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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


A firm name sometimes Indicates
business lnfirmity.
1t is on his bending knees that man
finds buggy trousers.
A splnster says marriage Isn't as
much Of failure as marrying.
A man is very apt to play the races
and the fool simultaneously.
Poverty may be useful at times, but
1t is never In the ornamental class.
1t is a deDlorable fact that Idle
curiosity keeps lot Of people busy.
All the worlds a stage and all the
people thereon would rather play than
work.
Men sometimes denounce gossip, but
not until they have listened to every
word of 1t.
The average girl never turns up her
nose at the man who knows enough to
turn down the gas.
An elaborate tombstone and a con-
tested Will Is about the only notoriety
wealth brings TO some men.
II man succeeds the world envles
him; II he fails 1t sympathlzes with
him-and secretly rejolces.
1t may be ali right for girl to hustle
around for a husband. but after she
gets him he should do the hustllng.
According to the proverb, riches do
not make happiness. Neither does
poverty, for that matter. 80 people
might Just us well accumulate what
wealth they can in an honest way
Chicago Daily News.
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DOM spealE q cathetIrn.

/, seems that with some influential
Democratic journals Mr.. Bryan Is not
doing the thinking for the Democratic
party. notably the New York Journal.
In replying to the criticism Of an Ohio
paper that 1t was ludIcrous for the
Journal to defend expansion as Demo-
cratic doctrine when Bryan md his
confreres were persistenily anti-expan-
sion. that paper says:
Before our Ohio contemporary can
show that 1t is Iudicrous to present as
Democratic doctrine that Is inconslst-
emit with the views Of Mr.. Bryan It will
have to prove that Mr.. Bryan has been
authorized to do the thinking for the
Democratic party.
{ The Journal has the highest respect
Hor Mr. Bryan, but It does not think
that his proposition can be sustained.
Mr.. Bryan Is q young man. The record
Of the Democratic party on expansion
was made up before he was born. II It
had not been for the splendid boldness
Of that great Democratic cxpansIonist.
Thomas Jefferson, in comparison with
whose audaeIous extension Of the
boundaries Of the Union the annexation
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To.NIghl's BeIlnlrc Meeting.

Bridgeport Republicans on Thursday
night held 4 very enthusiastic meeting.
but their Bellalre brethren hope to hold
a record breaker for the river front to-
night. II will be the first and only OPP
portunlty OF our Ohio nelghbOrs to see
the candidate for governor. Hon. George
X. Nash. during the campaign. After
the election, IL they are in Columbus,
they can drop in and pay him social
call at the state house.
Besides the candidate for governor
there Will be Congressman Taylor, from
President McKinley's old district, and
Congressman White, of North Carolina,
and Hon. Joseph ]. Gill, the, candidate
Tor Congress-, All are forceful speak
ers. and great outpourins of the peo-
pie is expected. Let the whole river
front from Martins Ferry to Bellaire
turn out and give these gentlemen a
rousing welcome and the assurance that
the sixteenth district intends to do her
whole duty by the administration as
well as support the candidate for gov
ernOr,
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rEllPaONt NUNBRs.
THE ENTELLIGENcER.
wnEELINe, ocroBER es, lso0.
To Gull the Public.

Every now and then some scheme is
Matched by the cupIdlty of some con-
sclenceless rascal to gull the people, and
as there are many persons who are
longing to become wealthy with the
least possible exertIon most any kind
Of bait will catch them.
There is homely truIsm that there
is a sucker born every minute" ready
to be dupad by the thinnest Of rainbow
propositions. That crooked schemes
are exposed every day in the press APP
pears to have no effect on the guIleless.
one Of the latest sure roads to wealth"
IS a scheme operated by concern in
an eastern city, calling itself a "syndi-
cate" and offering the most tempting
Inducements to the slmple-mInded to
separate themselves from their money.
II is sending out circulars in which i
offers to secure a return Of ten per cent
weekly on all money entrusted to It for
investment. 1t has resorted to the old
dodge of assuring those to whom 1t
appeals for patronage that 1t has in
side Information" relative to the stock
market, which comes from reliable
sources" The syndicate guarantees all
who send money to 1t against loss,
'there being absolutely no risk of los
Ing"
This is all very dazzling, but If one
would only think over the matter for a
minute how gauzy the scheme would
look. This is not charitable world in
the sense these schemers would have
Us believe. ANY man who has good
thing is not going to give it away in
any such reckless fashion. Having
such advantages for making money, as
the syndicate claims It has, he must
be. the most gullible Of men who mag
ines they woAld not use the inside in
formation Tor themselves. The phil
anthropy Of the ofHer Is too preposter-
Gus for serious comment. It Is on a
mar with other methods Of aharpers who
get the money of the foolish; similar tc
the man who wrote on for an adver-
tfsed cure for bad dreams and was told
TO keep awake. An eficaeious remedy
hut scarcely practicable.
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As he 9. goagnded the pedals his glRn0es v

As he pounded the pedals his slances were
To a trim little maiden ahead.
AS she glided along dainty snatches OF
To the he whispering breezes she fed.
Her closc-tittIng costume revealed to his
a, fisnro Of mnldeply grace, . !. .,,..,
And he ,G9H I15ckened his speed In an ott0F'
His g eyes 'sST with a peep at her face
He had searched in the garden of femi-
For :'t a daisy Syf 10 meet his ideal,
For a maIdeniy dream Of perfection SUI
For lhs thing that the lingul't' call
And now owl perhaps Fate had thrown right
The angel Tor whom he had "oh'd"
And ne bent to the chase in such mad
That I'P lis Wheel S burned streak in the
road!
But tho angel Of grace was seorcheF
She had broken a record or two
And feeling that he was pursuing her; she
Just made that old Ice wagon dew
The sweat began ooEinE from every pore
But he gained not a mite on the maiden
Seemed meI' as swift as of bird on the wing
But at last she had ridden as far as she
And i' turned in the road with a whirl,
And slowiy wheeled back DER the yet
smoking track ,,, ,,,r,
He stared in her fnce with look oil SUR
Its color was lenthery brown!
And he testify said as he pcdnled anchu' -,
"Bnh Jove! there's new coon ~ loWh'
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states, by the sprague Commission
Company. Of Chicago, showing that the
cent larger than last year. This is due
mainly to high prices, farmers having
made extra exertions for two years to
enlarge their crops.
Prospects are that the chicken crop
will be 10 per cent short. Some ad.
vices say 25 per cent, and few rs to 50
per cent. This is attributed to high
prices for eggs, which prevented farm
ers from holding them in the spring.
Good prices for chickens also induced
free marketing Of hens.
Low prices Of ducks discouraged the
raising of them, and indications are
that the crop will be 10 to Is per cent
short. There viii be shortage Of 10
per cent in the crop of geese.
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with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the. seat Of the disease.
Catarrh is blood or constitutional dis
ease, and in order TO cure 1t you must
take Internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
cure is taken Internally, and acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a
uuack medicine. II was prescribed by
one Of the best physicians in this coun-
try for years, and is a regular prescrip-
ton. II is composed OF the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers. acting directly on the mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination Of
the two ingredients Is what produces
such wonderful results In curing Gu
tarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Propsu
Toledo, o.
Sold by druGglsts. price 7bc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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READING ALOUD.
One of tho Lost Arts Which Might
Probably lie Renewed.

OuG OA NIlC A4uhL &AClA WHICH WlSuS
Probably lie Renewed.
Hartford courant: Reading aloud to
the children and in the family circle
how fast it is becoming one of the lost
arts. What multltudes of children Of
former days were entertained, and in
structed, by this practice, and how few
there are who are so entertained and
instructed nowadays. Children now,
after being taught to reid. join that
great army which takes in the printed
word, swiftly and silently, Most par
ents, doubtless, are too busy to spare
time to educate their sons and daugh-
tiers by reading to them, and us the
children grow older they find their
hours too crowded to devote any OF
them simply to listening, What is the
uSe?" they would say. II asked. TASTES
differ, and we can read what we want
in fraction Of the time that would be
consumed II we had to sit still and
hear It."
This is all true enough, but is there
not something lost in having the Gus
tom of reading aloud lapse so entirely?
AS II sign OF the times, the change Is
another proof OF the rush and hurry Of
life. and, in the family It is more or
less to be considered an evidence OF the
tendency to independence" on the
part OF the younger members. Common
Interest in a good book, read aloud by
father, or mother. is a factor in the
home that is important enough to have
some attention paid to II. The opposite
Of Swimming" n book, 1t develops GER
tain mental faculties that 1t is well to
have developed, and MS an exercise in
elocutIon for the reader 1t has distinct
advantage. Books 80 read are remem-
bered and their influence on character
far exceeds that of many volume
whose pages are turned In a desperate
effort to reach the last. Reading aloud
Is n salutary check on the habits OF
reading too,much, and reading too fast.
1t would certainly be worth while to
take up the practice in families, where
the conditions favor 1t, as an expert
ment. The winter evenings are long,
and as one looks back on them he can
find at least a few hours, that could
have been devoted to reading, or to lis
tenlng. Reading aloud Is quiet enjoy
ment, to be sure, but 1t Is an enjoy
ment
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Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plalnfleld, ILL.,.
makes tie statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for q month by her family
physician, but grew worse, He told her
she was hopeless victim OF conSump-
ton and that no medicine would cure
her Her druggist suggested DR.. King 3
New Discovery for ConsumptlOn; she
bought bottle and to her delight found
herself benefited from first dose. She
continued It's use and after taking six
bottles, found herself sound and we'll:
now does her own houSework. and is as
well as che ever was. Free trial bottles
Of this Great Discovery at Logan Drug
Co.'S drug store. Only 80 cents and 81 90,
every bottle guaranteed.
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Mrs. Miles, the wife Of General Nelson
a. Miles, has been talking, and she has
been talking for publication, and the
interview with her published in Chi
cago paper. bears the flavor of the chat
ter Of the home circle. In some re-
Spects her statements are somewhat ILL
timed. Speaking of Admiral Dewey
ana the presidency Mrs. Miles is made
"a say: Admiral Dewey has long been
agpersonal friend of General Miles and
our family" she said, land from what
Ihave heard and know certainly don't
believe that he has no wish to be Pres
ident. The need Of the hour is for just
such a man-one who would administer
the country's first executive position in
. manner that would curtaIl the power
Of political bosses and other influences
under whose rule the people are becom-
ing restive."
This rather assertivc knowledge does
not coincide with the emphatically ex-
pressed views of the admiral on this
matter, but the particular sting in Mrs.
Niles words is contained in the i'm
piled contempt for President Mckinley.
As General Miles IS a Republican. and
has been more than once suggested as
an available candidate for the highest
once within the gift Of the American
people, the above quoted phrases are
charged with a peculiar indeIIcacy.
She also gratuitously expressed a
wish for Mr.. McLean's success in Ohio,
in the same interview. What is the
particular venom in Mrs. Miles soul
that induces her to become such gem
eEous confident of the public?
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That was sharp man in st. Louis,
who, to raise few dollars he needed
very badly got his wife to telegraph to
his half brother In Dayton that he was
dead and asking for SO to send the
body home. He isn't so llfeless as he
was, but he is dead sore at his half
brother for sending an undertaken and
coffin instead Of the cash. Beside he
is being held to answer charge of
fraud in court.
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RErLEoTloNs on a BAoHELoR.

A woman has no use for a man she
can't use, unless he uses her.
A woman who Is silly enough to Join
n 'mothers' club" doesn't deserve to
have any children.
Every girl at some time or other has
rubbed mustard on her cheeks to make
them look red.
The longer an old bachelor lives the
more respect he gets from lot Of wo-
men who didn't use to have any use for
him.
Every woman has sneaklng wish
that the hired girl would let her fix her
up with long cap strings down her
back and carry the baby when she goes
down on the street car.-New York
down town on the street car.-New
York Press.
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Chicago Tribune: ut viii cost you
81" said the jeweler, inspecting the
works of the timepIece through HIS eye
glass, ito put this watch in thorough
repair"
Hand 1t back" haughtlly replied the
young man on the outside Of the coun-
ter. II can get new one TO" ninety
eight cents"
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Of the Philippines is the addition Of a
fy-gpecls to the map. there would have
been no Nebraska for him to stump.
Mr. Bryan Is not too old to acquire
new ideas. He is growing all the time.
II his opinions still diverge in some
respects from the Democratic tradi-
tlons, It is he and not the Democracy
TINT will change"
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sPEcIAL EXCURSIONS

To National Export Exposition, PhilR-
dcIphIa, Pa, Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad will
sell special cheap excursion tickets to
Philadelphia on account OF the National
Export Exposition for Thursdays, Octo-
bCr 18th and 18th. and November I'd and
18th at one fare for the round trip, plus
10 cents admission TO the Exposition
minimum rate 1900. Tickets will be
good going from all points east OF the
Ohio river, and are valid for return ten
days, including date of sale.
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AGeorrIa PbIIosopbcr.

Atlanta Constitution: "How's all the
family?"
Right peart."
AN how'd yer crap turn out?"
Jest mlddlIn'."
"An'how's the lame mule a-dOin'?"
"Only toll'able."
Bank much 'taters?"
Fright smart"
"An' yer rheumatism-how's hit?"
"Well, hits done left one flint an
crope into another, but ef ! ken Jest rub
nit down into my left leg won't keer
much, kase half that legs wood"
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chrIst sncnketh sun.

An, atm the voice OF jesus Christ
Spcaks to His children here;
III We but list, with soul intent
Ills messages to hear.
Where conscience holds the key,
And II we Will obey His VIII,
Disciples we may be,
He no'er forsakc us in our trials,
NJ we on Him depend,
He'll reach TO US helping hand,
And consolation lend;
Then, why should man grope In the unrk
With unbelIeVing thought,
When by n little faith and trust,
ChriRt's messages nrn taught
MARTHA SHEPARD LIPPlECOTT.
MoOrcstoWn, N. j.
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skctchy Bits: FlIm-what's your
business?
Flam-Contract
Fllm-whHt line?
F'lam--Debts,
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somewhat Denorallzlng.

"They say the Beers are wonderful
marksmen."
"They didn't prove It at Glencoe"
"Well. 1 guess the'best marksmen In
the world would be little rallied 10
the targets were chasing them. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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'That man Dom Paul always was ter
ribly hard to get along WITH" remarked
the European diplomat.
"He seems to be simplicity ITSELF"
Eyes, but he doesn't conform to the
ordinary rules OF diplomacy. Whenever
he says anything he means every word
Of 1t. "-Washington Star. -
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When southern editors become angry
they get real mad. Just because Ad-
mlral Dewey had to revoke his promise
to accompany his flag lieutenant to At
lanta on account Of his health, the At
lanta Constitution prints full page
picture of Lieutenant Brumby with the
line. Tom Brumby, who planned the
battle Of Manila" And now Admiral
Dewey is supposed to be inconsolably
sad.
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Senator Mason. of Illinois, has at last
succeeded in giving the country very
bad fright. He has solemnly declared
that he would resign II the Republican
national convention In 1900 did not de-
clare against criminal aggression" in
the Philippines. With this disaster
hanging over the party the situation is
critical. Indeed.
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Lucky Escape.

Jones-They say Smiths three
daughters all got engaged to foreign
noblemen while Mt the shore" and
that Smith is tickled to death about It.
Brownies. He's just found out
that they are all dry goods clerks, and
upporting.-Judge.
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soyAl aAklsa soaosa CO, NEW yosk.

about that?" what kind Of a girl
do you want them" What kind Of
girl do want? want girl who is
able to hire cook andvall the rest that
go to make life Chicago
Evening Post.
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Turkey Crop WIN be Largo.

Chicago Inter ocean, Advlces have
been received from 10000 Inquiries sent
throughout Illinois, Iowa, Indiana,
Wisconsin, Missouri Nebraska, TcnnCs-
see, and Kentucky, and few eastern
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Among the Breakers.

Chicago News: Long-Famlly trou-
bles, Ell? What rock did your domestic
ship split upon?
short-It was the absence of ''rocks"
that caused the split.
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This has been a great year for re-
cords, and the man who was recently
apprehended In Chicago and confessed
to having forty-two wives imparts to
the closing months Of the year a most
fantastic climax. That record will
stand unchallcnged, and it ought 20, for
all time.
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New York Press; Little Ethcl-Mnm-
ma! know what hole is,
Mamma-Do you dear? What ia 1t?
Little Ethel-Its nossln wiz somesIn
awound IT,
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First clerk-what tiresome CUSTOM
er that woman Is!
Second Clerk-Yes; she always knows
what she wants and won't take any
thing else.-ChlcaGo Record.
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The United States customs nuihori-
ties have decided that Canadian ladies
visiting this country can wear sralskln
clonks without detention. supposa
they return without them?
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Plumber-so long; I'm OF to lay a
pipe.
a lay.-Syracuse Herald,
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Having passed the necessary appro-
prIatIons the British parliament has
been prorogued. Mr.. chambcrlain's
sleep viii not be so disturbed as 1t has
been the past week. c "a. ~
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A PLAIN statement Of facts: Cook'a
Imperial Champagne Extra Dry is SUI.
peTior Its bouquet excelS, Us taste
delights. Try IL
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Patience.

] put her letter by. because.
With dImming eyes, needs must pause
To fashion somewhat of her smile
From memory, little while:
To feel again the gentle touch
That made me wonder overmuch
II such soft caress of love
Were not for ransomed ones above
Instead Of for my earthly bliss
This handclasp sweeter than KISS,
/ put her letter by bit
To muse and marvel over 1t
As something rare beyond the ken
or common thought and mortal men;
As something that the tender years
Have traced with not ungraceful tears.
A sweet goodbye, 1t is to say
She'll meet me later in the day."
And still wait! And still wait!
The years have gone-the day Is late!-
A shrine Of myrtle for her dust
A letter yellowed with the rust
OF tears-a prayer to understand
Her signal from the peaceful! land.
nut her letter by--I know
Its promise will be kept, and, so,
Through misty eyes my soul shall smile
And walt in patience yet awhile
Chicago Record,
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with the death OF General Guy ".
Henry, late-nilitary governor=ot Porto
Rico, a gallant life closes,
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tThe INTELLIGENcER. embracing It's
several editions. is entered in tho Post
once at Wheeling. VI. Va. as second
class m6tter.l
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The New York World is inclined to
bring Mr.. Bryan to book for ignoring
the tarif issue in his speeches. In gen.
tly Gliding him for his remlsness in this
respect it says: Nevertheless the
abandonment of this cardinal Demo-
cratic doctrine, fidelity to which has
given to the party the only national
successes it has won since the war, is
unfortunate as a matter of principle
and must weaken the party throughout
the country" And the World might
have added that with every national
success of the Democratic party has
come disaster to the country through
its destructive free trade policy,
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The Register and the chameleon re-
mind one OF each other. The chame-
leon changes its color in sympathy with
the colors around IT. or when Its tem-
per is stirred. So with the Register; 1t
appears to be changing Its editorial
position with regard to the proposed re-
fund Of theOcity's indebtedness, and
there are persons unkind enough Oto
suggest that the insertion OF the name
of colonel Jere A. Miller, who happens
to be president Of the West Virginia
Printing Company, as one Of the COM
mIssioners of the refund, has consider
able TO do with the Registers change
of heart and mind as evidenced yester-
day morning, when 1t came out for the
refund in half-hearted way. The In
telligencer sincerely hopes that the
Registers temper win not be rufIled by
these observations. else, like the chame-
leon again, 1t may change It's spots
and fall out OF the refund band wagon.