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, 1911-12-20

VI 80 'AN "O'N PBONSN W N.itHS 10 ~ IN
We hope and Believe that those who bavo
signed will lose nothing by having done 20
The Native Brass Baud gave us some
lively music for an houG on the Wharf u,
Sunday afternoon and had a large audience
The SIS. Aorol0 on her why 10 New York
is due at Frederiksted on Saturday moruInn
& O'Clock, will sail at z.
Across nearly the whole OF the eastern CON-
tjnent there stretches Il broad band of d.x-
ert countries, from the Atlantic coast az
Africa to tie borders of Maucturia ON tha
coast Of the Pacitic. One Of these desert
countries is Persia, which, though remarka-
bly, fertile an! beautiful ip some paris. ba,
about three quarters of its surface desert
large tracts of the desert hnds are MIN
habltabIe, but other parts produce coarse
fodder for the herds of camels ana horses
and tiocks Of sheep kept by tribes Of tent
dwellers, who wander With their ffocks o,J
herds over its surface. The settled Donnlo-
ton lives in the fertile districts.
Persia is Il large country. its area ha,,o
over 600, 600 square miles. about fce
times the size of the British Isles or tbrao
times the size of France bat having So Ioroe
q part OF its area useless, it supports nor
quite ten millions OF people against nearly
~ millions IN the British isles and the .a1,+~
in France.
looking at the man Of Asia wa saa tL.4
PeI,in lies between tine p-rsj,n G,,If ~
its entrance the Gulf and Strait If Or,no1 49,
the south and the C,spjal Sen Win tba
rda,n of Tnrkestan ON he norm W. 40,
ra,va that IA .nInt.. ,.;In4 ~
where if ioins Afrba1istan and Reroocb;ston
and parrow, towards tLa v4.t yba,.
IONS 4sT,tic Tnrk4v ami in tho pnltLu. .
corner E1ron4an Ro..io WL.t tho ,a,.
does not show 50 cIe,,Iv !. tbat tha7 aa,nt.-
is q tahIaIond ,;sino fr,,, +Lo p.rsi,n C,Jt
where tb4 I'M. 49, 93hont / ono - L;rb 49,
words tba. nortb ami +hara ro,oli' 7;T4
Of about 5000 f wbera i i Lon21IoI ~
mountain chain c,ln3 +bo FlL7,-
ting the Persian tableIp1d from me Wow Iav.
lands along the Caspian Sea aud whose HIGH
est point is an extinct volcano. Mt Demo
vend, about $4,000 it. Biol. The finest Dart
of the country is i'm the northwest II il
mountainous and very fertile The nrogin.
ces between Elbmz md tba Casnion shore
are described - remarkably beautiful tbo
mountain SLOPES b4jno richly woola AMI
the low lands prodnaino rice s7oor-cana oDI
froits Of al kinds To6oron tLa7 oon;4oT n.
, 1911-12-20

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fu9.ou "lhoniN der med Aeyede Tlnger rpjser sig
at ct FIannehay, derheuover staar j ct buet Liuie
Skkelheds- T@udstkker med Oldene aPhonix Tse1G-
shketabrlhs Patent Parafiuerede" ovenoyer og Or
dene "uden Syovl og Fosfor" mellem to NIedailer
nedenunder. Fou1eleu i / ISetteu leases AumeIder-
mes AoYn % Hjemsted Market |paakIpbee -E~ker,
lndeholdende dc af AnnleIderne l|Iyirheie TaudstIkker.
SAINT Eskernes EmbulIage.
, 1911-12-20

proclamation

FROM THE POLICE.
= Ii owners Of dogs in the town of Fred
- eriksted are hereby eujoined within the
, 1911-12-20

Garist]ansted, St. Eroix.

W e~dne~day, 2ath December. 1911.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
TELLS PITIFUL STORY OF BE-
TRAVAIL AND SHAME.
Told Ohio Police Story In Order to
Obtain Freedom-Promises to
Go Back Home.

According 20 her own story. pretty
brown haired Minnie Higgins is not
a white slave. and no undue influence
was ever used TO induce her to leave
her home in Wetzel county and enter
Daisy Burnetts house OF III fame at
No. 2246 Water street. With her beau
tiful face bearing the marks OF recent
tears. the young girl sat in the Office
OF Chief OF Police Hastings last even
ing and with her hands partly hiding
her face. told the details Of her life
OF shame.
she and her sister Cora left their
peaceful home near New Martinsville
about two years ago. Minnie being at
that time but seventeen years OF age.
while Cora was nineteen. They first
came TO Moundsviile. where they Sc
cured employment in factory at
wages which barely enabled them 10
eVist. Among Minnie's young men ac-
quaintnaces was one whom she
learned 70 love. not wisely but too
well. and who. after accomplishing
her ruin. deserted her TO marry an
other girl.
Cora was tho first 20 abandon the
unequal struggle and entered the Bur
nett house in January OF this year. A
month later Minnie was compelled by
her delicate condition TO quit work
and Joined her sister TO be cared for.
She was kindly treated by her new
friends and was sent 10 the City hos
pital When she recovered she be
came a regular inmate OF the place.
On last Saturday her sister Cora
went 20 Bridgeport 10 meet n young
man with whom she was infatuated.
and had not returned yesterday morn
ing In an effort 10 find her. Minnie
went TO the Ohio side. where she met
two young men with whom she was
acquainted and who induced her &c
drink until she became intoxicated
In this condition she was arrested by
the Martins Ferry police. her COM
panions running away when they saw
the officers coming In order to es-
cape and get back 20 Wheeling she
told the police the white slave story.
on the strength Of which the Ohio or
GERS tclephoned Chief Hastings and
arranged 10 send her over to this city
on street car After waiting some
time. Chief Hastings and Detective
Hinkelman went 20 the Burnett house
and found both girls. whom they ar
rested and brought 20 the city Jail.
pending an Investigation.
Minnie promised 10 so back home
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
Benwood Briefs.

Many young men from this place
will spend their holiday today in
Pittsburg. in order 20 attend the game
between Pittsburg and Chicago.
Next week passages will he SUD
piled by L. Witt 10 two young men
who will leave for Rome. Upon reach
ing there the men will meet their
iiances and double wedding will
take place
Robert Little. who was suffering
from dislocated thumb. fell vester.
day morning and IS now carrying his
wrist in n sling.
John Cox and John Nahon will he
IN Newhurc for the next two weeks.
Mrs. Charles Kcarns is slightly III
NJ her home as n result Of the excess
sive heat
Church Brothers havc purchased n
forty-passonger yacht and will have
some good times on the river this
summer.
As a result OF tho shut down IN the
stool. plato and pudding departments
In tho W. s. & l. plant. a large num-
Der OF fellows departed for Willow
Island yesterday. where they will
hold camp during the summer.
Earl Craig has accepted place in
Strands pool room.
John Daily and Jack Nacle were
home yesterday from their fishing
camp down the Ohio
Miss Anna Megrail Will leave her
place NJ tho switchboard ~ tho Rell
Telephone Company iu the near fu-
ture 10 spend two weeks vacation
In Boston
The fine gold watch % be ratified on
by The Olympia club 's on display At
the lower DceEan store
Frank Mahood will VISIT his sister
on n ranch In Washington state later
in the summer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30

Whoever presifes in that most I'm.
por'ant section OF the realm az home
Is chiefly responsible for the love.
happiness and health ~ IFS commun.
ity. Cleanliness IS its most important
obi cation. clean. shining dishes.
glass and silverwarc serving dainty
viands on snowy linen. give a relish
which stimulates wholesome appe.
ti''. and causes that blessing good
health
Nothing e so effective IN producing
those results as pure white. Hewitt's
Easy Task soap. which cleanses with
half tho labor and samo cost as the
many cheap. strong soaps on tho
market. Then. TOO. IL costs but 1--WE
cents.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM {. FREEMAN.

ST. ELMO M A S S Z \
GALE, OF Atlanta, who has
done so much to develop the
ADVERTISING SPIRIT
among the business interests
of the South - who runs an
agency which costs $4,000 a
year TO main-haS some de-
cided views on the agency
question which he expressed
frankly to me in my house the
other night.
He thinks that a LICENSE
FEE of $500 a year should he
charged each agency by the
American Newspaper Publish
erS' ASSociation-thereby Civ
ing a fund of at least $780,
600 a year to the newspapers,
with which To- organize a big
CREATIVE ADVERTISING
Department.
He suggested that this fund
be augmented by individual
subscriptions from Publishers
OF Newspapers, so that per-
hapS 100000 per annum, or
even more, could be employed
to main a staff of the ableSt
advertising men in the coun-
try.
The duties of these men
would he to point out to man.
ufacturerS and merchants the
right way in which to start an
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
IN THE NEWSPAPERS, and
to help them in every way in
their power to make the adj
vertiSing a success.
A part of the fund should
be employed, he thinks, in
DISSEMINATING ADVER-
7 ] S n G. KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS
that is, the newspapers should
have a fund with which to al
vertise themselves.
On this subject, | might re-
mark that in humble, vet in
fairly intelligent way, the six
~ newspapers now printing
these Advertising Stories are
supporting an organization in
an effort To create more husis
ness for newspapers.
They are also supporting
the doctrines of HONEST
ADVERTISING which the
stories preach-and are doing
all they can to make their own
readers APPRECIATE and
RELl UPON The ADNEP-
llSEMENTS printed in their
Columns.
a really GREAT work has
been started in 4 modest way.
Il is founded on the RIGHT
BASIS and therefore must
win.
Iomorr0w'S story viii he a
continuation of this subject.
ITO BE- continued.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
BENWOOD
important Question 70 Be Brought Up
Before Council on Wednesday
Other News.

~ the council meeting 10 be held
next Wednesday evening the matter
% free delivery Of mails Will be
brought up. The subject 81 one that
interests every citizen AZ present
tie sides are about equally divided.
tho argument against the free deliv-
cry being that in case g. is passed
uouwood viii become sub-poet office
station and Jose some OF rs dignity as
% city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
Cases Tried.

Yesterday was a busy day IN the
justice courts. Before SQUIRE Riddel
TWO cases were brought up. In the
hrst the plaintiff. George Thirezte,
was held for threatening a fellow cit.
lien with his life. After hearing the
evidence the man was bound over TO
keep the peace under a bond OF slO0.
John Nixekine and George Facak.
Tor assault and battery. were fined s.
and costs and dismissed.
In Squire Clayton's Office the men
suspected OF conducting speakeasics
were tried. II was shown that liquor
had been found in the house on Boggs
Kun where the men resided in large
quantities. hut the evidence was not
strong enough for conviction and the
cases were dismissed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30

n"y club viii cross 70 Rellaire and
meet OBJ" Shamrock team OF that CITY
on a." Edghil grounds. the battery
Tor The home club being Driscol and
Tonney.
The Juuiors Of this city have So
cured game with the WcIsburs
Cubs. and VIII no doubt take them
over by large score.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30

officer Robert Sh"ppart OF tho local
police force rendered his res. gn1fion.
thus ending Dis successful career as
nu officer ~ the city % has boon
ruuorad FOR some time that a rcqig
nation was 90 Doc made. but the state
mont was not verified until last night
SIR sheppard wlI return 90 tho tube
wort-. where he was formerly fore
man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
Official Niatters

sr-ofa' D'sr7tcI 20 the rnteiligencsr
WASHINGTON. y. C.. MAY 2s-EH
x. Parsons. appointed rural letter car
rier at Proctor. effective June Is.
The comptroller @; tho currency ap-
proved The Farmers Deposit National
bank. OF PittsburC. as reserve agent
for the First National bank OF Martins
burg. ". Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
New stsamshlp An.n,v.

This city VIII soon have another
foreign exchange and steamship ager.
cy Tho safe and show casea hayo
already been moved in'o The huildfn..
and business VIII be started as soon
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
ITO b. continued 3

s. woman never rafs Thin from
Worrying ove- the TACT that she is
too fat
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30
Pretty Huggins Girl
Is Not a White Slave

as the proprietor. George Saarsy. gets
everything in shape. The location is
In store room on North Main street.
above the exchange now conducted by
Larry Witt.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-30

50 % recent meeting the B ". y
SnlHl.fr of So Johns church decided
'o hold lcir picnic wifh fhc children
~ Sf Johns Parish church. and ON
June 11 viii accompany them to
Wheeling park. where fley VII spend
fIo fay
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
ROMANCE OF COLD WEATHER
Mar Saves Two Lives but Subsequent
lIcrizlng ls Much to His
Disadvantage.

Two lovers were strolling along a
canal bank on the outskirts of Paris
the other day when the woman sud-
denly ran from her companion and
threw herself into the water. Though
but bad swimmer, her companion at
once jumped in to rescue her, but he
was unable to do so, and both were
In peril Of drowning. At this mo-
ment stranger came along, and see
Ing the struggling couple, bravely
jumped In and succeeded in bringing
both the man and the woman to the
bank, where they were soon revived.
A cheering crowd assembled to con-
graduate the rescuer who, however.
showed great reluctance to be lion
ICED. He was quickly walking away
when two policemen came on the
scene and insisted that the name and
address of so brave a man should be
taken. Their surprise was great when
they found that the gallant rescuer
was burglar for whom the police
were anxiously searching. He was
taken into custody and will be
brought up for sentence. It is ex-
pected that the gallant rescue will
lead to his dismissal, or at least to a
reduction in any sentence that might
otherwise have been passed on him
for his less heroic deeds.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
Powerful PAINTING.

In the Wiertz gallery in Brussels is
a wonderful painting, dating from the
time of Waterloo, called Napoleon in
He'll" It represents the great mar
shall with folded arms and face un.
moved descending slowly to the land
Of shades. Before him, filling all the
background Of the picture with every
expression of countenance, are the
men sent before him by the unbridled
ambition of Napoleon. Three million
and seventy thousand there were, in
also history tells us-more than
half Of them Frenchmen. 'Ehey are
not all shown in the picture. They are
only limited at. And behind the mil
lions shown or limited at are the mil
lions of men who might have been and
are not-the huge widening wedge of
the possible descendants of the men
who fell in battle.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13

half the men who ask me to marry
them. They come in droves."
"Humph!" from Smith.
3'What ails you, man? Why don't
you talk? Why do you sit up there
like poker"
Because I've nothing to say
"Oh, you amt? / was trying to
think why I refused your offer. It was
because knew you to be poke of a
man the minute I set eyes on you. II
you were married you'd sit for a
whole hour and look at the toes Of
your boots and not say a word. MY
husband was just such a critter al
that, and I don't want another.
Gracious. but 'sposin' I'd accepted
you!"
II never can be thankful enough
that you didn't" retorted Smith, wax
ing up at last.
That's good, man-that's good!
The old poke has got a tongue after
all. Ha! ha! ha! I was thinking
how funny you looked when you left
the house after being turned down.
Your eyes rolled and your knees wob-
bled, and It took you two minutes to
get the gate open. Do men feel very
bad when they get the 'no'?"
'"They are simply delighted and
grateful"
Smith, you are coming ont"
laughed the widow. II was in hurry
when you called, and I guess didn't
see your good points. Come over and
see me again."
"Darned II dol"
"Why, he almost swears!" chuckled
the woman as she clapped her hands.
Good! Good! took you for a man
wht' wouldn't even say sugar! when
he stuhbed his toe. My husband
wouldn't swear. no matter what the
provNcation, and I used to get awfully
mad at him. Smith, you are improy-
ing
"But you AREN'T"
And just then the lightning flashed
across the sky, followed by a rumble
of thunder, and the first drops of rain
began to fall. The stage halted. as If
Che driver was wondering whether he
had better go back or not, and then
went on again. 1t was stony lone
" road, and the night was going to
be dark one.
"Oh, my lands, but we are in for
IT." groaned the widow. "Just hear
that rain. will you! Smith. I'm all a
tremble!"
It'll do you good!" he answered.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
Expert Testimony.

There was not much to be gained
from the witness on the stand, who
seemed to have wonderful faculty
for holding his tongue, but the lawyer
tried once more.
"You say your boat picked up the
accused at nine o'clock 'or there
abouts," he said. ut has been stated
that he jumped overheard nearly an
hour before that time. Tell me, Cap
tain Sampson, how he appeared to
you when he picked him up. If you
had been required to give an opinion
of him then, what would you have
said?"
well, I'll tell We honest" said the
captain, when he had disposed of a
portentous yawn. II sh'd we said he
was one of the wettest men, If not the
wettest man, that ever ! seei"--
Youths Companion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
QQQQQQQQOQQ OOQQDQ
The Broken Bridge
By CLAUDINE SISSON


The village Of Doran was on the
railroad. The village Of Brownsville
was nine miles away among the hills.
An old stage coach piled between to
carry the mails and passengers.
The train which should have
reached Doran at five o'clock did not
arrive until seven. and 1t therefore
had q late start for Brownsville.
There were two passengers-a man
and a woman. The woman was al
ready seated when the man got In.
He started to draw back. hung on the
steps a moment, and then decided to
take his seat. The woman was the
widow Lee living in the village. The
man was Jacob Smith, widower, liv-
Ing In Brownsville. Only four hours
before he had asked the widow to be
his wife and she had refused him.
Now he was going back home, and
she was going to Brownsville to see
her sister.
The situation was rather embar-
rassing-for Smith. He sat up stiff1y
and pretended that there wasn't a
woman within ten miles of him. She
~ didn't do anything of the kind. She
hitched around like fussy old hen,
hummed the air of a gospel hymn,
and after few minutes she queried:
do you think we are going to have
a Thunderstorm"
Smith did not wink an eye.
"Abner Jones said we would, and
Abner Is great hand on the
weather"
Nothing from Smith-not even a
grunt.
I'm terribly afraid of thunder
storms. had an uncle killed by
lightning. Were you ever struck"
Smith gave a sniff Of contempt, and
the widow leaning forward as If for
a closer look exclaimed:
"Why, declare If It isn't Smith,
the man who asked me to marry him
few hours ago! Why. didn't you say
1t was you?"
You knew 1t we'll enough" he
growled.
II thought I had seen you some
where or other, but can't remember
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
How He Averted a Duel.

The following is told of former Sen
ator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky:
In the days of his youth the Ken
tuckian was asked by a friend to Sec
ond him In duel. He consented, and
at sunrise the parties met at the ap-
pointed place. Now, it was this Ken
tuckian's duty to say the last words
touching the terms of the duel. But,
although he faithfully performed this
duty, the duel never took place.
A murmur of "Why not?" invariably
goes around whenever this story is
told, whereupon the answer is as fol-
lows:
For very simple reason. When
Joe finished speaking it was too dark
for a duel" -Harper's Magazine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
SCALES ALL OVER HER BODY

about three years ago I was af-
fected by white scales on my knees
and elbows. I consulted q doctor who
treated me for ringworm. saw no
change and consulted specialist and
he claimed had psoriasis. I contin-
ued treatments under him for about
six months until saw scales break
ing out all over my body save my
face. My scalp was affected, and my
hair began to fall. I then changed
doctors to no avail. I went to two
hospitals and each wanted to make a
study of the case and seemed unable
to cure it or assure me Of a cure. I
tried several patent medicines and
was finally advised by a friend who
has used Cuticura on her children
since their birth, to purchase the
Cuticura Remedies. purchased a
cake of Soap, the Ointment and the
Resolvent. After the first application
the itching was allayed.
II am still using the Soap and Oint-
ment and now feel that none other Is
good enough for my skin. The psor.
iasis has disappeared and every
where feel better. My hands were so
disf1gured before using the Cuticura
Remedies that had to wear gloves all
the time. Now my body and hands
are looking fine" (signed) Miss Sara
Burnett, 2135 Fitzwater ST., Philadel-
phia, Pa, Sept. 80. 1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura
Ointment (5oc) are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, sole props. 1876 Colum.
bus Ave., Boston, for free book on af-
fections Of the skin and scalp.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
Early Pullets.

Early pullets are the ones that lay
earliest in the fall. Much, however,
depends upon the breed. The Leg
horn and it's relatives may be Matched
later than our American varieties,
such as the Plymouth Rock, and those
later than the Brahma and Cochin. As
soon as the chicks are able to run
about they have a scratching pen with
lots of litter In which to hunt for
feed. They Ore made to scratch for
a living from the very beginning.
Those that axe vigorous, healthy and
we'll developed start laying during DC.
tober or November.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-04-13
Young SQUADS.

A squad grows enormously the first
IL hours, and still more rapidly after
the third day, Squads are at first
sparsely covered with long filaments
of down, the root of each f1lament in.
dicating the point from which each
future feather Is to start. The down
for a while still hangs on the tips of
some of the feathers. during their
growth, and is thought by some to be
finally absorbed into the shaft of the
growing feather.