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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

In his speech at Huntington. in this
state, Mr.. Bryan made use OF the fol-
owing language:
II the people who deposit MONEY in the
banks were as tyranrlcal as some OF the
banker are with those who owe them.
tycry bank In the country would be closed
by the withdrawal OF deposits. Great APP
s~plause.)
tIf those who are In favor OF free coinage
we're TO draw OUT their deposits because
their bankers We're trying to fasten n
British yoke upon them. they would teach
them more than they have learned In
twenty years at the feet OF the ROths-
chlldS. Great ~applauSe)
This Is 4 fair example nf some Of the
lndiscreet utterances Of the young man
who aspires to occupy the presidential
chair, and doubtless the great ap-
plauser with which 1t was received came
from thoughtless people who would
have %shuddered had they paused to con
slider what might happen were his sug-
gestIon acted upon.
II Mr.. Bryan's avowcd mission were
to cause a disastrous panic by melting
the people to mnKca run on all the banks
In thu country he would no, receive u
hearing from a handful OF people at any
point he would visit. On the contrary
he would be hiSsed from the platform.
and the chances are he would need po-
lice protection to get out OF the town in
safety. Such is the faith OF the intell!-
gent people In the integrity If our finan-
clal institutions. And yc: there Is con-
talned In this proposition OF his n sug-
gestion which Is calculated to inlame
the public mind to a dangerous degree.
Mr.LBry1n knows, and everybody else
knows, that the banks OF this country
do business upon business principles
and are governed by law. The limit OF
the rate of interest they are permitted to
charge Is fixed by law, and around every
customer and depoJitor Is thrown the
protection ~ the law. II n bank fails
the IepoSltors must be cared for first,
for they are the creditors. AS a rule
they are not %tyrannical. Their business
customers credit Is good he Fan do buzz
ness with the bank.
Would Mr.. Bryan. as an individual,
extend n loan to another man II he were
assured that his credit was impaired or
that his securities were not good? Would
he be t~yrannlcal were he 10 refuse to In
vito bankruptcy by extending the loan
under the circumstances? Banks have
their dspositors to protect. Their de-
,posltors are their creditors. They are
not doing business with their own mon
ey. butNith other peoples money, peo-
Die who trust them with 1t. They Insist
upon no more than the legal rate Of in
tersst and nothing more from n borrower
than he has contracted to pay. Where
IA the tyranny In this?
Willie hd Is going over the country
giving utterancc to such sentiments
MS the above quotation from his Hunt
inGton speech. why should Mr.. Bryan
complain II he ~ charged with arrayinG
class against class and creating business
disturbance and depression? Why
should he complain II honest men
cannut vote for the dishonest scheme
which he proposcs-ths reputation OF
honorable obligations?
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CHANGES OF VOTING PLACES
Within the City Districts in Ohio
County.

At n meeting OF the board Of commits
sioncrs OF the county Of Ohio. held ut the
court house on the Both day OF September.
1895. II was ordered that places OF holding
elections be changed In the following dis
tricts and precincts, viz:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Precinct No. l-From 2Oi Main street TO
Precinct No. 3-From Els Main street n
bla Main street.
Precinct No. 5-From SI3 Market street
TO sol Market street.
MADISON DISTRICT.
Precinct No. i-From West VirrlnIn
state Fnir Association Office to A. South
Tenn street,
Precinct No. 5-From southwest corner
virginia and South Broadway 10 tho
southcast corner Of Virginia md South
York streets.
Precinct No. S-From No. North Huron
street to Ill zane street.
CLAY DISTRICT.
PRECINCT No. l-Iirom st. Charles Hotel
TO 1917 Market street. "
Precinct No. i-IErom GO Twelfth strcc,
TO ll29 Eof street,
UNION DISTRICT.
PRECINCT No. S-From 1ES Sixteenth stree,
TO No. 200 S!Stccpth street.
CENTRE DISTRICT.
TO 2lGO Main street.
WEBSTER DISTRICT.
Precinct No. l-l'rOm corner hllcv %
and Market street to 1851 Market street.
,Prccinct No. i-l'rom corner OF lGoT and
Twcnty-ilfth streets to 300 l:ofg street,
Precinct No: G-From corner OF Twenty
seventh and Eo;f streets to 2iOi Eofr street
RlTCHIE DISTRICT.
Precinct No. i-From 2Sli Jacob street to
.eli Jacob street.
Precinct No. 5-17rom 400 Jacob street to
Precinct No. ;7--I'rqm Adams schoo,
house TO School House No. 2. on Call.
r: c. MoFFAT,
oca ClNrk board Of commissioning
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POLITICAL
CAPT. D0yENER'S APPOINTMENTS.

Capt. b. B. povener's assignments are
as follows:
New M~artinsville. wetzel county. octo-
Der Z, day.
Friendly. Tyler county, October Z. night.
Wick, Tyler county. October s, night,
Shirley. Tyler county. October 9. day.
Alvy, Tyler county, October 3, night,
Conoway, Tyler county. October 10, day.
Middlebourne. Tyler county. October 10,
night.
Lumberport. Harrison county. October
J., day.
Benson. Harrison county. October u,
day.
Falls Mills. Braxton county. October Is,
day.
Palmcrs. Braxton county, October Il,
day. g
Framctown. Braston county. October
Rosedllc. Braxton county, October 20.
day.
Nermantown, GIlmor county. October
Ccdarville. Gilmer county. October %,
day.
Copons, Braxton county, October q, day.
huntsville, Braxton county, October 4,
day.
Sutton, Brax.on county. October "a,
night.
Chenille. G!lmer county. October 81, day.
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wn mills ana factorIcs ought 10 be pro.

own mills ana factories ought to be pro-
duclng,
Open the mills and there will be plenty
OF idle money brought Into circulation,
and every dollar OF It will be worth 100
cents, lIu, free silver will not open the
mills. Men who will vote lntelllg4ntly
and against the conspiracy OF The silver
kings trust will vote for a restoration
of confidence aud the resumption OF
business,
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VIII ho rendered moro bcnoilcInI, aud The
fntiGUCR OF travel cOuntcractcd. II the voy-
niger win take along with him liostcttcr'S
Stomach Filters. and use that protective
aud enabling tonic, nerve inrlgorant and
water II ncutralI=cd by IL. and II Ia II
matChlcSs lranqu!lll2rr ami regulator OF
the stomach. liver and bowels. II coun-
]tCraCtG. mulnrIn. rheumatism. and n tend
Cncy 10 kidney and bladder ailments.
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An anonymous correspondent in the
Register justiiics the nttampt to breal.
up Mr.. Hnr,'s meeting in 'NIonrcncll,
and says: "IIart got his deserts" THUG
does tho Register permit It's cOlumna' 10
DO used By men who preach tho gospel OF
disorder.
The anonymous correspondent refer
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

CHRONIC constipation Is n painful,
disagrccablr and lIfc-shjricning dif-
iiculty. II d~cranSrs the system, causes
sick headache. bad breath, and poiSons
The blood. II can BIZ readily overcome
By Dc Wits Little Early Risers. These
little pills are neutrality-suspicious.. Charles
Il. GOctXc, corner Twelfth and Market
streets: Bowie g. Co.. Bridgeport: Pea
body & Son, Bcnwo0d y
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Hon. G. W. Atkinson's Appointments.

GrantsvIlle. Calhoun county. septcm-
Der %.
Piedmont, October Z.
Berkeley Springs. October S. afternoon.
Martinsburg, October 10.
Rowlcsburg. October l2, afternoon.
kingwood. October ls. night.
MorEantown. October Is.
Charlestown. Jefferson county. October
Q. afternoon.
shepherdstown. jefferson county, octo-
Der .. evening.
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STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Governor.
G. W. ATKINSON.
OF Ohio county.
For Auditor.
/. N. LA TOILETTE,
OF Taylor county.
For Treasurer.
N. a.. KENDALL,
OF Wood county.
For Attorney General.
E. p, RUCKER,
OF Mcdowell county.
For Superintendent OF Schools,
J. r. TRoTTER,
OF Upshur county.
For Judge or Court OF Appeals
II. C. McWHoRTER.
OF kanawha county.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

The BryanIte howl about ''thc coercion
OF workinsmen" IS simply ridiculous.
Every man, whether he be millionaire
or w~orkingman, can vote as he pleascs,
and NJ man Will know how he votes
unless he chooses to tell. The secret bal
lot answers all such scnsationalists.-
Chicago lIter-Ocean (Rep.)
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CURRENT COMMENT.

Mr.. Bryan served notice yesterday at
Memphis on those Democrats who pro-
fcss to be for sound money, and yet are
willing for the sake OF party regularity
10 support the Chicago ticket. that he de-
splscd them and had no use for them
Pittsburgh Times (Itcp.)
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So - Pittsburgh Exposition r:rc"r.lo"

Thursday. October s. IL and 90. via
Pennsylvania lines from Wheeling.
81 Is, includes admission to exposition;
return couponH valid two days.
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First District Judicial Ticket.

JOSEPH r. PAUL..
Of Ohio county.
H. C. HERvEY.
Of Brooke county.
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Ohio County Republican Ticket.

H." -
For Sheriff.
H..C. RICHARDS.
For Clerk OF County Court,
RICHARD ROBERTSON.
For Clerk OF Circuit Court.
CHARLES H. HENNING.
For Prosecuting Attorney.
WILLIAM C. MEYER. :
For Assessor City.
ADDISON ISRAEL
For Assessor Country.
ROBERT ANDERSON.
For County Surveyor.
ROBERT HAZLETT.
For House OF Delegates
II. F. BEHRENS.
W. II. DLOS.
T. NJ. GARVIE.
VIII. c. CURTIS
For State Scnator-FIrst District.
oLIVER.P I. MARSHALL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

Distressing kidney and bladder dis
cases relieved In six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KID
NEY CURE" This new remedy Ia n
great surprise on accoun OF Its exceed
ing promptncss In relieving pain In the
bladder. kidneys. back and every part
OF the urinary passage In male or fe-
male. 1t relieves retention of water and
pain In passing It almost Immediately.
II you want quick relief and cure this
Is your remedy. Sold by r. II. List,
druggist, Wheeling, w. Va.
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Wives and
HousekeeperS
TELEPHONE No. 200.

To Al Whom It May Concern:
The undersigned have purchased lIaT!.;
tons Improved Feather Rcnovalur. ard
mist an Improved Carpet Beatcr. whic1
and ARE nov prepared 10 do work promptly
ard at reasonable prices. Work called for
and dct~--~d free OF charge. Leave or
dcrs at L. l.uke's Livery. No. iiS9 Market
street. TGEddress.
F0RD g. EANNEN,
Corner Eighteenth and ChnplIne Streets,
Wheeling. W. vi.
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Within five days. so the New York
journal OF yesterday states, Senator
David b. Hill must declare his exact po-
sItlon or be read out OF the party" There
is something amusing about this an
nouncement. although thousands OF
Democrats may be impressed by It's Of
tc~nSiveness only. - Baltimore Sun
(Dcm.)
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-07

DE WITS Witch Hazel Salvc Is
an a%ntlscp:ic. soothing and healing np-
plicatiun for burns. scalds. cuts, bruis-
es, etc.. and cures piles like magic. II
Instantly stops pain. Charles Il.
Goethe. corner Twelfth and Market
streets: Bowie & Co. Bridgeport: Pea
body & Son, Dcnwood. .
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Strange things are happening in this
campaign. but surely n OF the strang-
est Is the excursion OF 800 eX-Confcder-
ate veterans from the Shenandoah val
ley In Virginia to pay their respects to
thels old antagonist. Maj. Mckinley, at
Canton. They are to be the guests OF
the G.. 4. r. posts OF Canton during
th,ir stay. Speaking Of bridging the
bloody chnsm." this comes MS near doing
It as any incident since Apprentices
Cincinnati TImcs-S:ar (Rep.)
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II Senator David Bennett Hill stands
steadfastly upon his platform which he
laid down n Chicago. t0-wlt: that he Is
"A Democrat, but not n revolutionist."
he must remain quietly at Wolferts
Ro0st until after the election, or come
IL like his old friend, BOurke Cochran,
and throw his influence for Mckinley.
sound money and national honor. Mr..
Bryan Is not 4 Democrat and he Is n rev.
olutlonist-NCw York Advertiser (Rcp.)
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The way that Bryan ut Cincinnati
cit into" all banks seriously tried his
command Of the English language. Bry-
an has such 4 hatred OF hanks that he
refuses, according to the bank officials.
to make good TO the stockholders and
dcunsknrs Of that broken Lincoln bank
n thousand dollars which he borrowed Of
I~t.-LOulsvillc Courlcr-Journel (Dem.)
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The victory OF the principles OF sound
money at the November election is In the
air, and whoever shall put his a to the
ground may hear the march OF the mill
Ions 10 the defense of public credit and
national honor. The busy hum OF In
Vulnerable Industries that have already
opened In anticipation OF the victory are
drowning the shrIeks OF the hordes OF
deprecated money and repudIation.-
Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
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AltEeld has n singular way Of doing
privately what he fights very bitterly
against in public. For Instance. he Is u
very rabid flee silver man. or says he Is,
and mo say too much against the
gold bugs" But his W leases. 1t has
been shown. are made payable In gold.
In the local campaign lie is making 4
terrific onslaught on tax-dodg1rs. but
here comes the Chicago Chronicle Gnd
shows that the Unity Building Corpora
ton, OF which Altgeld Is president. and
whose affairs he administers. Is down
on the tax books for sl4l 900. while a con-
scrvutIve estimate OF It's value Is $780,
600. AS n tax dodger. Altgeld seems 10
be something OF an expert-Baltimorc
News CDem.)
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

rTNllE W. ", MCLELLAND E,yL-
onc'of I!CSlnGst equipped bnuI, #,
htlte. Is nJE fpcn for engngcmrns .os
patronage cetfully solicited. AlI,.'f
~, Gainmlkt, atoms TO w. ". MUI.rti
yIoR sALE-CRYSTAL GLASS o.
\ stock, " shares OF tho slors q, ~
CtyS,al GIl,' S.3 VIII 9e offered fDr ~
o., on WedUrtlRy. October :, a, IL
a.. IN. The nNbvc yale II ndJ0uIrli
the nth day or October. .'ll
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N1s,;.1
n ~ R S
S21 USlC AN&Ms
YKIN -1AND ssSSN
~ : 7AE DR4nA. D<'a

The Clunie Opera-house will open to-
morrow (Monday) evening for the fall
ana winter season with a fine stock
company organized by Mr.. Todd, who
will be sole proprietor-no more part
nershlp division with a company man.
ager, and it is wise resolve. The COM
pany will consist of people well and
Iavorably known, and who are thor
oughly competent; all of them have ap-
peared here and are popular. The peo-
PIE are Lester Lonergan, leading man;
CHARLES f. Gibney, old man and char
acters; w. l.. Gleason, comedian and
stage manager; Harry Stockbridge,
second comedy and juvenile; Maurice
Stewart, comedian and walking gentle
man; w. H. Davies, utility; Kate Dal-
glish, leading lady: Nina Gleason, sec
end lead; Helen Harrington, charac-
ters; Fanny Yantis, inguene, and Agnes
Rankin, soubrette. In the second week
Al Hallet joins the company to do
heavies. The first play will be ''The
Wages of Sim With this opening the
Clunie will be electrically lighted
throughout, and will have two new drop
curtains.
At the Metropolitan Theater to-mor
row and Tuesday evenings Chauncey
Olcott, the noted Irish comedian. The
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1t is safe to say that Mrs. Kate
Douglas Wiggin is one of the most pop
ular American writer's. Her stories of
child-life, THE Birds Christmas Carol
and THE Story of Patsy" particularly,
have been very widely read. These two
stories have reached a greater number
of editions than any other recent
American fiction. The secret of their
popularity is that they appeal strongly
to the good sense, the sympathies and
susceptibilities of the reader. They
play in a very forceful and wholesome
manner upon the fundamental emotions
of human nature: the mothers love for
her child, sympathy with the unfortu-
nate and the combined humor and pa
thos of child experience. OF Timo-
thy's Quest the London Times said:
The tale is told with a rare combina-
ton of feeling and humor. By this fe-
licitous sketch Mrs. Wiggin has firmly
established her literary reputation" OF
THE Birds Christmas Carol which
has sold we'll into its second hundred
thousand, the New York Evening
Post" remarked: "One could hardly inn
agine how it would be possible to write
q SWeeter story"
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Having achieved such success it is
not strange that Mrs. Wiggin should at
tempt a larger book, a more elaborate
and ambitious piece Of fiction. This she
has done, and the book, now completed,
has been secured by the Atlantic
Monthly Boston) and will appear in
the numbers for September, October and
November. Marin Lisa" is partly a
story of chi1d-life, but is much more.
Marin Lisa" the central figure of the
story, is a defective child, who has ''ail
the cares Of maternity with none of it's
compensating joys" Although she does
not occupy as much space as some Of the
other characters, she is the motive
power of the narrative.
The sweet influence of Mistress Mary,
Lisa's self-appointed guardian, adds a
charm to the story and every life it
shines upon reflects the more clearly the
truth of Goethe's saying, THE eternal
womanly ever leadeth us The story
is not sweetness and light only, for the
deliciously whimsical Mrs. S. Cora
Grubb, "whose philanthropy is hysteria,
and whose good works are SO many
spasams," and the small twin repro
bates, Atlantic, and Pacific furnish
refreshing element Of humor.
1t will be readily seen that Mrs. Wig
gin has remained, to some extent, in the
field in which she won her earlier sue
cesses, but she carries the reader beyond
the realm Of child-life, and in this
broader field she bids fair to achieve re-
nOWn.
Booker T. Washington, the colored
founder and President of Tuskegee In
stitute in Alabama, is a foremost living
man Of his race and one of the useful
and notable men of the day. He has
more clearly worked out a system Of
education that is adapted to Southern
conditions than any other who has at
tackled the problem. His special work
is the application Of this system to the
requirements of his own race; but it is
no less applicable to the conditions of
both races in the South.
How he came to work out the system
that is in such successful operation at
Tuskegee, Mr. Washington tells in an
article in the September Atlantic
Monthly (Boston), in which he explains
the philosophic and economic basis Of
the Tuskegee system.
After a narrative of his own awaken
ing, he explains how the Tuskegee
school unfolded itself-beginning with
nothing but teacher and a few pupils.
The economic fallacy that lay at the
foundation of slayery-a fallacy as APP
piled both to the master and to the
slave-was it's discouragement Of thrift.
A lack Of thrift was a necessary part
OF the philosophy which regarded man
! ual labor as degrading.
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ALLIGATOR SENSE.
They Don't Have r1uch Before They
Are One Hundred Years Old.

''Do you know" said Colonel Ben
Cason, leaning back in his char, that
allgators are the most affectionate
creatures on earth? It's a fact. And
the sense they have. They're wonders.
They've got more sense than a dog.
How do / know? Amt there an alligator
no years old in Des Allemand Bayou
that would work his tail to a bone for
me If I asked him to? Say-you make
me tired. What are you laughing at?
You get a gallon of molasses and q
lcng-necked bottle and Ill show you
how to tame alligators. It's the easiest
thing on earth. They're so affectionate.
''On June %, 1885, ] went to Des Alle-
mand Bayou fishing. A negro named
Eaptiste Fortier had just caught an
alligator 100 years old. / could tell by
the rings around him. You can't train
q young alligator. That IS funny, isn't
it? | asked Baptiste to sell him to me.
paid him S4 50. and Jim, that's the
alligators name, was mine. / put a
chain around his neck. Then / got a
longnecked bottle, filled 1T with mo-
lasses, and walked up to him. He
opened his jaws to nab me. That was
my chance. / showed the neck of the
bottle in his mouth just back of his
ears, where an alligator has no teeth.
tilted the bottle up. Jim tasted the
nlolasses and began wagging his tail.
He broke Baptiste's leg, but that was
an accident. He was as gentle as a set
ter dog from the minute he tasted the
molasses. I taught him lot of pretty
trickG-how to catch flies, how to stand
on his tail, how to chew tobacco.
Finally / harnessed him to a boat. He
looked around at me to see what
wanted. | reached over the side Of
the boat and pushed him little. Then
he understood. Off he went. When I
pulled on the rope / had around his
neck he was nonplussed for a moment,
but he soon caught on, and now when
/ SO to Des Allemands ! never have
70 hire anybody to paddle my canoe.
Jim attends to carrying me anywhere
/ want to so.
say, do You know Jim is as glad to
see me whenever i pass that way as
If he was relative Of mine. What s
that? Of course it's the truth. Ask
Baptiste. He takes care of Jim for me
while am in New Orleans New Or
leans Times Democrat.
The record-union., 1896-09-06

made it especially Appropriate that Har-
ward should confer an honorary degree
on Mr.. Washington. Not yet past 40,
and with the best part of his life before
him, his work, as he explains it in the
Atlantic article WILL it is believed,
give him a secure and historic place
among the builders Of American civili-
zation.