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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
His Offer Releeted.

Chicago Times: Up and down the
room, with lowering brow, and fingers
working nervouslv. strobe the young
man.
PROUD maid" he said, you reject
my offer becauseI cannot afford to put
on the style that other men can! You
have no higher aspirations, perhaps'"
"Perhaps!'', she echoed, tapping the
floor with her fairy foot
"Ha! A thought strikes mel" no
burst forth. "You have had another Of.
fer?"
II have, s!r!" replied the radiant
maiden, rising and looking down In
scorn at the young man. II have been
offered so week to be the cashier Of
downtown cafe"
And the proprietor ofthe suburban
lunch counter, who had thought to Sc.
cure the services OF this regal young
lady for SIC a month, with two meals
day thrown IN, went away. hopeleSsly
crushed
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09

nership artistic ns well as matrimonial.
In the second respec; the venture was
an emphatic success. but In the first
hardly. You zee, the play was bad, al
though the characters were good, and
the venture did not prove what one
would wish.
"out at one OF the one-nig'ht stands,
one Of the first places visited by US, MI
Mann was curious to see how the piece
was liked by the people, 50 he went
down TO q nelghborlng barTuom after
the show. Surely enough, there were
SOM Of those who had paid, and they
were talking Il over among themselves,
"won, John said one, been t the
show Tonight
"'Yas. was the response
"'Whnt d. ye think about ItT
"The second man simply turned his
back to the first speaker, drew aside his
coat tails and simply said, Kick me-
That was MI that he said, but that was
quite enough"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
UVlVTESH0VAL INSULT
BIZ, /, Cost the Du,lness.llkO Postmaster
Ills Lille.

Harpers Bazaar: Eyes, sir, you nln't
the first Yankee postmaster we've had
in this town; there was one nfOre you
came. but ] hope you'll have better
luck than he did. hope you viii"
"Why, what happened to him, Mnjor2
What did he dor"
'Dled--sudden."
"Dh! In that 80? But what wnB tho
matter with him? What allied him2"
"Nuthn' particulars he Just died.
Want thut 'nough?"
Yes, should think II was. But sure
~ there must have been somethInS That
Killed him2"
yes. there was--coloncl Parker"
"Oh!"
During the painful silence that fol-
lowed, the major continued to swing his
feet IDLY against the counter on which
he was sitting,
"You see, II was this way" he at last
continued. THE colonel he was a great
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
THls Earth BAD ENOUGH.
Bu, Preferable BY for to solurn on
Jupiter.

Detroit Free Press; what did YOU
say those ate?" Inquired the nun with
the od-fashioned derby hat who had
paused to patronize the curbstone as
trcnomcr,
Those are the moons az Jupiter" re-
piled the proprietor OF the telescope.
let me see, Juplter-thats one OF
the planets"
"Assurcdig"
"well, there's great deaf to COM
plain OF on this earth, but It might be
worse. With all the drawbacks. I'm
glad live here instead OF ON Jupiter"
"Of course; YOU have no asSurancn
that the conditions there would be
adapted to your kind OF life"
ut Isn't thSt I'm one OF the sort OF
people WHO can bunk down anywhere
and be comfortable with piece Of hard
inck and cup OF coffee. There's only
one thing that gives me the blues, and
that's seeing the new moon over ms
left shoulder. It's bad enough ON this
earth having 10 be on the lookout for
one moon every four weeks, but II
lived on n planet where there were four
OF them never would know where
stood. II all goes to show that no mat
tor how bad things are they mlnht be
WORSE"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
HAROLD WAS PLEBElAN
And When he Grew oder he Asserted
Himself


Toronto Saturday Night: "wherc's
the boy?" inquired Mr. spadlna. cheer
ily. and It occurred to him that 1t was
about time for his seven-yeur-old son
to bid him goodnight.
"The boy" replied Mrs. SpnIdnn Sc
verely, us In bed"
mot slek?"
mo. He Is not sick" said Mrs. Spa
dina, In tone that implied something
even worse. 1--WE been waiting for an
opportunity to tell ydu all about II, but
have not had chance until now. 1t
iust means this. that we must move
0wag from this nelEhborhood. It's no
place to 0rtnB up boyand Just won't
stnpd Il. We must get house in some
part of the city where Harold will have
nice children TO play with"
"But, what's the natter" asked the
husband With concern. what has hap
pened7'
"well. I'm telling you Iust ns fast az
I can. This afternoon Harold had Just
DOT home from school when the doorhell
rang. / wns In the hill and answered
The door myself. for saw a boy there
ON opening the door the boy said to
me. Please, can Mike come out to play
balI2' told him that we had no Mike
here, and BnlI he had called at the
wrong house, no he said 4 mem
Mike, you know your boz, Nike.
guogs YOU cnli him HhrOld' he Hnld.
Nov. what do you think Of that?
Well Won may be suce ] told that boy
what thought Of him, and he BEGAN
10 ghlmrcr and said that Harold had
,ci,cd hint that's Just what he E1ltl--
Harold nod licked him yesterday for not
calling him Nike and everybody called
him Mike NJ school And IT'S worso than
that, for they call him Mike Spad-not
Harold spndina. but Mike snad"
''Well, upon my word" exclaimed Mr.
spadlna.
II marched uIt into the dining room,
where Harold was eating some bread
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
Two Ways Of loOLiag al Il.

, Chicago Tribune; MIR, Addemup,"
said Mr.. spotoash, severely, TO the
bookkeepcr, Il have spoken before OF
your careless manner OF smoking In the
office, You threw lighted match into
the waste basket little while ago, and
set lot Of paper on fire, Such work as
that might start big blaze some day"
at was needless" replied the book
Keeper. ~ will see that the Office boy
keeps that waste basket emplicd here
after"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
feminine Forcthouuht.

Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Upjohn-Anl
you invited the Hlghups to come and
dine with US tomorrow, when you know
your house cleaning Isn't half done?
Mrs. UPJobn-CertaiRlg II will be
raining cats and dogs. They won't
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09

dav. oabout ms having to report ans
change OF resldence?"
"Yes, sic, said the man at the near
est desk, picking IN pen. Where
have you moved toy y
II haven't moved anywhere, re-
joined the caller. II have made q
change in my residence by painting 1t a
light straw color and putting jack on
the chimney. f'thiTk that's all. aood
day,"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09
InLlnn no Chnnccs.

Chicago Tribune: isn't there some
thing IN my policy" asked caller ut
u La Sale Insurance office the other
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-09

come, and we will have paid n social
debt. generally know what I'm doing,
John
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25

succeeded in saving him had he been sum-
moned earlier to the Crimea.
II is entirely owing to DR.. Leyden that
the Czarevitch George mas been kept alive
for the past three years, and he has saved
the lives of the Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand the heir to the throne Of Austria
Hungary and Crown Prince Ferdinand of
Roumania.
He is one of the surgeon-gen of the
German army. He holds to-day the chief
clinical professorshjp of the Berlin Univer-
sity, to which he was appointed more than
twenty years ago. during which time he
has published a number of standard works,
the most important of which are his book
on inflammation of the Lungs" on the
Grey Degeneration Of the Spinal Mar
row." and on Reflex Paralysis"
Dr. Cyrus Edison. the discoverer of
chemical combination called Aseptolin,
which has been used successfully in the
cure of consumption and other diseases
originating from germ infection, said last
night, regarding Prof. Won Leyden's dis
covery:
The use of creosote in the cure of dis
eases originating from germ infections is
not new. l discovered an improvement
upon the old creosote treatment, and I
presume that Prof. Won Leyden has also
d
a great specialist could readily do. Until
1 can receive more details Of this discovery
l cannot talk intelligently upon its mer-
its. l did not strictly make use of cree
sote in my cure, but of phenol, one of the
ingredients of creosote.
Il note that Prof. Won Leyden's treat
ment has only been tried for a few months.
My treatment has been tested for years
and gave much greater promise than was
fulfilled. AT first it appeared to me as if
fully Is per cent. of all cases of tubercu-
losis could be cured, but a longer expert
ence has developed, according to the sta.
tistics l have kept, that only 40 per cent.
of the cases under treatment have been
cured. Prof. Won Leyden may have the
same experience, and 1 should not feel
like accepting this discovery as conclusive
until its test has extended over a longer
period of time.
The fact that my treatment, as origin
ally announced, did not fulfill its rosy
promise was due necessarily to some de-
1ects in its conception. 1 have naturally
been seeking and experimenting 10 over
come and ascertain the causes of any de-
| licences that existed in the treatment
Il believe now that 1 have made some
! important discoveries and am we'll on the
way to an improvement and when that is
effected 1 shall give the treatment to the
world for the use of all physicians
1T may be possible that Prof Won Ley
den has been working on the very same
| lines that l have. The great difficulty
with my Improvement is that it requires
expensive apparatus, which puts it be-
yond the use of the poor except as they
may secure treatments through the me
dunn of sanitariums, and 1t is the unfor-
tunate fact that the great bulk of con-
sumptiyes, SO called, are of the poorer
classes"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
DANGER IN SODA.
Serious Results Sometimes Follow Its
Excessive Use.

Common soda is all right in its place
and indispensable In the kitchen and for
cooking and washing purposes, but il was
never intended for a medicine, and people
who use IL as such Will some day regret il.
We refer 20 the common use of soda TO
relieve heartburn or sour stomach, a habit
which thousands of people practice almost
daily, and one which is fraught with dan
ger; moreover, the soda only gives tempo
rary relief and in the end the stomach
trouble gets worse and worse.
The soda acts as a mechanical irritant to
the walls of the stomach and bowels and
cases are on record where it accumulated
in the intestines, causing death by intiam-
nation or peritonitis.
DR. Harlandson recommends rs the SAT-
est and surest cure for sour stomach (acid
dyspepsia an excellent preparation sold
by druggists under the name of Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets. These tablets are large
20 grain lozenges, verT pleasant TO taste
and contain the natural acids, peptones
and digestive elements essential 20 good o.
gestion. and when taken after meals they
digest the food perfectly and promptly be-
fore it has time to ferment, sour and pols-
on the blood and nervous system.
DR.. Wuerth states that he Invariably
uses Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets In all
cases of stomach arrangements and finds
them a certain cure not only for sour
stomach, but by promptly digesting the
food they create a healthy appetite, in
crease flesh and strengthen the action Of
the heart and liver They are not a ca
thartic, but intended only for stomach
diseases and weakness and viii be found
reliable in any stomach trouble except
cancer of the stomach. All druggists sell
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets at 80 cents per
package.
\ little book describing all forms of
stomach weakness and their cure mailed
free by addressing the Stuart Co. of Mar
shall Mich
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
-------e-Eh-e------
BANK ELECTION AT QUITMAN.
Present President and Vice Presi-
dent Reelected.

Quitman, Ga, Feb. 24-The annual cleo
ton of officers of the Bank of Quitman
was held to-day. Judge J. o. Morton and
s. S. Reuntree were reelected president
and vice president respectively. o. X
jerks was promoted from assistant cashier
10 cashier and F. j. Spain, Jr., was pro-
NOTED to assistant cashier.
Mr. jerks has been with the bank a
number of years and by faithful and eff
cient service has worked himself up from
collector TO the place he now holds. The
same is true of Mr.. Spain
The bank is in splendid condition
and with it's present able corps of officers
can but continue in its successful career
DIR. ]. Harris Pierpont of Pensacola.
Fla, but formerly of Quitman, has pre-
scented the Brooks County Library Asso-
citation. to be added to its interesting list
OF curios, a Cuban machete, which has
done actual service in two Cuban wars
the one now on and the ten-year war.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
JONES OUT OF THE RACE.
The Evangelist Retires I'm n Letter
on the order of His First


Atlanta, Ca, Feb. A.-Evangelist Sam
Jones has formally retired from the Guber-
material race after six days of candidacy.
He publishes a column and a half letter
of retirement this afternoon. In it he
DEALS humorously with the matter.
AS intimated in these dispatches at the
time Of his announcement, he says it was
all joke. He is still for Col. Gambler.
and puts in good word for him, at the
same time agreeing with his critics that
all three candidates are mice gentlemen"
Here is the way the Gainesville evange,
list leads off with his card of withdra wal.
This has been ans off week. which is a
very unusual week with me, and l genor-
ally spend my off weeks, not in doing moth
ing, but in recreation and fun. l can't
do nothing. l have lost the art. 1 am 50
years old and past and weigh 100 pounds.
dressed, and / never was a candidate up
Till last Saturday and have really en-
Joyed II, though l never ran for office in
my life, and never shall. Now, I must
take up my life's work again, beginning
meetings in Nashville, Tenn, next Sun
day. After this you must address me and
write me as eX-Candidate Jones. limited.
l am not candidate now, but 1 reserve
the privilege to announce again if l want
10. / shall never run, but there is notn.
ing more patheticer than just being a
candidate. OF course l must now give the
pubic a reason for stepping down for the
time being First, l have too much 10
DO 10 monkey with politics long at a
time and then it is such a terribly dirty
business 1t takes I've soap TO wash tina,
sort of dirt off. Secondly the Journal
announced this evening to the public that
the three men now running were first
class gentlemen, and l really do NOT care
to antasonize that class of human beings.
Thirdly. l don't want to be interviewed
any more as candidate-never."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.
Discovered by Berlin Specialist,
Who Has Had Success.
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal
Berlin, Feb. 16.-Intense interest is be-
ing manifested by the medical fraternity
in the Berlin University and throughout
the German capital in the latest discovery
for the cure of consumption which Prof.
Ernest Victor Won Leyden, the celebrated
specialist, promises to disclose to the pub
lie.
Prof. Won Leyden's discovery is outlined
in the annual report of the Berlin Board
of Charities. He calls his remedy "Creo-
sotal," which, according to his description,
is fluid of a peculiar oily taste, COM
pounded from creosota, which has been
subjected to a chemical reaction. The
great specialist claims that his concoction
is most excellent specific against tuber-
culosis of the lungs.
The report from the clinic of DR.. Won
Legion comprises twenty-eight cases elab-
orateiy depicted by word and illustration.
OF these twenty-eight patients ali treated
with the greatest of care and attention.
twenty-seven were cured, some entirely,
and some placed on the sure way to total
recovery. All were treated alike to the
doses of creosotal and in the following
manner:
For the first two days the patients re-
ceived five drops three times daily. This
was changed TO an increase of eight drops
three times daily, and so on until the dose
reached twenty-five drops three times per
day.
After the last dose had been maintained
for three weeks it was diminished daily
until the original quantity had been at
tanned
The patients have been treated for six
months by DR.. Won Leyden. With some
their lungs are entirely healed. and with
others the pathological symptoms have
disappeared entirely.
DR.. Won Leyden is to-day universally
recognized as the leading authority on tu-
berculosis of Germany, if not of all Eu-
rope, and is probably the most celebrated
physician of the old world. People of the
highest rank travel from the extreme ends
of the continent to Berlin In order 10 seek
his advice, and when he leaves the city
for the purpose of attending some royal or
imperial patient, his fees are colossal He
attended the late Car during the last
three weeks of his life, and might have
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
CHILDREN CREMATED.
Three Small Negroes Perish in Their
Burnin& Home.


Gainesville, Fla, Feb. PA horrible ac-
cident occurred at Jonesville, fifteen miles
west of here, last night Hannah Wilson
(colored) left home, leaving her three chill
dren, aged and 2 years and months. at
home. She was gone only ten minutes
when the house caught fire from the in
terror When first observed it had been
burning for several minutes. and when -
party gathered they We're unable TO extin-
sulsh the flames. The eldest boy rushed
out OF the house, gaining the door before
ne fell. His clothing had been burned
from his back, and he lived but two min
utes. A colored man present disnlaved
great heroism by rushing into the house
and bringing the other two children out in
his arms. He suffered from the fire hut
TO no avail, the children were already
smoke The fire caught from the fire.
place
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
GIFT FOR HEBREW ORPHANS HOME
Baroness DeHirsch Sends $500 to
Erect n Hospital.


Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 24.-The Atlanta He
brew Orphans Home is a beneficiary of
the generosity of Baroness DeHirsch. Wild
ow Of the celebrated multi-milionaire. and
philanthrOpist. She has sent her check for
a. 500 $500 to Simon Wolf of Washing
ton. chairman of the board of control of
the asylum.
The money will be devoted to establish
ing a hospital in connection with the or-
phanage. and meeting will be held here
soon. to plan the addition.
Joseph Hirsch has received a letter an
nouncing the receipt OF Baroness De
Hrschs splendid gift.
Atlanta Is the second city in Georgia to
profit by the generosity of this wealthy
and most charitable woman. She having
donated $500 last year to the gynago~ue
fund in Columbus. The board Of control
Of the Atlanta Orphanage viii meet here
cn the 9th and eth OF next month.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
OMAHA EXPOSITION
Gov. NOrthen and Editor Richardson
Speak at BIacI1shear.

Blackshear, Ga, Feb. 24.-This morning
about $50 o'clock the colored school build
ing was discovered to be on fire. The
fire had made such Roadway in advance
of discovery that it was impossible to save
the building or its contents, which were
totally consumed. There was no insur-
ance The origin of the fire is a mystery.
This afternoon about o'clock the Geor-
g1a Omaha commission, headed by Gov
Northen, passed through Blackshear. The
train was stopped about twenty minutes
and the crowd of citizens, about 200 in
number, which had assembled upon short
notice, was addressed by Gov Northen
and then by Henry Richardson of the At
lanta Journal Editor Richardson's ad-
dress was frequently cheered The COM
mission urged that the citizens lend il
both moral and financial aid in the great
work it has in hand. The reception ac-
corded the commission here amounted to
an ovation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAILS.
A Vessel Gained over Two Knots an
Hour by Using Perforated Sails.

Vessel Gained Over Two Knots an
Hour by Using Perforated Sails.
From the London Shipping World.
In Mr.. Davies patented improvements In
sails it is proposed to make perforations
varying in size and number according to
the requirements of each separate sail.
To protect the edges of the apertures,
which vary from a quarter of an inch 10
two inches in diameter a double copper
eyelet ring is inserted and beaten down to
clip the sail Mr.. Davies theory is that
the wind passing through these holes OBJ
the wind against the convex side of il,
and so removes a considerable percentages
of the retarding force which would other
wise press against the sail. However one
may disagree with the theory, the fact re-
mains that the Macdiarmid, a fuIl-rigged
Italian ship of 1859 tons. which arrived at
Sydney in July with her sails perforated,
was stated by her commander. Cant
Criscuolo, to have gained two knots per
hour in her speed when sailing fairly free
on light breeze, while, with a strong
wind, the gain, though great, was not
quite so much. Capt. Crlscuolo was also
of opinion that even when running before.
a wind the holes, if they did no good, did
no harm, as any wind passing through
one sail must of necessity strike the san
Immediately ahead of it. Personally we
incline TO Capt. Bassalos' theory that the
wind after doing it's work on the ordinary
non-perforated sail forms an elastic cush
ion in the bellied portion, thus causing a
large amount of wind to be broken up and
thrown off the sail with a corresponding
loss of the sails propulsive effort
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
NEGROES AND THE BALLOT.

Delegation Appears Before the
Louisiana Convention.
New Orleans, La, Feb. 2i.-The suffrage
committee of the constitutional convention
to-day, heard a delegation of negroes who
favored the educational and property quail
ifcations, provided the school system was
broadened so as to give the blacks fun OPP
portunltes to acquire education.
Tonight Mrs. Caroline Chapman Gait.
the we'll known suffrage leader, and Miss
Florence Huberwald of this city appeared
before the convention by invitation. and
made pleas for woman suffrage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
CHARGES AGAINST CHANCELLOR.
The Grand Vice Chancellor Receives
Official Notice OF Them.

Omcial Notice of Them.
Fitzgerald, Ga, Feb. A-Grand Vice
Chancellor w. f. Algee of the knights of
Pythias of Georgia is to-day in receipt of
official notice from w. T. Leopold, grand
keeper of records and seals, that charges
have been preferred against Grand Chan
cellor Charles R. Warren of Hawkinsville.
Ga.
Under the laws of the order Mr. Algee
Immediately assumes charge of Its af-
fairs in the grand domain of Georgia.
At an early date a tribunal will be call
ed to hear the articles of impeachment
and act on the same.
A strong pressure is being brought to
bear by the citizens of this city and the
members of the order in Southwest Geor-
gia to have the tribunal sit here Mr..
Algee informed reporter this afternoon
that in all probabilities the trial win he
held here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
COLLISION NEAR CHARLESTON.
Freight Train Runs Into Shifting
Engine and Injuries Three Men,

Charleston, S. c., Feb. 24.-There was a
collision between a freight train and
shifting engine at o'clock this morning,
eight miles out of this city Three men
were injured, Engineer Nat Dunlap and
Conductor Henry Won Delkin, slightly. and
Fireman Gus O'Brien, seriously. The
shifting engine was badly wrecked and
three freight cars were demolished. The
track was considerably torn up and travel
on the road was interrupted for some
hours. No cause for the accident can vet
be assigned.