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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-27
A Motive for Deception.

In view Of the above startling news ;
long editorial, printed in yesterday
New York Sun. is interesting. Tn,
article of the sun Is based upon the ac
tion of the Surrogate OF New York City
last week. lie refused TO probate the
will of Robert Ray Hamilton on the
ground that his death was not clearly
proven and much of the Sans article is
based on theevidence before him.
After questioning the truth of the re-
port of Mr. Hamilton death, the article
referred to says:
suddenly a press dispatch in the
newspapers recited Mr.. Hamilton'S mar
row escape from death at the hands of a
mistress frcnzied with drink. Within a
day. the wo;ld knew the sad and dis
graceful story OF his liaiSon with vici-
Gus woman OF the lowest type, liaiSon
that ended with marriage, and that was
said TO have borne fruit in the birth OF Il
daughter. Dragged into court TO pro-
tect his alleged wife from the punish
ment she deserved, the proud-spirlted
man broke down. lie found his only
refuge in silence and SecluSion.
The conviction and imprisonment
of his mistress for aSSaulting her
nurse followed aud Mr.. Hamilton was
no longer heard OF. He dropped com
pletely out OF sight until the press dis
patches again made startling an
nouncement, that of the death OF Ham
ilton while on a fanch in Idaho, which
it was said he had recently purchased,
though he had never manifested the
slightest interest in ranching.
"The briefest possible announcement
of his death was made, and ii came
from intimate friends of the family.
The news, when borne TO his venerable
and airectionate father, sad as it was,
did not fall, apparently, like an over
whelIning blow. 1t seemed almost as
if it had been anticipated. To news
paper inouirers the father simply
remarked that he had no further
facts to impart. The body was
not brought home. the house was
closed to all queStionerS, and no funeral
noLi,e was published until October &.
thirty-four days aft the reported
death. for the r r'aso' a. alleged, that
Gen. Schuyler ramiltOn, had been III
for some time, had not had an op-
portunity 10 haSc the notice published.
Under the pressure of constant inquiry,
it was finally disclosed that in March
last Mr.. Hamilton had made will in
this city, and that late in the summer
he had invited Mr.. Gilbert, Jr., one OF
the executors named in his will lthe
other was his cousin), To visit him at
his far-away home in the wilderness OF
Idaho. When Mr.. Speir arrived with
another friend, Mr. c. ID. Il. Moore, on
the jth of September, he LEANED rs he
said, that Hamilton's body had been
found in the Snake river three days be-
| fore
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-27
THE LEGISLATION

During the Present Session will
be of the most Important Charac-
ter. The Daily Register contains
Complete TeIegraphic Reports.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-27

w.H Contain fuil teiegraphie
REPORTS from the Legislature
nov in Session at the State Cap
.ial
, 1891-08-14

The value Of forest products, not man
ufactured at the mill, in Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota, 1890, aggregates
$30,426, 1874; value of mill products, $115,-
500, 004; value of remanufactures, SELL
liz, 61S-making an aggregate value of
products in three states of $167 ,237, SIG.
The capital invested to produce this
value was $27O, 1872 ole; men employed
in forests, 95,25S; women, 90; children,
10, animals, 32, 49l. In the mills the
product required the labor of 81, 800 men,
646 women and 653 children.
The amount represented in operat IN
of machinery and chemical appliances,
1890, vas $23, $50, 1854; the expenditure of
steam and water power was reported rs
sufficient to lift 0 1900, 900 tons one foot in
one minute; 1859, 151, 1870 cubic feet of
m~erchantable timber were removed from
natural growth; 81, 800, 254 were invested
in vessels and other means of transport,
and 500, 6Ss ,256 were expended for wages,
subsistence, supplies and miscellaneous
purposes.
The aggregate increase of product
since 1880 is reported to be 90. 60 per cent.
in quantity and 1893 per cent. in value.
-Harper's Weekly.
, 1891-08-14

An odd use that the pin was put to
long ago was that of checking the intern
perate habits of the English. st. Dun
stan conceived the idea of dividing the
tankards out of which the liquor was
drunk into eight equal parts, each part
marked with a silver pin. The cups
were generous affairs, holding two
quarts. Consequently the quantity from
pin to pin was half a pint, and the regu-
lation was that the drinker stop Mt a
pin"
Roisterers, however, prevented the
purpose of good st. Dunstau and estab-
lished the rule Of ''good fellowship" by
which the drinker was to stop only at q
pin If he drank beyond he had to &C
on to the next mark. AS it was difficult
to stop exactly at a pin the vain efforts
always excited much mirth, and the
trial usually ended with the draining Of
the tankard.-Table Talk.
, 1891-08-14

Though it is very common to reproach
old bachelors with their celibacy, and to
pity old maids as if single blessedness
were n misfortune, yet many married
people have seen fit to offer apologies for
having entered into what some profane
wag has called the ''holy bands of pad
lock-" One man says he got married to
get a housekeeper, another to get rid of
bad company
Many women declare they got mar
ried for the sake of n home; few ac-
knowledge that their motive was to get
a husband. Goethe averred that he got
married in order to be respectable. 4"
John Wilkes said he took a wife ito
please his friend" Wycherly, who es-
poused his housemaid, said he did /. to
spite his relations"
A widow who married IA second hus-
band said she wanted somebody to con
dole with her for the loss of her first.
Another, because she thought a wedding
would "amuse the children" Another,
to get rid of incessant importantly from
a crowd of suitors.
Old maids who get married invariably
assure their friends that they thought
they could be more useful" as wives
than as spinsters. Nevertheless Quilp
gives it rs his opinion that nine-tenths
Of all persons who marry, whether
widows or ~widowers, spinsters or bachcl-
ors, do SO for tho sake of-getting mar
ried.-London Tit-Bits.
, 1891-08-14

The etiquette of French law must
sometimes take the flavor of an unwel-
come surprise to lately exported brides,
Not long ago the Countess de la Forest
Devonne, formerly Florence Audenreid,
of Washington, was driving in the Bots
de Boulogne with her cousin, Mrs. Har-
rison Gamer, another bride from Phila-
delphia, when her horses suddenly took
fright and ran away without hurting
anybody seriously or doing p~erceptible
damage. With characteristic prompt
ness, however, a government official
called and laid before the countess a bill
for damages. The official document
stated that some injury had been done to
the banks of the trees and some little
confusion of roadway and bordering
grass had been caused by her horses.
Well, this seemed rather amusing to
an American, but when bills for dam
ages to five different carriages came in,
one after another, the countess began to
get anxious, and consulted her check
book with a growing interest and much
wonderment as to whether there would
be enough left of her yearly income for
necessary expenses. Furthermore, she
has no idea when the demand will stop
or how many more ancient and decrepit
vehicles will come out as good as new at
her expense.-New York Times.
, 1891-08-14

\ correspondent sends some evidence
that it is not always the school children
who have queer ideas regarding the
meaning of words. She has Transcribed
from several hundred replies to ques-
tons given in the examination of appli-
cants for the position of teacher. The
candidates We're asked to define plagiar-
ism Here are eight Of the
Plagiarism Il an occult science. Pla-
giarism is the act of plaguing 1t is the
state Of believing differently from the
majority Of people.
1t is the act Of telling falsehoods about
an opponent. 1t is downright meanness
1t is having the disposition to fight. 1t
is something made correct by usage. |
do not know unless 1t relates to the
power of witching
Define pedagogics. Pedagogics ia TO
mail teachers. 1t relates to petty ruleru
In that case there is something about
pedagogics in the history of Europe, also
history Of the United States and the
Bible. 1t is the history of ones good or
bad deeds. Pedagogics is an old teacher
that's cranky.
What are metaphoric rocks? They are
rocks composed of little animals called
metamorphoses.
What is the derivation OF the word
''polypusy' 1t is derived from poly
tmany) and pus Cpuss); many cats.
What is anatomy Anatomy is extinct
in n dead boldly.
What can You say Of the use of pain
and pleasure? Pain is of no use, but it
is bad for the health. Pain gives the
physician practice. Pain tells us that all
is not right in the region where the pain
is There are many kinds of pain, enough
for every n to have some. Pleasure is
useful because it promotes health, it lets
us enjoy ourselves while the pains are
absent.
Describe the bee. The bee has Q wings.
4 leggs. 1t has l part at the end of the
boldly not the head that is poisonoua
He Is classed among flies,
Give an account of Horace Greeley.
BE led the Greeley expedition into the
north. turned Gamble, eating up their
members when provisions gave out
Youths Companion.
, 1891-08-14


At the Queens club, West Kensing-
ton, an exhibition was given of the new
lawn game Tema, which has recently
been introduced. The game, which can
be played with equal enjoyment by both
sexes, possesses many claims to popular
favor. 1t can be followed in any sea-
son, and by as few as four or as many
as fourteen persons at once. Skill, agil-
ity and a good eye are far more requi-
site than mere physical strength, and the
proper manipulation of the wand by
a of quick wrist turns develops and
renders flexible the muscles of the arms
and wrist.
A screen Of wood or canvas, fixed on
q light frame, and having in the center
= circular aperture eighteen inches in
diameter is erected. Behind the hole is
fixed a bag net, and the main object of
the players, who stand some distance
away, is to throw a number of colored
balls by means of the wand into this
bag. The wand has at one end a peculiar
shaped crook for holding the ball, but
some little skill is necessary to retain the
ball in it for the purpose of making the
throw. The number of ''pot balls" to be
scored by eachside before it can complete
the first stage of the game corresponds
with the number of players on each side.
When either side has scored the mum
Der of pot balls agreed upon. it enters
upon the second stage and it once obtains
q single "zoned" ball. Whichever side
then first succeeds in scoring its ''ZOned
BALI wins the game. The public exhi-
bition of the new pastime was witnessed
with interest, and a favorable opinion Of
its merits was expressed by many of the
spectators. London News.
, 1891-08-14
The Health of New

The Health of New York's Wealthy Men.
With Jay Gould sick with the neural
gia, q. p. Huntington out of sorts with
malaria and rheumatism, and John d.
Rockefeller under treatment for nervous
prostration, it is not to be marveled at
that Wall street men ask, "Are our great
financiers breaking DOWN" Within the
past six months the respective presidents
of two big trust companies have been
advised that they must either abstain
from business cares or retire from all as
ISOLATION with common humanity. The
past year has indeed been a trying
period for the nerves of great financiers.
They have had to battle theoretically
with adverse circumstances, and very
few have come out of the struggle with
unimpaired health.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, ID. o. Mills and
Russell Sage are conspicuous exceptions
to the general physical decentralization of
rich men. Mr.. Vanderbilt is not only a
very methodical man, but he has SO
many competent lieutenants in the man
agement of his vast property that he does
not feel the wear and tear of the ordi-
nary man of millions. Besides, Mr.. Van
derbilt probably gives himself more rest
and recreation than any other million
aire in this country. He never bothers
about details. Mr.. Depew relieves him
of those, and Mr.. Depew has well
trained assistants who relieve him from
worry. D. o. Mills retains good health
because he has a rugged constitution
and a placid disposition. Russell Sage
is seldom sick, because he cannot afford
to spare the time.-New York Times.
, 1891-08-14

Goes right to the spot
lone of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. They do the right kind of
work when they get there, too. No
violence, no unpleasantness-but a
mild and gentle cleansing and regu-
lating of the whole system. Sick
Headache, Bilious Headache, Dizzi-
ness, Constipation, Indigestion, Bill
ious Attacks, and all arrangements
of the liver, stomach and bowels, are
promptly relieved and permanently
cured. They're the best Liver Pill
ever made. Purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, easiest to take, and
always fresh and reliable. Gently
aperient, or strongly cathartic, ac-
cording to size of dose-one tiny
"Pellet !" for a dose. THEY'RE the
smallest in size, but the most salts
factory in result.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, oil your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get. Can you ask more?
, 1891-08-14

All, these are gay times up in the
country, forthe song of the thrasher will
soon be heard in the big farmyard, and
the women folk will be hard PRESSED in
deed to make pie and doughnuts enough
to salty those hungry men.
Thrashing time is always welcome on
the farm where | have been. 1t seems
like a touch of winter gRyety injected
into the midst of summer. OF course |
am talking now of the thrashing of win
ter wheat. The big thrashing machine
goes from farm to farm and the men
board around, take turns in helping out
one another, and spark the girls with zeal
mingled with discretion.
Th%rashing, the farmers wife tells me,
is the hungriest work there is, and you
would think SO if you could see those
fellows eat. A crock of doughnuts
melts away like butter before a roaring
fire, and AS for pie, potatoes or pancakes,
you have 70 hustle to keepup with them.
New York Herald.
, 1891-08-14

Gounod is at his villa at st. Cloud,
and is reported to be in very bad health.
In fact he has been forbidden by his
physician not only to undertake ny
work. but even to receive callers. The
Count de Lesseps is also in very feeble
health, and he does not rally from the
attack which Frustrated him after the
investigations into the affairs of the
Panama canal were commenced. But
when n man has reached the age of
eighty-seven every illness that seizes him
at once assumes an alarming aspect.
1t is no wonder that the grand old
Frenchman" should have collapsed dur
ing the past few weeks, especially since
the seizure of the books and papers of
the company has been effected, an oper-
alton which took place some days ago.
The once busy and animated scene which
the offices on the Rue CaumHrtine were
wont to present has been exchanged for
n dreary aspect of desertion. The long
years Of misplaced public confidence are
ended at last.-Paris Cor. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
, 1891-08-14

TerribI" Experience of IA Pleasure Party.
A small fishing schooner has just re-
turned from a trip along the coast, and
brought with it a party of father, son
and daughter. who had an experience
which rarely falls to the lot Of any one.
The party is William Buchanan, his
son Tom, and hrs daughter Nellie. Five
weeks ago they started on a cruise along
the coast in a small yacht, taking a
pleasure trip. They were provided with
guns, ammunition and fishing tackle,
and expected to have a fortnight's sport
and then return east. Miss Nellie was
as expert with the gun and rod as either
her father or brother, and all three were
good sailors. About sixty miles south a
squall drove their yacht out to sea and
wrecked the vessel on one of the mail
islands about twenty miles off the coast.
Mr.. Buchanan was badly bruised by
being dashed against the rocks, and Tom
had his right arm broken in a similar
way. Miss Nellie was the only one of
the party who received no injury, and it
Is to this fact alone that any Of them are
alive. The guns, ammunition and fishing
tackle were all saved, and Miss Nellie
cared for her wounded relatives and
then started out to get them something
to eat. The island is out of the way OF
travel, and in consequence not a vessel
was seen for W weeks. During all this
time the young lady hunted and fshed,
and was 30 successful that they did not
pass one day without food.
The island is so fiat and barren that
unless a vessel gets close to it the people
on board cannot see it. They could not
use the little wood they found for signal
fires, for they were afraid there would
not be enough to serve for cooking their
food. A storm had sent them on the
island, and a similar occurrence saved
them, for the fishing schooner had been
driven off the shore and out of her course,
and when the captain saw the island he
sent a boat ashore to see if he could get
water.
Mr.. Buchanan had by this time fully
recovered, but the son was still suffering
from his broken arm. They were taken
off and brought to this city, and are now
feeling lone the worse for their expert
ence, except Tom, whose arm is Il bad
condition from neglect of proper treat
ment during the two weeks of suffering.
Tacoma (Wash.) Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
, 1891-08-14

Mrs. Bradley Martins diamond tiara is,
perhaps, the most magnificent one owned
by my woman not of royal lineage. AS
a rule, tiaras carry only small and infe-
rior gems, which combined make n fair
ly good showing, but Mrs. Martins is
composed Of carefully selected diamonds.
Many are rare solitaires. The seven
points of the tiara are tipped with single
gems, each of great value. The cost of
the ornament, which was made in Lon
don, is acknowledged by Mrs. Martin
herself to have been considerably more
than 800, 900. A necklace of rubies that
once belonged to Marie Antoinette is
among the treasures of Mrs. Bradley
Martins jewel collection. 1t cost n small
fortune.-New York Sun.
, 1891-08-14

The popularity OF these springs is fast m
crensing. both as n summer and "A he slth re-
and marvellous. The altitude of the place
600 feet makes the atmosphere eNhllernting
anu absolutely free from malarin. They are
surrounded by freaks of nature,
and delightful scenery. The elegant new
completed has a very attractive feature
to this resort The hotels are lifted 1p with
all modern improvements, and accommoda-
lions are ample.
The Ere ont. Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad goes di-ect to the Springs with palace
sleepers from Omaha without change Tourist
tickets good for ninety DAYS from date OF sale
can be had all the year round. For pamphlets
concerning these springs or any
as IT, rates, etc, call on or address any agent
OF Fremont, Elkhorn 4 Missouri Valley
and 81 ux City 4 Pacific railroads, or
J. r. BuoHAsAs, General Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
II. @. BURT, General Manager.
, 1891-08-14

Jacob. Pottinger, the well known cat
tie dealer of Shillington, had a small
field of rye harvested in a novel manner
He invited a large number of friends to
his home, and after providing each with
a sickle he took them to the field and
announced hat n sickle race was to
take place for FIVE prizes, with William
A. Arnold, Henry NJ. Ahrens and Ma
noah S. Weller as judges, At 2:3O the
race began, Henry Kurtz, of Cumru,
aged seventy-five, with a sickle $50 years
old, that had belonged to his great-grand-
father, taking the lead and tying the
first sheaf. He held the lead and fin
ished far ahead of the others -Philadel-
phia Record.
, 1891-08-14

There are dozens of New Workers who
have a passion for buying clothes, and
they count their suits by the hundred
Pierre Lorillard has n great assortment
of clothes, and so has A. M. Dodge, the
latter probably having as varied n collec-
ton of garments as any gentleman in
the city. None of the fashionable set
has ever excelled the late w. K. Soutter
In the size Of his personal wardrobe. Mr..
Soutter was known to have had eighty
overcoats.-New York Sun
, 1891-08-14

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our ad-
yertised druggist n bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. 1t is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case.
when used tor any affection of throat,
lungs or chest, such as consumption, in
fiammation Of lungs, bronchitis, asthma.
.whooping cough, Group, etc, etc. 1t is
pleasant and agreeable to taste. perfectly
safe, and can be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at A. E. Roedel's drug store.
FoR SALE-Old papers. LEADER Office,
, 1891-08-14

We desire to say to our citizens that
FIR years we have been selling DR.. Kings
Nav Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters. and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal s~atisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time. and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price il satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popu-
Iarity purely on their merits. A. E.
Rocdell. druggist.
, 1891-08-14

a buzzard with n bell about its neck
was found dead in the cornfield of Cor
nelius II. Shipley, near Gist, about six
miles from Westminster, n few days ago.
A small bell was attached to its neck by
n wire. On the tongue or clapper of the
bell was the Roman numeral ! and the
letter d. For several years past a buzz
zard, carrying a bell in the manner thus
described, has been seen in many and
widely separated places in the western
counties of Maryland. Whether this is
the same bird is not known.-Baltimore
SIM
, 1891-08-14

Sea.

AT GABgsrrD REACH.
The famous health resort, Garfield Beach.
on Great Salt Lake, eighteen miles from Salt
Lake CITY, is reached via the Union Pacific,
1.-THE Overland Route" and Is now open.
This Is the only real sand beach on Great
Salt Lake, and is one OF the finest bathing
and pleasure resorts in the West.
For complete description OF Garfield Beach
and Great Salt Lake. send to f. l.. Lomsx,
general passenger and ticket agent. Omaha,
for copies OF Sights and Scenes in Utah" or
a Glimpse of Great Salt Lake"
, 1891-08-14
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs. John Curtis OF Peoria, ILL.,. writes:
Used one box Of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement: they worked like
a charm. Would pay $50 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godseud to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita. Kas.,
FOR particulars, aud their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
w. n. Hunt. Cheyenne
, 1891-08-14

A twelve-year-old Auburn boy raped
at the ~teller's wicket of an Auburn bank
the other day, called the cashier up and
asked for the loan of three dollars with
which to buy a bicycle. He was that
much short and had heard that they
loaned money there -Lewiston Journal.
, 1891-08-14

We nave just been shown a curious
plant by Mrs. Judge Chestnut. 1t is
called the ''snake plant" and is an oddi-
ty. The stem of the plant is of succu-
lent nature and resembles the body of a
snake. 1t had a large Easter lily shaped
flower of dark purple color, with a single
purple stamen. Its odor was offensive.
II is a curiosity in this town, no n hay
ing ever seen a flower like it. 1t was pre-
sented to Mrs. Chestnut by her sister of
Frankfort, Ky.-Platte City Mo.) Land
mark.
Call at David's drug store for soda
water.
, 1891-08-14

First Little Girl-Aunt Maud and Aunt
Clara visited us yesterday and they
brought me a doll.
Second Little Girl-Aunts are nobody.
Poohl Anybody can have aunts visit
EN-. We have angels, real angels, visit
our house. Some were there last night
"Angelsl Did you see them?"
mo, / was asleep, but this morning |
saw the baby they brought"-New York
Weekly.
, 1891-08-14

The celebrated military balloon works
in Paris has produced an aerial torpedo
boat" Of which n has been bought by
the Russian government. The trials will
he secret