and seriously accused Dick and
the other miners of meanly, through
jealousy and envy, melting that frog to
bewitching the gold out of his pan. Dick
could not mollify him, and Jack stated
all the frogs friends. Stoker told the af-
fair as a good joke to the boys, but it did
not seem so funny when day or two later
Jack made a murderous attempt on the
lives of two of his brother miners by hurl-
ing big rocks down on them at the bottom
of shaft. This opened the eyes of the
men as to his dangerous condition of
mind, and they had him arrested and
taken to Sonora, whence he was con
signed to the insane asylum at Stockton.
Jack, on his examination, admitted
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

cold victuals. This is satisfactory to
Charley, and he devotes his whole time to
his flock.
There is only one way to get into Char
ley's place. and that is not very big. The
door is under porch, and in front of it
are number of boxes that Charley uses
for tables. The inside of the coop is not
more than five feet high and seven feet
square. In one corner there is a pile of
straw and rags that serves Charley for
bed, and the rest of the place is filled with
roosts. 1t is here that he spends most of
his time looking after the chickens. There
is quite flock, and Charley feeds them
and attends to the setting hens and young
chicks. He has not much to do, and
spends the rest Of his time sleeping in the
corner.
Charley has had his job for over year,
and is proud of the fact that he has never
lost single fowl They are all very tame,
and will fly on the bench while he is at his
meals. If one ventures many feet away
from the door he has only to whistle to
bring it back. AS for stealing one at
night, that would be absolutely impossi-
BILE, for Charley would be wide awake at
the first sound.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
TALE OF THE ANIMATED JUG.

Told by Captain O'Haver, the Prince of
Wales of the Memphis Police Force.
Several years ago." the captain began,
"Blll Pryde and had to go to Little Rock
TO appear as witnesses in a burglary trail.
One mile this side of the town of Carlisle.
Ark. there was freight wreck The cars
were torn up and the track was twisted.
There were very poor facilities for clearing
the track, and Bill and l saw it sticking
out plain that we would have to stay there
in the woods all day if we waited for the
track to be cleared. We might have stood
it all right, but we couldn't get anything
to drink. So we inquired how far it was
to the next town. We were delighted to
find that Carlisle was only a mile farther.
That was just like having drinks sent up
to your room, and Pryde and l struck out
down the track for the town.
1--WE walked down the main street and
then up and down all the others, and
never place did we see where a man
could get drink. Finally we inquired of
a citizen if there was drop of liquor sold
in the town. The man looked uneasy and
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

said: Not since the local option law went
into effect Then We tumbled. After
walking mile we had struck dry town.
There wasn't even any icewater. Pryde
and / were both accustomed to looking
for blind places, but try as hard as we
could we couldn't find any hole that looked
like tiger Our mouths were as dry as
bones. The day after local option carried
IN Carlisle the town well went dry out of
sympathy. We were in despair when we
met friend. He opened our eyes by tell
ing US that we had been recognized. The
story had Immediately gone around the
town that some Memphis policemen had
been hired TO come to Carlisle and run out
the blind tigers. Ten minutes after we
struck the town every blind tiger in the
place was closed as tight as our fist,
and the proprietors had all left the
were tapping on doors and looking into
stairways some of the good citizens of the
town were quaking in their shoes. How
ever. he told US that he would put US on
to something. He directed us to a little
frame house in an isolated part of the
town, and told US if we would work the
thing right we could get drink there; in
fact several of them.
1--WE joyously started for the little house
and boited in. There was only one room
so far as we could see. In the center was
table. On the table was a Jug, bowl of
sugar. a pitcher of water and several
glasses. Pryde and l walked right up and
were just going TO pour out few fingers
when right before our eyes that Jug be.
gan to soar aloft. Grab It'll! hollered to
Pryde, but it was too late. From the way
the jug hung in the air, thought it must
have string tied 10 the handle. In a Sec
ond it was out of sight"
"Well, put in the reporter. "the pitcher
OF water was still there, wasn't it?''
The captain only INDUCED in panied
look and continued: Bill and / wanted
drink worse than ever then. for we had
smelt it and almost tasted il. We were
almost wild when Bill was struck by
happy thought. Blow your breath.
George, blow your breath 7 he exclaimed
excitedly. | found quarter in my clothes
and laid il on the table. You may not be-
lieve it, but the jug came back as if it had
dropped from the ceiling. This time dis
tinctly saw the string tied to the handle.
We poured out our stuff and were so
thirsty that we did not notice half how
bad it was. The rest of the story is short.
Every time we wanted some more we laid
down quarter and hit the jug. After a
while we thought we and the Jug were
good friends, and Pryde suggested that we
try and see if we couldn't work it without
putting up quarter just for the fun of the
thing. We voted down that scheme, how
ever, for we were afraid the jug might get
mad next time and not come back Well
when we left we had few quarters and
the Jug wasn't nearly SO hard to lift by the
string as it was when we came n.''-Mem.
phis Commercial Appeal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
NEW TO-DAY.
TOBACCO CAUSED CONSUMPTION.
Used Sa Pounds of Tobacco Weekly
for Thirty-TWo Years.
Takes No-To-Rac-Gets Quick Cure
Gains AN Pounds-Consumption
Gone.

Two RIVERS. Wis, May 16.-Great excitement
is being manifested over the miraculous recoY-
cry OF Mr.. Joseph Bunker, who for several
years has been considered a hopeless consump-
tive. Investigation shows that for over thirty
two years he used three and half pounds OF
tobacco week. short time ago he was in
dueed to try tobacco habit cure called sNo-
To-Bac." Talking about his cure to-day he
said:, ''Yes, used No-To-B Bac and two boxes
completely cured me. l thought, and so did
all my friends, that had consumption. Now
they say, as you say, how healthy and strong
you look, Joe,' and whenever they ask me what
cured my consumption tell them No-To-Bac
The last week used tobacco lost four pounds.
The morning l began the use of No-fo-Bac /
weighed 12615 pounds; to-day weigh l69,
gain OF 4219 pounds. eat heartily and sleep
well. Before used No-To-Bac | was so nerv-
Gus that when went to drink had TO hold
the glass in both hands. To-day my nerves are
perfectly steady. Where did L get No-To-B BacY
At the drugstore. 1t is made by the Sterling
Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal and New York
who will mail the famous booklet Don't To-
bacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away writ
ten guarantee and free sample for the asking
All druggists sell NoTo-Bac under absolute
guarantee to cure"
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
INDIANA POLITICS
AND POLITICIANS,
A State Where the Women Are
as Bitter Partisans as
the Men.
GOVERNOR MATTHEWS BOOM.
A Hoosier Statesman Who Has the
Presidential Bee in His
Bonnet.

The esoteric meaning. as certain cult
would say, of Governor Claude Matthews
candidacy for the Democratic nomination
for President is that Indiana intends to
have a good deal to say in the Chicago
convention. Matthews is a man of con-
siderable ability and his mbition in the
direction of political preferment reaches
to two if not three terms IN the White
House. But be is too good politician to
play losing game. That is to say, if he
finds that rival candidate is pretty sure
of the nomination he would abandon his
own place in the race and work like a
beaver for the other fellow, but the price
of the Indiana delegation and his other
following would be nothing less than a
mortgage upon the Federal patronage in
his State. The chief end OF man, accord
ing to the Indiana Democracy's catechism,
is to hold public office, with a "pull" as
the next best thing.
The good fortune happened to me sew
eral years ago, during the Blaine Cleve-
land campaign, to be assigned to Indiana
as staff CORES pondent OF a metropolitan
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

A gentleman at the "post mortem" table
in the rooms of the Trist Duplicate Whist
Club the other evening remarked after the
play of the deal was over: "If there is
one thing that bothers me more than an
other it is to know just the time to stop
leading from the suit l originally open.
For example, l lead the ace, then king.
Now, whether to go on once more or not
with the same suit is where am weak"
With all beginners at whist this is crit
ical position. What should you do2 II
you wish to do right, as a general rule push
the suit the third time. 1t is certainty
that one OF the other three cal trump. 1t
is not possible for this suit to go around
more than twice without some one being
out, ace followed by king never being led
originally except from five cards in suite.
Your object in opening high cards from
long suit is to take all the tricks you can
and win with the smaller ones later in the
play of the deal-after the suit is estab-
lished. If the queen don't fall on your
ace and king lead your suit is blocked,
and the remaining cards in your hand
cannot be brought in until this card is out
of the way. OF course the chances are two
to one that your partner has not got 1t. Ii
he has not he can trump if he wishes or
pass, q sure trick, which, in whist,
has a very significant meaning. In
other words, the information you
get, no matter what happens, is so
valuable that you can always consider 1t
good whist play to go on with the suit.
If the leader held ace, king, queen and
two or more, after leading the queen-the
correct opening-he should, if he holds
four trumps, lead them at once; II he
holds only three it is generally right to
lead them after leading the queen; if the
leader only holds two trumps it is better
to go on with your suit for the second
round; then Switch When the leader
opens with trump for the purpose of
eXhausting his opponents to bring in
long suit keep up the lead long
enough to accomplish what you start out
to do; if you find one of your adversaries
very weak holding only one, 1t is not al
ways right to go on then; or, we might
put 1t stronger and say it is not "gener-
ally" right. If at any time during the
play of a hand you see the possibility OF
cross ruff get the lead at any cost and lead
a trump, no matter how many you hold.
A great deal can be said on this subject.
and the textbooks on the game overlook
it. THE CALL will be pleased TO receive
few lines from Mr.. Trist. Cavendish,
Fisher Ames, Milton c.. Work, General
Drayson, George l.. Bum, or our whist
queen, Miss Kate Wheelock.
We are trying hard to point the way to
the goal and a mite from any or all OF the
above great authorities will be "casting
bread upon the waters"
We give below very interesting deal
that came in play IN a match game in the
rooms of the Trist Club.
The CALL offers prize of whist book
for the best analysis of the play. No inno-
vations on the opening lead will be recog-
nized in our determination of who gives
the best analysis:
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

daily. 1t was not by any means my first
experience in that kind of work, but am
free to say one will know more about prac-
tical politics after spending month in
Indiana during a Presidential campaign
than he would learn IN any other State
doing half dozen campaigns. What
at first surprised me most was the intense
and bitter partisanship of the women of
all parties. l went to a little city in the
northern part of the State one day to
report grand rally of Republicans.
Calkins, candidate for Governor, General
Harrison, Governor Porter and a host of
other distinguished speakers were adver-
tised to be on hand, which they were not,
but the announcement served to draw an
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

back from 612 Broadway, and crowded un-
der one of the oldest buildings there. A
more undesirable place of residence would
be hard to find. And yet Charley says he
is comfortably fixed and would be sorry to
be turned out.
The chicKen-coop does not belong to
Charley, nor do the chickens, but in CON-
sideration for taking care of them he is
allowed to sleep in the same place they
do. and is also given certain quantity OF
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
Practical Helen.

Helen is years old. The other day she
came into the house with thoughtful
face and the question, Mamma, what is
stepmother?"
After the explanation had been made
she pondered the matter for a moment,
then light came into her eyes, and she
said with satisfied sigh, We'll, mamma,
If God ever takes you to be with him, I'll
ask papa to marry Aunt Sally, and save
us children the trouble of getting &C.
auainted with stranger. New York
World.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

immense crowd. By evening excitement
was at high pitch. and the lighting con-
tingent of both parties was waiting impa-
tiently for the ball to open.
About this time torchlight procession,
headed by the Blaine Club of the county,
turned the corner into the main street to
be reviewed by the bosses. Near me stood
q woman of fine appearance and well
dressed. Like flash she darted into the
street, jerked the torch from the hand of
one of the "club." youth. and pounded
him numerically with the pole of his
torch. The fellow ran to the sidewalk,
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

A remedy for the removal of insects
from conservatory may pe found, with
out destroying the little intruder, by con-
centrating tobacco smoke for rev min
utes and then to open the sashes, thus
allowing them an opportunity to escape.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
Misuuderstood.

"Would you like to take chance ?n
asked the timid. rosy-cheeked maiden of
the stranger at the church fair
"Would I?' exclaimed the stranger ra
diantly. "Well, | should say / would.
but" his voice fell to whisper and the
eager light in his eyes died to faraway.
sad expression, Il am already married. ~
Washington Times.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

that he had made up his mind some
weeks previously 10 kill all the miners on
the Hill with one exception as opportun-
ity offered, and that the incident of the
frog had merely precipitated matters.
When questioned as to the exception he
said:
"'At first | made up my mind to kill
'em all, but after getting better acquainted
with that Sam Clemens found out he
was such a - fool that he was not worth
killing" J. J. McDAID.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
LIVES IN A
CHICKEN COOP,
The VERY QUEER HABITATIoN
THAT CHARLEY GEORGE CALLS
His HOME,

The home of Charley George, on Broad
way, near Dupont street, is not large
one. Neither is it very clean or well
lighted. The other inmates are not such
as most people would desire, and they oc-
casionally make good deal of noise. To
tell the truth Charley lives in a chicken
coop.
It is near the end of the alley that runs
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

of the order before he was converted to
Republicanism. My word for it, Indiana
politicians forget more about practical
politics every day than those OF some
States ever knew or could know in year.
ARMnNn
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
%@1 1l6,.;;t
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lAll communications concerning whist, an
swers to problems, etc.. should be addressed
whist Editor" CALL, City.l