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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
THE WORLDS PROGRESS.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHlc ALPHABET
ILLUSTRATED.

How Ocean Telegraphic Messages are
Read-You Can Not Drown If You Wear
SNew Kind of Clothing Made in Lon
dOn-Nucca Tree.
On the MOjavet tract, east of southern Cali
Iornia, are groves of the yucca-Strange,
weird growths, the veritable reptiles of the
vegetable world in the remarkable shapes
they assume. Nature seems TO have exhausted
all her ingenuity in deviSing new forms and
positions for the trees growing in the sand, as
dry as the utter absence of moisture can
make il. They rise from ten to thirty feet in
a single stalk, and then branch out III club
like limbs, attaining every possible shape.
Some appear like strange insects of gigantic
stature, sprawhng over the plain; others re
semble caudelabra, the thick, branching spires
representing the chaTred wick; others again
look like weird hands extending from the
ground, Us if grasping or cropping after the
unattainable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
WOOL.
Wheeling.

TUESDAY, Sept. Z.
The local market retains a very qniet
tone and the sales for the past week have
been very light. The tightness OF the
money market has q tendency to depress
prices and cause the light demand. Fine
woods are little called for, while medium
and coarse fleeces continue in fair demand.
Prices have advanced on the latter two
cents since our last report. In the Eastern
market a better feeling is reported among
holders and the sales are fairly large. Man
ufacturers are still holding of their pur-
chases, however, until they can realize
better prices for manufactured goods.
Prices are: Xxx washed, 30 to 3llc; un-
washed, one-third off; medium washed, -
to 3ic; unwashed, % TO DC.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
How Cablegrams are Read.

Few persons have any idea of the difficulty
of reading Geographic messages that come
under the ocean Ordinary teieSraphHnS .
inadequate here.
Until recently, all letters were mace oy
flashes Of light from a mirror, suspended Oy
the finest possible silk fiber. AT best there
was a good deal of guessing.
Recently an EngliShman, Sir Nhialh
Thompson, has invented amethod when docs
away with the uncertain mirror flash.
The new plan is called the siPhon method
The tiniest of all possible glass siPhon pens
mo thicker than the hair Of a mans beard, Is
sued with blue ink. The point Of it touches
a steadily moving paper tape, and MAKES
-, ~, aftar tha other.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
WET TO ALLIANCE AsD CHICAGO.

All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leaving Bridgeport at f:i5 p. IN. nS2 city
time arrive a. Chicago ut G>of following morning.
Trains leave Cleveland ff Wheeling Gt ITO
.. IN, arriving At Sis p. N.
Leave Cleveland ITO p. IN, arrive al brsdge-
z A. FORD,
Gen. Pas. and Ticket Agent. Pittsburg. Pa
JAMES McCREA,
General Manager, PittsburE, Pa
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

All trains daily except sunday.
Pullman's Palace Buffet or Hotel Sleepinf
Cars through without change from Steubenyilb
Fast TO Philadelphia and New York, West "a 90
lumbuS, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, India
napolis and -. Louis.
For through tickets, baggage checks, sleeping
car accommodations, and any further information
apply to JSO. g. T0MLISSOS, Ticket Agent 8
Pan Handle Station. foOt 81 Eleventh street, or
at City Ticket Office, under Mcclure House, Wheel.
ing. JAMES hobEA,
General Manager, Pitbburg. Pa.
T. A. FORD.
Gent PAS and Ticket Agent. Pittsburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

Passenger trains daily, including Sunday. Ac'
CummodUtinn trains run daily except sunday.
W. J. ROBINSON,
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
FRED uUSEMES,
Tray. Pass. Agent.
J. G.. TOMLlNSON,
Ticket Agent. Wheeling, W. Va.
DITTSBURG, CINCINNATI &ST. LOUIS X. X.
Q'an-Iiandlc R0utc,)
Time table for Fast and West corrected 10 June
-. ISpb. Trains leave Panhandle station, foot
Of Eleventh street, near public landing, ny follows
central Standard Tim
Pits. East Fast Pac.
STATIONS. Exp's Exp's EXp's Enp's
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
DARN FOR SALE.

The subscriber will sell or trade for a smaller
property near the City OF Wheeling n Farm OF ll5
Acres on Big Wheeling Greek. fourteen miles
from the city. Land very level. Large Orrban
OF Good Fruit: Water In Every Field: two Cot.
,ages and Cold weit Water. son ~ rain: Good
FunceS: plenty Of Limestone aud Cual cnoppins
ont on the land. A purchaser can gct n rare bar
gain. J. II. EWING.
jylScAgh oaice, liCo Mntn ST. Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

This siphon, too, is suspended by a SIX
fiber, The vibrations upon 1t OF the eiecuS
current move it and cause It 70 marx
mon the paper. 1t would drag, however,
apd make a heavy and illegible, Struggling
mark, only for an arrangement so dehcate
- bsautini that it challenges admiration
and wonder. A minute particle OF iron IS
attached TO the point Of thepen- On the opPo-
site side of the paper tape, at the back, IS an
electromagnetic which IS magnstized ana ee-
maeneti1ed about ninety times a minute
Thns the tiny sfphon pen catches on and lets
go Of the paper at the rate Of ninety nmes a
minute. The effect Is practically that OF a
continued line. 1t moves In curves anu Va
angles, as you see in the picture, hne VI I'LL
fersnt curves and angles for each letter
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

SUNDAYS.
Leave the City at 700 m, and every hour to
800 p. In.
Leave Wheeling Park at 500 g. m, and eyepy
hour TO 1890 p. IN.
Church Train at 1910 p. m.
C. HIRSCH,
Superintendent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
COMMISSIONERS SALE
WHEELING REAL ESTATE

DY VIRTUE OF TIE AUTHORITY SESTED
ID in them 10y u decree ~ The CrcuiI Court OF
Ohio county. West Virginia, made on the 9TH
pcnftnr wherein TlmCacy Mcneil andn4hcs are
complaiuantS aud William shelly aud "thcN ao
defendants, the undvrsigicdspccla Commission
eS will, on
MONDAY, AuGI'sr 10Th. 1855,
conpcrEms ~ sa o'clock a. IN sll az Iaeiis
aietion, at ths fn,Ii 1%f OF lhG Count ,s,Is, -
cStLhiler, ihcfalowihg rslcstate situate IN tie
city aflwhtelinv hat iStoSay;
Lot mmhvrc! six IN the addition 20 Wheeling.
laid nat 10y IIUShnali anl McMechcn, subject la
the rights of Robert Aan>hali aud las asslsnstn
mining privileges for coal; being thr same prop
cTty conveyed Ia John shelly inhN life Time ny
Bridget Millegan hy deed dated Mauh q. lAt,
Auh r-urici in decd lbos numhsr ~, l'aRe i1l.
in the uil'cu al Tia" clerk "t the County Cont ior
ohio county, Wet Virginia, alSn,
Lots nunlLar-i scyuii and eight In sntd bush.
field and MuAlcCbCIrs addition W The >atd city al
Wheeling. h"imG the same property ,oh,.S,,iio
Clcmcucy Shelly aud John shelly 10y William
Chulfant aud wifi ny deed dntrd February slh,
1866, and rccnrlcd IN sah Clerks ofico In deed
book number ~, page u.
TERMS OF EAhE-Onc third Of The purchase
price, ~ N much more rs the purchaser may el~'t
la pay, cash In hand on The day III kal", ihe hhlaII'c
Ia two equal iuNtnllincnls, payable ~ tIN ana
twelve months irum the day ui sale, tic d"i"rni
paymCuts bearing Interest inpm thc day 81 sale
auI secured Ia the satialactiom of the Ssid ScriHl
commissioners. DENNIS OkEkFFE,
LOUIS y. SIltEi.
Special commissioner.
". II. HALLER, AuCtioncCr.
hereby certify that bond with seCufily has
been given 10y the said Special commissioners, IN
required by said decree.
JOHN ". MITCHELL, Ci,Tk.
July eth, lNSi. JUL
The above snlr Is adjourned until SATURDAY.,
| EIBIEMIIK lih. lS1t. Ht ~ % CItsk n m nj the
same place. DENNIS O'kEEfE,
LOUIS r. SIIfEI,
aualc Special commissioners
The sale Of the nbnvc property II continued un'
Ill SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18Th, hSi. nj ~
o'clock u. M. ut same place.
DENNIS oKEEFFE.
LOUIS = SIlFEI.
SGmwi special commissioners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
Blood

-,H wise who remembers Il.
R. ami %, y,ysr l>SO. l contracted
Nth o.. Inn savannah, Ca, at the
ant ~ 81 hospital there for treat
ar.. a., 80 much frOm rheumatism at
s-, n5rHas ! cured . Cy any Eoi 81 The Si
-l, ,T S,uud and well, II drove
I'D. ."'''7 DAN LEAHN.
..~ ~ Aus. i>N@
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

r~.,rfscted blood poison. Amer
~ f-,u, the best physicians
). .a5., / "a T@laysSn@ no y q DOCTOR aSf
m. TO- Try >uio'S specific assuring g;
lN -,l benefit ME more than Hot
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
PETROLEUM
OH CITY.

OIL CITY, September lJ.-Petroleum-
Opened at &c; highest Giie; lowest
sc: closed at Gaze. Sales, 2,G26. go har-
rels, clearances 2,5ls,UO barrels, ship
ments 69, 2i9 barrels.
Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, September l5.-Petroleum
Dull but steady; opened at e3ss; closed
| at 64tc; highest 64ae; lowest 63sc,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

B., e. 81 RAILROAD.
Leave Bellaire at 9:S5 a. N. for Summerield
and GAINESVILLE.
Leave Bellaire at 100 p. N. for woOdsfeld and
Summerield.
Leave Bellaire at $40 p. m. for WOOdStield.
Arrive at Bellaire 900 a. H., 1850 p. IN. and 405
=. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

a-a, holes i'm my back and chest
s-,ar hair oil my head, yet l
-.',. .F weeks time, ami the sores
aaI were entirely gone inside OF
r.,y. Porter Union Pass. Depot
,., July d. l>N.
TsI ami skin Diseases mailed
.oy..,ro. Drswer& Atlanta Ga.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

DENSSYLVASIA COMPANY. OPERATING
/ Cleveland and Pittsburg K. X.
Condemned timetable Of passenger trains cor.
rected W AUGUST l6, ~lSS-CentrAl STANDARD
Time.
EAST AM SoETH TO PITTsBuEo = CLEVELAND.
STATIONS. An An An. P.k. =. n.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

St Claisville accommodation, leaves Wheel ,
ing at S:5 q. m, l;jOand 600 p. IN; leaves Bell
aire al $40 a. m, 2:2S and 6:S p. m Returning
arrives at Wheeling al SIS a. NJ, l:o and 5i5 p.
IN, daily except sunday. Z.
1850 p. m. train through 10 Cincinnati without
change, with sleeper through Ia Cincinnati.
GAINESVILLE Accommodation leaves Wheeling al
400 p. NJ, Bellaire at AIS p. H., daily except sun
dAy. leg. .... ...... I'll. i
MoundSville Accommodation leaves Wheeling
nj ll:S H. m. and arrives al Moundsville n l2l5
p. M, daily except Sunday.
Grafton Accommodation leaves at SIS p. m.
Through coach from Wheeling TO Cincinnati
daily on No. 3, leaving Wheeling at g:25 4. IN, ar.
irving ut Cincinnati at go p. NJ.
b. \ o. sleeping ears on all through trains.
Close connection made for all points South and
Southwest, North and Northwest, making this q
desirable route for coloniss and persons moving
10 the great west, and 10 whom particular atten.
ton is given.
Tickets 10 all principal points on sale at depot.
Sleeping car accommodations can be secured at
Depot Ticket Office.
T.. C. BURKE,
Ticket Agent Il. 4 q. Depot.
JOHN BAIl.lE,
Ticket Agent, uRder Mcitirc House.
JOHN T. LANE, Tray. Passenger Agent.
G. X. LORD. Gen. Pass. Agent.
l.. 7. DEVRIES, General Agent. Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
gnsgE2GIEE COMPANY, Macon, Ga.

- rsmer .e0,ar. % assure You that At
rsasu D.. g.. N.i1nc $ celebrated Liver
..r. fr.u twenty wears Iu uy fanny,
-.-If .rma, byluE superior TO any
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g...eua,.4uty and had 20 try uthcrS,an1
a..elA .rul variety, but 1 have never
% At So promptly, prOutablyp anC
sWaL4urs. hIYchsed Them myself,
-le..!ruu. w.tutbe most gratifying re
90, F.rg...lrru. having used them on my
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a. church south, Myers Station,
.--. DrJg,cl, Florida Conference.
TEvtsTIGo, Canada West, ont
G~- FrENINI EEuS.
- lu4r pills came all right, and | can say
r -ruj bilious pill. l have used 4
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,..,. I#Lu!lctured by Fleming Bros.
4Ui-rutlrm"u yOuhave my thanks
- l-ue some uf those pills 10 my
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r BIS. in>.ait they DID help him. He
.- .-Etss ahr 90 new man. HO wishes
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a.- Do pa, Tor the last two boxes order
e. -"~,rI lWuu.d only SAY. they have
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F@ - Yours truly,
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West Sandlake, n. Y.
AVOID GOUNTERFEITSl Send US CSC
. send you by return mail . box Ot
aa-lr l- g.. M"Ianc'S Celebrated LlFe-
-er.-.. handsome cards.
FLEMING BROS. PitISOurg, Pa
to' Sale By retail druggists Be
Se the McLaro's PillI you buy aye
A24e at Pittsburgh, Pa. The coun-
sFicitS arc mado at St. Louis, no.
aid Wheeling, W. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
darSak.

JrOR sALL-CoRNER LOTION GREENBACK
II street., (Kirkwood,) Bridgeport. o. Will be
sold cheap II sold soon. Call on or address J. T.
HANEs, Real Estate Agent, Martins Ferry, D.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
WHEELING AND pIrrsBURG DIVISION.

on and aner May 30. lSS6, passenger trains will
run Us iOllows-Wheeling time
... DEPARTURES.
For PittSburgI5@a a. M, daily; 7:2Sa. III, daily /;
l:5 p. III. and 60 p. M, daily.
For Washington i:5o y. In, daily except Sun
day.
ARRIVALS.
From PittSburg-gG a. IN, daily lbs a. M.
and 6s0 p. NJ, daily 1925 p. III. daily.
From Washlngtorl-7:0a IN, daily except Sun.
day 1925 p. IN, daily.
G.. K. LORD, General Passenger Agent.
B. DUNHAM, General Manager.
J. T. LANE, Travelling Agent, Wheeling.
nHIO RIVER RAILROAD.
This time table corrected 10 May 3th, lSS,
Trains leave Panhandle Station, foot OF Elev-
cnth street, near public landing. rs follows-Cen.
trail standard ~1imc-whiCh Is 81 minutes slower
than Wheeling time:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
fontagiOus

nanA ~
ENGLAND and while I was n
.rifc o. Se5Eisi a terrible blood poison,
: Ioa', mas under treatment as an
r5 yea ZnltiRgham Hospital, EasH
aI% lrTI. / suffered the most
Is De me and was oVeseI Win
ny Nm and limbs. | had vertigo
ny Partial los Of sight severe
r. wa mi eyes etc, which Nearly
y ae1,l, h., ga ali hope in that county
.aE Is,Sics. and was treated az Ko9se
s N,SI Ttll As by aPUomlnsni ply,
,, having no connection with
.,.,nent Of Swin'S specific, ana
siI' d atrial asa last resort
oj Si SSpr ii being cured, = | had
ST. Srllnf> oGthe best medical men
,lS y X-w York. Itcok six bottles
5a I ssv With great JOY ina theS
la',Sr7iy. lam ~ Soundan e
.raNmm! nv FRED. HALFoRD,
mne l2Ih, lS%s
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16
@beeIins Register
d~rarrlers' 6uide.

A kRIyAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS
sunday excepted. monday excepted-Wheei.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD CON.
ID pany. On and AFTER August Is, 1856, passenger
trains will nun IS MOUNTAINEERING time
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

WHEELING AND ELM GROVE r. 4.
ON and after NAY 5, lSS6, Trains win run as
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-16

20 - TRUSTEES SALE
Il y-o'-lo ash
Personal Property.

10y yIRTUEO OF A DEED OF TRUST MADE
d by William GaSon and Susannah. his wife,
To me rs trustee, dated ON tho I'd day OF Febrna-
~, 1856, and recorded in the ONCE of the Clerk
OF the County Court OF Ohio county, in deed Of
trust hook u, page al will sell at public auc-
ton, at Point Mills, gu
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
Object Lesson.

Captain Pratt, superintendent of the In
diana school at Carlisle, brought on the plat
form, at the recent New York meeting in
behalf of the Indians, some articles made
by the students, for the purpose, he said, Of
giving the audience an object lesson show
ing what the Indians can do when educated
and civilized. These articles embrace a
jacket, pair OF trousers, portion of har-
ness, tin vessels, horse shoes, etc. 1--WE defy
any school in this country" said Captain
Pratt ''to show such successful industrial
education Carlisle exhibits in its briet
existence of six years. We have made all
our own clothing, for instance. 1t don't
matter where the Indians come from. About
the best workmen we have are these 'horrid'
Apaches as they are called" Captain Pratt
read list of the articles made by the stu
dents which embraced large quantities Of
clothing, boots and shoes, harness, and other
implements of general utility. He told
how failing to induce congress to purchase a
farm for his Indian students he borrowed
money and bought a farm himself. 1t
proved highly successful experiment. A
lady recently sent him So, 900 and the farm
was paid for. He read reports from teachers
showing great proficiency among some of
the students in the ordinary branches of
education. He held that Carlisle had de-
mOnstrated that the Indians can be educated
mentally and industrially. The Indians
would never learn how TO protect themselves
from being cheated by the white men while
they were kept in an isolated condition. He
had printing press and his students pub
lished a small paper in which they printed
many of the speeches. in congress affecting
the Indian question, with comments of their
own. They also had debating club.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
A Categorical witness.
Detroit Free Press.l


'Do you know the witness well?" asked
"Never knew him sick" replied the wit
ness.
No levity,' said the lawyer, sternly
Now, sir, did you ever see the prisoner at
the bar?"
Had many drink with him at the bar"
Answer my question, sir, yelled the
lawyer How long have you known the
prisoner?"
From two fact up to five feet ten inches"
"Will the Court make the-?'
II have, your Honor" said the witness,
anticipating the lawyer; II have answered
the question. l knowed the prisoner when
he was boy two feet long and man FIVE
feet TEN
The lawyer arose, placed both hands on
the table in front of him, spread his legs
apart, leaned over the table, and said: "Will
you tell the Court what you know about
this case%
THAT amt his name"
What amt his name?'
Case"
"Who said it was?"
You did. You wanted to know what
knew about this Case-his name is Smith
"Your Honor" howled the lawyer, pluck
ing his beard out by the roots, twill you
make this man answer?''
Witness, you must answer the questions
put to you" said the Judge.
Land o. Goshen, your Honor, hain't
bin doin' it? Let the counsel fire away I'm
ready"
Them said the lawyer, don't you beat
about the bush any more. You and this
prisoner have been friends?"
Never"
What! Wasn't you summoned here as a
friend of his?'
No, sir; j was summoned here as Pres
byterian. Neither of us was ever Friends;
no Quaker about him."
''Stsnd down" yelled the lawyer, in deep
disgust.
"Hey?
"Stand down."
Cant do it. pll sit down or stand up
usher, remove that man from the box"
Witness retires, muttering. "Well, if he
amt the thick-headedest lawyer / ever laid
eyes onr'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
a Visit To shakespeare's SCHOOL,.

In 1882, Thomas Jolyffe, priest, native
of Stratford, and a member of the Guild,
gave certain lands and tenements to the
Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, to maintain
a priest fit to teach grammar freely to all
cbolars.
There is very little doubt that here, in his
bOyhood, Shakespeare conned his tasks.
The antique appearance of the schoolroom
is to great extent gone, for in the lapse of
time many of the old, characteristic features
have passed away.
Yet the room still looks hoary and ven
cradle, and impressed me deeply. At the
invitation of the Head Master, listened for
few minutes to the recitstions in Greek of
a class of stout and sturdy English boys.
The boys IN Shakespeares school when l
visited it were lively fellows, full of fun,
Drumming over with spirits, and somewhat
given to skylarking when the masters back
was turned. Poor mani he seemed to have
a rather hard time of it, in his endeavor to
maintain a conversation with me, and at the
same time restrain the exuberant feelings of
his pupils.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
The Grant Boys.

/ heard an amusing story day or two ago
about the Grant boys, when they were chill
dTen at Galena. The family lived in plain,
two-story brick house, on High street, which,
since the General first began to achieve
greatness, has been an object of interest to
tourists and strangers visiting this city.
Their nearest and most intimate neighbors
were the family of A. NJ. Haines. The
Haines' and the Grant children were fast
friends during the residence of the latter on
High street. The boys of each family had
game rooster, and were wont to pit the
fowls against each other whenever
favorable opportunity presented itself. The
Grant rooster was named General Grant"
and was very gamey bird, usually coming
out first best in the contests. The Haines
fowl was christened JEFF Davis" not, now
ever, from any love the young owners en-
tertained for its traitorous namesake.
On one occasion the two birds were set to
fighting, and in the battle the Haines fowl
whipped General Grant" badly, and drove
him from the field. The contest between
these two chiefs of the roost took place at a
time when Grant and Pemberton were pitted
against each other at Vicksburg. and when
it began to look as though the former would
have to give up the idea of capturing
the city. News was brought to Mrs. Grant
almost hourly from the seat of war, and that
lady, as matter of course, was very anxious
dDOuL the result. hncN tudL
sooner or later "Ulyss" would get there. A
messenger had just left the house, after
handing Mrs Grant a somewhat discouraging
dispatch, when in rushed her boys, Fred and
Buck, shouting Indignantly. Mother, Gen.
eral Grant has been lickedw III guess not,
my children" said the mother cooIly, who
at first gravely imagined that some later in
telligence than that she had received had
come from the front Yes, he has" said
Fred Indignantly; "'Jeff Davis licked him
Just now, behind Mr. Haines' barn, and if
that bird don't go into the pot it will be be-
cause 1 can't catch it to wiring its neck"
General Grant, it is related, suffered an
ignominious death that night, and next day
furnished meal for the family
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
How Oliver Wendell Holmes Spent Sunda,
and the Derby Day.
London World.


When Oliver Wendell Holmes was with us
half a century ago Standardization was a
burning question. He will now have some
practical illustrations of our progress. On
Sunday evening he was at Lord and Lady
Rothschild's smart reception in Piccadilly
to meet the Prince and Princess of Wales,
while quite half society was laughing at NJ.
Fevres drawing room play at Nine. Wad-
dington's, and all America was enjoying Mr.
BoughtOn's hospitality at 'West House."
Noting Hill. 1t is certainly time that the
millions should have their museums and
picture galleries.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Homes Derby Day will
be memorable one in the annals of lion
izing. At noon Mr.. Phelps took him to
Marlborough House, where the Prince of
Wales chatted to him for some time about
America and the Americans, and invited
him to join the royal party going to EPSON.
In the train he made the acquaintance of the
Princess of Wales and her children, lunched
in the "cars," and saw all the sights of the
great carnival under the auspices of II. r. H.
himself. He returned to dine with Mr..
Phelps, in Lowndes square, to meet Lady
HeTschell, Lady Rosebery, Mr.. Robert
Browning. and small party. He afterward
went on to Mrs. Cyril Flowers and Lady
Rothschilds, but he was too tired to reach
Dover House.