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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-17
YOUNG AMERICAN SOCIETY.

President, Robert D. Sheppard; Vice
President. Alfred G. Boyd; Secretary,
Guy A. Wagner; Critic, Henry D. Gil.
christ; Sergeant-at.Arms, John Mcclure.
The meetings of the societies are held
every Friday afternoon, and, although
conducted by the students, are under
the surveillance OF the instructors in
the various rooms. Select readings,
declamations, essays and debates form
the leading features OF the weekly pro.
grammes, and extemporaneous speaking
and debating are also strongly encour-
aged. During the year the students
will have q number OF contests in essay
writing and speaking for prizes, and be-
fore the holidays and at the end OF the
year public entertainments will be given.
The present school year promises to
be one of the most successful the lnsti.
tute has ever known.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
An Incident at a Hotel.

A SINGULAR affair happened at
Petersburg (Va.) hotel the other day.
Two gentlemen, strangers to each other,
desired to be called at an early hour in
the morning that they might take an
express train for the North. At the APP
pointed hour the hotel messenger rap
ped at the door of the man from Wash
ington to arouse him. The occupant OF
the room, taking the messenger for an
intruder, jumped from bed, dashed at
him with pitcher in hand, and chased
him from the room. Returning, the
gentleman by mistake entered the apart
ment of the New Yorker, who was
dressing, and whom he also took to be
an intruder. A contest of strength en-
sued, during which the pitcher was
broken to pieces and both men were
slightly injured. The New Yorker es-
capped from the room and called for
help, while the man from Washington,
master of the situation, locked himself
inside. Help was soon obtained in the
person of some men in the hotel and one
or two police officers, and the man from
Washington was persuaded to open the
door and go to his own room. He soon
after seemed to awaken as if from
dream, appearing entirely ignorant OF
what he had done. He apologized to
the New Yorker for his conduct, and
they went North together on the train.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
The Famous COmst0ck Lode.

In noting the departure for Europe of
Mr.. John w. Mackay, the California
millionaire, New York paper presents
the following interesting particulars re-
lating to the famous Comstock Lode,
the camping ground, as it were, of more
than one of the Pacific Coast million
aires:
"There has been, no doubt, consider
able of the wildcat businessin mining,
in one way or another, but with the fol-
lowing results and figures, which are
unquestionably true, staring one in the
face, it will be seen why the most far
sighted and knowing ones continue to
pin their faith to and pan their profits
from the above celebrated section. The
north end of the ledge is now attracting
especial attention, and from latest de-
velopments these made in the Original
Keystone mine-the latter running $40
feet on the main ledge, and according
to the recent investigation and report
of the English expert, John d. Barry,
A. l. G. e., one of the most promising
mines on the lode-are particularly in
teresting, and all the indications point
to highly gratifying results:
"The celebrated Comstock vein or
lode is situated in Story County, in the
State of Nevada, on chain of noun
tains called the Washoe Range, east of
the Sierra Nevada, having mean ele-
walton of 5000 feet above the level of
the sea, Mount Division, the highest
peak, reaching an elevation of 1850
feet.
The range begins near Carson City,
running with general direction of 229
west of north for $50 miles.
"'The whole region represents a
great barren wilderness, where nature
has denied all agricultural prosperity,
but in her equity has stored probably
the greatest amount of mineral veal h
to be found in one locality in the world.
occurring the last twenty years the
Comstock vein has given sixteen bonan-
zas, from which 6,500,000 tons of ore
have been extracted.
"'The average assay of this large
mass was $50 per ton; it yielded in the
mill $41.S0; and from the treatment of
sluices, $5-total, $46.80 per ton.
:" Thus the total value of the ore ex-
tracted was 1868, 671 sos, yielding net
sum from mills and sluices of 1928 .671.-
Cos. The average proportion of precious
metals in value is As per cent. gold and
90 per cent. silver"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
PITH AND POINT.

EXPERIENCE is a school where man
learns what big fool he has BEEN
Josh Billings.
THE average editor can sympathize
with England in her trouble with the
Boers.-Bost0n Advertiser.
A MAN never looks so much like a
red-handed vIIIain as when he is told by
the photographer to "look pleasant. -
Boston Transcript.
WHEN one sees a man thrown from
his saddle over the head of a horse, ne
must recognize the power behind the
thrown.-New Orleans Picayatfse.
A YOUNG man in love is not neces-
sarily mathematician, but he is nearly
always a sigh for her. 1t you can't
cipher this out we sigh for you.-Steu-
6enrille Herald.
ALL the baseball players have gone
into winter quarters, but you don't hear
ANYTHING of them except the batter, and
he is making short stops on the break
fast table.-Burltngton HaaCkeye.
A MEMPHIS woman ran against a
grocery awning in the dark and fractured
uCl Jaw anu UnO Jul lOOul Acu OulJ
eight dollars damages. 1t costs four
times that to hit Detroit woman on the
nose with soft SNOWFALL. Press.
A CINCINNATI paper AYERS that "wo-
men dress too hastily" This clearly is
sarkasm," or else the editor never sat
for two mortal hours in hired cutter,
waiting for Angelina to "be down in a
moment. "-CdtSkiU Recorder.
TABLEAU VIvANT.-Bridegro Ito
his little sister-in-law at the breakfast)
-"Well, Julie, you've got a new
brother, now Julie (enfant ter
rible) -" Yes; and ma said the other
day to pa, she didn't think he was much
account, on'y it looked like Lottie's last
chance!" (Great clatter of knives, forks
and spoons) London Punch.
NOBODY wants to be Secretary of the
Navy for the remaining two months Of
Mr.. Hayes's rule. A man couldn't
more than get the trick of walking with
his feet wide apart, pulling his trousers
up every little while and hailing people
with "avast there, messmate," before
he'd become an ordinary landsman, and
then those habits would make him ap-
pear ridiculous. Boston Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
Burdette's Visit to Mark Twain.

l think l have never been in home
more beautifully home-like than this
palace of the king of humorists. The
surroundings of the house are beautiful,
and its quaint architecture, broad East
Indian porticos, the Greek patterns in
Mosaic in the dark-red brick walls, at
tract and charm the attention and good
taste of the passer-by, for the home, in
side and out, is the perfection of exquis-
tie taste and harmony. But with all its
architectural beauty and originality, the
elegance of its interior finish and decor
ations, the greatest charm about the
house is the atmosphere of "homelike-
ness" that pervades it. Charmingly as
he can entertain thousands of people at a
time from the platform, Mr.. Clements
is even more perfect entertainer in his
home. The brightest and best sides of
his nature shine out at his fireside. The
humor and drollery that sparkle in his
conversation is as utterly unaffected and
natural as sunlight. Indeed, don't be-
lieve he knows or thinks that most of his
talk before the sparkling fire, up in the
pleasant retirement of his billiard-room
study, is marketable merchandise
worth so much a page to
the publishers; but it is. And it is
not all drollery and humor. He is
so earnest that his earnestness charms
you fully as much as his brighter flash
es, and once in while there is in his
voice an infection of wonderful pathos,
so touched with melancholy that you
look into the kind, earnest eyes to see
what thought has touched his voice.
And he has heart as big as his body =;
l believe there does not live a man more
thoroughly unselfish and self-forgetful.
Two little girls and boy baby (bright-
eyed, good-tempered and with full
head of hair as brown as his father's) as
sist Mrs. Clemens to fill the heart of the
reigning humorist, and they do it most
completely. Personally, Mr.. Clemens is
perhaps a little above the medium
height, of good symmetrical physique,
brown hair, scarcely touched with gray,
that curls over high, white forehead
friendship in his eyes, hearty cordially
in the grasp of a well-shaped, white
hand, strong enough and heavy enough
to be a manly hand; his age is forty
something, and he looks thirty-five; in
the evening, "after the lamps are light
ed" his face has wonderfully boyish
look, and he loves a good cigar even
better than Grant does.- HaUkeye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

THE outside fiber of the cocoanut ia
now used for shoe heels, and is said tn
be good substitute for leather.
In new electric battery, one of the
elements is composed of sheet iron less
than the 100000 of an inch in thick.
ness.
DIR. MULLER, of Geneva, has made
calculation in which he estimates the
number of plant species existing on the
globe to reach minimum total of 25O.-
600.
AN English chemist was troubled
with an escape of gas, and on removing
a large vinegar barrel he found that the
vinegar had leaked, and percolatino
through the floor had eaten large hole
in the lead gas pipe.
THE color-blind business is to be fol.
lowed up by something else. A learned
professor at Heidelberg has now pub.
lished statistics "showing that engine
drivers on railways are peculiarly sub.
ject to affections of the ear which might
compromise the safety of travellers. !"
THE deepest artesian well in Califor.
MIA, near Stockton, has struck water at
976 feet, and flows 800, 900 gallons daily.
This gives hope that the higher lands
near the foothills, which are now only
useful for sheep pasture few weeks
after the rainy season, will be redeemed
by deep borings.
AN important invention is announced
to have been made by Joseph Albert.
the Munich photographer. BY combisa,
ing the ordinary Photographic process
with that pertaining to peculiar print
ing press of his own invention, he is said
to have produced images of objects
with the finest shades of their natural
color.
A ST. LOUIS photographer has sue
cessfully used the electric light in print
ing photo-negatives. During holiday
week the sun was so obscured as to seri-
ously interfere with negative printing.
In this exigency the electric light was
resorted to and proved superior even to
the brightest of SUMS rays. So the ar.
fist reports.
ACCORDING to DR.. Edward Smith, an
egg contains Is 1-2 per cent. of carbon
and per cent. of nitrogen. Another
writer estimates that the value of one
pound of eggs as food for sustaining the
active forces of the body, is to the
value of one pound of lean beef as 1854
to 900. As flesh-producer, one pound
OF eggs is about equal to one pound of
beef.
THAT scientific wonders will never
cease is again illustrated by the fact
that fire-proof houses can now be built
out of cotton and straw. In the first
instance the cotton used is the refuse of
the plantations and factories. 1t is con-
verified into paste, which gets to be as
hard as stone, and is called architectural
cotton. 1t is made in large slabs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
A Question of Manners.

THERE seems to be vague but opera
tive action in many social circles that it
is "bad form" to introduce to each
other persons who meet casually in the
parlor of a common friend. At least it
is held that this ceremony is not to be
performed without the consent of both
parties thereto.
This belief is probably founded on the
social usages of older countries, as, for
example, Germany and France, where
lntroductions are not customary. But
there it is an unwritten law that stran-
gers, meeting under the roof of COM
mon friend, whether by invitation or ac-
cident, shall greet each other as acquaint-
ances, talk easily, and part with grace
full civility. The hostess, by virtue of
her Office, stands as the social sponsor
of each for the moment, and to hesitate
to speak to any one of her visitors is to
discredit her taste and Judgment. Of
course the continuance of the acquaint-
ance is matter to be left entirely to
the decision of the two persons con-
cerned.
In England, on the other hand, it has
been generally considered indecorous to
speak without formal introduction,
which is usually offered only when the
hostess feels assured that the acquaint-
ance will prove a mutually agreeable
one. But this usage doubtless grew out
of the very marked differences of caste,
which implied different social worlds.
With the new life of this century; the
vast influence of trade and commerce /;
thenearness of nationsformerl held alien
and foreign, and the attrition of their
ideas; the general interest in science
which takes hold of men and women of
all ranks and no rank the altered feel
ing about women, which begins to make
the suppressed sex not only significant
factors in the economic sum, but
working, thinking, and shaping men,
bers of the social fabric and with the
changing fortunes of the time, which
puts immense wealth in new hands, and
impoverishes the heirs of old names and
ancient heritages-with these subvert-
ing conditions, we say, the rigid lines of
caste must yield or be broken. And
any American traveller of distinction
will doubtless have observed that in the
best English society introductions have
either become much more general, or
are regarded as unnecessary.
We, however, appear to have adopt
ed the English custom without the Eng
lish reason therefor, or hope of advan-
tage therein. And if we go on in our
present way, we bid fair to make our so
cial festivities as heavy as those of the
middle-class drawing rooms of our kin
across the sea; for women are constitu.
tiOnallv timid and ueuallv fear tn ,,oaka
advances. To be conspicuous of being
less well dressed or less well placed in
the social world than her neighbor is to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

A VERY sad accident, resulting in the
death of Elfride Mary Catherine, the
only child of Prof. Frederick Il. Houry,
OF the Yale Art School, occurred in New
Haven, Conn. Prof. Hourly left his
home to attend Christmas service.
Mrs. Hourly had been ailing for some
time and had been using chloroform,
keeping the bottle in closet. She fell
asleep in her chair, and the child, lack.
ing only month of being two years
old, crept to the closet and obtained the
bottle of chIoroform, removing the cork
and inhaling the contents. When the
Professor returned to his home, his wife
was yet asleep in her chair and the child
was dead on the floor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
j. CES.4R'S VISIT TO M. T. CICERO.


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Many and many year ago?
II
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On the Saturnaia third,
And III Just drop in, my minus
TOT euie'' irienuiy "oi"
"Don,t make a stranger Of me. Marc,
Nor be at all but out:
VIII serve my need, no doubt.
81 wish to show my confidence
The invitations mine
ana taste your hohest "iiio'
Up rose Nj. Tullius Cicero,
And seized Roman punch
was coming rouhu ~ iuiioN
"By Hercules % he murmured low
Unto his lordly self,
"There are not many dainties left
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

G. E. HOWARD VINCENT is at the
head of the detective force in London,
and has $50 regular detectives under his
control. He is said to be man of great
energy of character, kind to the unfor-
tunate, but most persistent in bringing
criminals to justice. Hespeaks French
German and Russian with great fiuency.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

:. You might as well try to strike .
light on block of ice as to try to do
business without advertising.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
STATE OF MICHIGAN. oc
COUNTY OF VAN BTREN.

At a session OF the Probate Court, for the
County Of Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office, in the village OF Paw Paw, on Saturday,
the 18th day of December, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty. Present,
Hon. Alfred J. Mills, Judge of Probate. In
the matter Of the Estate OF Warren S. Corey,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly veri-
fed, OF Thomas II. Cooley, guardian Of Lula
E. Cooley, praying that the Real Estate OF said
deceased may be partitioned and distributed to
the heirs at law OF said deceased.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the
10th day Of January, 1881, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing OF said
petition, and all persons interested in said es-
tate, are required to appear at session OF said
Court, then to be holden at the Probate Office,
in the village Of Paw Paw, and show cause, il
any there be, why the prayer OF the petitioner
should not be granted: And it is further or
dered, that said petitioner give notice to the
persons interested in SAID estate, OF the pen
dency of said petition, and the hearing thereof, by
causing copy OF this Order to be published il
the True Northerner, newspaper, printed and
circulating in said county OF Van Buren, FOL
three successive weeks, at least, previous Il
SAID day Of hearing. 1343t4f1t
ALFRED J. MILLS, Judge OF Probate.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN. !
COUNTY OF VAN RTIRFN


At session Of the Probate Court, TOR the
County OF Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office, in the village OF Paw Paw, on Saturday,
the 18th day OF December, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty. Present, Hon.
Alfred j. Mills, Judge OF Probate. In the mat
ter OF the Estate OF Warren Chapman, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly veri-
fed, OF Benjamin. L. Chapman, father OF said
deceased, praying that this Court adjudicate
and determine who are, or were at the death OF
said deceased his legal heirs, and as such, enti-
tied TO a distrIbutive share in his Estate.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the
18th day Of January. 1881, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing OF said
petition, and all persons interested in said es-
tate, are required to appear at a session OF said
Court, then to be holden at the Probate Office,
IN the village or Paw Paw, and show cause, if
any there be- why the prayer OF the petitioner
should not be granted: And 1t is further Or
dered, that said petitioner give notice to the
persons interested in said estate, OF the pen
dency OF said petition, and the hearing thereof,
by causing a copy Of this Order to be published
in the True Northerner, a newspaper, printed
and circulating in said county OF Van Buren,
for three successive weeks, at least, previous to
said day of hearing. 1343t4f17
ALFRED J. MILLS, Judge OF Probate.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, !
C0VNTV OF VAN RJTREN.

PROBATE COURT FOR SAID COUNTY
AT session OF the Probate Court for said
Comfy, held at the Probate office, in the village
of Paw Paw, on Monday, the 9th day OF
December, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty. Present, AL
fred j. Mills, Judge OF Probate. In the mat
ter OF the Estate OF Oliver Bartholomew de-
ceased, George Bartholomew, administrator,
Of said estate, comes into Court and represents
that he IS now prepared TO render his final ac-
count as such administrator.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the
oath day of January next, at ten o'clock IN the
forenoon, be assigned for examining and allow
ing such account, and that the heirs at law Of
said deceased, and all other persons interested
IN said estate, are required to appear at a ses-
sion of SAID Court, then to be holden at the
Probate Office in the village of Paw Paw in said
county, and show cause, if any there be, why
the said account sho1ld not be allowed: And
it Is further ordered, that said administrator
give notice to the persons interested in said
estate, OF the pendency OF said account, and
the hearing thereof, by causing q copy Of this
order to be published in the True Northerner,
newspaper printed and circulating in said
county, three successive weeks previous to said
day OF hearing. 1345t4f25
ALFRED j. MILLS. Judge OF Probate.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue of two transcript writs OF Fieri
Facias, issued out OF and under the seal OF the
circuit court in and for the County OF Van Bu-
rem and State OF Michigan, one bearing date
October 4th, A. ID. 1880, the other bearing date
October 10th, A. d. 1880, and to me directed and
delivered in two certain suits pending In said Cir
cult Court, wherein Issac p. Esmay and Samuel
Cross are plaintiffs, in one suit, and Morris G.
Fechbrimer and Hermnder G. Fechbrimer
are Plaintiffs in the other suit, and Charles II.
Anderson is defendant in both suits. did by
virtue Of the first execution hereinbefore
mentioned, on the 14th day OF October, A. d.
1880. and by virtue Of the second execution
hereinbefore mentioned, on the 10th day OF
October, A. ID. 1880, levy upon and
seize ell the right, title and interest OF the
said Charles II. Anderson in and to the fo
lowing piece or parcel Of land, to-wit: The
west half OF the north wet quarter OF section
fourteen, township two south Of range sixteen
west County Of Van Buren, and State OF Mich
igan all OF which 1 shall expose for sale al
public auction or vendue, to the highest bidder
as the law directs, at the front door OF the
court house, in the village OF Paw Paw, in sale
county of Van Buren,, (said court house beine
the place OF holding the circuit court for sale
county, on Monday, the fourteenth day OF Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1881, at the hour OF twelve o'clocl
noon OF said dav.
Dated this 30th day December, A. d. 1880.
1345t7f24 NATHAN THOMAS,
Sheriff Of said county of Van Buren,.
CALVIN Cross, Atty for Plaintiff.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, ! 6
COUNTY OF VAN RJJREN.

AT session Of the Probate Court for the Coun
ty OF Van Buren,, holden at the Probate Office,
in the village OF Paw Paw, on Thursday, the
23d day Of December, in the year one thous-
and eight hundred and eighty. Present, Hon.
Alfred j. Mills, Judge OF Probate. In the mat
ter Of the Estate Of Solomon Phillips, deceas ed.
On reading and fling the petition, duly
verified, OF Harriet E. Smith, widow OF
said deceased, praying for reasons therein stat
ed, that administration OF said Estate de bonis
non, may be granted to herself the said petit
toner, OF some other suitable pesron,
Thereuponitis ordered, that Monday, the oath
day of January 1881, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition, and all persons interested in said
estate, are required to appear at a session
of said Court, then to be holden at the
Probate office IN the village Of Paw Paw, in
, said county, and show cause, il any there be,
why the prayer OF the petitioner should not be
granted: And it is further ordered, that said pc
titioner give notice to the persons interested IN
said estate, Of the tendency OF said petition
and the hearing thereof, by causing copy OF
this order to be published in the True North
erner, newspaper printed and circulating in
sad county OF Van Buren,, three successive
weeks previous to said day of hearing. 1345t4f22
ALFRED j. MILLS, Judge OF Probate.