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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

And now an archaeologIst says the slot
machine was in vogue 200 years before
the Christian era. We didn't know Just
when the thing was invented, but we
knew 1t was too old to be beaten.-Chi-
CagO News
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

Tho lnlollIgoncor'a aggregation that
Wheeling secure the meeting ~ the So
clcty Of the Army N West virginia next
Year. having met with general and on.
lhualnetlc favor among the citizens Of
tho city the movement Ia taking such
shape 40 win assure u practical effort
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

1t Is said that the silverltes. having
lost all hope of ever succeeding in forcing
their doctrine on the country, are about
to revive the old greenback fiat money
theory, Let them do it, That absurd
movement was born, killed and buried
once, and the resurrection OF 1t at this
time would simply serve to emphasize the
undoing OF the financial quacks, The
people of this country can always be
impressed with something new, even
though danger turks behind It, but they
never take kindly to dead issues.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

she-You are just like all the men;
you would not admit that You ever
made n mistake, to save your life.
He-As II l hadn't told you time and
time again that the mistake Of my life
was when l married you.-CincInnati
Enquirer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20
DdV y y AND So
School.

Tho only school in the city with $50
llshed reputation. Why take any ~
Then patroniEe the one responsible hai'
clally and otherwise.
Only LATEST business Methods iauil
and JUST AS PRACTICAL as in our Ms
modern business houses.
COMMERCIAL, SHORTHAND, EN-
LIsH AND TELEGRAPH DEPAh'
MENTs.
Tultons low as in any other school
Both sexes; enter any time. CAL OF y
dress for catalogue,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

DEATH Reason out how our American
sugar interests are being protected. and
confess that the employees OF the sugar
growers have their wages Increased, and
that numbers OF people ara being
given employment in our sugar refiner-
les. Take a practical, common sense
View OF the situation. The consumer Of
sugar Is not raising any rumpus about
sugar, but free trade demagoguss are.
This Is not defense OF the sugar trust.
The sugar trust is an evil. but It does
not owe it's existence to the Dlngley bin
or to any other tarlff bill, A trust Is a
combination which neither free trade
nor any other sort OF tariff can dis
solve, Only a law prohibiting trusts
and combinations can get at 1t. Free
trade England as Mr. Blaine used to
say, Is plastered all over with trusts.
II Is true that the advance OF sugar
trust stock is represented by about $685.
100000. This Is enormous, It Ia also true
that free trade and Popocratlc dema-
gogues charge that this vast sum repre-
sents the present made by Congress- 10
the sugar trust" But that is not true.
It simply represents, FOR the most part,
the profits made by stock gamblers who
have manipulated the stock market and
bled the gullIble amateur spectators,
The price of sugar itself has had little to
do with 1t, II anything,
Similar gambling Is constantly going
on in other stocks which are in no wise
affected by tariff legislation. 1t is an
evil, but It will doubtless exist as long
as there are stock gamblers and gullible
people who are willing to be Victims.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

1.-THE INTELLIGENCER, embracing It's
several editions, is entered in the POST
office at Wheeling, W. Va. as second-class
matter,l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

"THEY don't mako much FUSS about
IT," We are speaking " De WITS In.
Tic llnrly Rlsors, the famous little ullla
for constipation, blllousncss, and ali
atomnch aud liver troubles. Thcy
never nrlpc Charles H. Goot7e.
Market aud Twelfth streets, Chatham
gluclnlr. Forty.alxlh ana Jacob gtreetg,
4. ~, schcolc No COZ Main street, ia.
Icy Bros Penn ana Zane stfcota.
Bowie 4 Co, bridgeport.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

Mrs. weed-Are you enc of those men
who regard all widows as daneerous?
Mr. Green (edging away)-No, don't
think they're all dangerous Some Of
them don't become widows until they
have passed the danger point,
Mrs. Weed tafter he has IefD-I Won
der II he meant that as compliment or
not?-Cleveland Leader.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20
SwEET WRINKLED PEAS, \
1897 PACKING.
BRIGHTON SWEET wRINELED pvO
NOW IN STOCK AT
ALBERT STOLE & CO.'S.
THE WIGWAM RESTAURANT AND M

1I0s MARKET strict.
Warm meals served In their hes, "a.
Dining rooms cosy and snug An w.
order cooking, and prices reasonabis ~
restaurant that provides a frs, Nj
Ladies' and deRtiemeh's Dining n.
Entrance on Fourteenth street. 'I's
Merchants Hot Lunch daily. Roast
and Potatoes, Coffee, Bread g and Bsris
jul5 S, BRuBAKER, Proprls,,,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

"If you see n shooting star or two IN
the next few nights, don't be surpris-
ed" said Mr.. Snaggs to hig wife.
why must not be surprised" ask
ed Mrs. Snaggs.
Because have warned yoI, and you
cannot say you didn't know the sky
was oaded."-Pittsburg Chronicle Tel
egraph.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

mo" said the plundered capitalist to
the reporter-'I can't see what temp
tatlon my secretary had TO become an
embezzler. He only worked sixteen
hours day. gave him the run of all
my correspondence and investments, he
handled 100000 cash every year. and !
paid him 81 week. No-what induced
him to 60 wrong cannot see!"-Boston
Transcript.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

Wheat is higher than II has been for
six years and silver lower than II has
ever been. The bullion value OF a silver
dollars Is now only forty cents, and 1t
would require nearly two and a half OF
them to purchase bushel OF wheat
were we under the silver standard and
yet the farmer would be none the richer
The money he gets now represents gold,
and every dollar OF Il Is wegth two and
half Of the sort OF dollars Mr. Bryan
wanted TO give him, while he has the adj
dluonal satisfaction OF knowing that he
does not have to consult the market re-
ports each day to ascertain whether his
dollars are worth fifty cents or have
slumped to forty or thirty.
In the meantime, the interest In Mr.
Bryans coming speeches In the Ohio
campaign, at the rate of $1,000 per
speech, Is not OF that enthusiastic ma
ture which was expected, With the
wheat argument entirely knocked out
the only interest manifested Is a curlos-
ity as to what new theory Mr., Bryan will
tackle to bolster up his sllver heresy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

All dturplata guntputOa ne, Mtea, PAN
piLLH lUBlup Headache, "Ono cent d dose"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

Professor {dIsgustedly)-It's hard to
get any knowledge into your headyour
skulls so thick,
Pupil-But, remember professor, for
the same reason It will be hard for the
knowledge to ever get out-Phiiadei-
phla Record
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.

The rain fell suddenly, Truck horses
plodded along the sodden street, patti
emily. heavily,
Gladys De We're stood at the wind Nv
looking out on sloppy and dismal
world. The loneliness of the day weigh
ed on her soul
~ am heart hungry" she Pighed.
AYE, heart hungry"
But what was the use? There would
be liver for breakfast Just the same
indianapolis Journal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

Weary Willie-Ef you he'd million
dollars, Fields, wot would You do wiz
It?
Flowery Flelds-W'y. / wouldn't do
nutt'n' wit It. I'd jest rest easy and let
1t do suttn wit me.-New York Truth.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20

YES" said the man who had return
ed from the Kiondyke, II made n lot of
money, but had some hard expert
ences."
81 understand that provisions were
very scarce and dear"
Dear? Why, there were times when
meal would cost you az much as II
would at Manhattan Beach. Puck.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-20
FOR INVESTMENT

Notes secured by first deed OF tr,,
real estate In central portions Of nm. y.
The amount does not exceed one.bSl,.
market value Of the property. Guar.
clear and clean to the satisfaction N -
own attorney. Money loaned on go5t \,
estate In central portion OF WhesjIss :
per cent, free Of all expense Paw
ter than government bonds, and mi Z
safe.
The herald., 1897-08-15
SOCIAL LIFE ON
THE TOW PATH.
Canal Boat WOman'S Club
of New York Numbers
900 Members.
MEN GO BUT MAY NOT TALK.
Guitars Accompany Singing on
Deck That Is Worth Going
Miles to Hear.

The canalboat women of the United
States have decided that the social in
tercourse comprised in a few words of
salutation as the barges glide past each
other on the country waterways, is not
all that could be desired by such vast
sisterhood as that which makes its
home in the little cabins of the canal
boats. They have therefore got to-
gether and formed themselves into a
club which will meet every Thursday
throughout the year at a riverside read
ing room al No. II Coenties Slip, New
York City.
The president OF the club is Mrs.
Rode, daughter of the Rev. Isaac Ma
guire. d canalboat missionary Of twen-
ty-five years service and the man with
whom the idea of the canalboat wo-
mans club originated. The secretary
is a petite canalboat woman named
Miss Nellie j. King, who, when not
officiating at the meetings of the canal
boat woman's club, is to be found any
where between New York and Buffalo
on the deck or in the cabin of the ca
nalboat Bartholdi. The treasurer, Mrs
Murphy, is the wife of the skipper of
the canalboat Senator Conkling, which
boat she is usually instrumental in
steering safely through the turbulent
waters between Troy and New York
City about twice a month
The Rev Isaac Mcguire conceived the
idea of forming the club, in order to
provide recreation for the women who
follow the canals, during the time their
boats are laid up in the canals or on
the docks about New York. The wom-
en- entered into the arrangement with
the liveliest interest. They spread the
news of the clubs formation from the
Erie Basin to the Hobollen docks. from
Communipaw to Newtown Creek and
across to the Harlem Bridge. The wo-
men came in crowds to the gatherings,
and at the last meeting there were no
less than four hundred present, with
their husbands, sons and brothers.
You see," said Mr.. Mcguire. in
apologetic explanation of this male in
vasion of a woman's club "the canal
boats are usually laid up in a very
tough quarter of the town, and it
could not be expected that the men
would allow their wives and daughters
TO come clear across the East and
North Rivers, from such distant places
The herald., 1897-08-15
Men Nav Now EXPLORE The DeGp Sea Bottom.
The New Industry Of Treasure F1u1tna
Fortunes THAT Went Down in the DeeD Sea-

storm. Further south, under the fog
wrapped, icy waters of the Bay of Fun
day, an English treasure ship lies in
forty fathoms off Cape Lepreau. She
carried millions, and they are there yet;
for we may safely ignore the home
spun legend that tells how a certain
millionaire lumber king got his first
start on the road to fortune by a raid
on the sunken pay-ship.
Every schoolboy has heard how the
Hussar, with five hundred thousand
pounds Of British gold on board, in
tended for King Georges troops, came
to grief when within sight of her desti-
nation, and sunk in the tortured waters
of He'll Gate in front of what are now
summer gardens. Many attempts to
raise the old treasure ship have been
made, but she still awaits some such
enterprising genius as the Milwaukee
man, with his perfected diving bell.
But undoubtedly the greatest salvage
of any American wreck would be TAX
en- from the English brig De Braak,
that went down on June 10, 1898, off
Lewes, Delaware. The De Braak had
been on the Mediterranean station, and
was joining the flag at Halifax when
she fell in with Spanish fleet carrying
specie from the Mexican mines. She
soon drove off their cowardly convoy
ing frigate, and the English tars nim-
bly, transferred the boxes of bullion to
the hold of their own vessel, and bore
up for Halifax. Then the luck chang
ed, and while making for shelter, owing
The herald., 1897-08-15

ty millions; it was certainly more than
two.
Across the Atlantic wrecked treasure
ships lie thick as rocks on a New Eng
land farm. The most famous deposit of
sunken wealth is of course that of vigo
Bay; indeed, if the Milwaukee man can
get hold of that he will not be likely
ever to feel the pinch of poverty. The
story of Its loss is as follows: Don Fran
cisco Fernandez de la Cueva Duke de
Albuquerque and thirty-fourth viceroy
of Mexico, and his predecessor, Don
Juan de Ortega Montanez chow sono-
rously the titles of those old Spanish
grandees roll under the tongueD had
collected at Vera Cruz $780, 900, 900 in sill
Yer bullion, being the Kings royalty on
all that had been mined in Mexico for
seven years. Moreover, the Spanish
Court was impatiently awaiting the ar
rival of the silver, there being a painful
scarcity of pocket money just then at
Madrid. Unfortunately, the pestilential
English heretics had most reprehensi-
BILE habit of furrowing the Spanish
Main in crazy little barks which
they persisted in exchanging for noble
Spanish galleons, quite unaffected by
the openly expressed objection of the
Spanish sailors to the transfer. So it
was not until the summer of 1902 that
Don Francisco Il trust his descendants
will pardon the apparent familiarity of
this contraction) felt that he had gath
cred together guns enough to protect
the treasure, and ventured to invoice
The herald., 1897-08-15

It Is a new and strange kind of busi-
ness, that Of searching the bottom Of
the sea for lost treasure. 1t is bound
however, to be a great money making
enterprise of the near future. A clti-
zen of Milwaukee has invented cylin-
der in which, they say, it will be pos
sible for divers to work comfortably
four hundred feet under water. De-
tails of the invention have been kept
secret, but it is known that with it a
party was able to go down several hun
dred feet below the surface of Lake
Michigan and discover the long lost
Pewabic that went down with $140, 900
in ore and coin. The pursuit of treas
ure led to the invention. 1t is rumored
that promoter is now quietly organ
izing companies for the purpose of
searching the skeletons of lost ships.
Man has heretofore been very help
less at an insignificant depth below the
surface, in spite of his boasted me-
chanical skill,-his diving bell, his he'll
met, and his air pump. Now, however,
It is possible for a man to remain at a
depth of two hundred and fifty feet for
six hours, and suffer no harm.
From the st. Lawrence to the Span
ish Main the floor of the Atlantic is a
graveyard, strewn with the timbers
of vessels that have met their doom, by
tempest or collision, and many of them
carried a kings ransom. For instance
in the Bal de Chaleur, Captain Byron
of the British service caught in the
long ago fleet of French men of war
The herald., 1897-08-15
OLD TIMES in HAWAII.
Reverence for Royalty Was a Marked
Characteristic Under the Monarchy,

One of the most marked characteris-
tics of the ancient Hawaiian religion
was the extreme reverence for royalty
indicated. 1t was a crime punishable
with death to pass through the kings
shadow or sit higher than his head. His
person was sacred and protected by a
strict system of taboo" In the royal
palace the taboo stick, with which the
king announced his communications,
is exhibited. 1t is wand with a carved
stone cap. If this stick was lowered
on the approach of courtier he was
compelled to withdraw Immediately and
was considered in deep disgrace.
The kings will was absolute; but
the majority of the Hawaiian monarchs
seem to have been of kindly DISPOSE
ton and to have made no improper use
of their extreme power. 1t was due to
one Of them that the taboo system was
abolished. This bore with grievous
weight upon the women. They were
forbidden the use of some of the most
common articles of diet. such as bananas
and certain kinds of fish, on pain of
death.
The herald., 1897-08-15

otic airs. They bring all kinds OF mu-
sical instruments with them, for the
canalboat that has not an accordion or
a guitar aboard is very poorly equip
ped. The singing with the accompani-
ment is worth going miles to hear, for
many of the women have exceptionally
| fine voices, and of their volume there
can be no doubt at all.
after the singing, the mistress of GER
emonies calls upon some one to take an
active part in the evenings entertain
ment, either by solo singing, reading,
or the recounting of some particularly
interesting incident of canal life. If
you want to hear stories that surpass
anything in the fiction line you ever
read come along to a meeting of the
canalboat women's club.
There is another feature of the club
life that cannot be too highly COM
mended This is the Dorcas branch Of
the working members league. The men,
bers of the Dorcas society are pledged
to devote SO much time each year to the
making of garments for the poorer class
of canalboat women, who, having pos
sibly more than their share of children,
are unable to keep them properly CLOTH
ed. There is a good deal of distress
ness is dull, and no one ever hears
about it except the women themselves.
When the Dorcas Society meets, the
members have list of cases that have
come under the notice of the women
during their trips about the country,
and they sew their fingers sore to help
these unfortunates.
II don't want to convey the impress
sion, however, that the canalboat wo-
men as a class are poor. People who
sympathize with them because they are
supposed to live in 'stuffy little cabins
are entirely wrong. Some of the boats
are owned by the men who run them,
and the cabins of these make some pre-
tension to elegance. l have seen cabins
that were tastefully and even hand
somely furnished, with divans, cosy
corners. costly furniture, and bric-a-
brac and pictures that would not be out
of place in the house of a well-to-do
landsman. Then, the impression will
probably prevail that the meetings of
the canalhoat woman's club are attend
ed by a collection of bonnetless females,
with red faces and tar-soaked hands.
AS a matter of fact it would puzzle any
one to tell that the club women are not
the wives of well-to-do tradesmen. They
dress well and look WELL and if the in
fiuence of the rather rough life which
they are compelled to live has made
any impression on their characters it
certainly is not noticeable.
80 quickly has the club grown, that
we have already nine hundred members
on the roll, all of whom are the wives
or daughters of canalboatmen. They
belong to every city from which there
is waterway to New York, and the
possibility of their being able to meet
each other at the clubrooms is going
to draw them closer together and make
one community of the women who
spend their lives on the yellow waters
of our canals
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-08-15
Failure Comes More FREQUENT
ly Than Success to the
ANAASAs -
FORTY.NINERS WHO FAILED.
The Cost Of Production Generally
Equals or Exceeds the Return
in Gold,

In connection with the recent discov-
cries of gold in Alaska has been raised
the question whether there is any real
profit in mining-that is, whether the
average reward of all those engaged in
mining is equal to the rewards to be
had in other industries. For the Aus
tralian discoveries of a few years ago.
the question was answered officially in
the negative. The British Government
obtained statistics showing the num-
ber of miners in the gold fields and the
total amount of gold taken out. These
figures were not absolute, because IL
was known that a great deal of gold
was smuggled out of the country in
belts which miners wore. But thew
were approximate and they showed
that the amount of gold taken out of
an exceptionally rich field under con-
ditions involving great hardships was
less than $500 per capita. When the ex-
traordinary profits made by a few of
the more fortunate miners are deduct
ed from the aggregate, the average is
reduced to about $3.50 per capita. At
the time so many were prospecting for
this small average sum, labor was COM
manding $40 a day and more at the
IuiHSS anu ldpOrerS were very hard to
get.
1t Is customary to count the gold TAX
en- out of a mining region as clear prof
it. Thus in reading the story of the
Klondike, the average man will count
the 100000 taken out by this one and
the $4,000 by that one as gain. In point
Of fact. the larger part of the profit of
mining is eaten up usually by the ex-
pense of working claim. For exam
pie, in the South African bonanza SEN
sation Of the last years, the last au-
thentic figures show that it cost in one
year $29,690,203 to get out $36, 1894 ,OOS in
gold. OF this, $S,354,24S went to white
employees and $S.434,939 to native en-
ployes. Yet labor is comparatively
cheap in South Africa, owing to the
presence Of a multitude of black men
who spend next to nothing for food and
clothing. Miners can be had for an av-
erage of 500 month; firemen, for $82;
mechanics, for $780, and foremen for
$153. In the Klondike country labor Is
scarce and much more costly. One item
of expense in South Africa which is
The herald., 1897-08-15

sky in the health-giving woods of Eng
land. AT night we could sleep in ham,
mocks spread under the trees if the
weather was warm enough, and when it
rained or was chilly we We're as Sc
curely and snugly housed in the water
tight vans as in a brick house. Any one
who has tried the ordinary style of
camping and has had a spell of wet
weather while under canvas will know
how to appreciate the difference be-
tween camping and caravaning.
zone of the chief delights of our trip
was i'll meeting other caravan parties.
At one time we found that there were
four parties camped in the same wood
in which we had halted, and it was not
long before we had made each others
acquaintance and arranged for gath
ering under the trees at which all the
amateur gypsies could meet and enjoy
big social picnic. We arranged a three
The herald., 1897-08-15

country and who makes his home at %
West Gath Street, New York.
Mr.. Glassup has given orders for the
construction Of an elaborate gypsy car
avan outfit, which will be ready in a
few weeks. AS soon as it is completed
and properly furnished he will invite
his friends to test the joys of gypsy
life. Mr.. Glassup speaks enthusiastic
ally of his plans.
II have thoroughly tried it," said he
in a recent interview, "and I know that
it double discounts the houseboat idea,
and is SO far ahead of the ordinary
camping life, with all its inevitable dis
comforts, as to be not worth MENTION
ing in the same breath. 1 travelled with
a party through the British Isles. and
for months slept in the gypsy van, ate
the fare cooked in our gypsy kettles,
and smoked the pipe of peace after
meals with my face upturned to blue