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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21

Mound City Council. No. 6, Jr.. o. U.
a. NJ. have made arrangements for a
social 10 be held at their headquarters
on Third street in the First National
Bank building this evening. Ice cream
and cake will BE- served ard a splendid
program will De rendered A large
crowd is expected TO attend this al
fair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21

Meetings being held In the high school
huilding. corner Seventeenth street and
WarWood avenue. Rev. Ralph 4. Harsh
man. pastor Preaching services az $50
a m. sunday school az so p m. Geo.
Brush. supt. Everybody invited 20 at
tend ana bring their friends.
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ment were in good standing Several
petitions from the societies and other
classes OF the church as well as the
were presented asking
that their pastor Rev. c. c. Lanham.
be returned to the church for another
year
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21
M0UNDSYILLB
Inquest Reid

Coroner }. 7. MeComDs was called
20 the new dam az Woodland yestsr.
day morning and held an inquest 0vsf
the remains Of Charles ZinEoloyicz
who stepped backward of barge
last Monday evening and Was drowned
The drowning was accidental and the
funeral Vas held yesterday Al Noun,
Calvary cemetery al Cresap's Bottom
The Russian who vas about forty
eight years OF age had one relative. a
nephew. Alez Bagonie. OF Clinton ave.
nue.. this city. He had only been work
ing on the dam a few weeks and fell
under the barge and never came "a
the surface Of the water.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21
Cars Renalred

The Winter cars OF the Wheeling
Traction company are undergoing re-
pairs In the car barns south OF town
The cars are being painted and are
being given a thorough overhauling
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21

AZ the meeting Of the Ladies Of
South Warwood Thursday evening.
they completed an plans for the lawn
fete to BE- given "Wednesday and
Thursday ~ next week IN that part
Of town. The ladies will BE- kept busy
the next couple of DAYS on the going
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21

Another week will more than Iae.t
finish the work of repairing He shop
and machinery OF fhr baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad company Wurkmn
have been at WORK u1 fHIa for snr.
time
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21

from house TO house to get donations
which they will give the hemen.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21

nearly every department of the mill
will be arain in operation
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-21
Overheard In the aleaeher..

First Fan Does your Eoil unnef-
stand baseball?
Second Fan-Naw She don't know
% more about de game dan an UNI
pire-From judge
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REX THEATRE

should a Mofhar TallfH the supreme
.enaation of al problem plays. win NET
" Aanaaul thr royal actress. william
MNN nNuNnCliun with auanfnH cast
Pathc'a Weetiv. MONDAY and TUES
nAW-A Mau'a Frerounfiva Mufnaf
fee fura win unnorf rrIrru ana nnn
rnet Today and Tomorrow. or VINO
Paya7 IN three acts raths Wootlv
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helped lay tracks in Upper India; had
a hand in some bridges; sold patent
medicines; worked in a ruby mine;
been a haberdasher in the Whiteaway.
Laidlaw shop in Bombay; cut wood In
the teak forests; helped exterminate
the plague at Chitor and Udaipur; and
never saved a penny. l never had an
adventure in all my life"
Why, your w~anderings were ad
ventures" she insisted. Think OF the
things you could tell"
And never WILL" a smile breaking
owe his face.
How like Arthur's that smile was!
thought the girl. Romantic persons
never have any adventures. 1t is to
the prosaic these things fall. Because
OF their nearness you lose their
values"
There is some difference between
romance and adventure. Romance is
what you look forward to-; adventure
is something you look back upon. But
| always supposed adventure was the
finding of treasures, on land and on
sea; OF filibustering; of fighting with
sabers and pistols, and all that rigma-
role. l can't quite lift my imagination
up to the height of calling my six
months shovelengineering on the
Gale an adventure. 1t was brutal hard
work; and many times l wanted to
jump over. The Lascars often got out
OF trouble that way"
1T ali depends upon how we look at
things" She touched the parrot cage
with her foot, and Rajah Kissed. What
would you say ii told you that l was
unconventional enough to ask the pur-
ser to introduce your"
The amaZement in his face was an
swer enough.
Don't you suppose" she went on.
t picture you presented, standing
on that ledge, the red light of the
torch on your face, the bird cage in
your ~hand-don't you suppose you
reused my sense of the romantic to
the highest pitch? Parrot & Col"
with a wave Of her hands.
She was laughing at him. 1t could
not be otherwise. 1t made him at
once sad and angry. "Romance! /
hate the word. | again affirm that
young m should not travel alone.
They think every bit of tinsel is gold,
every bit Of colored glass, ruby. Ro
nance, adventures! Bah! So much
twaddle has been written about the
East that cads and scoundrels are mis-
taken for Galahads and D'Artagnans.
Few men remain in this country who
can with honor leave it. Who knows
what manner of man l ann
He picked up the parrot cage and
strobe away.
"Jah, jah!" began the bird.
Not all the diplomacy which worldly
wise men have at their disposal could
have drawn this girls interest more
surely than the abrupt, rude manner
of his departure.
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Mf 1Q9BJ7HxRNIL OOZNWY

stories like that, but I'd rather hear
them told f%irst-hand."
Elsa was not romantic in the
that she saw heroes where there we're
only ordinary men; it was the OBJ
scure and unknown hero who appealed
to her: such a one as this man might
be.
"Oh, there was nothing splendid
about the thing. | simply hung on"
Then a thought struck him. you are
travelling alone?"
With a companion" A peculiar
question, she thought.
1T is not wise," he commented.
MY father was a soldier she re-
piled.
1T isn't a question of bravery" he
explained, a bit Of color charging I'M
der his skin. This world is not like
your world. Women over here. /.
Oh, I've lost the art of saying things
clearly" He pulled at his beard en-
barrassedly.
Are you warning me against your
self"
why not? Twenty thousand pounds
40 not change a man; they merely
change the public's opinion of him.
Fol- all you know, l may be the great
est rascal unhanged."
But you are not"
He recognized that it was not a
query; and a pleasurable thrill ran
over him. Had there been the least
touch of c~ondescansion in her manner
he would have gone deep into his
shell.
No; there are worse men in this
world than |. But we are getting away
from the point, of women travelling
alone in the East. Oh, / know you
can protect yourself to a certain ex-
tent. But everywhere, on boats, in
the hotels. on the streets, are men
who have discarded all the laws Of
convention, of the social contract. And
they have the keen eye of the kite and
the v%ulture."
To Elsa this interest in her welfare
was very diverting. In other words,
they can quickly discover the young
woman who goes about unprotected?
Don't you think hat the trend of the
conversation has taken rather a re-
markable turn. not as impersonal as 1t
should be-"
Il beg your pardon! Shall | go?"
No. l want you to tell me some
Stories She laughed. Don't worry
about me, Mr.. Warrington. l have
gone my way alone since I was six
teen. | have travelled all over this
wicked world with nobody but the
woman who was once my nurse. Now,
tell me something OF your adventures
Ten years in this land must mean
something. l am always hunting for
Harun-al-Raschid, or Sindbad, or some
n who has done something out Of
the ordinary"
He inclined against the rail and
stared down at the muddy water. 'Ad-
venture?" He frowned a little. I'm
afraid mine wouldn't read like adven-
lures. There's no glory in being a
stevedore on the docks at Hongkong, a
stoker on a tramp steamer between
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He bit hard upon the stem OF his
pipe. What was all this to him? Why
should he bother his head about q
woman he had known but a few hours!
All, why lie to himself? He knew what
Elsa, usually quick and receptive, did
not know. that he was not afraid OF
her, but terribly afraid Of himself. For
things ripen quickly in the East. men
and women, souls and deeds. And he
was something like the pariah log;
spoken kindly to, it attached itself I'M
mediately and enduringly.
He struck the Guilty against his boot
heel. Why not? 1t would be only for
two days. At Rangoon their paths
would separate; he would never see
her again. He got up. He would go
to her at once and apologize. And
thus he surrendered to the very devil
he had but a moment gone SO vigor'
ously discountenanced.
He found her asleep in her chair,
The devil which had brought him to
her side was thrust back. Why, she
was nothing more than a beautiful
child! A great yearning to brother
her came into his heart. He did not
disturb her, but waited until five. hat
grave and sober hour, when kings and
clerks stop work for no logical reason
whatever-tea. She opened her eyes
and saw him watching her. He rose
quickly.
Il was very rude a little while ago.
Will YOU accept my a~pologies?
"On condition hat you will never
take your playthings and go home"
He laughed engagingly. you've hit
it squarely. 1t was the act of a petu'
liant child"
1T did not sound exactly like a
man who had stocked six months from
Singapore to the Andaman islands.
But there is one thing | must under
stand before this acquaintance contin
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CHAPTER ".
Two Days of Paradise.

At first Elsa did not know whether
she was annoyed or amused. The
mans action was absurd, or would
have been in any other man. His adj
vice to her to go home was downright
im%pudence: and yet the sight of the
parrot cage dangling at his side made
1t impossible for her to take lasting
offense. Once upon a time there had
been a little boy who played in her
garden. When he was cross he would
take his playthings and go home. The
boy might easily have been this man
Warrington, grown up.
OF course he would come and apollo
gize to her for his rudeness. Perhaps
he had resented her curiosity; perhaps
her questions had been pressed too
hard; and perhaps he had suddenly
doubted her genuine interest. At any
rate it vas a novel experience. And
that bewildering likeness!
She returned to her chair and opened
the book again. And as she read her
wonder grew. The diction was ex-
quisite; there was style; but now as
she read there was lacking the one
thing that stood for life-blood. It did
not pulsate in the veins of these
people. Until now she had not recog-
nized this fact, and she was halfway
through the book. What had happened
to her since yesterday? To what cause
might be assigned this opposite angle
of vision, so clearly defined?
The book fell upon her knees and
dreamily she watched the perspective
open and divaricate. The low banks
with their golden haze of dust, the
cloudless sky, the sad and lonely white
pagodas, charmed her; and the lam
guor of the East crept stealthily into
her northern blood. She was not con-
scious Of the subtle change; she only
knew that the world of yesterday was
unlike that of today.
Warrington, after depositing Rajah
in the stateroom, sought the bench on
the stern deck. He filled his Guilty
with purserloaned tobacco and roundly
damned himself as a %blockhead. He
udu l6OtSC oil llC HiSCtlCS vi GIVE
lization; he no longer knew how to be-
have. The first young woman in all
these years who had treated him as an
equal, and he had straightway proceed
ed to lecture her upon the evils of
travelling alone in the Orient!
And yet he had told her the truth.
1t was not right that a young and at
tractive woman should wander about
in the East, unattended save by a
middle-aged companion. 1t would pro-
woke the devil in men who were not
wholly bad. Women had the fallible
idea that they could read human ma.
ture, and never found out theirs mis-.
take until after they were married.
He knew her kind. II she wanted to
walk through the bazaars in the eve
ming she WOULD. do SO. If a man fol
lowed her. she would ignore the fact.
X be caught uH,with her and spoke she
Would Continue ,on as II she had not
heard. II q man touched her she would
rely upon the fire OF her eyes. She
would never call out for help. Some
woman wera Inst that ALLY.
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Evening Things Up.

One day a sleepy passenger got on
. Broadway car, but, before dropping
on into q slumber. he took the pre-.
caution to ask the conductor to wake
him at his destination. 1t was Eighty.
first street. The conductor, however,
proved to be remiss. Not until the
a had reached Eighty-third street
did he awake his drowsy charge.
Next evening the same man got on.
and again fell fast asleep. This time
the conductor determined to be more
cautious. At Seventy-ninth street he
awakened the sleeper.
But / don't want to get out until
Eighty-frst." he protested angril.
WELL" val the logical reply, you
owe the two blocks since yesterday
morning"
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Answered.

He doesn't belong to the ranks Of
the unemployed, and M feels certain
that he Is not financially embarrassed.
but the way he turned down a man
who tried to get him for a customer
might have indicated that he was In
either predicament.
Wanna buy some h~orseradish?"
asked q peddler who entered his place
Of business.
Haven't any meat" he replied.
This statement was too much even
for the peddler's gift Of salemanship.
and he Immediately left the store with.
out bandying words.
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Want You to Tell Me Some
Stories"

Singapore and the Andaman islands.
What haven't | been in these ten
years." with a shrug. Can you fancy
me a deck-steward on a p. & O. boat.
tucking old ladies in their chairs, stag
gering about with q tray Of broth
bowls, helping the unsteady to their
staterooms, and touching my cap at
the end Of the voyage for a few shill-
ings in tips?"
Tell me more"
He looked into her beautiful face,
animated by genuine interest. and
wondered II all men we're willing to
obey her.
1T always interests me to hear from
the mans own lips how he overcame
Obstac3qH3, ~ ~
ssomeameend didn't ovsEceHe them.
ran away. After an. the Strike lii
al was ! fuke.s ,9-s*.s-rsk%1 .
4 don't think 50. But 80 on" she
prompted.
Well. ! have been manager Of =
E-nnooannt MAMMALIAN An PannnR: isYn
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testimonial" - Mrs. LAWRENCE MAE
TIN, IL King st., Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. eat the Change Of
Life I suffered with pains in my back
and loins until I could not stand. l also
had ni~ght-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet. I tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
tie Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound / began to improve and l
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year I was
a different woman. / know / have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since" - Mrs. M. j. BRoWNELL,
Mansion, Wis.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by =
woman, and held In strict confidence.
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PREMATURE BADNESS
Due 50 0andruff and irritation, Pre-
vented by cutlcura.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Daily
shamroos with Cuticura Soap and
occasional applications OF Cuticura
Ointment gently rubbed into the
scalp skin will do much to promote
hair-growing conditions.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Warrington, an American adventurer.
and James, his servant, with a Gagged par
rot, the trio known up and down the IT.
rawaddy as Parrot & Co, travel along the
road to the landing, bound for Rangoon
to cash a draft for SOC. 900 rupees. Elsa
Chetwood. rich American girl tourist, sees
Warrington come aboard the boat at he
landing, and, amazed at his likeness to
her fiance, Arthur Ellison, asks the purs-
er to introduce her. He tells her that
Warrington has beaten a syndicate and
sold his Oil claims for 100000.
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mo, | Am Going to Singapore"

ues. You said, Who knows what
manner of man l ann Have you ever
done anything that would conscien.
tiously forbid you to speak to a young,
unmarried woman?"
Take care of herself? Iie rather be-
lieved she could. The bluntness of her
question dissipated any doubt that re-
manned.
mo. haven't been that kind of a
man," simply. Il could look into my
mothers eyes without any sense Of
shame, if that is what you mean"
THAT is all | are to know. Your
mother is living?"
Yes. But | haven't seer her in
ten years" His mother! His broNs
met in a frown. His proud, beautiful
mother!
Elsa saw the frown and realized
that she had approached delicate
ground. She stirred her tea and slipped
it slowly.
There has been a deal of chatter
about shifty, Enthusiastically eyes," he
said. "The greatest liars l have ever
known could look st. Peter straight
and serenely in the eye. It's a matter
of steady nerves, nothing more. Some.
body says that SO and so is a fact. and
we go on believing it for years, until
someone who is not a person but an
individual eXplodes it."
I agree with you. But there is
something we rely upon far more than
either eyes or ears, instinct. 1t is
that attribute Of the animal which
civilization has not yet successfully
dulled. Women rely upon that more
readily than men,"
And make more mistakes" with a
cynicism he could not conceal.
She had no ready counter for this.
do you go home from Rangoon, now
that you have made your %fortune?"
mo. ! an going to Singapore. ]
shall make my plans there"
Singapore. Elsa stirred uneasily. II
would be like having a ghost by her
side. She wanted to tell him what had
really drawn her interest. But il
seemed to her that the moment to dc
so had passed.
"Vultures! How | detest them!'
She pointed toward a sand bar upon
which stood several of these abomi
nable birds and an adjutant, solemn
and aloof. AT Lucknow they were
red headed. | do not recollect seeing
one of them fly. But l admire the
kites; they look much like our eagles
And thus again the eye misleads
us. There is nothing that flies 60
rapacious as the kite"
Little by little she drew from him
a sketch here, a phase there. She was
given glimpses into the life of the
East such as no book or guide had
ever given; and the boat was circljna
toward the landing at PRONE before
they became aware of the. time.
CTo BE coNTINUED.)
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SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid Of "coffee Habit

The injurious action Of coffee on the
hearts Of many persons Is well known
By physicians to be caused by caffeine.
This is the drug found by chemists in
coffee and tea.
A woman suffered q long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up cot
Tee, az that was the principal cause Of
the trouble. She writes:
my heart was 80 weak It could not
DO its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table. and It would seem that
! would never breathe again.
THE doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness OF my heart. He
said ! must stop It, but It seemed !
could not give II up until / was down
IN bed with nervous prostration.
FOR eleven weeks l lay there and
suffered. Finally husband brought
home some Postum and I quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly I
got well. Now / do not have any head
oSAaOUp ANA S0OOO Op0AAo WIN WOOA
heart. We know It II Postum that
helped me. The Dr.. said the other
lay: 7 never thought you would be
Nhat You are ! used to weigh. 81
sounds and now I weigh 16e.
s.Hoetum has done much for me and
would not 80 hack 10 coffee again,
ADr ! believe II would kill me II I kept
~ Postum must b prepared &C
eor6lng "a directions on pkg. then 4
49, - lavor ana With cream Il
Gno.
Ms Glvsn ~ Postum Co, Battle
Creok. 1fich.sRsGd The Read to Well
noom 6e6 A. two 1er1ns: ii.
- 0uGt i. h vel
MgcspackaSes.
= sslubss 1ox
4Slicious texsgsol
M 6e1ieio1s ant
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Perfect Candor.

Whenever | make a speech to my
home folks" said Senator Sorghum,
Il fee! as if they were laughing in
their sleeves"
"Pshaw!" exclaimed the hearty citi-
zen I'VE wouldn't laugh in our sleeves
at you, senator. We'd jes' go ahead
an laugh out loud"
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Blessed Il the Ashman.

while on EARTH" queried st. Peter,
did you leave footprints on the sands
Of timer"
NO." replied the candidate for ad-
mission, but | always scattered ashes
on my icy sidewalks"
Come right In" interrupted the
keeper OF the keys, as he threw the
pearly gates wide open, "and here Is
. ticket that entities you to your
choice of harps and halos."
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up 70 Date.

Knicker-Jones has beaten his rec
ord as a champion fish" story teller.
Bocker-What's his latest?
Knicker-He claims he caught q
submarine. but It got away from him.
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WOMEN FROM
IS to S. TESTIFY
To the Merit Of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Conn.,
pound during Change
Of Life.
Westbrook, Me. -"I was passing
through the Change of Life and had

pains in my back
and side and was SO
weak / could hardly
do my h~ousework.
I have taken Lydia
E. Pink,lam's Vege-
table Compound and
it has done me a lot
of good. l will re-
your med
icine to my friends
and give you permis-
sion tn nuhlich wv
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The Whole Truth.

Magistrate-Why did you beat your
wife SO numerically?
Prisoner-Well, yer honor, she 49,
gravated me by sayin' she'd have mo
up before that baldheaded old fool,
Meanin' you, yer honor
Magistrate-You're discharged.
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It's q poor rule that won't work
both ways, but q poorer n that won't
work our way.
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Occasion u So Rare.
"Is Maud much Of a talker?"
well, when she stops you notice It
. good deal."-Boston Evening Tran
script.
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$50 'Taet. :. ~. !. Il
Social tact is making your company
feel thoroughly at home. even though
you thoroughly wish they were.-
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Their ~l-ccafifv

Their Locality.
Pop, where are tie man hunting
tribes to be found?"
principally in leap year, sonny