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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-26
ALL Holiday Goods Mt Cut Prices
this week at THE BON TON.

FULL limo of Music Boxes, Talking
Machines and Records. at BAUAIER'S,
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EleGnnt Diamonds, Rubles and opals.
WI. LukENS, One Price Jcweler.
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BE sure to read our ad. in to-day's
lntelligencer. +. ": BANNER CO.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-26

ALL Holiday Goods at Cut prices
this week at THE BON TON
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-26

The Junior Cotlllion Club holds Its
holiday special dance at the Carroll
Gu bthls evening. It is more than
likely the dance will not be on In full
till after the Glec club concert, as many
of the set are especially interested in
college men and their dolngs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-26

The Married Ladies' Euchre Club will
be entertained January by Mrs. Frank
c. Hoffman at the Stamm,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-26

NIoLINS, Guitars, Banjos, Music
Rolls, Aceordtons,i Flies, Piano Stools
and Covers, Stands and Music Cabinets
to-day at EXACTLY HALF PRICE.
= +. w. BANNER co,
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ALL Holiday Goods Mt Cut Prices
this week ut THE BON TON.
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Japanese vases, terre Gotta busts, bisque
glass ware, work baskets, triple mir
cases, leather writing tablets, sterling
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-13

tain to the distinction OF the vertically
striped trousers. Most of them in
deed would rather be "cop" than Presi-
dent. In 1896 a force of fourteen
policemen was necessary to preserve
order, but now the State is encum.
bered with the support Of only two.
There is, of course, smart little
army. ......
The position of Chief Justice. Civil
Service Commissioner, Board Of Health
Commissioner, Sheriff. and in fact
almost every prominent civic Office
excepting that of Coroner-has it's
counterpart in this Junior Republic
There is, even an officer detailed in
the early fall to compel lazy truants
to attend school. The representative
form Of government, however, was
found to be too unwieldly for 30 small
Republic, and at the suggestion Of
one of the boys town meeting was
substituted for Congress as the, law
making body. D..
There are two political parties in
the Republic. the sc. G.. P.s"sor Good
Government Party and, the 90. 0.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-13
Snake Imprisoned in q Tree.

The Rev. S. S. Grain, in the city
from Embersop, reported a peculiar
incident. He had W. NJ. Fears, liv.
ing on the Jesse Caviness place, cut
ting posts for him a few days ago.
At the end of one of the pieces of post
timbers was a hollow fork. When
the cut was split open a little black
snake about two feet long was found
in the hollow. It was alive and
writhed and squirmed, but could not
escape. 1t was discovered that an
inch and half of the tail projected
through the wood on the outside of
the bark. The fork of the tree had
completely grown around it. The
supposition is that the snake crawled
into the hollow to hibernate, that it's
tail got caught in crack of the fork
and that itsgrew over him while he re.
NAMED in the torpid state. The
wood had so thoroughly grown around
the snakes body that when the chip
was split open in which it was en-.
cased the snake stuck to one side of
the chip. The snake must have been
held in its peculiar prison for years,
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store; the Government building, in
cluding courthouse, jail, Capitol and
postofice; a girls Jail; hospital;
barn; o laundry and bath-house; Q
carpenter and machine shop. Money
for chapel has also recently been
given. The land is good farming, and
fine crops of hay, grain and vegetables
are raised every year. Horses, COWS,
pigs, etc., are also kept to advantage
This little Republic is government
of the children for the children and
by the children. The citizens are
boys and girls from twelve to eighteen
of age. Those under twelve are
minors, and must have guardians ap-
pointed by the State from the older
citizens. Many of these guardians
have shown themselves to be wise,
tactful and loving caretakers of the
little ones intrusted to their charge.
When the minors cannot fully support
themselves their guardians must look
out for them, so that the State is not
encountered with their support. The
total number of inhabitants of the Re-
public is now eighty-six.
Formerly, the Government was
modelled after that of the United
States, with President lat a salary of
fifty cents a week.. Cabinet, Senate,
House of Representatives and Su-
preme Court. Judges, police officers,
and other officials must pass a Civil
Service examination, and in conse-
ouence the most thumbed books in the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-13
An Ambitious Essay on Lions.

1t is the custom of the teachers in
The public schools of Washington to
take the pupils of the younger grades
10 the National Geological Park at least
once every term for the double pur-
pose of giving them day of recreation
and lesson in natural history. Upon
their return the children are required
to give the result of their observations
in writing. Here is sample from o
bright-minded eleven-year-old whose
father couples high official position:
''Lions always walk except when
they eat and they grovl. Their roar
is terrifying to men and other beasts
when herd in the forest but when they
are in cages it sounds like they was
sorry about something. Their tails
are not so long as the monkeys accord
ing to their size but keep swishiug all
the time aud the seals can make just
as loud noise and have more fun in
the water. They are cats no matter
what you think and thei. size has moth
ing to do with it and they think with
out talking. Once a donkey stole
lions skin and went around braggine
about it but the other donkeys got on
to him and killed him because he
talked so much. That showed he was
a donkey. Keep still when you are
thinking"
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most heart-stirring appeals are made
to the jury. Only one case of Bribery
has. ever been discovered, and on that
occasion the guilty official was i'm
mediately deposed, and suffered dis:
grace as well as legal penalties.
But the citizens Of the Republic
spend comparatively small part of
their time making laws and breaking
them. Each must be at work earning
his or her own living. Bear in mind
that the motto of the Republic is,
Nothing without labor" and this
motto is strictly adhered to, except
in case of sickness. Every citizen is
supposed to work and earn enough
money to pay for his board and
clothes. There are two adult head
farmers, as we'll as a carpenter and a
housekeeper, who superintend the
work; but the boys themselves take
contracts for running the hotels,
making roads, laying drains, farming,
building, etc. These contractors hire
laborers at wages ranging from fifty
cents to $1.5O per day, according to
the skill Of the workman. The girls
are employed at household duties,
and the minors usually help their
guardians. Wages are paid once a
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if he were in your place, Clarence, he
couldn't"
why not?" said Stanley, sharply,
and glancing at the printed slip, "ac-
cording to the newspaper report, this
woman must have met her death some
time between ten o'clock, when her
maid left her, perfectly we'll, and
eleven O'Clock, when her husband, en-
terinc her room, found her dead.
Now, I was with you, here in this
room the entire evening, and when I
parted from you it struck eleven
O'Clock, and you remarked upon the
hour. l..
"Oh, yes, dear Clarence, but I am
the only living person who can help
you to prove an alibi-and tonight l
shall be your wife. In such case a
wife's evidence would not be received
either for or against suspected GRIM
inal. So you see, dearest, you would
be quite helpless, ifyou were Carlos
Mendoza, and if you should, by
chance, be arrested on circumstantial
evidence-because if I am not your
wife then I shall nate you, and in that
case I would remain silent, whileif 1
am your wife my evidence would have
no value. Poor Carlosl How glad
you should be that you are Clarence
now and not Carlos"
Stanley felt a cold chill run over
him from head to foot as he met the
mocking, smiling eyes of his. .future
wife-and from that moment he felt
that he was q doomed man, for,
whether he married her now, or, fled
from her, either way he was at the
mercy of this heartless. unscrnpulous,
cruel girl; for she held his life and
future safety i'll the hollow of her
hand.
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French "Mrs. PartiDgton."

Caino, the French ''Mrs. Parting
ton" does not amuse so much by the
confusion of his words as by the
ouaintness and unintended plalnness
Of his remarks. He entered the SER
vice of well-known doctor, who, af.
Calino had been buying hay for his
horses for while, made up his mind
that the hay was worthless.
THAT is very poor hay that You
have been buying" the doctor com
planned.
but the horses eat i. SIR" said
Calino.
"No matter; it's bad hay"
eyes, sir" said Calino, respectfully.
"I'll change it. I know you are O
much better Judge of hay than the
horses are"
One day the bell rang, and Calino
came in.
"a patient has arrived, SIR he re-
ported.
can OIL! patient or a new one"
asked the doctor.
''New one, OF course, sir, said
Calino. 1.-The old ones never come
back"
Calino admired very much the beau.
tiful teeth of lady among his mas
ter's patients.
@"Ah!" he exclaimed. ''Her teeth
are as fresh and sound and white as
born babys!"-Youth's Com
panion.
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Carries Water From the Well.

The labor of carrying pals of water
from the we'll to the house day after
day soon becomes monotonous and
tiresome, and as the work generally
falls on the women of the household,
anything..which will Tighten the labor
will be duly appreciated. Henry W.
Hairless, of Good Hope, NO., has
evolved an apparatus by means OF
which it is possible to send the pale
to the well, fill them and return them
to the house without doing any heavy
lifting, the operator simply standing
at the house and turning q crank.
The buckets are suspended on the
ends of the ropes, which are wound
on the drum, the latter being sup
ported by carriage riding on the
cable. The turning of a crank slides
the carriage along the cable to the
spring, where the toothed wheel en-.
cages a cog wheel on the drum to
lower the buckets into the we'll and
fill them. Then the motion of the
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ing no income or property they were
practically tax free, and it was not
long before the industrious taxpayers
began to reslize the expense which
idlers entailed on the State. Finally
a Senator, whese9Nn parents at home
we're wholly fsndent upon city
charity, subml( (tsd . bill to the Legis-
lature to the effect that those "who
would not work shSald not eat" The
poor but dishonsst@ere thus deprived
of support. At the same time, those
who through illness are unable to
work are provided with free meal
tickets. The Wide World Magazine
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The George Junior Republic at
Freeville, N. Y, is, perhaps, the most
remarkable community ever devised.
This extraordinary reformatory is lit
. orally a nation in miniature, with its
own parliament and laws; its own
coinage, police, prisons, shops, farms,
newspapers, hotels, banks, etc. The
founder of this, Republic is Mr.. Will
lam r. George. Some years ago he
became much interested in problems
concerning juvenile law-breakers and
''ihcorrigibles" in New York City,
and made up his mind to try the e1.
pertinent of taking them away from
their evil surroundings in the city, and
giving them a chance to reform>in
the country. At first the experiment
was not wholly success. but gradu.
ally the, scheme of self-gove.ning
Republic was perfected, and with the
very best Of results. July 10th, 1895.
is counted as Independence Day.,
and is celebrated each year.
The smallest Republic in the world
is likewise the most extraordinary
and probably the best governed. tits
diminutive in territory, in the number
of its inhabitants, and in the age and
size of it's citizens. And yet there
are few of the best characteristics of
the largest democracies which have
not their counterpart in the smallest.
The interest taken in the enterprise
is shown from the fact that on some
days during the summer they have
over 200 visitors. re re
The George Junior Republic, as8it
is called, is located at Freeyilts, in
Tompkins County, New York. its
citizens are boys and girls, gathered
largely from the slums Of great cities.
Most of them have histories" more
interesting than creditable. They
have been horse thieves, p:ckpockets,
runaways, and on the whole, very
promising candidates for iails, peni.
tentiaries, "dives' and the gallows.
At the Republic, however, they are
soon transformed into independent,
thrifty, law-making, law-abiding citi'
Zens.
The territory Of the Republic con.
sists of about 100 acres of farm land
not far from Ithica. There are only
ten plain wooden buildings in the
metropolis" These comprise two
cottages, one for boys and one for
girls; the "Republic" building, con-
tanning the library, kitchen, restau-
rants, hotel and "garroot" lodging.
house; tile school house, bank and
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CHAPTER XVIII.
DOLORES is INDICATED.

DOLORES is VINDlCATED.
AS day followed day, and her lovet
neither returned, nor made any effort,
by letter or otherwise, to obtain the
forgiveness she would so gladly have
bestowed on him, the conviction forced
itself upon Polly Hamilton that
Clarence Stanley was gone forever.
Neither did any word come from
Dolores, and, unconscious to herself,
the reiterated suspicious of Mrs.
Hamilton were beginning to tell upon
her. She, who had always been
bright and cheerful as the morning,
radiant as June sunshine and happy
and sweet of temper as all young,
healthy. untrammeled life should be,
was now the embodiment of irritability,
melancholy, ftful, bitter, derisive
merriment, or else irrepressible, un-
conquerable grief.
Don't speak to me Of Rita's treach-
cry" she said one day to her mother,
turning upon her almost furiously.
"She is incapable of treachery. Be-
sides which, it is unnecessary. I
gave him to her. Yes, madly as I
have loved Clarence Stanley, I would
would not owe him to any woman's
pity, not even to Rita. told her that if
she really loved him, I gave them to
each other freely, and I would have
died rather than come between them. "
Mrs. Hamilton looked at the pale
and now fearless face of her suffering
child, and began to realize that she
had never before understood the al.
most tragic possibilities of her once
gay. light-hearted, happy daughter.
She folded her in her arms and held
her close to her heart, and then she
whispered thought which came to
her suddenly,
"Love, real love, can never die,
Polly, dear. 1t is a great misfortune
to have wasted such love as yours,
even for a short time, on the wrong
man; but the world is wide, and you
are but child yet. Bury the false
lover, if you will, darling-the sooner
the better; but you will yet meet the
true lover, and then you will know
the dead love in your heart is only
sleeping, waiting for the right man to
awaken it to new and stronger life
than it has yet known"
Polly started and thrilled strangely.
There was surely some great force in
that thought. She could not yet un-
derstand it, and it seemdd to give her
only pain; and yet. what had her
mother said? The world was wide.
and she was yet but very young girl!
"Oh, mammal she murmured.
"Do not speak to me Of other men. I
think I hate the whole race of men
just now-all except papa-and the
whole world is dreary, dreary--espe.
cially this part of it-and I wish, I
wish T could leave New York-now,
observation-disclosures"
."And so you shall, dearest" e1-
claimed Mrs. Hamilton, glad enough
for the suggestion, and reminded by
it of the advice which Doctor Mac
donald had given her to take Mary
away and give her the benefit Of new
scenes and new associations at once.
"Your father has spoken of going to
California this very week; business
calls him there imperatively. Why
should we not return there with him?"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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gcenQanCS OF Qer 1RGner Hsmduy PaEsp,
Of the country will be setat rest.
At 12 o'clock a large crowd had
gathered at the resting place OF the
famous woman. The exercises were
opened with prayer by DR.. krthufi
Gaylord Slocum, President of .Kala;
mazoo College. The yelling was re.
moved from. the shaft by Victoria and
Mabel Bondy, great.granddaughters.
Of Frances Slocum. Then followed
an address by Charles E. Slocum, :ot
Defiance, Ohio, and speeches BY. early
settlers of Indiana and other citizens,
interested in the strange and pathetica
story of the white woman who be.g
came socially lost to her people byl
contact with the American Indians.
Frances Slocum was carried away
from the home of her parents in what
is now Wabash County, Indiana, in
Its. She was child of five yeai.
at that tiRe. In spite of almost
supefhuman% efforts made by her
family nothing was learned of her fate
until 1885, when she was found living
with the Miamis near Peru. She had
become the wife of a chief and had
lost all traces of her English origin
save in complexion and features. !
When it was proposed that ,she re-
turn to her people she fatty refused
to do so. She had forgotten her child
hood, her, language and her race, and
remained with the Indians almost to
the day Of her death in 1s47. FoI
several years members of the Slocums
family have been active in raising
funds for the monument which has
Just been unveiled.
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P, or Grand Old Party. Hot ar

P, or Grand Old Party. Hot are
the contests waged. -
"Woman Suffrage" prevails at the
Republic, since to refuse them the
ballot would mean taxation without
representation.
A heavy fine was imposed on cigar.
cite smoking, but nevertheless some
would often steal away beyond the po-
liceman's beat, and indulge in this
habit. Consequently an amendment
was passed which made citizen liable
to arrest and punishment if even the
smell of smoke could be detected in
his breath. The penalty is fine OF
from one dollar to three dollars, or
from one to three days in the work
house.
Gambling of any sort receives no
quarter from the officials. The first
boy caught shooting craps" was no
less parsonage than u member of the
Senate of the Republic; and even
though he pleaded gully, the Judge
fined him twenty five dollars. He re-
fused to pay. He lost not only his
seat in the Senate but also his rights
of citizenship, and he was obliged to
don the ignominious striped suit of
convict and break stone at five cents
an hour. One night Mr.. George him
self was passing his prison cell and
.! spoke to the boy, advising him to pay
up and get out of prison. mo, l
won't do it," the boy answered; and
tten, with the steady wit of the street
urchin, he added: II guess I'll take
the smallpox tonight and break out. y
Some days laier, however, as he was
breaking stone, he suddenly threw
down his hammer, threw up his hands
in tragic manner, and exclaimed; L
surrender! March me. to me bank &C.
count" = .-s.
When we remember that these
laws against swearing. gambling,
smoking and other vices, with their
heavy penalties attached, are OF the
boys own making and are enforced
by the boys with rigor which shows
& strong public sentiment against the
evils, we have some idea OF the success
which has attended this most interest
ing effort ut self-government.
The Jail is no playhouse, but has
small cells with bars and high win
dows, the hardest of beds, and unmis-
taxable prison fare. Upstairs is the
courtroom, containing, among other
things, a trap.door for the entrance OF
the prisoner, on imposing high desk
for the Judge, and a jurors bench.
There is also small space rallied of
for the witness stand, and rows OF
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is WITH

NJ
week, and no fay1ol BE- shown to
those workn5 yernnnent off,
5c.ials who redE Eless spsnd their earn
ings the first few dnSb lot sthe week.
.A!coarse diet and q nd sbed are the
lot of spendthrifts and loafers.
At first very lenisnt paqper laws
were passed. Pau1efs were led at
thssexpense of the Ssxte. altheugh in
q humiliating manner Of 4 second
table from which the golcth and other
"luxuries" had been removed, and
where portions were served like prison
rations. But some boys had bnt lit
tie selfsxespect, and pref erred 10 idle
away fl me and Ne dependent up
on Of shs spnbli lic Hsv-
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New YorE's First Police.

Tn lass New York had in all ten
watchmen, who were like our modern
police. In 1897 New Workers were
ordered to have lantern and candle
out on pole from every seventh
house. And as the watchman walked
around, he called out, "Lanthorn, and a
whole candle, light. Hang out your
lights"
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The Slamtnipc.Door Habit.

Every mother probably admits to
herself that she had the greatest COM
fort with her children previous to the
time they learned to slam doors like
their father. r.-Atchison Globe.
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MONUMENT TO FRANCES sLocum

Commemorates the "White Rose or tht
Mialnis" Who Was Stolen by Indians.
With impressive ceremonies and
eloquent oratory the monument over
the grave of Frances Slocum was uni
yelled recently in the cemetery OF tht
little village of Peoria, near Wabash,
Ind. By this memorial the story o.
the "White Rose of the Miamis" Will
be presented in imperishable bronze
and the minds of the numerous de-
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seats for interested listeners. Inc
sessions of the court are most orderly
and impressive. The pros ana eons
are carefully weighed; evidence IS
called for in the proper ordef' an1
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library of the Republic arsthose con-
tanning the penal" and civil code of
New York State. All tenure of off CO
is dependent upon upright behavior
It is the ambition of every boy to at
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The EnY Nho ia SnYed.

The small boy whose graadmothers
are both dead stands a pretty good
chance of not being spoiled.
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Land of Longevity.

France has more persons over sixty
years of age than any other country.
Ireland comes next.
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crank is reversed and the pals are
lifted, the drum being automatically
locked when the pals are at the right
height. Then the carriage travels
back to the house. The cable can be
so placed as to incline slightly toward
the house, which will allow the car
riage to return OF its own accord, the
speed being regulated by brake on
the crank shaft