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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14
Dewey at Lcchorn.

LEGHoRN. Italy, August 12.-The
United States cruiser Olympia arrived
here at noon to-day from Naples and
was received with salutes and cordial
welcomes. The commander OF the Ital-
ian cruiser T'ripoll and the captain OF
the port both visited Admiral Dewey on
hoard
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14
Mcnthrr Forccnst for TODD,

For Western Pennsylvania, fair Mon
day. Tuesday fair, warmer In southern
portion; fresh east to south winds Tues
day.
For Ohio, fair Monday and Tuesday:
probably warmer Tuesday In northern
portion; fresh nOrthcTly winds.
For West Ytrginin, fRtr Monday: Tttaa-
day fair and warmer; east TO south winds
Tuesday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14
Local Tcmpcrnturc.

Tho temperature Saturday as observet
by c. Schnepf. druggist. corner OF MArke
nnd Fourteenth street, was ns follows:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14

LONDON, August 1.-THE Johannes
burg correspondent. OF the Times says:
"The Germans and Americans are es.
pecially excited over the new commando
eering decision. Many who had retain
ed a lingering sympathy with the
Transvaal government arc now alien
nted because OF this measure"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14
LOOKS WARLIKE.

Tho TransVaaI Situation In Anything
but Satisfactory Condition.
JOHANNESBURG, August 13.-The
Transvaal government, 1t is reported,
has Professionally arranged with the
Netherlands South African Railway
Company for mobilization on the short
est possible notice II required.
ImmenSe stores Of provisions and war
material have been collected at Preto-
ria. It Is rumored that orders have
been Issued to mobilize the artillery re-
serve. 1t Is alleged from Boer sources
that the government proposes to intro
duce a passport law, aiming to prevent
OutIanders from leaving the country
without permission In the event OF
war.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14

CAPE TOWN. August 13.-A meeting
OF prominerS Afrlkander leaders here
to-day advocated acceptance by the
Transvaal government OF Mr.. Cham-
berlaIn's Joint commission proposal.
According to dispatch from Durham,
Natal, the Liverpool regiment which
recently left here, will be sent to form
a camp at Lainge HEX.
The Portuguese have detained the
steamer Reichstag, from Hamburg,
June %, Mt Delagoa bay. She has on
board 1900 rifles and other war ma
terial consigned to the Transvaal gov
ernment,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15
SPENCER DEMOCRATS.

Spencer, Sept. 14.-The democrats held
their caucus in the town han here this
evening. The meeting was called to
order by T. j. Condor. John O'Gara
was elected chairman, and Albert Arse
nault secretary. The delegates chosen
10 the state convention are: NJ. c.
Kane, John O'Gara, G.. H. Barton. e. D
Marchessault and T, j. Condor. SEN
atorial delegates: c. II. Barton, Tim
othy O,Eonnell Alfred Arsenault l.. E
y. Moreau and Richard r.. Dillon
County and councillor: H. o. GIidden
Henry Cooney, Charles Richards
Charles Grafton and Peter Baudon,,
Representative: Fred Townsend T +
Concon j. D. Achin, c. II. Barton ana
John Baudour. The town committee for
1900, as chosen, is as follows: % T.
Marchessault Charles II. Barton. r !
Condor, 1. =. ?. Moreau Fred Town
send. II. o. Grafton, Peter Baudour arc
Timothy OConnell
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15

is Mr.. Hopkins an agreeable boarder
Mrs keepum?"
"IIe pays promptly but he never tells
Chicago Record.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15
IN THE HARNESS.
Clinton Democrats Nominate Dele
gates and Choose Town Committee.

Clinton Democrats Nominate Dele
gates and Choose Town Committee.
Clinton, Sept. 4.-Democratic caucus
was called to order at s o'clock by
Chairman of the Town Committee Da-
vid l. Walsh. P. F. Cannon was sec
rotary. This organization was made
permanent
Chairman Walsh spoke briefly of the
need of harmony in the party. He said
that the presidential election is close
at hand. and that it behooved all loyal
democrats to make an effort for sue
cc SIS in 1900, which. he said could only
come by united effort
Delegations were selected as follows:
Representative, Walter r. Dame, Her
man Dietzman. Luke Oils, William H.
Whitelaw Henry Richter Patrick r.
Finnerty, Thomas Mayberry, p. Fl.
Morrison, William G. McClnchy, p. f.
Cannon, David l. Walsh, Thomas F..
Larkin, M. Arthur Murphy, Charles II
OMalley, Otto Sachel, P. f. Cannon.
Hugh Stewart, Joseph A. Laplante.
John F. O'Malley, Michael McLane, An
ton Wiesman.
The delegates from the second sena-
torial district are as follows: Luke. OIL
lis, at large r. j. Mcintyre. Henry
Richter. David I.Walsh, Herman Dietz-
man, John F. Dervin, Walter r. Dame.
Lynn w. Wilson
The county and councillor delegates
are: T. f. Larkin, T. +. Murphy. Her
man Broekelman, Thos. Dawson TATE
w. j. McGlinchy p. f. Cannon. Hugh
Stewart, John Morrison.
The town committee for the Acre dis
trlct. p. II. Finnerty, Michael McLane.
Brrdett HILL Joseph e. Harritv. pat.
rick f. Cannon; California, Edward
Fadgen, Patrick Coyne; Germantown,
Thomas Brockelman, Fred Baer: Mid
dletown. Herman Dietzman; Wood
lawn. William f. O'Toole. T. II lar
kin; Sterling street, Luke Oils. Josenh
Laplante; North High street William
II. Whitman, David l. Walsh, p. Fl.
Morrison.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15
A RAISING BUSINESS.
Spencer's New Industry Will Start
October 1.

OCLOpSf l.
Spencer, Sept. 14.-Great interest i,
taken by the citizens of Spencer in the
new industry that has come into town
The plant is to run under the name OF
the Ne Plus Ultra Yeast Company, un.
der a cooperation consisting of the
leading business men of the town, ant
includes Judge Hill, DR.. Marc Fountain
and Daniel Girouard, who is at the head
of the firm.
The old Watson mis- has been Sc
cured by the firm. and extensive prep
arations are going on with a view OF
starting the manufacture of yeast by
October /.
The president of the corporation said
in an interview with The Spy reporter
today that at least fifty hands will be
at work the first week in October
David Girouard, who has secured the
patent and who is running a wholesale
baker shop on Chestnut street, has had
the yeast analysed, and it has proven to
be of very fine grade.
Carpenters are at work in the Sug-
den block, making preparations for the
new post office, which will be located
there Oct. /.
The outlook for the Farmers and
Mechanics fair seems to be very prom
Using. Selectman H. H. Capen is kept
busy booking entries which are coming
in rapidly.
George Wilder another of Spencer's
young men, enlisted in the service of
Uncle Sam today
John Keeley of Worcester wac q
guest of his parents in Spencer today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15

Dyspepsia makes YOU nervous. end nerv-
BUSINESS makes you dyspeptic; either one
renders you miserable. Carters Little
Liver Pills cure both.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15
HANDSOME
DRESS GOODS
AT
]. /. CLARKE 2CUS.
From the Best Makers OF
COIOred and Black Gre
pOnS, High Art Novel
ties and Tony and Pop
ular PlaidS.
We OPEN TODAY

the choicest assortment of our bust
ness experience in UP-TO-DATE
HIGH CLASS GOODS, selected
in the best markets in the world;
and whether DESTROYS of purchasing
or not. would deem it favor to
show YOU these
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
lru ICE MACHINES PART.
AZ Last There Has Been . New Hee-
tore IntPoAueeA late Uncle
Toms Cabin.

There = I new wrinkle in 'sUncle Toms
Cabin thaotrical companies. One Of them,
which = ransacking the state OF New Jer.
sew for audiensss, has hit upon the device Of
buying q refrigerating machine and using
real blocks Of ice in the scene in which Eliza,
pursued BY q pack Of barking mongrels,
crosse. the river carrying in her arms
stuffed doll.
The icemaking machine has proved IN
enormous success. At the Rideewood opera
house, where the ice machine played few
evenings ago, frantic crowd fought It: way
through the doors. At the first perform
snces the ice machine was kept in the back.
ground. Several cakes were manufactured
before the performance and placed ON tine
green baize river. They were carefully and-
ed on the surface, % that when Elisa made
her grand dash for liberty she would hot
turn undigni6ed somsrsaults. The ice ma
chine. however, had been - largely adver.
tised that yokels wanted to see it. They
AT In their places after the curtain de-
scended upon the solemn death Of Little
Eva and howled for the ice machine to come
out and show itself. The stage manager
and 4 couple Of deck hands had to carry i
down to the footlights. Then they turned
the handle and, amid uproarous applause,
the machine produced cake OF real ice.
Since then part has been written IN the
play for the ice machine. When the river
scene opens 4 couple Of southern spectators
are discovered experimenting with the
machine. They produce their ice, and not
having any immediate use for it turn it into
the river, and it sits upon the river surface
at proper intervals to accommodate Etiza I
footsteps. A colored man comes ont and
sprinkles sand over the ice in full view q
the sudience.-Chicago Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
FIRST WALKING MATCH.
Received Itself Into . Runnias
Match, and 1t Was for
Territory.

In IT'S William Penn bought from the
indiana 4 tract of land bounded on the east
by the Delaware, on the west by the Mesh.
aminy, and running as far north "as man
can 60" in u days. After his death his SON.
Thomas Penn, thought it would be good
idea to survey the boundary. On August Is,
l737, this was done.
Three men lined up for the start, James
feates, lean Yankee; Solomon Jennings
and Edward Marshall, an old hunter. The
sheriff, the surveyors and number of In.
dams who wanted to see fair play accom-.
panied them on horseback.
The three men ran
You are not walking protested the In.
oians; You are running"
They are going" replied the sheriff;
and that's what the treaty says-as far a
. man can go in day and half"
50 fhe Indians went home.
leates collapsed on the second days run
and died two days later. Jennings lived in
shattered health but a few years longer.
Marshall was tougher-in better training,
We would say nowadays. He kept on,
reached the end of the blazed trail, seized
the surveyors compass and still kept going
an the same direction. When Sheriff Smith
at noon said Haiti" Marshall had covered
6S miles through rough forest, or twice az
tar as the Indians had expected
The sellers were .'oniy Indians" you zee.
IN. u. World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
How Mrs. Pinkham
nEl PED MRS. 0OODeN.
rlEsrxa TO MAS. .slsksAx no. rA7ssl

tl81fBR 10 MRS sRINHBA8 NO. t7s7oJ
81 am very grateful to you for your
kindness and the interest you have
taken in me, and truly believe your
medicines and advice are worth more
to . woman than oil the doctors In the
world. For years had female troubles
and did nothing for them. Of-course
Iheceme nd better and finally broke
down entirely. My troubles began
with. Inflammation and hemorrhages
from the kidneys, then Inflammation,
congestion and falling Of the womb
and Inflammation Of ovaries
81 underwent local treatment every
day for some time; then after nearly
two months the doctor gave me permis-
sion to go back to work. went back,
but In less than . week was com
PEELED to give up and go to bed. On
breaking down the second time, de-
cided to let doctors and their medicine
alone and try your remedies Before
the first bottle was gone I felt the ef-
1ects Of it. Three bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and .
package Of her Sanative Wash did me
more good than oil the doctors treat
ments and medicine.
1.-THE first remark that greets me
now il How much better you lookr and
you may be sure I never hesitate to tell
the cause of my health. Nina + ].
GoODEH, ACKLEY, IA.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
natter u Length.

."How long should mourning gowns b
worn BY q widow Of 2?" was the question
that came sobbing through the mails. Now
it CHANGED to be the sporting editors day
of, and the religious editor, therefore, wal
attending to the Side Talks with Young
Persons. There Is no hard and fast rule,
wrote the religious editor, confidently, but
they ought to come down to the boot top6, q
least" This incident illustrates the oeca
sional awkwardness of . newspaper standing
a. bulwark Of morals to the exclusion 81
everything else.-Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09


1horite the new explosive, has been distil
gushing Itself by passing through A inch
Harveyize3 steel plate. If its success con-
tinues. it will make as great record for it.
sesf in the military world as Hcstetter's
Stomach Bit.ers has in the medical world.
50 far nothing has appeared which can
.hd permanent mastery OF all diseases of the
stomach, liver or kidneys. It's good rem.
edy TO try when everything else has failed.
Its Origin.
"Hoot!" cried the owl ever and anon.
The fowls Of the air and the beasts of the
field stirred uneasily in their sleep and NUT.
tered maledictions.
why are they so angry" asked the owlet
1T last
"They are envious, my child, replied the
owl, '.of my Scotch dialect. Hot, hoot!"-
Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
new EveryDeAy Can ride.

II you have any doubt about it be sure
70 read the advertisement of the John u.
Smyth Co., Chicago, IN this paper, in which
they propose to sell high..srsde Top Buggy
for x3a.96. How they Do it is . puzsle, but
a. the firm is one Of the largest in the coun-
try and Of the highest standing, that's their
while You think Of it, and read i through
carefully. The firm issues Mammoth
Catalogue, in which il listed everything
to eat. wear and usa at lowest Wholesale
nrices"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
4 Nursery Hiatt.

Whooping cough, when once the acute
stage has passed, can often be relieved
by very simple means. The paroxysmi
of coughing are then chiefly nervous
In character, and can often, like other
nervous spasms, be relieved by any
thing which abstracts the child's atten-
ton. One of the best ways Of accom-.
plishing this is to hold bottle of ortli.
nary smelling salts under the child'a
nose. not suddenly, 50 Is to cause fright,
but quietly. with the assurance that il
will help the cough.-YoutA's CompaD-
On.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
Some Are So Clever.

IL it hard to propose to girl:" asked the
novice in affairs of the heart.
Sometimes it's good deal harder not to
PROPOSE" returned the man of worldly ex-
perience, thoughtfully "It's always well to
be on your guard. Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

81 was afflicted with Eczema more than
twenty years. One box Of Tetterine cured
me."-Rev A. G. Turner, Lakeland, Fla. Soc
ct druggists. or by mail for cash or stamps
j. T. Shuptrine, manir.. Savannah, Ga.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

The Best PreseFlption fer Chil1s
and Fever Is bottle OF GRovE's TAsTELEss
CnILL Tonic. tits simply iron and qninine in
atAsteiess form. No cure no pay. Price, SOC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

To Cure . Geld IN 01o Bay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II il fails TO cure. &c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

It il a matter Of wonder that nobody ever
excused his hardness by claiming that thu
sun rose too late.-Ledger Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Don't SANDER the dead; If you do justic,
to the living you will be kept busy.-Atchi
con Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Lawyer-Do you swear the collision raised
the entire carr
Witness-Well. it raised everything but
the windows-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

In Posen. according to Cologne pe-
per, seamstresses earn q maximum Of
$50 = month. and that only after ten
years' expeEieneo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

He (ardently)-I am heels over head in
love with you" She (the cruel coqrette)-
"How awfuliy upset you must be!'-Town
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

1t may take q person q long time to ret
asleep and yet get fast to slecp.-Yonkers
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Don't put in too much time standing on
dignity or riding Z hobby-Chieago Daily
Eewa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

When you come across q man who il un.
easy If be owes a man dollar, you come
across pretty good sort of citizen even il
he does not belong to your church or vote
your ticket.-Advance Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Ignorance il more powerful in tae hands
Of some people than nowledge.-Chicago
Daily ElRa. -.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

A Dear Little Darling.
wife is the dearest little woman in the
world Watson-.'I don't know about
that. How much docs she cost you"
adelphla Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Fuddy-"You never can tell ansthins
about the weather. At the time of the food.
you know, it rained 40 days and 20 nights. .
Duddy-"Yes; and I'll bet if there had been
. weather bureau in existence at that time
It would have prophesied fair weather, or at
least clearing, every morning. Boston
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

For the first year Of his married life b,
came to dinner in evening clothes" "What
does he do now" Now he comes to break.
fast in theu."-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

The average woman seldom carries hand.
kerchief. This is particularly Noticeable At
the theater during the pathetic parts of the
play. At recent performance Ave women
wept upon one handkerchief--A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

PUTNAM FADELESs DYES are fast to
sunlight, washing and rubbing. Sold BY al
druR1lSts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

A Satisfaction.-"What are you going to
do for amusement today" Il think, an
swered the hero, "that I'll 90 to dirae mu-
scum and see the armless phenomenon" Il
Hdn't know You were interested in curl
osities of that kind" II wasn't formerly.
But it will be great satisfaction to meet
somebody who I'm dead sure isn't going to
shake hands with me" -Washington Stas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
PEACE OFFERINGS
They Preceded Him and ~ HIS wife
Predicted He Was Home with
His PuFchases.

She received a large box full of American
beauty roses by messenger from her hus-
band along toward four O'Clock the other
afternoon.
James is absorbing Martigny cocktails
again." she unused shrewd!y-
Half an hour later another messenger
brought her i've pounds OF expensive candy
from her husband.
James has ordered that $50 overcoat he
was talking about, but said he couldn't At
ford" she unused again.
Half an hour later a wagon drew up, with
6orist's name painted on the sides thereof.
and two handsome, fuil-grown palms were
from her husband.
"Olive branches preceding him." she
unused some more. Hell be home by dark I"
He was home by dark. He had been alb
sorbing Martignys. He had ordered the $S0
overcoat. The prescience Of the modern
married woman is sufficiently awe-inspirine
to persuade any man to raise his bonnet
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Deafness Cannot he Cured
BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There il
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an in6amed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed YOU have q rumbline
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases Of Of ten are caused by catarh,
which il nothing but an infiamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot he cured by Halls Catarrh Cure,
Send for circulars, free.
FL. Cheney L Co., Toleds, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HalYs Family Pills are the beat,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

A thoroughgoiug esotist is usually devoid
of the sense Of humor.-Chicaso Daily
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
Health Hints.

Warmth and sensible diet are thu
great preventives of fall illness. Ever
when not needed for comfort, . little
fire at night and in the morning is most
healthful, and, where there are chill
dren. a necessity. For them there
should be long-sleeved, light flannel
and care, among all ages. to keep the
feet warm and dry. Where they are
often washed in cold water there is lesa
danger. One can tougher ones self BY
rapid. cool baths unless one il extreme
~ delicate. But no person can, for long,
resist the inroads made by the systems
attempt to endure the chilly sensations.
Good Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Located.-"Papa,' said the minister's
day that must never say can't because
there 10 NO such word." yes" tie rood
man replied, II said 80, and / repeat It.
In the bright lexicon that youth reserves
for glorious manhood there Is no such word
- can't" WELL" little Willie returned,
.mebby it mishtn't be in the bright lexicon.
but when l was playing with Eddie West
.ull Of it. "IChicago Times Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
ALL IN THE CEMETERY.
Clever Device Of . Chicago Woman
t. Secure = Flat where Chill
aren Are Barred.

Out at the Queen Anne fats there ID
children shall he permitted to take a
lease of an apartment. This rule and
the situation of the building initiate
against the filling of the flats. but the
agent succeeded in making fair show
ing, none the less. One day while won
dering if he would receive any more
applications before the rush season
was ended a large, portly and red-faced
woman dressed ip black entered the Of.
fee.
She wanted a fiat and had inspected
the premises. She fancied the third of
a certain row and was willing to make
an advance right then. The terms were
agreed upon and the papers drawn up.
when the agent said: S
1--WE cannot permit any children in
those fats. Have you any,"
The woman sobbed aloud. She coyly
admitted to having had seven, but said
between her gasps: They are all now
N the cemetery. SIR"
The agent was sympathetic and con-
selling. The papers were signed, the
keys delivered and the new tenant de-
parted wiping her eyes. while her
shoulders heaved with woe. The next
time the agent went there for rent he
was met by bunch of children who
clambered the stairs with him and
seemed very much at home. He went
to the fat on the third floor and was adj
mitted.
"Are these your children, ma'am7"
he asked of the portly tenant.
..Seven are. sir" was the reply.
"But you told me all of yours were
dead"
Indeed l did not, sir. What said
was that they were in the cemetery, and
they were. Their father was out of
job and he took them out to the GENE
terry on picnic. Chronicle.