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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-10
Betting on His Life.

The intense anxiety which Is Oelug
Displayed by certain politicians over the
.oriition of senator Hearst recalls an
incident that occurred ia Las vegas
y. NJ. d few wears ago, said gentle
man no the Lick last night "Gamolug
houses were as numerous ia Las Vegas
taer as saloons are on the Baroary
coast. and shooting Scrape> were OF
nightly occurrence. One night /
Glanced to boz standing ON street cor
rrr and the sound of pistol shots came
from saloon near by.
Brushing iu found the place crowd
.f and in the middle of the floor lay q
man with three bullet holes in his body.
rc was stiu alive, but Que glance was
.uHcientro reveal the fact that his
moment, were numbered His breath
came fin quick. convu,>iye gaSps. and al
time, he moaned with pain, as irleuG
benz over him and eudeayored to stanch
tb. wounds. Iu the midst of this scene
n rambler ~prang upon faro table ana
.h,,l-ed. .T.i bet $50 TO so that inc
man dies within five minutes.
40 one responded. but the ou'l
drew no remonstrance from the crowd
Nnaa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-10

zeal Shanghai Cloth, aud this seasons
printing.
- inch IndiaS at Sl.OO and Sl.25,
light and dark groundS-sdperior cloth
and exquisite styles and printings.
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~Ia..N HAHNN. ~ANaal
sunday Church Trains vii leave E.m Grove
4.t3a m. and Wheeling 40 l2.l 10 2 IA.
g. ID. GILLIAN,
Zen Manager
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-10
FIFTY YEAR
Six Per Cent Gold Bonds For Sale,

A LIalTED NUMBER OF WHEELING
~ Bridge and Terminal Railway Company six
per cent First Mortgage Flity Year Gold bonds
are hereby offered for sale These bonds sare
secured b. deed Of trust on the Bridges. Tun-
nels and Tracks and other property Of the Com
pany. and aIe believed 90 b. u good. -afe aud
permanent Investment Interest PAYABLE half
yearly. Apply 10 GRO. ". ECkHARI. Jr-
Cashier Pee pee Bank.
Or, THos. O'BREE,
nc22h Ron E.i.fn and Cl.nL RrnLer
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-10
3llbcrlln9 8e9lstrr
rrapcirrs' Gsa4ine.

RIVAL AND DEPARTURE
a OF Transient AVIATION OF kEFER
rVtr Marks. sOaily. sunday excepted. tMon-
tay -vcept,c SUNDAY excepted. saturday
.,.--fa4 Saturday ouly. sunday only-1A
v.-.4un Nov Is isQ0. Wheeling time, which
some bco- cartier than Central TINE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-10

We beg to announce an ADVANCE
SEASONS SALE OF
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Newspaper Men To-Day.

The typical newspaper man. of to-
day is young man. He is college
bred; he comes from a good family
and is a gentleman by birth and breed
ing. He is brighter, quicker, has
broader knowledge of men and affairs
and he makes and spends more money
than his brother who goes into 'busi-
ness" He is well-dressed, well-housed
and well-fed. He has learned that bo-
hemianism, as exempliied by irregular
hours, infrequent baths and incessant
rum does not pay, and he has left that
sort of bohemianism to chronic bum
mers and greenhorns. The tone, the
morale of the profession have changed
within the last twenty years, and the
public is only just beginning to find
out. Educated people who keep their
eyes open realize that their notions of
the "typical newspaper man" are sad
ly out of joint and they are revising
their types. The procession is slowly
moving toward its rightful place in
public estimation, and the time is not
very far distant when it will stand not
on par with but ahead of the law, the
pulpit, medicine and the other liberal
professions. In the meantime we will
be obliged to endure with what grace
we may the would-be brilliant sketches
of playwrights and novelists and the
unintentionally stupid conclusions of
misinformed outsiders who see in every
whisky-sorehead scribbler a typical
newspaper man.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
The Queerest Beast.

The platypus, a small, mo}e-like
beast of Australia, has been voted the
palm for being the most extraordinary
mammal in the known world. For the
last twenty years its skin has been
highly priced as an article of COM
merce, yet during all of that time
scientists have been irving to settle the
question whether it is born alive or
Matched from an egg. Mr.. Caldwell
was sent out to Austria by the British
association for the express purpose of
studying the life history of this Won
derful creature and was finally re-
warded by the discovery of the eggs
and nest of this contradiction of ma
ture. The body of the platypus rec
sembles that of the mole and is covered
with close, short grayish- brown fur.
Like the beaver, its tail is broad and
fattened. A horny extension of the
jaws forms beak like that of duck,
their margins being sheathed with
horn and supplied with transverse
horny plates. two in each jaw, but
these are not true teeth. The toes are
united by membrane or web, so the
animal is enabled to swim with great
ease. 1t inhabits small streams and
ponds, living principally. if not wholly,
on insects. When the young are
Matched they are blind and quite
naked. The method by which they
obtain milk from the mother is still OBJ
scure. as the creature has no nipples,
only fiat surface; nor is there any
marsupial pouch. The beak of the
young is wholly unlike that of an
adult. 1t cost the British association
over $4,000 to ascertain the above
factS.=PittSbMrq DiSDatch
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Black Varnish for the Teeth.

An India missionary who is on a
visit to Philadelphia, speaking of the
Burmese and Siamese habit of staining
the teeth black, said yesterday; 1T is
enormously believed that the color OF
their teeth is caused from the practice
of chewing bette nut mixed with lime.
The fact is that the color is produced
by regular process. The kernel of
the cocoanut is first charred and then
ground up with the oil until it forms a
kind of paste. This by some method
only known to certain special prac-
titioners among the natives, is con-
verted into regular black varnish.
This is applied to the teeth and at once
becomes equally as hard as the teeth.
so that the action of eating does not
affect it in the least. The blacker and
more polished the teeth the greater
their beauty in the eyes of these peo-
pie. Another thing is the habit of
filing the teeth down to a point, like a
sharks. No Burmese belle would con-
slider herself beauty if her teeth were
white like a Chinaman's or Europeans.
1t has been suggested that this black
yarnish, as made by the Burmese,
might be useful in the arts and for pre-
serving wood and metal, as it appears
to resist the corrosive action of the
animal saliva. The secrecy observed
by the natives in the mode of prepar-
ing it, however, has hitherto baffi ed
the researches of Europeans. " Palsa-
de[DhiG IIOuirer,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Napo1eon's Attitude Towards Kings.

aft strikes me-" he said, eve have
no very great names; l must have
some; the truth is, that they alone can
make good figure at court. In justice
to the French nobility, we must allow
that it is admirable for that.
'.Sire, you have M. de Montesquieu. :"
"Goodr'
Prince Sapieha."
"Not badr'
81 think two will be sufficient. The
journey being a short one your
Majesty can always have them in at
tendance"
'Quite so. And now, Remusat, I
must have one performance every day.
Send for Dazencourt; he is the man
ager. is he not?"
He is. Sire"
81 want to astonish Germany with
my magnificence."
1T is no doubt your Majesty's inten-
ton to invite few great personages to
Erfurt; and time presses"
'One of Eugene's aides-de-camp
starts this very day." replied the EN-
peror. 1--WE might let him know the
proper thing to hint to his father-in-
law (the King of Bavaria); and if one
OF the kings come, they Will all want
to come. Then again" he added,
mo. we must not make use of Eugene
for that; Eugene is not clever enough.
He is the man to carry out exactly
what want, but he is no good at hint
ing. Talleyrand is better; the more
so"-and here he laughed-''as he will
pose as my critic, and declare that I
shall feel gratified by the kings COM
ing. 1t will be my business after
wards, to show that l was absolutely
indifferent in the matter, and that they
are really more in my way than other
wise. ."-Tatteyra'aGS Memoirs in the
Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Emin Pasha's Plans.

A long letter received from Emin
Pasha by the Deutscbe Colonial Zeituaag,
gives Emin's plans for governing the
large region over which he has been
placed.
My first duty" writes the pasha,
Twill be to create central post in tie
interior Owing to its fine Situation |
shall undoubtedly choose Tabora for
this purpose l shall place there a
garrison of $50 men. l shall then
found three or four other large posts,
in each of which shall leave 100 men
| officer. Ny soldiers will at first be
taken from the coast natives, but
gradually l shall recruit garrisons for
| these posts from among the natives OF
| the interior. They are quick to learn,
they make excellent soldiers. have few
wants, and will be content with small
pay. My first choice will be freed
slaves. Having established my princi-
pal stations, | shall found number
of less important ones at well-chosen
points, with fifty or sixty men in each
| garrison, commanded by non-com-
missioned German officers. In order
| to lessen the cost of the occupation, !
shall require local chiefs to pay a
tribute in ivory, and the natives to
furnish US with grain. Carriers to take
our goods to and from the coast will
be hired in the interior at small ex-
pense- The importation of powder,
| lead, and firearms will be vigorously
forbidden.
Il shall attempt to acclimatize at the
principal posts domestic animals, such
as camels and draught buffaloes. Each
| soldier will have certain amount oi
land to till boliovo that ] can make
that part of the German possessions
| around the central African lakes pay
expenses within three years, and thai
the imperial treasury will not be called
upon to disburse at the outside more
than 1,500, 900 marks. Instead of at.
tempting to expel the Arabs, shall at
tempt to make them my friends and tc
| get their cooperation for the sup
preston of the slave trade"
1t is known that Emin has begun to
carry out this policy. When last
heard from he had established station
at Tabora, another at Victoria Nyanza,
and was founding some of his lesser
posts. He was having some trouble
with the Arabs south of Victoria
| Nyanza, who were not taking kindly
to his appearance in the country they
| have so long controlled.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Pure Air Rather Than Medicine.

1t isn't drugs or medicine that is
needed at all; it is plenty of the purest
air that can be had. Open the win
dows and the doors. clear out the cell
lar, and ventilate it thoroughly. re-
move the dampness, the mustiness,
the ancient odor, the smell of decay
which greets the nostrils when one
enters from the health-giving atmos-
phere out of doors. Never mind if the
outer air bears the taint of the gas
house, the mandatory or some other
unpleasant thing; it is also mingled
with the health and strengthening
forces of nature, and is certainly bet
ter for the human system than the
same air which has been shut up and
contaminated for an indefinite period,
with no chance for publication. Don't
mind. even, if little dust is brought
in; few minutes with the duster will
put the whole house in perfect order
again, and even at the worst, dust is
not half so bad as disease. And as
for the fear of draughts, with colds
and Thousand resultant evils follow
ing in their train, nineteen-twentieths
of that is imaginary, and the other
twentieth is easily avoidable. Good
HouseEeepinq.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Marriage a Hundred Years Hence.

AT the present time, a popular pre-
sumption exists that all girls wish to
marry, and fail to do SO only because
they lack an eligible opportunity,
writes Edward Bellamy in The LADIES'
Home Journal. This presumption
exists on account of the obvious fact
that women, being able with difficulty
to support themselves, have in general
a greater material interest in marriage
than men have. Surely there can be
few incidents of an married woman's
condition more exasperating than her
knowledge that because this is the un-
deniable fact it is vain for her to ex-
pect to be properly credited with the
voluntary choice of her condition. She
must endure with smile, however she
may rage within, the coarse Jest or i'll
nuendo to which it would be worse
than vain to reply. Nationalism, by
establishing the economic independence
of women, without reference to their
single or married state, will destroy the
presumption referred to by making
marriage no more obviously desirable
to one sex than to another.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
7 lCE.R.V VaitCO
ADMTNISTRAT SALE OF
REAL ESTATE,

ADMINISTRATOR SALE OF
REAL ESTATE,
DY virtue of an order of the Probate Court
ID of Portage county, Ohio. the undersigned,
as administrator of the estate of Daniel z.
Brode Will offer for sale at public auction. on
the premises, about two miles south of the cen
ter of CharieStown. Portage county, Ohio, on
THURSDAY. APRIL 16 1891.
between the hours of one and 1our O'Clock p m {,
the following describe real estate:
Situated in the township of ChaTlesown
county Of Portage, and State of Ohio. and
known as part of lot No. Is; bounded on the
north by lands of G j. Canfeld; east by the
highway; south by lands of George Brown and
the p G, & I. &. r.; and west by lands of the
estate of c. G. Austin; containing seventy i've
acres of land.
ship. county and State; bounded north by
lands above described; east by lands of George
Brown: south by lands of L. Lowrie; and west
by lands first above described; containing about
six acres of land.
Said two tracts appraised at S3140.
Also the undivided one-half of the fOllowin g
State as above, and bounded on the north by
lands of Munyan and Curtis; on the east by
lands first above described; on the south by
lands of John Lowrie; and on the wet by
lands of z. L, Gee; containing about fifty acres
of land.
Appraised at S625.
A fine new house on the premises. worth
$1,000; good bank barn, with shed; the lands
are well improved and of good quality, Nc
better opportunity can be afforded to purchase
an excellent home and farm.
Terms-one- third cash. one third in one year
one-third in two years; deferred payments to
bear interest and be secured by mort gage on
the premises sold.
1IT7-4w Admir- of Dan1 2. Brode's estate
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Cheap Lands in Mississippi.

The backward state of agriculture
and the consequent low price of lands
in portions of Mississippi are difficult
matters for the Northern man to
understand. Ordinary farming lands
can be bought within a mile of the
town and the railroad, at 81 per acre.
The land is somewhat impoverished,
having been cropped with cotton con-
tinuously for long time, without any
effort having been made to maintain
its fertility; but there is some bottom
land which will yet produce half a
bale of cotton per acre, and corn and
sweet potatoes in proportion. Tracts
can be cheaply bought which will in
clude a good proportion of bottom
land. On some of the land can be
grown hundred and fifty bushels of
sweet potatoes TO the acre, for which
there is small home market at from
25 to so cents per bushel. There has
been no attempt to find any outside
market, although within easy shipping
distance of several good towns. Com
mon COWS can be bought at $15 head,
sheep at dollar or less. These can
be pastured almost the year round.
and good stock can be profitably raised
for shipment. Hogs can pick up
enough mast in the woods to keep
them in fair condition. and are easily
finished off with little corn. Various
fruits flourish here with the slightest
cultivation. Cotton is everywhere,
and the manure, what little is pro-
duced, is not even hauled to the fields.
There are not many spots left in our
country-spots where cultivable land
can be bought so cheaply within few
hundred miles of centers of population,
and in districts that must within a
short time become densely settled. A
very little capital here will enable
man to make start and the necessi-
/, ties of life are easily obtained. Thrifty
methods would soon make a pleasant
and profitable home and one that could
not fail to increase yearly in value;
while conservative management would
result in gradually restoring and max
ing productive the wornout fields. In
securing cheap lands, young men who
are now seeking homes may lay a
foundation for future prosperity that
they can attain in almost no other
way. The rapid industrial growth of
the country is bound to result in an in
creased value of all agricultural lands
in the near future. and this increase
will be the largest proportionately
where lands are now cheapest. The
influx of few young Northern men
to set an example of spirit and proper
agricultural methods would be boon
to the present settlers. who might thus
be awakened to their opportunities
american A0TicultUriSt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Oldest Tree on Earth.

The oldest tree on earth, at least so
far as any one knows. is the Boo
tree in the sacred city of Amarapoora,
Durham. 1t was planted, the record
says, in the year 2S8 B. c., and is there
fore nearly 2.200 years old. Its great
age is proved according to historic
documents, says Sir James Emerson,
who adds: ITO it Kings have dedi-
Gated their dominions in testimony OF
a belief that it is branch of the identi-
cal fig tree under which Buddah reclin-
ed at Urumleva when he underwent
his apotheosis." Its leaves are carried
away by pilgrims as relics, but as it is
too sacred to touch with knife these
leaves can only be gathered after they
have fallen.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
NAMES OF CARRIAGES.
How Some Familiar Vehicles Obtained
Their CognOmens.

The origin of the names of the vari-
Gus styles of wheeled conveyances
used in this country and England is
rather interesting study. Take, for
example, the ordinary everyday
"hacks." Originally they were termed
hackney-coaches, because they were
drawn bv hackneys-a name applied to
easy-going, safe-pacing horses.
The term coach is derived from the
French coche, a diminutive form of the
Latin co1schula, a shell, in which form
the body of such conveyances was
originally fashioned.
Seldom, if ever, is the full term om-
nibus applied to those heavy, lumber
ing vehicles found in many large cities.
With the characteristic brevity of En-
glish speaking races. the title has been
changed to bus. These were first seen
in Paris in 1927, and the original name
of omnibus is derived from the fact
that it appeared on the side of each
conveyance-being nothing more than
the Latin word signifying. for all"
Cab is an abbreviation of the Italian
caprioIa, which is changed to cabriotet
(cabriolay) in French. Both words
have a common derivative-cdbr rtoLe-
signifying a goats leap. The exact
reason for giving it this strange ap-
pellation is unknown, unless because
of the lightness and springiness of the
vehicle in its original form.
In many instances the name of
! special forms of carriages are derived
! from titles of the persons who intro
| duced them. A striking example is the
brougham, which was first used by the
famous Lord Brougham. William W.,
who prior to becoming King of En-
gland, had been the Duke of Clarence,
gave the latter name to his favorlte
mode of conveyance. The popular
hanson derives its distinguishing title
from a certain Mr.. Hanson, and the
particular form of carriage known as
the tilbury-at one time very fashion
able, but now seldom seen-was so
called from sporting gentleman OF
London who rejoiced in the cognomen
of Tilbury.
Landau, a city in Germany, was the
locality in which was first made the
style of vehicle bearing that name.
The word sulky, as applied to a
wheeled conveyance, had its origin in
the fact that when it first appeared the
person who saw it considered that none
but sulky, selfish man would ride in
such an affair, which afforded accom-
modation to but one Individual. The
strange title was never changed.
Coupe is French in origin, being de-
vised from the verb copper (coopay)
to cut. This was considered an ap
propriate designation because it great
" resem bled a coach with the from
part cut off.
The old-fashioned gig was giyer
that name from its peculiar jumping
and rocking motion, the word being
taken from the French gigue signify
ing jig, or lively dance.
Other instances could be quoted, bu
these given relate to the best-knowr
vehicles, and are considered sufficien
to show the peculiarities of carriag
nomenclature. Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Decided by the Loss of a Coin.
In little speech to the New york

In little speech to the New York
Press Club Henry M. Stanley said:
In Central Africa it was not the
fashion to indulge in after-dinner or
atory and he was consequently some
what out of practice. Several times
in his career he had been compelled to
decide in a moment what course of
action to pursue. In his first African
enterprise he found himself stranded
on an African island without friends
and without money. This was nine
teen years ago. He had to decide in a
moment what to do, and he deter
mined to go on. He raised loan of
$4,000 in few hours by paying So
600 premium, and went ahead until
after a lapse of nine months, he found
David Livingstone, the object of his
search.
When he reached the spot where
Livingstone had turned back he was
again confronted with the necessity of
instantaneous decision. He was in a
quandary. If he turned back he would
stamp his enterprise with failure. If
he went on he knew not what would
happen. He held a consultation with
his lieutenant, and the latter suggest
ed that the matter might be settled by
tossing coin. He accepted the sug-
gestion and tossed up a rupee. The
coin decided against going on. But
Stanley was not satisfied. He tossed
again, and still again, and each time
the coin said that Stanley should not
go on. Then he had recourse to long
and short straws and three times this
divination declared that the explorer
should turn back.
But he was still not satisfied to 60
back. He thought that something
must be the matter with the rupee and
the straws, and so he cast aside the
prophecies of both and went on follow
ing the course of the great river until
he found whence it came. When he
returned to London after this expedi-
ton he found the Geographical Society
debating whether it should call him. q
pirate or give him a dinner. 1t final.
lv decided to piye him a dinner
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
A Big Georgia Tree.

There is an enormous tree in the
Ocmulgee river swamp, near Abbe-
vile, Ga, that rivals the famous
giants OF the California forests. The
tree is of the tupelo gum variety, and
towers above the surrounding forest of
immense oaks. 1t is evidently of great
age. The tree is hollow at the base
with an aperture large enough to ad-
NIT tall man. The hollow extends
upward for distance of fifteen feet,
affording space enough for two stories.
The hollow at the base is twelve feet in
diameter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-15
Draw the Cold Water First.

Arecent number of Ba6yhood gives
zone homely rule for baths," namely:
'1n preparing a warm bath always
draw the cold water first" A fright
full accident in a Paris hospital fur
nishes the text for this advice. The
nurse had taken little child to the
lavatory for her bath, and the tub was
drawn full of scalding water, when the
nurse was called away, and two older
children coming in supposed every
thing was ready and plunged the poor
little girl into the bath, with speedily
fatal results Careless chiIdrenr'
Yes. and careless elders who make such
accidents possible.