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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

Io-0AE is the 6rusrh anniversary u the
great FIRE in New York city, No atty exs
eg1t Boston ard Chicago. ever lost so
much property IN ~twenty,four hours, This
great Ere destroyed go buildings, cover
inc II blocks or so acres Of ground, csus'
ing g loss of SIS, 900, 900, with, in pro-
portion to tbs size and wealth of the city
to day, was equal to 5000, 100000 ct pres
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
He Recognized the I. stLHmsut
81. q nL..A-n
THkT5 s assST'SH.

DO you recognize this Instrument
said the lawyer to the prisoner az the bar.
pointing TO q written contract. II think /
DO" calmly responded the man addressed.
HWil you be kind enough to inform tie
Court What the nature Of this instrument
isY' You drew up the instrument I BE-
iieve2" asked the prisoner. Il did" 70
oied the tormentor. Then ! should say
Il was a wind instrument"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

TzE New York World came out With 3
rhir,y.two psge edition last Sunday. The
rivalry nov snoug metropolitan dailies Is
which shall pull down the most pounds
svo;rdnnoiI
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

Az Ohio Congressman has a DILL sdyo-
eating the election OF Postnssters By the
oscple. This would relieve the President
and other officials Of much work, but It Is
8 question With many whether this a be
done&ithout an amendment 10 the conatI'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

CLERK Dalton, Of Hamilton county,
ignored tie orde- Of the Supreme Court OF
Ohie TO forward the election returns OF his
couur7, and the contest now il who is the
"bigss, nan" DALTON or the Supreme
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

4 BILL to prevent a TAX on Commercial
travellers is to be considered in Congress
this winter. This will be an important
uassur. for merchants and manufacturers,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

The French Chamber Of DsPutiesis now
thinking Of boyconjaR the American hog.
Es is nowhere so welcome IS in this land
af the free.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
Rvordupoi


IzE Congressional delegation from the
Pacific States claims that la 600 Chinese
have CONS into the United States during
tie psss year, 4,OO) Of whom entered the
country in violation Of the treaty with
China.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

IHE more Mr. EEILVs case is inquired
.n;c. the more MARROW ard prejudiced DO
the governments Of Austria and Italy seem
u Tssusins 70 receive him as Minister.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
WILLIAM MALONE.

ColNRbES Dispatch.
the breezes that over Virginia blow
Bear to westward q p tful MON!
IT'S a sobOng OF serTOS and Waling Oh woe
I hat appear IN intensity ever ogroT.
As incsssabtly, throbbingly, outward they go
From the throat OF poor William Malone.
the sun Of the Fourth a. it mounted the sky
Wa q Sorrowful spectacle shown
From hens.th q great mountain Of ballots a cry
Game in s~orrowfUl accen $, Lob, help or / die!"
And this wm precisely the wherefore and why
AT the bottom was William Manone.
oh, William Malone,
Your mascot has flown,
And the wind through yVurw hisksrs Is mourninIly
BLOWN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
The Hardest Part Finished.
HoRsFokD's ACID PHOsPHATE.
Admirable Results in Fsvers.

Admirable Results in FsvsTs.
DR.. J. ]. Ryan, St. Louis, No, says; II
invariably prescribe it in levers; dlso IN
conyalescence from wasting and debllita-
ting diseases, with admirable results. l
also 6ud it q tonic to an enfeebled eondi.
ton of rhe genital organs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

ard
To ali who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions Of youth, nervous weak,
ness, early decay, loss Of manhood, etc. l
will send q receipt that Will cure you: tree
of charge. This great remedy was diseoV-
cred by q missionary in South America.
Send a s~elf-addressed envelope TO the Rev.
Joseph T Inmsn, Station D,NewI orkCIty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
.rvould An come ont In the wash.


Texas SVfiRgL.
Customer-Why, hang It, man! Iou'er
w;ping Of my plate with your hsndker-
chief.
New w~aiter-That' all right I'm 60
ing to put in the WASH next week, anyhow.
The White House Actually Sunny With
Smiles.
Mobile RsgLia.
lt must be cheerful reading for MIR.
Cleveland nowadays to see speculauons as
to what would happen in the event of his
death in every paper he picks up.
The Hardest Part Finished.
CaieGqo NsrJ.
Customer-Is my portrait conef
Arrist-Not quite. III have is ready
tomorrow.
But you have been four weeks at it al
ready. How much have you doneY
oh, I've got my name done. | shall
begin oR the portrait in the morning,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

Many Boston Capitalists Envy You.
augusta ChroaicIs.
Our relations with Mexico continue tran
luil.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
~DIIvERED BY cARRIER

DAILY, per week 70 We pail weekly --...---. 1
Toe DAILY x1d Be dsgser5dby caCrisrm any ,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ID OOMs AND BOARD; ALSO DAY BoARD,
7 III 2I25 Chapliue street. nolih
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16
CIIOAKS !

Don't wait until January to Buy Ladios' AID
Chil1ren's Cloaks. You can ind a better s'ort.
ment no y ard the prices as low.
We hare commenced our slaughter sSe OF wrap,
today,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-16

THE REGISTER, ss5'Isiag De 5or-Tdt SdH'ohs,
t,SgtersGaf AZ Patotc. r. FbesIisg, W. w., as
sse-sd class matter.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
aI Wonder.r

If you wish to write an essay, or to
begin a conversations and are at a l3ss
for something to write or talk about,
only write or say II wonder" and
something will be sure to follow. But
s'show me rte Yaan who never wonders.
and i wiz show you the man who
never thinks" said Voltaire. Asses
never wonder, they take everything
for granted and seem to be complete
fatalists. They receive the cudgel as
patiently as If it were preordained and
essential to the harmony of the uni
verse. The intellectual people, those
who are not asses, investigate, think,
wonder and cease to wonder, but they
have no sooner ceased to wonder at
one thing than they begin to wonder
at another. I am willing 70 grant
that there is nothing new under the
sun; but for all that we live In a very
wonderful world, and are constantly
surrounded by a world Of wonders.
In fact, everything Is wonderful, and
the greatest wonder In the world
would be 60 find anything not wonder
full. Wondering is the peculiar facul-
ty and privilege Of human and intel
lectual beings. I have said above
that asses do not wonder; they have
not wit enough. / was going to say
that wondering may be applied as a
distinctive epithet of the human spe-
cies, and that Plato might have amend
ed his definition by this addition, but
! fear / should be wrong. Plato de-
fined man as a featherless biped, upon
which Diogones, who was what the
world calls u wicked wag, stripped the
feathers from q poor unfortunate ban
tam cock, and exultingly exclaimed:
There is Plato's man" Now, II
Plato, in order to render his definition
more definite, had defined him 10 be 4
wondering, ~featherless biped, Diogenes
would still have been down upon him,
saying: Look at Plato's mana
featherless biped, wondering what has
become Of his feathers!'- Bgooklgsi
Eagle.
n.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
GoObers I'M School.

Parents are sometimes very unrea-
sonable in regard to fancied griev-
ances imposed upon their children by
school teachers. An instance in point
lately occurred at PottsvilIe, Pennsyl-
vania, where six scholars we're expell-
cd from a public school for eating
peanuts during school hours, and
their parents propose to test the mat
ter In the courts.
1t strikes us that the parents had
better let the matter drop, providing,
of course, the children had fair warn
ing-as was probably the case-that
If they persisted in munching the sue
culent s'goober," to the annoyance of
the teacher and non-eating
pupils, they would have to promtly
leave the halls of learning. Peanuts
are all right in their place-on a train,
where the rattle of the cars browns
the noise made In cracking the shells;
at town meetings, where they act as a
sort of moderator and prevent much
useless talk; by the fireside, where the
shucks make excellent kindling, and
under some other conditions not me-
cessary to state; but the line should
certainly be drawn at schools and
churches, although, perhaps, If a man
lis inclined TO 90 TO sleep under prosy
preaching he might take a few with
him, already shucked. just to keep
himself awake, if he don't chew to-
bacco. OF course, he would naturally
be very careful not to work his Jaws
90 industriously as to attract attention,
but just enough to get away with q
dozen or so peanuts from text to bene-
diction. Most anybody can keep
awake during the preliminary exer-
cises.
On the whole however, even this
concession to the appetite for the nui
that cheers but does not inebriate ii
not advisable, and schools should GER
tainly be exempt from peanut eating,
Gsaa Is bad enough, but the artistic
gum-chewer a manipulate her jaws
SO deity and noiselessly as not to an
noy others In close proximity, and
therefore q eud Of gum holds oyel
peanuts by q large majority.
On the other hand, q teacher ough'
TO convince pupils that peanut eating
Is demoralizing to a school without
going 20 the extremity of expelIinE
them but IL, after a reasonable amour.
% sollcitakion and warning, the prac
a. = poksisted Ia, then they Shouts
axDa y Tho decision OF tn
RUW .Wo AL-
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
FOREIGN Owners Of New York Property

According to the correspondence of
the Troy Times, the offerings of real
estate In New York City this season
are less than In former years. This
arises from the general depreciation
Of stocks and railway bonds. Real
estate is held with increased tenacity.
The uncertainty prevailing in Europe
leads 10 extensive purchases by foreign
capitalists, including some Of royal
blood. Among these Is an extensive
landed estate owned by Eugene, and
including some gilt-edged property
whose rental Is between $4,000 and
S76, 600 a year. The King of Sweden
owns an estate valued at $500, 600; the
Grand Duke Alexis is also an extensive
property-holder, and large purchases
have been made for Queen Victoria.
The titles are taken in other names,
but the trne ownership lis we'll under
stood.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
The Constitutions Rip.
Washington Correspondence Of the New Yorl
World

washington corresponding OF the noW 10TH
World
When the court was going on In the
House last Wednesday the acting Vice
President handed an envelope contain
ng the Vote of Nevada to Keller. Ed
nunds had torn open each envelope be-
'ore handing it downt to the te1lers. the
Nevada envelope was only partially torn
open. Keller, Ia order to get out the
returns, would have been obliged to tear
the envelope. This Mr.. Edmunds had
regarded as his peculiar duty. Keller
1nderetood this and 80 he did not pre-
sume to tear the remaininginch Of paper
still left at the partially open end Of the
envelope. He turned to Mr.. Edmunda
With an air Of exaggerated Importance
and suggested that he had not wholly
fulfilled his part ofthe duty. Edmunds
listened and then he said, grimly, with
out turning towards Keller :"I think that
I have made the constitutional rip, sir. =
This phrase was afterwards passed
around and is now used to describe ths
duties ofthe Vice President during the
SQUIRT. He is to be strictly confined tc
presiding andto the making Of the con
stitutional rip In the envelopes contain
ing the returns.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24

When the clergyman remarked there would
be a nave IN the church the society was build
Ing an old lady remarked tnat che knew tx
party 70 whom lie referred.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24

leon Rosskam 81 PhiIadelphiA wss publicly
horsewhippsd 81 Aiken, s q. BY cihzsn 70,
Insulting bis wife.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Misused Christian Names.

Frank" is a very pretty, pleas
ant sounding name, and it is not
strange that many persons use it in
common conversation all their days
when speaking of friend. Were they
really christened by that name, any
of these numerous Franks? Perhaps
they were, and if so there is nothing to
be said. But if not, was the baptismal
name Francis or Franklin? The mind
is apt to fasten in a very perverse and
unpleasant way upon this question,
which too often there is no possible
way of settling. One might hope, if he
outlives the bearer of the appellation,
to get at the fact; but since even grave
stones have learned to use names belong
ing to childhood and infancy in their
solemn record, the generation which
docks its Christian names in such an
un-Christian way will bequeath whole
church-yards full of riddles to posterity
How it will puzzle and distress the his
torians and antiquarians of coming
generation to settle what was the real
name of Dan and Bert and " Billy"
which last is legible on white marble
slab, raised in memoay of a grown per-
son, in a certain battle-ground in a
town in Essex county Wendell
Holmes, IN April atlantic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Fashions for Stout Women.

The fashions of to-day would all
seem to be arranged for slim people,
and those who are broader-built and
fatter are much troubled how best to
keep with the times. But there are
certain principles and hints worth con-
sidering on their part. "A symmetrical
figure is good one, whether stout or
thin, and that is the object to be at
tanned. Combination garments greatly
diminish the bulk, and should be
adopted by those who are troubled by
embonpOint, and the fulness of petit
coats should be brought down well be-
low the hips, fastened to band at
least twelve inches deep, and shaped to
the figure. This band should have
buttons all round, and all skirts be but
toned to the one band. Cheap stays
must be abandoned, and a good corset
iere consulted who knows her business
well. AS breadth is what you are war
ring against, everything should be done
to add to the apparent height. Allure
checks; have no straight draperies, but
rather diagonal ones; dark colors are
better than light. Bright colors intro
duced as waistcoats and fronts of dresses
diminish the apparent bulk, but take
care that the addition is made consider
ably narrower at the waist. Never
have an all-round basque to jacket if
the hips are unduly large, but cut it up
at both sides and back. Trim the front
horizontally with dropping bow,
where possible. The skirt drapery
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Encourage the Boys.

Don't be discouraged because your
boys seem dull. Slow growth is often
sure growth. Some minds are like Nor
wegian pines. They are slow in growth,
but they are striking their roots deep.
Some of the greatest men have been
dull boys. Dryden and Swift were dull
boys. So was Goldsmith. So was Glib
bon. So was Sir Walter Scott. Napo-
leon at school had so much difficulty in
learning his Latin that the master said
it would need a gimlet to get word
into his head. Douglas Jerrold was SC
backward in his boyhood that at nine
he was scarcely able to read. Isaac
Barrow, one of the greatest divines the
Church of England has ever produced
was so impenetrably stupid that his
father more than once said that if God
took away any of his children he hoped
it would be Isaac, as he feared he would
never be fit for anything in this world
Yet that boy was the genius of the
family. Canada School Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
The Power Of Niagara Falls.

These wonderful falls have often
filled the hearts of those who regret TO
see power wasted with grief al
together too deep for tears. This sor-
row generally finds vent in pathetic
statistical account, showing the amount
of the loss. For example, taking the
height of the falls to be one hundred
fifty feet, it is estimated that l, 165, 000,-
600 cubic feet of water falls over every
hour. Exclusive of the velocity with
which the water reaches the brink, the
power of the falls is calculated to be
about 100000 horsepower, or nearly
one-fourth of the whole steam-power of
the earth. Accordingly, four such falls
as those of Niagara, working day and
night, would replace the work now
done for man by the steam-engine. BY
the time the power of the existing falls
has been fully utilized, perhaps the
three other falls may have been dis
covered!-CasseU'S Magazine for April.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Dunlorsome.

"Isthe colsnel here?" shouteda man,
sticking his head into Louisville
street-car. :" He is" answered thir-
teen men, as they rose up.
The Boston Post wittily and accu-
rately defines socialism as spending
what you have, and then wanting half
of what some other fellow has"
AN ELOQUENT editor thus describes
new organ: 1.-THE swell died away
in delicious suffocation, like one sing
ing a sweet song underline bed-clothes. "
A RURAL gentleman, standing over a
register in city store, attracted some
attention to himself by observing to
his wife, Mariar, guess Pm goin' to
have fever; feel such hot airs a-run-
MIN up my legs"
A LADY teacher in n public school
was amazed, the other day, by seeing a
perfect forest of juvenile hands fly up
in the air and shake and gesticulate
wildly. "What do you want?" queried
the puzzled instructor. Chorus; eyer
hairs fallin' off,"
"Ohl Mr.. S." said young lady at a
church fair, 81 want your help for a
moment. have just sold tidy for
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Stray Shots.

MASSACHUSETTS was paid $4,000
last month on her war claim against the
United States.
Hon. E. HENRY POWELL, state audi
tor, has been to Washington looking
after Vermont's war claim against the
United States.
GEORGE w. HILL of Waterbury has
had his claim for pension investigated
by James p. Curran, Esq, a special
examiner of the pension office.
Two or three New Hampshire lawyers,
who are angling for the Office of pen
sion agent at Concord, are displeased at
President Cleveland's dilatory action
in turning the rascals out"
WE have received the roster of Off
GERS and members of Howard Post, No.
33, G. A. r., Ludlow, Vt, for 1885.
We should be pleased to receive one
from each Grand Army Post in Yer
mont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Questions Answered.

S. d., UNDERHILL CENTER.-If the
soldiers death was caused by any dis
ease or injury contracted in the army,
the widow is entitled to pension.
H. E. p, RUTLAND, asks: elf an
officer who performed the duties of a
higher Office than that for which he was
mustered, who was commissioned and
entered on the duties of his higher
Office but was not actually mustered
under his higher commission because
there was no mastering officer, can he
now obtain the difference, between his
pay of the lower rank and that for the
higher rank?" AnsUer-Yes, from the
date of his commission.
E. A. H., PLYMOUTH UNIoN.-If
the soldier you name has two good
claims for pension-one on account
of disabilities he contracted in the SER
vice and the other on account of son,
upon whom he was partially dependent,
that was killed in the service-he can
only obtain one pension. He can choose
which claim he will prosecute. He
could only receive So month as de-
pendent father. He might receive
much larger pension than that upon his
disabilities.
P. M. F., AUGUSTA, MAINE, writes
that he is drawing pension at the rate
of S24 month in consequence of cpl
lepsy; that he is now unable to perform
any physical labor aside from walking
little; has attacks as often as once
month; occasionally falls on the street
by such attacks. When he goes from
home he gets some one to accompany
him, and constant care is required
when at home. He desires to know if
he is entitled to an increase of his pen
sion. Answer-Yes, a pension of the
first grade, $50 or S72 a month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Children In the House.

The tidiest and most particular CHI lid
that ever lived will sometimes upset
things about a house, to the annoyance
of fussy housekeeper, and all ordin-
airy children are the bane of her life.
They cannot, will not, appreciate and
pay respect to any ordinary ideas of
good housekeeping, so far as avoiding
litter goes, at any rate. Their toys,
their games, their shreds, their books
are scattered indiscriminately around.
As soon as child is old enough to play
about, in most homes sort of quiet
warfare between the housekeeper and
that child commences. The greatest
love may prompt the mother, yet all
but unconsciously, as it were, an atti-
tude of antagonism is assured by her
as regards the child's upsetting things
When there is nursery, and plenty of
assistants, of course the little folks are
more at liberty in their own domain
But in the average home, where the
children are part and parcel of the fam
lily, as regards the use of the common
living rooms, their want of order will
cause more or less disturbance. Happy
the mother who has the wisdom and
good sense not to be disturbed by their
litterings; who with equanimity can
see the dining-room chairs converted
into railroad trains, and composedly
survey the marks of little fingers on the
furniture. Unbridled license will ruin
the temper and disposition of any child,
but sympathy for, and patience with,
their desires to find themselves amuse-
ment, will lead any housekeeper to put
up with good deal of annoyance from
hem.-EGchange.