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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27
WILDE NOCONFLICT
OF Arms Between the United
States and Spain.
THE PROGRAMME ASCERTAINED.

The Policy orThlI Country Does Not Con-
template War In the Event sPSin Hs-
I Jsets Mediation In Cuban Affairs, but
There win be Withdrawal OF Dlplo-
mstiO Relations with spain-AiInIitsr
WoodfOrd Is Painfully Impressed with
the bitter Hostility OF the Spanish
PrsSS-HIS Conference with ths Duks OF
TstuAn EatirsIy sAtIIfAetory.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27
THE YELLOW FEVER.
r,t,een New Cases Reported at
New Orleans Yesterday
SOME IMPROVEMENT SHOWN

=, IN, s,tuutlon-Thsro Have Been n"
p,,,h, since last Friday, and all the
x,wCa,aars seattsrsd-Nsarly tho En-
,,, Town Of Edwards, nIisIisSippi'
,,,,,.,n with the Di'saSs-RePoTts Of
81, Hsrlnp Hospital Service at Other
po,n,, arc ofGn Euoo urAging Nature
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27

LONDON. Sept. 27.--A dispatch TO the
Standard from Madrid says: "rhe ru-
NOR OF Austrian mediation between
Spain and the United States in the
event Of hostillties has created surprise
mingled with incredulity. Spaniards
fall to see what Austria could do unless
seconded by naval powers, or at least
by the combined pacific action OF sever
nj governments"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27

Pearl Bryan, for whose murder Jackson
and Walllng were hanged, Should that
prove true It has been in the river over
nlneteen months.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27

uNNRE# llrutnrnc, New York
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ttrom hIy-
prp0uD New York.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
Salt Makes Coal Last Longer

''It may sound like nonsense, but il
is true all the same," said coal deal
IL ;,s.that coal. over which has been
81 n'' 2. z. a strong .-~..i;an.-nf salt,
L.1ff last much longer than it other.
wise will-what will be saved in coal
will more than donbly pay for the salt
and trouble. Some of my customers
tell me they use pound of salt in
each two quarts of water Hot water
dissolves the salt more readily than
cold, though either would do. The
salt in some way adds lasting i'll
gredient TO the coal. Salt was the
main constituent of the various coal
ines SO extensively advertised few
years ago, and by which SO much
money was made. ANY one can try
the experiment in a small way. First
see how long one scuttle full Of coal
will last. Next try the same amount
OF coal. over which the solution oil
salt has been sprinkled. "--Washing-
ton Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22

quietly in order not to make scene.
The physician, George and the nurse
got into the carriage after me, and we
started away for the horrid asylum. l
composed myself for whatever might
come now. and sat silent, gazing out
Of the carriage window, when, as We
turned into the open space at the rail
road station, which we had to pass, 1
saw my own physician and Georges
attendant In a second had smashed
the carriage window, aud thrusting
out my head screamed for help, call
ing the doctor by name. They were
only the width of street away, and
as the driver Of the carriage did not
know anything about what was going
on, he stopped to see what was wrong
and the next minute was out Of the
carriage and had tainted in the physi-
clans arms"
The major was about to remark that
the one regret Of his life was that he
was not that physician, but the widow
had her mind and her tongue on her
story, and once more few away from
the major.
"Of course, explanations were in
order, and it was not long before the
true state Of the case was made known,
greatly to the astonishment of every
body except George. He took it as o
matter of course, and laughed over is
as a great joke, without apparently
understanding what he had done, and
he went back TO town with us as SUBJ
missively as could be, never losing
his temper in the slightest degree.
Within a couple Of months after that
be grew rapidly worse, and death soon
brought him blessed relief" Here
the widow hesitsted and sighed.
"And may say blessed relief to me
as well, for / would have lost my
mind, am sure"
At this point the widow stopped
long enough to give the major an op-
portunity to make a few remarks,
which he did advisedly. seeing that
the major, on general principles, re.
CARDS widows pretty much as did the
father of the late Sam Weller. -
Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
A Friendly MOcking Bird.

A mockiug BIRD serves as night
watchman at the residence of II. f.
Bettes ut Tampa, Fla, and notifies the
family of th4 coming of dawn every
morning 10y prcking on the window
pane. Often when the doors are left
aiar the moching bird comes inside
aud perches on the chairs and about
the room. 1t will nllow the family TO
come very close and show marked at-
iention to Mrs. Bettes an her dau sh-
ter. When they start out for visit
it follows them some distance, and
then returns to the yard When the
family returns it app. .ars very glad
and VIII - Mi about them, and give
evidence of it's joy in III, ~avs. The
children feed it about the house, ana
when tue flmily meal is to be served,
if the window is not raised, it makes
its presence known by pecking on tho
window. Daring the d,y it gets on
neighboring brush or tree and sings
its roundelay of soug for hours at
time. S .vannah tGo. News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
NATIONAL DOMAIN.
Free Homestead Law Responsible
for 5000, 900 Farms.
Wonderful Transformation Due
to the Industrious Farmer.

With tie hope of arousinga deeper
interest in agricultural pursuits, the
United States government in 1862
tdopted what is known as the free
Iom estead law. This law, which IS
till operative, gives to each individ-
ial who is willing to aid the govern
nent in subduing its wild lands the
um of 100 acres from the national
lomain. 1t is required, however, that
zach beneficiary of this law shall not
lnly put the tract of land given to him
n a state Of cultivation, but also that
lie shall reside upon it for a certain
lumber cf years.
To show the effective manner in
which this law has operated during
he last thirty four years it suffices to
ay that no less than 1853, 900, 900 acres
# the national domain have been dis
posed OF by the government within
his period. Aside from the land par
,eled out under this statute, however,
ihc government has sold directly to
'nterprising pioneers as many as 1885,
700, 900 acres, making a total of 49S,-
100000 acres withdrawn from the
lational domain since 1862.
Using these figures as basis the
Chattanooga Tradesman estimates that
},111, $50 farms, each possessing 160
,cres, have sprung up from the gov
,rnment's wild lands since the free
homestead law was enacted.
While these figures are interesting
hey are also instructive. They show
hat a marked degree of progress has
been attained within the last few years
ind that a vast sum has been added to
he nations wealth. Before these lands
sere reclaimed from the forest jungles
which they we're found and made by
lint Of patient industry to wear the
Imile OF tillage they we're virtually of
title worth to the government. Today,
however, they sustain no less than 49,
300, 900 occupants besides contributing
vast supply of grain and other pro-
iucts to the worlds markets. Where
rs few years ago these lands were
lcnsely wrapped in primeval solitude
aud without commercial value, except
or the trees which grew upon them,
hey are today worth millions. Under
The transforming touch of American
labor these gloomy forests have been
converted into rich and fertile dis
iricts, abounding in all the fruits OF
mother earth and supplying the nation
with food and prosperity.
To the industrious farmers belongs
The credit of this wonderful transfor-
nation. With sublime faith and
courage he bus braved the solitudes of
frontier life and endured the extremes
Of heat and cold; and while he has
realized but little in his own right, il
cannot be denied that his plowshare
has been a potent factor il the ma
lions progress.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22

The ivory trade with Africa is con-
Quoted on scale of far greater di-
mensions than most people have any
idea of. List year nearly 700 tons
We're imported into London alone
says Pearson's Weekly,
This would mean that in the ordi-
nary way the elephants would soon
become killed off, were not the larg-
est part OF the importation taken from
the stores which have been lald up by
nature, as ii in anticipation Of the re-
quirements of modern people.
These stores are practically the cem'
eteries of the elephant world for cen
turies aud centuries, aud the ivory II
fetched from them by the natives, and
sold to the traders, 10 be by them eX'
ported with comparatively little trou'
Bile, aud without incurring any risk u
to their lives,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
AnInnoration at Weddings.

An iunovAtion at local wedding, in
the attendance upon the bride of a
''best woman," as bridegrooms have
been accustomed to have a"best mau, "
sets a new precedent for the world of
society. There is no apporent reason
why the custom should not become
popular, unless society DEGREES against
it. the decree of society being more
absolute than that of a monarch
PIttsburg Dlspatcb.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
"rar and Feathersv Not American.


"There is a general impression in
this country at least, that the institu-
tion known as tar and feathers is dis
tinctively American. Nothing could
be further from the mark" observed
Judge Riley OF the Virginia bar. "The
fact is, what We understand to be
coating of tar and feathers is of an
cient origin. There is also an idea
ahoat that tar and feathers is q sort OF
southern celebration, that it was in
vented there, and that it is of common
occurrence in that section OF our
loved country. assure you that both
these ideas are wrong all the way
through. In the first place, while
there is plenty of tar in the South, the
stock of feathers is not so large. And
again they are too valuable to use in
such a way.
Where a person deserves such a
treatment it is much easier and better
to give him a thorough cowhiding. A
cowhiding sticks as well as coating
of tar, if it is we'll applied. Tar and
feathers originated in the days OF
Richard Coeur-de Lion, over eight
hundred years ago, as is evidenced by
one of his ordinances for seamens as
follows: That if any man is ta en-
with theft or pickery, and thereof
convicted, he shall have his head
polled, and hot pitch poured upon his
pate, and upon that the feathers of
some pillow or cushion shaken aloft
that he may thereby be known for q
thief. - Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
Remarkable Jehu.

The most remarkable Jehn in Pari'
has just died. He was SIX feet SIX
inches in height, mud was Of herculeap
strength. 1t is said that "he could
easily lift his e,b from the ground
With one arm. The cause OF hi.
death was his heavy drinking. Ov.f
sixteen quarts Of wine w, his d,iiy
average.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
HUMOROUS.

He-Well, your sister is married.
Now it's your turn. she-Ob, Goorgel
ask papa.
Tourist Are we near the fallsY
Guide Yes, sir. As soon as the la.
lies stop talking you Gun hear the
:uar.
is your picture in the academy
,nccess?" "rhat's what [ am wonder
mg. Some one said it was worth the
price of admission.
He-Jones is all right, suppose.
but he aud 1 do not like each other a
bit. She-Woll, that is much to the
credit of both of you.
Amateur Humorist-T That's a pretty
good joke of mine; don't yon think
50? Experienced Elitor--Well, it is
inst rs funny now as il ever was.
Robsrt--When get into my new
house l mean that everything shall
go like cluckwork. Rchard-I see
the same as heretofore tick, tick.
The English language must be tough,
At least that's what I've reckoned,
For it is still alive today
| Though murdered every second
"Why do you hate soap so?" asked
the itqli7itive lady. II DON'T said
l
NJ. ID smll Dawson. 81 simply ig-
more It. We dou't move iu the game
set; thal's all. f."
"You don't mean to say you became
engaged to him after but five hours
ncquaiutance?' Certainly. How
much time would you have me devote
to one engagement.
Bobby-Is oxygen what the oxen
breathe all day? PApa-Of course,
and what everything else breathes.
B1bby-And is nitrogen what every
one breathes at night?
"rhose Eskimos up in Alaska have
good, sound common sense" Low
SUP" "Why, when they fall in love
with girl they announce it by send
ing her a sealskin sacque."
There, you hava candy all
over your new suitl What will NAM
ma say? Little Brother-W Well,
mamma won't let lne have any fun in
these clothes ill get EN- spoiled.
This world is but a fieeting show,
And few are they, alas
Who can rake up pull that's strong
Enough for free pass.
Brown-I wonder who originated
the idea that it is unlucky to begin
anything on Friday? Robin5on-
Probably it was some lazy individual
who preferred to wait until Saturday.
Toughmug-Chimmie, wot has be-
came of Dippy Pete lately! Chimmie
dc We'll, you see. he got to
dom everybody he could, and now
Toughmug-WellP ? Chimmie, de sport
- He's doin' timeI
"What I want" slid the lawyer
sis to prove that my client is mentally
deficient. Certainly" replied the
expert. "There won't be the least
trouble in showing that, SO long as be
has employed You as his lawyer.
Prof. tecturing) Oxygen, gentle.
men, is essential to all animal exist
eucS-.' there could be no life without
it. Strange ron.sev, it was not diseoS-
cred until century Al hen-- Stu
dent-What did they e. yzsss was
discovered, professor?
MAY l write you poem on the
beautiful snow?" asked the poet tin
idly. yes" thundered the editor,
"go Out. squat down in the snow and
write. In the meantime I'll sit here
and pray that as fast as you write the
sun will thaw it out.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
No. 81.

A cong Tor lhe men 50 true.

A song for the men so true.
The sailors Of sunken ships,
Tie sport Of the winds that blew.
Deyoured by the waves white lips.
There. where the eagull dips.
There meath the sky 80 blue.
There. where the sehoolboy striIs-
Brave men. there is rest for you.
\ song for the shipwrecsei crew.
The men Of the docks and slips.
Propelled by a sail or screw.
You made many perilous trips;
With the canvas torn to strips.
u fore the gale you few;
No more the wild wind whips-
Brave men. there is rest for yoa.
A song for the men too few
For nature so few equips
Who drink that awful brew
That only brave man sips.
The stanchest Of ships are chips;
No power can the sea subdue.
No longer the cold spray drlps
Brave men, there is rest for You.
William =. Lord
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22

May l write you a poem on the
beautiful snov?" asked tile poet tin
idly. "Yes," thundered the editor,
''go out. squat down in the snow and
write. In the meantime, I'll sit here
and pray that as fast as you write the
sun will thnw it out.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22
A Pretty Widows Story.

The widow was not wearing weeds,
neither was she plunged in gulf Of
dark despair, nor did she show any
signs of those other dreadfully woe
begone conditions which are some-
times attributed to the state Of widow
hood, not only in America and its en-
virons, but pretty generally over the
entire earth's surface.
On the contrary she was as bright
and vivacious as a summer girl. and
she was talking to the major in seven
teen languages all at once. At least,
it so seemed to him, for he hadn't the
slightest opportunity of introducing a
word into the conversation sidewise,
even much less introducing it, ac-
cording to the ordinary rules of COLO
guy.
''Do you know, major" she was
saying as fast as she could, and with
little gasps for breath between, as
women do when their conversational
locomotive begins to''run wild, " "that
had perfectly dreadful experience
once in my life?"
The major wanted to say that he
could not understand how such {
charming woman could have any kind
of an experience that was not as lovely
as she was, but he wasn't quick
enough.
"Well, l did," she ratified away,
land, you know, it was dnring deaf
Georges lifetime, and it was perfectly
awful. My, N.Y." this with half Il
sigh, "you wouldn't think l had beer
widow ten years, wonld you?"
Tue major was on the point of say-
ing that she seemed to him more like
radiant sunbeam, or something like
that, for the major has hatterins
tongue but before he could carry his
wish into execution the widow was five
lengths ahead.
Every few people do" she twit
tered. "Do you think l look very
old?" and she cAnted her head to on,
side, and looked at the mnilr us II birC
looks at bug it wants for dinner.
The major was about to say that he
thought sue was summer girl fore
some one told him she was widow,
but, as before, he was left at the post.
"But, as was saying,' she con
tinued, 81 had this perfectly awfu
experience. You know that deal
George during the last two years ol
his life, was suffering with some pc
culiar brain trouble that quite changel
him. His hallucination was that h'
was some other person, aud that whilt
| was his wife, l was not the sam,
wife he had known in his sanity. Thi,
seemed to be the only popularity o
his madness, for on all other point,
he was quite sane enough TO deceiv,
even experts. OF course, l had to
watch him all the time, for the ply
yn1. I L. l i
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22

! A Conservative anu 81
slclan said his d.ss-I~-FiEe. Policy. Frat
at any moment, aud he misas
something desperate, though it wa
not probable that it wonld take sue
turn.
"one morning he slipped ava
from his attendant and escaped to
train that was just leaving the station
The man had grown careless, becaus
George was SO rational all the time
but when be lost him lie resJg4..s.s;,
that he had been neglect; Z; r. 80. %
once came after me +. -
do. was not =, ana the man
oon,o - ~ 20 something, that he
,,ss.-. - to the physician, but just
.saaaited for me. When he told me of
Georges escape 1 sent for the pbysi-
,ian aud private detective, and as
soon as possible the detective followed
nv husband. The physician en-
me greatly by saying that
George was perfectly able to take care
Of himself, that he had no suicidal
tendency, and that he would very
probably find him at some of the near
by resorts, as it was summer, aud the
hotels we're all open. if he did not re-
turn of his own free will in few
days.
''He had quite snug sum of money
with him, and felt easy ON that score,
for he could meet all his expenses, and
knew very we'll how to handle money.
Still, was dreadIully nervous, aud
excited, and, as l could not sit at
home, used to go out on short trips
looking for him. The detective was
also out constantly, but he had met
with no success in his search and at
the end of two weeks l determined to
sound general alarm, So TO speak,
and give the story TO the newspapers,
when, on one of my expeditions, l
unexpectedly found him in a remote
little town, where there were very few
summer visitors. He had been there
since his departure from home and J
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-22

An immigration restriction bill Is
being considered by the powers that
he OF the Tran,vaal. The bill alsd
provides that oll strangers must carry
PASSPORTS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
NEW OPERAS.

Mascagni's new opera will be upon
a Japanese theme, with Iris as it's
title. The librettist is Luigi Illica,
the author of Giordano's andrea
Chenier."
John Philip Sousa's new operetta,
"The Bride Elect" will have its first
performance at New Haven, on De
cember 20.
De Wolf Hopper has accepted from
Charles Klein the book of a new OPP
eretta, to be called THE Charlatan."
The music is by John Philip Sousa.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

The following named persons have
been elected as officers of the Hamoa
Plantation Company, for the ensuing
year, viz:
Hon. w. +. Allen, President.
Hon. II. p. Baldwin, Vice President.
George II. Robertson, Esq, Treas
urer.
+. f. Bishop, Secretary.
Il. w. Hebron, Auditor.
Hon. G.. n. Wilcox, Hon. w. o.
Smith, Directors.
Honolulu, December 0, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
THE \. p. 4.

AS national organization the \. p.
A. has ceased to exist, says an eX-
change. Anybody might have seen
this when the society was at Its
height. But its friends wouldn't, and
most of its enemies couldn't.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
Made.

We give our customers the
benefit of our purchasing all
goods in large quantities
whereby we can purchase
goods at a much lower figure
than other dealers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
p. C. JONES. EDWIN A. JONES.
The Hawaiian Safe Deposit and
Investment Company,
Stock Brokers and Fire
Insurance Agents.
EDWIN A. JONES.

Stocks and Bonds bought and sold on
commission at the best market rates.
Safe Deposit Boxes to rent by the
month or year. Money, valuable pa
pers and jewelry deposited in one Of
these boxes will be safe from burg
lars and fire. Money to loan on APP
proved to security.
Fire Insurance carried on houses,
furniture, ETC., at reasonable rates and
favorable terms.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
THIS TELLS WHERE HEALTH MAY
BE FOUND.

And that is far more important than
making money. If your blood is i'm
pure Hoods Sarsaparilla is the medi-
cine for you. 1t cures scrofula, salt
rheum, dyspepsia and all other dis
eases originating in or promoted by
impure blood and low state of the
system.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14
Finest
Brushes

Nothing is more disgusting
to experience than using a
tooth brush that sheds it's
bristles and causes the opera
tor to gag and spit. We have
brushes that we guarantee
will not shed their bristles.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-14

HOODS PILLS are easy to take,
easy to operate. Cure Indigestion and
headache.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-13
CUBANS HELD In CHECK.
Concentrated Near Hayana-BancO Sends Condo
lences to President Mckinley.

HAVANA, Dec. 12.-The plans of the
insurgents to strike a blow near the
city have been checked, according TO
the official account, but the concentra-
ton of their forces is such as to make
it unlikely that the insurgent bands
will surrender, as the Spanish authori-
ties have been hoping.
The business concerns of the city
are much discouraged by the actual
situation. They do not now look for
ward to a speedy end of the revolu
ton. All say that they have aban-
doned the hope that the insurgents
will surrender or accept the condi-
tions of autonomy.
Marshal Rlanco has cabled to Senior
de LONE, Spanish minister at Washing
ton, a request that he tender Blanco's
coincidence to President Mckinley on
the death of Mrs. Mckinley, the presi-
dents mother. Gen. Pando and his
staff are still with the gunboats, Diego
and Velasquez, that are engaged in
removing the wreck of the gunboat
Relampago, which was dynamited
some months ago near the mouth of
the river Cauto, and are clearing away
other obstacles interfering with navi-
CATION, while also protecting the work
of constructing forts at that point. The
gunboat Dependiente, originally en-