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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-09-24
ACCIDENTS THAT ARE COSTLY.
The Expense That Railroads Are Put to
by Even the Most Ordinary Accidents.

The Expense That Railroads Are Put to
by Even the Most Ordinary Accidents.
"You occasionally hear people find
fault because managers of railroads do
not prevent accidents said a railroad
man in Jersey City the other day.
'sThere may be bears among railroad
owners who rejoice in wrecking rail-
roads that they do not own, but to the
practical ra broader a train wreck is a
big loss directly, besides the loss in
prestige which follows. y
us the rolling stock so costly?"
Eyes, freight train for instance,
that rolls down an embankment. where
half of it is burned will give you good
idea of the loss. The average engine
is worth $1,000. A common freight
car is worth S475, or perhaps $500.
The ordinary gondolas are worth from
$500 to 1926. An engine is rarely
ruined beyond repair, but a wreck can
knock $4,000 out of it just as easy
as rolling off log. A burned
ear is a ruined car. of course, and re-
pairs on those that are crushsd may
cost any where from $50 to $500 each.
Ii a passenger car, such as is used on
ordinary roads, is burned. $500 goes
up in smoke. These figures are for the
cars in use, and not new out of the
shop. From this you can see that
wrecks may happen which cost a com
pany $40. 900. and yet nothing is likely
to be said about them in the papers I'M
less some one gets hurts, and not then
# the railroad men can keep it quiet. y
IN. i. San.
They have twenty-eight base ball
| nlI1hs and tyuantu h,.naa handr IL Cab
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-09-24
SCORPIONS IN MEXICO.
Dark Victims Preferred to Fair Ones
Singing at Midday.

Dark Victims Preferred to Fair Ones
Singing at Midday.
The most common of these pests are
the scorpions alearans-fo they be.
come hale and hearty grandparents
within twenty four hours. and their nu,
merous progeny are forever darling
everywhere with inconceivable rapidity,
their tails. which hold the sting, ready
to fly up at an instant's warning. They
are in the wall, between the bricks OF
the floor, lurking within your garments.
Turn up corner of the rug or the
tableeloth and you disturb an interest
ing family OF them; pick up your shoes
in the morning and out they flop; in
short, every article you touch must be
treated like dose of medicine-s.to be
well shaken before taken.n The COM
mon variety hereabout are about three
inches long, and the yellowish- brown
ones are considered most poisonous. In
Durango they are black and SO alarm
ingly numerous that the authorit, es
offer rewards--so much per tail-to the
boys for killing them. Their sting is
usually fatal to child and more or less
severe in its effects on adults, according
to the state of the system. Some have
been known to recover after remaining
for eight days foaming at the mouth in
commissions and with stomach swollen
as in dropsy; Others, by prompt and
energetic treatment, do not suffer much.
The fayorite remedies are brandy, taken
IN sufficient doses to stupefy the patient,
gulacum. ammonia and boiled silk. Ii
is said that scorpions have the poor
taste to prefer dark people to fair ones,
and that their sting is most TO be appre-
hended at midday. My irrepressible
Betsy has become expert in catching
them with lassos of thread, after whick
we suspend them. head downward, in
bottles of alcohol, to send to micro
scopically inclined friends at the North.
The Indians eat them, after extracting
the sting-as delightful moroccan, nc
doubt, as crabs. clans. frogs, snails and
similar delicacies OF civilization; but !
beg to be excused from rendering other
than hearsay testimony on the subject.
-Fannie B. Hord. is SGa EYGnciscc
6asdau Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-09-24

an abused boy as he, when he was IA,
tually obliged to make his breakfast'on
slice of bread or nothing at all. bnt
the lesson proved good one for
Johnny remembered it for some time
then he began falling into the same frv.
ing old habits again.
Papa asked him to weed the flower
pot one morning, but at night he said
he had forgotten it Mamma asked
him to please stay in the house with
Matte, Wednesday afternoon, because
she had cold and couldn' get out, ana
at night he said he didn't stay in he.
cause he didn't feel like it, and mamma
didn't say he must.
Then papa asked him another morn.
ing to weed out the flower bed, and a
night when asked why it had not been
done, he replied: '''Cause you didn'tsav
must, and didn't want to-
Papa went into the house without
saying word, and Johnny somehow
felt very uneasy. He followed papa
around and watched him closely.
just after supper papa remarked,
quietly:
q had letter from your Uncle
Fred this morning, Johnny. and YOUR
cousins Win and Joe have birth-dav
party tonight. They invited you.n
Johnny's eyes surely would have
made any one laugh to see how widely
boys eyes could open, then he fairly
gasped in establishment:
"Why-papa-James! why didn't
you tell me?"
"oh. / didn't feel like it;'' fretted
papa.
. But I'm invited TO the party!'' cried
Johnny, "and I must go, I wouldn't
miss one of those parties for the
world!n
well" said papa, indiferentlv.
Eyes, they invited you if chose to let
you go, but they didn't say must and
/ dom t want to-"
Well, it was a hard lesson, 8 dread,
fully hard lesson; but nothing except a
dreadfully hard lesson was going to
make any lasting impression on
Johnny's mind or help him overcome
his faults. Uncle Fred's house could
have been reached by ride in the
horse-cars, and nothing could be more
enjoyable than the birthday parties
the cousins Will and Joe were often al
lowed to give. Johnny had attended
two or three, staying al! night after
wards, and always thought them the
most delightful occasions imaginable.
In vain he coaxed, and cried, and
promised; all he could get papa or
mamma to say was that they didn't feel
like letting him go, or didn't want to.
Kind-hearted little Matte tried to per-
suade papa to forgive Johnny, sjust
this once" but papa laughed and said
Johnny had been forgiven '.just this
once" so many times, he should feeli
was wicked to forgive him again. Be-
sides mamma didn't feel like dressing
him for party.
But poor Johnny grew so thoroughly
disguised with q miserable rule which
could only work two ways in such a
wretehed, disappointing way, that he
finally grew wise enough to make up
his mind to have nothing to do with
such rules.
Then as soon as he showed DISPOSE
ton to do right and began making real
efforts to be a good, willing boy, his
kind parents helped him in every posi-
bic way, and he began TO find how
pleasant it was to be good and helpful,
and SO by degrees papa's experiment
proved itself to have been an excellent
one, for Johnny adopted rules which it
was pleasant to have work both ways.
Faith lrUtasg, IN Golden Rule.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-09-24

"A girl with three arms is an attrae-
ton in a Louisiana side-show. She can
play the piano with two of them and
turn the music with the other, thus say-
ing the expense of a young man.
BRAKES Travcllers Mdgazsne.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-09-24

There seems to be trustworthy eEs'
deEee to The fact that boiled celery -nos
the raw stems-is 9 preventive %
rheumatism.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-09-24

They have twenty eight base ball
clubs aud twenty brass bands in Salt
Lake City Chicago Inter Ocean
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24

oder to er ahle you o do so, l respectfully
submit the following questions and ask tor
plain, straightforward answers: -
Did you not know thstgambling aourished
to an extent never before known in this
city during Chief Benefits administration
Why did you not insist upon the law be-
ing enforced then?
Did you not know that saloons were open
on Sunday then as noW2
Why did you not insist upon the law be-
ing enforced then?
Did you not know that our present chief
was quietly perfectiug plans to check these
evils2 mo sane person expects him to
stop them entirely
Did you not know that If he succeeded in
dong so, his administration would be popu-
larized. and that Of his predecessor con-
demned2
Did you not know that to raise q great
"hue and cry" was the best possible plan to
defeat the chief, by giving evildoers warn
ing2 .
Did you not raise that hue and cry"
more for the purpose Of covering the sins Of
omission Of your own chief, and to bring
discredit upon ours, than in the interest Of
law and order2
Mr.. fancy is authorized to give you my
name if you want it. / am not seeking
notoriety in any sense ofthe word.
DEMOCRAT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
WITH INTENT TO DECEIVE.
The IntslIigencsf's Persistent En-
deaVor to Mislead the Public.
The Ordinances Of the City in Relation
to Gaming---POinted Questions
for hr. Hart.
Brave Men Who Ran Away---TO-Nighfs
Council Neutrality-suspicious. Accident
--Fire---Amusements---G Gen
eraI Local Intelligence.

As illustrating the deliberate purpose Of
the I~ntelligencer to prejudice Chief Of Police
Smith in the eyes Of the people of this city,
we clip the following remarkable paragraph
from the local columns Of yesterdays issue
of that journal:
'* : r In most Of the seemingly de-
serted gambling rooms the layouts remain
all the same, and Chief of Police Smith or
his DEPUTIES would encounter no difficulty
in finding the table, instrument, device or
thing used for the purpose Of gambling
which the ordinance against ofenses au-
thorizes him to seize, If at any time he
should conclude to act in accordance with
the oath he took when he qualified as City
Sergeant, and enforce the provisions Of the
ordinance against gaming"
Now, the ordinance against offenses does
not authorize the Chief of Police to seize
the table, instruments, device or thing used
for the purpose Of gaming" when found
BY him in deserted gambling rooms" ex'
cept the proprietor shall first have been con
victed of gaming, and this being so, III
at n time he (the Chief should conclude
10 actin accordance with the oath he took,
and raid a room where no game is in pro
gress, he would merely have his trouble for
his pains, for the instruments could not be
DESTROYED under the present ordinance. We
quote in full, Section so of the ordinance in
relation to offenses:
"See. so. The Mayor or any member Of
Council, or the Sergeant or any of his dep
uties, may seize, or direct to be seized, any
table, instrument, device or thing used for
the purpose Of gaming, and the property SC
seized may be demolished or destroyed I'm
der the direction of the Mayor, in case the
person or persons tn whose possession the
same was found shall be convicted ofgam
ing"
Here is one of the grave defects Of the
law, and q which the REGISTER has point
ed out on other occasions. 1t should a.
once receive the attention of Council
and be so amended that the gaming appa
ratus could be seized and destroyed wher
ever found.
This misrepresentation of the lnteli
gencer, however, serves q two tolC
purpose: First, that it does not care the
snap of a finger how untruthful are it
charges, so that it accomplishes its purposes
and second, to warn the public that it mus
rely on other evidence than that furnished
BY this Pharisaieal Journal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
ASSUMED VIRTUE.

A Nineteenth Century Polonius Who is an
Apt Pupil of the Original.
Editor Of the Register.
That old r~sscally time server, PoloniuS,
gives to his son, Lsertes, many pieces of sd-
vice. Among others ne tells him assume
a virtue if you have it not" Laertes was
unlike the editor Of the Inteligencer in hal
he seemed to be a pretty honest sort OF q
fellow, and, in selfrespect, disregarded the
advice. But the old Dane has found an
apt pupil in the aforesaid editor; in fact, we
think Polonius might have sat at his feet
and learned of him. Now we wish to ask
Mr.. Hart a single question or two, and, II
possible, we would like q truthful answer:
Did not this same evil of gambling houses
exist during all the years of Chief Benefits
administration to fully as great an extent as
it now does?
When and upon what occasion did he
dip his ~virtuous pen in wrathful ink to show
Mr.. Bennett his plain duty2
Was it not most generally believed, and
upon the very best grounds, that Mr.. Ben
nett and his force stood in with the gam
blersY'
@Why then did not Mr.. Harris v~irtuous
feelings boil over?
Did he, or did he not, know that every
gambling house was in full blast during all
that timer
THE fine Italian hand" as Mr.. Hart is
pleased to call it, was never raised in the
present Chiefs defense. 1t was raised
simply to show up hypocricy in its Slimest
form. 1t was raised in the hope that some
sense of shame might induce him to cease
putting distractions in the way Of Porter
Smiths doing his duty. a thing that this
editor knows is the last thing he would hk
70 see him do. His zeal for the party lately
enriched (?) by his adhesion seems to have
hanished common honesty from his compo-
.ition.
The editor of the I~ntelligencer has to-
distant an acquaintance with truth to be
ven a Judge Of that quality of morals.
EppITkc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
THEY WERE BRAVE MEN,
But They Ran When They Heard the
Police.

But They Ran When They Heard the
Police.
Another ludicrous incident growing out
of the present unsettled condition Of affairs
in gambling circles came to the notice OF a
REGISTER reporter last evening. Saturday
night about ten o'clock a dozen sporting
men were gathered in a room upstairs above
a well known saloon, in which apart
ment a game used to be in pro-
gress nightly, talking over the situation and
smoking. In the course Of the conversation
police raids came up, when most of those
present expressed themselves in the most
emphatic manner as willing to give trouble
10 the bluecoats, and two or three went on
to describe how hot a resistance they would
make, utilizing chairs, pOkers, ETC., as weap.
ons of warfare. After while q couple OF
wags in the party, who had been silent lis
teners to the boastings Of the rest,
slipped out, and put up a Job"
Tie room has o front and rear
entrance, a flight of steps leading up from
the ground floor to each. One of the wags
assembled each flight Of steps, and stimuli
t~aneously there was heard a terrible thump-
lug at the two doors Of the apartment where
the belligerent sports were still talking over
how they would resist the police. In an
instant all was still as death within, the
silence being broken in a moment
or two by a still small voice en-
quiring what was wanted. open
this door, and be IN a hurry" came from
without. who's there?' was asked. Lieu
tenant Johnson ard officers" was the re-
sponse, the words being accompanied with
a vicious rattling of the door. The sports
looked at each other for a moment, and
hen the man who was to lead the attack on
the officers made a rush for the garnet stairs.
His companions lost no time in following
his example, and a second after, as one Of
he wsgs inserted a key in the lock, turned
it and entered, the only sight which met his
gaze was three or four overturned chairs,
six oyercoats, and a number of legs just dis
appearing through a trap door. The fright
ened gang was called down and the drinks
set up pretty lively to keep the sell quiet,
but it leaked out. One of the valiant gam.
bIers had his hand badly trampled n the
mad rush up the stairs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
FOOT BALL.
The Island Team Doesn't Understand the
Action of the Wheeling Team.

The Island Team Doesn't Understand the
Action OF the Wheeling Team.
To the Capitol Rink Foot Ball Team:
The undersigned desire to say that they
EEL that they have been treated in a very
ungentlemanly way by you. We Ghal
'erged any team in the city and you were
the first to accept and named your rink as
the place for the first game, the place Of
playing the third game to be decided by the
winners of the second game. We met you
at your rink and defeated you in the
trst two rounds and the return game wa to
be played at the Island rink last night, aud
ysu failed to put in an appearance, Mr..
Jas. Caldwell being the only mar that
showed up. We consider hat we could
have beaten you much easier on our ground
than we did on yours. But we do not desire
to have anything to do with such an uure-
liable team, and any further challenge will
be treated with contempt by u.s..
c. II. CLoUSTOS,
Manager Island Foot Ball Team.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
QUESTIONS.
A Correspondent Who Seems to Under.
stand the Situation Perfectly.

A Correspondent Who Seems to Under.
stand the Situation Perfectly.
KsSsrs. Frear, Campbell T. Hart:
GENTLEMEN: There is q suspicion in the
minds Of many citizens that your attack upon
our present Chief of Police was made. and
is maintained, more in the interest of the
Republican party than for the welfare Of
the city. It is strengthened by the fact
that outrageous accounts of the matter have
been telegrsphed over the country, and yon
have ~repubEshed them in an e~xultant and
offensive manner, instead of trying to
correct them. All of which / beg to submit,
Injuries Jour csuse if you really desire the
reform you so ~strenuously Cor politically
advocate. You owe it to yourselves to re-
move this suspicion, if you cam and in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
"oNLY A FARMERS DAUGHTER

"ONLY A FARMERS DAUGHTER"
Lillian Lewis, the famous beauty, aud
The bright particular star in the above play,
to be produced at the Opera House to-mor,
row evening, is said to have been a horse
Jockey when only ifteen years Of age, and
known throughout Kentucky as the
Queen of the Blue Grass country" She
was not a dudine, but simply an expert in
borsewomanship. The lady is a remark
ably good Judge of horse flesh and q mag
rifcent rider still. Not only when the horse
is still, but whether in 3 hurdle race or a
plain plank road trot she displays such dar-
ing skill ard grace as to cause other &C.
trssses who do not know the difference be.
tween q clothes horse and a canal boat
mule, to be e~nvious Of her. She now owns
Badger Girl" n of Wisconsin's famous
racing mares.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for chill
dren teething, is the prescription Of one Of
the best female nurses and physicians in the
United States, and has been used for forty
years with never failing success by mil
lions of mothers for their children. Dur
ing the process of teething its value is in.
caleulable. 1t relieves the child from pain,
cures dysentery and diarrhPa, gripping in
the bowels, and wind collie. BY giving
health to the child it rests the mother.
Price 25c q bottle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24

Mr.. E. Springer, of Mechanicsburs, Pa.
writes: Il was afflicted with lung fever and
reduced to a walking skeleton. Got q free
trial bottle Of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption which did me 70 much good
that ! bought a dollar bottle. After using
three bottles, found myself once more q
man, completely restored to health, with q
appetite, and a gain in flesh of 4S
pounds"
Call at Logan l. Co.'S Drug Store and get .
free trial bottle of this certain cure for all
Lung Diseases. Large bottles $l.00.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24

The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated Electro-Val
taic Belt and other Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days, to men (young and
old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss Of
vstality and manhood, and kindred trou
bles. Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, par
alysis, and many other diseases. Complete
restoration to health, yigor and manhood
guaranteed. No risk is incurred, as thirty
days trial is allowed. Write them at once
or illustrated pamphletsfree.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
Index to New Advertisements.

Wanted-To Exchange Land.
Essex Ware-Kirk's Art Store.
HOtiee-Money to Loan.
For SAle-DWeling and Store Room.
Auction Sale Of Mules, Harness, Wagon,
etc.
For Sale or Rent-Steinway Piano.
McLlain's Pectorsl Cough Syrup.
Japanned Toilet Sets-Ewing Bros.
Wall Paper and BorderS-John Friedsl.
Blank Books-Jos. Graves & Son.
Grand Skating Carnival-North End
Rink-GLOcal Psge.l
The Dandy SOap@rLocsl Page
Grand Skating Carnival-Cspitol Rink
-[LocL Page.
Commissioners Sale of Real Estate
Local Page.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
Weather

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 24-l:30 q.
m.-For Ohio Valley and Tennessee,
warmer and fair weather followed in the
Ohio Valley with local rains or snow winds
generally shifting westerly by falling
barometer.
For the Lower Lake regions, fair and
warmer weather, followed By local SHOWS,
westerly winds and falling barometer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
An End to Bone scrapinx.

Edward Shepherd, Of Harrisburg,
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, l feel it my duty TO
let suffering humanity know it. Have had
a running sore On my leg for eight years;
my doctors told me | would have to have
the bone scraped or leg amputated. l used,
instead, three bottles OF Electric Bitters and
seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and
my leg is now sound and we'll"
Electric Bit.ers are sold at fifty cents .
bottle. and Bucklen's Arnica Sslve at &c
per box, BY Logan 4 Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
INJURED.
Frederick Fisher Narrowly Escapes Death
on the Pwiky.

FreueriCk fIsher NarroWIy EsCApS DEATH
on the Pwiky.
Mr.. Frederick Fisher, a cabinetmsker,
living at No. 2702 Jacob street, met with q
serious accident, yesterday afternoon, at
Wheeling Junction, on the Pwiky road. Mr..
Fisher desired to 60 10 P~ittsburg, butgot on
the west-bound train at the Junction and
found out his mistake only after the train
bad gained a good Roadway. he ran to the
platform of q car and Jumped of. but was
thrown violently to the ground, alighting on
the frozen earth on his head and shoulders.
bis face and head were cut in a terrible
manner. necessitating his return to this
city. DR.. Ackerman rendered medical aid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblaina
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. It il
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, %
money refunded. Price 2S cents per box,
For sale By Logan & Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24

HF y0u have q fine key wind
watch, leave Is at DiilOn's and
have 10 made into a stem wiBder.
They have fscii ties for doing all
kinds ofine watch work.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
thermometer Talk.

FOllOwing is the range of temperature
for Saturday and Sunday IS observed at
SchDePfs drug store, Opera House block;
Saturday "a. N Il; l2m., resp. N %; I
u m 81.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
H. X. II.
Teas! Teas! Teas,,!

Fifty half chests Gun Powder teas, fifty
half chests choice Oolong teas, just received
and for sale at low market rates by G.. s.
Feeny, No. l4l0 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-24
A Card of

desire by this means to express my SIM
cere gratitude to the citizens and societies
of this city, who showed their sympathy oy
so many deeds of kindness in my deep
affection. | did not fail to realize its Ok.
tent,which seemed to be without limit, and |
fully appreciate it. 1t would seem to be al
most unkind to me to mention anyone per-
~sonally, where all did 80 much. Please &C
EMMA KEELINE.