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The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
SECONDHAND WATCHES.
Co nmercini Museum Correspondent n I .
in India Make suEEestions
In Their Letters.

Among the most valuable CORE
spondents of the Philadelphia Com
mercial museum in India and other
oriental countries are American mis-
sionaries. Two of these, from whom
considerable valuable information has
been received, have suggested as
means of introducing and popular:zing
American products flontng cxposi-
tion. Their idea is that this should be
on board a vessel and should iIclude
full and complete collection of Amer
lean goods. After spending some time
at Indian ports the vessel could visit
various Chinese ports. and give the
Chinese an opportunity TO see what the
United States has to sell.
The museums correspondent Gays
that there is an opening in China for
the disposal OF limited quantity OF
secondhand watches. The native
watch repairers are skillful and work
cheaply, They will take n watch that
a jeweler at home would not think
worth repairing and fix it up so as to
get several years running out of IT.
Old watches, the missionary thinks,
which accumulate on the hands of
jewellers could be disposed of for the
value of the silver in them.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
He Got the Mustard.

1t was in the army The boys had
meal of beef that had been corned by a
bath in salt horse barrel. II was quite
a treat. They all thought so until one
of the party remarked, "a little mus
tard wouldn't go bad p"
''That reminds me, said another
"You just wait few minutes A
quarter of an hour later he returned
and, producing a screw of paper, he
said: "Oh. yes. Here's that mustard
Where did you get it?" said the
others in chorus.
up at the surgeons. The sick call,
you remember, sounded as we were
talking about the mustard. 1t occurred
to me that little mustard for my lame
back would be just the thing.
But you haven't got any lame
back.
but / have got the mustard -
Philadelphia Press.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
the Anglo Saxon.


The superstitious fears of this many,
always particularly alert on the occa
sion of a marriage, culminate in this
final act of the drama. The lifting Of
the bride over the threshold or her step
ping across it is the signal in Persia.
Arabia and among the Copts cf Egypt
for the sacrifice of a goat or sheep
Among the Aenezes, according to
Burckhardt, the bridegroom simply
kills lamb in front of his father in.
laws tent, and the ceremony. but for
the running of the bride from one tent
to another. is complete. Perhaps the
purest symbolical act is that of the
Transylvanian Saxon bridal pair. who
step over the threshold with their hands
tied together. Some of these Transyl-
vanian customs are remarkable and
must be survivals from a very ancient
period. The bridegroom never wears
the shirt made for him by the bride ex
cept on his wedding day and at his
burial, Just as the veil of the Japanese
bride becomO one day her shroud-
London Spectator.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
ApAnish CrueItY.

The cruelty of the Spaniard, or rather
bis callousness, his reokiessness OF tho
lives of others, and even of his own, is
a medieval and oriental survival. says
Irving Babbitt in The Atlantic, and
then, too. there underlies the Spanish
temperament know not what vein OF
primitive Iberian savaRery. Mime.
d'Aulnoy relates that ON q certain day
of the year ii was customary for court
gallants to run along one of the main
streets of Madrid. lashing furiously
their bare shoulders, and when one Of
these penitents passed the lady of his
choice among the spectators he bespat.
tered her with his blood as a special
mark of his favor
1nsensibility to the suffering of ami
mails, though general in Spain, is not
any greater so far as my own observa-
ton goes than in the other Latin coun-
tries. Possibly medieval religion in so
e1alting man above other creatures. in
refusing to recognize his relation to the
rest of nature, tended TO increase this
lack of sympathy with brute creation
The Spanish peasant belabors his ass for
the same reasons that Malebranche kick.
ed his dog-because he has not learned
to see in 1t p being organized to feel
rain in the same way as himself
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
SLOW Eating May nn Had.

According to The Journal of Mental
and Nervous Diseases. slow eating is
as bad as fast eating. 1.-THE important
point is not that we eat slowly or fast,
but that when we do eat we chew with
energy. OF course where the haste is
due to some mental anxiety this may
injuriously inhibit the secretions. Slow
eating begets habit of simply mum
bling the food without really masticat
ing 1t, while the hurried eater is in.
clined to swallow his food before proper
mastication. Hence hurried eating is
bad, but rapid mastioation is advsn-
tageous. 1t concentrates our energies
on the act in question, and hence more
thoroughly accomplishes it. Moreover,
energetic chewing stimulates the secre
tion of saliva in the most favorable
manner. These various points are so
commonly misunderstood, at least by
the laity, that they demand our fire.
Quent attention.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
ATE DURING THE FIGHT.
Admiral sehI~y and Capt. Cook Net
worried Enough to Lose
Meal.

1t seems that Admiral Schley and
Capt. Cook sat down to dinner while
the Brooklyn was chasing the unfor-
tunate but gallant Colon. There's
American assurance for you. says the
KansLs City Star. At the close OF
tremendously important battle. which
settled a war and changed the map of
the world. the commanders on the
United States fagship. pursuing at top
speed the last Of the enemy, whose
guns still belched defiance. sat down to
dinner, which. no doubt. WIS served in
style and with a strict regard for gas
tronomieal etiquette.
Il will have q bit of the tomato
soup" remarked the admiral. "Ah,
that must have been Ave and onshalf
inch shell. eh. captain :"
Sounds like it-pass me the celery" ;"
replies Capt. Cook.
With the cheese and black coffee aud
cigars the enemy is oyerhauled and
driven ashore, the Spanish sailors dot
ting the sea like drowning rats and the
aged Cervera tearing his beard in the
agony of disaster. Then, after quaffing
a chartreuse. the American admiral APP
pears on deck and orders all boats low
cred and all efforts made 10 save the
lives of the saturated Spnniards.
There ought to be fairly good mate
rial in this incident for light opera.
There was nothing half so naive or
amusing in "Pirafore."
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
RHYME OF RHYMES

Wild on the mountain peak the wind
Repeats its old rcfrnin,
Like ghosts Of u.,ftals who have sinrsd
And fsin would sin again
For wind" do not rhyme TO mind.
Like many mortal men.
'Ayzip'f when one reaactsi 'rwere kind
10 rhyme as IL ''Agen-"
I never met single soul
Who spoke Of wind as -wired,"
And yet we use it. on the whole.
To rhyme to "ind" and blind"
We say, Now don't do that asen."
when people give Us pain
In poetry. nine t,..es in ten,
Ii rhymes TO ''so@in' or Dane"
Oh, which Is wrong or which is rights
Oh, whi n Is right or wrongf
The sound in prose familiar quite
Or thorc We meet in soIgs
To hold that love" can rhyme to ''provs'
Requires some force of will,
Yet in the ancient lyric groove
We meet them rhyming still
This was our learned fathers wont
In prehistoric tunes.
Ne foliow II, or II we don't
We oft run short of rhymes.
Andrew Lang in Longnan's Magazine
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DICKS GOOD TIME.
A Very Human BOY Enjoying His Well
Earned Reward.

A Very Human BOY Enjoying His Well
Earned Reward.
A portly gentleman sat on the porch
and smiled while small boy, also
smiling, painted the front fence.
Look at that boy, the portly man
remarked TO n visitor He thinks he
is hav ing good time. A small boy is
surely the drollest creature on earth.
When 1 was youngster, | remember
that there were certain kinds of work
considered play, and one of them was
painting. l was always crazy to paint.
Many times | have taken bucket of
muddy water and an old paint brush
and have spent whole half day put
ti-g thick coat on the sids of my ia
ther's barn.
$50 with my hoy Dick, the little
chap painting the fence. He has always
been crazy to paint, He is enjoying
himself now-you can see he is, and he
will paint that whole fence, too. just
as we'll as he knows how. l don't care
II it is IA tritie smeared. He's getting
Joy, solid joy, thicker than the paint
on his hands and clothes.
There's a mean side to it too. He
wanted to paint the fence, and wanted
the weeds pulled out of the yard. So
like an underhanded rascal. bargained
with him. told him that If he would
pull all the weeds out l would let him
paint the fence. He went through the
other job like soldier-he hates to
pull weeds; all boys do-and now he
thinks he is getting his reward, 1t is a
downright shame to fool him that way.
don't you think so?'
The p,rtly gentleman chuckled again.
and the small boy, wild with joy, went
on plastering paint on the fence. De-
troit Free Press.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Tho Gloved PnshA.

Mustapha Pasha Fehmi, prime minis
ter of Egyrt, decorated by Queen Vic
toria with the grand cross of the Order
Of St Michael and st. George, is known
throughout Egypt as the gloved pasha,
owing to the fact that no one has ever
seen his left hand barred since the day
two and twenty years ago when, as one
of the chamberlains of the late Khedivo
Ismail, he helped his colleague, Sahmi
Pasha, to strangle the Egyptian minis
ter of finance at the close of supper
party given by the wicked old khedive
on board his steam yacht. lying at anchor
in the Nile at Cairo. just off the palace
Of Gezereh.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
rcopIe of stone Axr.

1.-THE stone age is not properly
speaking, an expression of time. 1t re-
fers to stage in civilization which
passed long ago in Europe and Asia,
but still fingers in some out of the way
corners of the world. A report of La
Plata museum in Paraguay describes
the Quayoquis, a small tribe of 500 or
600 living near the headwaters of the
Acaray river, as true stone age people.
ately afraid of the whites, and with
reason, as they have been shanefully
abused by them. They haze no weapons
for defense save bows, la ices and stone
tomahawks. They are understood and
round headed.
Incident of Trolley Travel
"What the dash are you here forf'
said an angry passenger, stepping down
slowly from the footboard of trolley
Gar. He thought the conductor should
have looked out for him and stopped the
car where he wanted to get off. a bloch
back
''I'll show you what I'm here for,
said the conductor, reaching for the
belloord tting, ting y rs he spoke, and
Zip, zip, zip" came the sound of
the motormnn's lever turning i'll the
uotches, and
"Bz-z-zz-zz-zzr sang the trolley
and before he knew it the passenger
found himself standing alone in the
middle of the road New York sun.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
MAKING WOOD ALCOHOL.
The Deadly Substance That Thirsty
Top~rs Sometimes Drink

1t Is necessary first to convert wood
into liquid. The strongest hydraulic
pressure would not squeeze one-half of
l per cent of the moisture from dry
wood, but by putting the same material
into an iron retort and converting il
into charcoal by means of heat the gases
and smoke, to the extent of fully 65 per
cent Of the weight of the wood may be
condensed into pyroligneous acid, from
which are obtained wood alcohol, acetate
Of lime and wood tars- A cord of wood
weighing 4, 900 pounds produces about
1850 pounds of pyroligneous acid and
700 pounds of charcoal The pyroligne-
Gus acid from one cord of wood pro
duces 8 gallons Of SO per cent crude
wood alcohol. 200 pounds of acetate OF
lime and about % gallons of tar, besides
35 bushels of charcoal. After the pyro-
hgneous acid is neutrnlized with lime
the wood alcohol is distilled off. the
lime holding the acetio acid in solution.
After the separation of the wood spirit
the remaining liquid is boiled down in
pans to a sugar, which is dried, and be
comes the acetate Of lime of commerce
Acetate of lime Is used for making auetic
acid.
Fully three -hfths of all the wood al,
oohol and acetate of lime produced in
the world are made in the United States
Over 10, 900 acres of forest per year are
cleared in the United States Wood al
cohol affords perfect substitute foi
grain alcohol for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, and at less thaJ
one third the cost. 1t is used principally
as IA solvent in the making Of shellac
varnish and in making celiuloid and
Photographic paper. 1t makes beautiful
dye tints. is antiseptio and is used foI
liniments and for skin rubbing in bath
houses Wine and Spirit Gazette
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
hBd.

NO." said Senator sorghum, with
Emphasis, II cant talk for publication
today"
But, senator, in all the years of our
acquaintance this is tho first time you
ever declined to let me quote you.
II don't want you not to quote me
want You to say l decline to be inter
viewed, This is confidential I've con.
cluded it's time for me to act MS if I'd
got to be so important that dasn't talk
Tor fear Of giving something big away,
Washington Star.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Knows Them Too Well.

Mrs. Brown-What curious man
Mr.. Skowler is, He never takes the
least notice of children. He actually
seems to dislike them.
Mr.. Brownies. Skowler is the
man who takes babies pictures at
Smiler's studio. 1t is his business, you
know, to make the little ones look
pleasant. Boston Transcript
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Dclicntely Put,

He would not say that she painted,
powdered and all that. He was too
much of a gentleman for that
"Still l may as well confess" he
said, that she impressed me AS one
who thinks she can improve upon the
Lord IS handiwork. "-Chioago Post.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13

Europe. In the numb - --icides Rus
I'll. is ahead
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Painful Operation.

'Is that fellow really a painless dem
tist?'
almost The only pain suffered
was when he extracted his fees. In
iiAnapolis Journal.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13

mosa has more than Quintupled sinos
1898
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13

Crossing the Threshold.
Crossing the threshold was and is
the most critical period of the wedding
day with all races, not even excepting
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Ladies Muslin Underwear

Ladies Muslin Underwear
Taking stock we find that
our Muslin Underwear on
hand amounts to over
$l 900. This will and must
be sold. This is your chance
to get a supply at greatly re-
duced prices. On one of our
center tables you will find
them marked in plain fig
ureS. the incest assortment
of all kinds, up to-date. See
a few items below.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13

Become reader of the TRIBUNE
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Dress Goods Department

In this department you can
find dress patterns domes-
tic and imported goods. and
down to half. We also have
a big lot of remnants of the
best goods in all styles, the
Globe will sell them less than
cost. All goods marked in red.
SOC at 15c
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
so CENTS
ON THE
DOLLAR

We have been TAX
ing stock and find
that we have more
winter goods than
we want. This is
the best opportu-
nifty for cash buy
erS to secure a
years supply at an
immense saving.
The da niger of the
sickness is over.
People of Florence
and surrounding
country get over
your scared feeling
and come back to
real life again.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-13
Lace Department

Our Oriental lace amounts
to more than nine hundred
dollars alone, in all widths,
patterns and shades, goods
which were never sold for
less than SOC yard; on this
sale we will sell them at the
great reduced price. Your
choice per yd 15c
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-19
MORGANTOWN NOTES.

MORGANTOWN, July 1S.-Mrs. Marion
Protzman died this morning at the age of
seventy years. She had been i'll for a
long time with stomach trouble.
Miss Lillian Thorn, of Laurel Point
died yesterday of consumption.
The prosecuting attorney is looking af-
ter the camping parties from Pennsyl-
vania who have come into this county to
kill game out of season.
Commander Brown states to your cor
respondent this morning that one thousand
dollars had been raised ~ the Chadwick
Day exercises already and the canvassers
have not started on the work yet. Sena-
tor Scott and H. G.. Davis have each sent
checks for fifty dollars. Enough to pur-
chase the sword has been raised and the
remainder will be for invitations, etc. The
invitations are to be veritable works of
art and are to cost several hundred dol
lars
Hon. Jos. Moreland expects to finish the
present term of court at Fairmont in a
day or so. He is sitting in the place of
Judge Hagans who is prevented by illness
from attending to his regular duties.
DR.. J. J. Hale, who has been indisposed
for several days, is better to-day.
A camp of Modern Woodmen of America
is being organized here.
The new military company being organ
lied here is now a sure go. The required
number of men have been obtained and
a meeting will be held on Thursday for the
final organization. Prof. C. r. Jones. of
the University, is the captain and Justin
NJ Kunkel is the first lieutenant
Misses Daisy John and Maud Gilmore,
who have been attending the meeting of
the B. Y. P. L. at Richmond, have re-
turned home.
The NJ. p congregation at a meeting last
night voted Rev l. a. Barnes a months
vacation. At the close of this they will
hold a re-opening dedication and the SER
mon will be preached by Rev. NJ. L. Jen-
nings of Pittsburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-19
TAKES A HIGH PLACE.
Stands Well in the Estimation of
the People.
Attention is Naturally Excited When
Anything Is Praised by People
Whom We Know.

A thing that stands high in the estima-
ton of the public. and which is especially
recommended by Wheeling people. natur-
ally excites our attention more than if our
own people did no praise the article. Such
a thing is going on right here in Wheeling
every day, people are praising Morrow's
Kid-ne-oids because they cure There is
10 humbug, no deception, they positively
cure, and we furnish the evidence.
We refer you to Mr.. John McCugh, No
24l6 Main street. He says: Il suffered
for long time with disordered kidneys
and was never able to get any medicine
that would cure. me. The pain across the
small part of my back would be so bad at
times that l could hardly attend to my
work. seemed to be generally run down.
feeling more tired in the morning when
would get up than when l went to bed at
night. Some of my friends recommended
me to try Morrow's kid-ne-oids, and as
they were guaranteed to cure or the money
refunded by Chas r. Goetze | secured
some from him and after | had taken
them for a few days, as the directions
said, l was relieved of the pain across my
back. and my general health was re-
stored"
II you have any form of kidney trouble
or nervous ailment arising from this dis
ne-oids Do not wait until it is too late
and then blame yourself for not listening
to reason and facts.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills, but
Yellow Tablets, which is the most scien-
tiiice fbrm of preparing medicine. They
are put up in wooden boxes which con-
tain enough for about two weeks treat
Goetze's drug store. Descriptive booklet
mailed upon request by John Morrow &
Co., Chemists. Springfield, Ohio. co
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-19
WHY DO WOMEN WANT THE BALI
LOT.


1. Because they are American citi
zens and the United States Constitu-
ton says: THE citizens right to vote
shall not be denied or abridged on ac
count of race, color or previous con-
dition of servitude."
2. Because they are taxpayers and
it is principle of our government
that taxation and representation are
inseparable.
3. Because every citizen should
have a voice in the selection Of those
who make the laws which he or she
must obey.
4. Because every citizen in a free
republic is entitled to individual rep
resentation, and no person having but
one vote can represent himself and
another person, even with the latter's
consent.
8. Because a vote means power, and
women need this power to protect the
interests of themselves, their homes,
their children and society.
6. Because politics, which means
the government, needs the combined
influences of men and women. With
out the ballot, woman's influence is in
direct, negative and irresponsible.
Votes talks, votes count, votes compel
respect, votes accomplish.
These are six of sixty reasons why
women want the ballot.
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Sager were married by Justice Frank
S. Mason Monday. Both principals
are from Bellaire
A horse belonging to J. w. Corbett
ran off on Belmont street yesterday,
but little damage resulted.
Mrs. Matte Weaver, of Moundsville,
is the guest of Mrs. James Dubois.
Misses Lille Colbert and Nellie Bea-
zle have returned from visiting at
GAINESVILLE.
The Young Mems Club has elected
these trustees: w. j. McClain. w.
Hemphill, Ben. Morris.
J. w. May, B. & o. expressman, ac-
companied by Mrs.. May, is visiting
friends in the northern part of the
State
Jos. Hayes, of the Fifth ward, is at
Youngstown looking after cars for the
steel works.
Miss Laura Hoffman, of Rose Hill, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. w. Howell,
at Pittsburg.
Yesterday one of Fusner Bros aero
bats, who severed his connection with
the show when it left for GAINESVILLE,
was soliciting the privilege OF using the
u. & o. bridge for free exhibition. He
proposes to give what is known as the
fire slide" upon wire extending from
the bridge to the water.
Mrs. c. Roscoe, of Fourth ward, is
visiting ST. Clairsyille friends.
Mr. and Mrs M. Herzberg have gone
ON a trip to the lakes.
Miss Nellie Myers, formerly of this
city, but now of Muncie, Ind, is visiting
h mi
Miss Ethel Jones, of Flushing, is Wis
iting in the Fourth ward.
Kcrvert Hill, Of Beallsville, returned
home after a short visit with friends
here.
Jos. Rankin is home from Mt. Glenn
ems.
Miss Acla Corbett, of Third ward, is
visiting in Pittsburg.
Miss Cora Rose left yesterday to
spend week with Marietta friends.
Scott Lavelle and Nick Hurst were
taken to st. Clairsville yesterday by
Marshal Johnston.
Miss Boyce, Of Pittsburg, who has
been the guest of Mrs. c. II. Dank-
worth, left yesterday for Bethesda.
Dunnevan and the Beck woman, who
were arrested yesterday, will be taken
to st. Clairsville to-day. The former
was given $50 and 60 days and the latter
S25 and 80 days.