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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

NEW YORR-Condltion in the met
al market were quite generally unsat-
isfactory abroad, as well as ut home.
The local market for pig iron warrants
was extremely duh and quite nominal.
Lake copper continued on its protract-
ed course Of apathy ut the unvarying
price Ct SIG %. The only change made
by prices at all was In an entirely
nominal advance from &31 IS to $50 900
20 80 for tin, while lead ruled duh and
unchanged at 81 20 bid and 81 IS asked,
and spelter easy, but also without
change at 81 55@4 s.. The brokers'
price for lead was 81 IS, and for copper
SIC %.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

NEW YoRK-Demnnd for brown
sheatiags is on q fuller scale and mar
ket very firm with upward tendency.
Brown drills quiet In heavy weights;
four yards very scarce and strong.
Wide sheetings quiet and flrmer. Bids
for DenlmB turned down In some quar-
ters at current prices. These and other
coarse colored cottons quiet strong, but
no change In quotations. Prints steady;
more doing IN fnncles. Ginghnms are
without change. Print cloths quiet but
firm
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure. It
Is a great surprise on account OF Its ex-
ceeding promptness In relieving pain in
bladder, kidneys and back, In male or
female. Relieves retention OF water
almost Immediately. II you want quick
relief and cure this Is the remedy. SOLO
by r. II. List, druggist. Wheeling. w.
Va THIS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27
Mamnhia Is be ARicted.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 25.-To-
night, at Ii o'clock. Hon. William ].
Bryan, accompanied by Secretary Of
state w. s. Morgan, left here for
Memphis. During the day Mr., Bryan
was entertained by several prominent
residents OF Nashville. and received
many callers Of his hotel.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

THE MoNoNGAH ROUTE is TEE
Clarksburg. Quick Time-Fnst Trains
Sure Connections. when travelling to or
from ClnrksburR or West Virginia and
PIttHburEh railroad points, see that your
tickets read via tho MnnOnghhela HiVor
Railroad. Close Connections a. Fairinont
with u. & O. trains, and ut ClnrkHhufg
with y. & o. and W., v. 4 p. trains. Tick
cts via this route on sale ~ all y, = D.
and W., V. 4 p. r. n. etauonE
HUGH g. BoWLES, Gon'l. supL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27
Irregular. Total Iale1 par value, 1885,

coo,
Government bonds were buoyant I'M
der the influence Of the refunding bill
now IN conference. United States new
q and old Is coupon advanced II. and
do registered, the 8 and Is q point in
the bIa price.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

Crusaders . Obstruction Of Gaza, "on
the RamDaFts -the Martyu OF
Arena @The Pilgrim choras,@ &C., &c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27
NEW YoRK-wool steady.

WHAT'S tho secret OF happy, vigor.
Gus health? Simply keeping the bowels,
the stomach, the liver and kidneys
strong and active. Burdock Blood
Bltters does it,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

NEW YoRK-standard oil stock
So 3215 90.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

'Onered.
Steel, Tin, Tube and Hoop Stocks.
The following prices for the above stocks
are furnished by Simpson & Tatum, City
nonts hulIdtnp.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

The following quotations are FURNISHED
by Howard Hazlett & Son, brokers, Ma
tionnl Exchange Bank building:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-27

Gas RS n Ia
Bnnth. AIhS Ead Ytl tln klKsE Bought
'I'; ! G11z2zzx
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

swayed slightly. "He's broo,,
down." was the terrified wb,an
Wont some one step in to fiji It1r' th.
gap" Tue
And some one did. Right from III.
very back of the gallery If can,o He
child's voice that caught up the rofn,,a
just as the wretched singer was ohon.
to rush from the stage, and the oS+ou Ou'
ished artists, looking up to the "goda y
beheld the singer, little girl, perchoa
upon the shoulders of a stalwort oo,+o,
1t was Babsie-Babsie alive and won
BY the time the little girl had got
through the chorus and the gallery bod
shown their appreciation by applanso
and whistling, Halliday had rpgainod
his self-possessiOn, and he sang the No
mainder OF his ditty with such iovon.
vigor that he carried his audience
along, and the infection of gayetv from,
all the smiling faces on the stare made
itself felt all over the house.
THAT kid in the gallery Is an a.,
music-hall dodge" said one petite toI
another.
"Yes, but this was jolly well worked
l thought the chap had really broken
down." replied his friend.
Behind the scenes the 'kid in the col.
lery' was being clasped in her fathers
arms amid group Of sympathetic peo.
pie in motley attire.
Babsie's story was soon told, Sbo
had been offered a quarter by a neigh.
Dor to mind her babies while she went
out. The temptation to see her dad,
perform had been too strong, and tba
little girl. with her precious coin in her
hand, had patiently waited outside tbe
gallery door for many hours. As she
had not expected her father home al
day she had not been in the least IN.
easy.
Then Manager Vaughan and Stage
Manager Grahame claimed her atten.
ton, and the former slipped brand.
new dollar bill into her hand.
"Its what l owe you for that unra.
hearsed effect" he said, laughing
Forget-Me-Not.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09
An Old Timer.

A crowd of young men were seated in
one of the steamboat offices in the city
the other afternoon while an old steam
boat veteran regaled them with stories
about old times on the Mississippi and
"reminiscences Of old-time citizens.
Did you know old Bill Jones" asked
one of the men, after the captain had
finished relating how he ian a gantlet
OF Indians with his boat way back in
the forties.
Member Bill Jones? Well guess
| did," replied the captain. Lets see
he died just after the war. He was a
good old fellow, too. | knew his father
before he was married to Bill's mother"
One Of the boys thought the old man
was doping" and, by way of tripping
him up on his dates, asked: Gap. how
long have you been running on the
river?"
WHO, me? Why, started on the
Mississippi when 1t was nothin but
creek. k."-Memphs Scimitar.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

S7S the third floor back" Of a dis
mal-looking clearinghouse in a
street near Waterloo bridge, man
was standing, singing. In dilapidated
armchair by the window, his audience
one wee, pretty lassie-was curled up,
wrapped about with an overcoat, for it
was the afternoon of Christmas Day,
and there was no fire in the cheerless
CRATE.
Shall light the lamp, daddy?" she
asked, as he ceased to sing and began
to execute grotesque dance, still
whistling the refrain of his song. 1T
has grown so dark that l can't see to
give you your cues" and she held up
some tattered manuscript as she spoke.
mo, Ratsie; that will do for tonight
Don't try your eyes, Shall we have our
usual chat in the dark, pet? There is
no rehearsal tonight. Ugh how cold
1t is. Have we no coal or wood, dearie"
"No, dad; but it isn't very much cold
er without fire, because the silly smoke
won't go up the chimney, somehow, so
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

The necessity for some change in
Football rules may be seen when it is
noted that in proportion to men en-
gagged In action there were more casu-
alties reported last fall from the cam
paign on the gridiron than from the
war being waged in the Philippine
Islands. Twenty-Five men engage in
a football game and the contest wages
for an hour and half. The casual
ties in killed, wounded and disabled
Will average 20 per cent, which, we
believe, is very much greater than have
marked the fierce and bloody battles
of the worlds history. True, man is
not killed in every game, but the death
list, nevertheless, is far too heavy.
AS for broken limbs and noses and
ribs and collarbones, these are but in.
cidents to the sport.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09
FORTUNES IN TOYS.
Wealth Waiting for the Man Who Can
Invent a PoDuIar Puz1Ia

wealth. waiting for the Man Who Can
Invent a Popular Puzzle.
The chief penny toy now most in de-
mand Is something Of a mechanical
kind, either in the shape Of a working
model or puzzle. The old kind of toy.
with no movement, but which simply
was made to be looked at, is of no use
today. OF the most popular penny
toys, during the last half century. more
than one dealer gave me full part.cu-
lars. About 1862 or so there was a
tremendous run on penny watches with
imitation god chains! And the man
ager of famous firm told me how Gu
riously this came about. 1t was aliD
uue to woman who stood near the
Mansion house, it seems. This hawker
colored piece of thin board with black
velvet, and, cutting out holes for the
penny watches, placed the latter in
them, with the gold" chains twisted
attractively round. Then she called
ont loudly: "a lovely watch and chain
for penny" People began to buy
rapidly, and time after time that day
she replenished her stock and sold out
again. Other hawkers learned of it,
and within three days this penny watch
had become quite rage all over Eng
land. The toy firms were simply "mOb-
bed" for it by the hawkers. One firm
alone sold over 5000 gross in three
months; and the maker, a Frenchman
in Paris, had to put down new machin-
cry and keep his factory going night
and day for four months to supply the
demand.
There Is a fortune now waiting for
the man who can Invent a puzzle that
will take the place which the Fifteen
puzzle" once had, or the famous pigs
in clover" l was informed, on the very
highest authority, that more than one
regular street seller of toys could be
pointed out to me who had often made
over EGO a week; and that f10 weekly
was by no means unusual for many Of
them to make during a good run of
popular article.-English Illustrated.
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Faith Hospital. Don't know wbo sho

Faith Hospital. Don't know who she
belongs to. Died unconscious" Gra-
hame replied hastily.
"Thank you," was all the wretched
man said as he staggered past them
onto the stage.
A child in the gallery laughed glee-
fully at his grotesque entrance. II
sounded just like Babsie's laugh. Rab-
sic now, perhaps, lying little mangled
corpse in the Faith Hospital. Why was
he there, he asked himself, If his dar-
ling lay dead? What did he care for
money now?
But Babsie had been so fond of his
drinking song" She had looked for.
ward to hearing him sing it. He would
sing it for her sake.
Then his voice began to falter-he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

anxious was he to see her establishment
and delight. But no answer came; no
patter of little feet The dreary room
was empty. He sat down chilled and
uneasy and the apples rolled unheeded
to the floor.
But one hour-two hours-three
hours passed, and still no Babsie. The
fog was growing denser and denser.
The anxious father paced up and down
the little room. At every football on the
stairs he rushed out and called her
name.
The callboy at the Regal Theater was
calling out Overture and beginners"
as he made his way along the passages
when man rushed past him and disap-
peared into one of the dressing-rooms.
1t was Nigel Halliday, white and trem-
bling, and with huge beads of perspira-
tion on his brow.
Hell never be on"' said the perform
ers in chorus. But he was at the side,
dressed and made up, fully five minutes
before his first entrance. The other
performers were looking at him curl
ously, for his face was twitchlng and
he spoke to no one. Nervousness or
drunkenness" they all agreed.
There was ripple of laughter as he
made his first entrance. 1t acted like
an electric shock upon him. He knew
what was expected of him, and he
worked desperately. Hell do" said
the anxious manager, sagely, as he
watched his grotesque exit and listened
to the applause that followed it.
AS soon as Halliday was off the stage
after the fourth scene he caught the as
sistant manager by the arm.
I'm not on until the palace scene"
he said, eagerly. How long is my
waltz?
"Oh, about an hour tonight" was the
reply.
Halliday rushed down the passage to
his dressing room, removing his kingly
robes as he ran.
What the deuce are you doingY cried
one Of the men, as he watched him
struggling into his overcoat. "Are you
drunk tonight, or what?"
Don't stop mer' painted Halliday.
Hands off, l say! It's my long wait.
I'll be back in time. Ny child is lost
missing since morning. I'm crazy with
anxiety; she's my only one"
Through the streets he ran, threading
in and out the traffic, needless Of the
shouts of drivers. The fog had cleared
away, and the night was starry.
"Babsie! Babsiew he painted, as he
tore along. "Babsie! Babsier as he
vaulted up the dark staircase to his
home. All was silent in the desolate
room. He stood there one moment and
threw up his hands in voiceless PRAYER,
and then he hastened back to the thea.
ter.
Just before his entrance in the palace
scene the doorkeeper made his way
through the crowd and said something
in a low tone to the stage manager. He
saw them glance toward him, and in a
moment he was beside them.
"ln heavens name, tell me, Grahamel
is 1t news for me? Don't lie; know it
isr'
when you come off, Halliday-after
your song. There's your music PLAYING
now. Go on, old man."
Tell me first" Halliday repl,od
hoarsely, land l give you my word Ill
go onv'
"a little girl-run over-taken to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09
l have to keep the window open when

have to keep the window open when
we do have a fire."
my poor little frozen baby" he said
sadly, taking her in his arms. 1--WE will
lind lodgings where the smoke does exit
the proper way-after boxing night"
Dad" she said, as she nestled close
up to him in the armchair, shall we
have Christmas pudding some dayY
"Shall | sing to you, BabsieY' he in
terrupted hastily. And, gently strok-
ing her soft curls he broke into a live
ly music hall ditty.
Babsie was soon fast asleep. He lifted
her up and placed her on the bed.
Heaven help herw he murmured
sadly, as he gazed upon the sweet white
face. "lf had only been laborer Won
would not have gone hungry on Christ
mas Day, my pet. | wonder how many
poor mummers are waiting eagerly for
Boxing night? | have looked for work
without ceasing. | wonder if the noble
army OF bogus managers with whom
I've been so closely acquainted of late
are dining well tonight while she is
starving. I'll spend every penny | earn
this pantomime upon her comfort Oh,
II can only make hit, now my chance
has come! Oh, my Babsie, my brave lit
tie Babsier'
Daddy, it's the glorious Boxing day
at last!' cried Babsie. dancing round
him in her excitement, as he was pre-
pairing to go to the theater.
Everything wasn't quite smooth at
dress rehearsal" he had explained to
her; 80 | shall be at the theater all
day."
The latter part of this statement was
not true; but he saw that there was
barely food for one in the cupboard,
and his pocket was quite empty.
AS he ran down the stairs a little
shoe came gathering after him, and a
saucy, smiling face peeped over the bal
listers.
That's for luck, dad" she called out.
He noticed the little shoe had a hole
right through the sole, and he sighed.
When he reached the theater he
found only a few shivering nobodies
assembled on the stage. They all waited
for about two hours for the stars, who
had never intended to appear and then
the stage manager dismissed them.
Halliday met his manager as he turned
out of the stage door with the intention
of strolling about the streets until even
ing.
Halo" said that individual, genial
ly. Hope all the plum pudding you had
yesterday won't affect your top notes.
think your song will fetch 'em up
stairs. There's money in it"
Halliday uttered an exclamation, and,
STOPPING down, picked up quarter.
There, what did | tell you?" laughed
the manager. as he slapped him on the
back and went on his way.
Halliday hugged the little coin in his
palm. 1t meant so very much. 1t meant
a little Christmas for Babsie, and it had
entirely changed his plans for the day.
He hurried homeward with a lighter
heart than he had carried for months,
only stopping at coster's barrow on
his way to invest some of his treasure
In rosy-cheeked apples.
He sprang lightly up the stairs to his
home, calling "Babsie!' as he ran, SO
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

The head of large corporation says
that he is tired Of having letters in
volving thousands of dollars delayed
because his stenographer's feelings
were hurt by n reproof for tardiness.
The remark sheds light on the fact that
many corporations are supplantlng
women by men employees. Too many
women have yet to learn that business
is business, not sentiment. and that
places are held If not always won, by
business qualifications alone.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

ON'A III" DCpdl Vi agriculture,
which, when first authorized by Con.
gress, was regarded by many as likely
to prove more costly and ornamental
than useful or profitable, is gradually
Justifying its creation. While the ex.
periments in agriculture carried on un.
der It's supervision may not have been
of great practical value to the average
American farmer, the information it
collects and furnishes to the public In
its monthly bulletins and annual re-
ports Is worth many times the cost of
collection and publication. 1t is well
known that we raise cotton. wheat.
corn, oats, various fruits and meat
products to supply the deficiencies of
the rest of the world, but it is not so
well-known that we import $2OO,0OO, 600
worth annually of the agricultural and
forest products of other countries. The
annual report of the Department of
Agriculture for the present year pre-.
sents this fact in clear and unmistaka-
Bile figures, and the mere statement in
able and unoccupied field waiting for
the American farmer. The bulk of
these imported products, which include
coffee, sugar, india rubber and dozen
varieties of fruit are chiefly grown in
tropical countries. With our recent ac.
quisltions in the West Indies, Philip.
pines and the Sandwich Islands we are
prepared to engage in the production
of all these articles and the 100000.
600 prize Is certainly worth striving
for. AS a prerequisite to success in
this line the American people should
cultivate II little more pride and faith
in American products. We are i'm.
porting and using very inferior Amer.
lean wine, which Is exported first to be
furnished with a foreign label when
we could get much better article at
home If we were willing to be known
as consumers of homemade wines.
There is little doubt that we can pro.
duce figs, dates, prunes and other
fruits which we now largely import.
Oranges of the best we already grow
In Florida and California, and with
our new West India acquisitions all
our tropical fruits can easily be of the
home grown varieties. And why
should we not be able to supply our
own wants in the shape of coffee and
tea and the sugar to sweeten both
within n very few years2 The fault
Of the American farmer to date has
been his inclination to confine himself
to the cultivation of few staple crops,
with which he often overstocks the
markets. There should be greater di.
versity in his farming, and the reports
of the Department of Agriculture point
out very definitely the field in which
this diversity can be proftably exer.
cised. American farmers cannot study
these reports too carefully for their
own prosperity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09
New French Pistol Saber.

A pistol saber is new form of weap-
on now engaging the attention of the
French war department. 1t has fire.
arm in the hilt, and when the sword
meets with a resisting surface it re-
cedes and the pistol is discharged
The sword weighs one-third more than
the usual cavalry weapon, and when
the pistol is not loaded the saber can
be used in the ordinary way. Erpef
ments show that the bullet will go
through breast plate.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

There are other Bill Anthonys. Brave
men who have faced dangers in flood
and field, but find the everyday strug-
gle of life more menacing, more trying
than facing shot and shell. And there
are many men and women who have
done nothing more heroic than to "keep
up with the procession" until now, but
who feel discouraged and are not sure
of the future. To all such it may be
said that, however safe and easy our
posterity may find the path of life, in
days to come when perhaps justice
and order reign, the conditions to-day
give splendid opportunity for charac-
performing. For this cause we should
deem ourselves fortunate that we live
in an age of stress and strife. For this
reason we should set ourselves stead
fastly to our daily tasks, however
hard. Mark Tapley, one of Dickens
cleverest creations, accepted every
hardship and trial as an opportunity
for gaining credit to himself for cheer
fulness and helpfulness. That is the
spirit in which we can succeed. This
Is the ideal which we can carry with
us in daily life and conquer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

Think of promoter in the intelli-
gent city of New York inducing people
to give up their money by promising
them 500 per cent. year! Evidently,
If you want to hOOdwink people, you
want to hoodwink them well. If he
had only promised n return of 6 or 10
per cent. he would, in all probability,
have secured few victims. There Is
an immense amount Of attraction in
gold brick.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

The humorist's assertion that talk Is
cheap. women half price, seems in the
whlrligig of time to have brought in
its own revenges. At the recent In
ternatlonal Council of Congregational
lists. every speaker exceeded the time
allotted him, thus encroachlng upon
the privileges of his successor. At a
subsequent meeting OF State FEEDER
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

Gov. Bradley of Alaska asks that the
territory be granted statehood and an
appropriation of $4,000 for n peni-
tentiary. With such improvements the
Governor appears to believe that even
in Alaska almost all the comforts of
home may be obtained.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

( A New York woman arrested for
keeping chickens in her rooms sup
posed they were no worse than the
squawking parrots and barking dogs
of the other rooms of an apartment
house. Why should there he so much
difference of opinion as to pets?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09
States aud shortsigbtedness

1t is the opinion of n German oculist
that the use of ordinary states by school
children tends to produce short-sighted.
ness. AS n substitute he recommends
pen and ink or an artificial white slate.
with black pencil. The latter have been
introduced in some Of the German
schools.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-09

The 10 per cent. week syndicates
offer a brilliant opportunity to get
something for nothing, but, unfortun-
ately for the credulous investor, the
opportunity is afforded only to the men
who run the syndicates.