The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-08

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| will find q razor some place about him.
There are exceptions, however; most OF
them are good nlggers and l am their.
friend and they know It. 1 would divide
my last cent with my old negro friends
I saw3u lad case of'Go way, iwbi,s
man! In q Chicago elevated car a few
nights ago, and for once he met mora
than his match.
''The conductor, or guard, was a Ut
lie, ,stocky- built Dutchman. not near
tho match for the negro, who sat be-
tween two pals, whom he dominated
He Put his big foot out and the guard
tripped on It. 4
Don't ket kay the Dutchmani
said. 5.{tE
"1he negro covertly exhibited a razor
to his companions and began to abuse
the little Dutchman. In moment the
little Dutchmnn came into the car, ac-
companied By q giant guard from the
forward car. u s. Y
You get of here the giant said To-
the negro. NJ
No-I-I get OF at Forty-seventh
street. This is Sixth"
".N-n.no-I--get of at Forty-seven
street. gi 3 4;
mo, you get of, here and the big
guard reached down onto the negroes;
neck and. dragging him to the gates
threw him over the gates to the plat
form. s.
THE train moved on and the two rers
manning negroes sat in silence to Forti
ty:seventh street, where one OF them
heaVed out a sigh and said: That was
q powerful man." b
The Lawyer and the Thief.
Mr. Read begins his speech by say;
ing that he Is not politician and Is be-
fore the audience simply as an Ameri-'
can citizen, proud of his country. which.
With bold and majestic strides. has en-
tered the, front door of the world and
Will not now fly out the kitchen vim
dow The bold American spirit OF the
twentieth century has no patience With
I !. . b. IS q u o D. 2 4 -
men who so around apologizing for this
new greatness. When he left Spain on
that adventure four hundred years ago
the, world was old and hopeless. Noth-
Ing more was ahead. When he returned
and told of his discovery the world was
young again.
Here came his first story, telling OF
the Kentucky justice who tried his
cases by parliamentary practice. A,
man was on trial for stealing hog;
The thlcf's lawyer moved to dismiss the
| case. Pa:
DO hear second7" the justice
asked. {
Il second the motion" the THIEF said.
1T is moved and seconded that this
case he dismissed. All who are in ia
ivor of 1t say Aye" 4'i US
AYE" the lawyer and his client
yelled. is
THE prisoner Is discharged. the
| justice said. In
The moral pointed BY this story was
that the people who are interested in
the question Of expansion are not con-
suited by Mr.. Bryan and his party lead
ers, and then he continued, saying that
America was born civilized and born
expanding. A nation that stands sti!l
| degenerates. It is short-sightedness,
not progress, that ruins country. Mr..
Bryan's crowd doesn't learn, they won't
learn. You say TO a man. Here. read
this book" He replies: "No, I know
all I can handle already" That man
DOESN'T want to learn. and he calls peo-
pie VINO Go .'imperia!ists" slf
They have resurrected from It's dark
and foul grave the corpse Of 16 to /.
Look here. this things alive" they
say. ITS talking. Don't you hear IT."
NO" You answer, I'VE don't hear 1t,
but We smell it. Take 1t away"
A man once stopped at an Arkansas
hotel and ordered rabbit for his sup
per. He tasted It and was satisfied until
he found a cats skin on the fence cor
ner the next morning. 'Tl
Look heah, you Niger he said to
the boy who had served him, you
gave me O cat for supper last night"
Huh! How. how yo' know?"
why. found the skin In the fence
corner this morning"
| well. boss, II you don't know de dif-
ference between q rabbit and cat TIL
you see UNI skin. guess 1t don't make
no difference which gives you to eat"
In their imperative need OF an issue
they have served cat, and after
while we Will find the skin In the fence
corner.
| The Tennessee Moonshiner.
Mr.. Read tells a pathetic story Of
Tennessee moonshiners plea before =
judge. The man, in addition to making
Illicit whisky, had killed revenue off,
Ger. The judge said to the prisoner:
My man, am sorry to find you here,
a prisoner charged with crime. You are
not bad man."
ledge, I don't come here to beg"
the mountalncer replied, with simple
dignity. ~ has done no wrong. Hive
on my little place up thar on the side
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