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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
What is Going On Among the Boats and
BOatmen.

The river still continues TO rise, ana
last night at eleven o'clock the marks
at the wharf showed twenty feet four
inches and rising at the rate OF three
inches an hour. A report was received
from Pittsburg yesterday afternoon.
stating thar the gorge at Oil CITY had
broken and that the gorge at KittanlnS
was mOmentarily expected to give way.
Below Kittaning the Allegheny river IS
open and running out full of ice. The
FLYER here was full of ice yesterday
morning, but towards evening 1t COM
menced to thin out considerably.
During the night, however, the ice
from the Allegheny began to come
down, and the river was running full
of ice again at midnight.
The big gorge at Kittaning. Pa, In
the Allegheny. had not broken at nine
o'clock last night, and it is holding
considerable water back The report
from Pittsburg Yesterday stated that
the river there was fifteen feet and rls-
ing. The river men in this city are OF
the opinion that the river will reach a
stage OF between twenty-five and thir-
ty feet.
1t is now positive fact that nayiga-
ton will be open on the Ohio from the
headwaters to the Mississippi this
week, and it is expected that by the
middle OF the week all the boats will
be OUT.
The Lexington. Capt. Kline. which
Will take the place of the Il. f. Phil
| lips in the Wheeling Matamoras trade
will leave Tuesday morning on heI
regular trip at 1870 o'clock, and re
turning will arrive in the city We'd
nesday evening about o'clock.
| All the towboats lying at diiferent
points along the river are making pre-
parations to resume their trips at once
The crew of the Dick Fulton. which
| has been laid up at Wayerly all win
ter, came down from PittsbWg yester
day afternoon, and will bring the boa
| up IN a day or two.
There is considerable complaint iron
river men about the water which
drains over the wharf from Watc!
! street. The natural damage of the
water from Eleventh to Twelfth
streets is down over the wharf ant
keeps that place in very muddy con
dition. In freezing weather the watei
running down over the wharf covers Il
with a glare of ice and it it almost i'm
possible to haul goods uD from the
boats. If this water is not diverted
into some other channel there will b.
lot of goods destroyed on the whar
one of these days and the city vii
have to pay the damage.
spectacle ts< Ks0lHsr.
PARKERsBURG, w. VA, March . -
Ohio l6 feet 6 inches and rising rapidly
Weather cloudy, cold and showing.
The river raised about six feet here
last night aud is full of ice, but it is NO
heavy and breaks easily.
The Hudson will make an effort &c
get through 10 this point from Cincin
natl, tomorrow, and the Nellie Walton,
which has been tied up for sometime In
/ the Little Kanawha with large tow OF
empties, will also leave for headwater'
as soon as the ice thins out little.
KITTANNING, PA, March 2.-The ice
gorge was still solid here at noon to-
day, with but little probability Of Z
going out at this time. The river ha
risen considerably. but not nearly
enough TO raise the immense pieces OIL
ice lodged at this point.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03
JEPWORIHFS REVIEW
OF The EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SPORT
ING CIRCLES.
The Season Closes in Both Lsaguss-Bass Ball
G0ssip-AciVitY in Plglisdc Oirclss-Ihs
Spring Race Meeting.

0 w l. / y q has
grown wonderful
ly in popularity in
this city during
the past two years.
There are few, if
any, cities with a
4 population approx
llmating that Of
Wheeling, in which
en- manu- pprCnnC
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03

TOR RENT IND FOs SALE CABS Az
Il REsIsrEE CouEtias Rosa.' i-s. casa
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03

have the "craze" for this healthful and
Interesting sport. The bowling leagues,
which have done much to increase the
enthusiasm all along the line, were the
direct outgrowth of a conversation in q
restaurant between two Wheeling re-
porters two years ago. Two morning
papers suggested league OF players,
In issues of the same date. meeting
was called in a short time, and the old
Wheeling League organized last winter.
This season there were two leagues, and
the interest has grown so rapidly that
there is now probability that there
will be three leagues, with spring and
summer seasons.
The pionship seasons in the
Wheeling and South Side Leagues closed
last week In the latter the South Side
team won without any difficulty, the
other clubs being so far in the rear as
TO make the race uninteresting. In the
WHEELING LEAGUE
the clubs were more evenly matched
and il took the final games TO decide
the position OF several teams when the
race was finished. The Nameless won
the second series, and the contest with
the Brownies for the seasons honOrs,
will be arranged within few days.
The Lotus players developed uueXpect-
ed strength In the second series, and
finished but a few games behind the
leaders. There is some cham DiOnship
material in the team, and it will show
up well in future contests. The Brown
les managed to hold their place, after a
gallant struggle. One OF their victories
is due TO the fact that Robinson came
down from Canton TO help them out.
The struggle for indiyidal honors in
this League has been the most exciting
thing in bowling circles during the past
week. The official table OF averages
showed several changes during the past
six DAYS, HerveY who won first houors
in the first series, was tied with Hand
Ian for second place, but fell of in his
last games. while Handlan also bowled
pooIly, and managed TO come under
the wire a good third. O'Nei.l made
q Lotus finish, and pulled up his average
nearly two pins, making it q fraction less
than 1855.
Several clubs have already entered
the new Musee League, the induce
ments being sufficiently attractive &c
secure the best players in the commun
/ ity.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03
RAILROADS.

THE CLEVELAND LOEAlN
AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COhPANE.
Effective November is lotL Nrl.f-. anne.
North Bouui
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03
NJ IN I'D HOUSE.

The length Of time which elapsed
since the last entertainment Of the Co.
lumbar Club, is the source to which
NAV be attributed the rumors that the
club mad disbanded. The club prom
ises TO be even more active in the future
than in the past Negotiations are now
being made for a suitable site upon
which to erect club house. The old
building proved inadequate to the needs
OF the organization on more than one
occasion, and it has been abandoned. IL
good location is secured the club pro
poses to erect a structure, circular in
form, and about seventy feet in diane
ter, with a staksless ring, and seats ar
ranged in amphitheatre order.
The CLUB will inaugurate series OF
monthly tournaments, interspersed with
occasional matches between stellar
lights in the pugiistic profession. The
monthly events will be for amateurs, and
will consist OF boxing and wrestling. A
similar movement has been inaug urated
In Plttsburg, and has been very success
full thus far. 1t is not at all improbable
that the attraction on the opening
night will be the glove contest between
Jerry Marshall, the colored Australian,
and Parry, OF Homestead, who were re-
Gently matched 10 Pittsourg. The CLUB
has agreed TO hang out good sized
purse, and if the building is erected
Wheeling people will no doubt be given
an opportunity to witness the clever
work of two Of the leading light weight
boxers of the country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03
BASE BALL.

There has been little activity in base
ball circles during the week. The one
matter of the greatest Importance upon
which hung the success or failure OF the
proiect. was the securing Of another
team TO complete an eight-cluo league.
The organization committee was to have
me; Yesterday, but did not do so. 1t is
probable. however, that its work is be-
ing done by correspondence, 10 which
event il will require several days to de
termine the fate Of the Interstate
League. =,
The reports which have reached
Wheeling concerning the probability Of
Mansfield aud Springfield applying for
the eighth franchise, have been Of the
most encouraging nature. II takes
more than. sentiment, however, to back
ma club, and unless men with the
nroper amount OF money and the dis
5osition TO put it behind a bal club,
can be found. the League project will
die. do not anticipate a failure, as
The conditions were never better for a
base ball league in Ohio. The same
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
WORRIED WOMEN. Why Do They Worry When It Is
 Kee1.ess2 HOW TO AVOID IT
There Is a Secret Cause of Nearly All Worrimen Which Is to Be Found in the
 Women Themselves.

Ifwomen only had perfect health nine- tenths of all the worrying which they now do would be avoided. When a woman is sick she cannot help worrying.
 Now the cause of nearly all woman's sickness arises from the sane source. Men get sick from various causes, but woman 8 troubles are peculiar to herself. It is un- fortunate, Lus 1t is true, and yet nearly nll this trouble might be avoided. There Is sovereign remedy for women. Do you ask what it is? Read what some ladies have said:
 Mrs. A. Ludlam of Chelsea, Mass, says: "Childbirth combined with the grip brought me 10 the border of the grave until my husband and friends gave me up to die. l shall always be thankful that At that time began the use of a remedy of which had heard much, and that was restored to health and owe my lie entirely to Warner's Safe Cure.o
 Mrs. Dr. O'Delia Binu, medical super intendent of the Working Woman's home, Chicago, says: 'I prescribe Warner's Safe Cure in my general practice, and it gives me great pleasure to recommend 1t. .'
 Mrs. M. L. Tyndale of Packertou Penn., oays: "Several years ago began my change of life, and for nearly three years had pains in the back, inflammation and severe vomiting spells. 1 could not sleep, and was weak and nervous. When almost, as it seemed, at the brink of the grave. was restored to perfect health by the use of Warner's Safe Cure, and am better than ever before in my iife."
 Mrs. c. Murphy, Trumansburg, N. Y., says: "A few years ago was trouo,ed With nervous prostration to such an extent that sleep was well nigh impossible, and failed rapidly. Fortunately my attention was called to Warner's Safe Cure, and as @ result of it's use I am cured, and most heartily recommend it to all sufferers among my sex.'
 Mrs. J. Hallowell, residing at 2l37 Seventh avenue, New York, says: .'I have been a great sufferer from kidney trouble, and any woman who has been similarly afflicted knows what l suffered; but am happy to say that by the nse or Warner's Safe Cure have been restored to perfect health, have recommended it's use to numerous friends, and make this sta enent with great plsasure."
 The list could be prolonged to more than the space of this paper would permit, but does 1t not show that all, and more than all, that has been asserted of Warner's Safe Cure, as "woman's friend,' is true, and will you not act upon the sug- gestions these statements containf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
FIshera of Men.

A novel contest has taken place at the Edinburgh corporation baths between one of the strongest swimmers in Scotland and well known Scottish angler. The bath where the contest took place is 80 feet long and 40 feet wide The angler was furnished with an Il foot trolling rod and undressed silk line. Tho line was fixed to O girth belt made expressly for the purpose by n swivel immediately between the shoulders of the swimmer at the point where he had greatest pulling power. In the first trial the line snapped. Having been again secured, another trial was made. The angler gave and played with out altogether stacking line, and several porpoise dives were well handled. The swimmer then tried cross swimming from corner to corner, but ultimately was beat en, the match ending with win for the rod and line. Another contest took place, in which the angler employed very light Dunhed fronting rod, 10 feet long and weighing only 6x ounces, the line the same as that used with the trolling rod. The swimmer, whose aim was evidently to smash the rod, pulled and leaped in the water. He was, however, held steadily, and in about five minutes was forced to give in, the rod being again successful. At the finish both competitors were almost exhausted Mall Gazette.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
Gufglini.

Guiglini, the grent tenor, was once play ing Polio to Mmo. Titien's Norma. In ono scene the Druid pricstess summons an assembly together by tho sound of gong to decide on the punishment to be inflicted on n guilty person unnamed. Titiens struck tho gong with such force that in throwing back the druInstick she caught Guiglini on tho nose and made it bleed. The singer was furious. He sworc that he would never play in Norma" again and insisted that tho offending drumstick should be solenlnly locked up. The opera was so popular that it was necessary to give it sometimes, but tho tenor would not hear of appearing in it. Consequently Signor Corsi was announced to sing in his place Tho house was very full, and the opera went splendidly until tho tilno came for Pollio's entrance. No Pollio appeared 7 Tho disturbed manager flew to Guiglini's dressing room and found him hastily put ting on Corsi,s dress in great hurry to come in for tEe applause he heard coming from tho front The audience was so dc lighted when ho came on at last that it willingly forgave the delay. Titiens struck the gong with her Eand>instcad of tho drumstick, and the opera ended na5nia gently. Todny.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
Patriotic Japs.

Than Japan there is no country in tho world where n larger proportion of tho clever young men have their ambitions fired with desire to do something worthy for their liege lord, or thoir country, or the particular ideal cause which their i'm aginatior has espoused. In politics, schol- arship, sociology and religion an uncom- mon proportion of striplings arc ready to offer themselves us informcrs and reform CTS, as leaders and as prophets.
 Where this fermcnt of aspirations, ac- companied by the sentimental view of what one man-and tho young unknown and no other than."I mysclf'-can ac complish is also joined to even fair amount of judgment and patient willing ness to undergo training and to submit to rcbuffs it produces some truly splendid TO- sults.-Scribner's
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
GOOD USE FOR OLD IRON.
Railroads Save Up tho Scraps and Sell Then
 to Junk Dealers.

Railroads Save Up tho Scraps and Sell Then,
 to Junk Dealers.
 Very few people realize how much the railroads throughout the country mako in scrap iron every year, or, in other words, how much is saved on the part of tho com panies by the disposal of old iron to junk dealers. As in every phase of railroading, thero is even system of gathering and disposing of scrap, not only on local lines, but on roads everywhere as we'll The matter is virtually under the direction of tho supervisors of all tho divisions who see that the scrap is gathered up cleanly over their portion of tho track at regular intervals and shipped wherever it can be disposed of. The railroads renlize that it pays to look after tho scrap, and those lines which let the old rails rust and wear away are the losers. The Pennsylvania railroad and the Pennsylvania lines west watch the scrap iron question more care fully than other local roads.
 In speaking of the matter recently well known official of the Fort Wayne said: "The life of rail on tho Pennsyl. vania lines is about Il years and on the Pennsylvania railroad only nine years The difference Is due perhaps to heavier traffic on the Pennsylvania railroad. The friction of constantly passing trains wears on the rail until it must be replaced by new one. Tho company pays S24 per ton, and the rails used on our lines average S5 pounds to the yard. When 1t has passed its useful stage, the rail is taken out by tho supervisor and replaced. The old rails that arc taken out from timo to time arc gathered up every month and brought into the city, where they arc sold to junk and scrap dealers at S13 per ton. It can readily be seen that the company pays only $l2 for the use of rails per ton The price re- ccived from the scrap man is good figure when it is known that tho rails when sold arc of no use to the company. Rails that arc not much worn arc sold to fac tories along the road Ut SIS per ton. where they arc used for sidings and answer the purpose quite as well as the new rails.
 ''Thoro are many uses to which the old rail is put A great amount of barb wiro fencing is made of railroad iron, and very often the rails arc used as foundations for largo buildings. Thcro are not many peo- pie who know that tho Masonic temple in Chicago rests on Q foundation of steel rals layer upon layer, six feet deep. The rails form only s:nall proportion of the scrap which is gathered from roads every year. In addition, wornout car wheels, coupling pins and broken parts of ma chincry go into the junk dealor's hands A failure to carefully watch the scrap iron question would result in great loss to the company. ."- Pittsburg Post.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
The cold wave and low prices are moving f1annels and comforts at the great fire sale, 1911 Ed avenue.
Pastels.

Agnes Repplicr, in ono of her little es- says, Tn tho Dozy Hours" wants to be told by one of tho accomplished critics of the day what Is, or rather what is not, pastel. Dictionaries" she says, with wonted rigidity, defino the word as 'col- orcd crayon, ignoring its literary signif- canoe and affording us no clew to it's clu- sive and mutablc characteristics. /" She then refers to MT. Stewart Merrill trans lations, "Pastels In Prose-" to Brander Matthews calling a description of Car mcncitas dancing pastel and says tho "Crickct on the Hearth" could with pro- priety have been termed a pastel judging from tho variety of its uses. And finally she asks if tho foregoing can logically bc called pastols, "and Mir. Gossos reviews are paste.s, and Maurice de Guerin's Gen.
 taur' is a pastel, and Ephraim Mikhael's allegorics arc pastels," to have some one who knows tell her where tho limits of the term are ct.-Philndelphia Ledger
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
PERSONAL.

Mrl w. ". Hobson has returned from Chicago.
 Dr. U. C.. LeGrand of Anniston was iu the city yesterday.
 Mrs. J. Morgan Frierson has returned to Columbia, Tenn., after pleasant visit to frieads in the city.
 Col J. 0. Melee, representing Merrick's ihread company, and large hearted, loyiaf knight of the grip, IS at the Flor ence.
 Mir. Ike Dahlman leaves today for Holly Springs, Miss, to engage in the general merchandise business. We wish him much success.
 pr. Will Luckie aud Mir. 0. P. Caldwell leave today for Florida In search of b otter health. They will be panied by the mother of the former.
 Twenty-Five per cent reduction on all shoes, except Canister shoes, at T. 0. Kings, and S100 to the party who will dis prove the integrity of this offer for thirty days.
 MT. Joe Slaughter, formerly of the Balti- more Clothing company, has embarked in Ills friends wish him success in his new undertaking.
 Mir. J. s. Moore, the genial assistant baggage master at the union passenger station, left this morning for Louisville in answer to a telegram announcing the ill., ness of his niece.
 MT. T. J. Caldwell, for many years an efficient employe in the office of the Bir- mingham Railwayand Electric company, has resigned the position to look after the interests of the Hood Machine company, of which be is au interested member.
 MT. Charles Jones, the well-kuown southern passenger agent of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham, will leave tomorrow for a trip through Florida and then 10 Cuba. He goes in the interest of bis road, and will be away about thirty
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06

 Emerson had singularly keen sense of the ridiculous, he had an uncommon share of common sonse, and he had Q marvellous insight into humanity, and it Is therefore the highest possible testimony to tho sub stantal merits of the British that they stood so well tho ordeal of his examination.
 Ho was too sturdy an American to be taken in by the glamour of tho aristooratic arrangement of their Society. He saw clearly the weakness of the British system, but he Is never hostile and never patroniz- ing. He Is always ready to praise boldly. The spirit of the book can be shown by the extract from a letter he wrote to a friend in America just before his return, II leave England with an increased re- spect for tho Englishman, the more gener ous that I have no sympathy for him." Emerson expressed his admiration heart fly, but he rejoiccd always that he lived in a society free from the traditions of feud alism.-Professor Brander Matthews ip St. Nicholas.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
Gum Chewing.

The visible working of the jaws in chew ing gum is not pleasant sight, and that it exasperates sensitive people beyond measure is not unnatural. A Buffalo coachman lost good position the other day because he would persist in chewing gum on the box while driving The sever- est criticism leveled at certain regiments of tho Massachusetts national guard at recent inspection was that many privates and some officers chewed gum on parade. Tho only persons who really ought to bo allowed to chew gum are po tcomcn, on night service only, and members of foot ball teams in actual conflict.-Buffalo Commercial.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
Hypnotism.

"Hypnotized subjects lose their will power because they are dominated by the thought will and suggestions of another, and they cannot rise higher in moral sem timent than that which actuates or in- spires tho hypnotizer" says pr. William M McLaury. 'Inasmuch as persons of rare accomplishments, good mind and in- tellect may bo held under the hypnotic in- huences of persons every way inferior to them without being aware that they are so influenced, it is to Do deplored by ovory one devoted to tho welfare and develop ment of our race. I believe from my own observation of cases persons may become insane or idiotic by the persistence of hyp- notic suggestion. Tho general tendency of hypnotism Is to lower tho moral tone Accustomed occupations become odious; the nearest and dearest friends become ob- jects of indifference or aversion"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-06
TIDES OF HOLLOW.
They Continue to Re n Hopeless Puzzle to
 Every One Familiar With Them.


 Every One Familiar With Them.
 Tho tides of Hoihow arc, according to Consul Parker of Kiungchau, as hopeless puz2lo as over Though the customs au- thoritics have now four years records, there is absolutely no rule to be deduced thercfrom. Tho tides outside tho spit arc regular enough, but those inside eiude the wit of man to account for, and the level of the water outside is positively said to be often several feet above that inside. There is Q tidal creek near tho consul's house over which he can rarely walk during tho day in summer, but he had walked over it every day but two nt p. III. during the past two months-close of last year and beginning of this-a fact which of itself renders the inner tide question inexplica- ble
 Perhaps tho best explanation is that of a Chinese naval commander, who says that, owing to the conformation of the spit, it is impossible for the water to flow into the mouth of tho creek when the northeast wind blows and the tide is ris- ing. That would appear to explain why during tho day the winter tides arc almost invariably low inside the spit, while dur ing tho night, when tho wind usnally drops, they havo an average height Per haps also the blowing of tho wind from tho southwest direction explains why during the typhoons of tho end of Sep tember and tho beginning of October Hoi how was completely under water and the tides were four feet above tho highest or dinary mark. But the consul is not able to say from what direction tho wind was actually blowing when the floods took place. It appeared to blow from all quar- ters.-Indian Engineer.