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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09
III. Unole's Longest Day.

There was in those days serious
hammered Irish member named Blake
mot to be COMPOUNDED with the expire
mier OF Canada, sitting member for
South Longford), who is remembered
for a brief correspondence he read to
the delighted house. 1t was introduced
In n speech delivered in debate on the
Irish Sunday closing bill Mr.. Blake
had, he confldentially informed the
house, an uncle who regularly took six
tumblers Of whisky toddy daily. This
troubled him. and after much thought
he resolved 90 write and demonstrate
with his relative. The following was
the letter.
MY DEAR UNCDE:-I write to say
how pleased should be II you could
see your way to giving up your six
glasses OF whiskey day ] am sure
YOU would find many advantages In do
ing so. the greatest OF which would be
that, us am persuaded. Il would be
the means OF lengthening your days.
The uncle replied:
MY DEAR NEPHEW:-I am much
Obliged TO you for your dutiful letter.
was so much struck by what you said.
and In particular by your kind wish to
lengthen my days. that last Friday
gave UP the whiskey. believe you are
right. my boy. Ms to my days being
heightened, for, bedad. 1t was the long
est day l ever rememberl
II. w. Lucy In North American Re-
view
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

the vaults were being tempered with.
but would locate the exact location of
the threatened danger to Uncle Sans
millions. Should any of the connecting
wires be cut, an alarm would immedi-
atcly indicate such action and its loca-
ton. q
These precautions are essentially for
the protection OF the treasury at night.
During the day time a force OF compe-
tent and reliable watchmen are on
guard. This number has recently been
increased, n large force being deemed
necessary.
The government could easily have
spent hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
In building vault coverings. with every
burglar proof improvement, and still
have rendered their Contonts less secure
than by the system OF burglar alarms
just put In.
It Is history that, sooner or later, eX-
Dcrt burglars find some way to over
come any new mechanical device In
vented for the purpose Of limiting the
operation OF their profession and any
vaults now built would probably be OBJ
goletc ana comparatively easy for n
1rst-class craftsman to open within ilf-
teen or twenty years. with this COM
pnrntively inexpensive system OF bur
glnr alarms It is absolutely impossible
for an attempt to tampcr with the
vaults to proceed for the fraction Of n
second without spreading an alarm
that would Immediately bring an array
Of guards and policemen to the very
spot threatened.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

ties, yet when foreign nations are short
of food they neglect maize for more cost
~ products OF the SOIL and this through
n lack OF knowledge or a caprice OF taste.
In the fiscal year 1877, when the cron
of wheat was short, our exports OF corn
exceeded those uf wheat. The same
thing happened again. by a slight mar
gin, In 1890. Ordinarily corn has been
sighted In the foreign demand, and 1t Is
still to an unreasonable extent unappre-
ciated abroad But there Is n change for
the better The exports In 1896 OF wheat
and flour were 1876, 96S bushels. In the
fiscal year ending In 1897 corn took the
lead. reaching total export of l7S,SlGdl7
bushels, while that Of wheat was li5OS2,-
Gig bushels. II has been noticed In re-
cent years that when the price Of corn IS
less than half that NJ wheat the exports
of corn Increase. Present conditions are
favorable to heavy foreign demand for
corn, and the best thing about larger
demand Is that 1t lcads\to better ac.
quainancc with maize ae an unsurpassed
article OF food 1t needs only to be
known to be valued as such throughout
the world.
our corn crop sometimes amounts to
Q, 900 900. 900 bushels, ana this could be in
definitely Increased II the markets hiler-
ed suitable reward to the farmer In
any case the tllcr OF the soil in America
is familiar with Its great advantages, II
he cannot sell It for fair price he can
feed II. and thus enrich the soil n form
OF wealth not identified with raising
wheat. In an extremity, always to he
regretted II serves as fuel, which again
Ia not true OF wheat a growth In tho
foreign demand for corn, with fnlrcr pro-
portonntc prices, Is 80 much added to tho
resources Of our farmers and basis Of
steady prosperity for American ngrlcul-
turc. Everything that tends to proclaim
The merits W maize az food strengthens
the world against famine, There was q
time when the starving Irish rejected
cornmca because methods of preparing
II were unknown 10 them, and they had
always regarded II as grain for cattle,
Many places stll exist where cnlIghten-
mont ~ needed concerning the product
OF a magnificent plant
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

He was a slip OF boy of four, with
the face OF chcrub crowned by golden
curls, which persisted in wandering in
to his large blue eyes, says Judge.
Next to him sat man, huge six
footer, intent on reading his paper. The
trolley car sped along until It reached
the brow Of very steep and long hill.
The child eyed the hill dlstrustfully for
a second. then settled back with n con-
tented sigh The man glanced up from
his paper and, noting the movement. the
boy asked
"Arc YOU scared, mlstcr?"
The man glanced at the mite, smiled,
and said;
mo, not very"
"woll you needn't be-" raising his
eyes through the mass Of tangled curls,
IAN you have to do Is Just put yoGr
trust In the Lord"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

fore he often met joyously and parted
from sadly. II was such an affair as
the humorist used to delight to put into
print, and 1t sounds impossible that he
has not told the story. II he has the
man who has read II heretofore can
skip 1t In this column.
Davis was working on n San Fran
cisco Paper, and Nye, meeting him,
asked IL IL were true that one could get
n royal banquet in the Golden Gate
town for the ridiculous prices men
toned by men who had been there.
Davis said the stories were overdrawn,
but still one could manage TO exist on
what was set before him, even II he
did not have a kegful of money In his
possession.
Tll tell you what" he said, 'you come
along with me TO dinner this evening
and I'll take you to q rotisserle-one OF
those French restaurants, you know,
where you can get something for
twenty-five cents. or, II you prefer. a
fifteen cent meal"
81 guess mott" cried Nyc, who was
spending Sl5 q day for being allowed to
breathe In the Palace hotel. "a quarter
meals cheap enough"
After they parted Davis hurled to
one OF the finest eating houses In all
the coast country and had brief but
convincing conversation with the pro-
pretor. He also called In to his aid n
man with whom he knew Nyc had had
some pleasant correspondence, and
whom the lccturlng knight desired TO
meet In the evening the three gour-
NETS approached the lair OF good eat
Ing, The menu card was presented.
IL was about as long as the Canadian
Pacinc's time table, and mado mention
of wonderful things gastronomlcll. But
Davis and the other San franciscan be-
hnvcd with IN temper when they saw IT,
There was no variety. II was no better
than the ten cent meals provided on
Kcnrncy street, and here they WERE
prepared to nay two bits u head. FL
nnlly these two impatlcntly directed the
waiter to bring everything that was on
tho bill, and they would select some
thing iit 10 eat out Of the lot Mr.. Nyc
had very little hair, but what he had
rose In a Bpllty way.
40 you mean to say" he gnspcd,
"thnt the price of such mcni m you
are ordering II quarter"
"Well," said Davis In confusion, "or
course fftcon cents would be about tho
rlght price, but something sccmg to be
wrong with the chef to-day, Try to
mike out little, ANA wen no somc-
whore else tomorrow, am really nll-
od with ahnmc ut bringing you here to
such poor. dismal excuse Tor dinner
Int hndn't been IN hero Tor month
and didn't know II had run down no.,
The two coastwlsc men objected to
everything The wine was not moro
than twenty years old, whereas they
were paying money enough to vet good
stun, Tho Holsters were wrong IN some
way the salads were faulty, they In
sisted, the bird. the fish, the alrlon--
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

Hero Is Klondltc 0tory Tint comes
from scnttlo' Although the Aloslin
bonls are crowded these days, the Of
nccrs nrc dolnu an that they can to
mako everybody comfortable and CON
tontcd when the steamship Queen was
about 60 Rnll, u man rushed down to the
puraor md exclaimed cXcltcllv'
'Loolt hero, I paid for state room
Cor myself and wife, and when I got
there | found m old COW sticking her
head through the window"
"i nm very sorry" Hnii the purHor
ave are very crowded. but I VIII do
the beet can Tor yoh John Cunning
to deck hnnd), 10 zap ON deck and
turn that COW around"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

The little daughter OF Rev Minot j,
Savage had been taught that God was
everywhere and manifest In everything
and everybody ono day, saws the New
York "Trbunc," shc opened the front
door to admit the Rov. pr Bartoi, The
woll.known Unitarian minister who
had come to make q call upon her faith
or. Dr.. narlol was n man of mngnil-
cont physique, With an exceedingly at
traclyc face. So deeply did his noblo
appearance Impress the child that after
locking kccnly and ndmlrngly up az
him, she now to her father, crying OK
clt1dlyi Hurry, papnl God Ia down
hcrc-.nll OF hint"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09
ABOUT BILL NYE
A Good Story on the Famous HamoFlIt
md an Old NeMapansr Chnm Of Ills.

a Goou story on the FAMOUS humoFNe
and ala Old Newspaper Chum OF HIS.
It Is a far cry from instlgating, pro-
noting and reporting a prize fight TO
writing things for Chautauqua readers,
but Sam Davis, of the Carson City APP
peal, is something of a versatile genius,
and he can do such things, The cur
rent number of the ChautauQuan con-
talns not only story OF benign and
worthy sort, written by the editor OF
the old COmstock paper, but there is a
clever and dlscursiye article on Mark
Twain. also Davis product, The lat
ter composition is signed David Mas
ters," but the author Is the Nevada
man. In letter Chicago friend, in
which he speaks OF the selection Of this
new name, the Carson City writer says:
1.-THE editor wrote me that he thought
1t would not look well to see two such
different articles in the same issue
signed by one man, and said that he
had taken the liberty OF signing David
Masters to the Clemens story, He said
the magazine would reach me about as
soon as his letter, and asked II II was
agreeable to me to see the article over
the signature he had given.
agreeable? Even II had felt like
kicking what was the use with the thing
in type and bound and mailed to sub
scrlbers? 1t was like the case OF the
Irish salOonkeeper, who, In the cellar
tapping key of beer. was hailed by
his wife, whom he had Ieft tending bar
overhead. Martini she cried, is Din
mis- Flaherty good for a drink Of
whisky?
Has he drank lt?' Martin inquired
anXiously.
He has
"He u.s."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09
WEST VIRGINIA.
Tall, with Gov. Atkinson on Pros :
perlty and Politics
WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH,

nh, State FACES the Future Ia Great Com
adsnes-seersn OTths Coal strike-Fusi
for the Hsml,phers-ReviyAIofLu Lumber
mdus,ry-Farmsrs as Happy as Jane
observation-disclosures who Sought For
,ono la tho West Returning to Their
Old Homes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

Thorc ~ homcslel, cleveland boy
visiting some relatives In a ncIghborlns
town. and sleeping out Of the home most
Tor tho nrt time In his short ne rays
tho plain Dealer
The other day hl1 mother had q letter
from tho llttlr follow d long mlfBlvc, IN
which ho detailed the happenings of his
stay, &c cHhoI US thlg qutIt fashion,
"l.om your dear born child"
And when hlg mother read that she
decided II was time tot him to come
homo,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09
A SPLENDID PLANT.
Corn Is Appreciated In America, but For
eIgn Nations Neglect II.

torn - Appreciated Va America nut Ho'-
eiGn Nations Neglect II.
St. Louis Giobe-Democrat; It is gratt-
flying to know that there Is an increasing
foreign demand for corn. Our America
maize Is truly wonder In the vegetable
world, phenomenal gift of nature. 1t
Is doubtful IL this country could have
been colonized from Europe without Its
aid, or the wilderness subdued without
It's ready and wholesome abundance.
Maize IL one OF the few plants botanlstq
have never discovered In wild state or
In the full armor of a cultivated crop,
and one used to fill national and tribal
granares. But though 1t is appreciated
everywhere in America, the rest Of tho
world has been slow to give 1t place
among the best and most nutritious
cereals In this country It has develop
ed fine race OF men and women, COM
Portable farms, and thriving communi-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

Davis is quite competent to write
about Mark Twain, or indeed almost
any OF the big men, notably those large
and great In literature-who have come
out of the west. He has known them
all: Clemens, Bret Hart, Judge Good
win, Dan De guile, Bill Nye, Ambrose
Plerce-all While Nye was not n
mountain man TO such an extent as the
Others there were frequent occasions
when he got into the same horizon with
Sam Davis, and when they assembled
there were hot times in the old town.
After Nye had become famous and
had taken to leoturing he had an odd
adventure with Davis. whom often be-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09
SAFE.
The Vaults Where the Country's
Money is Kept
MADE IMPERYIOuS TO THIEVES.

New burglar Alarm Attachments Pat In
United States Treasury building Rem
dsrs Robbery ImpOIslbls-Ths Big Cav
srnS Containing Vast sans OF Gold,
Silver aud Notes Lined with Electrical
Conductors, witch will Give Immediate
Notice lfThsy are Tempered With.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

The traditional yearning of the wan
dering mountaineer for his old home is
having a practical illustration in West
Virginia. II Is bringing back to the
state In notable numbers those who
have sought fortune with various re-
suits in the west and other parts of the
country. This, however, Is only a small
part of the Increase.
"Our population" said Governor At
klnson, SIS growing rapidly. We are
getting a good many settlers from Old
Virginia, but the most OF the new ele-
ment Is from New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio II Is composed OF those VINO
see the opportunities offered by our un-
developed natural resources. we nave
got as many churches In proportion to
population as any state In the union.
There never was intolerance there. The
members OF any party can have peace
able meetings anywhere in the state
We believe in free speech"
The governor of West Virginia Is not
whistllng his way through n graveyard.
His cheerfulness is sustained by the
facts in every department OF the state
government.
MY predecessor" said Secretary OF
State Dawson. told me there would be
very little to do in July and August. /
have found these two of the busiest
months have had. West Vlrglnla,you
know, Is a great corporation state. our
laws encourage Incorporation. When
business Is depressed the applications to
incorporate fall OF. An Increase OF cor
poratlons is one OF the best indications
of Improvement. In July OF 1876 we is-
sued articles to seventeen domestic ana
twcnty-slx foreign companies. Foreign
companies are those having their prln-
clpal office or place OF business outside
OF the state. In July OF this year the
domestic interpretations were thirty,
ncnrly double those OF last year, and
the new foreign companies were forty,
nm Incrensc OF fourteen, August viii
make stlll better showing"
Secretary Dawson ls chairman OF the
Republican State Central Committee.
lie smiled when he asked II there was
any prospect OF West Virginia In the
near future returning to Democracy
And then, 60 illustrate how things have
changed In the state, he said:
"Flftecn years ago we never received
election returns from Mcdowell coun-
IT, Why? Because there were so few
people that no attention was paid to
election dly Now Mcdowell has como
out OF The woods. AZ the last election II
gave 1000 Republican minority. II In
part Of the Fiat Top coal region. where
many PcnnsylyanlanB have gone Inland
where there Ia great development
The state treasurer notes the fact TINT
tnH collections aye coming In regularly
and satisfactorily ns one Of the best
proofs OF new conditions. West virginia
not only has no state dohL but has n
surplus OF nearly 100000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16

One hundred and twenty-five
tickets to Mankato were sold at Ma
pleton last Saturday. The celebra
tion at Mapleton kept a larger mum
Der from going, and still larger
crowd is expected next week Wednes-
day, as there will be special train
arriving here at 900 a. m.
C. E. Dyer, member of the firm
of Dyer Bros, and resident of Man.
kato in the early days, died Thursday
at his home in Mime apolls. He was
an uncle Of Mrs. Lee w. Beattie, and
Mr.. andMrs. Beattie will attended the
funeral Saturday, returning in the
evening.
The mercury stood at SO degrees
in the district court room Thursday
afternoon, SO degrees in the city hall
and 81 degrees in the offices over the
First National bank. This will give
some idea of the difficulties under
which business was carried on.
-Mapleton has adopted an ordin-
ance prohibiting the riding Of bicycles
on the sidewalks. Mankato riders
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16
July1, 6, Is, %, 80, Aug. 6, 10

CTATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
- Earth, In District Court, Sixth Judicial
District.
Mankato National Bank, a corporation,
plaintiff, vs. George w. Thoms and Henry G..
Thoms, defendants.
SUMMONS.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendants:
You, George w Thoms and Henry G. Thoms,
are hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint of the plaintiff in the above en-
titled action, which is hereto attached and
herewith served on you, and to serve copy of
your answer to said complaint upon the sub
scribers, lat their Office in the city hall building,
in the City of Mankato, said county and state,
within twenty days after the service of this
summons ON you exclusive of the day of such
service, and if you fail to answer the said COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
will take judgment against you and each of you
for the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars with in
terest thereon from and since the Sth day of
October, a. D. 1895, at the rate of per cent per
annum, less Two Hundred Dollars paid Novem-
Der 18th, 1895 One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
paid December 18th, 1895 One Hundred and
Fifty Dollars paid January 7th, 1895; Two Hun
dred and Fifty-Eight and 6S-10O Dollars paid
February 10Th, 1896; One Hundred and Fifty
and Fifty Dollars paid March 3lst, 1896; One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid April 3Oth,
1896; One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid June
End, 1896; One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
paid July 3rd, 1896; One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars paid A gust 1st,, 1885, One Hundred bne
and Fifty Dollars p id September 1St, 1876 ::
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid October
1st, 1896; One Hundred and Fifth Dollars paid
November 1st, 1885, One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars paid December 2Sth, 1896; One Hun
dred and FIFTY Dollars paid January End,
1897; One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid
Fee ruary 4th, 1885, one Hundred and Fifty
Dollars paid March 3rd, 1897: One Hundred
and Fifty Dollars paid April End, 1897; One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid May 9Th, 1897,
and One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid June
1tn, 1861, ana tOr his costs and disbursements
herein.
Da ed at Mankato, Blue Earth County, Mime
sOta June 18Th, 1897.
PFAU & PFAU,
Attorneys for said Plaintiff, City Hall Build
ing, Nj nAato. Blue Earth County. Minnesota.
To the defendant Henry g. lhoms, in the above
titled action:
The complaint in the above entitled action
was fled i'll the Office of said clerk of said court
on the oIh day of July, A. D.. 1897.
PFAU & PAU,
Attorney for said Plaintiff, City Hall Build
ing. Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16
FENCE TORN DOWN.
Policemen Open North Fifth Street
by Force This Afternoon.

The trial of Louis Bischman on the
charge of obstructing North Fifth
street came to sudden termination
Friday forenoon. The taking of evil
dence was commenced yesterday, and
at the request of the city attorney
the case was postponed until ten
O'Clock this forenoon. At that hour
the city made no appearance, and on
motion of W. A. Funk, attorney for
defendant, the case was dismissed.
City Attorney Pau decided to pur-
sue different course than trying the
case, aud directed the police force to
remove the offending fence. Officers
Schuette and Flanagan this after
noon cut the barbed wires at one end
and swung the fence around, opening
the street.
The trouble is due to the herding of
cows 1T the point named, a thing
which many of the residents object
to. What the next step will be re-
mains to be seen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16
OVERCOME BY HEAT.
August Truman, of the Omaha
Wrecking Crew, the Victim.

August Truman, a member of the
wrecking crew that is at work on the
wrecked Omaha cars north of the city,
was overcome by the intense heat at
about five o'clock Thursday afternoon
and was carried in an unconscious
condition to his boarding house on
Minnesota street. DR.. Warner was
summoned, but the man did not re-
cover consciousness for several hours.
He pronounced it a severe case of
sun stroke. Truman is better today
and will undoubtedly recover.
Mr.. Trumans home is at Lee
Sueur. He is fifty-seYen years
of age, and has been with the
Omaha company for twenty five
years, first on a construction train.
then in the car shops at Shakopee,
and for some years in the car depart
ment on the wrecking crew. He is an
excellent employe. When he sue
cumbed to the heat, he was placed in
a caboose and brought to the city,
and taken home.
Several other cases of suffering
from the heat were reported, but nc
O ther cases Of sunstrOke.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16
STILL in DEMAND.
The PEI pie Calling For ncCleary's
Spes ch-Invited to Speak
In Ohio,

The Washington correspondent Of
the St. Paul Pioneer Press says:
Representative McCleary continues
to receive requests from Minnesota
and oth"r portions of the country for
copies Of his speech on the money
question: in the last congress, and he
recently requested the National
Republican committee to send him a
number of copies. The committee
informed him that the speeches had
long run out, but that a new supply
would soon be printed. 1t is an in
terestiDg fact that the speech of the
MankdJo representative has been
more widely circulated than any
congressional campaign speech ever
delivered. 1t received particularly
large circulation during the last
campaign. The impression made by
Mr.. McCleary at that time has not
been forgotten, as was shown this
week when Senator Hanna invited
Mr.. McCleary to do some spell bind
ing in the Ohio campaign this fall,
The Minnesota representative has
taken the matter under advisement,
and if his duties permit him to do so
he will accept.