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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03
where Mr.. Curtis Learned to Write

George allw tHflif
Whatever my style Of writing may bee,
70 is the result of natural selection and
not OF special design, The first author
who interested me deeply after Robin
son Crusoe" and the usual children
books of fifty OF sixty years ago was
Washington Irving Then came Walter
Scott and Charles Lamb. Keats, Shelley
and Wordsworth. then Bacon and Emer-
sou. Burke and Carlyle, Thackeray ana
Hawthorne. But rhetoric or compost
zion / have never studied. My long con-
nect.on with the press has been Of the
utmost service 90 me As writer. For
many wears have been the chief editor
ial writer upon HprpcrS Weekly, paper
which takes part To- political discussion
and the necessity OF making myself IN
teIiglble % the rapid reader In q com
parativelv short space has been prob1-
bv the best training l could have had.
Fortunately have no taste for what
seems % me the frequent extravaganza
of newspaper writing, and therefore l
have easily avoided il. Every young
writer should remember that bigneSS Is
not greatness, nor fury force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03

Tho mckinley bW has passed. You ore
NOR, Interested u politics than you supposed
for ns bW ,rW raise thc price ~ many anti
cjes. 70 ru affect chamber sets and pdr'or
suits. Too. Already rs ind dollar being
,ti,.i bar, aud 80 cents there. oar 0dricc is,
bun Advertisement in Bangor Wing
Congressman B0utelle's Paper
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03
PETROLEUM.

New YORK. November Petroleum
opened irregular; options opened firm and
advanced &c on buying to extend Novem-
Der contracts, and then reacted &c. Spot
oil declined &c. There were no transac,,
tions in Lima. Pennsylvania spot opened
and highest 7siIc; lowest and closing at
7Sc. Total sales 5000 barrels.
OIL CITY, Nov. Petroleum opened
~ &c; highest ~ &c; lowest 7SJSc: closed at
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03

The Wheeling TRfeYNcpccr advises
Bill Hubbard Co have nothing more Od0
with John o. Pcndietou. Good advice.
The buzz saw might also De thrown in
for good measure.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03

ONO RIVER RAILROAD.
- TINE TABLE TAKING EFFECT AU-
OF ST nth, 1890 Passenger trains viii run as
ioloWs-Central Time. All trains daily except
those marked thus z, which do not run CA Sun
day:
soUrH KouNp- no. n No. bNo ai- 81.
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'ESTBAL STANDARD TlNF.
From Bridgeport StatIon.
II ANAWHA AND MICHIGAN

IN RAILWAY. r. ". KELLEY. President
(Kanawha Short Linr.) Schedule M effect No
yember cath, 1889. Subject 10 change without
notice. Trains leave Wheeling 1879 %. on. via
Ohio River X. r.: arrive Charleston $50 %. o..
Leave Charleston 6:45 n. m; arrive Wheeling
Z. Is p. m, via o. Il. r. II. Leave Charleston
II 81 a. m: arrive Wheeling 40 "a. m. via Co
lumbus and Il. 4 o., daily except sunday Cen
trail STANDARD Time Sundays, only trains
leave Charleston 500 A. M; arrive Wheeling
7:45 D. m. Leave Wheeling 800 a. M arrive
Charleston 1. 40 p. m, via o. r. r. Il.
GEO. J. ERMLlCH. g. p A.
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sSKc. Sales, $4,000 barrels; charters,
4762 barrels; shipments, 95,O4l barrels;
runs, lOl, sl3 barrels.
PITrsBURG, PA, Nov. Petroleum
opened at 7S1{c; closed at zoe: highest
795<c; lowest 7S1zc Market firm
BRADFORD, PA, Nov. Petroleum.
opened at 599.c; closed at 7S5<c; highest
595sc; lowest 7S5ic. Clearances $4,000
barrels.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Money at 3as Per Cent.-GoVernments
DulI-stocks Dull-Flour Steady ana
rncbanged-Wheat Quiet.

NEW York, November Money on cal
eaev ranging from to 5 per cent; last
loan 4 per cent, closed offered at 4 per
cent cent .: prime mercantile paper Gas per cent
sterling exchange quiet and steady at
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03
Nowis Your PIo0d2

ihad malignant breaking ont on my
lee below the Enoe. ard was cnled SOUND
and well with TWO and a half bottles OF
S 5 $. O;hcr blood mediGncS had taI
ed % DO me any good.
WILL [. beatty, Yorkville, ) /.
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Roasted Cosfees.

"Alaroma,' "Arbuckle's," Lion" End nv
own roast OF "Oie Woman, "HoFse Head, Ant
loose roast
- Sole Agent for the Celebrated Dupont
Powder MILLS. full supply Of Rife. Blast.
ing and Sporting Powder OF every kind constant.
.y magazine. Orders solicited from dealers
only. Also Patent Hemp, Cotton, aud Water
PFo' Safety fuse. iny5
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03
The Metal Market

New YORK, November l.-Pig iron dull at
$40 Goals 90. Copper, neglected. Tin
quiet; straits S2l IS.
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VVUFFTING n ELN GROVE

" RAILROAD. on and AFTER Wednesday,
Nav Hth. lsqo. trains on the Wheeling and
Ella Grove Kai,road yil rlu SIS follows;
Leave Wheeling. Leave Elm Grove.
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~ s'szis- ssszsss ~,
no mn lsi@S "a, q MARX

Twas troubled from childhood viii
an aggravated case Of letter, AMI three
bc.tics of $. 5. :. cured ne pcrnI
n,ntlv WALLACE MANN,
Meanwhile, |. 7.
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FLOUR.

CHRISTIAN BROS GROWN" BRAND
Minneapolis Patent.
TAYLORS' PATENT ami BEST" Family.
WILLIAMS CHOICE OHIO FAMILY.
Anc many other choice brands Of Family nour
n stock and continually receiving
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03

Through tickets and baggage checked io aii
points.
For rates and other information. address
W. J. ROBINSON. G. +. A. Parkersburg
\. J. DANDY. A. G. p. A.. Parkrr,hurg.
j. @. TOMLINSON. Pas AEent. MLerllng. ~ "a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03

Our oook on Blood AM Skin Diseases
matted ace
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Atlanta, Ga
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Moundsyille Accommodation, 600 and so q.
n, and 2:35 and 6:l0 p. m, except Sunday.
ARRIVE.
From New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
$3.50 m. and H. Is p. m and l:2S p. m, daily.
Cumberland Accommodation, sos y. H., exc
cept Sunday.
Grafton Accommodation, i2: IS p. M, daily.
Moundsyille Accommodation, 7:SO q. No., and
~ 10, sos and As P. m, except Sunday.
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YovR BACK AcHES,


Or YOU arc an worn out. really good for moth
ms, il Is general debility. lIy
BKOH.N'S IRON kITTShS.
twill cure YOU. cleanse Your liver, and glVo
s0Jl appetite.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03

For Pittsburg $40 and 7:9O a. m. and $50 p.
NJ daily, and lao ,. m, daily, except Sunl4. {;
and ZOO p. m, Sunday only.
Washington Accommodation, ) 50 ,. d., *
cent Sunday
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Railroads.
baltimore AND OHIO Rail-

Al Wheeling. Eastern
time. Schedule il eject
May 18th, 1870.
MAIN LINE EAST
For Baltimore, Phiielcl-
phia and New York, 1901
and 4..25 q. m, 2.S5 daily.
Cumberland AccoInMC-
dation, 500 =. m. daily
except Sunday.
Grafton AccCmmodG.
tfou OK ~ IN Hnf1y
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DO SOMETHING FOR CHRIST.

Standing in the chill khan of Sa-
yiour's humiliation, and seeing what He
ala for US. l ask what have we done for
Him. .There is nothing l can do,
saws one. As Christmas was approach
inc the village church, a good woman
said to a group OF girls in lowly and
stroitened circumstances; Let all now
do something for Christ" After the
der was over. she asked the group to
tell her what they had done. one said:
Il could not do much, for We are very
moor. but had a beautiful flower haG
carefully trained in our home; ana l
thought much Of ii, and l put that now
er ON the church altar" And another
said. II could not do much, for we are
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
a ~Transpaeific Cable.

The Colonies and India, of London,
SAYS that "the breaking of the Austria
liam cables and the consequent cutting
off of those colonies from communica-
ton with the outer world for several
days emphasizes in the strongest posi-
BILE way the necessity of constructing an
alternative cable across the Pacific ocean
between British Columbia and Sydney
or Brisbane. The lesson will no doubt
not be lost upon our Australian cousins.
1t is said that her majesty's government
has decided not to share in the guaran-
tee the companies require in order to eff
feet the proposed reductions in the exist
ing cable rates, and it was hardly ex-
pected that it would do so. 1t might,
however, view with greater favor the
laying of the new line, and the subsidies
the colonies are now asked to give for
perpetuating for a time the monopoly Of
the old line, with assistance from Can
ada and from the imperial government,
would, it is believed, permit of arrange
ments being made for the construction
of the Pacific cable, and probably insure
a reduced tariff by both lines"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
4 Cuirassier Runs Amuek.

81 must slay three or four foot sol
diers.' exclaimed a cuirassier named
Lefranc, as with some of his comrades
in the same regiment he stopped Croi-
son, an ~inoffensive fantassin, in the
streets of Anglers, in which their respect
i've corps We're quartered on the evening
of the national fete. Suiting the action
to the word Lefranc drew his saber and
proceeded to attack the infantryman,
who, parrying his thrusts with his bay
onet as best he could, drove nearly the
whole of the weapon into his adyersary's
side. The cuirassier reeled and then
fell down dead. Croison returned quiet
" to his barracks, where he was put I'M
der arrest in the course of the night.
He has been tried by court martial.
His officers gave him an excellent
character, and he himself declared that
he much regretted what he had done,
but added that his life was at stake. 1t
was a~scertained that the cuirassier had
already thrashed a foot soldier belonging
to another regiment on that same even
ing, and Croison was acquitted, the
court arriving at the conclusion that he
had simply acted in self defense and had
had no intention of killing his opponent
outright. French soldiers always go out
with their sidearms, and their conduct
is, as a rule, so steady and orderly that
only on rare and exceptional occasions
like the one just cited do they make a
bad, or rather any. use of their weapons.
London Telegraph.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
Peeyishness in Children.

There is a cause of peeyishness in
children which requires consideration,
and that is the want of sufficient fresh
air and bodily exercise. Healthy chill
dren are almost constantly in motion,
and they require proportionately more
fresh air and out of door life than do
adults. To shut them up in the house
in badly ventilated and ~oyerheated
rooms inevitably makes children peev-
ish when they would otherwise be good
tempered and free from nervous irri-
liability. a good run in the fields, or
even in the streets, if there is no better
place, will often be tho means of max
ing a disagreeable child a source of
pleasure to those about it.
Whatever the cause of peevishness
may be ii should be got rid of not only
in order that the present comfort of the
child may be insured, but in order that
no foundation be laid for qu~erulousness
and general disagreeableness in mature
years, which so frequently W their ex-
istence to mismanagement in early life.
Youths Companion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
An Electrical Time stamp.

Wall street is interested in a novel
continuance for registering the exact
time of the contamination of bargains.
1t is always necessary and sometimes
vitality important to brokers to know the
very minute of the hour when a transac
ton is legally completed. AT times the
official quotations of some stock or other
change so suddenly and show such a
great degree OF variance that large losses
and big lawsuits have been occasioned
by the inability of the contracting par
ties to determine or agree upon the time
of the receipt or cancellation OF an order
to buy or sell.
Because he could not prove the exact
minute of the receipt of the counter
order from one of his customers Il lead
ing broker three weeks ago lost nearly
$40, 900 on commissions which he IKE
cuted on a day when the price of the
stock in which lie was dealing made sew
eral sensational changes. Minutes OF
time We're many dollars of money in that
case, and on other occasions Il saving or
proper use of minutes may be counted III
dollars instead of seconds.
A good many inventions to assist the
dealers in this matter of recording the
exact time of their transactions have
been brought to the attention of operat-
ors, but none of them has been success
full. The last device to simplify bust
ness and save time and guard against
mistakes is an electrical time stamp.
The device is not much larger than an
ordinary stamp. 1t looks like u minia-
ture ticker. The mechanism is o Ii
nected with a standard time clock, and
at the beginning of every minute the
time indicated by the type on the stamp
is changed to agree with the clock by
the closing of the electric circuit. An
order or paper to be stamped is placed
under the figures, q button is pressed,
and the exact time is printed OF the face
of the paper.-New York Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
A New way to Fish.

Quite q novel 1node Of catching fish
was invented by a youth in Michigan re-
Gently.
He was bathing, when he perceived in
the water a little way beyond him a fish
of unusually large proportions swim
ming along within a very short distance
of the bank and rapidly approaching
him. AS he saw the magnificent speci-
men of the sturgeon species the thought
of securing it without the usual imple-
ments flashed across his mind, and he de-
termined to make n effort to secure
the monarch of the lakes"
AS the fish approached the bank on
which the boy was standing the latter
prepared to dive, and before the sturgeon
was quite opposite the youth gave a
leap, a plunge and diyed beneath the
water. Ere the astonished sturgeon
could either escape or recover from the
CONSERVATION caused by the sudden dis
turbance of the waters he was a prison.
er in the arms of the youth, who could
with difficulty retain his hold of his
slippery customer.
The struggles of the now desperate
sturgeon were now ~pertinacious and
nearly crowned with victory, though
they became almost entirely Intellectual,
and were rendered completely so by the
aid of a companion of the boy. who ran
to his assistance.
Their united efforts soon completed the
victory over his sturgeonship, and laid
him painting on the bank, u proof Of the
triumph of muscle.
After resting a while from the fatigue
caused by the combat under water they
carried the sturgeon home, where it was
weighed, turning the scales at just
seventy oounds.-Exchange.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
nr. Wchb - Jnr Gonld.

The abrupt manner in which Vice
President Webb treated q representative
Of the Knights of Labor who called as
mediator between the company and the
men has recalled the fact that all the
Webb boys are disposed to be perempto-
ry in business dealings, ven with older
and stronger men than themselves.
In the very older days of DR.. Seward
Webb as a railroad MAJ he attempted a
little show of authority with Mr.. jay
Gould, which that gentleman treated in
his dry, sarcastic way. Itseems that w.
H. Vanderbilt was just dead when his
son-in-Iaw, Dr. Webb, ina business letter,
called Mr.. Gould rather peremptorily to
account, and presented his ultimatumi in
a matter concerning ONE exchange of
business between the Vanderbilt and
Gould roads.
DIR. Webb's idea was to hurry Mr..
Gould to Il settlement. But Mr.. Gould
was not to be hurried, or even brought
to a consideration Of the case, and he
wrote 4 short note to Mr.. Webb in
which he simply said that his sorrow
over the death of Mr.. Vanderbilt three
or four days before had been so poignant
that he was unable to consider any bust
ness with his s~on-in-law at present. 1t
is probable that Mr.. Gould hasnot heard
from DR.. Seward Webb since.-Phila-
lelphia Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
a Strong woman.

Empress Frederick would become a
powerful factor at court il she remained
long in England. Her influence has been
successfully exerted with the queen tc
induce her majesty to allow the Guards
band to play on the cast terrace Mt Wind
sor castle Sunday afternoons, andshe has
also obtained the queens permission for
Princess Beatrice to make lengthy tour
abroad, The queen has always indig-
naptly refused to allow the band to play
On she east terrace, where no music has
been heard since 1861 until the other day,
and Princess Beatrice's annual attempts
to obtain leaves OF absence for an expedi-
ton through Switzerland had invariably
failed, hut the Empress Frederick sue
ceeded in both cases, and some people
now predict that if the empress should
happen to come owe next year about
WhitsHntide she will be able to ges the
queen TO patronize Ascot races.-London
Truth.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
Preserved in a Salt Mine.

In o salt mine near Hermannstadt, in
Hungary, which had for many years
been full of water and was visited by
tourists on account of its great depth
and its repeating echo, a recent heavy
rainfall raised the water to an extraor-
binary height. Recently a number Of
dead bodies appeared on the surface,
and they were taken out, with con-
siderable danger to those who undertook
the task. They were found to be the
bodies of Hungarian Honveds, 800 of
whom fell in the battle of Viz Akna on
the 4th of February, 1849, and instead
of being buried were thrown into the
salt lake Of the mine. The bodies are so
well preserved that the wounds which
caused death may be seen quite plainly.
Two of the bodies are headless. Cor.
London News.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Urben Getchell, of Limestone, Me-,
witnessed a novel sight last week while
driving near that village. He came on
seven bears unawares, three Of them full
grown and four cubs quite large. The
old ones made for the woods, but the
cubs had their gambols out before they
followed. Urben says it was a nice
sight, but his hair seemed to grow very
rapidly, and raised his hat from its usual
place. The bears were seen by two
other persons Philadelphia Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Elias \. Sullivan, nicknamed by
friends "Yank" Sullivan, who bravely
met death in the Baltimore and Ohio
wreck ut Osceola, was one of the best
known engineers on the road. "Yank"
firmly believed in all the peculiar super
stitions to which railroaders as Il class
pin faith. Two months before his fatal
wreck he took his engine, No. 475, the
largest on the road, out of the repair
shops. On his first trip a wreck occurred
on the eastern division. This cemented
his half hearted faith in an unlucky Fri
day. His engine needed repairs shortly
afterward, and was ready for the road
again on the Friday previous to the
night of his death ride. This time
"Yank" positively refused to go out,
saying an accident was sure to follow.
His fears We're laughed to scorn by the
men collected in the round house, and
Sullivan took the engine. That his
words were prophetic proved too true,
and it would be impossible now to get
an engineer TO take his engine ont Of the
Glenwood shops on Friday.-Pittsburg
Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
Lake Keuka Cranes.

Lake Keuka first became noted for the
cultivation Of grapes on its shores. The
first vineyard was planted about 1856 on
the west shore. In 1861 another was plant
ed on Bluff Point. The business proved
very profitable, and the cultivation Of
grapes extended until nearly all avail
able land has been utilized. At present
grape land is valued at 500 to $500 per
acre and bearing vineyards $500 to
81, 900, the latter price being that of the
best Catawba vineyards. The present
crop is very promising. and, in view of
the general failure of other kinds Of
fruit, grape growers are expecting good
prices. Rome Sentinel.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
The Old Whaling vowns Picking Up.

Lhe OiU hIta!tu5 E&@hs AtShihS Up
According to The Providence Journal.
an interesting and gratifying disclosure
OF the census is that of the revival of the
old whaling towns. The whale fishery
c~enters, where once the coming and go
ing of busy ships gave a lively air of in
dustry to the wharves and streets, felt
the deeadence Of this fishery as an al
most fatal blow, and in the decades i'm
mediately succeeding the ffties remained
sorrowful monuments to a great indus
try's decay, Now, however, they seem
to be recovering their old time energy,
and it is not unlikely that an inheritance
of the same enterprise which character
lied them in the past will once more
push them steadily forward. New Bed
ford, formerly the greatest whaling port
on the whole coast, now boasts a popu-
lation of II, GA, a gain Of more than so
per cent. since 1880, and New London,
the second portin Importance, has gained
some 30 per cent. or more il the same
time.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
Hls Congregatlon Neger peserted rlm.

A clergyman was lamenttng the fact
that his congregation appeared to be
restless during his sermons, and de
clared that many of the members of his
flock would get up right at a time when
he fancied himself most impressive and
would leave the house.
That's bad" answered u young
preacher, "but I must say that I do not
experience any such annoyance. Not q
single member of my congregation gets
up and goes out during services"
"You don't say so,' the first speaker
exclaimed. "How do you manage it?'
81 don't manage it at all-seems to
manage itself"
"Don't they complain when you preacf
a long sermonf'
'No, I've never heard a word of com
plant"
"That is indeed singular. Your peo-
pie must have been exceptionally well
brought un."
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Bridget Doody, the Mineral Point
(Wis.1 c~entenarian, and who was I'M
doubtedly the Oldest person in Tho Unit
ed States, died Aug. 10 at her home
in the above named city after a brief
illness. She had been a resident Of Min.
eral Point for years. The Rev. James
OKeefe wrote to her native parish in
Ireland some years ago and received in
formation in return on the indisputable
authority Of the record books of the
parish that she was born in the year
1910. She was therefore 1870 years old
at the time of her desth.-Cor. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
No Tail. Poor Thing.

There was born on the ranch of Victor
Piezza, nea town, last week, a calf with
absolutely no tail, and otherwise per
fectly formed. This freak of nature is
owned in Santa Rosa. His calfship
starts out IN the race of life against al
most empowering odds-odds sufficient
to discourage any ordinary or average
calf, but this calf is by no means an or
binary one, and he will probably make
his mark in life. 1t would be an act of
simple justice to see that this particular
calf is given more than his usual share
Of rope on every possible occasion.-Se-
bastopol Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
Zig Pie.

The citizens of Columbus, Ga, had a
big barbecue. Among the novelties was
a chicken pie, thus described: Tho pie
was 7 feet long and 5 feet broad, and as
deep as would hold ten dozen chickens.
Every chicken had yellow legs, a drum
stick for the babies and a wing for the
girls. After the pie was eaten the pan
was auctioned off, the proceeds to so to
the girl under Is years of age that brings
to the Chattahoochee Valley exposition
in November the finest pone of bread
baked by herself"