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When Pa Played Sanity Claus.

We youngsters heard our Uncle Josh
Tell Pa one day he knew ~
This Sanity Claus AFFAIR was bosh-
A humbug through and through,
And we heard Pa tell Ma next day,
In whisper thin as gauge
He'd drive the chlldren's doubts away
By playing Sanity Claus.
We'll, YOU can bet that after that
Our minds Just nothing knew
But guessing every minute at
What pa was going TO DO; ~.
We scarce could walt for ChFigtmeS-BVe
To come along because
We couldn't none OF US conceive
How Pad play Sanity Claus
But when IT came at last. and We
Were cuddled in our beds.
Thl; same idea continually
Was running through our ne3as;
To hear the midnight bell
And then upon our senses broke
A most alarming yell
We heard Ma scooting through the hall
And Jane skip down the stairs,
And sounds Of flying footsteps tau
About US eycrywhcFes,
we heard the neIEhhors gath'Fin round,
And when there'd come q pause;
A bl. Ike Sanity Claus.
We rot up In our "niEhtles" then,
And midst the fearful din
We heard what seemed hundred men
A-cnrryiug ladders in.
And when one OF these ladders struck
Against tho house. we knew -
~ once that our dear pa was stuck
TiEht In the chimney nue.
Al scared. VIC dressed and in ft
Ran down nj Fearful rate
To find that our new cook had nc
that n ~ ssn n ne t'G bIag J1 fame aloft
Through thar same chimney. Where
Our dear old Pa Just shrlcked ana coughed
Out in the midnight air
gOmebody rang the nTc.bell.
And when IL peAls nprose -,
Tho engine came along. and-wellI
when they turned on the hoHe.
And axes 'gaInst the roof were hurled
And shouts the SKY DID rond
il really seemed NJ n the world
Was coming TO an end
or rolfrse, thoy rescued Pa at last,
But fore the same was done
The roof looked like thcre'd been blast,
And chimney there waH none;
Ma had Mysteries cook was rat
In bed With IN on NJ.
Ana Pa looked like acarccrow that
hurricane had hit.
That surely was the iivelSRi scene
The Christmas feast recalls
| And Gomez no hint that keep n green
Upon 1ur mefn'TiHs walls,
| hui. though to speak Of M crime,
We have 10 hold our jaws
| To keep from laughing at tho time
Wade WhIppie.
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RErIEor1oNs OF A BACHELOR.

II man only loYa9.A woman well
enough she can afford! to let him be
unreasonable.
The average woman will marry any
man who has the grit to hang around
her long enough.
You can generally guess nearest how
old a woman is by the way she moves
her mouth when she sits down.
A girl always lowers her voice like It
was a secret when she tells man about
a new baby anywhere near their house.
There are some things that can be
gained only by renouncing them.
The best way to make a woman re-
member thing is to try to make her
forget 1t.
No man can be in love with two wo-
men at the same time, II they both
know it.
No woman could have lumbago and
believe in faith cure long at the same
time.
It's only in fashion plates that wo-
men have on skirts shaped ut the bot
torn the way morning glory is on top
Half a woman's sofa cushions are
made to be used: the other half are to
toss around carelessly when other wo-
men are calling on her.-New York
Press.
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talks" will be palpltatIng enough to
please the taste Of the most exacting.
But how to make an effective mustard
plaster would, perhaps, be more accept
able. This, however, may be included
in the department OF "frst aids to the
afflicted"
Since the days of Mrs. Charlotte
Smiths crusade against bachelors, who
declared that none of the class should
hold public Office, and who denounced
them as selfish, unsympathetIc and not
morally fltttd to occupy places of pub
lie trust, there has not been one CLEAN
OF hope for the much maligued man
who chose to pursue the even tenor of
his way in single blessedness, Of escape
from being classified as a misogamist,
or from the relatively cruel appellation
Of mlsoEynlst. Now the light is break
ing, thanks to the benevolent ingenuity
OF the Chicago ladies.
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Double Standard Of Political Morals.

Double Standard Of Political Morals.
The continental powers of Europe af-
feet the double standard of political
morals whenever Great Britain is in any
way concerned With public affairs. And
they hold, and have held the same atti-
tude toward the United States. sIft-
ed down 1t is all right for them to ex-
tend their colonial possessions or en-
gage in wars Of conquest under another
name, but it is all wrong when Great
Britain pursues the same policy, We
are not defending Mr.. Chamberlain's
unfortunate war with the Beers, but
there are POINTS OF injustice in the at
tttude taken by the other powers, who
have suddenly assumed a virtue which
fails to serve as mask for their hypo-
crisy. One can be fair and just ut the
same time; in fact We cannot be fair
unless we are Just. These same powers
which are engaged in an energetic
condemnation Of the British assault on
the Boer republic, were just as much
scandalIzed over the Intervention of the
United States in Cuba. But has word
ever been said about Russla's treat
ment Of Finland or her method of
dealing with Central Asia; or was there
a chorus of blame raised over the
treatment Of the Hovas in Madagascar
or the natives OF Tongklng?
There must be some reason" says
the Journal of Commerce, why CONT
mental critics, as Mr.. Boulger puts it,
use the Hottest language. invoke Ideal
principles and speak in the name of
sublime justice whenever they have to
comment on either British or American
action, ana why they take much more
mundane view OF things when their
own national interests are involved.
1t may fairly be assumed that this atl-
tude is due less to disapproval of the
methods which are used to advantage
the supremacy of the EnglIsh-speaking
nations than to fear Of the results.
There can be as little question that
there is a similar sentiment of Jealousy
in regard TO the growing power OF the
United States. There is an influence in
the world, loosely described as Anglo
saxon supremacy, which may be exer-
cIsed by these two powers in combina-
ton, but which does not at all suit the
plans of any of the great nations Of
Continental Europe. That this influ-
ence would be one tending on the whole
to the maintenance of peace, and uni
formIty exerted on the side Of liberty
and human progress. does not at all af-
feet the dread with which 1t inspires
other nations. Most of them have
ideals very different from those cher
tshed by EnglIsh-speaking people in
regard to how much liberty may be
good for men, and they have a natural
reluctance to accept as desirable kind
of progress which brings no special
profit to them. 1.-THE arrest and down
fall of Anglo-saxon supremacy is
therefore a quite Ineligible object of
the policy which at least two of the
great powers of Continental Europe
may follow at the present juncture."
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It is hard to understand what Gosbel
expects to accomplish by his CONTEXT %
case that has already been decided.
The grounds he enumerates are the
same upon which he based his fight Is.
fore the election commissioners, eroa-
lures Of his own creation. and who
turned him down. Will the Legislature
dare reverse the honest and fair verdict
Of the commissioners? We do not think
SO. Goebel is pursuing McGraw tactics
in Kentucky.
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pnan a Good en-.

For the IntellEcncer
Dear santa Claus; I've been tho bestest
Fur, Oh, the longest time; cause they said
RemStHber me when you come with the
M candies in the stOckln's of good girls
don't tell flbs no more, ur get dirt on
my clothes, -. a..
whistle blows.
Teacher says I'm awful good m know my
lessons nice;
I'm gettin' head-mnrks all tho time, 'cept
once ur twice,
When gIEslcd loud in class, ncn lost the
But papa says at he's surprised It amt
HO talks that way jsS' cause after his
He gets me laughln' by lot O. tickle-un.
So, Dear Santa. you won't forget a good
Please S"i bring S her dolly m a push-cart
NJ Il y ES kin spare 1t, ia like a rattle
Put R IN my baby brothers tiny pair of
Men when say my Nov lay mo" ov'Fy
I'll asst nE God to bless you with oil my very
might. - W.
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a1oo Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all It's stages, and
mat IA Catarrh, Halls CatRrrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q
constitutional disease. requires consti-
tutIOnal treatment. Halls C0t0Frh
cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectIy upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and CIV
ing the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature In
doing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that It fails 10 cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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At recent dinner given by tho Cana
dian Society slr Roderick Cameron In
speaking on "The Land of Our Birth"
dropped into the following rhapsody;
"The Dominion people win some day
rule the Continent Of North America.
Europe has over forty governments
now, but there are only two kinds OF
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The deata of Dwight L. Moody re-
moves one of the most powerful inhu-
ences,for good that has been felt in tie
closing years Of the wonderful nine
teenth century. Eminently practical in
his teachings he guided more people
into the right way OF living than are
generally credited to Ans one man. lie
sleeps VOL.
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government ON this continent II svor
there is change the Dominion win a.
mex New England. as much of New
York as she wants. and take soms q
the western plains" Would 1t be I'M
gracious to inquire what brand of vine
the honorable speaker had been inblb-
ing?
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we do not see the occasion for IN
this controversy as to what particular
Republican was responsible for the gold
standard plank in the st. Louis plat
form. There is only one party respon-
slble for 1.-THE Republican party.
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Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
cases relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure" 1t
il n great surprise on account OF It's eX-
ceeding promptness In relieving pain In
bladder. kidneys and back, In male or
female. Relieves retention OF water
almost Immediately II you want quick
relief and cure this Is the remedy. 500
by r.. ii. List, druggist, Wheeling. w,
~ ~ :" tth&s
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Before another issue of the 1ntelllgen-
Ger appears Christmas will have ar
rived and it therefore takes this OPP
portunity OF wishing Its readers and
patrons a full and complete enjoyment
Of the happy season.
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Mormon Roberts having been desert
ed by his own friends, with the ad-
vice that he give up the fight, the duty
OF the special committee investigating
his case is made much easier.
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The able editor of the Parkersburg
State Journal appears to be offended
about something. He should not allow
another sun to so down on his wrath.
This is scrlptural advice. not our own.
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WHY do people send to us from
Philadelphia to buy fine Diamondsr
only because VIC have superior
quality Of gems and sell them Mt
~ DTLLoN, HANCHER & co.
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NOW READY.
Daughter Of the Elm.
A Tale Of the Virginia Border
Before the War.

By GRANVILLE DAWSON HALL.
A powerful story, recalling forgotten
tragedies. A love story threads a
stirring recital Of crime and de-
tective work. Scene in the valley
of the upper Monongahela, con-
Meeting with Pittsburgh, clarks-
burg and FaiTmont.
The book IS something more than
an ordinary bit Of fiction. 1t has a
substratum CT historical fact, and
some real people figure in its
pages. There is a vivid glimpse ct
American life as found in that vall%y
forty years ago, The book critic %
a great metropolitan western daily,
who read the manuscript, says the
author has Clipped his pen in tho
very pigments Of life" The head Of
o leading Chicago publishing house
said of It: eve have been much in
terosted;" "the plot is clever" and
details ingenious" "The story itself
is interesting and there are some
capital situations"
MAYER & MILLER, CHICAGO.
Cloth, $50 p, S1.oo. Sold by
Frank Stanton, or sent postpaid on
receipt Of price. Address, A. c. Hall,
Glencoe, Ill.
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/ q. TomiInson, agent Pennsylvania
iines, No. Z Eleventh street, u agent Tor
The North German Lloyd, Cun9rd,
American, French, Anchor, Red star
and White Star lines. See him for low
cat rates,
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WINE and Emerson Pianos i'm
prove with age. Great bargains IN
these and other Pianos at Houses
during the Holidays.
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YOU can save money by buying your
hooks nj our cut-ratc book counter
''N'' JOS. GRAVES SON.
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rrbs 1NTELLIGENCER, embracing Its
asveral editions, Is entered In the Post
once at wheeling, W. Va. as seconu'
class mRtter.l
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SEE our gllt-top, l2-mo 3llk ycllum,
cloth binding, 7bc edition, lGr " cent? ii a
COPY. JOS. GRAVEB SON
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Winter is very shy about exposing her
charms.
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SPECIAL inducements to Chrlstmns
buyers on all jewelry. M'NAMEE, 1907
Market street,
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WE want your trade for the Holt
DAYS, and viii positively undcrSell all
competitors In Jcwelry, Watches and
Diamonds. II. u. HILLMAN & co.
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HAT and Clothes Brushes at special
prices to close out,
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EXQUISITE Perfumes, Dainty
Packages, good values, close prices.
IRWIN'S DRUG STORE.
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THURBER sends Box Candy every
where.
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PRINTING Presses, Money Banks,
Hot-Air Engines, Iron Toys,
JOS. GRAVES SON.
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0tlrT PRICES on PIANOS at
CUl HOUSES MUSIC STORE.
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StantOn's ,s s'I ; 5''3

T lsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
IL the postotiice nj wheeling. On,
county. W. Va, Saturday Pe12mber 4
To obtain any OF the following the apPr
cant must ask for advertised letters CIV
ing date OF list;
LADIES' LIST
Barry, Miss Anna Meyer, Miss Annie
Crnmer, Miss Hickey Miller, Mrs, htnT3,
Clark. Miss Ida May Thomas MISS l 10.
Calder, Miss Ell Wickham Mrs' La
Custer. Mrs. Emma Winston Miss l,En'
Dillon, Miss Lille Il. Warner. Mrs. 4he'
Kane, Miss Mary rosa
GENTLEAfEN's LIST
Asbury. VIM. Hasklng, Gorge
Arhuckle, j. ~ Harry. y, W,
Bennett, James lohnaon, J,
Burns, Al. Mirder Ctto
Reall, Henry Myers, II -,
BauT. A. NJ Mackay, y. w
Brown, Charley Morgan, v, =;
Brown, AnCrcw MCLAnahan MI
Baird, William ]. and Mrs, n
Basnett, II. s. Mcneil Archie y W
Carney, Luther Mill, X; r.
Daugherty. Henry Nicely, Lewis
Ewing, Charles Naylor Harry
Earl. s. Il. Pinkerton, Ben
Elliott, Daniel Stewart, G. W,
Ernest, Peter Snyder. Gee, n
Foster. Clement Shaner, irwin
Gibbs. a, specr, Rev H. Ia
Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs, Shave, o. p,
William Elliott Talbot, CAR
Hearne, Froderick Il. Thomas, WIZ
Helm, A. j. Wilson, FFea
Huber, Antoine
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OAGstL'CD S:I x A.
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ROYAL BAKING powOIR 81, Nlw yoRk.
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IMPORTANT.

Coffee for your Christmas Dinner
should be Of excellent quality. The
Seal Brand Of Java and Mocha has
proven its worth to those that have
drank 1t.
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The housewife will find the Royal Baking Powder indispensable
in making finest foods makes the hot bread, hot biscuit
cake and other pastry Light and excellent every quality
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15
DECLARES THE VERDICT JUST
EsIerhazy Rejoices In the Conviction OF
Dreyfus.

EsIerhayy Rejoices In the Conviction OF
Dreyfus.
Major Esterhazy comments on the
verdict in the Dreyfus case in the Even
ing News of London, saying Dreyfus
was justly condemned as the inevitable
result of the evidence collected by
General MERCER. This, according to
Esterhazy, bore conviction to the minds
Of the judges, and, he added, the court
martial, following the previous find
ing, declared Dreyfus guilty and me in
nocent."
Continuing, Esterhazy said: ~ be-
lieve the sentence was in accordance
with an understanding with the gov
eminent. Dreyfus is in a position to
claim a reduction Of his sentence by
one.half. The whole business was a
farce, arranged in advance, and doubt
less he will soon be liberated"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15
American Cowboys and Mex
leans Engage in War.
HORSE STEALING STARTS IT,
Attempt to Rescue Prisoners Causes XII.
ing-Cowboys Wrong Mt the outset,
But Propose to See II Through
Renewal of the Ken
lucky Feuds.

Late Saturday afternoon there oc-
cured at Naco, n small town on the
international, a shooting ARRAY which
has already caused the death Of one
cowboy and q Mexican guard and the
wounding Of several others, and ulti-
mately in delivering over to the Next
can authorities of four American citi-
zens who will be tried for murder.
Late Saturday night a cowboy
named Lee Ramsey. who conducts a
saloon on the Mexican side, was ar
rested by the authorities charged with
being implicated in the affair, and is
now in Jail at Naco with France. The
cowboys, since the fight, have been
gathering horses from their friends
and are heavily arming themselves,
preparatory, IL Is said, to an attempt
70 rescue Ramsey and France. There
are over fifty Of them now in the vicin.
ity OF Bisbee, Ariz., and Naco and they
are armed with Winchesters and six.
shooters. The Mexican guards al
Naco have an armed force of nearly a
hundred men guarding the line and
Jail in which the men are confined,
Should an attempt ut recue be made
a most serious battle will result as
both parties are worked up to fever
heat over the killings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15
SAILED A WRECKED SHIP.
Heroism of the Captain. Ms wife and
sa. eH Grew Of the IIcsper. a.s

Heroism of the Captain, His wife and
sa 500 Grow Of the HIcsper. NJ.
The story of The narrow escape ofrthe'
bark Hesper,, of. San Francisco. In a.
hurricane, and the pluck and skill or
the captain and crew In sailing her to.
Kiao Chan. China, is nov one OF the
great sea stories OF the decade, says
the New York World. During the,
storm the Hesper became waterlogged,
All the provisions were spoiled, and,
the deckload shifting gave the vessel
q list to port that took her main sail
under water. The cabins were flooded.
and Capt. Sodergren and his wife had
to live In a tent made out OF a spare sail
and rugged up on the deckload OF lum-
Der. When the opportunity came the
captain and his wife would not leave
the ship, and the crew manfully stayed
by them, 80 for a whole month they
lived as best they could and sailed the
waterlogged hulk 1,450 miles into safe
ty. Nineteen days after the disaster,
when the transport Pennsylvania
showed up, the sailors would have de-
serted the Hesper In a body had Mrs.
Sodergren accepted a proffered pas
sage to Nagasaki, but she positively re-
fused to leave her husband and he
would not leave his vessel, so all
hands stayed by the bark. The officers
of the Pennsylvania say 1t was one oil
the bravest and Quickest acts they eve
saw performed OF the ocean. This
must have been a very gratifying ex'
perlence for Capt. an9 Mrs sodergren
/. is not 80 many years asssJnat TWO o,
the crew of the Hesper were haI..SSee
for killing Second Mate Fitzgerald,
They also attempted to murder Capt
Sodergren and the first mate, after
which II was their intention to make
for the coast OF South America with
the vessel, taking Mrs. S%odergren with
them. Their plans miscarried, and
the Hesper reached Tahiti, from which
island the mutineers we're sent to Sar
Francisco In irons, where the ring
leaders were executed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15

Score one for pussy. A Bristol eng
land cat a few days ago proved the
means of saving a whole family from
destruction by fire. At half-past 2 In
the morning a s~hopkeeper named Ledo
Schneidermann was aroused by his pet
tabby, which was gently scratching his
face. He tried to drive her away. but
as the faithful feline persisted, he
aroused himself, to find the room full
OF smoke. He alarmed a ledger, Her
mon Muller, who vas sleeping on the
same floor, and also his sister and an
other young woman. They all rushed
to the stairs, where the flames were al
ready spreading. With the exception
of the ledger, the inmates, taking puss
with them, reached q landing, from
which they escaped to the back yard.
Just as the flames shot right through
the spiral staircase. Muller, who had
stopped to put or his boots, was cut
off from escape. The flames reached
his room, and then, throwing out some
bedding, he leaped from the second
story window. He badly sprained his
ankle and was taken to the infirmary.