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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26

second-best and leading highest. These
number-showing plays are subject, OF
course, to the previously explained
rules for high-card leads irrespective Of
number. Should you find yourself ina
the lead after the advergaries' trumpsI
have been exhausted, as a sequel tol
partners call, or lead from strength
in other words. partners being the
hand for which you are playing, and
the adverse trumps being out--playl
your master cards upon which your,
partner may discard losers) before put
ting him in with his suit.
THE TRUMP ECHO.
The echo is a method OF play similarg
TON fact, Identical with the trump
signal, and is employed to show num-
Der upon partners leader, and by some
players, when holding five or more.l
upon the adversaries' lead OF trumps.
This best prectice is, however, seldom
advisable.
There are several forms of the eeho,I
that adapted to the declaration OF four
trumps being the most popular.
A recent device for showing exactly
three has met with approval and adop--
ton by very considerable number OF
the best players for the reason that
the partner OF strong trump hand will
hold less than four cards OF the suit
more often than not. We are inclined
to give the preference to the three
trump echo.
Partner having led from strength,
holding three trumps. you will, unless
endeavoring to win the trick. play the
second highest, and then the lowest, I'll
may happen that the play would in
volve the sacrifice of valuable card,
in which case you must forego The. echo.
For instance, partner leads the acc.
either because Of length fof suit or for
the purpose of getting two immediate
rounds. 1t would be manifest folly TO
echo with any of the following, or sin-
liar holdings: King. jack, G.. dueen.
jack, A. king, 10, 8, etc. Further. and
sometimes exact knowledge Of your
trumps is deducible BY inference from
your failure, under ordinary conditions,
to echo, which Of itself indicates more
or less than three. Which is the case,
your partner can usually ascertain
from the fall to two rounds, and some
times the exact number you hold.
For example: Partner leads ace aud
king OF trumps, to which the adyersar-
les follow and you play 2, then 3. but
the 4 fails to drop. You must have It.
and at least one more.
Again: Partner opens low, you hold
king. Your partner marks you void.
for the trick with the queen and return
the holding three, you would have won
with king and returned queen, thereby
ecboing; with four or more you would
have ordinarily followed the queen \, n
the fourth-best. In the pTaeDs
hands. which viii follow. a very SPAR
ing use will be made Of the trump call.
believing. as we do. tLst the adoption
OF such a purely mechanical device ~
BEGINNERS is apt to create false de-
Dendence. stunt the growth OF judy
ment and check the exercise OF COM
mon sense.-Phlladeiphia North Amer
lean.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26

stools ana should Is upholstered and
have few pillows on them. Tho
kitchen pantries are fitted up with all
requirements with modern ideas but
ler's pantry, sink and range; an inside
staircase to the cellar and back en-
trance through the rear porch for the
delivery Of groceries, meats, etc.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26
AN OLD MANS DARLING.

Mae-That young Miss Gay married a
man of 70, and they say he simply dotes
on her.
Ethel-Why shouldn't he? He is evil
IDENTIFY in his dotage.-New York Evening
Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26
MARTHA.

A woman" said the corn fed pf.Ioso-
phsr, wonders why she ever married that
kind of man, while the man wonders
why he ever married at al. "-Indianapolis
| Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26
WHEELING WIRE WORKS.

Manufacturers Of ratings, heavy and
light window guards, sand screens, wire
fencing. baskets and tree guards, etc.
Office and works No. Sixteenth street.
Phone No. 80. an 1dc
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26
NEW ApvEsTIsEMENr

A RCHITECTURAL IRON AND
"a WIRE WORKS.
Manufactures bank end Office fixtures.
Elevator enclosures. window guards, wire
- fror fercIng. tree boxes. spark qua as
er6 tenders Cemetery Metal Wcts1-.
Puilairg constructaral work, all kiras
~ rerafrIug attended 20. j. Seventeenth
gtreef. WHEELING. w. Va
auEf1c
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26

wASTED-MEMBERs OF SECRET So
cieties 10 call al West Va Printing Co.
No. us and 12z7 Market Street. and sx-
.m,us samples OF Address Cards.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26
A $500 SBAK[SPEAREAN
COTTAGE.
Build a New House Not an Old De-
sign.

Copyright, 1899, by
Charles Willard Leighton, Architect, New
York City.
This is the second in the series OF Ten
illustrated architectural articles running
in our Sunday edition, prepared especially
by the we'll known architect, Mr. CharleS
Willard Leighton, for the Register.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Lots OF animated thinkers are poor
takers.
a preferred creditor is one who never
troubles you.
A silence may be golden. but gossip
gains currency.
A coincidence Is the antlQuated plea
of the plagiarlst.
The words of the silent man are never
repeated in court.
This anatomist ought to be able 10
furnish inside information.
Few men ore born leaders, but lots
OF them grow up and become drivers.
Although the gas meter never falls
to register, II isn't allowed to vote.
Truth lies at the bottom OF the we'll
and anglers never go there to fish.
The best friend you have on earth
Is better friend to himself than he is
TO you.
A man may dodge the earthly collec-
tors, but he must pay the debt OF ma
ture rs he goes.
Some people seem to know everything
except the fact that they don't know
now much they don't know.
We are told the cat has nine lives
and we are inclined to believe that It
spends eight of them In vocal culture.
Dry plates are all we'll enough In a
photograph studio. but ministers do not
think favorably Of them In churches.
It is equally as important to be sure
you are wrong before hacking out. as It
is 10 be sure you are right before going
ahead.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
Some Striking Beer Figures.

The London Home Magazine gives
some interesting statistics regarding
the consumption OF beer. With every
tick OF the clock .s6 15s. worth Of beer
vanishes down the worlds throat: every
minute e4l0 worth disappears; every
hour the world pays s24,65l for Its beer:
and every day 1t swallows the yearly in
come Of 5000 mIddle-class families In
nearly c6OO.O06 worti of the brown
beverage" Stupendous as these fig
ures are, especially when We consider
the worlds beer-bill for yea. amounts
to f2l6O00. 0Oc. the figures which repre-
sen: the quansi,. consumed are almost
incredible.
The beer which Is consumed through
out the world, in single year would
make lake feet deep az miles long,
and mile wide. or 9.3l9 acres In area.
In this vast lake Of beer (says the
writer} We could easily drown all the
English speaking people. TO the num-
Der Of 10000. 900. throughout the entire
world; or We could give a beer-bath to
every man. woman and child at the
same time in the entire continent of
America; while all the peoples Of Eng
land. Scotland. Ireland. and France
could find standing room on its bed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
PASSING PLEAsANrRlEs.

neutrality-suspicious. no Deuocrat
You attended banquet that cost $40
PLATED" Yes: but It wasn't worth 1t"
Puck.
Prof. Flske says that as man pro-
crosses. evil will lapse Into a mere
memory" "Humph! In time man
might forget his sins. but the neigh
bors never wouid."-Chicago Record.
Hell do wish you would hurry lit
tie with your dressing. for We are very
late. She-Hurry? Why. have been
hurryinG as hard as eau for the last
two and q half hours.-Tit-Bits.
you say you and the defendant stop
ped at restaurant after the perform
ance at the theatre was over and had u
late soup? Now. will you be good
enough to tell me-" asked the attorney,
''how you would so to work to make a
late soup?" II should think" stifflS
answered the Witness 1t might be made
out OF the shank OF the evening."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
He was suing for n divorce, Judge"
he said. and there was q pItiful tremor
in his voice, every night she made up
the most awful chatlng-dish messes
that mortal man ever sampled" But
You didn't have to eat Them said the
Judge sharply. The plaintiff looked at
the judge pityingly. You don't know
my wife. Judge" he simply said. He
got his decree.-Cieveland Plain Dealer.
4 Dissembler.-Mr. Isolate (of Lone
lyville)-I don't think our new neigh
Dor. Mr.. Plaza. will ever make a thor
ough suburbanite. Mr.. Hermitage (of
ditto. interestedlT)-Eo? Mr.. Isolate I'm
confidence. deprecatingly)-No. He has
painted his market-uasket green. and
carries ,rout-rod with him whenever
he goes to the city, to give persons the
impression that he Is going fishing
,,l,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

Tres. those the paper describes as '.the
more pretentious houses, that are ran
sacking Europe for suggestive plays"
too suggestive for reputable people to
Witness. are probably not patronized
by that many people each evening.
They are great evils Just the same, and
deserve to be wiped out. 1t is a pity,
however. that u few yellow journals
that go by the millions into the homes
OF the people every Sunday do not take
some OF the medicine they prescribe for
the theatres and apply 1t to the art de-
partments that furnish the villainous,
not to say demoralizlng, pictures that
arc-unfit to be seen in good society on
any day OF the week, and TO certain
contributors whose productions are
anything but appeals to refined literary
taste.
the crusade against the i'm
moral plays Is going on. little atten-
tion to elevating the tone of the class
of journals we refer to might add to the
general elevation OF public morals.
New York is not the only city where
these evils exist. but 1t leads by several
PAGES all other cities in this country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

You bet I'm for shorter hours." Wig
orously exclaimed the tramp, ns he gave
his back Il last rub against the lamp
post, and braccI up. I've been con-
tending right along for the last fifteen
years thut twenty-four hours n day
was altogether too many for one in my
profession. Eight hours Is enough for
any one 10 tramp up and down, looking
for cold victuals and secondhand
clothes, and eight more is plenty for
writing up you- diary, finding place
to sleep and wondering how many kicks
you'll get tomorrow. just shorten
things from twenty-four hours TO six
teen. and You'll hit me 10 o dot AS
the case stands now I've got eight
hours to loaf around In, and / give
you my word IL l don't find myself
lacking in ambition and willing to let
things drift along. Too much loaiine
time Is what has brought our profession
into dispute. and things can't be chang
ed too soon for the good Of the ma
jority. Can't say exactly how It's go
Ing to be done but them's myscntlments
and I'll be on deck when they make
the change. Yes. We all favor shorter
hours and more hustlIng. and II we
can get II we won't kick because
the farmers don't Steamboat their
barns and straw-stacks during the chill
~ months OF the year."-Chicago Daily
News. .-.sI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

THERE Is more Catarrh In this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together. and until the last
few years was supposed 10 be incurable.
For n great many years doctors pro-
nounced It n local disease. and pre-
scrlbed local remedies. and by con-
stnntly falling to cure with local treat
ment. pronounced 1t incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be n constitutions
al disease. and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catnrrh
Cure. manufactured by F. ]. Cheney e.
Co. Toledo. Ohio. IL the only constltu-
tionnl cure on the market. 1t Is taken
internally In doses from ten drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars for
my case 1t falls to cure. Send for clrcu-
lars and testimonials. Address,
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
Tot Calls The Kcttic Dinck.

One Of the New York yellow journals
that has been barred from admission
to public libraries and reading rooms
In colleges and other public institu-
tons. on account Of Its extremely sem
satlonal character and the impure quail
ity Of Its contents, especially on the best
day OF the week. contains an editorial
call!ng'on the authorities to stamp out
immoral theatres. The purpose OF the
article is good and the advice Is excel
lent. But the papers own standing In
society Is such that We doubt whether
It's influence on this line will have much
weight. II It can obtain the support OF
the reputable press in New York the at
mosphcrc OF the theatres complained
about may be purified. or the doors
may be closed altogether.
The paper referred to claims that It Is
read by somewhere near million rco-
pie every day In the year. The thea
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
WHEELING, MAY q, 1890. i
Filiplnos Anxious for Peace.

Dispatches this morning from Manila
and London are somewhat conflicting,
but both tend to indicate that the in
surgent army in the Philippines Is. in a
badly disorganizeG condition, and that
the people of the islands are anxious
for peace under American protection. A
significant statement in a Manila dis
patch Is to the effect that General Otis
agreed with the spokesman OF the Fill
Pine peace ENJOYS that the people of the
islands want peace. and added that re-
quests for protection are pouring in
upon him from all parts OF the country.
The hitch in the negotiations, accord
ing to General Luna's chief of staff, is
due to the fact that Aguinaldo is with
out power TO surrender the army with
out the consent Of the so-called Con-
gress. This statement, Is confirmed by
the minister Of foreign affairs (secre-
tary Of state) in Aguinaldo's cabinet in
a letter to General Otis. Both men as
sure the American commander that the
congress will vote for peace because the
.
people want 1t. The ENJOYS are TO have
another conference with General Otis
to-day.
The London dispatch giving the state
ment of the representatives OF the Fill
Pine junta that ASu!naldo charges that
the leaders who are negotiating for
peace are men anxious for peace In the
hopes OF getting offices under new
government, may be taken with large
amount OF doubt. in view OF the fact
that many recent statements from that
source have been disproven by SUISSE
quent developments and by official dis
patches.
American diplomacy and American
arms are more powerful than the junta
in Hong Kong and Paris. or than
Aguinaldo himself. Otis has matters
so well In hand there is no. likely to be
any cessation OF operations that will
give the remnant OF the insurgent army
an advantage.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

When It came TO tempting Adam. the
devil trusted to Eve, but he tackled her
himself.
Any wife might do more for her hus-
band and not be any worse off, but
generally he would be.
An unmarried man has no use for ba-
bies; after he has one Of his own he
can use 1t to tell stories about.
Every man goes through life wonder
Ing II he hadn't married what would
have become Of his poor wife.
Life is a good deal like foot ball;
when there Is no man handy 10 kick,
they are supposed to kick the ball.
New York Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
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The Encyclopcdla Britannica Is on
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TheF have only n lImi.cd number OF
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

MANY old soldiers now feel the cc-
fects OF the hard service they endured
during the war. Mr.. George S. Ander-
son, OF Rossvllle, York county. Pa. who
saw the hardest kind OF service at the
'front.' is now frequently troubled with
rheumatism. ~ had severe attack
lately" he says, "and procured bottle
OF ChamberlHln's Pain Balm. II did SO
much good that I would like to know
what you would charge me for one doz-
en- bottles" Mr.. Anderson wanted I,
both for his own use and to supply 1t to
his friends md nclghbors, as every fam
lily should have bottle OF II In their
home, not only for rhcumaticm, but
lane back. sprains. swcllngs. cuts,
bruises and burns. for which 1t is un-
equalled. For sale by druggists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
HIGH LIGHTS.

A woman is never afraid TO marry 4
man who likes cats.
MedIocrity can talk. But 1t takes q
genius to get listened to.
He who reads can't always run: the
book frequently puts him TO sleep.
When woman can make pretty ges-
lures she knows she doesn't need TO
have much sense.
When a man has tooth pulled he
fells lonesome until his wife has coaxed
him to say. that 1t really did hurt.
A womans idea OF making home at
tractivc Is to fill 1t full Of crazy little
tables which fall over when man
looks at them.-Chicngo Record.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

The Intelligencer's publication Of the
architects picture OF the new and
greater Mcclure House. as 1t will ap-
pear on Its completion next fall. was a
revelation to the Wheeling public and
to tho outside friends Of the historic
hotel. The attraction and the modern
style of the exterior Is In keeping with
the general progress and advancement
of the city in the matter of public
buildings. and will be a source Of pride
to Wheeling. 1t will be the handsomest
and largest hotel in West Virginia. and
its internal improvements Will be In
harmony with those OF the exterior.
The enterprlsing proprietors aredeserv-
ing Of the credit that enterprise always
deserves.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

What is the matter with the Benwood
police. that the disgrnceful assault on q
stranger in that town, who knew moth
Ing OF the street car strike, was per-
mitted to occur, because he rode on
car? Not one was visible to rescue the
man from the ill-treatment that only
increased when he. tried to explain.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

{ May opens with midsummer tempera-
ture, but those who contemplate going
to the mountains should not act with
undue haste. There will be some cool
waves. Both precedent and Rev.. Irl
Hicks agree on this important point.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

I've been out to my gardng, sense I've
got back to town,
And I've made up my mind I don't be-
grudge Marin Brown.
You've heerd perhaps about Maria, wha,
hnnsum things she has:
She's cousin on my mothers side-Marln
Cobb tibet was.
Wal, l went on to visit her-first time In
twenty yeur-
(My. but there's lots OF passln' In New
York City thereD
Maria looked eE nacheral-I Jest felt quite
ter home.
An asked me about her garding on the
fust day tibet come.
1t seems she keeps 1t If. the house-its
called CONSERVATORY
An Reemed likely place fer sun, with
big glass walls an door.
Her roses and her violets wuz fine ez one
could buy,
And there wuz things called orkids (thet
they say come dretful high.
But when at last come ter take the hull
thing In and out.
l couldn't see there WIZ much ter really
braG about
Ter folks tibet knows what flowers is. ez
I wuz used before. q
Twas downright dsappointin'-all the
hull conservation.
There warn't pink nor marisold, nor
sweet alyssum spray
U'd looked for oleander or nasturtlum
anyway
Nor even chnny nster. or pcNina, or s!ch!
Can she could well afford 'em-they call
Maria rlch)
She hedn't phlox or hollyhocks a-Growin'
by the door.
You know most folks has hoiiyhocks, et
they don't hev nuthin' more.
] thought I'd send her some OF ourn,
sense we've got sech sight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
Parkersburgcr Secs a vision.

sThe ParkerSburg correspondent OF the
Register informs the readers of that
paper OF the minute details Of nm al
legged conference in this city In which
prominent Republican leaders fixed up
a slate" for next years campaign.
About the only thing the Parkersburg
fabricator succeeded In doing was TO
make himself ridiculous by exposing
his own Ignorance in an attempt to fur
nish the Register with manufactured
dispatch based mainly on his lmaglna-
ton. OF course, the purpose Of the con-
coction is to circulate 1t over the state.
The small-fry Democratic organs will
publish it and make themselves as ridi-
| culous as possible by endorsing 1t for
campaign material.
When the Intelligent readers note that
Messrs. Elkins and Scott and White,
and number of other Republicans. met
In Wheeling. either In person or by
proxy, and laid down n plan by which
certain gentlemen were to be named
for certain state offices and certain
others were to be retired to private life,
theywill wonder why nobody In Wheel
Ing ever heard about the startling con-
spiracy. and that the only person on
earth who dreamed about it was the
Democratic Parkersburg correspondent
OF the Wheeling Democratic organ, and
that he observed all the details of the
OrpaiInuc with hiC n n lie
lance Of 100 miles.
According to this correspondent Sena-
tor Scott, Judge Miller, Judge Blizzard
Collector A. B. White. and State Sena-
tor woodward met in darksome cham
Der in this city and resolved. Senator
Scott and Collector White representing
not themselves, but Senator Elkins,
that Mr.. Elkins Is to succeed himself
not at all an improbable event. that Mr..
White is to have the collectorship again
or foreign mission. the Parkersburg
correspondent Of the Register not being
sure which. his vision being n little in
distinct on this point. Judge Blizzard
was nominated for governor-a very
good choice II such n thing had happen
ed: Mr.. Dawson Is to be secretary OF
state: General Curtin isn't in 1t for gov
ernor. Mr.. Davis, OF Grafton. Is TO be
auditor; numerous other people are to
be this. that and the other thing, and
some are to be tucked away on shelves.
That's the story, and the Intelligent
Ger repea * II because the Register did
and. like the Register, knows that the
ParkersburS correspondent who claims
to be the only person on earth placed In
hypnotic communication with the de-
alterations OF the ''conferees," Is not at
all reliable.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03

The United States man-of-war De-
troit will not have much OF a job on Its
hands in bringing the Nicaraguan OIL
cials to a proper conception Of what the
United States government means when
It demands proper respect for Ameri-
can interests at Blueticlds. 1t would re-
auire q stronger power than Nicaragua
to maintain the policy OF requiring the
American merchants TO pay the ex-
pcnse, in the form Of double duties. of
the rebellion which occurred in that
country. 1t is an incident that can be
settled without bloodshed. though a
warshIp will be the important factor.