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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01

As the years roll on and her railroads
multiply and manufactures Of all kinds
increase, the rate OF tax will grow less.
She is now but about twenty-five years
old, yet she has built and paid for her
State Capitol, penitentiary, deaf. dumb and
blind institution, insane asylum, State
University, State Normal Schools, and
thousands of schoolhouses, and has no
debt TO look after. These things accom-
plshed, let US foster the building Of rail-
roads, and encourage the starting Of all
kinds Of industries, and Ing word for 1t, in
a few years the people will scarcely feel
the taxes they will be called upon to pay
they will amount TO so little.
BUREAUS OF INFORMATION.
Twenty-six out of the thirty eight States
of this Union have, in some form, Bureau
OF Statistics and Information. The Legis.
lature of Maryland is now in session, and
a hill has besn introduced approprating
$40, 600 for such Bureau. The West YIr
ginia Legislature will be in session next
winter and will, have no doubt, take this
subject into favorable consideration. In
the meantime, that no time may be lost, +,
can we not by private subscription, organ
ize an inexpensive Bureau and put some
competent person at the head of il, that
will enable parties outside the State, who
might wish to settle or invest their capital
with us, 10 get information of the Opportu-
mites in the State for investment OF loca
ton. This would not cost mus, and for
one am willing to help the move, fnan-
cislly and personally.
became resident of this State in 1853,
and have no idea of changing. My home
is with you and my fortunes are identified
with yours. ! want here to express my
appreciation of, and deep gratitude for the
many favors the people of the State have
bestowed upon me; and to say that stand
ready TO do anything | can to aid in for
warding he development and interests:
There is no good reason why any person
should leave the State and | hope none
will, hut that millions will settle in the
State instead. There are a. good chances
here for the farmer, miner, manufacturer,
merchant and labOrer TO get fair returns
their capital and work az anywhere
else. The resources and capabilities OF
this State have never been properly and
and fairly known to outsiders. Let rs do
all we can to let the world know where we
ERE, what we are and what we have, and
that all who come among us to aid IN put
ting the State where she ought 10 be, in
the front rank, will receive hearty vel.
come. Brains, energy, labor and capital
can command and secure a good reward in
West Virginia.
On concluding his speech, Senator Da-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01

NOou personal and 90 - D., O. e..
ing n SA- ,..-.abers of the stsee-eooS' Ooii'
ventiOn wtn NJ tNuud on The insida>-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01

On concluding his speech, Senator Da.
Wis was greeted with tremendous and long
continued applause.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01
WHEELING, W. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 1888.

ousntity and quality Of her minerals and
timber, but her agricultural lands are
fully equal to many of the Western States,
and far better than the Northern States.
The valleys, hill-sides and mountain-tops
Weld good corn, wheat, rye, oats and
grass. Last summer, / made trip along
The Valley river TO Mingo fats, and found
tha, country, especially around and near
Huttonsyille, equal to any in Ohio or
Psnniylyania for general agricultural pur-
nosas: and il often affords as good grazing
"a any other section OF country in the
world. There is q fair prospect for rail
road in this country, when this will be-
come one of the most desirable locations in
any State.
FAVORABLE LOCATION.
West Virginia is so favorly located that
shs is neither subject to the billiards,
cyclones and thoughts Of the North and
West, nor to the intense heat and fever
devastating scourges of the South. The
suffering in the northwest this winter has
been intense, and numbers Of persons have
frozen to death, in solae instances, whole
families have been eKtermiuated, while the
stock destroyed has run up into the hun
dreds OF thousands. While deeply SYM
pathizing with these sufferers, we say TO
those living in the regions visited ty these
dire scourges, make your homes with us,
where your chances Of success are as good,
if not better, and you will have entire
freedom from all such terrible calamities-
West Virginia has lower State taxes than
many of the other States as the following
table will show.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION FORMED

Under the Name Of the immigration and De-
yelOpmsnt Association Of West Virginia,
and Nearly Three thousand Dollars
Subscribed to Defray the EI-
pansss Of the Body, or
Until the Legisla-
turs Can Act
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01
CONVENTION
The Business Before it Con-
cluded in One Day.
4 SPLENDID WORK, WELL DONE.
The Business Men Of the State, Without
Party Distinction, Range Themselves in
Line in Favor Of Development
and Progress
4 NUMBER OF SPLENDID SPEECHES.

An Address Of Welcome by the President o.
: the Chamber Of Commerce, and Eloquent
OadOns by Hon. s. B. Elkins, Sen
atOr Davis, Governor Wilson,
Secretary of State Walk
or, and Others.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-01

First Senatorial DISTINCT - ~4nei' ;
% socond-H s. White, of Marshall.
Th.rd-E. Seely. .,.,..
FOURTH. L. Knight OF fieasanS'
Fif,h-A. B. Wells. |
sixth-B. W. Foster, Of Caoen.
Seventh. E. Stalhngs, of Boone.
Eighth. C. Crockett.
Ninth--W. S. Edwards, Of kshaWna'
Tenth-John ". Aasol, Of Baylor,
Eleyenth-wm. NJ. o. Davson, Of PreE
! ton.
TWELFTH. Il. MarkwOod, Of Mineral
Thirteenth-w. NJ. Clements, Of Jefer
son.
HERxANENT oRGANIzATnS.
First Senatorial District-Ahed Cald
well, Of Ohio. Z -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
Implements OF the National Game.

The national game of baseball has
taken so deep hold upon the youth of
this generation asserts the New York
Tribune, that to keep pace with the de-
mand for balls and bats big factories
have sprung up in many localities, and
hundreds of working men and women
gain a livelihood turning the bats over
their lathes or sewing the covers by
hand over the inner core of the sphere,
which is now made by machinery. Bats
are shipped to this city by the carload
from Michigan and West Virginia, and
it is estimated that 90, 900 cords of ash
and willow wood were thus used last
winter for this summers trade. The
bulk of the bats are used by amateur
players, of course.
Willow is the favorite material for the
popular bat, as its lightuess is combined
with sufficient amount of strenth for
youthful players, and West Virginia
turns out the best grade of this variety.
The superior toughness of ash makes it
indispensable for the great strain which a
professional player subjects it to, and
Michigan's forests furnish an inexhausti-
BILE supply of this tough wood. The
manufacture of balls demands more care.
The better class of balls, those of regu.
lation size AMI weight, as prescribed by
the professional rules, are covered with
horse hide, stretched with double linen
thread, we'll waxed and smoothed by
machinery. The inner core is of rubber
carefully wound about with yarn by
hand until the correct size is obtained.
The practice ball, or boys ball, is COW
cred with sheepskin, and is more cheaply
and roughly made. The core is usually
composed of leather scraps, which are
pressed into spherical shape by ma
chinery and have no more yarn wound
around them than is necessary to hold
the scraps together until the cover is put
on. The design of cover now in uni
versal use differs widely from the old
"starn pattern. 1t consists OF two strips
of leather cut something like the figure
eight, or even like the heelless sole of
baby's shoe. These, when laid over the
sphere, exactly cover it and are more
easily sewn together than any other pat
tern, and if the man who invented it
had only patented his idea he might
have been reaping a fortune for his
pains.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
The CITY of Onto.

If it were not for the climate, Quito
would be in the midst of perpetual pes
thence; but Notwithstanding the pre-
vailing filthiness, there is very little sick
ness, and pulmonary diseases are un-
known. Mountain fever produced by
cold and torpid liver, is the commonest
type of disease. The population of the
city, however, is gradually decreasing,
and is said to be now about sixty thou
sand. There were five hundred thou
sand people at Quito when the Spaniards
came, aud hundred years ago the pop
ulation was reckoned at double what il
is now. Half the houses in the town are
empty, and to see new family moving
in would be a sensation. Most of the
finest residences are locked and barred,
and have remained so for years. The
owners are usually political exiles who
are living elsewhere, and can neither
sell nor rent their property. Political
revolutions are so common, and their re.
suits are slways so disastrous to the un-
successful, that there is constant
strain Of fugitives lea wing the State
american Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
Gathering Rose Leaves.

The delightful work of gathering rose
leaves is best done early in the morning
or late in the evening. Shake into a
wide basket the petals from roFes that
are about to fall to pieces. The rose
leaves should be spread out on a sheet
laid down in dry place where the wind
will not disturb them. Rose leaves
gathered on different days should not
be mixed, but each collection on the
sheet should be stirred and turned every
day; when they are all nearly dry they
can be heaped together AMI finished off
on another sheet. When quite dry put
up in self-sealing fruit Jars. These
dried leaves alone, packed in as tight as
they can be pressed down, may be used
to fill fancy jar which, when left open
for short time, will perfume room if
the rose leaves are stirred up little
Nelo York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
she said to Dolly, whose eyes were ready

she said to Dolly, whose eyes were ready
to overflow.
Something came Gathering along the
hall, and the door was pushed open to
admit q beautiful boy Of four, drawing
tin horse after him.
"Oh, you darling exclaimed Dolly,
rapturously.
But the boy drew back a little, say
ing "Where's Bridget"
And in q minute the nurse pounced
upon him and dragged him off, calling
him "a little torment, and bad, naughty
boy"
Mattie's first bread, rashly undertaken
with Bridget's home made yeast, was an
utter failure. and the baby clung obsti-
nately to Johanna in spite of Dolly's
Establishments, while Mrs. Lattimer,
knowing nothing of housekeeping her
self, had not a particle of-patiencc with
ignorance in others, and clung to her
deep persuasion that nothing but the
most vigorous putting down could ever
keep those girls from dsagreeable as.
sumption. But long before the end of
the month Dolly reigned sweet and Sc.
rene in the nursery, wore her nurse s
cap without an uncomfortable thought,
and drank in delight from the shaded
park, with its flowers and birds and
fountains, as unconscious of bitter servi-
tude as the children she loved and
guarded.
"As for Matte" Mrs. Lattmer con-
fessed to her brother, "she's invaluable,
and / shall never be able to endure an
ordinary servant again, but if she hadn't
known her mind better than l did mine
we would have parted the very first
week. That's one blessed thing your
old journal has done for the labor ques-
tion, and if my ship ever comes in I'll
endow the paper out of gratitude"
"Ah, l always felt that was born to
be a benefactor," said the editor.
"Your ship would have come in long
ago if you had called me for pilot
"And which one did he marryl" asks
the saucy girl at my elbow.
Neither Of them, my dear. Pretty
Dolly, in the course of time, went back
to bingham and married farmers boy,
who had worked his way through col
lege, and was not ashamed of his wife
for having made her way in the same
fashion; and Matte, for aught know,
is a middle-aged and respectable old
maid, living on her savings, and edu-
eating heather in Africa. For this story
has nothing to do with marrying or
giving in marriage, but with the fact
that a good many ships that are con-
tinually at sea might come prosperously
in, if they would join comany with each
other, without regarding the fact that
one might be merchant vessel, and the
other simply a lugger.- Congregation
alist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
THE TWO ARCHERs.

Upon the hills above the heights
OF life two archers stand;
One like an angel seeming bright,
The other dark and grand.
First the bright angel bends his bow
Though wounded, still the victim lives;
Blinded, his wound he doth not know,
But loves the pain it gives.
Then the dark angel, soon or late,
Doth with his strong arm bend his bowl
Swift speeds his arrow, like to fate,
And ends the mortars woe.
These are the archers high above
The tides of mortal life and breath
The cruel angel archer, Love,
The pitying angel, Death.
Philadelphia Netcs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
DEATH AND JUSTICE.

Death doth not claim us with the passing
breath;
Before our Lady Justics calm he stands
To hear her grave immutab'e commands;
"Wait, shall tell you presently" she saith,
''Wait but moments space, my brother,
Death,
While Time our kinsman, shakes his silent
sandsn
She hold the balance true, with steady
hands
And strong, the little while it wavereth.
Hatred and Envy must lie still and wait,
So, now, must Love and Sorrow stand
aside
In breathless silence, pale and eager eyed,
TIL, through the lips of Justice, speaketh
Fate
Death, in thy keeping must the man abide;' y
Or, "Ho shall live for aye-hs work is great. y
-Grdhom r. Tomson, in Scribaer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
DecnitmI Snnnges

Temptingly displayed along Four
teenth street are baskets of beautiful
white sponges, offered at marvelously
low rates. 1t is probably worth the ex-
perience to pay the few cents demanded
for an attractive looking sponge mas
much as one will find that those sponges
are not the clean aud airy things they
seem to be. After years immersion in
water, hot or cold, it will be found that
the sponge still retains the consistency
of petritied and perforated rock The
clear white color is due to the bleaching
effect of chemical of such peculiar
power that the bleach remains long after
the sponge itself has disappeared. .--NeO
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

On April Goth, when off the Westman
Islands, Iceland, the captain of the Danish
mail steamer Laura threw overheard let
ter written in Danish. On May 9th the let.
ter was found in the stomach of cod
caught by French fisherman OF Reyk-
james, about 100 miles distant. The
man showed it to the French Consul at
Reykjavik, who submitted it to the cap
tain of the Laura. It was much decom-
posed, but still readable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
Robust Mail Carriers.

In many Of the back districts of Ken.
lucky the mails are often carried as far
as thirty miles by men who
walk the whole distance once a day. A
local paper thus describes one of these
sturdy carriers: "Mr. Dougherty is very
accommodating to persons living along
the line Che ought to be- He will carry
a saddle, beehive, pup, or even a dog,
if he is not too big, and he Is offered
enough. He will ride horse through
for any one for quarter, aud carry the
mail pouches on his shoulder"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
A Useful COntrivance.

For the benefit of tired mortals who
recline in hammocks most of the time
during the warm months there is con-
trivance from which, if properly made,
they will derive much ease and comfort.
Make square frame of wood and cover
with any light fabric, and place thick
fringe of the same at the bottom. To
the top of the frame nail three pieces Of
board. two at the sides and one in the
center, the three meeting together, OF
attach cords in the same manner by
which hang to a screw above the ham
mock. ON one side of the frame attach
cords as for a kite, and have cord long
enough to put through another screw on
a post on line with the side of the
hammock, which, when swung, will
cause the frame to swing and stir de-
lightful breeze. A damp towel can be
attached to the bottom, instead of the
fringe, during the intense heat. A string
tied to screw on another post, if pulled,
will swing the hammock. If this is too
much exertion let some one else pull it.
This frame, with more adornment, can
be utilized as a fly fan.-De'roH Free
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
The Rose of Order.

The Rose of Order.
How can | tell herl
By her cellar,
Cleanly shelves and whitened walls
/ can guess her
BY her dresser,
By the back staircase and hall,
And with pleasure
Take her measure
By the way she keeps her brooms;
Or the peeping
At the keeping
or her back and unseen rooms;
BY her kitcher's air of neatness,
And its general completeness,
Wherein in cleanliness and sweetness
The Rose of Order blooms.
Builder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

The danger of somnambulism is we'll
known. A writer in tb Century tells
of a piece of good fortune coming from
the habit. A young lady, troubled and
anxious about prize for which she was
TO compete, involving the writing of an
essay, arose from her bed in sleep and
wrote a paper upon subject upon
which she had not intended to write
YheE awake, and this essay secured
,or her the prize,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Sable Island, on the coast of Nova
Scotia, is gradually disappearing, and in
a few years more will be totally sub.
merged. During one gale in 1881 a
strip>cf land seventy feet wide and Q
quarter of "a mile long was washed away.
In l775 the island was forty miles long
and two and a half miles wide. 1t is
now only nineteen and half mile5
long and less than mile wide.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

1t is now possible to travel from Lon.
don to samarcand, in Central Assia, by
rail aud steamboat in eight days and
twenty-five hours.~ 1t was not very long
ago that a European was unable to visit
samareand at all without incurring great
risk of being XII led, and until the build.
ing of the Trans-Caspian Railroad the
best time that could be made between
st. Petersburg and Samarcaud was ono
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

In Brazil some OF the Senators hold
&hclr term for life. One of them has
Act shown himself in the Senate for
forty years, and there is now due him a
back salary of 5000, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

A splendid mine of molybdenum, a
tnetal more precious than silver, has
been found in tho Cascade Mountains
gear Tacoma, Washington Territory. 1t
4 worth $50, 900 per ton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

fclcphone has been fitted up between
HIIospice on the Great st. Bernard
Nc Swiss Alps and the valley below,
lhe monks are now informed when
<e'ers start to ascend the pass. If
n do not appear within proper timo
8Ants are sent to meet them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

.'istics show that about 800, 900, 900
Rvcsted in the hotel business in New
< state; that the hotels employ over
atfy-tise thousand persons, and that
entertain eighty-seven thousand
ets daily, at an average expense of
9, 900 q day for supplies alone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Author TO Editor)-" Have you ex,
amined my last story, Mr.. Snippit2"
Editor" Yes. 1t seems all right with
one exception" Author" What is
that2n Editor" In one place you lost
sight Of the eternal fitness of things and
made quite a blunder." Author In.
deed " Editor-"les, sir. The scene
is laid in Kentucky, as you remember,
and yet in one incident you make the
heIo's mouth water, ,"-IRea.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Fcr quickness in raising money for
Asiness enterprises Hutchinson, Kan,
@ams to outrank some of the large
fltie'. They called meeting out there
Cor such purpose, and after the hall
was filed, locked the door. A local
4SaPer tells that work then began, and in
gust one hour and fifteen minutes the
sum of sea-, 900 was subscribed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

There are" says the New York T'ri-
|f 'abont twice as many women as
= 10 Iucatan, Notwithstanding which
Che whole social system of the coun-
Gems to be constructed for the espe.
benefit of the masculine third of the
N. B.-The men made it. -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

s. p nnquestionablc that the straw or
bats worn by American men during
tummer is an insufficient protection
INST extreme heat. Sunstroke is al
~ unknown among the natives of
Htern countries. The coiled turban
81 the head and the general use of
'brellas are protection which people
.p live in American cities do not
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

rhe body of n Partisan dude was
md in the River Seine few days
). The young fellow was dressed in
latest fashion, and round his heart
had tattooed these words: stout
Jlanae Granier"-All for Jeanne
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Belva Lockwood, the Presidential
candidate of the Equal Rights party, is
going to stump the States, and will
charge an admission fee to her meet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

fwenty-six members OF the United
'fosbyterian Church at Bellevue, Pa,
|he favor the use of unfermented wine
the sacrament, have Withdrawn and
. .kanized church of their own.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

The total vote of these United States
~ the Presidential election of 1884 was
th051, S5i. This year it should reach
close 10 12, 900, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

San Francisco declares she has been
shaken All times by earthquakes in tho
last eighty years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Eighty public buildings, costing the
Government so, ,OOO,O 900, are now in
eoulse of erection.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Chicago is the fifth Scandinavian city
In the world, and Minneapolis the
sixth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-05

Portable electric lights, to be hung to
coat button are the new invention for
the benefit Of readers upon cars. Thus
each one can become his own lightning
bug.