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Lar the GOOD Work Go On.

WASHINGTON, D. c., February 60
Forty-nine fourth class postmasters
were appointed to-day. or these thirty
we're 70 an vacancies caused by resig-
nations, fourteen by removals and five
bV death.
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sktnner's Tavern Sold.
,seia. 7siegrGm 70 ths Rsoasts-.


FAIKMoNT, w. VA, February 20
The Hough House. now leased by
Charles Skinner and known as Skin
ners tavern, was sold to-day TO g. e.
Williams for $40, 500 by Thomas Hough.
the prOprietor.
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Drowned BY Brsakiog Ice,


bbfcct 4eIeoFtNs - - f|'S
MAssnLoS, O., February 26.-Fred
Fisher and Katie Betscheider. two
school children, we're drowned 10 the
canal at this place at 800 this alter
noon. Five other children broke
through the ice also but were rescued.
The children attempted 10 cross tho
canal on their way home from school.
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oDe-l1I It-soT10l % " he9isIsF-
WAsHNGTOS, ID. c., February Go
Hon. Jesse f. Randolph, OF Salem, w.
Va, an ex-member of the Legislature,
stopped over 10 Washington to-day on
his way 90 New York and called on Rep
resentative PendletOn.
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WANT TO sEoEDE.

Some OF the silver states Will be Asked
to Cast Their Lots With Mexico.
GEORGETOWN, Col, February GA
petition is being circulated here which
calls upon the silver producing States
TO secede from the general government
and join the Republic Of Mexico.
Mayor Parker, whose name heads the
petition, says it will be circulated in
every mining camp in the West.
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DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Senate AdiOurnS Early to Allow
Democratic Senators
TO DISCUSS TIE TARIFF BILL.

Senator Brice's Statement That
Three Ex-Rebel Brigadiers Had
Been Allowed to Prepare the
Bill Was the Principal Topic
for Discussion, and the PrOvi-
siOns Of the Bill Were Not
Touched On-Third Week Of the
Bland Bill in the House.
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a volce From Misconnln.

Radam's Mierobe Killer cured me Of a
hip joint disease, attended with running
sores, from which | suffered thirty
years
FRANK HALL, Merton, Wis.
The Logan Drug Company Agents for
Wheeling.
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Nsw Postmasters.

SDssial 7els0r1u 90 tts REGISTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., February Go
Josiah C. Beard hiss been commissioned
postmaster so RenicEs Valley, w. Va,
aud James *. Douglass at StinsOn, W..
Va
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Foot at Martinsburg.
,pee1aL TeLeoran. q 81 Reossle..

MARTINsBURG, w. VA, February &c.
The heaviest snow storm for years
prevailed in this section yesterday and
to-day and snow fell to the depth Of
twelve inches.
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succseas Her Husband.
; Te.e0ram 70 ~ RsIiIte-.

GEsciQi Ie.e1r2ln % M hsliisfT-
WASHINGTON, ID c., February 60
Mary Gibson was to-day appointed
postmaster at Romney, Hampshire
county, w. Va, vice j. A. Gibson, deed.
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In these days Of disappointment Il is Erati-
scstlon 70 know that one can buy bottle Of
Sslvation Oh Tor 25 cents.
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The Logs
Wheeling.
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TIE WEATHER

wAssxerox. D. c. February 26-For west
Virginia, Western Pennsyivania and Ohio,
fair and warmer: southefly Winds.
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Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup takes the iead Of all
cough preparations on oEr shelves.
Carpenter = Palmeteg, JamettoTn, n. 7.
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Tried AND TRUE Is the verdict OK
people who take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The good effects Of this medicine are
soon felt Ia nerve strength restoreds
appetite created and health given.
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Two more cases Of smallpox have de-
veloped AZ MenOminee. Mich.
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GrBRALTAR, February 96.-Ths Spree
arrived and sailed for Genoa.
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Fourteen Inches at Clarksburg.

Specidi 1ele0TG1l 20 u3s ReJtsts-
CLARKSBURG, w. VA, February 90
Fourteen inches OF snow fell here last
night; travel is greatly impeded.
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sIsfer.vIlle on Rnna

SBs-ol TsieqrGm % ne R.gister.
SISrERsvULE, February 96.-The
runs of the Eureka Pipe Line Company
for the twentY-four hours ending Sun-
dav morning at 2 o'clock were II, 34l
barrels, aud from that time until cor
responding hour this morning they
amounted 20 9.333 barrels. The cause
OF such an enormous falling of in such
a short time is because a great many Of
the wells are shut down on Sunday,
tnus making quite 8 decrease in the
amount Of oil received.
Young maiden, if you'd boast those charms
That win lover 70 ones arms,
And that may never let him so,
Twill be through SOLODONT, whose
powers
Give 10 the breath the balm Of flowers.
And leaves the teeth as white as snow.
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He tIIIs do not weaken, but aid
dIee and tone shf stomach. Isy
The evening world., 1894-10-11
STRIKERS PREPARE TO PARADE.
Police Asked for a Permit aud the
Route Named.
CloakInulScrs and Cutters lin-
couragcd by Their Leaders.

The strike OF cloakmalSers and cutters
was renewed more vigorously than ever
to-day, and the great cloakmaking in
dustry IS almost completely paralyZed.
out of 10 large manufactures not more
than two are in operation, while nearly
1OOJ contractors or sweaters shops are
Idle.
Twelve thousand cloalmakers includ-
ing operators. taiiors, finishers and press
ers are out, and 1,1c0 cutters have Joined
them.
over 5000 cloakmakers surged about
the doors of New Irving Hall. pa and PIG
Broome street. this morning, all trying
to attend the meeting held there, but
not half that number could be admitted.
The others fingered about the street dis
cussing the strike and the prospect OF
victory. Speakers in the hall encouraged
peaceful The officers of the Union told
the crowd that they would meet with
success before another week ended.
Joseph BarOndcsS, the leader of the
clOakmakers, did not put in an early
appearance at the hall In response to
loud calls for him. 1t was stated that
he was extremely busy with the FIX
ecutivc Committee, and would talk TO
the strikers later in the day.
1t was announced that the proposed
grand parade would be held this after
noon. If the police did not interpose.
ana the strikers were informed that
one of the officers of the union had
gone to Police Headquarters to obtain
the necessary permit. Should the per-
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nit be granted by Supt. Byrnes 1t was
said that the strikers would assemble
in Rutgers Square and march through
East Broadway, Suffolk street, Houston
street. Mulberry street, Canal street,
Walker street Greene street, Waverley
place, Broadway to City Hall Park, and
thence into Centre and Broome streets,
the Bowery, Third avenue and Seven
teenth street. to Union Square, where
IA mass meeting will be held.
Several bands of music We're engaged,
with the proviso that their services
would not be required II Supt. Byrnes re
fused IA permit. Barondess and the ofti-
Gers OF The unions are expected to lead
the procession, and II Is believed that
over 900 women will take part In the
parade.
The cutters assembled thousand
strong in and about 9S Forsyth street.
where their organization, the United
Cloak and Suit Cutters Association,
holds it's regular meetings. The EXecu-
tive Boards of the Cloakmakers' Union
and the Cutters Association met this
forenoon to further their plans for car
rying on the strike.
The regular meeting of the Cutters
Association will take place later in the
day. The cutters hav" no grievance,
but are striking In support Of the cloak
ma akcrs. with whom they are affiliated.
Cutters receive S2i a week each for nifty
two hours work.
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cIdent A few months after Walrond
had ooialned his ieiio%ship' ne had E
leved TO be his friend, a manuscript
monograph on certain antiquities near
oxford, the result of long and laborious
research. Within a week an article ap-
peared over Bainbridge's signature in
the Journal Of the Association, which
article was practically the substance of
Walrond's monograph Its appearance,
of course, preCluded the subsequent
publication of Walrond's paper. Wal
rond eXpostulated vigorously.
cambridge shrugged his shoulders, re-
piled that no antiquarian, even the
subject: and that he, too. had accumu-
lated evidence on the same subject, the
notes whereof he would be happy to
submit to any unprejudiced arbiter. or
course the quarrel was not allowed to
assume Importance. The head of the
college at once sent for Walrond, eX-
planned that as very young man 1t Ill
against one of the most learned and
honorcd members OF the common room,
and advised him to Withdraw his accu-
sations and allow the matter to die out.
This course WdllrOn was, perfOrCC, COM
PEELED to do; and, although his relations
with the senior tutor were apparently
friendly, ana although they frequently
met at archaeological meetings. both in
the college and out, WalrOnd had not
forgotten Bainbrldge's perfiiy, and was
reluctant to test his loyalty again, for
he felt convinced that his own credit
I'm the matter would soon be whitfield
away by the artful Bainbrdge. Never
thcless, by the time ne had smoked a
couple OF pipes he perceived that COM
plete secrecy was ossiblc The As
ISOLATION was about TO dispersc on the
next day and his continuance in the
ue.@hborhGoI would excite suspicion.
cambridge would probably follow his
movements, discover tie cave. and, find
ing that Walrord had stolen a march
upon him, would, as President Of the
Association, spoil all by premature dis
closure. Under these circumstances he
resolved to take what appeared TO him
the most polite course; he would ac-
quaint cambridge with his dh ooVvry
and take care that his own share was
allowed. Moreover the assistance Of d
skilled antiquarian like BainLri4Ee
would be valuable. and The task would
need assistance,
The following evening, when the assO-
clation had all broken up, he told the
President the Whole story. richard Balm
The evening world., 1894-10-11
THAT INSCRIPTION.
IecO TRANSACTIONS from Widely Different
tSt0ndpOintS.

years he had lived at Burnstone aPrk.
He even went so far as to order cold
lunch for the first day, but he took care
to be absent himself, and left his son
Joe to do the honors.
Now, below Burnstone Hall there runs
through "A deep ravine of gray granite
the River Burn. one OF the very best
rond was a very keen fisherman. he
at once asked young Plat to grant
him d day on his water. His host be-
ing only too glad to find a fellow
sportsman, gladly assented. Accord
while the rest of the association was
still porlng over tesselated pavements,
WalrOnd fixed his cast and began to
fish up stream. His creel was still
empt", when suddenly the sky grew
overcast, the leaves began to rustic
of rain wa"aed Walrond that thur
derstOrm was imminent.
Looking round for shelter. he saw in
the scrap Of the granite clir III At over
hung the stream cave. the entrance
OF which was about seven feet high by
five feet broad. The end was indiscern-
ible in the gloom. He entered, laid his
rod down and filled a pipe. He lit a
match-when, 10! his eye fen upon some
thing that brought his heart into his
mouth. About twelve PAGES from the
mouth Of the cave, equi-distant be-
tween the two sides, stood block OF
marble about four and one-half feet
square by about three feet high, The
right hand upper corner was broken
or. and there was an ugly chip at the
base Of the front. 1t was discolored
by damp, and was covered with moss
The evening world., 1894-10-11
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TheWOrld.

Your version, my dear fellow. is truly
admirable; so original too" Here Balm
bridge WINGED for some subtle reason.
own tUci deciencies s' so com eteiy. e@ nor my my
presumption In asking yotAto collaborate
with me. In fact" continued Walrond.
completely demolished my thSRry, which
was entirely different"
"Eh, what" calculated cambridge ap-
prohensively. "Different-I should have
thought there could be no other solu-
ton"
"Oh, yes, there can, as you would have
seen had you waited until you had seen
my MS. Dear me, how Uncomfortable
you seem TO be on that chair-let me
give you mine. No! Well, to resume.
My theory was unhapplly not based like
yours upon the sound foundation Of
scholarship, but rather upon some pri-
vate information impaired to me by Joe
Platt that afternoon we went fishing
together. Suffice to say, according to my
in the first line of the inscription, and
the letter ch.pped out is not A, but e.
"Scllenl," said cambridge, with an air
or surprise, that was curlously mingled
with agitation, but there is no such
Latin word"
Possibly not" said Walrond. How
ever, TO enhance your just reputation as
an antiquarian l have sent my little eff
fort also to our journal 1t appears to-
morrow morning. Good night. Pleasant
dreams"
MT. lpdlIbIllkt iItdmS were HcilHNT
pleasant nor unpleasant, for the simple
fact that he did not sleep a single wink
the whole night, so possessed was he by
gloomy forebodings.
Bad as his forebodlngs were they were
more than realized when. on opening
with trembling hands his Antiquarian
journal the next morning he read over
his rivals signature the following state
ment;
since Mr.. Pickwick discovered the fa-
nous stone in the neighborhood of Cob
ham possibly no antiquarian has ever
been more ingenious and more utterly
erroneous ,han Mr.. Bainbridge. The
Bathrum he described in the cave was
placed there by the owner of the prop
trty. Mr.. Joshua Plat, with the pur-
pose of selling some enthusiastic anti
uuarian. The right Interpretation OF the
false inscription Is as follows;
Dom damn aul (alD sic tsuch) Gust
(cusseD antiquarian triN (tricks) an no
sense in II. 1 ave II. Sell 'em."-Lonr
don Truth
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bridge was wonder-struck and delighted,
and thanked Walrond for his frankness.
The next DAY they visited the cave,
cleaning they got the face OF them arble
slab comparatively clear, and succeeded
in getting legible rubbing of the In
ran as follows: u. o. NJ. Aul Sic. Gust
Antigua Re Antr X. Amos. Ense, In
itiavit. Sell NJ.
There was letter lost at the end OF
the second line, and the chip already al
luded to had also obiiterated the last let
ter but one Of the last word. Otherwise
the inscription was singularly perfect
After the side was finished they made a
cursory investigation of the top of the
slab, and found four small square inden'
tations on the surface, as though some
thing hal rested thereon.
As they were sitting outside the VII
lagc inn, after their labors, BainhridSe
remarked, as he looked at the scroll:
"Well, my dear hoy. that's good
mornings work, and now all we have
to do is to supply the trifiing deficiencies
in the inscription, translate 1t II We can.
and then will write, a paper on T.,
m{ou write PAPER 5GplGd WatrGnd'
come, as / found the slab, surely | have
the first right 10 publish a thesis
Not al All" said Bainbrdge. 1T is
true you found the block of marble, but
what Of that t2--anyb1dy might have done
the same. Very properly YOU tell me as
President. as President | shall draw The
attention of the other members to the
fact ! daresay / shall mention your
name"
"Druced obiiging OF you, I'm sure,
Look here, Bainbridge, | discovered that
tablet, and | mean 10 get the. credit Of
n. You once played me q dirty trick
before, and | haven't forgotten it. II
you DO so again, by heaven III
"Hullo, Mr.. Walrond, what's up2 You
antiquarians are always wraugling, "
cried a Ckrcry voice. Walronl looked
uu and saw young Plat, rod in hand;
he had come Up without attracting the
notice OF the angry ComhatantS.
Come along with me, my dear fell
low, and get half-poundcr out ot yon
p0ol. 1t will do your temper good "
Walroud laughed. and realizing that
his dignity as a gentleman and scholar
was I'm serious jeopardy, entered the inn
ana got his rod.
That evening Walrond wont frankly
up TO BalUhridEC and said: Il am afraid
| lost my temper this afternoon, l am
sorry-so accept my sincere apologies.
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ran thus,
TO the cod. Best, Greatest. Aulus
Sicinus the guardian of the ancient
treasure Cre old genitive of res) of the
cave for ten years consecrated the chair
with the sword,
indCntations on the surface of the slab
pointed unmistakahly to the fact that \
was the missing letter, and that on the
slab stood u stone chair, the slab being
the customary Bathrum.
After having lightly touched upon the
ceremony Of conservation In general and
cDnseCrat ton by the sword in particular,
the writer continued to PROFOUND an
elaborate thesis, the purport of which
was briefly as follows Numl pOmpiliuS,
the King Of Rome, was the founder of
their national religion. This religion. he
learned from the nymph Egeria, who,
as every one knows, dwelt in II cave near
Rome. This cave, which may be seen
today WAS afterwards turned in-1 4
shrine. Now, as civilization increased
and the pure religion became affected by
the Gust mary gruwths of subsidiary
myths. the cult Of Egcria became
fashionable, especially a the period Of
iyI, ihy2mIr surT%Em"GE, IN.nai Mh@t was a5, more
brought over tu England at the time of
the Rom IN occupation?
Her shrine would uuquCstiouahly be
in q cave, thereby following the analogy
of the Mother city, ana i1ubt!es the
mystic treasures OF the nymuh therein
placed would nrCnseitltc guardian to
protect II from the predatory ab1rlEtne.
The priest OF the cave would naturally
have "a cuusegratod chair when he pre-
sided over the mysteries, Nor was the
-. ,. 81. antuguuistC To MS theory II
merely showed that an mere cults clus-
rel round the WORSHIP ut JoNt, ami
were subsidiary thereto, Thus, even in
he lhriUc ut EEoria, the chair WAS I'M
mrt8tcly de Heated To tn" CmnipOtent
Deity. Each TrOC nsul would carry with
his The particular worship he affected.
And nothing was more likely than that
The evening world., 1894-10-11

The melancholy Jacques, so we are told,
found sermons in stones" Had he,
however. been condemned to listen to
sermons on stones his melancholy might
have been still further intensified. For
such dissertations are occasionally weari
some even to the antiquarian; and when
Edward Walrond, Fellow of st. Simon's
College, oxford, had listened to a long
and prolix lecture on Roman villas he
bethought him that an hours trout fish
Ing would sweep away the cobwebs
from his brain. The Association of Brit
ish Antiquaries happened to be holding
Its annual conference; on this occasion
In the north OF England. The venue was
Burnstone Hail, a large country seat in
Yorkshire. At the beginning Of the pres
ent century some navves had discovered,
during the construction of road, certain
Interesting Roman antiquities. and since
then Burnstone Hall had been a Mecca
to the archaeological enthusiast.
Former proprietors had encouraged re-
search, but Joshua Platt the present
owner, a retired Lancashire mill owner,
hated the whole thing, and regarded the
archaeologist with ill-disguised contempt.
Nevertheless, being CHEEKY old fellow
Of hospitable intent, when the association
. arrived In the neighborhood. he did not
refuse them access to his park, albeit
he had suffered considerable annoyance
From arehaeologists during the thirty
The evening world., 1894-10-11

It's pity a really interesting dIscov-
cry should be marred by a little petty
jealousy. Let us write the paper to-
Eethcr. We VIII each take copy of the
rubbing: and let each do his best to
supply the missing letters, and when
we return to college we viii write a
paper together and publish II over our
joint, signatures. and yours shall go
To this Bainbridge asscnted, and the
matter ended for the present.
The long vacation passed away. and
ten days before the beginning of the
term Walrond returned to his cosy
room in St Simon's.
wen, my dear fellow" said Balm
bridge, when he met him in the common
room. done anything about the tablet?
"Oh, yes replied Walrond, casually,
81 think I've hammered out pretty
lrcId explanation, which is lying In the
ton drawer Of my bureau,
In the repeated Bainbridge
"By the way, Walrord, would you mind
their books tomorrow morning? | have
lot Of things tn do and am going up to
town in the afternoon to see publisher
You VIII? Thanks"
to his rooms, after spending thre" hours
In the han examining candidates for
scholarships, he, went to his, bureau
at the position Of "A certain piece OF red
tape and string which cuvroucd a
bulky manuscript, and gave grim
tNlrklc.
At the beginning Of the term Mr.. Rain
br igr returned from town with his brow
mctaphDrCally crowned with laurcls.
During his absence most remarkable
article above his signature had appeared
In the official Journal of the society
whereof he was President, on N" sub
JC2t os a tablet he had himself diseoy-
erel I'm a cave near Burnstuuc Van.
The article carefully explained that
this tablet, which was mluif-stly OF Il
vot.vn character. bore a most Interesting
inscription. OF which the following was
q atnful transcript. "n, q. NJ. Aul SI..
Gust Antigua le) re. autri. y. amos
Cus' initiaN.t scll(alm."
The !e trrs In parenthesrs were miss
Ing IN tho or!Zinal ana had been supplied
by hi!asclf The fun uuahbreyiatvd in
ser piion doubtless ran thus:
IDW OWtuuoD MHNimo) AUlus) Sic
GHiasI Custlos) AuliQuuto) re- antri \
Il. c.. deCem) amos ou.e in.tiavit sell
alm.
The translation he venturel to suggest
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and llchen. But none the less by the
hickering light Walrond could see GER
tain letters We're deeply cut upon the
side that faced the entrance of the cave.
Hastily lighting another match, he
knelt down beside IT, and with dexterous
touch followed the formation of the
hrst three letters. First came a d.,
succeeded by a stop, then pulling away
the lichen he saw that an o followed.
His pdlse auickened, and his slender
fingers trembled as he traced the next
light. 1t was an NJ. The first three
letters, then, were unmis takably ID o
NJ. Now, these three letters, signifying
Dec Optimo Maxine, were very fire.
beginning of a dedicatory inscription.
Anywhere the inscription would have
been interesting and potent with pos
sibilities, but to find at Burnstone Hall.
where antiauarians had hammered and
picked for half century, Veritable
You've tablet was pure and undiluted
ecstasy.
Walrond resolved to keep his secret to
himself until he made assurance sure
With this in view, the next morning at
daybreak he began by the light OF "a
lantern, to remove the clinging lichen.
The letters that next appeared on the
surface OF the damp and stained mar
BILE, namely, A u l. S l. did not help
him much. The letters were. however,
discouraged Stlll less so when, in the
third row Of the inscription. just below
the broken corner, he succeeded in trac-
ing the letter y, followed 10y \ n n o
S This proved, beyond all doubt, that
the inscription was Latin. and that
something to do with ten years" was
inscrlbed on the block of marble.
Thoroughly satisfied with his two
hours work, WalrOnd emerged into the
fresh morning air, 1T a pipe aHd re-
viewed the position. That he had come
upon u treasure he had little doubt and
he naturally desired TO complete the
Investigations himself. On the other
hand, his obvious duty was to inform
the President Of the Association of his
discovery ana solicit his aid in the
matter until a satisfactory solution
could be submitted TO the society.
Under ordinary circumstances this he
would have gladly done. lie was, how
ever, deferred from reasons OF a purely
personal character. The President for
the year was the Rev. Richard Bain-
bridge, senior fellow of his own col
lege, between whom and himself there
had already occurred an unpleasant in