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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
THE WINDING OF THE sKEIN.

J held the skein for her one night.
when the shadowy CLINT Of the ire light
danced htfully on the opposite wall.
Polly and |, and that was ALL
we're there to see the ghostly ball:
longs and scuttle. hearth-doC aud cat
venus de Milo and mandarin fat
5able ard lamp, and chairs where we sat,
IN rhythmIc measure went round and round
WINE POLY arms as she wound and wound
Looked like fiddler drawing his bow
Across his fiddle to and fro;
Tic strings were those of the skein, you
Iheld the skein.
7 held the skein. I'd known her long,
And my heart had learned the same old song
That hearts have sung since hearts were
made
THRILLED in the sunlight or sobbed in the shade
But my lips were mute, for / was afraid
TO speak my thoughts. So held my peace
And borrowed hope and took new lease
OF a friendship l hated yet dreaded might
cease;
10, Jolly was oddish and queer in her WAYS.
Her Saz were nays and her nays were yeas,
And II often took me days and days
To md out if she was vexed or pleased,
Or If I'd been wounded or only leased;
But her la1yship was this night appeased;
held the skein.
J held the skein. the last few strands:
And as they escaped. my outstretched hands
Were stretched out further and further still
you see the yarn might have dropped, until
Somchow-well, Polly wasn't ill,
Onlv little bit tired, she said,
And, perhaps, a suspicion of ache in the
head
That nestled close under a beard that was
red,
But is auburn now. And she calls me Ned,
And says it was really very i'll bred
To kiss her and hold her waist instead
OF the s<eH, and she'll never trust me again.
Jut she has. for years have flown s.nce then
held the skein.
-OIhLdRd Week.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
PECULIAR WOODS.
A Block Whose Woody Fiber Forms Per-
feet Maltese Cross.

feet Maltese Cross.
Il have the 'dead-wood' on YOU" re-
marked Prof. Rothrock in response to
the applause which greeted him as he
appeared in the lecture-room at Horti-
cultural Hall, Paramount Park, Satur-
day afternoon. In his arms he carried
a number of chunks of peculiar
woods" to better illustrate his lecture
His subject was Peculiar Woods"
The lecturer explained that peculiar
exogenous woods were those that diff
fered in important particulars from the
normal or average growth. He CLASH
fed them as peculiar in color, weight
and manner of development He
showed several specimens having pecul-
iarities of color. There are no less
than sixteen plants grown in the United
States that are peculiar, because they
are of greater weight than water and
will therefore sink when placed in it.
These heavy woods grow in the South
ern States. in the damp atmosphere of
the country adjacent to the Gulf of
4hoAiCo' anu dIoo III Iue uIN ClIIndGe Oh
Arizona and New Mexico. Their pecul-
iarity is due evidently to heat more
than to any other one agent. He next
exhibited a number of specimens of
peculiar growth, showing with the aid
of the blackboard that they had not
grown as trees usually do, with perfect
meduilary and cambium formations.
Sometimes, instead of the regular rinps
formed at the ends of the several years
growth, they have bark soundings, be-
coming, as it were, trees within trees.
The professor showed one block in
which the woody fiber had formed a
perfect Maltese cross. another a check
er-board surface, and several others
nearly as remarkable.-P Philadelphia
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

An Albino child. living near Eustis,
Fla, named Jimmie. is thus described:
His skin is pure milky white. and his
hair of similar shade; the features
are all strictly African with one ex-
ceptpn. His eyes are as pink as those
of white rabbit, and have that pecul-
lar restless moeyment so noticeable In
Albinos. Jimmie is a robust, healthy
child. with no weakness excepting that
of vision, his eyes, when he took his
hat off. appearing to hurt him by con-
tact with the light. His mother states
that he can see much better in the
night than day. time He is about four
years old
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Ancient Recipe for Making Thunder.

In the Middle Ages anybody at all
distinguished by knowledge of science
was creditsd with the art of flying, and
indeed in many cases did not scruple to
claim it. Albertus Magnus was one of
these. but refused to give particulars to
the world at large. He tells us. however,
how to make thunder. Saws he: Take
one pound of sulphur. two pounds of
willow carbon. and six pounds of rock
salt ground very fine in a marble NOR
tar; place where you please in a cover
ing made of flying -papyrus to produce
thunder. The covering. in order to as
cend and float away, should be long,
graceful and well filed with this DOW
der; but to produce thunder the cover
ing should be short and thick, and half
full. 1T ". AGther, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

ANY person WHO takes the paper regu-
farly from the pos.-of1ce, whether directed TO
his bame or whether be is a subscriber or not
is responsible for the pay
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post Office. or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for. 3
p=inla facie eytdence Of INTENTIONAL. FIlAIEs
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

in Siam they cut the tails of the
cats so as to leave each tail an inch
long. Then they dye the animals q
bright yellow, which makes them look
very gay.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
FOR DUB YOUNG FOLKS.
ONE NOSE ENOUGH.

Eight fingers,
Ten toes,
Two eyes.
And one nose.
Baby SAID,
When she smelt the rose:
.-Oh. what pity
I've only one noSe.
Twelve teeth
In even rows,
Lots of dimpleS,
And one nose
Baby said.
When she smelt the snuff:
"Deary me,
One nose Is enOu9h!
Laura f. Richards, ia Youths Companion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

Santa Fe is the only town in New
Mexico that is entitled to the benefit of
the act authorizing the rapid delivery
of letters upon payment of the special
postage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26

with the conditions herein prescribed or to
report as herein provided, through its
proper officers, the disposition thereof, aud
the other matters herein prescribed to be so
reported such State or Territory shall for
felt its right to any subsequent apportlon-
ment By virtue hereof until the full amount
so miSapplied, lost, or misappropriated shall
have been replaced by such State or Terri,
tory and applied as herein required, and
until such report have been made: Pro-
ridsJ, That if the public schools IN any
State admit pupils not within the ages
herein specified, it shall not be deemed
failure 10 comply with the conditions herein.
If it shall appear to the Secretary OF the In
terror that the funds received under this act
for the preceding year By the State or
Territory have been faithfully applied 10
the purposes contemplated By this act, and
that the conditions thereof have been o.
served, then the Secretary of the Interior
shall distribute the next years apprOprla-
ton as IS hereinbefore provided The Sec
retary Of the Interior shall have power to
hear and examine any complaints Of mis-
appropriation or unjust discrimination in
the use OF the funds herein provided, and
shall report to Congress the results thereof.
Section ~ That on or before the first
dav of September of each year the Secretary
OF the Interior shall report to the President
of the nited States whether any State or
Territory has forfeited it's right to receive
its apportionment under this act, and how
forfeited, and whether be has withheld such
allotment on account of such forfeiture; and
each State and Territory from which such
apportioumeut shall be withheld shall have
the right to appeal from such decision Of
the Secretary Of the Interior TO Congress.
Section IL. That the Secretary OF the In
terror shall be charged with the practical
administration Of this act in the Territories
through the Commissioner of Education,
who shall report annually to Congress its
practical operation, and briefly the condi.
ton Of common and industrial education as
affected thereby throughout the country,
which report shall be transmitted to Con.
greSS Jy the Secretary of the Interior &C
cOmpanying the report of his Department
And the power TO alter, amend, or repeal
this act is hereby reserved
Section Ii. That no State or Territory
that does not distribute the moneys raised
for common school purposes equally for the
education OF all the children. without dis
tinctiOn Of race or color. shall be entitled
TO any of the benefits Of this act
Passed the Senate April :, l>~t.
Attest. Arson e. M,CooS, Secretary.
VOTE.
Names Of democrats are priuted in Ital-
ics)
AYES. 33-Blair. B,u,~,. CuH Cameron
(Wis), 'oiyoiH. Conger, Cullom, Dawes,
DoIph. Edmuuds, FRYE, G"Fiand, Ge",gc.
Hompi"a. Harrison, Hoar. J,r&so", james,
J.o,< fla K,ata. Logan, Mcmillan,
henderson, Miller (N. ", Morrill,, Pike,
P!att, rryL. H1as"D Riddleberger, Saw
yer. Williams. Wilson.
NAYS, Il - B1Yoii Butl.r CoIs
E,n".... N'uf<. Haeiey, HqrrH Miller
lof Colh Fn5."'a PcHNn"a, >owLhDH
D.ar.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26

TnE DAILY REGISTERwiu be
sent 10 any address during the SeS-
sion Of the Legislature for one
dollar. Invariably in advance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
Deaths.
DIED.

ROHAS-Ou Sunday, January =, 1871, At ;
o clock a. m, MICHAEL, sou OF Michael and Rosa
Kohan, aged years, 3 months and % days.
Funeral from res. ience o, parells, No. POI alley
2. this afternoon at O'Clock. Iuierment at Mt
c wary Cemetery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26

NO CURE. NO PAY. WHITEHURSTS CE-
y OAR BalSam i warranted 10 cure Coughs Cold,
t-y.V. Throat and Lung Disease, &C. six drop
ao,c Inv It. ID not Satisfied return the empty
bottle anu get you. money back. For sale by all
druggists. lrjCe 3 cents. uol9eolsb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
Alk-
VITAL STATISTICS.



At i.arluuut Marion county January :, by Rev.
J. ". ". E..toa, George Brand and Miss LcOnOgs
Compton.
A; B'htowu, MOuohgiliI county, January -
Luther Jacobs and Mis- Madeline Travis.
Ia Morgan district. Monongda county, January
i, b. Rev. d. L.. HelmiCk, Grors0 VI. GrUbh aud
Miss Louisa LunnOu.
On HAYNES Branch, Wayue county. January l.,
~ Rey. J. W. smith. John Hay ME and Miss Laura
Harvey.
Al Mouuisyill January 20. by Rev !. B. smith,
George ". GuUlj and Miss Della Uoty.
A. MechauI, sburI Hampshire county, January
20, 10y Rev. Wesley Hammond, VIM. e.. HarwvOd
sui Miss Alberta l.. Taylor
Al Ch3r,s,ton Jefferson county. January q, by
Rev. Dll,I> Tucker, George Purterueld AMI Miss
susan l.. Simmons.
Deaths.
At New Cumberland, Hancock COUNTY, January
i, frank Cre,siEger, agei >
On Whites Greek, WAYNE county, January =.
Eu,ilino N. smith, lgcd a..
Ia Mcdowell county, January II, Ms. Texas
pesSius.
In Brooke county, January II. Elizabeth Clemens,
aged =.
In WeNsnarc. January l.. James Briggs agcl -
Al ,'lrnytlr, ''IImer county, January s. Behind
q. Wi.muth
In Warren district Upshug county, January =
Mr., Phoebe TOmh.in.
o Turkey Run, Upshur county, January
VIM. EraSr, aged -.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26

roR RENT-A FURNISHED HOUSE con;
tanning eight rooms; bath room, not and cora
IiS,cr and IN modern convenienceS. Price so per
,,ontb Mrs. NJ. h. WHITAKER, No l"Jacoo
street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADY BELLE, EGYPTIAN QUEEN, RE
ycaIs rast, present and future. Gives sdTiec
On money, business and family affairs Hours IRON
tngn. IN, No. 20 Eighth street nooOd"s
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
FOR RENT.

rI7HE COMMODIOUS RESIDENCE ON THE
corner Of Twelfth and Eof streets now occupied
by Dr. Hardc,ty. Also four rooms fronting the river,
Oh the second floor, No. 1865 Main street.
JAMES l.. HAWLEY.
lal" No. 1920 Main street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
TRUSTEES SALE,

10y VIRTUE OF 4 DEED OF TRUST MADE
ID by Emma J. Jordan and J.. : Jordan her hus
land to the undersigned trustee. dated on the 18TH
day OF June 1873. and recorded in the Once OF the
clerk OF the County Court Ci OHIO county, hesi
Virginia, in trUst-dced book ~, page 10, Will on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1885,
commencing at - o'clo,S a. nl ~'lI Al publ. a..-
ton at tie front door OF the Court House OF ono
county, the following described property, that IS -
say: All that lot or parCe! o. ground situate III
1riadelphia district, in the cOIny o.! OHIO, ana
State OF West Virginia, bounded and described as
follows: p ginning al 4 stake on he tOuth-ea'' SD.
Of the EdgngtOn lane being the northeast cpTnGroi
the tract or parCel o! land conveyed 10 Richard '.
VIII, IAN in his life time Icy th" German ldih1Ic
Cemetery association by Iced dated Oh III" 18th day
OF Al rl 1874, and running with the northern IN"
Of said tract south % 81 east 20 Ni-iNJ Hot3 10
stake. thence south 81 wet with tie a. boEu-
Diary line oi said tract 10 I1-lCl poles 10 q .laE"i
thence north - west Il Ss-i"b poles to stake on
the sor theaSt side o: said Edgingion Lane; thence
with said lane north ~ lC east ? 12.l"N poles tn
the place OF beginning, containing two acres OF
ground by .u-vey, together with all and singular
The Improvements theron and the hercll,anentS
and arp"vteusnCcS thereto belonging. This i the
same property which was conveyed TO the aid Emma
J. Jordan by A. Il. Lcyda AMI wife b. deed dated
February :, l'Sp.
TINY; or SALE-Onc.third Of the purchase
money cash in hand. third thereof, With inter-
est in ore year and the reiue thereof with inter-
est in two years from tie day OF sale, the purchaser
giving his notes with good security for the deferred
payment and the lesa! title being retained as fur
Their security. HENRY N. RUSSELL,
iP3I Trustee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
NOTTCE.

T'hk ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE STOCK
holders OF tie Benwood Iron Works, for
the election Of Directors and Transaction Of such
other business a. may be brought before them. will
he held al the company Office No. Ii fourteenth
street Tuesday Evening, JANUARY 21th, 1885,
al T. II,
jal%i ALONZO LOkING. Secretary
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
Stock holders Meetinu.

He ANNUAL MELTING OF THE STOCK
4 io.!trs 0, the ! ire and Marine Insurance Com
iaHy Of hecling, w. Va, will he held al the Office
=. '.' company, in le,pc's Bank Building on
IL. Jay, January eth, 49, between the hours o!
~ ga - o'clock a N. for The election OF Directors
and IA" Transaction OF any Othc: business that may
,o:'a hc!0IC il.
IA. .2I-. G Il COLLIER Sc-.n..rr
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
NOTICES
NOTICE
Stockholders MEETING.

TUE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
q; tie Belmont Nail Company, Of Wheeling, ". Va,
vii BE held at the compaHys Office on Tuesday
IaL a.! =, l,>', at O'Clock p IN for the election
4 '!r,iois and the transaction Of any other bust.
TO- ih,i may coIue before it.
a.. 49, !. u. DUBOIS. Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26
CONSUMPTION,

have positive rdy 'or the above l!sea,e; hv
y, tie thousands Cl cases oi The worst kind and OF
ny !Mih m lis efficacy u at win ,cnp TWO Boz
LIS RE together with " LIABLE TREAT.
ioE on IONS disease 10 any sufferer. Give express
,.a., DR.. T. A. SLOCUM, Isl Pearl 81, New York.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-15

period during which. as before stated,
tho notes are preserved for reference
IS about seventy-seven million seven
hundred and foPty-fve thousand in
number. They FILL thirteen thousand
four hundred boxes, about eighteen
inches long, ten wide aud nine deep.
II the noses could be placed in pile
one upon another, they would reach to
q height of FIVE and two-third miles.
Joined end to end they would fern n
ribbon twelve thousand four hundred
and fifty-fve miles long, or half way
round the globe; if laid so as to form
q carpet, they would very nearly cover
Hyde Park. Their original value is
somewhat over seventeen hundred and
fifty millions, and their weight IL about
ninety-one tons. The immense extent
of space necessary to accommodate
such mass in the bank vaults may be
imagined. The place, with its piles on
piles of boxes reaching far away into
dim distance, looks like some gigantic
wine cellar or bonded warehouse.
As each day adds, as we have seen,
about fifty thousand notes to the num-
Der, it Is necessary to find some means
of destroying those which have passed
their allotted time of preservation.
This is done by fire, about four hum
dred thousand notes being burnt at
one time in a furnace specially con-
structed for that purpose. Formerly,
from some popularity in the ink, the
cremated notes burnt into solid blue
clinker; but the composition of the ink
has been altered, and the paper now
burns to fine gray ash. The fumes
OF the burning paper are extremely
dense and pungent; and to prevent any
nuisance arising from the cause, the
process of cremation is carried out at
dead of night. when the city is COM
paratively deserted. Further, in order
to mitigate the density of the fumes,
they are made to ascend through q
shower of falling water, the chimney
shaft being fitted with special shower
bath arrangement for this purpose.
Passing away from the metropolis of
dead and buried notes; we visit the
Treasury, whence they originally is
sued. This is quiet looking room,
scarcely more imposing in appearance
than buffers pantry in West-end
mansion, but the modest looking cup
boards with which its walls are lined
are gorged with hidded treasure. The
possible value of the contents of this
room may be imagined from the fact
that a million Of money, in notes of
one thousand pounds, forms a pocket
only three inches thick. The writer
has had the pleasure of holding such q
parcel in his hand, and for a quarter of
a minute imagining himself a million
aire, with an income of over thirty
thousand per annum for life' The
same might occupy even less space
than above, for Mr.. Francis tells q
story of lost note for thirty thousand
pounds, which, turning up after the
lapse of many years, was paid by the
bank t,0ice ooer? We are informed
that notes of even a higher value than
this have on occasion been printed,
but the highest denomination now is
sued is one thousand pounds.-CaGns-
berS' Journal.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-15
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

I'D never think of marrying n
baseball player, BELIEF "Why, why
not, my dearP" because, If he didn't
reach home in the morning before the
clock struck three times I'd be put
out. ~ Washington Hdtchet.
1t Is said that the heart OF tho
average man sends 1900 pounds of
blood through the arteries every hour.
When ruffian threatens to drink your
hearts blood, his eyes are larger than
his stomach.-K T. Graphic.
1t is said that bees and wasps will
not sting person whose skin is
smeared with honey. This, OF course.
may bee perfectly true, but the trouble
with the blarsted insects Is that they
won't always wait until q fellow can
smear himself.-Judqe.
Women, my boy" said parent
to her son, ''are q deluslon and a
snare" "It is queer murmured the
boy, ''how people will hug a delusion."
And while the old man looked queerly
at him, the young man hunted up his
roller skates and went out to be shared,
--Peck's Sun.
-"Sakes live, Missus Bumly, why
didn' yo' tole me Willee he'd de mumpsg
Now I've done sposed de baby to UNI.
an he'll hab 'em, shuah'' ''Oh,
tink dais no danjah from UNI, Missus
Ketchum, kase Willee's got UNI on one
side only, an luther side hain't looked
UNI tall, an dey've been long toged-
der aller time. "-HGrper'S Bazaar.
Mrs. Blank-"What wonderful
things are done nowr' Mr.. Blank
"In what wayp" Mrs. Blank--"Every
way. The paper says new telephone
instrument has been invented by which
the crying of baby may be heard at
the distance of hundred miles. 1t
don't say who was the inventor" Mr..
Blank-"Then he must have escaped"
philadelphia Call.
Little Harry, aged four, who had
been presented with q toy monkey,
very much astonished his young and
greatly admired aunt the other even
ing, by ending his prayers with "a
monkey" instead of "amen." His
aunt was greatly shocked and ex-
claimed: why. Harry! what made
you say thatP" Theyoung philosopher
answered: II say a monkey because
/ like monkeys besh you say amen
because you Ike man best. IN y
Sun.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-15
A MEAN TRICK.

Dastardly Attempt to Confuse q Right
Meaning Jurist.
l witnessed a mean trick one pight
last week. was returning home at
one a. m. from Brooklyn. There was
a Brooklyn Newspaper man with me.
We were passing through a very quiet
dark street, with rows of stately brick
houses on either side of the way. You
couldn't tell one from the other. They
were identical in their outward looks,
and there were no numbers visible.
"Ah," said my journalistic friend,
"this is Judge Jones' club night
"Why do you make that unprovoked
assertionP" l inquired.
because he lives in this row and
see his sign out. ~
"His signP What do you mean?''
"Look at the gate under the stoop OF
this house. You remark a fluttering
scrap of linen tied to the barsp Well,
that's put there BY the servant that the
Judge may identify his own house when
he returns home in the small hours
loaded to the muzzle."
That's an infallible scheme" said
in enthusiastic admiration of this de-
vice.
"Infalliblep" repeated the waggish
Brooklyn journalist. Don't be so
sure of that. Wait till the thing has
stood the test of time"
And with that he deliberately united
the linen signal and, walking two doors
down. tied it to the area gate of an
other house.
"What did you do that forp" asked,
as he hurried me away.
ITO convince some people that they
are not as smart as they think them
Selves" said he, with chuckle.
But the Judge may be shot for
burglar"
THAT will be no irreparable loss.
There are fifty persons anxious to fill
his place. Offices never go begging in
Brooklyn" said the hard-6earted
jester.
l have been watching the papers for
an account of the accidental shooting
of Brooklyn Judge. but not line has
appeared. / wonder how the Judge
got out of the scrape, anyhow. l
should like to have his story of the ad-
ventures of that early morning, but of
course would not dare to ask him.
Y. Star.