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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-21

IF you IRE not getting It. your table
lacks an every day luxury Ask for
Wheeling Bakery Bread. insist on get.
ting IL; you will stick to H. A tin seal
on every loaf.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-21
A new STEAMER
To be Built by the ThOmases for
the Clarington Trade.
IOBE FASTEST On UPPER OHIO

Is the order that wmgotoher Build-
ers-she is to be Completed and
Ready TO Succeed the Leroy Next
spring-The Machinery is now Be
ing Negotiated for-Argand Is Re
ceiving Heavier Machinery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-21

DON'T buy poor bread. The best is
not good enough. Always ask for the
Wheeling Bakery's peerless bread.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-21

WOMEN love n clear. healthy COM
pleTion. Pure blood makes II. Bur
dock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. /
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-21


The committee further recommended
a salary Of $50 per month be paid to
teachers who have taught less than
ten months In a graded school. Mr..
sehrebe had a petition for an increase
in the salaries Of German teachers, but
as the committees work was done 1t
was too late. The report was adopted
by the board as presented.
The finance committee submitted a
list Of the Appropriated expenditures
Of the school. building and library funds
for the year: the totals are as follows:
School fund. .........................E1a2,sA 81
Building fund
Centre school founda-, Of, ~
"i - A9a s ::s9 g
Total ...................'..''..'. 'liS'SsE "
The committees report cited that the
valuation Of real and personal property
az returned for city taxation will
amount to about 323.OOO.OOO. The school
fund portion Of the state attributable
school fund will be 312.124 81. A S7-cent
lew ON each 400 for the school fund. a
t-esnt levy for the building fund, and a
s-eent levy for the library fund was
n recommendation that was engrafted
IN the report which was adopted. The
levy is q cents this year. a reduction
Of 2 cents from last year, on account OF
the boards surplus.
The committee on teachers and
schools recommended the following list
Of teachers. which was confirmed:
High school-H. B. Work, principal;
ASSISTANT, Louise j. Meyer, Eta N.
Roberts, Anna B. Irwin, W. D. Turner,
James C. Lewis, RidG L. Dean, Emma
]. stephens. Lizzie G. Woods; William
P. Collier, substitute: Fanny H. Pratt,
Janitor.
washington-c. S. Brilles. principal;
Laura A. Frew, Ella C. veith. Mabel
Hanes, Carrie KindelberEsr. Mollie B.
Kuhn, Ada B. Greer, Mary E. Hart,
Mary W. Hall, MollIs H. Francis Kate
q. Roberts, Minnie White. Belle II.
Fox Mary ]. Arbuthnot. Mary G. Tur-
ner; substitutes. Louise B. scharf, Bes-
sic z. Drake, Sara Otto; janitOr. Re-
becca Drake.
MadIson-J. c. Gwynn. principals
Anna E. Reeves. Virginia Norton. Kate
Hall, Jennie NJ. Hervey. Mrs. N. NJ.
Burt, Annie Ewing, Virginia H. Her
yey, Hannah whally. Esteila Hull,
Harriet W. Pace. Estella 81. Under
wood. Mary A Farls, MOllle Pogue,
Lizzie Tappan. Emma Beall, Belle Nc
Grannahan. Matilda Lynn; substitutes,
Lenore Kraeuter. Bertha Uthman: jan
itor. G. r. satterday.
Union-J. NJ Hammond. principals;
Anna 3. Crother. Georgia d, Fender.
Lizzie NJ. Downs. Maria EllIngham,
Nellie c. STEELE. Ida DeItsrr. Ida w.
Ramp. Ella Robinson. Sara j. Thoburn,
Matte V. Shields. Amy Chapline. Llz-
zie d. Carmack. Grace English: sub
stltutes. BEETLE NJ. Tracy. Maude f.
Noble, Martha Nesbltt, Ella b. silyey;
janitor. Mary Downsy.
clay-Loretta Lancrty. principal:
Carrie c. Zane. Amelia Reich. Jessie l.,
Dean, Minnie NJ. Magee. Mary A. Battle.
Jane w. Charnock. Bertha Wilson. f.
n. MeKennan. Mary C. Miller. Ada c.
Jepson, Luella Jepson. Luclla Wallace.
Lizzie n. Swift, Ethelyn Sage. Fannie
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
Quarantine and cleanliness are bound
to conquer Yellow Jack.
A Tale of Two Cities.

They order things differently in Ha-
vana. In that city there is a publica-
tion called the Reconcentrado, con-
Quoted for purposes of slander and
outrage. We now quote from Ha-
vana dispatch to the New York Sun:
To-day General Ludlow, wi tn whom
patience had ceased TO be a virtue, is
sued an oroer for the suppression of
the paper and the arrest Of all its edi-
tors. He denounced the sheet as hav-
ing daily uttered by assertion and
lnnucndo vile personalities and OBJ
scenities against the established au-
thorities and the best people of Ha-
vana, and declared that the continu-
ance of its publication would be a dis
grace to the city. The police We're in
structcd to take possession of the Of
fee and to arrest every one connected
with the paper"
We have not had the opportunity to
make comparison between the Havana
slander sheet and its local prototype,
the Scrantonian. 1t is possible, but
not probable, that 1t is as vicious and
depraved as the publication for which
Mes,rs. Little and O'Toole are on the
way to answer to Justice; but a COM
parison may be drawn hatwssn ths
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
PEEPS AT HUMANITY.
Illustration Of jay Gould.

Tho New York Press tells this story of
Sylvester T. Smith, a well-known west
ern railroad man, and Jay Gould. Smith
used to be a Gould man. Jay wanted
to built a short line to a certain place,
and found rivals in the field, Get out
as big q force as possible and complete
the road before the other fellows get
wind OF It, and Wen head 'em off," Smith
reported presently: Mr.. Gould, we
can get all the ties. fishplates, bolts, nuts
and spikes we want, but we can't got the
rails" Telegraph to every mill in the
country and pay any price," said Gould.
II have done so, and there is no chance
for a delivery under twelve months"
"Then," said the little wizard, "go some
where and tear up something. We've got
TO have rails" lie indicated the road to
destroy-a branch or feeder of the Union
Pacific.
Smith went to work like a forty-horse
team, and soon had the old road torn up
and the new one laid down. Then came
war. Stockholders Of the Union Pacific
learned of the enterprise and hailed Syl.
Smith to court to answer for tearing up
railroad that belonged to them. TO their
questioning ho admitted all, and had no
excuse but that Jay Gould ordered him to
do it. "Who is Jay Gould?" some asked.
"What in the devil has he got to do with
it?" Up rose young lawyer from New
York to inform them that Mr.. Gould
owned all the bonds of the Union Pacific
road though not a dollar of it's stock, and
that he was absolute proprietor of the
feeder that Mr.. Smith had torn up. There
never was n more surprised and mystl-
fled lot of men. They had nothing more
to say.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
He Wanted to Compromise.

If General Joseph Wheeler does as ac-
tive fighting in the Philippines, where ne
has recently been ordered, as he did in
the south during the civil war, he is apt
to make his presence felt. General HOr-
ace Porter tells the following story,
which is both true and timely: 1t was
about the middle Of the civil war when
a freshly appointed Colonel with newly
enlisted regiment Joined the Union forces
in the far south. They were beautifully
new. both in experience and in uniforms,
and they were very anxious to fight. The
routine OF camp life drove them almost
to mutiny. One bright October morning
word was received that a small detach-
ment of General Wheeler's cavalrymen
were on the other side of the hili and a
force started out in pursuit. The next
day the Confederates were reported miles
distant in the opposite direction. The
third day the new colonel and Il veteran
brigadier started out for a pleasure ride.
A mile from camp they rode into the
fugitive Confederates, who had been cir
cling the camp for a week. 1t was a
narrow escape, but they got away un-
harmed. After 1t was over the general
said to the colonel:
"Well, whas do you think of war now?"
"Is Wheeler in this neighborhood much
of the timer" replied the Colonel evasive-
ly.
"4All the time He is here, there and
everywhere. What do you think of the
prospect"
well" answered the colonel reflective
ly, II wonder whether there isn't some
way this Internal thing can be compro-
missed. Saturday Evening Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
Content With the Sentence.

"Your worship" said the willy solicitor,
who was defending the stalwart prisoner
in the dock, you cannot possibly convict
my client of housebreaking. | submit, sir,
with all Difference, that neither morally
nor legally can you convict him. l will
tell you why.
"Mr Skies here, as the evidence clearly
proves, did not break into any house at
all. He found the parlor window open,
as the witnesses admit, and all he did
was to put in his right arm and remove
some unimportant articles. Now, STR
Mr. Skies arm is not he himself, and
fail to see how you can punish the whole
individual for an offense committed by
only one of his limbs"
every we'll SIR" said the cautious Solo
mon of the bench. Il have heard OF a
similar defense before today, SO / find the
prisoners arm guilty, and sentence 1t TO
six months Imprisonment. The gentle
man himself can accompany 1t or not, as
he chooses. Mr. Clerk. record the sem
tence."
Then Mr.. Skies smiled a fourteen-inch
smile, and the plan Of the defense became
apparent, as he quietly proceeded TO un-
screw his guilty cork arm and leave it In
the custody Of the court-Waverly Maga-
zine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
Utility and Beauty.

The expert gardening that has made
the city of Washington blossom like the
rose has all been done under the direc-
ton of three elderly Scotsmen who have
long been in the employ of the national
government. William r. Smith, Who is
the senior in point of service, went to
Washington during the administration
OF Millard Fillmore and assumed charge
of the Botanic gardens, a position that
he still holds.
The Botanic Gardens have never been
the pet of congress, and their superin-
tcndent has been compelled to fight more
than one stubborn battle in their behalf.
This straightforward Scotsman has little
patience with those who thinl. that moth
ing save what Is utilitarian has ANY right
to exist. 1t is recorded than on one oc-
casion when a party of congressman were
making a tour of the gardens Mr..
Smiths Scots temper came very near
getting the better of him.
what is the use of it all " asked one
of them. "Why should congress spend
the peoples money for things that are
only pretty?'
MY dear SIR" was Mr.. Smiths quick
response, "if the Great Architect Of the
universe had thought Of utility wden he
made you, he would have put yOu on
four legs and fed you on hay."-Saturlay
Evening Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
Summer Regnant,

With sweet reluctance in her golden eyes
Summer hath put the imperial rose
away,
And donned her poppy-crown, whose
gorgeous dyes
Are like the skies of the declining day;
The minstrel wind that erst was wont
TO say
Now swoons within the pine-tree tops
And when the bee forsakes his drowsy
horn,
Red glows the evening star.
1t is the season Of forgetfulness,
And cen the sharp cicada, flying high,
Jars us not back to any sense of stress;
We are content to let the hours slip by
As doth the stream that lapsetn lam
Why should we tease ourselves to find
the clue
To life's enlgmas-whence, and why,
and where
With Ger us brooding such ethereal blue.
Such vasts of halcyon air!
on all the engirdling beauty-to give
To the enthrallment of the slumberous
spell,
Letting it clasp us as the sea the shore!
Like those that drink mandragora, no
more
We heed the future or what dead days
owned;
For us the present, and our realm Of
dream,
Where, by the side Of Summer, sits en-
throncd
Love, regnant and supreme!
Clinton Scollard In Woman's Home
Cnnnaninn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
Exhibit Number One.

The suit against Little and OToolc,
the carbon piCkers OF the Scrantonian,
thus far has brought into the fore
ground only one of their hackers, in
the person of an eX-mayor of Scran-
ton and former candidate for post
master. John VI. Fellows. Mr.. Fell
lows supplies the amplest testimony
ms to his true character by step
ping before the people of this commun-
ity as the willing financial indorser Of
the scurrility, obscenity and slander
employed by his proteges in their occu~
patton of publishing the vilest print In
the records Of degraded Journalism.
Ex-Mayor Fellows voluntarily offers
himself before the decent people of this
valley as Exhibit No. |.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
The Man Behind the Pick.

There have been all sorts of gush about
the man who is behind
And the man behind the cannon has been
toasted, wined and dined.
There's the man behind the musket and
the man behind-the fence;
And the man behind his whiskers and
the man behind his rents;
And the man behind the pillow beam and
the man behind the hoe.
And the man behind the ballot and the
man behind the dough,
And the man behind the counter and the
man behind the bill.
And the man behind the pestle and the
man behind the pill,
And the man behind the jimmy and the
man behind the bars,
And the Johnny who goes shopping on
the stage behind the stars,
And the man behind the kisser and the
man behind the fist,
And the girl behind the man behind the
gun is on the list,
And the man behind the bottle, and when
they were short of men
There were some small rhymesters war
bled of the man behind the pen;
But they missed one honest fellow, and
I'm raising of a kick
That they don't make any mention OF the
man behind the pick.
Denver News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03

TO Troy, The engineering problems Of
the task are interesting but not for
midablc, consisting almost wholly Of
difficulties in the matter of locks.
The proposition of a through route
for vessels outward bound from the
hikes to oceanic ports, involving the
doing away Of the necessity for trans
shipment Of grain intended for Euro
pean export, has long been a favorite
one with number of our far-sceing
statesmen, but in some degree the ne
ccssty for 1t has been lessened by the
recent developments in cheap trans
portat!on by rail and also by the dis
covery that export grain cargoes have
to be turned over one or more times in
transit. While on many accounts this
canal is still very desirable, yet the
feeling at present is that the first new
canal to be built should be the Mica
ragua canal, which is the KEY to some
OF our greatest commercial and stra-
tegic possibilities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
From Great Lakes to Sea.

What is known as the Deep Water
way commission, consisting of Major
Charles w. Raymond chief engineer
of the United States army for Phila
delphia: Alfred Noble, the builder of
the first lock Of the Sault Ste. Marie
canal and a member of the recent
Nicaragua canal commission, and
George Y. Wisner of Detroit, is now
at work preparing the report which
1t is to submit to congress upon the
pdvisability of a waterway connection
for ocean vessels between the great
lakes and the sea.
Major Raymond approXimates the
cost of the proposed waterway at
about 5000, 900 OOO or one third more
than the average estimate of the cost
of canal bisecting Nicaragua. The
route 10 be followed will be through
The. Sault Ste. Marie canal to Lake
Huron, through the river to Lake Erie,
thence by ship canal around Niagara
Falls TO Lake Ontario. The question
confronting the commission at this
point is whether or not the Welland
canal, which is Canadian property,
SHOULD be utilized. AS it is, it is use
less for ships of deep draught. II ir
Is not used then new canal must be
lug, in American territory. A depth
|f thirty feet throughout the waterway
would be sufficient to carry any vessel
to the ocean. From Lake Ontario two
canal routes are suggested, both using
the Hudson river. One is known as
The Oswego- Mohawk route and the 9TH
er as the Champlain-St, Lawrence
route. The lOswego- Mohawk route is
to start at Oswego and proceed along
he Mohawk valley, taking in such
titles as Syracuse, Rome and Utica,
going thence to Troy, where it will
connect with the Hudson. necessitat-
Ing deepening of tho Hudson. That
route would practically obliterate the
Erie canal though 1t would take up
some Of ts waterways. The Cham
plalp-St Lawrence route has been sur
veyed from Lake Frances. which is am
arm, of the ST. Lawrence river, dia-
hetrically across TO the Rlchelieu river,
which flows into Lake Champlain, and
through this lake by means OF canal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
PERSONALITIES.

Nikola Tesla's new laboratory on Pixies
Peak is a long, wooden structure, with
big veranda. Tesla has Withdrawn of
late more and more from his friends, and
is becoming quite a recluse.
II. ]. Lloyd, of Wyalusing, Bradford
county, caught what Is claimed to be the
largest black bass ever captured in fresh
water. The fish was taken from the Sus-
quehanna river and weighed 271a pounds.
1t was over three feet in length,
A committee in Dublin has started a
movement for the erection of a magnih-
cent monument in that city in memory Of
Parnell. 1t is proposed that the founda-
tion stone shall be laid next October
during the annual demonstration COM
memorative of his death.
Secretary Long suffers from the not
uncommon failing of forgetting where he
has put his glasses. The other day he
hunted for them twenty minutes before
he found them in his vest pocket. He
has now adopted a chain attachment
which he had heretofore refused to try.
General r. NJ, Anderson, commander
of the Department Of the Lakes, L. S. A,
is spending the month as the guest OF
Brigadier General Charles King, at the
latter's country place near Milwaukee
Both men are fond of fishing and rowing
and put in mCst of their time at those
amusements
The Rev. Hugh Hand rector of the
Catholic Church of Our Lady of the
Presentation, Brooklyn, has provided 100
bicycle racks in front of the church for
bicyClsts who desire to attend masses
held at G.30, and o'clock every Sunday
morning. The wheels are checked and
guarded during the absence of the own
ers.
Aguinaldo knows but little about
America and it's institutions. Last au-
tumn Major Younghusband found that
Aguinaldo thought that the victory Of
Omdurman was u triumph of Americans
over the dervishes. and that he laborcd
under the impression that the English
and Americans were one and the same
people.
The German Emperor possesses the
uniforms of all the regiments of his
army lie has also the uniform Of a com
manding officer in all Bavarian. Wur-
temherg, Saxon. Baden and Iessian regi-
ments, and, as honorary colonel of in
fantry and cavalry regiments in England,
Austria, Italy, Russia and Sweden. has
another military outfit. which completes
the finest collection of modern uniforms
in the world.
Ex-Governor Bookwalter of Ohio,
whose recently published book, siberia
and Eastern Asia" has attracted so
much attention, Is getting ready for an
other trip, which will be somewhat more
hazardous than any he has heretofore
made. He is going to visit Thibet, that
noted country in which Henry Landor
was so horribly treated Mr.. Bookwalter
says that he expects to penetrate into
the furthest recesses OF Thibet, and
even have an interview with the grand
Llama, the sacred head of the church.
whose whole life and whose acts are sur
rounded with mystery. After this trip he
says he will travel no more. He intends
to build a house on the Riviera and pass
most OF his time there.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
TOUCHES OF SENTIMENT.
Grandpa's Fairy Tale.

Where the sunbeams kiss spring bios.
SONS,
Near a quaint old garden seat,
Long ago there bloomed lily
With a face demure and sweet.
Never had passion cross her
Till she happened to espy
An unhappy little raindrop
In a cloud that lowered nigh.
Then the lilys heart awakened
To first thoughts of tender love,
When she heard him sigh so love-lorn
In his cloud-home just above.
Little Cupid laughed and shouted,
Clapped his hands with roguish glee,
AS the raindrop kissed and kissed her
Till she swooned with ecstacy,
Down the path, all grace and beauty,
Came a dark-eyed queenly miss;
Then, ah me! how brief and feeting
Proved their ecstacy of bliss,
For she plucked the pure white lily
From the spring kissed garden bed;
Softly then she kissed the blossom
And the raindrop's life had fed.
TO a ball the lady wore it
On a silk gown soft and fine;
Wearied of the dance and music,
Strolling IN the bright moonshine,
Some one walking close beside her
Begged her with fervent prayer
TO be his till death should part him
From that lass so passing fair
'"rake this N.Y." said she sweetly,
at, l know, will answer thee"
Then he kissed the pale-faced blossom,
And the maid repeatedly.
Thus the raindrop blessed the lady,
Thus the lily blessed the man.
Was there ever love tale swceter
Since this old, old world began?
So thee'd like TO know, my bright-eyes,
If this were some prince or king
Who won his bride at Easter-tide
In that long-ago sweet spring?
Sit on grandra's knee, my darling,
While he whispers soft and low:
Dear old grandma was the lady
And old grandpa was the beau.
Richard Casper Dillmore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-03
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.


When first known to the Romans silk
weight with gold.
The states attorneys In Illinois are
unanimously in favor of a continuance
of the death penalty.
About 100000 feet OF birch wood will
be sent this year from Maine to England
and Scotland for spools
In the first half of 1898 Japan sent
$40, 100000 gold to England Thus far in
1899 1t has sent only $3.50.
There are 1000 vessels which cross the
Atlantic ocean regularly every month,
some of them twice a month.
A sign of politeness in Thibet on meet
ing a person Is to hold up the clasped
hands and stick out the tongue.
1t is said that Rudyard Kipling has re-
ceived seven madstones and 1000 receipts
for the unfortunate bite of that dog.
Bufalo's new union railroad station, to
cost 81, zoo, ,OO0 Is TO have a waiting room
SO-235 feet, said to be the largest in the
world.
Japanese workmen are obliged to wear
on their caps and backs an inscription
stating their business and their employ
er's name.
To shine boots quickly do not blacken,
the juice dry in, and then polish with
soft brush, when they will shine like
mirror.
A short time ago a Sicilian advocate
was found guilty of sixty-three different
acts of fraud. For his industry and en-
thusiasm In the cause of dishonesty he
was sentenced to lS9 years imprisonment,
Johannesburg the London of South
Africa, which was twelve years ago bar
rem Veldt, eleven years ago miners
camp, is now the center of some 100000
inhabitants, and increasing about as fast
as bricks and mortar can be obtained.
Suffrage In the Island of Negros, in the
Philippines, Is to be conferred on male In
habitants 2i years old, able to read Eng
lsh, Spanish or Nisayan, or owners of
$500 in realty, or renters of $1,000 in realty,
with residence in all cases of one year
in the district.
Mr. Murray, a Scottish naturalist, in a
paper on the habits of wasps, tells how
blackbird will stand at the side of a
hanging wasps' nest and deliberately tear
it in pieces in order to get at the larvae,
apparently undisturbed by the swarm of
angry insects. whose stings instantly put
to flight the human curiosity seeker who
ventures near to watch the demolition