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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
A. R. Chicago Excursions via
Pennsylvania. Lines.

August % to %. inclusive, IS IS ex.
}cursion tickets will be sold from Wheel
Ing via Pennsylvania Lines to Chicago
for Goa. r. annual encampment. Ap.
ply TO John G. Tomlinson. Ticket Agent.
Wheeling. for complete particulars cx-
tension OF return limit, etc. lS-g0-?3-T
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20

A slip of earth at Relnacher's ice
house. out the line of the Wheeling &:
Elm Grove electric line last night, held
up traffic on the line for about thirty
minutes. @
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
10000,

We hnvc fitted moro than twenty
thousand pairs of Spectncles, giving us
n record and experience uncqmallcd by
any other optlcian In West Virginia.
satisfaction guaranteed. VI 1.3s II i.
JACOB w. CRUDE. OptIcIan,
No. 1906 Market Street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20

. a MEMBER OF the faculty viii DO ut
/, the Linsly Institute Building daily from
,i0:30 tO}ll;30 n. M. where all new stu
dents can be enrolled and courses OF
study arranged. go
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
0l,e J,yteutqe,1fer
Z 0nice: GO md . Z Fourteenth Street.
New Advertisements.

For Sale-Thco. w. Fink &; Coz
Get Prices-Frick & Lindsay Company.
Honey Cured breakfast Bacon-H. f.
Stocks Tor sale-sImpson & Tatum.
II You're Ready-Thc Hub-Eighth
The Wind up-Kraus Bros.-Fifth Page.
Money to Loan at Per Cent.
Ladies' Sults-Stone & Thomas-Elghth
Page. a d }ify'.3 n gii.a n y
Black Goods--Geo. NJ. Shook s CO.
Eighth Page.
Clearance Sale Of Wash Goods-Geo. E.
Stifnl & Co.--Fi1th Page. ".
For Speedy Selling Geo. R. Taylor CO.
Fifth Page.
Always-R. a.. List.
x Refrigerators-Geo. W. Johnson's Sons.
II You Are In Want Of Good. Reliable
Shoes-South Side Shoe Store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20

WE give one weeks trial OF on,
school freq. Conc and try us II week
1t Will cost you nothing, and you Will
get an Idea OF what up-to-date methods
viii accomplish. nv ,
THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL,,
--.- - 49, ~ 1llA Mn rlSnl Slrnnl 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
Piano Bargains.

We have three slightly used Upright
Pianos, which We offer this week Mt
bargain prices. y. w. BAUafER co. 9
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
Pinno BnrgainG.

We have three slightly used Upright
Pianos, which we offer this week ut
bargain. prices. F. w. BANNER co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
Low Rates 20 the Mountain chau.

Commencing July 80 and continuing
until August 80, inclusive, the Bait.
more & Ohio will sell excursion tickets
to Mountain Lake Park, Md. and re-
turn ut the low rate of one fare for the
round trip. Tickets good returning uu.
I'll August 81, inclusive.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
FAMILY WASHING.

Rough Dry Washed, starcled and
Dried 5 cents per pound.
Flat Work. Washed and Ironed, s
cents per pound. Sg1
All hand work flniahed 10 cents
per pound. At LUTZ BROS.
* 81 4 Home Steam Laundry.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
EXCURSION 70 CHICAGO &c,
Via Baltimore & Ohio, Account Ma,
tionnl Encampmcnt g. A.. r.,

August % to 80. Inclusive. the Dalti-
more & Ohio will Sell excursion tickets
from Wheeling to Chicago and return
at rate OF IS %, valid for return trip
until August 81. by dcpositing ticket
with joint agent IN Chicago and pay
ment OF n fee Of fifty cents mn extension
OF limit may be obtained until Septcm-
Der 30. ii siila
The Baltimore s: Ohio Is the only line
running through trnins-two each way
dallyS-bctwecn Wheeling and Chicago.
For full Information apply TO r. C..
Burke, passenger and ticket agent. \
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
BlHe and White Enameled. Steel Ware.

A Of. Dresden Sauce Pans, with
cover ..j..;...t. 44c
s ct. Dresden Sauce Pans, with
cover ..........,.,. ..5Sc
10 ct. Dish Pans. dec
14;qt. Dish Pans. ......... SIC
II ct. Dish Pans. $500. soc
No. 7 Tea Kettles 56c
NO. 8 Tea Kettles. Use
70 ct. Sauce Pots, with cover. 1850
8 ct. Sauce Pots, with cover. Acc
10 ct. Sauce Pots, with cover. Csc
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20
Like A Man.

Soon after the conscript law
was passed by the Confederate
Congress, Captain SLACK was
appointed enrolling officer for
the parish of Claiborne, with
orders to have it's provisions
duly executed. His manner of
execution was the reverse of
that suggested by his name and
created a lively sensation
among the "bomb.proofs," who
finding the pointed arguments
of his muskets irresistible.
moved rapidly and in right
line, toward the front. Not
long after his ARRIVAL. my sister
had the occasion to visit an old
lady. whose son was notorious
ly of the peace persuasion. She
soon missed his familiar pres,
ence, and the following CONVEX
sation occurred: MRS. -
where is John?" Gone to fight
for his country, child" "In-
deed; 1 thought he was one of
he exempts. ''Lor, honey,
Capt ain Slack don't know no
exempts. The other day 1 see
his men a-galloping down the
road. l hollered to John they
war comm, and told him the
chimbley was a good place.
'Twasn't no use, though; for
they found him quicker than a
cat does a mouse" "Well,
Mrs. -, what did John do?"
"Do2 Why, he came down and
listed like a an."-From the
Lost Cause.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20

the trusts have lifted prices so
high that most of MS have to eat
less, l could not live if my son
and two of my daughters were
not working. No married man
with children can live on a coal
miners wages not unless his
children are working too"
the miners wife gave me a
list OF prices, showing how
the trusts have raised the cost
of living.
II OW FOOD PRICES HAVE JUMPED
The Flour Trust has raised
the price of flour from 50. Is a
bag to 1915,
The Sugar Trust has raised
sugar from cents to Z cents a
pound,
The Standard Oil Company
has raised oil from IL cents to
1 ) cents a gallon.
The Wooden Trust had raised
the price of clothing from 20 to
35 per cent.
The Beef Trust raised the
poorest grade of beet from -
ce nts to Is cents a pound; soup
neat from 9 cents to IA cents a
pound; veal from IL cents to Is
cents a pound, ham from II
cents to Is cents a pound.
The Cracker Trust had raised
the price of crackers from 5
cents pound to 10 cents a
pound-just double.
The Shoe a nd Leather Trust
had increased the cost of shoes
about 30 per cent.
The Rubber Trust had caused
miners rubber boots, which
sold a year ago for 1925, to be
sold now for 1926.
So it was with brooms and all
descriptions of kitchen utensils.
But the most astounding
thing was the rise in the price
of coal. Last year a stove coal
could be bought for 81. so a ton
and chestnut for 81 a ton. This
year both stove and chestnut
coal costs $3.50 a ton.
Tea has risen from so to so
cents a pound; coffee from 9 to
10 cents a pound; condensed
milk has increased more than
30 per cent; lard has jumped
from 6 to IL cents a pound and
tobacco from % to 38 cents a
pound.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20
Will History Repeat Itself.

No President has been re
elected since Grant-that is. in
% years.
No President has been renom.
mated siuce Grant except Har,
rison and Cleveland, and both
were defeated for a second con.
tlnuous term-t hat is, no Pres
ident since Grant has had a sec.
ond continuous term.
In 1888 Cleveland seemed t o
be absolutely sure of re election
but he was defeated.
In 1892 Harrison seemed to be
sure of reelection, but he was
defeated.
Will history repeat itself in
1900?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20

DIT ONCE Sdlu uOluluS ulNN
50. 200 in ten $500 and two 800
bills stuffed them carelessly in
to his pocket, took a chew oil
black tobacco and then left the
bank with the missionary.
I'm sorry. but the govern
ment assayer is out of town
shall we wait till he gets back?'
remarked the missionary, apol,
Ogeticaiy.
No, it made no difference to
Jerry; any assayer his friend
recommended would do at
which reply the missionary
could have killed Jerry for not
having 100000 with him, and
looked upon the groceryrnan as
a swindler for possessing but a
paltry So, 200.
The brick was tested at a jew.
eler's, and being pronounced
pure in heart and of a good f.
nancial standing, Jerry, putting
it in his pocket, accompanied
the missionary to a Van Buren,
street hotel to complete the
transaction. 1t was evident the
good man was disturbed. and
limited two or three times re-
garding the danger of carrying
so precious a burden in ones
clothes, but Jerry merely re.
marked: Il like to see some
one take this from me. If he
does he can have it,"
1t was rather queer that the
religious mans room smelled of
smoke and liquor, but Jerry
said nothing. The missionary
stood aside to let Jerry enter,
but the latter pushed the other
ahead, and into the apartment.
and merely crossing the TIRES.
hold, with the open door at his
back, the groceryman drew his
money from his pocket and
thrust the roll into the crooks
hand.
Nit" shouted the confidence
man quite unclerically. Come
here, jim"
The missionary, dropping the
satChel, was about to reach tor
a revolver, when he found a
glistening barrel showed under
his nose. He could see all the
consultations through it, for it
was apparently the size of the
Yerkes telescope. The hand of
of the man behind the
gun didn't tremble a bit.
Obedlent to call, the confed
crate emerged from behind a
curtain in dark corner of the
room, and running forward was
about TO rush Jerry, when the
latter coolly remarked: "I'll
kill the missionary if you move
an inch further. and then I'll
kill you. | won't even let you
change bricks on me-"
Jerry loo ked the brick, which
was really worth $500 in a
safety deposit vault.
When the missionary counted
over the bills Jerry had given
him, he found they were built
OF stage money, for the grocery
man had fixed it with the paw.
ing teller of the bank.
Will History Reneat TtSaIf
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20
HE BOUGHT THE BRICK
A Confidence Game That Mis-
carried and the Intended
Victim Came Out
Ahead.

thous and other people, doesn't
pretend to be smart, is law.
abiding, but has never been in
dicted for it, and yet he prac-
tically sold confidence man
his own gold brick, says the
Chicago Times Herald.
The leading axiom in the gold
brick business is: Never buy;
always sell gold bricks"
Jerry doesn't need any point
ers in transactions where mon
ey is one of the active ingredi-
ents, for he came by them nae
ura lily, but the confidence man
didn't know it. In some way
the latter learned the dimen.
sions of Mr. Harding's deposit
at the bank, and after careful
calculations with Il rangehnd-
er thought the transfer TO his
own depleted hoard as good as
made.
Because of his failure to take
Jeremiah into his confidence,
however, this bricklayer slip.
ped an eccentric, lost the
cherished brick which had so
often laid long green eggs,
plunged his family into grief
and woe, had to move at night
into cheaper fiat, forfeited his
social standing and was rele-
gated to the sucker" class.
When business like, al.
though clerical.looking, mid.
die aged man, neatly dressed,
called upon Jerry at his gro
Gerry one day recently soliciting
money for the Society for the
Propagation of Mendacious Per-
ipatetics. Jerry warmed to him
at once, promised to think it
over, had him stay to the noon
dinner, and trotted out the hard
cider.
Now, Jerry rather smelled a
rat, alth ough his conscience
hurt him for mistrusting the ell
oquent missionary, but it recov-
cred from the attack when the
visitor, after handing out lots
OF information about Cape
Nome, where arctic oceans come
from, said his brother had sent
him several thousand dollars
worth OF gold dust, which he
had transformed into a per
allelop!ped, but, needing cash,
desired Jermiah. as a business
man, to advise him.
Sell the thing to a circus"
said Jerry.
The stranger threw a plying
smile upon his host. and then
explained that the gold had
been cast into a brick. shaped
mass, adding: There's $500
worth of gold in it, but I'll take
IS, 200 ready money" just the
magnitude of Jerry's bank de-
post. 1t was strange coinci.
dence.
jeremiah asked to see the
brick, but it was downtown; he
would not care to endanger its
safety by tagging it around nor
would he asked Jerry to buy.
Perhaps some bank was in need
of it.
81 can have it tested, | sup
poser" inquired the grocery
mao,
Certainly" responded the
missionary; well go the gov.
ernment assay Office and it will |
be tried by the assayer in your
presence.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20
Trusts are Held Responsible For
The Strike BY Miners.
by James Creelman.

the great anthracite coal fields
is a cry wrung from the white
lips of a ruined people against
the heartlesS trusts. While the
miners are ma king. ready for
a struggle that may fill the
cemeteries of Pennsylvania and
bring sorrow and privation to
half a million persons, the
Mckinley newspapers and the
newspapers owned or controlled
by the mine owners are SANDER
ing the men and their leaders
and treating their grievances
with jesting scorn.
In the hush of preparation
preceding the signal that will
withdraw nearly hundred'and
forty thousand men from the
mines, l have been going from
mine to mine in the company of
Homer Davenport, the distin-
guished cartoouist, in an
honest effort to give the actual
facts to the whole country be-
tore the terrible struggle begins.
We have eaten in the cabins
of the miners and have in every
case gone to original sources
for information. The miners
themselves and their wives and
children are the best witnesses.
Nothing l have to say is raised
upon the demands or arguments
labor agitators.
APPALLING SCENES OF PERJURY.
The mighty fact which stands
forth in this scene of penury is
the appalling changes which
the trusts have worked populat
ion within two years. The pen
ding strike is simply an indust-
rial hemorrhage. 1t is a local
symptom of a disease that is
attacking the whole body.
1 find as an established fact,
which may be investigated and
verified in an afternoon by any
citizen who cares enough for
his country to take the trouble,
that the trusts have so increas.
ed the cost of living that the
miners of the great anthracite
coal region have been forced
to give their wives and children
less to eat and less to wear in
order to make their wages cover
their expenses.
Decent miners are compelled
to send children 10 or ~ years
old to work in the blackened
breakers. There is no help for
il. Can the American people
look unmoved upon this
unequal contest between a
multi ude of hard-pressed min
ers and the trust system? Has
the sor did influence of Hanna
ism so deadened and perverted
us that our sympatbies will not
quicken at the sight of so much
undeserved and preventable
suffering?
Is the cry of half a million
persons in anguish and indust-
rial DO ndage to be answered by
sheer or jest or a cheap &C
cusation that theproposed strike
is inspired by political motives?
l have visited many of the
settlements in the neigh.
6orhood of Hazleton. Seated
at the clean table of a veteran
miner, with his wife and three
daughters, the whole trust
question, stripped of its mask,
was laid bare IN a few minutes.
All the statesman and hair-split.
ing do ctrinaries who serve at
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20

Do you owe us any thing, if
SO come in and settle up.
SHARP & DoNLEY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-20

Take your machinery to j. B
Brlstow's machine shop for re.
pairs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
FREAA oF PHorooHAPAY.
A queer, Yarn that savors Of Spirit
uaiIsm.

A queer Yarn That savors Of spirit-
uaiism.
To sit for a photograph and have It
turn out TO be a precise likeness OF
ones deceased father is a sort OF un-
canny proceeding that does not happen
frequently, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, There Is a young woman In
charge OF a modest little picture gal
lery at Broadway and Convent street
who maintains with all seriousness
tnat an effort on her part to reproduce
the features OF an elderly customer in
a tintype resulted in producing a pho
tograph OF the mans sire. The young
woman does not undertake to explain
the phenOmenOn-she only knows
that It happened, that's all" When
asked for her experience with the pic
ture. she said "An old German, not
more than FIVE feet tall, and aged about
So, walked in and asked to have a tim
type taken. | posed him in the atti-
tude he wanted which happened to be
sitting on a chair with his arm resting
on a small table / went about the
=
/ developed the plate | was astounded
and little frightened TO find that the
picture was altogether different from
what it should have been. Instead OF
little man seated by table the tin
type showed a tall man standing i'm
mediately behind one. And the face
OF that man was entirely different from
the one Of the man who had sat in
front of the camera. The picture was
of man aged at least so and had full,
long whiskers reaching almost to his
waist. / explained to the sitter that
would have to make another tintype,
as the first effort had turned out a
failure. He wanted to see the picture.
and, when he had looked at It a few
seconds, he said. in broken English:
'Mein Gott! That is a perfect Likeness
of my father, who has been dead for
many years These words frightened
me more than ever, but the man In
sisted that the photograph was the
.liasc of his dead father, and would
not listen to me when / wanted him
to destroy it and make another of him.
He said he would not give 1t up for
anything, and, paying me more than 1
asked. he left the shop He evidently
presumed that, because the picture
tried to make OF him turned out to be
a likeness OF his dead father l used
some spiritualistic process in taking
tintypes, for few days afterward a
woman came into the place and asked
to have a tintype made of her dead
mother"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
A MILLIONAIRE
whose Entire Wealth Was invested In
the Paper ON His walls.
MOTHER

Whose Entire Wealth Was Invested In
the Paper on His walls.
while in Johannesburg l saw
sample Of what was probably the most
valuable wallpaper ever used In a
house" says a traveller recently re-
turned from South Africa. 1T was a
share certificate in one Of the richest
gold mines OF the Rand. In the early
days an Englishman who worked e.
one OF the first mines opened took
his pay partly in cash, but chiefly In
scrip OF shares OF the company. For
many years the mine yielded little,
and the company was unable to pay
dividends. After a time the English
man got discouraged with WORKING the
pick for these nicely engraved but un-
marketable pieces OF paper, and left
the place for another part OF the coun-
try, where he continued to work hard
for living. barely making both ends
meet. The miners wife used the
share certificates, with some odds and
ends OF prints from papers sent TO
them, in papering the walls OF their
cabin, and they remained there as a
grim reminder of the hollowness OF
mans expectations. Things got
worse. and the miner and his wife
were near starvation. when one day
a broker newly arrived from England
hunted up the cabin and made an
offer for the wallpaper. The price he
mentioned was so large as to excite
the miners curiosity, and on investi-
cation he found that he was a large
shareholder in one OF the most profit
able gold mines In the world. He kept
he shares, and today he Is one OF the
biggest mining kings. But even he
probably has had no wallpaper since
that time that represented as much
wealth as did the covering OF the walls
OF his little cabin"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06

IL there is any laughter ia you, you
want 20 prepare 10 separate yourself
from II, for that is surely what will
happen when you attend the reception
20 be held by "The Real Widow
Brown" at the Brooks theAter Febru-
AIRY 6th. This lady is an agreeable
parsonage, aud 6gures as the leading
character la one OF tha best musical
comedies bidding for public patron
age. IL has me. with prodigious sue.
cess under the able management OF
Mr. A. O. Scammon, whose trademark
is a guaranty OF the excellence OF the
attraction. The plot is out OF the
beaten path, well planned and coated
with the purest Of fun, and affordinR
auple scope for the introduction OF
bright songs, merry dances and most
pleasing Inedleys. Surrounding the
"WidOw" Is company OF recognized
dramatic aud fun.makiug abilities
no matter how many cares you may
have. you'll positively forget them II
attend this funny aud thoroughly eu-
pertaining show
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
Ell oENERALIsslMo WHEELER
San FRANCISCO Letter.

El Generalissimo Wheeler, the great
black pig, wallowing in happy content
ment in the corral at Golden Gate
park, san Francisco, Cal, will be one
of the features at the Sacramento state
fair. This pig has a history for brav-
cry and daring, but his greatest accom-
plishment is a knack of avoiding dan
ger and coming out OF all difficulties
with an unharmed skin. When the
Oregon was knocking sections out OF
the Christobal Colon the pig jumped
of the Spanish warship and su-sra' ~
ward the Oregon. He was picked up
by boats crew and placed safely on
bo.rd the pride Of the navy. When the
Oregon made her trip around the Horn
this prize bacon remained on board.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
DI. NERAa.IssIMO WHEELER.

At Honolulu the pig threatened to de-
stroy the discipline Of the ship, so he
was paced on shore. Capt. Houdlette
OF the Australia guaranteed to freight
the live animal TO San Francisco. be-
slowing his Individual care and atten-
ton upon It during the trip to this
city This was done. and in the last
days OF February Mr. Bacon Generals
simo Wheeler arrived. He was pre-
sented to Mayor Phelan and given spe-
cial quarters in the park zoo.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06

The dancing school of Mrs. Tan
ner's, is succeeding finely. About
twenty five young folks are attending
regularlJ. 1t now meets every Tues
day aud Friday night, at Fuller's hall.
She needs about ten more to complete
the class and one can commence this
week and get through alright. All
the young folks who do not know
this most graceful amusement. should
attend her school and learn IL.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-06
splsndid In Decline.

Congratulations to the queen regent
OF Spain, who has Just celebrated her
birthday. Her majesty has borne fIl-
ly her share Of the slings and arrows
OF outrageous fortune. and It must be
a relief to her to know that her caun-
tsy is once more at peace with all the
world Spain is, OF course. but a shad-
ow OF her former self but the gallant
little lady who occupies the position OF
queen regent is a worthy fgurehead OF
an ancient race She is brave wo-
man, and full OF character. and had her
lines fallen In pleasanter places would
nave adorned any situation she was
called on to fll Her majesty has now
comparatively few pleasures. and oc-
cupies herself largely with affairs OF
state.