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a SENSIBLE 81 :Wsto

a party OF married men were talking
about their wives, and IT ;.sSworthy 81
note that every man1wasj glad he had a
wife and was anxious to tell Of her good
points.
Il never heard my wife swear bu.
once said one Of them when there
seemed to be a ,lull in the praise meat-
Ing. .i;;t ~ u ~ 3 3
All the others looked shocked II any
OF them had ever heard their WHY'S,
swear, they werc not telling It, and
they resented the frankress Of the one
man who was apparently bctrayins
family secrets. Butthe mandid not re-
gard the bad impression he had ere
ated. :. 2 3 s, IS s
"And thai" he continued in the sans
tone, was away back yonder. thirty
years or more ago, WHEN the oilFexcltc-
ment in PENNSYLVANIA asitatad the
whole country. I owned farm up there
that I had taken for a debt of a thou
;sand dollars, not ibecauSegi i. was worth
that much, but because It wassall /
could set. My business was vary small
then. and a thousand dollars. Represent
ed the bulk OF my capital I had been
married Ave years. andmy wife was the
very. best investment had ever made.
One day received word that oil had
been struck on the furm adjoining mine,
and right away proceeded 10 go crazy,
Just as everybody else did when oil
showed up anywhere In their nelShbor-
hood. Ny VIE showed signs too. but
she kept her wits about her Inside OF
q week Itbesan 10 get offers for my
farm, and 1got crazier every TING there
came an offer higher than the one be-
fore 1t. 1t went up like a balloon AT
first, until the figures getaway up. and
then the smaller bidders, dropped out.
.Atlast an offer Of a hundred thousand
dollars come from a representative of 4
company that knew was worth two or
three millions"
!. Let 1t go, john said my wife when
l told her of this offer.
~ guess not, said 1; II It's worth .
hundred thousand TO them, It's worth .
hundred thousand to me. Il
S"I tell you to let 1t 60 said my wife,
rs firm as a post In the ground.
MOT much. said /. I'll set two
hundred thousand Is b
She pulled down her apron with Il
Jerk, a pecullarity Of hers when she
meant business. *
You're. getting hundred times
more for It than You gave said she,
and you never expected to make Il hun
dred thousand dollars in hundred
thousand years. and you know IT.
but I'll make a good deal more
than that now. 1 insisted, and started
back to my desk to write. letter de-
clining the offer.
She pulled down her apron with
Jerk that made the strings crack.
John Martini said she, don't be
d. fool!' Zoe sszi-7,.
And WASN'T" concluded the nara
tor, "for.1 accepted the manifestation
sand-dollar Offer and 1t was ninety
thousand more than. the company ever
got on the farm, for the oil didn't sscm
to run that way.%H-7-WIllam j. Hampton,
in New LippIncott,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-27
MARION DEMOCRATS
Nominate the Slate Ticket-owen
Mckinney for House of Delegates.

Nominate the Slate Ticket-owen
Mckinney for House Of Delegates.
Special Dispatch to the In,elli:eacer.r
FA1RMoNT, w. Va. Aug. 25.2The
Democrats OF this tMarlon) county held
their convention here saturday and
nominated the following ticket: For
house OF delegates, Owen S. Mckinney
and Tuscn Morris; sheriff. Charles r.
Snodgrass; prosecuting attorney,
Charles Powell; judge OF intermediate
court, F. T. Martin; county commits
sIoner. F. NJ. Meredith; surveyor. ". S.
Prickett; assessors, c. L, Barnes and
Claude Davis.
The slate given by the Inteliigencer
several days ago. was carried out with
one exception, F. T. Martin having de-,
teated D. L. Butcher for Judge. The
fight for sheriff was very close. snod
grass only having margin OF five.
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seen In mighty nation of one people
and one ilag represented and feared the
world oyer, and the great leader in
Christian civilization and the foster
mother OF the sea. KS
Referring to the present, he spoke Sof
our wonderful prosperity as nation,
of our happy homes. our. rushing indus!
fries. our wonderful advancement until
to-day weiare the dlcta.ors Of the trade
of tho world n + 3
j Islans Of the Orient.
His argument faYoring keeping all
the Islands Of the sea thar God has put
in our lap and supholding the ina1estytof
the nationi In China, was OF the highest
order Of oratory and full Of patriotic
Efcryor. ;s3
All these sentiments were received
with appreciation and he was checred
tojthe echo. Il vas simply one Of Con-
gresham Freer's best efforts and will
long be remembered BY the people OF
(, dear old Preston. s'sa
Mrs. Agnes Boggess. OF Highlands,
delivered an interesting address satur-
day morning on four Country and its
Destiny" 1t was we'll prepared and
highly appreciated. After the speeches
had been delivered, the following off,
GERS for the ensuing year were elected:
j. NJ. Hayden. commander: A C. Scott,
senior vice commander; M. S. Bright,
junior vice commander; Leroy Shaw,
3adjutant.
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Stricken With Paralysis.

Special Dispatch TO tho 1ntelllrencer.
FAIRMoNT, w. Va, Aug. cs.-Tele-
grams were received here to-day from
Atlantic City, stating that ". T. Hart
man. manager OF the West Virginia
Grocery and Candy Company. this
place. was suffering from n severe
stroke OF paralysis. His brothers-!n-
law. DR.. W. Hupp Sands. of this plnce,
and Cashier C. sprgs Sands, Of clarks-
burg. left to-day in Response to the tcl-
egrams. The last word from hls bed
side. received at 9:4o tonight, was that
he was still Unconscious. s.
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W - . n Ia. Z, 80 *
u was there and he wasn't a bit cross
and her supper is late, too. 2 m
81 or course It Is. q Gossiplng round and,
shindering each other. 1s5wufddr you
ever getyapythlng done rs q ~
IS Mrs. Fuller hid tried tact. but IL
didn't seem to work. 4 Her feelings were
hurt and her temper was rising. She
concluded to take heroic measures and
see what would happen. Sha took OFF
the white apron she had pinned on, aud
turned as only. afwoman can.
4 George Augustus Fuller, II you want,
any supper tonight you can get It your
self. I'm going home to eat and will,
stay there until you know how 10 treat
me. You should have married q 1cooss',,
Maria, plped Fuller feebly. don't
Then you Will be more treasonab, lie .,,'
why, of course. i was only bluffing.'.s
They madctit up. and got supper TO-
gether like. two turtle doves. Mrs. Fuller
thinks 1t takes different kinds 4of tact
for different men. but she doesn't know
yet what twas, that Mrs. Deming .whls-
ipered so sweetIyto her husband. II was
this: - z .5,R{s{ ~ ~
you say one cross word while she
Z is here IllstellE how, much money you
lost on that2last deal In wheat!"-Chl-
{cago Times Herald. ~
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~. -iszi gsrrlzlss5s.
Knights OF Pythins Leave.

Special Dispatch 20 the intelliEencer.
FARkERsDURG. W. Va, Aug. &c.
About nifty local Knights Of pythlas'lhft.
here to-day to attend the meeting OF
tho Supreme Lodge Mt Detroit. Tha
party wilt go by way Of Ipheeilgg,
Cleyelend, o., and the lakes. :
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-27
OLDSOLDIEPS
OF Preston County Celebrate Their
4 Seventeenth Annual Reunion.
:. Judge Freer Delivers Patriotic


Judge Freer Delivers Patriotic
sS and Ringing Address. Y
Special Dispatch to the IEtefitrence-.
sTUNNELToN, W. Va. Aug. 2s.-Tha
seventeenth annual reunion Of the Pres
ton County Association of the G. A. r.
closed a three days camp In q grove
! two miles north OF here Saturday,and 1t
was the most successful from points OF
interest and numbers ever held In this
section.
The Saturday session was the most
important and the committee were FOR.
tunate in securing as the orator OF the
day Congressman Romeo H. Freer. the
Republican candidate for attorney gen.
ieral. He was greeted By an audience
OF over 2.od8 old soldiers, members OF
the Women's Relief Corps and others.
He was given perfec, ovation and
made a speech that brought tears to the
eyes OF many.
Judge Freer's Speech.
Congressman Freers speech was too
long to report In full. but Il fully SIS
taincd his reputation as an orator. art:
in substance his line OF address was as
follows: He was proud OF Preston
county for many reasons. q chief on,
being the fact that 1t contained more
old Union soldiers than any "other
+ county in the state. and such pretty
women and few ugly men,"
After referring facctiously to the old
soldiers and their propensity to believe
that each put down the rebellion. he
spoke teelingly OF their place as Gill;
zcns and generally good citizens be-
\ cause they have learned obedience in
the army and carried that into their
conception of good citizenship. And
z again that they who had Stood under
the shadow OF death for years knew the
love and mercy OF the living God.
He then referred to the cause OF the
war rs a clash between two govern
men.s, and the one dedicated to free
! labor triumphed, and the results were
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lAll doctors told Renlck Hamilton. o..
West Jefferson. o.. after suffering IS
months from Rectal Flstula, he would
die u.iless a costly operation was peri
formed. but he cured himself with I'VE
boxes OF Dncklen's Arnlca snlvc, the
snres, Pile cure on Earth and tho best
salye In the World. rs cents a box. Sold
by Logan Drug Co., druggist. -
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u Baby "a Cutting Teeth

be sure and use that old and wcll.tried
remedy, Mrs. Wlns!ow's. Soothing
SyruD, for children teethlng. II soothcs
the child, softers the gum. allays nil
pain. cures wind collie and IL the best
remedy for dlarrhoea, Twenty-Five
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The Gospel of Democracy

Bryan Is the present leading expo
nent OF the doctrine OF looking back
ward.-Pittsbursh Commercial Gazette,
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More Thnn Likely.

z On the surface II the powers are allies,
may not the Mongolians be all lies p
Philadelphia Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
strike in Coal REGIONS

Hazleton, Pa, Aug. 2SThe greatest
strike the anthracite coal regions of
this state have ever seen will be pre-
cipitated probably in few days When
the convention of tie Mine Workers
Union opened here at 10 o'clock sester-
day morning there We're few delegates
present The operators adhered 10 the
adclaration made by them not to confer
with the union or recognize it in any
way, and not one came. BY the time
of the opening of the afternoon session,
which was secret hundreds of delegates
had arrived from all sections of the an
thracite region to participate
Prior to the meeting Benjamin James.
the local organizer and a member of the
national board, gave out this statement:
The meeting today means strike.
This you can quote me a' saying. The
operators were given every chance tc
prevent such action. They have failed.
The consequences frst with them. Not
withstandins the protests of priests
ministers and the press the strike will
take place and in a short time every
worker in the anthraciteRcoa field Will
Law down his tools. The soft coal opera
tors will not come to#the rescue OF the
anthracite mine e-owners this time, as
was tl.e8case before. We have taken all
precautions in that direction.
a hard aud desperate struggl 1t Will be
liz the operators so wish to make 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
a Rows IIlgh DIVING Feat.

Boston. Aug. 2s.-What was probably
the highest diving feat ever accom-
plished successfully was done yester-
day by Charles Bigney, a 17-year-old
boy of this city, who has been diving.
hereabouts for several weeks. He dived
from the tower of a coal landing on
Pixies wharf into the South bay, dis:
tance of 1S0 feet. When he started up
the ladder to the point from which he
was to dive. there We're over 5000 people,
on the bridges. wharves. railroad and in
row boats They gave him rousng
cheer, and heEcoolly waved his hands in
response. On reaching the top of the
tower he jumped, and before he had
gone twenty-five feet in his flight thru
the air he began TO turn so as to strike
the water head first. which he did in
fine style. That ne suffered no oill-effects
from the wonderful feat was shown by
his swimming to a row boat az soon as
he rose to the surface.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
washington Not Alarmed.

Washington, Aug. 2s.-Alarming re-
ports that the allied army in Pekin Is
threatened with destruction by great
forces of Chinese troops which are
marching toward the capital city, both
from the south and east, have caused
no alarm in Washington.
The dispatches received from Minister
Conger and Gen. Chaffee go to show
that the situation In Pekin is absolutely
under the control of the foreign troops;
that reinforcements have been arriv-
ing, and the army is sufficiently strong
to not only Withstand attacks by any
army tile orientals can mobilize. but
would unquestionably give the attack
ing party a crushing defeat.
The situation at Pskin from mili-
gtary standpoint is quite satisfactory.
There is only the fear that the allied
army may not get the rations' it needs,
inasmuch as Pekin is practically :solat-
ed because the caravans that carry in
the food stuffs We're halted and have
not operated for several weeks. Food
must be brought in from Tien Tsin and
the sea'board.
Whatever opposition the Chinese
have managed to gather north of Tien
Tsin cannot live long against ttle OPP
erations of the foreign army. The rail-
way once repaired and the route kept
open thru the watchful care of the
military, all doubts about free and safe
communication by wire and road with
the Chinese capital will be removed.
Gen. Chaffee's dispatch was undoubt-
edly freely edited before 1t was given to
the press, but it is understood ne is
sanguine of the ability of the allies tc
take care of themselves under any cir
cumstances. The portion of his message
given out refers to the brilliant charge
of Col. Wint, of the Sixth cavalry. re
ported in press dispatches last week
4 The telegram as made public reads:
"Taku, Aug. 27.--Agwar, Washington;
| l.Col. Wint on the 10th reports marched
at 4 a. m. and engaged large forces OF
/ the enemy seven miles from city; dis
spersed them. killing about 100 Ameri-
cans lost five wounded; will cable
names of the wounded as soon as as.
jcertained. CHAFF'EE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
MAY AID TnE BoERs.
Gar Nicholas Gives an Audience TO
DR.. l.eyda

Gar Nicholas Gives an Audience %
DR.. Leyds.
Berlin, Aug. 2s.-Considerable SUR
prise has been caused here by the news
that DIR. .Leyds, European agent Of the
South African republic, was accorded
an interview by the car, and the ex-a
PLANTATION offered is that Nicholas III
means to try to bring about peace be-
tween South Africa and England.
In view of we'll known peace procliv-
titles of the czar and Russia's present
co-operation with the allies in China, Il
is not thought that the Russian ruler
desires to cause any embarrassment to-
Great Britain, and therefore his possi-
bic mediation is not looked upon q
other than unselfish and sincere.
While the Doctors reception at ST.
Petersburg must undoubtedly cause
surprise in London. it will be still less
pleasant news for Englishmen to learn
that German deputation from ths
Transvaal has arrived in Berlin to com
plain to the foreign Office Of cruelties
enacted against Germans in South AZ
i5riea The deputation says that 400 Ger
man citizens were hunted like wild
beasts and, finally arrested in Pretorias
/ Johannesburg and other cities, and
were then altho innocent. dragged t.
the coast and sent out of the country
along with a lot of other foreigners
i They lost everything they owned.
The Noikes zeituns, commenting or
/ the matter, says that the campaign.
made against China to revenge injus-s
i tees committed on German subjects;
llilas been accompanied by triumphal Of
/ ficial dispatches. but what is the for-
eigil office going to do to prevent re-
currence of English brutality in the
| Transvaal?.
The Norddeutsche Allgenleine zei.3
4 tung, which voices German official sens
tinent, says that there is no reason t(
/ call an early meeting OF the reiehstag
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
BRYAN WILL NOT BE PRESENT.
Declines the lnvttn,ion to Attend G
a. II. Encnmpmcntn Mt Chicngo.

lJCC1luG0 Suc AuSAtAbAOAA SASbSA os
A. IL. Encnlnpmcnt mt Chicago.
Chicago. Aug. 2s.-William j. Bryan
has followed the example of President
Mckinley and declined tc be visitor at
the national encampment. He sent a
message to Executive Director William
II. Harper head of the local committee,
in charge of the local end of the en-
campment, saying that because OF the
absence of President Mckinley from the
encanipment he considered it advisable
to remain away. His telegram follows:
Lincoln. Neb, Aug. 2I-W. H. Har-I
per, Executive Director Grand Army
Reunion, Chicago, Ill.-Since President
Mckinley is detained by public busl-
ness, l believe the proprieties of the
occasion demand that also decline,
and thus relieve the reunion of any ap-
pearance OF partisanship.
wv j. BRYAN
The local committee, thru Harper, ex-
pressed its regrets at the inability of
Bryan to be present by sending him the
following message:
Chicago, ILL.,. Aug. 27.-Col. w. J..
Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.-Your telegram
declining the Invitation to the Grand
Army reunion because OF President Nc
Kinley's Absence by reason Of HE pub
lie duties u received. The executive
! lcommitts apprsciatee your dellcasy g
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
IOWA. TUESDAY. AUGUST %, 1900
sentiment under the circumstances,
while regretting that we can not have
the pleasure and honor of entertaining
you. w. III. HARPER,
Executive Director -
TRAMPs BURGLARIzE DEPOT.
Operator,s Watch stolen at Ontario
The Thieves Caught.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Ames, Aug. Yesterday morning
about 7:30 during the temporary ab-
sence of the station agent, the North
western railway station at Ontario was.
broken into and a valuable watch be-
longing to the night operator, who had
left it there in charge of the agent, was
stolen. A search was made for the par
ties and three young tramps, none of
them over IS years old, We're captured
about a mile and half west of there in
a farm orchard. One Of the party had
the stolen watch on his person. The
trio We're taken to Alnes. where they
were bound over to answer to the
charge of breaking and entering to the
grand jury of Story county, now in ses-
sion They gave their names as Doc
Silcoat. Amos Dean and Andrew Carl,
and claimed to hail from Omaha. They
We're about the toughest lot of boys
ever seen around here, and are no doubt
already we'll started on lfe3of crime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
MAKES TIE FIRST MOVE.
United states Demonstrates Its GOOD
Faith in the hague Treaty.

Washington, Aug 2S.-The UniteS
States is one of the first great powers
to demonstrate its good faith in carry
ing out the provisions of the treaty at
The Hague looking to universal arbitra-
tion on International differences. Under
this treaty, each of the nations to it i3s
to appoint four members of
ar International board of arbitration.
Isnder this authority Mckinley has res
quested former Presidents Harrison
and Cleveland to accept appointmentg
on this board. Responses are expected
very soon, when the remaining meme
bers will be elected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28

weighing eight pounds, and some day
the meat Will be valuable. Another mis-
apprehension exists with reference to-
hares Most people think that they are
Belgian hares because we call them
Belgian. This name is really a term to
denote the color. We breed to the color
that is represented in that word to rab-
hit 1nen. Ii is a brown color and the
pelts are frequently dyed and used in
the manufacture of electric seal goods
w. H. Kinder, of Muscatine, connect
ed With the New York Pearl Button
Company, is in the city attending the
fair. He says that the excitement CON
corning the employment OF conyiets in
this lire of business and which thu pearl
button men along the rived thought
would ruin their business has not af
Ifeeted wages or anything else. This i'll
Illustrated the remarkably erroneous idea
4 of the effect of legislative action. When
}senator Titus saw his bin prohibiting
4 all convict labor anothered he said that
| 1t would close all the pearl button fac
| tories along the river. Il g was mistaken
lin his opinion. Mr.. KiNller brought
\ word to the Dea Moines Trades and La
bor Assembly that Muscatine is going to
1 build large labo. temple. The labor
lltenple noyems snt is general over the
country.
There is meeting in Indianapolis today
llMhat8is known 5as the Afro-Anerican
4 iCeuneil. All of the noted colored men of
!, the country are there Rev. f. Lomack,
/ OF the Baptist church of this city. Is in
lattondance. He told your correspondent
just before he left Tor the east that he
\ 1eXpeeted that a plan would be sprung
on the convention TO nominate a colored
4 man az candidate for president. He pro-
.l.nosed to fight any sri.cn movement.
That is not the way We colored nlfn
4 can succeed, he said. II do not know,
4 absolutely, that they Will try 10 noini-
i nate a colored man for president and
4 start a colored mans party. but am
told thatI may expect that sort Of d
thing. / will oppose ii. II ia noneailss.
a 1t is true that many of us colored4 4peapie
4 feel aggrieVe6 that the president does
4 not stop the negro soutra gesS in the south
lbut we#cail't expect anything to accrue
to or benefit from a Democratic presi-
lGent. There are many brilliant celored
men and they viii be in thatcanvention
4 Whether they can control it and foree
& this nomination Of a negro candidate TO,
president ia extremely doubtful I-o-
mack fa a success He is 81 years old
"A he came here FIVE years ago Without 9
lceEt or an acquaintance. he has, beer
sick in bed for "a year and a half dlrins
'8Ettat time. and Vet he has built a Sln.0oi
I church. a pars0nage 70 match and han
Eorganized about the largest religious
I movement anleng the colored peopie il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
BRYAN is 6 Gratined.

Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 2S.-Mr. Bryan to.
day expressed himself as highly graft
fled over the action of the populist ma
tional committee at Chicago in endors-
ing the nomination of Stevenson for
vice president He said: ITO have;
nominated any one else would have
weakened the ticket The populist orr
ganization will profit rather than suffer
by this evidence Of its Willingness To-
place The triumph Of principles shove
partisanship.'s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
CharterOak.

Martin Neal had a fine mare. buggy
and harness stolen from hitcking post
on the streets of Charter Oak last Sun
day evening. about o'clock, F. w.
Benning thinks he met two parties
driving the rig east from town that
evening, but up to date nothing has
been heard OF It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
kentucky Leai Stature convened. &

Frankfort, KY, Aug. 2s.-Tne legiSla-
ture called in extra session by Governpr
Beckham convened at noon. The gov.
ernor's message was brief and In gems
erai terms recommends the passing; o9
an election law which will be satfsfac-s
tory to the people OF the state. q iareoss
portion of whom. ne concedes, -