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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

guarantee perfect eers Ia such cases. ana
be.lthy rsstofation % tbs gento-urin@ry organs
DIsgisEs or WOHEs. I'VE have special de.
partmsnL thoroughly organized: and dsso1a
exclusively % the treatment OF diseases 81 70
uen. kerr case consulting our sp<cihiis.s.
wkethsf BIZ letter or IN person. 10 given the
most careful and coDsidersts afternoon. IN.
nortsut cases land We get few which have not
bafisd the skill Of al The home physiclansD
| nave the beneSt Of fall council OF skisled spe-
ri.iists In treatment Of diseases psculiar 20
females. our success has eesn ias,sss, os ore
tvo-thirds Of our patients bsing itdiss, 90,
vo1n1' MARRIED. single rich aud poor Oar
method - entirely free from objectienaois fea-
| teeres Of the general practitioner. namely,
| .sf.,r.f trestment- We seldom End II necef.
.srv. We prepare remedies, constitutional and
10 Al as the case demands, and Instruct ladies'
! te,v 20 frest themselves
nARBIaGE.-xsrried persons. or young NET
contsmp plating msrrisge. swAre OF phIsieai
usaknsss. loss % provocative powers. im1o.
tsucy, or say other disqualification. spesaiiy
EPILEPSY, on FIrs-Positivsly cared By =
new and nsyeF-feiiipg mst1oi Tsstimonian
Furnished.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

The Alert Club, of the South Side. will
give their second select hop at CyclerS'
hall, Wednesday evening, April 5th.
Music by Kii.meYer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

On Wednesday evening number Of
the members Of the COtillion Club met
at the residence OF Hiss Bessie Rice on
Fourteenth street to make farewell
call on Miss Rice previous to her de-
parture for Baltimore and Washington
city, where she goes 10 remain quite q
lengthy period. The gathering was an
exceedingly pleasant and memorable
nnn-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

Miss Alma Garvln entertained q num-
Der % her friends az her residence on
the South side last Thursday evening.
Games and refreshments helped to make
the affair quite enjoyable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

Misses Lou and Anna Strange ten
dered a delightful party to number OF
their friends, at their home on North
Market street, last Thursday evening.
Dancing and cards were the evenings
diversions, and an appetizing repast was
ffeoucrod a mid mint
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

There was a quiet wedding on Thurs
Dag evening 40 Rev. J. d. Cunningham's
parsonage. on Fourteenth street. The
participants were Mr. Chas. Peak. OF
Philadelphia. and Miss Leonora Solder
% this city. Immediately after the
ceremony the happy couple boarded the
evening train for the East, where they
will reside permanently. Mr. Peak be-
ing engaged 10 tho postal service In
Philadelphia.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

Miss Lucy Gebhart, Of South Jacob
street, pleasantly entertained number
OF her friends Monday evening, In hon
or her nineteenth birthday. The even
ing was spent with many social diver
slons The leading feature being the
vocal and instrumental music which
furnished. At midnight choice refresh
ments were served. The hostess was
the recipient OF many beautiful pres
ents.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

Tuesday night Miss Fannie BOles, Of
the Eighth ward. entertained q number
Of acQuaintances in hMRdsoDe mRnner.
The affair partoOk Of the natu Of 4
farewell gathering. as MiSN DO VIII
soon remove to TifIin, Ohio, X she
will reside. Last evening was "a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Hymes. Of Mar
tins Ferry, celebrated their fifteenth
wedding anniversary Friday evening by
entertaining the Hook and Ladder Com
PAM, Of which Mr. Hymes is men,
Der. Tue 81 fair vas iR the nature OF a
ronapfiOn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-05

The Wheeling Cyclers will give a
dance on next Thursday night in their
hall. This will be the last hop in this
hall, as the club will soon remove to
quarters up town.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
FEMININE BACHELORS.

A recent novel complains that girls
nowadays as in days of yore are driven
into unhappy marriages through a fear
of being called "old maids:" and that
could some jaunty term be found for an
unmarried woman it would be in the
nature of removing a bann. In New
York and kindred large cities the un-
married women have already adopted
the term feminine bachelors" and as
such enjoy life.
enough to lose her lover, or to never
have one, cast her lot with the family
Of some relative, and became a house
hold slave Bound by no ties of her
own II was her duty to nurse the sick,
care for the rising generation, and to
lead a monotonous existence, smoothing
the way from cradle to grave for half
her relatives. Her picture drawn by
the novelist is that of a martyr sacri-
feed to an ignoble cause.
Not so, however, the girl of today.
Left to care for herself she adopts some
chosen profession, and sure that its
doors will open TO her sooner or later,
fits herself for 1t. Like her brother who
goes to seek his fortune. she drifts to
the large city and here finds herself one
Of hundreds Of girls in the same work
as herself If she grows tired of board
ing, with three or four of her sister ar
fists, writers, or clerks. she takes rooms
in a fat and sets up housekeeping.
When she wishes to travel she makes
up her party and starts off. Thanks to
the common sense which prevails every
advantage is at her command. She may
attend the theater. her church, or club,
alone or in company with other women
if she so desires.
Read the life of the art students and
literary women of large cities and it
is surprising to find how earnest, brave,
and how jolly, and above all how am
bilious they are, not to marry, but to
succeed with their work.
The unmarried man or woman may
not be as useful as the married, but
from all appearances the former are not
living their lives in vain.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
WALLACE GROWS SILLY.

Gen. Lew Wallace has joined in the
silly cry that there is a lack of conf
dence in the Cleveland administration
and in the democratic congress. Pray,
wherein and how has that lack of con-
f1dence been shown? At the last op-
portunity given the people of the United
States to express their opinions they
gave most emphatic evidence that they
had full confidence in Mr.. Cleveland and
in a democratic congress. And there
was not a soul in the United States
who could read the English language
who did not know exactly where Mr..
Cleveland stood on the financial ques-
ton and on the tariff question and on
every other question in issue at the
election. Nothing was left indefinite or
doubtful.
Gen. Wallace is making a deliberate
misstatement when he says there is
any lack of confidence in the Cleveland
administration. as is everyone who re-
peats II. The financial troubles of the
country are due to Juggling with the
monetary system of the country by the
republican party when IL was in power.
The present trouble has long been i'm
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
A NOTABLE GATHERING.

The international convention of the
Baptist young peoples union, which has
been in session here for the past week.
is, in many respects, a notable gather
ing, perhaps more so than any of the
numerous conventions which have been
held here this season. There are two
things which distinguish it from the Y.
NJ. C. A. gathering of few weeks ago.
That was non-denominational and inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL. 1t was of no denom-
nation and yet was composed of repre-
sentatiyes of all denominations.
This has been exclusively of one de-
nomination. While the men and women
who have presented their papers and
taken part in discussions have not tried
to make the world believe that there
was no other denomination, they have,
nevertheless, been loyal to their own.
They have outlined the work which it is
doing. They have undertaken to uphold
the principles under which the union was
organized and have tried to lead others
to a belief in the great principles upon
which the baptist church in America
rests.
Another important point about this
meeting is the fact that it is so young
an organization, yet capable of getting
out an immense crowd of people, who
come from all over America to take part
in deliberations which, to say the least,
are surprising to the man Of the world.
The attendants bear less resemblance to
hobby riders than is usual, and their ap-
pearance is that of earnestness. coupled
with a determination to fight for what
they believe to be the right and to ele-
vate humanity in the best and speediest
way possible.
The benefits to Indianapolis from this
gathering are two fold: % There is the
influence of a body of young men and
women among us who are intent upon
the right; (2l there is the advertising
the city gets from the delegates as they
go to their homes. They have been more
than pleased with the city and their en-
the uttermost parts of the land to scat
ter the praises of Indianapolis to the
four winds. Special services viii be
held in the country churches and the
benefits of the visit here and what was
seen will be talked over. 1t will be
talked over in the homes. And in one
way and another the city will be adver-
tised as it could not have been with the
expenditure of 100000 1t pays to in
vite conventions here and then treat
them we'll
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
THE QUEEN OF THE WEST.
An Incident Illustrative of the Power
of the Ram.

In reading the News account of the loss
of the Victoria, IL calls TO mind an incident
that occurred during my, term as rebel
boat. or ram, during a heavy fog passed
the batteries at Vicksburg. This boat, by
the way, was or had been a common Mis-
sissippi transport, fortified with cotton
bales and having great horn or prov
fitted on her bow. She was in command
of one Col. Ellet, who. having more ambi-
ton than judgment. took it into his head
to come up Red river into Texas. He had
not yet reached Alexandria, La. when he
came in contact with single gun battery,
which was known as Fort de Russey.
Notwithstanding the night was very
dark, the boys at the gun were satisfied
the vessel was an intruder and opened fire
on her. aiming at the lights. the fire being
returned from the boat from her batteries
of five guns-one 24-pound parrot gun and
four 12-pound brass pieces. A lucky shot
from the fort passed through a small
space between the cotton and upper para
pet, cut steam pipe, scalding number
OF the crew and rendering the vessel I'M
manageable: She swung around on a
sandbar and hung there.
The colonel, finding his boat disabled, the
whole country overfiowed with water and
no show to get to land, ordered a white
flag run up, but the night being very dark,
our boys could not see it, so kept up
steady fire at the boat Col Ellet after
ward said the rebs hadn't sense enough to
stop shooting when he had surrendered, so
IL was so uncomfortable on board he
dumped cotton bale jumped on 1t and
took his chances floating down the river.
When morning dawned the boys found
they had big Yankee boat, several dead
and wounded men and quite a store of
commissaries, arms, ammunition, ETC. The
damage done the vessel being slight all
necessary repairs were soon made. and on
Feb. %, 1863 handful of rebs. under COM
mand of Mai. Brants, started for the
mouth of Red river the captured boat.
the Queen of the West In the meantime
another vessel, the Indianola, a heavy
ironcad. under command OF Capt. Brown.
had passed down by Vicksburg and was
lying at the mouth of Red river When
we ran out into the Mississippi the IRON
clad had moved up the river, the smoke
of which was not yet out of sight, when
the chase set in and at about $3.50 p. m. OF
the third day we overhauled the ironclad.
1 will state right here that none of US
had been in fight, so far as 1 know. NOR
had many Of us so much as heard a heavy
gun. Nor did the idea occur to us of the
danger of an encounter between a COM
mon wood boat and an ironclad carrying
eleven guns. Had Capt. Brown known our
errand we surely never would have got
near him.
Thanks to his ignorance, we drew. near
the ironclad which seemed not to heed
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
FREE COINAGE OR NOTHING.
SEEMS TO BE THE CRY OF THE
COLORADO CONVENTION.
Mass Meeting of the State Silver
League at Denver-Governor Waite's
Radical Address Endorsed.

DENVER. July 1.-THE mass meet
ing called by President Merrick Of the
state silver league and joint committees
from the chamber of commerce, real es-
tate and stock exchanges, met at the
Colizeum hall at noon today. The build
ing was crowded with thousand dele
gates from every section of the state,
who had come to see what could be
done toward crystallizing sentiment in
Colorado on the establishment of a
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Among the delegates were the leading
men of the state, like Senator Wolcott,
Congressman Bell and Pence, Governor
Waite. David H. Moffatt, president of
the first national bank, with many other
bankers and members of the Colorado
general assembly. There appeared to be
but one feeling in all the gathering and
that was free coinage or nothing"
In his address calling the meeting 10
order, President Merrick said:
I'VE ask for justice. for our, rights.
We will accept nothing less. The
pioneers of Colorado have had their
contract violated. Petitions and re-
monstrations have been unavailing. The
crime Of 1878 has gone on all these years
unpublished. We are here to demand an
early and speedy settlement of the silver
question"
Governor Waite Said in Part.
"If the money power shall attempt to
sustain it's usurpation by the strong
hand we will meet that isue when it is
forced upon us, for it is better infinitely
that blood should flow to the horses
brides rather than our national liberties
be destroyed. If it is true that the
United States is unable to carry out it's
governmental policy without the dicta-
ton or consent of foreign powers; if we
are a province of European monarchies,
then we need another revolution, another
appeal to arms, and we have won that
battle. If war is forced upon us we will
send to Halifax a far greater army of
British tories, according to our popula-
ton, than our forefathers sent there
after the revolutionary war. The war
has begun; it is the same war which
must always be waged against oppres-
sion and tyranny to preserve the hber-
ties of man."
The address created a sensation and a
scene OF great confusion followed, the
APPLAUSE being deafening. 1t was moved
that the convention indorse the remarks
of Governor Waite, and the motion was
carried amid the greatest enthusiasm.
The convention then adjourned until
tomorrow, when the committee on reso-
buttons will report.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
A RED-HAIRED CHINAMAN.
Being Off-COIored, He Is AbhOrred by
His Brethren.

Chinatown boasts of a great rarity in
full-blooded Chinese who is probably the
only red-headed one on the face of the
earth. And what is more, the Chinese has
a light complexion and blue eyes, and he
is .cross-eyed.
Mish 60. as is the freaks name, was
born in China, of Chinese parents, about
thirty years ago and came TO San Francis
co about a year ago. He is Stunned and
disliked by the great majority of his coun-
trymen.
piled to him, because, from a Chinese stand
point his eyes resemble those of a sheep
more than human being: Mish Go lives
i'm one of the dens of Spofford alley and is
never seen in close association with other
denizens of Chinatown, excepting when
he goes to certain stores to dispose of
The reason of the Chinese being held in
such disfavor was explained by Wong
Won. a fortune-teller, who daily occupies
a portion of the sidewalk on Washington
st. above Dupont
Very many years ago, ne said, there
China He lived there so long ago that no
one now living had ever seen him. Chew
Fut was his name and he was tall and Of
fair complexion, from some cause not
pleasing in the eyes of one of the numer-
Gus gods. Chew Fut was known all over
North China, where he lived and grew 10
Zone day IT was disclosed to few of
the faithful that this particular Chinese
with the red hair must die. But IL was
not explained by the deity why. 1t is
not known TO this day why this order was
disobeyed, for no steps were taken to end
the life of Chew Fut, and so a fearful
vengeance was wreaked on the people. A
terrible earthquake occurred and the wa
fers of the sea overlooked the land, en-
gulang thousands of inhabitants, who
were carried out to sea by the receding
waters and drowned.
ss'rhe red-haired Chinese was lost at the
same time and, il is believed, was trans
ported direct to the internal regions,
where he must always suffer fearful tort
ure."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
FIN DE Steele HYPNOTIsM.
st. Petersburg Has Gone wild over n
Dog That Goes Into frances.

All St. Peter sburg has gone wild over
something new. and that is nothing else
than a dog which goes off into hypnotic
frances, says the New York Recorder.
This remarkable animal belongs TO NJ
Durow, who awarded gold medal by
the Paris academy Of sciences for his
original Investigations and discoveries in
mails and its effect upon them.
Several tests have been made of the ami
NAL in the presence OF no less a person
than DR.. Afanasifv of the war department
one of the tests consisted in placing sew
eral articles, as a pencil, cigar case, hand
kerchief, cum button, etc, on the floor
Then, the dog having been thrown in a
hypnotic trance by him, NJ. Durow request
ed one of the audience, which consisted
also of several other physicians Of re-
nown and some newspaper men, to think
about something and what the dog was TO
do with 1t, then TO write il on piece OF
paper and show il to the rest Of the audi
ence excepting, OF course, himself
This was done, and the dog having been
brought, what was the establishment Of
the whole assemblage TO see the animal go
up TO the cigar case pick IL up and bring
II TO the one who had been indicated in
the wish.
Another test consists in laying several
cubes with figures on them in a certain
order in a closed box. AT the same time
several pieces of paper were on the floor
bearing like numbers on each. The dog
was then called in and required 10 place
the cubes We're laid in the closed and
scale box This he did to the astonish-
ment of all assembled.
The strangeness of the whole procedure
is increased when il is remembered that
NJ Durov knows no more about what is
being done or wished than the dog does
and is therefore, entirely unable in any
way TO prompt him.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
An EngiI.h opinion of Carnegie.

IL is intensely entertaining to find that
exploded philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie,
who bulled his workmen into subservi-
ence with gang of ruffianly mercenaries
armed with repeating rifles. posing as the
pioneer OF a reign of universal peace to be
brought about by a patent Anglo American
alliance. His assumption that her majesty
the queen and the prince OF Wales would
at once abdicate at the mandate of a
hypocrital and conceited Pittsburg IRON
master is delightful beyond expression.
The proposals he makes are hardly likely
to be taken any more seriously in the states
than here. The plutocratic author of that
windy masterpiece Triumphant Democ-
racy," has long since been "sized up and
disowned by his countrymen. A few
months ago he was about the most deserv-
eddy unpopular man in America. and his
fatal omission to reck his rede still sticks
In the throat of the hard-hearted yankee.
London Figaro.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19

our approach. Maj Brants hailed. but re-
ceived no reply, a charge was ordered to
strike the Indianola back of the wheel
house. Ii was a success. Before Capt.
Brown knew what disturbing the
quiet of his dreams the great rams horn
of the Queen Of the West had pierced
monster hole in the heavy ironclad through
which i could hear amid the roar of mus
kerry the water rushing. The work
fierce and furious. 1t was done and well
done in a few minutes.
Amidst the music of the Texas yell
white flag was again hoisted. and the fast
sinking boat was pushed on sand bar
in time TO get the crew OF liz men off.
Then and there saw the maddest man OF
my time. and that man was Capt Brown,
when he learned his fine vessel, the next
heaviest ironclad of the Mississippi feet
to the Essex, which was at that time be-
low Port Hudson, had been sunk by a
wooden boat. The Queen of the West was
afterward burned on the Atchafalaya.
From newspaper paragraphs it seems
that writers have lost sight Of the great
destruction done by rams during the war.
j. T. Edwards in letter TO the Dallas
News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19

not excepted. and in no state in this
country were the colored people so well
treated. and nowhere did they live under
such Just and equitable laws or have a
better chance to become somebody than
in Virginia. This is excellent advice and
perhaps some Of our northern contem-
poraries will see the way clear to give
it extensive circulation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
CATS, DIG AND LITTLE.
There Are Almost Fifty Different
Species In the World.

Cats large and small. are to be found
in every part of the world except Australia
and MADAGASCAR. The largest are con-
fined to the tropical regions of the globe,
the lion being common TO Asia and Az
RIGA The tiger is exclusively Asiatic, and
contrary to the usual belief is even larger
than the lion; so closely are these two
animals related that their skulls can hard
ly be distinguished from one another eX-
cept by a very skilled anatomist. The
next largest of the group is the leopard, a
native of both Asia and Africa. The Loop
ard is frequently termed the panther, and
regarded as a different animal, but there
is no real distinction between the two.
The puma, which is sometimes, but err
roneously called the panther in the United
States, and the jaguar are the largest OF
the American species. The lynxes, which
are common to the old world and the
new, are distinguished by their short and
stumpy tails. Their habits, however, and
structure are otherwise exactly like those
of the ordinary cats. The different species
OF the wild cats that exist in various parts
of the world raise the total number OF the
whole tribe of Felidae to rather more than
forty.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19

The German emperor has succeeded
in getting his pet measure, the army
bill, through the reichstag. But his vic
tory was secured by the scant majority
of sixteen votes. and if his chancellor
has made half the pledges he has been
credited with making to secure this
majority the victory has been very
dearly won. The task of carrying
out all the compacts entered into
will be even greater than that of
passing the army bill and the govern
ment may expect to be confronted at
any moment with a hostile majority. 1t
would be not in the least surprising If
it should transpire that the emperor's
troubles had but just begun with his
victory on the army bill.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19

An esteemed state contemporary thinks
that the present closeness of money is
due largely to the fact that so many peo-
pie have been boarding up their money
70 spend at the Chicago fair. The esti-
mate is that at least 5000 is the average
for all Indiana towns Of 1000 to 5000 in
habitants. The amount grows into huge
proportions when the large number Of
such towns is taken into consideration.