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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03

charge Of stolen heirs to a colossal for
tune.
Benjy did not recognize either Of
them, hut was full OF enthusiasm and
excitement In the scene that followed.
Tho old woman looked like Meg Merrill
.ltes, and beat tine children scandalOusly,
Of course. When Miss Morris explain /;
"a tile plot to her iniiammabie charge
RenIy'S frame became tense with viz
tnous lndlgnutlon-her magnificent eyes
famed more and more In wrath, as the
Itl.treatmeut Of the heirs proceeded and
Increased. Finally. when the old wo-
man was knocking the innOcents little
heads together like q wicked old fury,
BENNY could stand It no longer. Up she
rose in the box, In full sight OF very
body, and cried out In loud. Shrill tones
thai were heard all over the house:
kick her shins. stupids. Kick her
shlns. Why don't you? Trip her up!
Lam her over the head good. Go for
her eyes! I'll help you!"
With this and before Miss Morris
could possibly prevent, she seized one Of
the vacant light chairs in the box, and
dashed Il with such force and such
well-dIreeted aim upon the actors be-
low her that the elderly guardian OF the
iiinocents fell PROSTATE on the stage.
and her victims scuttied away behind
the scenes In most genuine fright;
then peeped out again to see what was
going on.
"cut! Run! Run! IN give her an
other II she gets up! shouted Benny.
A general uproar followed The old
woman had TO be removed b. the
5upss. The usherR made n rush for
Miss .MorrIs's box. Miss Morris turned
upOnl RChjy. eXclniming
@Chiid! Child! What did you do that
for? II wasn't true at all; II Is Just IKE
story. Have you never been told
stories? Oh, dear, what shall ! dO?'
She rose hustily and pinned on her hat
1.-The ushers appeared and She explain
ed the situation But when they turn
cd angrlly Ia rebuke Benny, they found
that she had fled She was not 10 be
seen anywhere. and as for Miss Morris
she was glad to slip out of the theatre
AS quietly and rapidly as possible,
Six months later Miss Morris found
Beniy quite III in the city Hospital
SHE Mas good to the child, and became
very fond of her. heard all about the
crueltieS and neglects Of her aunt, took
her, eventually. into her own house,
and tnught her every night. No one
who now sees Miss MOrrls's trim, prop
ar, intelligent mnld-serYant could ever
dream that she Is an evolution from the
Wild waif who created such q sensation
| at her first matinee, little Louisa Jose
fine, RhOdy Katharine. BenJnmine.
| ITrankiIne, Palestine Gunter, of Lick
nitillei. Georgia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03
Patents Issued.

Special Dispatch TO the 1nteliigencer.
WASHINGTON. D. G., Feb. 1.-Pat.
ents have been issued to West Virginia
inventors as follows: Alexander ARM
strong and A. F. Patterson, assignors
to H. Moore, Aoundsyille. door lock:
william G. Curtis, assignor Of one-half
to F. D. Gilbert ana J. E. Curtis, Of
Huntington, car-coupling: F. G. ES-
mond, New York, assiguor TO Esmond
Electric Traction and Signalling Co,
Of West Virginia, unit multiple system
of control for electric railways, and
Phylander A. Mccray. OF Gay, wheel'
wright N.-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03

These Women were HsDed rough Woman's Great Crisis
81 Mrs. PlnkhnlS liiddle-Aged Women
Should Rsa4 heir Letters.
Nine NG SUI o1lI9g

Whpn wrote to you, wqS Ia very bad
hrengh nhange Of LIE, and the doctors said
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03

cation! Edgercation's all right for the
poor folks that don't know nothln', aud
can't make llVln', but can cook, and
sweep. ana make beds, and lay the Ia
BILE, and sell shrlmps, and sew on the
machine, and open oysters, and make
Quits, nnd nurse bnbies, and amt
goin' to be one OF them hook-folEs
that amt wuTth shucke I'm real
Smart, / am. She says herself I'm
wurth any three when I choose"
"But there's such nice things in
b0oks!" urged Miss Norris neelSly.
"l'vs thought that sometimes when [
looked at the pictures" said Benny.
Maybe some time I'll get me q edger-
cation when there's nothing better TO
do. It might please paw II he Was TO
see It."
"But where Is your par said Miss
Morris, suppressing the Objectionable
''w" while retaining the general style
OF the title.
"ohl he Is dead! Dead! Dead!
Drowned Oh, how could he got and
get drowned and leave me to her! He
knows her!" she burst into n passion OF
weeping. and flung herself down in the
doorway in an Abandonment Of grief.
you Benjamlne," shrleked u rasp-
ing voice Just on the other side % the
door. and Miss Morris fed, but not be-
fore she had caught q glimpse OF slat-
tefnly. irRte virago. broom In hand. OF
q dirty wrapper, and q mass OF curi-
papers.
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Boz q coIored crayons.
chlId's Drawing Book:

tnce the pictures beneath, thus 0ROrdlng
enityment, - we'll ~ instruction 70 tho
hang and eye. These drawing books and
the Ia q GrAyou1 70 very we'll together.
drawing book requires lien hsada and
2.cone stamp.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03

The Teachers Lantern.
This, with that OF Matthew w.. 1922,
preliminary or probation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03

Malled free for u lion heads cut from
Lion Coffee wrappers and n 2-ceHt stamp.
An unusually hie picture, from che bEuih
az noted German artist, Gabriel Max.
II ID founded ON ChRmlsso'A poem, "fhe
Llon's Bride" The story y lntercSting'
Sone folder, containing copy ut the poem
and telling all ahoutlt size lSx2S inches.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19
ONE TIE >TIAONy
Daniel AIaIiey Gives ais Experiences in
the TrnnsvHai.

Tbs following is clipped feom the Prov
dsnoe (R. ID sunday journal;
To the l. iisor.-i landed In tlts oor-
Try last week, having come from Caps
Town, South Africa. came BY the waJ
Of Liyeroool, Elsiani. HslrinS tass
the Irish, my own COUNTRY men. are rails
ing money for tho u ,ars In Provide noe
ana Vicinity. desirs 10 make q few fso..
known 60 thorn throug, your papss. IL
you will kiudly lat ms.
have lived in the Transvasl eight
years. and know q lew fAots about Toe
Boers. In the 1rst Dlacs-do shsy kDo W
that an Irish man or any other m An nsysr
usts Justice from Boar I, any oolri ~
law in the ira usvsaiY will give Sl.J0
to any mon who MI, prove that they did
within the last hSe years.
1 will give yam q type OF the iusticn:
In Is 5 was working in JohannesbprS.
was working IN the DE Beers NIL 81
which were owned by Mr.. Rhadss. en-
At that time thors ws:s a 10 1t BIO |. sh.
men working In the m Ines,
That year o law Was put In force vhers
by ell children had to go to the u 'ss
school. and all han to learn Dutch Next
door to me there lived man bs tie name
OF Patrick Fahsy. VINO had tdrss child
rem, two boys and girl The girl Was
about IL and the boys wero younger, 50
he seHt them to school, and one day, D.
cause the girl could not learn the Dassh.
the teacher struck he's on the head anu
thr ouga that blow ans want iato ON val
sions and died. Mr.. Bshsy had thu tsaoh-
or arrested. bus he was let III, aa the
teacher was q Bosf. SO Mr.. Fahey would
not let hia boys go to school after that.
So the Boer police Game so,srreEt hfr; -
bs ,ause ne would not go rtth them 9 o :
Shot him before the eysa OF his poor :,
k,.. afuw, haN afE %
shot. Nysslf and Mike Carroll went ard
got the priest, but toe Boer police wonI1
not let h I'M into the house. 1f1' o.
CURED on the l4th day OF OetobeT, IL D
We osl.sd q msettng o. all this miners
both Irish, English and Scotch. a,d we
buried him dscsntly. We decided also
to let the English governor AZ Cane
Town know of the facts OF .the case. &c
We did. He ssnt two man TO invest
gate 1t, but through that 20 CT the min
wsrs seat out OF the country. and all the
Beers confisoatsd. We that stayed got
together 9il5 and sent Mrs. Fahey an
her childEsn back to Irelsnd.
can tell you 20 CAGES siUilsr 20 fhs
above, but think that Will ts enough q
| let you see what the Eo.rs are.
don't love ENGLAND; buts cay. give
me English laws - they are In NA3a
where every man has equal rights. In al
IL what Epgiand 10 fighting for. Th ers
are over 10, OUO Irish volunteers In Nats
| alone and We will fight to the death b
down the cruel Beers and i appel TO al
Irishmsn to help the widows and orphan
Of the Irish soldiers who fell In battie
| have come here on little business. ant
am going to Cape Town next week t.
| fight the Beers and avengs poor IA
| Vshsy. 10 at the last. say God bles
old Ireland and her soldiers who are
| lighting for q good and Just cause.
| DANIEL MA ALLEY.
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LEeusLATING AGAINST THE TRUSTS

Before Congress adj ,urns some Inn
portant legislation against the trusts .
likely to be passed. In the Houss. Al
ready Q bill has been prsparsd which
makes the Sherman Law against trusts
more drastic by adding Imprisonment
to the penalties, and proposes . eonstitu-
tionai amendment giving Congress sd-
ditiopal power. 30 much OF the bill as
rslatss to the strengthening Of tbs Sssr-
man law will undoubtedly get through
the HOUSE with little or no oppssltion
All parties are committed to &c By the
attitude their representative mon and
conventions have been assuming. But
rs regards the amendment tbs case 10
difYersns. Which an amendment 20 the oon-
ssitution Is the.remedy which Mr.. Bryan
has proposed. SO far as he has proposed
any, there are meny Democrats In ths
HOUSE, some OF them on the Judiciary
committee, who do not favor II, holding
that Il will Interfere with the sovereig mtg
OF ths states and still further centralizs
power In the Federal government. and
for this reason be obnoxious to the very
Fundamental principles OF the Dem ocrato
party. Such Democrats a. DE Almond
of Missouri, Elliot of South Carolina and
Fleming Of Georgia are already outspoken
against ID. aad they are likely 20 com-
mand considerable following. As 1t re-
quires two thirds msj,rity to propose .
constitutional amend msnt the opposition
OF little more than one third Of thu
Democrats would defeat it. is defeat BY
Democratic votes would, however, piscs
TIE Democracy In pretty bad plight. fhs
amendments proposed by the
Rspu blioans 10 considerably mildsi
than that suggested by Mr.. Bryar,
only giving the Federal govern n eni
control when corporations have become
monopolies, while Mr.. Bryan's PROPOSE
ton WAS to give IL general charge OF all
corporations. II the Rep ublican amend
msnt Is a blow at the rights Of the state;
which the Democracy cannot tolerate.
Mr.. Bryan's proposition 10 u much sevsrsr
blow, aad the Democracy cannot defeat
the former without virtually repudiat
Ing the latter. After all the shouting
ABOUT trusts which Mr.. Bryan has done
and the promises he has made, to be com
PEELED to 90 into the oampaigL with tbs
fact staring him In the face that hi
party had rspudiAted the only plan hi
had ever offered for controlling the trusts
would deprive him and his party Of al
the political capital that they expected &c
get out Of the trusts and leave the sail
that he had carefully set to oatch thu
passing breezes Tapping sadly In th'
wind
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19

The more tbs Havana post otfios soan-
DIAL 10 stirred mp the worse IL becomes.
AppnrentIy about all the officials In that
department were either active partioi-
rants In the stssl Or assisted In coverino
1t up-not always Intentionally, perhaps'
but no less effectively. 1t seems to be
case calling for the removal of the whoi'
crowd, and the transfer Of 90 nsiderabis
part Of them to the psnitsntiary. oi
course the oppositicn are getting great
comfort cut Of this affair and will make
the most ont Of 1t In the way of cam
paign material. They cannot be blamed
for that, however.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19

Little cropped oct ut the reception to
.hs Boer ENJOYS in New York TO show the
precise object Of their misaion or how
they hoped 10 accomplish 1t. One Of the
delegates said that he did not expect the
United States to tight for them, adding
that II we would only say "Stop" the
war would stop. England. however,
oan hardly be expected to stop war In
which she has already spent fsver al hun
dred millions OF dollars and thousands Of
lives before the ends aimed ct are accom-
plished, simply because we soy step, IN
less we make 1t apparent that we are
prepared to use.foros to back mp eur de-
mand This country has no such power
as the Beer ENJOYS credit 1t with. In
fact, We practically tested our power &c
stop the war In any peaceful way when
we submitted to England the Beers re.
ouest for nsgotiat ions. We intsrfsred
then as far as we possibly could without
practically threatening the use Of force,
and received q polite but nrm reply that
England proposed to keep on until she
had accomplished her purposs In her owr
way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19

Thoss Senators who vosss for Quay can.
however, mad no ground on which they
can oonsistsntiy vote against Clark.
Ewes ~ tine ssat had never bssn nlled By
the legislature and the vacancy did not
happen In rsoess under their construc-
tion Of the constitution the acting COVER
nor would have the right to appoint. But
they did not constitute majority Of the
Senate. The appointment Of Maginnii
iast night BY the Governor OF the Stats
indicates that he has, revised hisl early
opinion thai the lieutenant governor was
acting within his powers when be ap.
pointed CLARK, but II the seat 10 TO
held as never died By the legislature
Maginnis viii have no rsttsr titia than
Clark.
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The fesliDs against Clark grows. and
the disposition Of she great majority OF
the Senators is Enthusiastically to get cid
Of him II Ii be possible. But on that
point there 10 some doubt. Apparently
the pracedents are with Clark. IL having
been hell In the past that resignatisn
absolutely sndsd Senator'S term, and
that the Senate could mel Their accept OF
refuse to soospt o resignation. Senator
Frye's action In striking Clark's name
from the role - soon AZ his Resignation
WAS offered conforms to this view. Il ia
possible. however, to hold that Clark
was never elected senator and Therefore
that the vacancy was one that the ieGis-
laturs had an opportunity to hJl and de
not MI This world place the csss in th'
ssme category as that Of Quay and would
make void the governors appointment
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19

The last OF the beleagusred british
towns in South Africa has row been
relieved. Matching was surrounded and
ont of soon after war was declared.
about the same time ~ Kimberley. A
little later General Sir Evelyn Whites
army was driven into Ladysmith and
there kept by the Beers in state OF Siege.
Kimberley was first relieved by Lord
Roberts. The Boers oont inusd their grip
on Ladysmith some weeks longer, Its re-
lisf. finally coming ss the inevitable result
OF the capture Of Cronje's army and the
advance Of General Roberts northwArd.
MAfeking's situation explains the reason
that 1t was not sooner relieved. 1t 10
many miles north Of Kimberley close 60
the western boundary Of the Transvaal
From Kimberley. whore the relief sxps-
dition started from, 10 Mafeking 10 over
200 miles. The Matching garrison has
been under the command throughout the
siege Of Col. Badsn-P Powell and his de-
Tense OF the place has been most heroic
one. Last reports from the city indi-
GATED that food was very scarce and that
there was good deal OF suffering on thai
account.
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and she horss wss his bsts noirs svsn
when he was soFrsi. He congratulated
himsslf that hs--wss soon te have . dog.
Hnt .. unIooksd-for difleuity presented
itself. The dog was 9 barking dog. In
face most psssistsst barker. and Mr..
spalding did NOT want barking doc.
He stood In no fear Of burglars or trsups
he Required merely tnss ne dog should
tuds; that he should GO about looking
plsasa Mt and wsg bis lsaii. bus nevs
bark. Accor dinghy he explained to che
ow ner Il the animal that he had NO uss
for the bark, ana considered 10 an unds-
irabis adjunct TO ths property. he
was willing to admit that early doss
might have found the barking sccom-
plishmsnt useful 20 brighten their enc
mies, paralyze their quarry, or a. the
signal ana summers for tbs assembly OF
dogs OF the diocese. But the absurdity
dass habit a wss s.iasss' Tssrsfere be fslt
Obliged 20 insist that his owner request
the dog not 60 bark.
The owner Of the animal replied that
that was . matter entirely within tbs
always regarded the doa and the bark ~
correlative aspects OF the same entity.
He considered that dog without lark
was quite uuthink able as bark without
o dog. Besidss,
Let dogs delight to bark and bits.
FOR IT'S their nature %.
He aid not feel shat he was called on 20
alser the course Of nature TO facilitates
dog trade. Moreover, the thing was
would compass the dessrusttnn Of the
subject matter Of the negotiation. Tas
bark Of the dog, he continusd, rshsssive-
~, 10 not for . campsign-lhas Il. f,s
an age, hos for all time. IL 10 an tusx-
tins uishabis attribute. AZ FIR him: .
should ssy that a man 6f Mr.. Spaidines
peculiar tastes did not need . deg ne
ought co get 8 airaIs. The msaion OF
she giraffe. whtoh MIR. Spaidi ng ressided
a. an uucailsd-for aArcasm, Terminated
the dicker, and he went home without
= dog. There wers re ports OF powerful
mo vement In Sullivan County TO clint
nate the bark from dogs and tsaoa than
moon for she positivs and emphatic ulu-
Iations with which the canine raca hss
for many thovs.nd years been agcus =
toned to demonstrate with the orb OF
night But nothing came Of 1t. The
dogs clung dsspsratsiy 20 their apolsnt
privilege. In tho 90 rise OF same private
experime nts which Mr.. Spaldiog esussd
70 be mad /, his discovered that while do 20
could be taught TO growl fercey AZ
photograph OF General OTIS, ana show
their teeth vioiousIy ct the mention OF the
sugar trust. neither ~ clubs ncr sieks
nor oonxing cou d thsF b, h-nksn 81 sas
habit Of barking Mr. spsidf.s soonans
be could break doos Of baking. Jha
an municipalities think they can tresk
W. j. Bryan OF the habit OF shous "a for
IS toI In each 90 this wisn n father
to the thought. In both 1t is val ana
hopeless. AIR. Spiidin9's home Is rss.-et
by NO dog. He refuses to nov o s,f +.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19
A MODERN PARABLE.
"Bryan Himself IL Represented as
Clinging Desperately to the Old
Plank
New York Times.)

This recalls che case of Mr.. Lysander
5paiding, 9 resident Of Sullivan County.
Who coveted . certain dog, and opened
negotiations with view to becoming
the owner of the animal In fee simple.
The psios demanded was reasonable and
Immediate delivery was promised. Mr.
-ipaiding was eager to conclude the bar
gain and take his dog hems. for he was
= somewhat lonely man and In need Of
oompanionship. He oouldn's abide eats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19

Dewey has got back from his Western
and Southern trio. He reports q good
tire, and enthusiastic receptions every
vhsres But the receptions given hin have
always bsen tributes 70 the Admiral
OF the Navy aud the victor 10 the bastie
OF Manila bay. There has not bsen the
slightest sign that anybody has paid
tribute to hi,a as Presidential candidate.
or even thought Of him In that eonnso-
tion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19

After all under the laws Of Maine 1.
isn's very serious offense to be man
slayer. Max well. convicted Of that mis-
demeauor, geta eight years In State
Prison and q fine OF one dollar. That
isn't very much more severe than the
penalty for killing q mo0ss In the Maine
woods In CLOSE time. Maine 10 very iaz
rs to its laws against murder. In many
states NO such distinctions are known.
IN urdsr 1t may bs In the heat OF blood
and with the element OF express malice
wanting" still with than "it II
murder nevsrtheless' and punishable III
suok.-Bridgton News.
The laws Of Maine had nothing tc
do with the Maxwell oass. His crime
was committed on the high seas and OF
course came under United States laws
But the assertion that Maine is lax In
it's murder laws and that distinctions
recognized in many other states Is, we
think, not correct. The distinction be-
tween Q killing in cold blood and q
killing in the heat Of passicn, is not an
artificial distinction but q real one. and
II there are any states where IL Is moi
recog nizsd then those states cannot b.
very fully civilized.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19
story Of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years By
the ohains Of disease 10 the worst form Of
slavery. George ID. Williams, Of Man
chester. Mich., tells how such . slave
was made frss. He says: "My wife has
bsss 20 helpless for i've years that shs
ooaId not turn over In bed alone. After
using two BOTTLES Of Electric Bitters, she
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Druggist.
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aismarck's Iron Nerve

Was the results OF his spisndid health.
Indom table win and tremendous energy
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