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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13

,AearllIng Incident OF which Mr., John
u'lfoT NJ Philadelphia was the subject,
u narrated by him no follows: ~ was IN
aW.' dreadful condition Ny rkln was
a'hA, yellow, cyes sunkcn, tongue cont
~. palm continually In back and uldcs,
~ appoilto-gtiduilly growing weaker
wy by day Three physIclnni had given
,l' Up, Fortunately, q friend udvlecd
I5hr Electric Bltera' aud 10 my great
~ ana surprise, the FIRST bottle made u
g...l"l Improvement continued tholr
~. Tor three weeks and nm now n we'll
Alh ! know they saved ny NE and
,,1n"t ne grave of another Victim" No
gl' should fan TO ny them, only 10
.!' per bottle IS Logan bfHg Com
why'B drug store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13
I'M. nanlL stalement.

NEW YORK-The weekly bank state
ment shows the following changes; Sur
plus reserve. decrease, $685. 25; loans,
Increase. Ss9Si, 800; Specie, decrease
$500, 800; legal tenders, decrease, 500, 500;
deposits. increase. 1881 800; circulation,
decrease, $6l,S00. The banks now hold
SIS, ST. 495 in excess OF the requirements
Of the Is per cent. rule.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13
Petroleum.

OIL CITY-CredIt balances csc, Ger
tfficates, no bid. offered and closed Mt
65%c Shipments 6T22l barrels; runs
lO9,5G2 barrels,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13

NEW YoRK-Plg iron quiet; south
ern $40 OOdl2 25; northern $40 5Oql2 rs,
Copper quiet; brokers ioBc, Lead quiet
brokers IS 90, Tin plates steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13

,oNE Minute Cough Cure curca
r'kIy That's what YOU WnHtl
.n'tl.H u Hoctzt, MARKET and Twelfth
.'., Chatham Sinclair. FdrtrsYlyth
t.l JACOB streets, 4. u, Gchoolr. No,
NAN Hirool, EKluy llr0sI Penn and
"''s aIIoou, Bowie & Co., Bridgeport,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13

NEW YoRK-Wool quiet fleece 97G
Ole; Texas IS0l7c,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13
ornrR rRAINs LEAVE WnEELINa

OTHER TRAINS LEAVE WHEELING
For Stouncnyinc and rittBnurWn 1925 n.
IN wcol, days; for Pittsburgh aud tho
lIlngt and for Columbus and Chicago ut
i 10 y. m, wcci; days, Tor rttWOurEh, llnr-
hisburg baltimore, Washington, phllndrl.
mia and New York at 1905 y. M daily, for
blouncnviilo nui DCnniEon Mt 1885 y, N.
daily; for piitrburgh at 400 y, M week
days. for Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati.
Indianapolis and IT. Louis Mt 1850 y. m,
Ncol, days city time.
Parlor Car TO Pittsburgh on 1865 p. m. and
y, N. pr1lnn,
Persons contemplating trip viii IND
a pleAtnblo ia pleasure and eaRvo RieHpe
10 communicate with tho undersigned, who
WILL make oil necessary ARRANGEMENTS for
q Iellglttul Tourney, Tickets viii ho pro.
NldCd aud baggage checked through to de-.
JOIN q, TOMt,tNSoN,
Passenger ana Ticket Agent. Wheeling,
W, Va. ue3
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-13

Sugar, raw strong fair refining
sac; centrifugal, 90 test, 3 5-lGc. Re-
fined strong; mould A SIC; standard a
47c; confectloners' A 4Bc; cutloaf
55sc; crushed 5Sc; powdered bhc;gran-
ulated 1-16c: cubes 3-l6c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
METHODS Ga vENTILATIoN.

drawn out and dissipated before it can
collect in sufficient quantity to do dam
age. OF course there are mechanical
contrivances for drawing bad air out
of mines, but they are not more efficient
than a simple furnace at the entrance
of a shaft. a striking example of the
value of a fire for the purpose of getting
rid of foul odors is afforded in Jail in
New Castle, Del. 1t seems that the
Jail was built over a sewer which
emptied into the river near by. The
odor from the sewer filled the Jail and
made it very unhealthy place to live
in. The nuisance was abated by build
ing furnace and smokestack in one
corner of the Jail yard. a hole led down
from the furnace to the sewer pipe.
When the fire was lighted the bad air
in the pipe was drawn up by he fire
and sent out of the stack many feet
above the jail.
Something of this same nature takes
place when a storm occurs on hot day.
The air in a certain spot becomes heat
cd, and in expanding is forced upward,
drawing with it certain amount of
moist air from the neighborhood sur
rounding the heated spot. The mois-
ture in this air rapidly condenses when
II reaches the cooler strata above, and,
turning to water. descends to the earth
again in the form of shower.-Theo-
dore Waters, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05

serve in the marine corps until 81,
when they are honorably discharged.
While serving on men-of-war they
swing in hammocks and mess with the
marine guard, and in all respects are
treated as if they are men; in action
they serve at the great guns as powder
"powder-monkeys" as they are
sometimes called. The duty of pow
der-boy is TO pass charges from the
magazine to the battery.
Drummers are distinguished from the
private soldiers of the marine guard in
full-dress uniform by scarlet tunic
with white facing and shoulder knots
the only dress in our service like the
traditional red coat of Tommy At
kins," the British soldier, which has
been worn by the army for nearly 800
years. AS joke upon this distinctive
Iy un-Amelican uniform, it is related
that when the British were seen APP
preaching Bladensburg, during the
war of 1912, wag in the American
ranks shouted: Great Scottl boys,
here comes the music. guess / won't
wait for the ar1uy!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
MeII-rrained Rnttersier.

Two Partisan ladies have taken to
tanning butterflies. a gentleman, re-
turned from Asia, brought the young
ladies rare specimens, as souvenirs Of
his trip, and then they set to collect
ing these little creatures. Each lady
has about 80 in her collection, and it is
marvellous how tame thet are. Upon
the entrance of their mistress, they
ny 10 greet her, perching upon her
shoulders head and hands. The way
they were trained was by feeding them
With honey from the finger tips. They
have been serviceable as studies for all
kinds Of art work, and they have shown
themselves very susceptible To the
charm Of music. This opens new
avenue for those who like pets.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
THE MEXICAN PEccARx.
1t Never Turns Out for Anything,
Man or ReRst

1t Never Turns out for Anything.
Man or Beast.
The most vicious and fearless of the
brute creation is the peccary, or wild
hog of Mexico" said c. W. Bartlett, of
Laredo, Tex. This animal seems ut
terly devoid of the emotion of fear.
have never seen it turn a hairs breadth
out of its path for any living thing.
Man is its special bette noire. 1t dis
plays an intelligence in fighting the
human strangely at variance with its
apparently complete lack of any mental
attributes, save the very lowest order
of instinct They are rarely found sing
ly, but go in droves of from hundred
to thousands. Their ability to scent
men is particularly marked. l have
known drove of them to scent a man a
mile off and strike as straight for him
as the arrow flies. There is no use to
try to brighten them with guns. The
cannonading of a full battery would
have no more effect on them than the
popping of a firecracker The only
thing TO do when they get after you is
to run away from them as fast as a
horse can carry you. And then there is
no certainty that they won't catch you.
They are nearly as swift as horse, and
their endurance is as great as their
viciousneSs.
"a friend of mine encountered drove
of them in wild part of Mexico few
years ago, and his escape was miracu-
lous. He very foolishly shot and wound
ed a number of them. Then he took
refuge in a tree. The peccaries kept
him in the tree all that day and through
the night. They circled around the
tree, grunting and squealing their de-
light at the prospect of feast. He soon
exhausted his ammunition, and
brought down a peccary at each fire.
But this had no terror for the beasts.
Along toward morning the brutes be-
gan to eat the ones he had killed, and
when they thus satisfied the cravings
of their stomachs they formed in line
and trotted off. If they had not had
some of their own number TO devour
they would have guarded that tree until
my friend, through sheer exhaustion,
dropped from his perch and allowed
them to make a meal of him. The Wild
cats and tigers that infest the Mexican
wilds flee from the peccaries with in
stinctive fear, and even rattlesnakes
keep out of their path. st Louis Re-
public.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
KINGS Arc EnrIv Rt.er.

Most of the European sovereigns are
early risers. The emperor Of Austria
rises at 4:3o a. m. in the summer and
five a. IN. in the winter. The empress
has her bath at four o'clock. The Ger
man emperor gets to work at five
o'clock, and often starts out for his
morning ride at six The kings Of Italy.
Roumania and Sweden and Norway
rise at six o'clock The queen and
queen regent of Holland are also early
risers, but the late Dom Pedro Of Bra
I'll broke all records in early rising, be-
ing in the habit of getting up for the
day at three a. IN. and visiting his
friends between four and five.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
The Pencock at Homo.

The real home of the peacock or pea
fowl is in India. There they were and
are hunted, and the flesh is used for
food. As these birds live in the same
region as the tiger, peacock-hunting is
a very dangerous sport. The long train
of the peacock is not its tail, as many
suppose, but is composed of feathers
which grow out just above the tail,
and are called the tail-coverts. Pea
cocks have been known for many hum
dred years. They are mentioned in the
Bible. Job mentions them, and they are
mentioned too in Kings, TO- Hundreds
Of years ago in Rome many thousand
peacocks were killed for the great feasts
which the emperors made. The brains
Of the peacock were considered great
treat, and many had to be killed for a
single feast.-St. Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
A DOG THAT TALKS.
Canine Phenomenon Developed by a
Young French Artisan.

Young French Artisan.
Papillon, a canine phenomenon resid-
ing in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, is
claiming notice as a rival to the parrot.
His owner, young workman, has inno-
Gently beguiled many a leisure hour
during the past five years in the en-
deavor to initiate the little animal in
the mysteries of speech, and he now
processes to have succeeded after a
fashion. A visitor whom he introduced
to Papillon relates that he heard the
dog give vent to various patriotic cries,
such as give l'armee! Vive la France
and give lie president de la repub-
lique!" and adds that when he took his
departure the words "AdSeu, monsieur y
were politely uttered. It had occurred
to him that ventriloquism might have
played a mysterious part in this mar
vel, but he was able to convince him
self to his complete satisfaction that
there was positively no deception. Pa
pillon's kind teacher explained that he
had set patiently to work, and that his
pupil, who had naturally at first been
quite at sea, had gradually displayed a
taste for the lesson. Possibly the public
may some day be allowed a chance of
judging Of the progress alleged ID have
been made by the wonderful dog.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05

Miss T. E. Osborne is the name of young
lady living AT 100 North Seventeenth Street.
Richmond, Ind. She is the daughter of Mr..
William Osborne, one of the most prominent
horsemen IN Eastern Indiana.
She told your reporter most interesting
and remarkable story. 1t viii interest physi-
clans as il was a most unusual case, and to the
various ones who treated her, diagnosed Ii diff
ferently.
None of the doctors, and l tried all of
them" said Miss Osborne knew what was
the matter with me. Some said | had rheu-
matism, while others frankly admitted that
they did not know. | was at first taken with
pneumonia. One of my feet panied me al
most constantly, then the doctors pronounced
1t rheumatism.
Gradually, but steadily. the trouble grew
and spread until my entire body was in
volved and | was utterly helpless Then we
changed doctors. No relief came, and we
changed again. We tried nearly all of the
local physicians, and | was taken away to the
baths, Nothing did me any apparent good
and suffered very much.
" 1t Is now SIX years since | became unable
TO walk. Afterwards | grew worse and was
absolutely helpless. Braces were used in the
hope of strengthening my limbs so as to
make me able TO walk, but they did no good.
" was completely discouraged and so
were my people. My friends gave me up to
first declared he could have me walking
soon, all declared that l never could walk
again. | had no longer any faith in any
doctor or any remedy"
Finally, after persistent effort her friends
induced her TO take DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
but against her will, for she was discouraged.
She says of the results
box or so but they asked me to give the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
Rather Startling innovation.

There are bicycle parties and bicycle
luncheons. and bicycle weddings, but
a bicycle funeral is a new as well as
rather startling idea. Such one re-
Gently took place at Elizabeth, n. j.
The mourners, men and women, fol-
lowed the hearse containing the re-
mains, from the house to the church, on
wheels After the services were over,
the mourners again mounted their
wheels and rode slowly to the Gene
terry, three miles distant. There was a
great saving of carriage hire in that
funeral. and, perhaps, in time, such af-
fairs viii become 50 common as to
provoke no comment At present. how
ever. it has anything but funereal
look.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
when DOCTORS DIFFER
Who SHALL DECIDE?
history OF Woman who Gould not Walk for
Six Years.
From DE Palladium, Richmond, Ind.

medicine a fair trial, 50 they kept on pre-
scribing ii.
. l took no other at the time. so that if any
good were 10 come we would know what had
brought il about. Pretty soon change was
noticed. My muscles became more flexible.
and suffered much less. At the end of three
months ] found could move my limbs, could
lift myself up, and was no longer helpless /
kept on and still refrained from every other
sort of medicine.
In one year from the time | began the
nse Of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People ! could walk something all the doc
tors had decided never could do again.
At first, having been helpless for so long
could not trust myself to walk on the
street, as | felt afraid. Soon however, |
grew more confident and walked every
where as well as ever and have been doing
so ever since. | took the pills for two years,
as l was afraid to stop until / was sure the
cure was complete. Before | took them |
was wreck, and now my general health is
very good /"
Miss Osborne was repeatedly questioned as
to her opinion of what cured her, and she has
often declared it to have been Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, she had been
growing steadily worse until she had began
using Them and as she used no other medi-
cine after taking the pills.
Druggists in Richmond now have large
sale of these pills, and il is frequent occur
renee TO have a customer ask for the medi-
cine that cured Miss Osborne.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold in boxes never in loose form by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold in
tins shape) at so cents a box or six boxes for
- so, and may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. NY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
cuRlosITIes OF DRAFT.
How Fire Purifies Air and the Wa,
Mines Are Xentilnted

MINES Are Nentitnfed.
\ curious piece of apparatus used by
Prof John +. Woodruff, of the New
York teachers college, TO illustrate the
principle of ventilation consists OF two
lamp chimneys, tallow candle and the
lid of a pasteboard box The box lid
has two holes cut in it few inches
apart. The holes are a trife bigger
than the tallow candle. The candle
stands in one hole, the lamp chimneys
stand one over each hole. The object
is TO show how the draft of any burning
substance can be made to get rid of IN
pleasant odors, foul air. etc. The candle
is lighted and burns in the chimney
which incloses il. If q lighted match is
held at the mouth of the other chimney
the smoke from it will Immediately flow
down the tube and up the chimney in
which the candle is burning. This is
because the lighted candle gets its draft
through the other chimney, and the air
rushing down one and up the other car
ries the smoke from the match along
with il. The reason the air does this
is because the heat of the candle flame
expands the air in the one chimney aud
forces it upward. The atmosphere, in
order to even matters, supplies more by
way of the only channel left open to it.
Now, coal mine is freed from it's
foul air and new fresh air is drawn into
it in exactly the same way. The en-
trance to some mines are comparative
~ small, when the large excavations
beneath the surface are taken into con-
sideration- The air in the mine easily
becomes foul, and soon becomes unfit
for human beings to breathe if some
ventilation is not secured. It is only
necessary to have two shafts and to
build a fire at the entrance of one of
them in order to secure the desired re-
suit. If the fire is made to get it's draft
down one shaft and up the other, as in
the case of the lamp chimneys, all of the
foul air will be drawn out of the mine
and a corresponding quantity of fresh
air will be drawn in. The dangers of
explosions of fire damp viii also be
averted, inasmuch as this deadly gas Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
FOUGHT HIS IMAGE.
Game Cock in st. LOuis Makes Fool
of Himself.

tame Cock In st. LOnis Mnkes Fool
of Himself.
One of the gamest gamecocks in St.
Louis, Mo-, gave chance audience a
rare treat one day last week. He fought
his image to a finish. BY chance a
mirror had been left in the back yard
at the corner of Jefferson avenue and
Pine street. The cock was strutting
about the yard looking for trouble
when suddenly he came face to face
with his image in the glass. His fight
ing blood was up. AT last he had met
q bird that he considered worthy of
his prowess. He eyed the supposed
enemy critically. His anger grew as
the image Knocked rim. The feathers
began to rise - a. neck, and in an
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05

instant he made lunge at the glass.
Picking himself up from the ground,
where he had been doubled in heap,
he backed off few PAGES. The coward
ly image also backed away and Knocked
him. He made lunge after lunge at
the glass, each time backing away thor
oughly surprised. Finally he got tired
of retreating and made fierce face
10 face contest with himself He fought
until he fell from sheer exhaustion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
THE DRUM ON sHIPBoARD.
1t Plays an Important Part in the
Daily Routine Of Duty.

''The Last of the Drums" is the title
of an article written by Lieut.. Con Mar
rast Perkins for ST. Nicholas. Lieut..
Perkins says:
In the navy as well as in the army
the drum is hallowed and gloritied by
traditions of victory; and from the day
Paul Jones ran up the first flag of our
country, with its liberty-tree and its
motto, IAN Appeal to Heaven" down
TO the present, a man-of-war's drum
mer, though the smallest mite on board,
has always played an important part
in the daily routine of our nations
floating bulwarks.
From the rolling of ''gun bright
work" in the morning, and the long
drawn, solemn beat to quarters" to
the last incident of the day-"taps," or
''extinguish lights"-the drum retains
its place here; and the little marine
drummer, with his baby face and red
coat, is the last to carry his drum proud
ly at the head of marching men and to
blend it's martial rattle with the blare
of the trumpet, which has usurped the
place of the fife.
These boys are enlisted at Washing
ton, and are taught in the music school
at marine headquarters, after which
they are drafted to the several marine
stations at navy yards or distributed
to vessels in commission all over the
world.
They are enlisted at from IA to 10
years of age, and are bound over to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
IF you are
Particular

About the accommodations you
get when travelling, select the
Burlington Route as your line,
and you will be more than salts
fed.
If you are going beyond Chica-
go, St. Lewis. Denver, St. Paul
or Minneapolis, and don't know
the rate of fare, or the different
routes, time etc, write to Geo. P.
Lyman, Gen. Pass. Agent, St.
Paul, Mimi, and you viii get a
prompt reply, or call on any
agent Of the Burlington Route
they can be found in all principal
cities.
Reclining Chair Cars, Compart-
ment Sleepers and Cafe Dining
Cars make a combination I'M
equaled for comfort in travel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
Peculiar Mexican custom.

A strange custom is followed BY Mex
Jean farmers. They use oxen Of one
color in the morning, and another color
in the afternoon. They do not know
why, but they know that it must be
the right thing to do, because their fore
fathers did IL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
,A,A[ltss.s..,.u
IwoNAN
I'm n Is there ANYTHING

HN Is lnere anything
more wholesome,
more beautiful, more completely pleasing
IAN womanly woman? Such a woman
even tempered, intelligent, strong and
ealthy. Health really tells the whole
,ory. Health means strong nerves and
;trong body, and they go far toward
bringing good looks and aniability,
A woman worn and wearied by the
dragging weaknesses peculiar to her sex,
cannot be expected to find zest in any
duty or amusement. Life is all one dead
monotonous gloom to her. On her face
IS written the story of weakness and pain.
The wholesomeness of health is lacking.
The cheeks lack fIllness, the ewes lack
sparkle, the hair lacks luster.
Doctors have learned to locate nine
tenths of womanly sickness in the organs
that ought above all others to be strong
and healthy.
Sensitive women shudder at the
thought of consulting a physician on
such matters. A natural feeling of mod
esty makes them dread the examination,
and subsequent stereotyped treatment by
local applications" on which most
doctors insist.
Much more often than not, this is un-
necessary. It should not be submitted
to except as last resort.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has
cured thousands of severe cases of "fe-
male weakness" 1t works in a natural,
sensible way. 1t begins by subduing the
Inflammation that is always present.
Then it strengthens and invigorates the
whole body, particularly the organs dis
tlnctly feminine. 1t promotes regularity,
cures inflammation and liberation, and
stops the facilitating drain caused by
them. Of all dealers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05

The vatican at Rome is the largest
palace that has ever been erected. In
length it is 1900 feet, and in breadth
1000 feet. It contains APP rooms.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05

Paper floors are in use in Einsiedein.
Switzerland. 1t is laid in pasty mass,
smoothed and then pressed Footsteps
on it are noiseless.