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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02

1t so happened that while the abOmin-
able conspiracy Just described was being
Matched i'm ST. James street two ladies,
seated comfortably before the fire in a
luXurouSly furnished drawing room in
Carlton house terrace. were discussing
the chief conSpirator after a fashion
that self satisfied nObeman would not
have liked if he could have heard it.
Lord GuiSe," Lady Belvor was say
ing. sis one of those unfortunate men
who fatter themselves that they thor
oughly understand women. | have
noticed that people of that kind invari-
aby end by coming TO signal grief. Some
times they marry their cooks. sometimes
they do even worse; but they always
marry. Lord GuiSe has Il holy horror of
me, and loses no opportunity of telling
me so. If it were at all worth the
trouble | really think i would marry
him myself, just to show him how very
easily the thing can be done"
Lady Bclvoir was under the impress
sion that she could marry anybody; and
it is not for very humble member of
the opposite sex To assert that She was
mistaken. That she had not married
Percy Thorold was doubtless due to the
circumstance that. after full cOnsidcra-
ton, she had not chosen to do so: that
she had married that utterly disreputa-
Bile and almost uncivilized parsonage,
the late Lord Bevoir, was proof that
her powers of fascination were Of no
mean order. The power of beauty at
nj L.. ,,,--.eunI 70 its fullaGf
extent. Tall. SuperblY modelled and
gifted with a pair of large, liquid brown
eyes. which were of nature (aS eyes
so often are) to miSlead phySiognomiStS,
she had ShOne without rival during
her first season, and now, at the age OF
four-and twenty, was very generally
spoken of as the handSomcSt woman in
London.
Her mouth was perhaps trile hard
at times, though rather in expression
than in form. and it might have been
predicted that in another ten years her
nose would be too decidedly aquiline
and the line of her jaw too strongly de-
fined. However. as she herself would
have said, it really cannot matter much
what a wOman'S nose and Jaw may look
like after she has passed her thirtieth
year. She was believed to be extremely
wealthy, but as matter Of fact her
iOinturc did not reach the figure com
monty aScribcd to it and she lived ex-
travagantly. OF suitorS she had no
lack, nor was she likely to lack them
for long time to come.
But of course it wouldn't be worth
while" her companion said quickly. Il
don't understand why you ever think il
worth while to make conqueSts of men
whom you don't care for. The process
must be very diSagreeable for you,
should think, and everybody knows that
you can do il if YOU like"
"Oh, the process isn't so disagreed
ble," answered Lady Belvoir, laughing:
land as for Lord Guise he doesn't know
what could do if liked. That's just
the point"
care you really going to take the
trouble of convincing him thcn?" Miss
Leslie asked with a somewhat Disguised
look.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02

most lavish manner, and it is because
of this extravaganza that many persons
prefer to be welded in London. In the
great city on the Thames a couple may
be married i'm a fashionable church for
a third of the money that wedding
would cost in America, not TO mention
the fact that there is no necessity OF an
elaborate breakfast or supper.
However, there are some people who
still prefer America, cost what it will.
One of these is Miss Louise Shepard,
daughter of Colonel Elliott f. Shep-
ard, who will be married during the
winter to Mr.. William j. Schieffelin.
The wedding will be one Of the most
brilliant of the season. Miss Shepard
is the first of the younger generation
of the Vanderbilt family to wed. She
is tall, handsome girl, a lover Of
outdoor sports, splendid hOrsewoman
and a good hand at an oar. Like her
mother and father, she is of a religious
turn of mind, and was for long time
a teacher in st. Bartholomew Sunday
School.
A fine portrait of her in her fathers
uOuSt SllONS I'l w " q" NiAi : Nti'tA -
beautiful girl. with a head that Sir
Joshua Reynolds would have liked to
paint. Some day she will be worth a
good many millions. Her fathers house
on Fifth avenue is now being rcdeco-
rated and put in order for the nuptialS.
The bridegroom elect is a well-known
society man. lie is nearly six feet tall,
and he and his fiancee make striking
couple. He was educated abroad, prin-
cipally in Heidelberg, and is junior
member of the great drug house that
bears his fathers name. He has given
much study to chemicals and is rated
very high in his line by experts. He lis
worth considerable money, and with his
brides dowry will be able to entertain
as well as anybody in the circle of
younger married people.
Another wedding that will attract at
tentiOn, and one in which society peO-
pie not only i'm London but all over this
country are interested is that of Miss
Charlotte de Zerega, daughter of Mr..
John de Zerega. who is to be married to
Sir Frederick FARMLAND, an English
man and a cousin of Mr.. Charles Pei
who married the beautiful
Miss Lizzie de Zcrega. Miss Charlotte
is beautiful girl and will make her
husband a splendid wife.
She will not bring him much OF a dOwry,
to be- sure, but then in this case money
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02
TO BE CONTINUED.
She Got All the Tooth Brushes,
Boston Adrerfissr.


A woman entered drug store not far
from Bacon street the other evening
and said that she whiShed to purchase
a toothbrush. The proprietor laid out
a number of these articles upon the
counter for her inspection and turned
away to attend to the wants of another
customer. In a short time the female
approached him and said in the sweetest
of tones: Il have tried them all and
think ! like this one the best, so will
take it," The astonished proprietor
took one look at her, gave one short
moment of silent reflection and medita-
ton, then said: Madame, you may
have them all for the price of this one:
| will make you present of them.
The woman, no doubt, is yet wondering
at the cause of his unexpected gen.
eroSity.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02

/ tell him that | wished to see him. Then
| sent for the poor mans wife, and little
/ by little the story came out. The poor
woman between her sobs and tears told
| il all. Her husband was loving, hard
working, industrious man. He had only
one object in life, his love for his daugh-
| ter. She had a consuming ambition TO
become great musician. He had spent
all the money he had made on her mu-
steal education and had really kept him
self, not only poor. but in debt by so
doing. II seemed that she had almost
gained her object and become not only
good singer. but fine pianist. when
she went to her father and said that it
would be necessary for her to take
another course of instruction with Il dis
tingpshed teacher. The poor man had
not dollar in the world. lie was only
working man on small wages and the
money required for this instruction was
something that he could not hope To get
/ in the natural course of events. He
brooded over IL for few days, talked
with his wife about it, and finally after
many Intellectual efforts TO raise the
money in other directions he came home
one Saturday night with the desired sum
in his hands.
He was as happy as schOOl-bOy. His
face was all aglow and his eyes danced
with joy. He kissed his daughter. gave
her the money and told her to go on.
Success was now assured. The young
woman never for a moment asked where
the money came from and after the fru-
gal supper was over the good wife took
her husband aside and asked him where
he got the money. He evaded her for a
long time and finally, suspecting that
he had not come by 1t honestly, she
charged him directly with obtaining it
by false means or foul. Hour after
hour she pleaded with her husband to
tell her the truth. He steadfastly re-
fused. At last at midnight he could
stand it no longer, and in an agony of
despair he broke down and told her
that he had broken into the establish
ment where he worked. taken some
valuable jewelry and pawned it. The
poor wife was half crazed. But she was
brave woman and told him that
although she valued her daughters ed
ucation and happiness and life above all
else, yet she would not let her husband
do himself so great an injustice, and she
took him by the hand and in the silent
watches of that night those two unhap-
py people walked along the streets until
they reached the home of the senior
member of the firm where the man was
employed and whose store he had robbed.
The woman nervously rang the bell
and although the inmates of the house
were asleep, she remained there until
at last the door was opened. Then she
took her husband in the parlor and the
head of that great jewelry house sat
down and listened amid her signs and
sobs TO what she had to say. She babe
her husband to tell all and he explained
the robbery fully, told where he had
pawned the stolen goods and the woman
handed the money he had obtained to
his employer, asked him to redeem his
property and forgive her husband. You
would have thought that any man
would have been touched by the poor
woman's sturdy honesty and tears in
that midnight hour, but this employer
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02

There is no more hard working man on
the bench than he, and the way he goes
at the disposition of the calendar leads
the person who knows nothing about
his method of business to believe that
his only object is to get through with
his work, no matter what becomes of
the prisoners.
1t is the greatest mistake you could
make. said the Recorder. | have to
hurry my work, for my court Is over
crowded, but never in all my expert
ence on the bench have | been so hur-
ried that / could not give all the time
and attention that was necessary TO
prisoners. When man or woman
comes up before me whom have never
seen before, whose looks or, manners
give Indication that they are not really
criminals at heart, | suspend judgment
In their case until the matter is thor
oughly investigated.
OF the scores of cases OF men who
have come before me and pleaded guilty,
not knowing really what they were do
ing, but anxious TO get out OF further
trouble by taking sentence and hiding
themselves away in prison, | recall one
that | shall remember as long as live.
| could not forget it if | would, for the
man In the case writes TO me regularly,
comes to see me when convenient, and
never ceases TO thank me for my good
offices in his behalf. II was this way:
was sitting on the bench one morning
and had disposed of 4 number OF Ordl-
nary cases when the court officer pre-
scented to me a respectable-lOoking man
of about fifty charged with burglary. |
looked at him very narrowly and he
seemed 10 be little above the ordinary
grade of prisoner. There was some
thing about his face that irresiStibly
drew me TO him. He looked me steadily
in the eye without brazen effrontery
and seemed only too anxious to have
sentence passed upon him and get into
prison.
''You are charged with burglary, my
good man." | said to him. What have
you to Say?"
lie looked up at me in an innocent
way and with tears streaming down his
eyes, said huskily: Nothing. | am
guilty"
"DO you know the meaning OF that
word guilty?" | asked him.
Yes" he replied, fully. broke
into my employers store, | stole his
jewelry, / pawned it, and that is all
there is of it. Pass sentence upon me
if you will. Send me to prison and let
not my shame be visited upon my wife
and daughter"
Have you any counscl?" asked
him.
"No," was the reply. 81 have no
counsel, and need none. | am guilty.
Sentence me now"
The whole thing was so unusual that
| determined to remand him. 'Nou
may 90 back to prison" said TO him,
land remain there for week. Mean
time, think over what you have done.
You are not called upon to say you are
guilty, and if you do say so, you know
that there is no alternative but State
prison. Burglary Is heinous oifense.
Better 20 back. Think IL all over.
Change your plea. Send for your friends
and see if something can not be done
for YOU"
When court was over | called in one
of my detectives, told him to go to the
head of the firm where this man worked
and whose store he had broken into and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02

was not. He locked tho H.
house. dressed himself careful or Of
out. called a policeman ana o5iully W
poor fellow taken TO iail ma mad
cred his goods and the law VIZ ne reo
take its course when - alOog,
the bench there. saw hsi.ung
was some story behind +, lie
decided to investigate # all
quently that poor woman now
her husband that day in NV rneaded
shall never forget, and 5oap, 'eSenc
the employer who sat opnosi,, 'Iu0o
Shylock-lille demanded Tho e her
flesh will always be q bi,, pound |
brance to me. l told the man o,'' rene
case was a peculiar one and +, 'lai
to me an opportunity for merc at seen
as justice. aS w /
"You had better decide ~r
not to prosecute this poor fan 'd hi,|
has never before been accn NOW. q
crime. He has worked f,i,S ssu Of al
you for many years. He /. Wy "a
of some consideration from We 1-g.'.er.,.
and this woman, his wife ''al hand,
strong enough not to allow VINO Va,
nit this great crime is desc, 'IA 10 con.
presence and support IN her '' wy. o. b,
years" ''il.,
The woman thanked me- ,
fully, and had hardly dono sr.s.
her husbands employer a-o.o ~ Wien
angry tone said that be- R,,,, 'll 10 40
one moment stop the Dro>o.'.. lo' f0r
was determined to MAKE Am -.ol. he
this man. Nothing Could 'A4ap.e Of
mind. He insisted tina, D,i --ase MS
for just such persons as h. s o., We're were
the sooner he was placed there , n, Slal
ter.
81 allowed him to talk 10 th., v..,
perhaps ten minutes. Then ,ors w
that | had carefully listened IN ~ q
had said, and that he had not cb,,.-
my opinion one bit.
~ don't believe" | said 10 him
phatically, that this man intended
commit crime. As judge am o.,
powered to suspend sentence. Isl.
call this man up in court to-morrI
shall tell him l have investigated
matter thoroughly and shall suspend !
tence in his case. Meantime. sir. D.
you remember that some day then.
may be turned and you may be- anv
to have some one plead in your do'.,
as eloquently as this poor woman
for her husband
Now this is the Strangest part o., ,.
story. The man was brought befo-a
the next morning and Withdrew
plea of guilty" suspended ,arre,
in his case. Some good people ,l,-
knew obtained enough money fo ,-.
his daughter 10 secure her musical ,f
cation and she Is now well krou.,
New YOrk's best mu>ica. circle.
obtained a position for her g,i.r
purser on one of the 0gt--o.r, Steam"
ships, and he is a honest q, th, day j.
long and as faithfu. "a, man can he ia
the service | rendered him. while N
employer who was So bitter against hi
has been brought up DO another cour,
this city for fraudulent practices. az
narrowly escaped States prison ior D.
crime. FOSTER COATS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02
WHIRL OF GOTHAM.
A PATHETIC STORY OF TODAY TOLD BY
RECORDER SMYTH.
Saved by His Loving Wif6-Beautifal Women
Who are Soon 10 Wed-The Union
Of Hearts and Fortunes.
Special Correspondence or the Register.

Speciai Correspondence or the Reoister.
New YORK, October 29.-October is
the brides month, the month of orange
blossoms, the month when Cupid smiles,
for the saucy little fellow with his ar
rows of love has pierced the hearts of
Young men and maidens, and he smiles
broadly as he listens TO the solemn words
of the ministers as they pronounce the
loved and loving couple man and wife.
An unusually large number of fash
ionable weddings are to take place dur
ing the fall and winter. Most of these
will occur in New York, but London and
Paris will claim some. and Boston, Phil
adelphia, Chicago and st. Louis VIII
have their share.
It is fashionable now to have very
elaborate weddings. The cost of some
of these run up into the thousands OF
dollars. Wedding arrangements among
the four hundred are carried on in the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-14
CONGRESSIONAL OoINGS.
The House Passes the Oklahoma Bill
"Drvu T.rritorv--gan.,aS x,o,,.t.

The House Passes the Oklahoma BIII-A
DRY" Territory-senate synopsis.
WAsHINGToS CITY, March l4-The senate
yesterday passed. bill for the construction
Of bridge across the Missouri river mt
Pierre, 5. d., and eleven public building
bills, one for Saltwater MINI. 800 600
Bills were introduced: BY Turpie, appro-
priating 800, 900 for an ordnance factory at
indianapolis by Allison Cor "a public build
ing mt Creston, la.-S75 900 Blair ad-
dressed the senate on the educational bill
and then a long discussion took place on the
southern question. participated IN by Hoar,
Sherman, Eustls, and Butler A short ex-
ecuthye session concluded tho days work
Mason introduced bill In the house to
provide national bank circulation which
shall adjust itself to the demands Of COM
merce In committee of the whole the Ok
lahoma bill was then taken up An amend
! ment was adopted prohibiting the entry OF
land In this territory by any person owning
l6O acres in any other part of the country
The bill was reported TO house and the
amendment prohibiting the introduction of
intoxicants into the territory was adopted
The bill then passed. BY IL the Cherokee
outlet is declared public land and open to
| settlement under the homestead law. The
| house then nd iourned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-14

TINS Is an of year in city as we'll
Toe offices to be voted for are not con-
sidered of much importance, because
there are not big salaries connected with
them-the collectorship excepted. But,
nevertheless, the city-township election
has direct bearing on the welfare of the
city, and there should be no faulty iudg-
ment in the selection of candidates OF
lack OF interest In the result. The most
important offices to the people are those
of supervisors. aldermen and assessor
Good. clean business men should be
chosen-men of energy and push. Ii the
democratic caucuses and convention
use discretion and prudence in this
regard there is every indication
that the party can win decisive victory
Rock Island has entered into an era OF
Improvement and progression which au-
gurs well for its failure. While the general
sentiment of the community is for more
street paving. an electric fire alarm and
paid department and other progressive
ideas. there are croakers aud fault-nnd
ers who are disposed to obstruct all such
measures. II is. therefore. the duty OF
the democrats of each ward 10 look to it
carefully that wide-awake and represen>
tative men are nominated for aldermen
10 every instance. Let every good dem
ocrat be committee of one to bring for
ward such men for nomination
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-14
ABBREVIATED TeLeGRAMs.

Base base at St Augustine: Brooklyn IL,
Chicago L.
The iron miners at Ashland. Wis, have
won their strike and gone 20 work
The women az Atchison, Kan, have put
up a full ticket for the school board. All
are women
The First National bank, OF Bedford City,
Va, capital $50 900, has been authorized 70
do business.
Napoleon Trudeau. Of Calumet, Mich, Is
under arrest for the deliberate poisoning OF
his illegiimate step-chid
A society leader in Boston. Mass, WINS ar
rested Tuesday for stealing - worth OF rib
bons and laces. She is kleptomanac.
Ira NJ Hodges has been arrested at Den
yer. Colo, for wrecking the State bank at
Irving. Kan. II is said that he got away
with $4,000
The case against Perrin, the alleged bank
robber, now on trinl at Ashland. Wis, is
said to b. ~ weak one, and decidedly against
the prosecution.
Reports from Illinois fields say that tho
winter weather this month has seriously
damaged tho wheat fields, the Fultz wheat
being practically destroyed.
Two laborers were blown 10 pieces and two
Others fatally injured by an explosion of dy.
Mantle at the Brooklyn water works, at
Rockville Confer, y. Y, Thursday.
Harrison q LOder, Wholesale dry goods
merchants, 81 New York, have made an
assignment. with liabilities Of 500, 900 70
100000 and nominal assets in excess Of that
amount
Tho Kane county 0llsl court house at
Geneva, was totally destroyed by lire Thurs
day night Loss, slOO,O 900. The records were
kept In a safe believed 10 be fire proof but
II is not known whether they are safe
Albert Pollard and Vernon HAY. pupils
Of the deaf and dumb institute mt Jackson
vile, Ills, wero walking ON the railroad
track Thursday when they were struck by a
train. Hay was instantly killed and Pol
lard seriously injured.
A gang OF diamond thieves has been oper.
ating at Chicago and IL Is said that Giles
Bros. have lost 81 500 in the precious stones.
Other losses will foot up several thousands
more There Is no clue and the losers don't
know how the thefts were effected.
Mai Gen. Sir Howard Cranfurd Elphs-
tone, comptroller and treasurer OF the duke
" Connaught's household, was washed over
board from tho steamer Tang Eric, near
Tsneriffe, and drowned. His wife and
daughter were on board the steamer
The jury In the case OF Mrs Sarah Althea
Hill-Terry couldn't agree TO punish her for
raising n rumpus In the United States court
In San Franciso in 1888. They stood four
Tor conviction and eight for acquittal. The
row she raised had its sequel In tho assault
by her husband on Justice Field, In which
Terry lost his life.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-14
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. March 10.
Quotations on the board of trade to-day
were as follows: Wheat-No. March. opened
and closed 1855 May. opened 7sssc, closed
79l4c; July, opened 16lsc, closed s.I4c. Corn
No. March, opened and closed 2slsc; NAV,
opened eslec, closed $3.50; July. opened S0s4c,
closed 1886. Oats-No. March, opened and
closed aAsc; May, opened 2ll4c, closed 2lssc;
July, opened 20ssc, closed 2lc. Pork-March,
opened and closed sl022le; Nav. opened
si0.S0, closed sl041le July, opened 5000.
closed slo.S'le. Lsrd-March, opened and
closed S6t5
Live stock-The following were the quota
tions at the Union stock yards: Hogs-Market
opened active and firm; prices SC higher
light grades, S+05 AS; rough packing, s405
GALE mixed lots, S4O5G4.20. heavy packing
and shipping lots, S4.u5lS4.20. Cattle-Msrket
steady; beeves. S045.l0, bulk, SSsoS415;
cows, 81 ~ 23.a; stockers and feeders, So 40
9yS65 Shesp-Market steady; muttons S4O0
a590; corn-fed westerns. S4.edG5.G0; lambs,
S5008.50.
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elsin, 26lsd27c;
fine cresmeries 242sc; diaries. finest, fresh,
lsll22c; packing stock, Sc. Eggs-Strictly
fresh, l3c per doz Dressed poHltry-Chickens
ela aloe per 10; turkeys, l0dllc per H. ducks
lsdl2iec: geese. SglUc per 10 Potatoes
Peerless, S3l635 per bu; Beauty Of Hebron. SSt
+0c per bnt Burba-ks, i,tnAc per bu Illinois
sweet potatoes, gooi To fancy, s.. 25ta .5 Ap-
ples-Gooi u fancy, S. Uit3.si per Dbl Gran
berries Wisconsin bell and cherries. O.. so5s
500 lei bbi.
New York.
New YORK. March IL
Wheat-No red winter, s.tac cash; do
May, s64c; do June. s5lsc do July, SAC.
Corn-No. mixed, S5s.c cash do March,
SLsc; do April, Siasc; do May, ,6,sc; do June,
9,lsc. Oats Quiet but stea ~; No mixed
2's4c cash; do May, .6Sac; 10 June, 26asc.
Rye-Nominal. Barley Nominal Pork
Quiet; mess. sllt9fll.51 for new Lard
Quiet: April, So.4 March, ss45; May, s54S
Live stock: Csttle-No trading In becye.;
steady feeling. sheep and lambs Slow but
steady: sheep, ST.5aQ6.25; yearline laubs,
s6.tU 20, spring lambs, s4ol70o per hea g.
Hogs Nominal quotation. St4Da4.6j I. 100 rs.
ROCK BLAND.
Hay-Uplsnd prairie, 81 so.
HAy-Timotny-$60 0S6 50.
Hay-WDd, IS 000y4 o..
Corn-24c02sc
Oats-90c.621c
Oosl-Spft11c
Cord WOODS 8 OSLO.