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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06
MAGIC OF SCIENCE.
What Has Been Done and suggestionn
of What Ii TO be Done.


This is prominently the age OF phys
zeal science, of machinery, electricity
and chemistry, says the New Orleans
Ptca,i,rne. These wonderful agencies
are enabling the human race to-day to
realize the wild dream of that ancient
period when men were supposed to be
able to WELD the powers Of magic
and to command the genii and afrltes
that presided over the forces OF nature
and had custody of their hidden treas
ures. We do not possess Aladdin's
lamp. nor do we seek to unfold the Sc
crets of the "elixir of life" and the
philosophers stone, but we work with
our science wonders more astonishing
ard vastly more valuable than were ever
attributed to ancient magic.
When we consider that the potential
ties of science are merely In their In
fancy we are brought to realize that the
greatest sphere of usefulness and proht
possible for human intelligence Is In
the study and elucidation OF the secrets
of machinery, electricity and chemistry.
Not only are there enormous POSSIBLE
tiles of pecunlary profit in it, but there
is fame, too. With the greatest re-
spect for the legal profession II is doubt
full II there is lawyer in the whole world
whose name is as widely known as Is
that of Edison, the electrician, or that
of Watt the steam engineer, or those OF
Lavolsier, Davey and Faraday,
chemists.
But what has been done In these
branches Of science is but suggestion
of what is to be done. The telegraph,
the telephone, the photograph, electric
illumination and propulsion are the
loose cads OF the problems OF industrial
economies of the most far reaching
power and stupendous importance. The
secrets Of chemistry, so far as they have
been developed, haye exercised an enor-
nous influence on human progress.
The refining OF alt crude medical and
food products, the publication OF oils
and metals, the discovery OF dyestuffs,
the compounding OF explosives, the
elaboration of methods OF analysis oy
which the composition OF all substances
may be ascertained and distinguished,
and poisons detected or their effects
counteracted, are splendid achieve
ments, but they only indicate how
much more is to be done. As for ma
chinery, that Is the visible and practical
agency through which the manifold
forces of electricity and chemical aim
ity manifest their power and work their
will. Every step in human progress de-
mands new machines.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

Hendrecus dropped his ticker into
Van Wart and sprang up to help his
sweetheart. Her pretty smiles stirred
happy smiles on his face-a bright and
good-humored one, though still OF pill
fed complexion. His loverlike atten-
tions brought out blush on her cheeks.
That fair color seemed to make the old
barn glow snd all the haymow bloom
With fresh heads of pink clover.
"a Poor Jierck Dewitt recalled how there
were once smiles as gay and bushes as
tender between him and damsel as
buxom.
Poor fellow! his dinner did him no
good. he grew moodier and moodier.
ne little scene between his sister and
HenSsscus had made him miserable.
He could pot sleep like Van Wart, nor
play cards with Gais%orthy nor skylarK
with Hendrecus. He sat 5rooding over
his sorrow. His powers Of sen oou'io'
were weakened. He could not shio"
of this weight of an old bitterness. "a
great vague misery oppressed him. He
began to fear his wits were going.
''If I could only get these ugly feel
ings into shape" he thought, 81 could
grapple with them and choke them
down. must do something, or l shall
60 mad. 1 believe I'll steal round
through the woods to where can see
old BilbY's house and the chestnut tree
where Abby first said she'd have me.
Looking at the places may help me to
drag this grief out Of myself and put 1t
on them"
Now that the British troops were
withdrawn from Vaughan's expedition,
Jierck felt quite secure in lodging abouT
the woods of the manor. He left his
companion In the barn and stole OIL to-
ward his father-in-law's old red farm
house. He felt as If he were his own
ghost, compelled to haunt spot where
he had been murdered.
1t was quiet sunset. The golden
light OF evening was among the golden
woods. The forest showered golden
leaves upon the ground and melted
away in golden notes across the level
sunbeams.
CONTINUED on Ninth Page.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

I pray God that she sacrednsss OF ny
soul IS not spoiled
"A great agony stirred In her naidenIy
bosom at this thought She bent closer
to her work. She knew that her
mothers eyes we're upon her. She
heard without marking, the tattle Of
the maids.
ely, little needler' she said to her
self. Measure of this pause in my
lifel Every stitch Is q second. Sixty
are minute. Minutes makes hours,
and hours wear out the weary day.
Evening must come. II I can but be
brave and prudent / shall see my father
and his noble friend and be safe"
Her needle galloped at the excitement
Of the thought.
Mrs. Brothertoft looked at her and
said to her heart with a sneer: pretty
creaturel she consoles herself, It seems.
Our booty, rubicond bridegroom begins
to look quite pale and interesting, seen
through a bridal veil. The touch Of
white silk cures her scruples easily. Ali
the blushing bride will be resigned to
her bliss. Bah! that II should dread
such pretty, silly triferl What fool
! was to think her different from other
simpering girls! So this is the meaning
OF all her coy little Wiles and her head
aches. Headachesl She may have as
many as she pleases now In her pensive
bower. All / comprehend thee now,
fair hypocrite! The slender fingers are
impatient for the ring. Fly, little bird,
to the bosom Of thy spouse. Perhaps he
will not quite crush tiny poor, silly
heart. And 1 have been afraid OF her
wedding favors that she will presently
be kissing me again for gratitude with
more fervor than ever. But 1 am sick
of her simplicity. I am tired OF her
Dearest mammasi' l should strangle
her, 7 dare say, IL she were not taken
of. She grows more like that Edwin
BrothertOtt lstelY."
YOU IresS is ready to try on, Miss
Lucy" said Mrs. fierce Dewitt.
So there was mighty rustic, and a
headless, arInless torso Of stiff white
silk rose up and stood on its skirt. II
did Dewitt great credit. All! If her
character had only been equal to her
skill But she was 3 braZen hussy, and
Sally, her sister, no better. Tel maitre
tel valet. One positively bad woman
spells many negatively bad ones. IL
would not seem at all unfair il destiny
took advantage Of the harm done jerk
Dewitt's wife in Furnishing the lady OF
the manor through her means.
Lucy still faced her wedding dress
without flinching. She may even have
thought that II the worst came it was
better to go to the guillotine in becom-
ing array. 1t is perhaps woman to say
MY heart is broken, but my bodice its
wlthot a fold"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

Mr.. K.D.Cheney, being summoned as
witness, produced one OF Mark Twain's
books and read from It bis assertion that
he dropped tear upon the tomb OF
Adam. When asked by Mr. Webster
what there was unscientifc about that
lie. II It was a lie, Mr.. Cheney replied
that the world knew Mark Twain never
wept and never made any one else weep.
III he had written that he searched the
vicinity for the tomb OF Eve and ex-
humed Adams remains, that he might
discover which rib was taken for the
creation OF Eve, that would have been
entirely scientific and rational under
taking at Adams tomb.
Other witnesses read extracts from
aHuckleberry Finn" and quoted from
the exploits OF Colonel Mulberry Sell
lers as narrated by Mark Twain 70
prove that the accusation that the
various humorous lies there narrated
were unsclentIfc, and therefore I'm
probable and then the prosecution
rested.
The defense was insanity or ire
sponsIbility, and the two ships physi-
clans were PIT upon the stand, each OF
whom testified that 10 all their erpe-
rience they had never met msD who
talked 90 irratIonaIly as Mark Twain
did. They declared that the stories be
told them had not one grain OF prob
ability, and they indicated an sbnor-
malIy diseased condition OF bis mind.
Marx Twain himself was put upon
the stand. He testified that he had no
recollection Of ever having written any
thipr about . jumping frog. and that
he feIt ike shifting the men s7d women
Who came to him and told him, g. thou
snnds Of them did. that the jumping
frog was tile funniest story they ever
had read. lie testified that Il be eFer
aid that he Eept st the tomb Of ADAM
4 must hay fheen IN moments Of FtlIu-
s sa..ls sa ;Ss sssis :; =
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

lore sailed, and be told me that bis non
Has being sent TO Europe TO cure him Of
: manila for prevarication. Not Icu8
ago thar young man disappecred from
his home for several days. When be
came back In shame faced manner his
father said:
where have you been?"
81 have been hunting bear.
swell. II you killed any bear I shall
not punish you. but II you did not kiIl
any, then I shall Danish you to Europe
for awhile. How many did you kilI9'
81 shot 1892 bears. father"
"You are q falsl6er. You have
mixed up the year of our Lord With
your bear shooting exploits. You will
have to go to Carlsbad to be cured"
When Mark Twain finished this anec-
dote the prosecuting attorney dec%aIed
that he had been convicted out OF rs
own mouth, for the anecdote itself vas
an unscientific lie, insomuch that Mark
Twain had mentioned bear as the game.
whereas he should have said fish.
Everybody expects that q fisherman
will exaggerate the number Of fish
caught, but nobody ever knew a bear
hunter to do 1t. The jury convicted
the culprit without leaving their seats,
and Judge Dlttenhoefer was called
upon TO impose sentence. BE commando
ed Mark Twain TO stand up, and he de-
clared that for the first time Q jury OF
his peers had formally and very proper
ly on the evidence found him guilty OF
unscientifc lying. He should therefore
sentence him 10 read for three hours
every day from his own works until thu
steamer reached port
As sentence was pronounced Mark
Twain groaned, and then. falling on his
knees, implored the judge In these
words: Anything but thstl Hang
me IL you will, but do not compel me
to read nv own works. That Ia slow
and horrible deathw
Without needing the appeal Judge
Dittehhoefer added that as Mark Twain
was going to Germany TO live for awhile
he should also condemn him to abandon
the American form OF his name. which
means two marks, and use instead the
German word Bismarck" There
cannot be two BIsmarcks In Germany
said the Judge, "and 1t will be part OF
your punishment to carry on battle with
the prince Of that name for your right
to use It."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06
PART THREE-cHAPTER VIII.

Scene, the interior of Squire Dew
ett's barn.
Hay at the sides, hay at the brck, and
great mountains of hay rise into the
dusky regions OF the loft.
In the centre stands Jierck Dewitt,
Just returned from his noon interview
with Major Skerrett.
At the left sits Ike Van Wart asleep,
with his mouth open. Perhaps. like
Voltaire, be hears partially with his
tonsils.
On the right old Sam Galsworthy Is
killing time. with old sledge for q
weapon. His right hand has just beaten
his left and won the stakes. viz,
twelve oats.
Hendrecus Canady stealthIly ap-
proaches the gaping sleeper on the left.
He holds 3 head Of timothy grass. In
these times OF war we perceive that Il
IS good model for cannon sDonge.
Hendrecus introduces timothy's head
inf0 Van Warts mouth and begins 70
tickle the tonsils AID palate. 50 rosy.
To these enters DrsitY Katy Dewitt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

Plot and counterpart at Brothertoft
manor. And meantime, what has cOun-
terplot without the house been doing?
If Edwin Brothertoft and Peter Skier
rett could have travelled by daylight
through the highlands, then this nara
tive, marching with them, might have
seen what 6ne things they saw, and told
OF them. But they went cautiously by
night. They saw little but the stars
overhead and the faint traces OF their
shy path. At the chilly dawn OF day
we find tkem at the rendezvous in the
hills behind Peekskill. trying to believe
that there was warmth in the warm col
ors OF the woods and waiting for Jierck
Dewitt.
Presently he appeared, in high spirits.
UWe'ye come in the nick Of time, .
said he. "The redcOats have done all
the harm they could about here.
They've drawed in every man, and are
off at sunrise up river for Kingston.
They allow il they set a few towns
s-fre that General Gates will set his
hack to Burgoyne and take TO passing
buckets"
At Fort Montgomery.
"Bang! bangl bang" the three frig-
ates responded.
Dunderberg grumbled with loud
echoes. He was pleased TO De aWaked
hv The song OF birds, but the victorious
noise Of British cannon he protested
against. like good American.
THE coast is clear for Us, resumed
.Iierck. CLEAR almost as II these were
neace times. Now, II youH come
sIonq. I'll take you to safe
dan IN the woods. 8 mile from
the manor house, where you can
.etav an DAY, sBug 80 etipmunk
= chestnut stump, apF see how
the land lies. I'll tell ny other
news as we 30.
Their took rp y ana AnAR
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

story OF n Michigan Life Convict Wh
worth 100000.

A State prison convict worth $780,
is something OF a novelty. Yet tb
the case OF Charles Wright, n
Also, life man AZ the MIchigsa
Penitentary.
Wright Is fine looking and abo'
wears old. He came from BeDzie c.
Nv, Northern Michigan, little less 81
three years ago. He was one OF I
most prosperous business men In "a
section of the State, having made lars.
fortune in the lumber business. HIS
partner was his brother, and tho hrm
name was +. M. Wright & Co. They con-
Quoted extensive MILD. Late In 1889 two
officers OF the law came 10 their place OF
business TO attach certain logs 10 order
to compel the company 70 pay taxes.
Wright told them 10 attach the lnmbef
rather than the logs, as that would not
interfere with the business, while AZ
tschine the logs would close down the
mills and result ia disaster. Wrigf
finally dared the officers, and said
wolud shoot them II they persf
attaching the logs. In the eve
men came back and served legs
on the logs.
''You remember what / toi
said Wright, coolly.
"To - with you, vSNBs t1e
res ponse. and Virgil. !, drawing hiE
shooter. shot both men dead.
At the priton Wright II well behaved.
he occupies one of the larger aud bet
ter cells. He has manydelicacies 20 ear,
and he does cooking for himself on On
oil stove he has in bis cell. he has full
charge OF q big wagon con-
tract at the prison. Being en-
expert lumber buyer. ne saves Dis en-
movers thousands Of dollars. HIS over
time money Is $50 month. aud u
wants extra tobacco or something MIC
70 eat be has no trouble soont geta
IL. His legal expenses have been
600 so far, and his lawyers, who f.li
IN the Michigan Supreme Court, ~
decided 70 take the case before %
Tinted States Supreme Court. Aesn
time. possibly the richest sonxlct IN tho
country. IsnguIshes behiDd the bars
With the word ''life" marked against
bis name.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06
WALKING on TIE wATER.
Novel Device of Jap Supposed 20 Assist
the Duck Hunters.


the Duck Hunters.
This curious apparatus was intro
duced in order to render duck shooting
An easy mvtter. 1t consists OF three
floats joined together at the top 70
seat on which the sportsman
sits. His boots are supplied with
shoyel-Iike oars, by means Of which ne
moves in any direction he chooses But
Of ali curious inventions Of this sort
that credited 70 . japanese gentleman
for walking the water Is worthy Of mo-
tice. After twenty years study and la
nor he is said TO have triumphed. The
invs3tion Is described as 3 footgear
mad ! Of competition Of iron. paper.
cnr elastic and wool. eliptlcal ia shape,
having gutta pereha tnbes and 6 life
hei( attached. Is u not To-
co.,otion Is achieved. BIZ st
avs niles al hour Will
50 wenrer will be able
as pounds of luggage
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

Marx
fully. He
from his ow
passengers "
or course a.
sportiye, but q
mems fund some S6O,sana wer
the captain to have been the
teresting and delightful OF oil tn
tainments ever arranged as sea ul
OF the steamships OF that line.
Il. j. EDwA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06

blushIng and smiling. FraRrance comes
With her. and we'll il may for she bears
dlnner--a deep yellow dish Of pork and
beans and pumpkin pie exQulsltely
vanished.
Tender hearted Jierck Dewitt at once
remembered his wife who In happier
days crisped his pork and sweetened bis
ME
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-27
FINDINGS IN FOREIGN LANDS

WOMEN shopliftcrs in Paris are on the
Increase.
TIE registrar generals returns show
hat for every 100 deaths in English
"Urntry districts there are 120 deaths in
She towns.
TX New Holland the women cut them
selves with shells, and, keeping the
wounds open n long time, form deep
scars, which they consider highly orna-
mental.
Ir is claimed that there is light
house to every fourteen miles of const
in England, to every thirty-four miles
in Ireland and to every thirty-nine miles
in Scotland.
IN Burmah it is rather o suspicious
thing to give money to n charitable OBJ
jcct. 1t is supposed to mean that the
donor has been very wicked, and is de-
sirouS to make amends.
SOME very odd single names can be
found in the registrars Office il London,
as "Iiightcous," Happy" ''!Iopcful,"
"Obcdicnt," winding up with triplet
of Faith" "IIopo'' and "Charity."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-27
GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

POTATO SALAD.-Chop together equal
quantities of cold boiled potatoes and
young onions. Season with salt,
pepper, celery salt, melted butter and
moisten with vinegar.
BROWN SUGAR CAKEs.-One cupful
brown sugar, one-half cupful butter,
one cupful sour milk, two eggs, three
cupfuls of flour through which has
been sifted one teaspoonful soda,
little nutmeg. Bake in gem pans.
CUsTARD PIE.-For one pie beat two
eggs with three tablcspoonfuls sugar,
add two coffee cupfuls rich milk.
Pour it into n deep carthen plate which
has been lined with rather thick
paste, and CRATE over it bit of nut
meg.
PRESSED CHICKEN.-Boil a chicken in
a small quantity of sailed water until
thoroughly done. Then remove meat
from the bone and chop fine. Add q
pounded cracker to the water in
which the chicken was boiled, and pour
over the meat. Season to taste. Place
in q mold and press.
STUFFED CUCUIBER5.-Parea and split
cncumbcrs and take out the seeds.
Spread half n tablespoonful of butter
On the bottom of n saucepan, fill the
hnlved cucumbers with sausage meat,
place them meat side up in the pan.
Add two tablcSpoonfuls OF water, and
put them in to bake, adding more water
if necessary Houscllccocr.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-27
LITERARY SCRAPS.

THE public libraries of all Europe put
together contain about 31,CO0, 900 vol
i.mes; those of America 5000, 900.
Few lovers of Walter Scott recall the
sact that he wrote five plays, none of
which, however, has ever been put ON
he stage.
AN interesting literary relic has just
cen uncGrthcd by the London john
On club, viz: An original copy of the
;:lo catalogue OaE..c. Johnson's library.
THERE arc now, it is computed, over
80, 00D words III the English language,
n about &c, 900 more than in the Ger
nan, French, Spanish and Italian Ian
s,l1g4S combined.
TIE paragraph mark ''GT'' is Greek
p" the initial of the word paragraph.
he carly printers employed dagger
~ to show that u word or sentence was
Objectionable and should be cut out.
TIE largest masonic library in the
5orld, and the only one occupying Il
,uilGing Of its own, is in Cedar Rapids,
a. 1t contains 1900 volumes and il in
harre of Theodore S. Parvin, who for
early fifty years has been grand sccre-
AIRY and librarian Of Iowa.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-27
WE OF THE y. s.

JOHN M. CoRNs has been mayor of
frontown, o., for twenty-five years,
and he doesn't own the town.
N. j. AEBEELY, an interpreter in the
employ of the government on Ellis
island, speaks fifteen languages
CAPT FRED l.. DEAN, of Washington,
d. G., though not an old man in years,
is said to- be the oldest G. A. r. veteran
living. He is one of its original four
organizers.
Mrs. RICHARD KING Is proprietor of
what is supposed to be the biggest
ranch in the world. 1t lies forty-flve
miles south of Corpus Christi, in Texas,
and covers roo, 900 acres in extent.
SToNEwALL JACKsoN's widow devotes
all her energies to the education of her
mothorlcss grandchildren, Julia and
Jackson Christian. The reading of her
husbands manuscript memoirs, recent
! ly prepared for publication, nearly
/ ruined her cyesight, -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-18

stone walks have been laid at North
Spring Lake during the past year..
Ephraim and Abner Waddington last
Thursday, while working on the mud
bank down Hope creek, Salem county.
for the Reedy Cove Meadow Company
unearthed an old fashioned sui ce which
consisted of q large hollow log about six
| teen feet long with a duor at the end. The
bottom, which had been fattened. was
covered by Two verv wide planks- This
| curiosity mas lain there perhaps more than
a century, and will probably lie there for
| another one, for 1t is sound The log was
| nearly six feet in diameter.
All the saloon and hotel licenses in
| Lambertville have expired ana the pl ICES
| are closed. except q wholesale beer bot
| Ting establishment. b license On this
| expires July II.
Monmouth Democrat ~sayS:-"The only
| house whica has been built In Turkey
during the last forty years is now IN
| course of erection by Silas Hall. for his
son George, who runs the village sore.
The new house is on Broad street, and the
| building of it has created a great dehl or
| remark George Hall is an ~enterprlsipg
Young man, who has built up q flourish
Ling business as the village tradesman-
He keeps a general stock, puts no seeds
In his own printed packages. and runs a
small sized drug store and printing Office
| besides. all under the same roof.
The English Lutherans of Brldgeton
will soon commence the erection OF a new
church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-18
BAY0NNE BRIEFS.
Fire Association 0fficers-Church
P~rogrammes-News Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester B, Harris of No.
954 Avenue d, are entertaining Mrs.
Van Horn and child of New York City.
The annual election for officers OF In
dependence Fire Association was held last
evening with the following resule:-Pres-
ident, Robert Ten Brock; Vice President,
]. Herman Mahuken; Foreman, William
B, Field; First Assistant Foreman Henry
Lauenstein; Second Assistant Foreman.
Allan Benny; Recording Secretary. Peter
S. McGillivray; Financial Secretary.
James M. Laughliu; Treasurer. William
Fryer; Engineer. Frank Maxwell: First
Assistant Engineer. Arthur Kirkendall;
Second Assistant Engineer. Robert E.
Navlor. Steward. Peter Dimler, Trustee
for two years, Phillip S. La Tourette;
Trustee for three years. Samuel A. j.
Medley.
Accompanied by her cousin, Miss Mar
garet Oakley of Newark, Miss Kate d.
Roake OF West T-hirty-second street, this
city. has returned from y soJourn with
relatives at Columbia, Alabama. Miss
Oakley will spend the ummer in this
city.
Tomorrow the services in the Bergen
Point Baptist Church will be conducted
bv the Rev. Joseph Greaves of Wesifleld.
The pastor, tue Rev. George E.. Hoerr
| will ~cffielate at his former charge IN
Summit.
In The First Reformed Church, Avenue
G. a special service of song will be
rendered tomorrow evening BY a chorus
of fifty voices
Editor Henry Clay Page Of the Bayonne