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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-08

The Treasury Department has decided
.latA Chinese .auutryman .s q .aborcr
O.. r. Anderson has been confirmed as
postmaster ar Weston. W Va
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-08

MACON. GA, August The Democrats
of the sixth Congressional district in con-
vention yesterday reuomiuated JAS II.
Blouut
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-08
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of people. ana comparative quiet and good
order rcigned throughout the day. Mr..
Charles Hoffman. President of the organi-
zation. was everywhere present, and aided
much in the success Of the picnic. The ef.
fcient general committee, who arranged
the picnic and barbecue, was composed OF
Charles Hoffman. b. Rosenstein, G. W.
Hess. George Weimer. John Koch, Andy
Korn. G.. II. Mcdick, George Zoeckler, Jr'
Chris. KalbitZer and b. Gartner.
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Tumble Weeds Stopped the Train.

Probably most of the readers of the
Oregonian have seen or heard of the
tumble weed, for the benefit of any who
have not it may be said that it is bushy
plant growing eighteen inches to two
feet in height, having, small root and
the branches all curving inward at the
top, giving the full-grown weed globu-
lar shape. These weeds grow and -four.
ish on summcr-fallowed lands IN parts of
Eastern Oregon and especially along the
line of the Oregon and Washington
Territory Railroad between Hunts juno
tion and Pendleton. In the fall when
the summer fallow is seeded, the harrows
tear up these weeds, but as they are tough
and wiry and are not broken up much,
they lie around on the fields like balls.
The first wind starts the balls rolling,
and away they go for the first fence or
railroad cut. The line above mentioned
is not fenced, and short time ago these
weeds piled into the cuts on it about
Helix, in some places as high as the head
light of the engine, and on account of
their being crushed under the wheels and
"greasing" the track they held train
loaded with stock all night on the line.
A gentleman who was Oh the train says
that the weeds coming skipping over the
banks into a cut in the dusk of evening
looked for all the world like band of
sheep following their leader into the cut.
-Portlan9 Oregonian.
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Baby Ions Method Of Marriage.

According to the statements of the
"father of history" it appears that in
Babylon, that wonderful Asiatic metrop-'
oils, all the young women, without ex-
ception, upon arriving at manageable
age, were sold at auction to the highest
bidders for wives. There was no reserve
in this matter. No father had any right
to dispose of his daughters hand; she
must be vended under the hammer.
With the rich men of Babylon it was a
point of vanity to buy the most beautiful
girls offered at the periodical sales and
to present to their friends any such lovely
chattels as they did not need for
themselves. The custom was to first offer
for market the most beautiful maid
ems, and after they were disposed of the
plain virgins were fetched up and bon
uses offered with each to any one who
would buy them. And here came in
what one must recognize as an admirable
point in this arrangement. All the mon
ey paid by the rich men for the young
ladies they selected went to make dow
ries for the unattractive girls, which
were duly paid iii spot cash to the poor
men, who were thus made happy with
less seductive brides Washington Star.
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Yalne Of Old Official Stamps.

Most of the official stamps of the de-
partments at Washington are at pre-.
MUM. These are of the dates 1871 and
1873. The one-cent carmine executive
stamp is worth $3.50 and the six-cent
carmine So; the one. cent Department of
Agriculture yellow stamps thirty cents,
and the twelve-cent of the same seventy
five cents; the Interior Department re-
mains at standstill in value; the seven
cent blue Navy Department $3.50 and
the nlnety-center 1925; the Treasury,
Postofice and War Department stamps
all fuctuato in value, but the green
stamp of the State Department can be
considered anywhere from twenty-five
cents to $40, and any dealer will pay
that. That's about all of the stamps Of
the Internal or Revenue Department
issues there are. But none of them can
beat the patent medicine bottle and
match box stamps.-Mw York News.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A fact never apologies to anybody.
A little world always makes little man.
If you would be pure in mind be pure
in habit.
Every little act is the child of great
principle.
The man who wears blue glasses never
finds the sunshine.
If you want to come out right, be sure
to get started right.
If you are in the wrong place your
right place is empty.
The man who does his best, does as
well as an angel can do.
One of'the biggest towards is the man
who is afraid to do right.
The shadow of trouble is always
blacker than the trouble itself.
To have to look at himself is the hot
test fire bad man can get into.
The hardest maa to please is the one
who never knows what he wants.
There is always plenty of room for the
man whose life is governed by fixed
principle.
A cheerful disposition will do more for
you than pedigree running back to the
Mayhower.
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American Naval Conflicts.

Since the organization of the United
States navy its vessels may be said to
have been engaged in seven distinct con-
ficts, namely, the Revolutionary war,
the naval engagements with the French
in the West Indies, the war with the
Barbary States, the war of 1912, the
Mexican war, the Civil war, and the at
tack on the Corean forts. The last
named is only noteworthy because of its
distinctiveness.
In the Revolutionary war, aside from
the Bon Homme Richard and Scraps
affair, there was little actual fighting
work upon which to base an idea of the
capabilities of the American seaman as a
gunner. 1t was not until Truxton, with
the Constellation, came to the fore in the
West Indian fights with the French that
we hear of men going to the guns,
"waltzing," and laying hold of the side
tackles with characteristic vim. The
fight between the Constellation and
pInsurgente is deemed the first affair
when the stamp of high gunnery merit
was lupIcSSSo Ou GuC AiuSltSan navy.
In this fight the Constellation compelled
rInsurgente to strike her flag in one hour
after the opening shot was fired. 1t has
been calculated that the CONSULTATIONS
gunners placed seventy-fve per cent. of
all their shots in the hull of the French
man. 1t must be remembered, too, that
during this affair a moderate sea was
running, and every advantage had to be
taken of the roll of the ship before fir
ing. The Consultations gunners fired
Just as their vessel was about to roll to-
ward the enemy. The French gunners
fred mostly at the moment when Pin
surgente was about to roll away from the
Constellation. In navy parlance these
two rolls are designated as the down and
up roll, respectively. It is the rule in
the American navy to fire on the down
roll.
There is always the advantage in firing
in this way, from the ricochet, should the
projectile strike the water before reach
ing the enemy. In the Constellation
rInsurgente fight the former vessel
suffered mostly aloft. Only three men
were killed, one of whom was cut down
by the third lieutenant for finching at
his gun. Out of 400 men on rInsur-
gente seventy were killed or wounded.-
New York Times.
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A New -Tropical Fruit.

Carl Willing of the Government nurs-
cry has sent to this office specimen of
new fruit, which resembles large yel-
low gu:va more than anything we have.
The seed, however, grows on the outside
on the flower end of the fruit, and re-
sembles thick kidney bean. The tree
grows abundantly in the West Indies and
South America, in size rather small, like
the guava. In Brazil it is called csju,
and in the West Indies cashew. We
have not had fair chance to test its
quality as a fruit, but should place it
alongside the Tahitan vi or the finest Of
our large guavas. Hon. Joseph Marsden
brought some of the seeds of this fruit
from the West Indies several years ago,
and these trees probably sprung from
them.-Honolulu -4dcertiss'.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
Loss in Hotel Furniture and Carpets.

The greatest expense of all about a
hotel, of course, is in the furniture and
carpets. These have to be renewed in
part every year regularly as the dull
months of midsummer come around.
The carpets in the big rooms are taken
up and cut down and put into the small
rooms. The carpets from the small rooms
are taken up and sold.
The carpets on the second floor are
put down on the top floor, replacing
those that are carried away to the second
hand dealers.
The chairs and sofas are upholstered
or recaned. Those that have become
rickety with age are sold and new ones
take their place.
1t pays hotel to buy the best. Good
beds, bureaus and chairs will last, with
repairs, for ten years or longer. But
these repairs must be made constantly,
and new goods must be supplied continu.
ally.
If it costs 100000 to newly furnish a
hotel with furniture and carpets, it is
safe to estimate the annual repairs and
purchase at twenty per cent. Perhaps it
may fall as low as fifteen, but it is oftener
twenty-five.
The second hand dealers buy the old
furniture, renovate it and sell it at a
handsome profit, for most hotel furniture
was made for use and is of good material.
There are several east and west side
dealers who make an exclusive business
of buying and selling hotel carpets, and
here, too, there is good profit. Hotel
keepers estimate that their worn out car
pets bring them in one.quarter their orig
inal cost. and their furniture nets them
ten per cent.
In some hotels there is no charge to
the employees in the ordinary breaking of
china, but in most big hostelries some
system of compensation is devised. In
one large Madison square hotel peculiar
method is in vogue. When waiter, for
instance, drops loaded tray on the floor,
the head waiter or one of his assistants
hurries to the spot, and scooping the
fragments into a dustpan he throws the
lot into o pair of scales and the waiter is
charged certain sum per pound for his
carelessness.-New York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
The Tasmaniaus We're Backward.

! One of the least advanced races that
have come down to modern times was the
aboriginal race of Tasmania. There is
now Mrs. Fanny Corcorau Smith, aged
ifty-seven, who claims to be the last
survivor of the Tasmanian people; but
she is pronounced by an investigator of
their history to be half-caste. The
last unquestionable Tasmanian, woman,
Truganina, died in 1876. At the close
of their existence the Tasmanians had
reached degree of development hardly
equal to that of the flint workers of the
stone age.-Chicz0o Herald.
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like an airy cloud of white drapery, and

like an airy cloud of white drapery, and
only by degrees do you take in the de-
tails of the long white veil swathed
round the forehead and floating down
the back, the loose, widc-sleevcd en-
broidered jacket over a thin white
bodice, the broad jeweled girdie, tho
trousers of fesh-colored silk and the
dainty little pointed slippers, stiff with
gold lace and richly embroidered with
seed pearls.
Just at first they are rather shy of you,
but this soon wears off, and wien freed
from the overawing presence of their
portly lord and master, they crowd around
you and chatter to you like children, ex-
hibiting with childish pleasure the jewels,
chains and bracelets which hang on their
smooth necks and round arms as thickly
as tinsel on Christmas doll. The first
thing to be done is to give you some
green tea, which replaces coffee in
Morocco. The sprig of mint that floats
in i. is almost as great an addition as the
lemon juice used in Russia, while the ac-
companying swectmeats of almond paste,
mixed with sugar and orange. flowers
bruised into honey, are equally novelties
in their way, and the quaint little handle
less cups, set like fowerpots in silver
stands, would make any collectors mouth
water.
When you have drank your three cups
ithe regulation number in lIorocco) the
the ladies offer you long pipe of East
ern tobacco favored with rose water, and
express great surprise at your refusal.
Then they begin to criticise your dress
which they examine with marked inter-
est and disguised amazement-while ask
ing you all sorts of questions; and when
the time c1mes for you to depart you
you hardly know which to Won
der at most-the extreme ignorance
of your new friends or their Unsuitable
curiosity. -BrookZyn Citizen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
Getting Sea Temperatures.

Herr Luders, of Gorlitz, has recently
invented thermometer for ascertaining
the temperature of the depths of the sea.
Its action depends on the different elec-
trio conductivities of substances at
different temperatures. Inside a glass
tube are fixed a spiral iron wire and q
bar of carbon, which only touch at their
lower ends. Their other ends are con-
nected to copper wires, which constitute
an electric circuit, and in this circuit
there is galvanometer which indicates
the differences in the current due to the
variations in the temperature of the con-
tents of the glass tube.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
The Unspeakable Simon Girty.

Simon Girty was a leader of Indians,
born in Pennsylvania in 1850. His
mother and all the family were made
captives by the Indians. His step-fath-
er perished at the stake and Simon was
a prisoner until 1858. He was an active
loyalist, became leader of the savages,
and was concerned in many Atrocities
during the revolutionary war. 1t is not
known if he received British commits
sion, but he aided them in the war of
1912, and was Said to have been killed
in the battle of the Thames in 1913.
Other authorities say that he died nat
ural death two years later.-New Orleans
Times. Democrat.
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Talking of patent medicines

Talking Of patent medicines
you know the old prejudice:
And the doctors-some OF
them are between you and US.
They would like you to think
that what's cured thousands
woIt cure you. You'd be-
lieve in patent medicines if
they didn't profess to cure
e0syytAsng-and so, between
the experiments of doctors,
and the experiments of patent
medicines that are sold only
because there's money in the
"stuff," you lose faith in eosyy-
thing.
And, you can't always tell
the prescription that cures by
what you read in the papers.
So, perhaps, there's no better
way to sell a remedy, than to
tell the truth about it, and
take the risk of its doing just
what it processes to, do.
That's what the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, of Buffalo, N. Y, does
with
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery
Favorite Prescription,
Pleasant Pellets, and
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
If they don't do what their
makers say they'll do-ycc
get your money back.
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A ~. so Paper For S1.75,

the small % amonnt that Il costs It ia IN no Wonder
it is taken already in nearly Half Million
Families. With its fine paper and beautiful
its Weekly Illustrated Supple
ments, and its Double Holiday Numbers, 1t
seems as If the publishers could not do enough
to please. BY sending S1.76 now you may oo-
tain II. free to January, and for 9 full year
from that date to Janus-y, 1892. Address,
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A Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and of ease
and comfort follows the use Of Syrup Of Figs,
as 1t acts in harmony with nature to effectua'-
ly cleanse the system when costive or bilious.
For sale In SOC. and 81 bottles by all leading
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A curious complaint in regard to
streets, coming from Philadelphia, states
that the baby coach is Chestnut streets
greatest nuisance.
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Guaranteed five year eight per cent First
payabie every six months; principal and inter.
esf collected when due and rem1tted without
expense to lender. For sale by J. q. Bauerlein
& Co Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17

The odor of white flowers is for some
unknown reason supposed to be more
delicate than that of colored flowers.
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You wear out clothes on q wash board ten
times as much as on the body. Holo foolish.
and save this useless wear. Made ever since
1884. Don't take imitation. There are lots Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17

Beware OF Ofntmcnts Tor Catafrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous sur.
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi.
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Care, manufactured By F. j.
Cheney g. Co., Toledo. o., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, and acts direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure to get the genuiae. 1t is taken internal
ly, and made in Toedo, Ohio, by +. j. Cheney
EN- Sold by Drug lists, price 15c. per bottle.
OVER 100000 seals have been wantonly killed
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DO You Ever Speculate ;

Anv person sending us their name and IL
dress will receive information that will lea !
to a fortune. BENZ. Lewis 81 Co, Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
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"Woman, her diseases and their treatment"
A valuable illustrated book Of seventy-two
pages free, on receipt Of 10 cts for cost OF mall
Ing, etc. Address. P. o. Box lO68. Phila-, Pa.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Thai
Contain Mercury,

THERE is no treaty between Canada and the
United States concerning smuggling.
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Not a Local
Disease

Because catarrh affects your head, It Is not tasrs-
fore local disease. II It did not exist IN your boo1
It could not manifest it ,e: In your The bloot
now in your brain is before you finish reading thi'
article back in your heari ;a!n aai soon dstrlo-
uted to your nvsr ston .cl, kdneyA and 30 on
Whatever impurities the blood does not carry ava y,
cause what we call diseases. Therefore whom you
have catarrh OF the heal, suu1 Or other inhalan'
can at most give only temporary relief The only
way TO effect cureiS to atsacS the dissa's In the
blood, by taking unconstitutional remedy like Hoods
sarsaparula, which eliminates all impurities and
thus permanently cures catarrn- The success o,
hoods sarsaparlila as a remedy FOR catarra is
vouchedfor ny many people It has cure1
Hoods Sarsapartlla
Sold by all druggists Gil SIX for s. Prepared only
byC.L HOOD & CO.. Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
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-op me a line," yelled the drown.
- IN. "What's the usef" said the
fst on the dock. "There's no
ce where you are going. "-LI.
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Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any whers
onreceipt of 80 cts. Tyler Co., Kansas City. Mo.
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Money invested in choice one hundred dol.
lar building lots in suburbs Of Kansas City will
pay from five hundred to one thousand per
cent. the next few years under our plan. SIS
cash and s. per month without interest con-
trolsa desirable lot Particulars on application.
J. II. Bauerlen IL Co.. Kansas City. Mo.
FITS stopped free by Dr. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE RESToRER. No fits after first day use.
Marvellous cures. Treatiss and 5! trial oottls
free Dr. Kline. 93l Arch ST., Phila-, Pa
Lee Was Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt or 81 per bottle.
Adeler & Co.. .522 Wyandotte ST.. Kansas City, Mo
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in MISSOURI, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co. Kansas City, Mo.
For a disordered liver try Beecham's Pills.
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OVER 900 seals have been wantonly killed
whose skins We're never secured.
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TIVE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Is the line 70 take to all points East and
South. Il IL the DINING cAR ROUTE. it
runs through vestiDuled Trains every
ST. PAUL AND CHICAGO.
mo change OF cnrs)
Composed OF Dining Cars unsurpassed. Pill
man Drawing Room Sleepels of
iatsst equipment.
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS
Best that can b constructed and in waicn
Recommendations are both TREx and furnished
for holders OF nrst or second-elass tickets, and
ELEGANT DAY coACHEa
A continuous line connecting with all nne1.
anordlng direct and uninterrupted service
In advance through any agent OF the ROAD
THROUGH TICKETS
To and from ali points in America, midland
and Europe can be purchased at any ticket
once OF this company.
TRAINS LEAVE sxArrLs As FOLLOWS:
Overland throush trains 8 10 = m. and p. N:
Portland and south. 6:lo a. M. s.25 . N. and
chehalis and Olympia express, 2p.m.
Tacoma aud iocal, 6:l0 and s:25 Z M: q SIS
and S:st p. N.
Eastern points. Has q m and II IS p N.
Portland and soatn. $40 :. m. ASS and s:S
Chehalis and Olympia. ll:l5 q m.
e:lS and HISS o. m
Time shortened Is hours between Seattle and
81. Paul
Through Pullman Palace Sleeping csrs. ele-
gaut day coaches, finest palace dining cars DO
tween Seattle. Tacoma, and Portland direct
Daily service.
Full inform alton concerning rates. time Of
trains, routes and other details furnished on
application 10.
A. D. CHARLTON. Asst Gen. Pass Ag..
12l First H.. cor. Washington. Portland, Or.
/ A. NADEAU. General Agent, Seattle.
A. CHILBERG, City Ticket Agent 7l6 Second
str ct, Boston block. Seattle, w sh.
=. ToNKIN, Ticket Agent Seattle Depot, foot
OF Third atre~t
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report regarding Barring Broa Receipts, O., 90;
snlpments. ~. 90 buahe1&
Wheat-classd steady; caah, sl,<c December.
&c; Nay. eloS5<
SIG.
zS3<c.
Mes pork-stsady: cash, ,soeas: January.
$l155: Nay, $i2
= Ls..d-s.s.dy: e.sA. kosx; January. Nss
06z1<; Nay. 3655
kye-Quies ct csc
Barley-Nominal Ct 7Sc.
Hhisky-$lA
shosiden-s5x Aes a,<; short clear. $50
so; short ribs, $500 %.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO. Nov I5-Caftle- Recefpts $500:
dull: steers, s37595.l5: Texan rangers and
butchers stock ere down to the lowest prices Of
the season.
Hoss-Receipts. 1900: lower: rough and
common, $s6 1915; prime heavy and butcher
weighn $2s0g4; light, ss.75(9as0.
sheep Receipts. 600; slow and I'm
changed.