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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25
Ifthe Baby is Cutting Teeth.

1fthe Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-trled
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, for children teething. It soothes
the child. sottens the gum. allays all
pain, cures wind collie and Is the best
remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five
cents q bottle. mW&f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-25

sued the Beers after the first fight at
Glencoe (last friday are stiIl missing.
PrOlnngatinn Of the war beyond Brit
lsh expectation is now regarded as GER
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
vARICOSE VEINS.
A Common Disorder and Theories A
to the Cause.

According TO those wise men who
delight to remind us on every occa-
sion of mans lowly origin, varicose
veins are among the penalties we have
to pay for standing on our hind legs
instead of walking on all fours like the
other animals. 1t is chiefly, they say,
the pressure of the very high column
of blood upon the comparatively thin
walls of the veins that causes them 10
become dilated or "yaricose."
There are other causes, however,
that no doubt contribute to the estab-
lishment OF this unpleasant affection.
The veins of the legs are so far from
the heart that the blood in them is
comparatively little Influenced by
either the pushing or the suction force
of the hearts CONTRACTION.
The contraction of the muscles Of
the legs, also, while In some cases it
favors the emptying of the veins, in
others constructs them, and dams back
the blood. The constructing action of
the garter naturally favors the occur
renee of varicose veins, although, Curl
ously enough, the trouble is more
common in men than in women.
Finally, the enlargement of the
veins may be favored by general loss
of tone in the system; the muscles and
all the fieshy parts become fabby and
do not support the veins as they
should, and the walls of the veins
themselves participate in the general
relaxation and dilate.
The discomfort caused by varicose
veins is often very severe. The limb
feels heavy and distended, and there
is more or less constant, dull ache,
amounting sometimes to actual pain
of burning character. Often in neg
lected cases, or after the trouble has
the legs, which are very difficult TO
heal. More rarely greatly distended
vein may rupture, forming a purplish
discoloration beneath the skin, or if
the skin has become thinned il also
may break and a severe hemorrhage
results.
There is no actual cure for varicose
veins except a surgical operation.
which is seldom desirable, and we
must be contented usually with such
relief as can be had by supporting the
dilated veins by means of an elastic
stocking. This should be put on i'm
mediately on rising in the morning and
worn throughout the day.
In severe cases the patient should
remain in bed or on lounge for a few
days, with the limb raised on a pillow
in order to favor the emptying of the
engorged veins, while If there are any
signs of Inflammation, cloths wet in a
cooling lotion may be laid on the part.
Youths Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
SHY "UNCLE REMUS."
He IL As BashfuI As the Proverbiai
Country Boy.

Few writer's, with the exception,
perhaps, OF Rudyard Kipling, carry
their dislike of notoriety to the extent
that Uncle Remus," Joel Chandler
Harris, does, says the Saturday eve
ming Post. An affable and most ge-
NAL man ordinarily. the fact that some
admirer of his work Is DESTROYS of see
ing him produces a fit of nervousness
which causes him to play hide-and-
seek, and IL this fails and he is con-
fronted, the author is generally found
TO be much better listener than talk
er. His home in Atlanta is on the out
skirts of the town, and although a
daily contributor to the Atlanta Con-
stitution, he works entirely at home
and sees very little of society.
Although Atlanta is visited in the
course of the year by nearly all of the
theatrical companies, he has never
been known to go to the theater to see
one, the only time that he will come
out of his shell being when James
Whitcomb Riley gives one of his read
ings
This happened about six years ago,
and then there was no more delighted
appreciation in the house than 'Uncle
Remus.' For the next five years, how
ever, he carefully avoided the theatcr.
When, about year ago, the Hoosier
poet made another tour of the south,
Frank l.. Stanton asked Mr.. Harris 10
accompany him that night to the read
ing. When the poet called early in
the evening to make sure that "Uncle
Remus" would be ready in time, the
latter was already prepared and was
beginning to worry.
Wont we be late?" he asked.
''Not for several hours yet" ans
wered Stanton.
The next day the Georgia poet and
the Illinois poet went for a drive, aud
in accordance with the formers plan,
stopped at Mr.. Harris house. Mr..
Riley at first objected to going in, on
the ground that it wasn't fair to sur
prise a man in this way.
IF he knew you were coming" re-
piled Stanton, land had waited for
you, by this time he would have had
nervous prostration."
AS it was. Uncle Remus' was
caught before he had worked up to
the proper nervous pitch, and though
he swung his hat to and fro in a much
abashed manner during the first few
minutes of conversation, he and the
man he admired SO much soon became
fast friends, and Riley seldom visits
the south without spending some lit
tie time with Harris at Atlanta.
Mr.. Harris is a most methodical
worker He goes to the Constitution
office every morning at 8 o'clock for
his mail and papers, and remains
about half an hour, going home 10
work. He is at present engaged on
two books.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
About Leading Men of Gotham.

In finance the admitted leader is
John Pierpont Morgan, who was born
In Hartford and came to New York at
the age of 20.
Joseph Hodges Choate, one Of the
most distinguished lawyers Of the age,
was born in Salem, Mass, and came
to this city at the age of "a.
In surgery Dr. Lewis Albert Sayre
stands at the top. He was born at
Battle Hill, n. j., and began practic-
ing here at the age Of %. He was in
tended for the church, but got to be
such a swearer that the cloth would
not fit him.
The greatest after-dinner orator. a
politician, a railroad man, a lawyer.
and United States senator, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, was born in Peeks-
kill, n. Y, and was not New Yorker
until 80 years old.
The richest man in the city, and in
the world, is John ID. Rockefeller. a
native of Tioga county, New York.
Our leading sculptor-at least who
divides the place of honor with Ward
Is Saint Gaudens, a native of Dublin.
Eastman Johnson, the distinguished
genre and portrait painter, was born in
Lowell Me
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

At the annual dinner Of the Rhode
Island Harvard club, the Hon Amos
L. Perry, a member of the class Of 's7.
gave an interesting Renaissance OF
Thoreau, who was one OF his class
mates, says the New York Mail and
Express. The anecdote Is In close
touch with an incident In Thoreau's
life, which was instrumental In giving
to America one of her most charming
Interpreters OF outdoor life.
Mr.. Perry said: "Thoreau's figure
seems to me as distinct as IL had seen
him yesterday. He was during more
than two years diligent student,
bright and cheerful. / consulted him
more than once about the TRANSACTIONS
nior year, he went out to Canton to
teach school There he fell into the
company OF Orestes A. Brownson, then
a transcendentalist. He ca" back a
| transformed man. He was no longer
Interested in the college course OF
study. The world did not move as he
would have it.
while walking to Mount Auburn
with me one afternoon, he gave vent
to his spleen. He picked up a spear OF
grass, saying: Here Is something
worth studying; would give more TO
understand the growth Of this grass
than all the Greek and Latin roots in
creation The sight of a squirrel run
ming on the wall at that moment de-
lighted him. That said he, is worth
studying The change that he had un-
dergone was thus evinced. At an ear
lier period he was interested in all our
studies"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
American Industry.

The bureau of statistics has just
published these significant figures:
Our exports of agricultural product
during 1898 amounted to $S52, 200, 900
a gain of $120,000,000 over 1897. Our
exports Of manufactured goods during
1898 were $3OS,0O0,0 900, or $2S,OO0,0 00
more than in 1897.
Thus while the American farmer
continues to feed the world, American
machinery and the American men be-
hind the machines are pushing the
product Of their industry into the very
markets from which we have in the
past drawn the better part of our own
supplies OF manufactured goods.
1t is no wonder that English iron
masters and machinists and manufac.
turers are almost In a panic over
American encroachments upon mar
kets which have hitherto been exclu-
sively their own.-New York World.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
French Intelligence ONCE.

When the Englishman drops a conf
Dental communication into the letter
boz he has no misgivings that his mis-
sive VIII be opened and It's contents
read and copied before 1t comes into
the hands of the person to whom 1t is
addressed, says Chambers Journal. In
reality, though we hardly realize it,
the inviolability of our correspondence
is one of the many precious privileges
we enjoy as a matter Of course, the
mass Of which makes up what we un-
derstand by liberty" To find a diff
ferent state of things prevailing we
need make no more hazardous journey
than the short sea passage that sepa-
rates Dover from Calais.
During the crisis In the throes of
which France is still writhing the
French radicals have not been back
ward in insisting on the burlesque
character of the scenes OF which the
war office is the theater. Surely a Gil
bert, even In his best moments of in
spiratlon, never imagined anything
more ludricous and topsy turvy than a
score of stalwart, fiercely mustachioed
professional fighting men, accoutered
in all the glittering panoply Of war,
who pass their days from morning TO
night laboriously piecing together
filthy little scraps Of paper supposed
to have been grubbed out of some
dustbin or waste paper basket in one
of the foreign embassies. The branch
of the war office where this sort OF
thing gees on is known as the intelli-
gence department.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Bishop williams.

Many anecdotes were told of Bishop
Williams, of Connecticut, after his
death, for the good bishop was as well
earnest piety.
At meeting of the bishops, a meas
ure was proposed and explained by
its originator, but with such incoher-
ence that nobody understood it. A
second speaker essayed to make the
matter clear, but only darkened it,
When he had finished Bishop Benja-
min Smith, of Kentucky, tried to ex.
plain the question and also the expla-
nations. Feeling that he had failed
he said:
Bishop Williams smiles. What has
he to say about it?"
"Only this" said the old bishop
that the mess of Benjamin was
found to be greater than the mess OF
any Of his brethren"
1.-THE humor of Doctor Williams. -
says a friend, was always present
and ready like the flash of sunlight. II
had one popularity, it never scorched
nor left a scar behind"
At an assemblage of noted men Il
year or two ago, a lawyer who con-
ducts the legal business Of great rail-
way system tried to guy the parson''
by malicious quizzing. At last ne
said, why don't you get these rail-
way managers to give you a pass over
their roads, bishop? You can pay for
ii by giving them entrance books into
heaven"
"Oh no." gently replied the bishop,
II would not part them so far from
their counsel in the other world"
The laugh was general, and the law
yer concluded to 'let the parson alCne.'
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Woman Took Honors.

Miss Selma Fitzherbert Fox recent
ly took honors in the examination for
bachelor of medicine at the University
of Durham in England. She headed
the list of candidates, who, with the
exception of herself, were all men.
Miss Fox studied at the London School
of Medicine for Women and at the
College Of Medicine, Newcastle-on-
Tyne. This is the first time in the FIVE
wears that the qualification has bean
open to women that advantage has
been taken Of the privilege.
Destiny is not about thee, but with
in.-thvself must make thyself.D
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

The operation on Queen victorla's
eyes for cataract will take place prob
ably at Osborne on her return from
Balmoral, at season when affairs OF
state will be virtually at an end until
the autumn. Prof. Pagenstecker will
operate and although her majesty is
naturally timid at having to submit TO
the knife, nevertheless she has made
up her mind, and II seems an absolute
certainty that her sight will be com
pletely restored without the least pain
or risk.
He who gives only fair words feeds
you with an empty spoon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
No wreaths to BE Sent.

No Wreaths to BE Sent.
'Oh, George. dear, put that beau
tiful pie l made this morning on the
window-ledge to cool, and n horrd
tramp has stolen itv'
Serves him right."-Answers.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
Pourquoi sommes-Nous pauvres /?

Lejnge Robert Powell, dams IN dis
c0urs quill pronoDcait dernierement 4
Vicksburg. Miss, expliquait ainsi
pourquoi les habitants du Sud sont
pauvrss:
"La raison de cette panvret6 nest
pas difficile d trouver. Prenez le eli
teyen Ordinaire. En- SO levant le matin
IL met lne paire de chaussettes qui
Went do Lynn, Macs, puis une paire de
bottles fabriqu6es i Boston ct uD habiIls.
ment c0kfectionn6 i Philadelphia !;
pour dejsuher il s'asseeit sur une
chaise fait 9 Chicago ct mango sur une
table de Cincinnatti !; il sncre son cafe
de Rio v du sucre venant ties ou-
vent des Antilles, sc coup une trauchs
de jambon fait j st. Losis, convre I'M
biscuit fait avec de la farine du Min
aess0ta de bsurre de New York on
electromagnetic venant do diabie salt
d'on s'il a du Cru sur la table, soyez
sur quill . 6t6 mouth dams queluue
vile du Nord. Quand il va i son
Scurie, il met IN harnais de st. Louis
2 m mnlet du Kentucky quill attelle
! n Wagon de rIflinois, ct sen va chez
res voisins so plaindre de Ia durst6 des
temps. Comment vonlez. yous quill en-
soft autrcment quand tout CO qn'on
mango. tnus ce qa'on bolt. tout CO
qa'on porte, tout ce don't nn fait usage
vent d'aillears ct qu''l ny ait que l'air
que Ton respire qui soft du pays gus
nous habitons?
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
Monte a Cheval a ~ Ans.

A. T. Townsend, de Weir, Missis-
sippi dit: Ma mere etant en- visite
chez moi est tombe matade. LIE neil.
liear docteur do CO cemt6 fat appsl6 ct
az boat de six jours dit qa'elle ne pon-
wait SO %rechapper. Ayaut fait usage
dss Pillules de Ramon personnellement
ct dams ma famille j'ai insist qn'elle
IN prenne une. Ellie pIit ane des
Pink Pills a 6 hours p. ID. ct a 2
heurs D.. m. ellie demanda a manger.
J'ai contiauee ave les pilules ct en- une
semaine ellie etait retablie ct juit de
bosns sant6 depuis. Ellie a ~ ans ct
monte q chsval partout-ce qu'elle nh
pas fait depuis des annees. Ceci
psnt etre v6rifi6 par tout citoyens au
village. Vingt boites de Pilules de
Ramon sOnt vendus en- cette section
contre chaqus bnits de tonts autre es-
P6ce.
A vendrs par j. Lassalle.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
Cloudcroft.

Cloudcroft is in tho newly organized
county of Otero. N. NJ, one hundred
miles north of Ell Paso, Texas. on the
summit of the Sacramento mountains.
1t is the terminus of the Alamagerdo
and Sacramento Railroad. Having al
altitude of 5000 feet above the sea level,
it commands Il magnificent view of the
surrounding country. On tho north,
White Mountain covered with snow
the greater part of tile..year, rearing his
hoary head 10000 feet high on tho west
t,e white sand Of the Talarosa Valley,
which constitute the most wonderful
formation in New Mexico and present
ing an appearance not unlike the white
pillows rolling in from the sea; aud Oh
tho south and east. boundless. forests Of
spruce and pine swayiDg on the hills
and in the valleys below, all taken to-
gether form a scenery unsurpassed for
it's magnificeDce.
CLIMATE.
The climate of the Sacramento is
simply superb. 1t is not excelled 10y
that Of any other region. The atmos-
pherc is cool and invigorating and alb
sOlutely free from impurities.
An evidence of the excellence of the
climate of this region of New Mexico,
it is only necessary to state that the
United States government, after care
full investigation of all the country in
tho vast domain best adapted for a Ma
rine sanitarium, selected Fort Stanton,
only a short distance away, as the site
for that great institution.
Write to f. p. Turner, General Pas
senger agent, L. & p. Ry. Co., Dallas,
Texas, for information regarding rates,
schedules, chair cars. Shoppers, etc, etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
st. Charles College, Grand Coteau, La.

The academic department of st.
Charles College will reopen on Sept.
4th, 1899. This institution admits day
scholars only. Both the classical and
commercial courses are taught, az in
any other college within the State.
Parents anxious to secure for their boys
that moral and intellectual training
which is received in all the colleges of
the Jesuit order, Of which this college
has given ample proof in the past, can
readily do so, and at a small expense,
by boarding their sons with some of the
best families of this place. who will!
watch Over and treat them in all res
poets as members of the family. More
over, a strict personal supervision e
the students is exercised by the Presi-
dent and Faculty, thus safeguarding,
as far us may reasonably be expected,
the moral conduct and close applica-
ton to study of the students. They are
frequently visited at their homes, and
special rules made for them are strictly
enforced. Thus christian parents can
have no legitimate excuse for placing
their sons at such schools as are the dee
truction Of religion and the bane of
good society.
The tuition fee is IS per month. The
daily classes begin at 9 4. m. and close
at $3.50 p. IN.
For further particulars apply to tile
President OF the College.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
Travel in Comfort.

No matter whether il person expects
to take a long or IL short journey, the
first thing considered is comfort ; and
more especially is this evident in the
oppressive Summer months when Il
cool resort is sought by every n able
to have an outing. Probably You have
contemplated "a summer trip-probab)y
yon have decided togo to Colorado; if
50, you wan easy, comfortable trans
port, Ire connections and polite at
tention.
The Texas g. Pacific Railway has the
very best possible service to Pueblo,
Denver, Colorado Springs and all
points in Colorado. 1t is the only line
running through coaches and elegant
vestibuled Pullman Sieepers without
change to Fort Worth, where direct
connection is made with through Sleep
ers to Denver via Fort Worth and Den
yer City Railway. Between Fort Worth
and Denver a handsome Cafe Car,
having the finest cuisine on wheels is
operated daily. Meals served on short
notice any hour Of the day. Compare
this service with that Of other lines.
See any ticket agent for full informa-
ton. or write E. p. Turner, G. P. g. L.
A, Dallas, Texas.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
Church Point Items.

CHURCH POINT, La, Aug. 90, 1899
Editor COURIER -
Theodule Gnidry, son of Mr.. L.
Guidry, who was out MISUNDERSTANDING
last Friday, was found lying in the
road which leads to Opelousas neon
scious evidently he had been thro wn
from his horse. His injuries were in
ternal.
During the thunder storm Of last Sun
day we learn that considerable damage
was done to both of the telephone lines
which connect at this place.
Several bales Of cotton were slnDed
this week.
DR.. l.. E. Arceneau experienced an
other runaway scrape which confined
him to his bed.
j. d. Murrel made a business trip to
Rayne on Monday.
Jack Deville, of Opelousas, was here
Sunday f.; wonder what is the attraction 2
A grand picnic was given by the
young ladies and young men of the
Branch neighborhood on Saturday in
which the Church Point Brass Band
participated. A grand time was re-
ported.
SPARKS.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
Rides Horseback at ~ Years.

A. 7. Townsend, Weir, Mississippi,
says: My mother was visiting me and
while here was taken i'll. The best doc
tor 10 this county was called 10, and at
the end Of ten days said she could not
live. / had tried Ramon's Liver Pills
myself ia my family and l insisted on
her trying one. SO, at 6 o'clock D. N.
she took one of the Pink Pills and at z
A. m. she called for something to eat.
I continued with the pills and in "A week
she was we'll and has been in fine health
ever since. She is O II years old and
can ride Notwithstanding she has
not done for years. Any citizen in the
town will verify this statement. There
are twenty boxes Of RamOn's Pills sold
in this section to II Of, any other kind.
Sold by JOS. Lassale.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-26
A Compress Combine.
EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE A TRUST TO FIGHT
IMPROVEMENTS.

In view of the attacks upon the Round
lap bale OF the American Cotton Cons
pany, and the cry of crust" against the
manufacturers OF the machines for
making those bales raised by the own
ers of congresses and others the follow
ing letter. indicating Il "combite' OF a
different sort, is Of peculiar interest.
The letter was forwarded to the Allan
tn Constitution by Richard Chcatl,nm,
editor OF the Cotton Planters journal.
of Memphis. Tenn. 1t is as follows:
~ "New York, May 3, 1890. Executive
Committee of the American Cotton
Compress Company, II Broadway
Dear Sir: 1t is proposed to consolidate
by purchase or otherwise some of tho
most desirable congresses in the
Southern States, pIoseHN such CONSOLE
a dat %ae; q b" "'r"sFe" n.y. r"""e'v"-
"We are in consultation Will the
representatives OF all the capNl re-
CURED for tho BUSINESS who are Wiling
to take it up if it caYb put upon aML
tractlve basis.
I'VE desire to call your attention to
the fact that in order to NEE: tie com
petition that has arisen from the round
bale system, it Oil! be necessary for the
" tSStS 1Sttl5tt ~ " CoilSplllillt
under one general management, fully
able aud capable to reduce expenses by
improved meAlOds, more uniform sye-
TENS of COMPRISING (alded by the
adoption OF the standard box, to OBJ
tain lower rates of insurance and secure
lower rates of freight to foreign and do
nestle points.
owe recognize the advantages to
both yOn and us OF utilizing your pei
soma! influence in the new business, as
we'll as your plant, but at the same time
we feel confident that unless Il consolida-
ton can be arranged on an obviously
economical basis. we may not DO able in
the long run to successfully compete
with the round bale systems or will,
other ew congresses which may com
into the field.
IF it is your desire to sell your press
property at q reasonable price, please be
kind enough to answer the list of qucs-
tons enclosed and also sign the option
enclosed.
"TIle information received will be
strictly confidential and not disclosed
to anyone else in the business of com
pressing cotton, except with your con
sent.
"As there are over two hundred com
and AS it will require consid-
cradle time and labor to send a commit
tee to examine these properties and
make all proper arrangements, it is
therefore necessary that the option
shall hold good for not less than six
months from the date OF your signing.
"Unless we hear from you within two
weeks of this date we shall consider
that you are not disposed to enter into
the proposed consolidation. Awaiting
reply, we are yours truly,
HENRY G. kNUBEL,
For Executives Committee