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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-08
admitted fir turn, We're as follows:
ESTIMATE OF DEPARTMENTS.

DISCREPANCY ........s.. ....s....1 OIL 10 %
The water Board estimate was then
taken IN first and after q brief discus
Sion IL WAS aoprovc0 MS submitted
Tbo Cas- Board estimate came next. ana
WAS productive Of the same old discus
sion SO often heard during the past fes
wears of the ereat inroods being made
bv tie electric light Company in the
cirv's Gas revenues. etc. Ii was unani-
-,oveIc aeraed as usual. that some.
.riro oreht To he done and then the
--s eetf,,7te c9l,na for Sf99.41s 2S
...se ont 20 stG5.000 even money.
-... -. ~ t.-,,,,,,inc tho estimates
.....-. .,o..,.;1,. an and the followIrq
..'- .-,l--i ,r5 t.rrl.+od.
'''' p-''.- 90, .,, -
a toStS r..ii;ge balance ........ $50 p
Water Works ..................... $685. ~
Gas Works ........'......'..''''' 10 ., ~ ~
goi.etloh OF taxes '''''''''''''' -q3 nv
2iorkets ....'.... ................ 2la1 o..
Police ....... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -li-3 81
cry Prison ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5--- d.
..e'- f's'''' 5N o.
I,i-c-
There was p biz discussion over the
eir fire department estimate Of sl3-
AK 20 tho inheritance OF the depart
mon, on .be one hand. and the exceD-
.io0sii, forro awouot of cash asked
r,r on the other efordinq fruitful
.be,,,os for taIE The salient points
,f -bo estingte-the new combination
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A Glcantic Undertaking.

A gigantic undertaking, the bridging over of Pall1's strait, separating the is- land of Ceylon from the mainland of India, is seriously proposed by the Cey- lon government. The strait is fl miles broad at its narrowest point, double the width of the English channel, but is very shallow, in many places only six feet deep.
 The islands. reefs and channels in it have been recently surveyed, and the cost of works, extending over 61 miles, including the Pambam channel and the Adams bridge reef, is estimated at 28, = 900, ,000 rupees The ends will be con nected by 145 miles of railroad, with Colombo, tke great harbor of Ceylon, on the one side, and by 90 miles of road, with Madura, the nearest point of the Indian railroad system on tho other. If narrow gauge is used, this can be done for LOGO, 900 rupees more A rupee is about 32 cents.
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Deacon Easy's Opinion.

Hellis playin outi No matter what the otho-
 doxers say Ats tryin fer to keep it hot, it's fadin every
 day. The place where sinners sizzled in the tor
 lures O the damned Has kinder been made over like. an sort O
 cooled an canned. The pit O burnin sulphur over which they
 uster shake feller every Sunday sos to keep i'm wide
 awake, An the awful smell O birthstone, an the imps
 lat shrieked 'ith glee, They ain,t onehalf so terrible as what they
 uster be. Some pious people say it's wrong to let the
 fires die: They'd ruther keep lem goin jest to hear the
 sinners fry. "what good is heaven goin to prove, they
 ask, ssfer me CT you If everybody else gifts in to share the glory
 too?' Ed ruther at the Lord d save us all among
 the blest, Ner damn Q soul, not even his who wants to
 damn the rest. pm glad the fires dyin out, jest awful giad'
 an yit I s'pose fer them at want a hell 'at's what
 they orter git
 Nixon Waterman in L. A. VI Bulletin
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The Bible General Conference.

D. L. Moody, the evangelist, has issued call to Christian workers to at tend the thirteenth Bible general con- ference, which will meet at Northfeld, Mass. from Aug. to 15 next. Among the speakers expected are the Key. Preb- endery H. W. Webb-Peploe, one of the preachers at St. Paul's cathedral, Lon don; the Rev. R. A. Torrey, superin- tendent of Bible institute, Chicago; the Rev. H. c. Mabie, Boston; the Rev. A. T. Pierson, Major D. w Whittle and Dr. Andrew Murray of South Africa. The music will be in charge of Ira D. Sankey and George c. Stebbins. -Phila- delphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
A STRANGE STORY
The Life Romance of a Citizen of Logans-
 port, Ind.

Charles F. Lispenard, deputy su- preme chief of the order of Foresters, has just succeeded ill finding his moth CT, from whom he has been separated many years. In 1861, when he was 6 years old, he was stolen from his home ln New York city, and for 27 years led life of hardship and adventure.
 Of his boyhood he remembers very little, except long ride on the cars, and after that period of cruelty en- dured at the hands of a farmer named Allen near Kentland, Ind, by whom he was put to work herding cattle. At the age of 10 he fled one night, but was captured by nephew of the farmer and brought back and whipped until he fell in swoon, and was then left in barn to die.
 Here he was found by some cattlemen from Lafayette, who took charge of him and secured the conviction of the cruel farmer and his nephew, who were sen fenced to long terms i'll the peniten- tiary
 At the age of 15 Lispenard went to Logansport, Ind, where he afterward married and reared a family, still going by the name of Allen-.the only one he knew.
 A few years ago a we'll dressed stran- ger approached him where he was at work as contractor, and, calling him to one side, said "You think your name is Allen. It is not It is Lispen- ard, and your mother still lives in Brooklyn. ]" Without another word the stranger turned and walked away and has not been seen or heard from since. On the clew given, however, Lispenard has succeeded in tracing his mother = New York Post.
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An Ideal Commnnity.

ar Capel is going to establish an Elcommunity in the Sacramento val |, Where he has a big ranch. On one Eoi the land space will be set aside En agricultural college. This insti- Fua Will be the monsignor's s especial K II Is his earnest purpose to educate
 s people in California agriculture, Esach he has made close study dur ms residence in California. It may |asoessary to carry these settlers for lfst year before they begin to get a |sia Tor their crops, but that very inn Faat point the monsignor hopes to F''ae for. Detroit Free Press.
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AN UP TO DATE FLoRlDlAN.
With Pistol She Enforced Respect For
 Her Boomers.

Her Boomers.
 ''New woman" figured in a sensa- tional scene at West Palm Beach, Fla, recently. Pistol in hand, Mrs Nelson Young asserted the right of 8 woman to wear boomers without being made the subject of unpleasant comment. The lady, who is young, is an expert on the wheel and every day is seen "seerch- ing" on the shell road that winds about Lake Worth
 Mrs. Young rode attired in an ordi- nary costume until the other afternoon, when the villagers were surprised to see her go whizzing through the streets garbed i'll up to date boomer costume. Mrs. Young looked very mannish in her close fitting boomers, but everybody admired her save John Mcdonald, who spoke sneeringly of the modesty of q woman who appeared in such costume. When the lady heard of Mcdonald s comment, she became angry, and bloom CT clad she wheeled to his store and en- tered She immediately covered MeDon- aid with revolver and demanded an apology The pistol looked ugly, and the lady made Mcdonald apologize. He wrote card for the local papers retract- ing all unpleasant comment Then Mrs. Young rode gayly away, The affair has caused great sensation owing to the prominence of the parties and to the fact that MT. Mcdonald is church deacon. Enquirer.
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Peculiar philanthropy.

A scaled tin case, which on being opened was found to contain a copy of Milton's Paradise Lost, , was picked up in the lower part of the Penobscot river, Maine, few days ago. Inquiry disclosed the fact that in small town up the river lives an old tinsmith of literary tastes and some odd ideas, and that it is his custom to inclose all sorts of excellent books in tin cans, tightly soldered and so constructed as to float easily, and to set them adrift ill the river in the hope that they will be pick ed up by residents of the many islands at the mouth of the river, who are not kept in close touch with culture, or else by sailors. He thinks the peculiarity of the way ill which the books reach the readers helps to Sc lure for them read ing. New York Sun.
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PHOTOGRAPH THEM.
How Insurance Companies Might In Many
 Cases Avoid Fraud.

How Insurance Companies Might In Many
 Cases Avoid Fraud.
 Numerous cases of imposition on life insurance companies by means of false personation are to be found in the law reports of this country and of England A notable addition to the number seems likely to be found i'll the case of Mrs. Annie Silverman, who was insured in May last by the Empire Life Insurance company for $3,O00.
 It seems to us that there is one meth cd which might be adopted that would tend very greatly to secure insurance companies against frauds of this sort. Why not take an accurate photograph of every person whose life is insured at the time of the application for the pol icy? Such picture, identified as it could be by the photographer, the in- suranee agent, and even by the sigma ture of the applicant indorsed upon it, would afford means of Identification which it would be very difficult to dis pute, except after q long lapse of time, or where there chaneed to be a very striking resemblance between the per- son insured and the person whose death was the basis of the claim for the in- surance money.-New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
Sheer Luck.

No better instance of good fortune coming through sheer luck could be found perhaps than in the experience of a prospector named Mahoney, near Ka- lispell, Mon, recently. Having nothing whatever to do one afternoon, he, out of pure fancy, as an idle boy would throw stones at mark, drilled hole into a projecting hunk of rock and put in q shot, intending to blow out a ton or so of it just to see things fly.
 When the blast was made, he found that be had broken into a treasure house. There was a big pocket in the rock the sides of which sparkled with almost pure gold. There was enough in sight to net Mahoney a handsome sum, and if the mine proves as rich asthe surface showing indicates he has struck bonanza. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
 Market Price of Wives.

A man in Hackensack, N. J., recently purchased another mans wife for $50, the money to be paid in installments of $6 per month, the payment of the eighth month to be $8, to balance the account. The difficulty of obtaining list con taining the market price of New Jersey wives renders it hard to discover wheth- CT the Hackensack man bought q bar gain or not.-Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
Horses Strangely Killed.

Two fine horses belonging to ranch CT of Mason Valley, New, were killed in an odd way last week The owner was leading them to water, and for con- yenience had tied the two halters to- gether The horses shied at something, broke away from the man and started off at wild gallop After racing a few hundred yards they ran one on either side of Q cottonwood tree, the halter struck the trunk, and the horses were brought up so suddenly that both their uecks were broken.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
"winnie" Davis Writes a Novel.

Varina Anne Jefferson Davis, sur named the Daughter of the Confeder- acy, has written novel by the title of .'The Yelled Doctor. The action takes place in Virginia before the war and is of 6 highly emotional character. Miss Davis has considerable talent as q writer of fiction, while her unique po- sition lends an added interest to her work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
A GREAT PROJECT.
To Harness the Potomac River In the In-
 forests of Washington.

forests of Washington.
 For many years there has been talk of utilizing the great water power at the Great falls of the Potomac. Recently private owners of land and water rights there have taken steps looking to a de. YeIopmeRt of the vast power nature has provided, and at the same time officials of the government have been investi gatlng the subject with view to hay. ing the government undertake the work, the power developed to be utilized in electrically lighting Washington and for other municipal purposes.
 A plan has been made. however. for making use of the Little falls in the same way, and the persons interested have advanced their project so far that 1t may be that the Little falls will be the first to be developed. This is a pri- vate enterprise of great proportions. It IS proposed to harness the Potomac river so that abundant motive power can be supplied not only for electric lighting purposes, but for all the manufactories that may be induced to establish them selves here
 A wealthy northern capitalist is re. ported as actively engaged in perfeeting preliminary preparations for beginning the development of this enterprise It is said the work contemplated will require not less than $2, 2,5o0, ,000, and that sum may be quadrupled before satisfactory result is consummated. The figure named as the minimum cost is founded npon purely superficial estimate. - Washinpton Star
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Five Tons of Giant Powder at One Blast

Engineer Russell, in charge of the construction of the Lower Otay dam, a part of the Mount Tecarte water system, has force at work on what will Do the largest blast ever shot in southern Cali fornia. Half a million tons of rock will be torn from the face of the hill below the dam and deposited in the creek bed. The rocky cliff where the explosion IS to take place is 100 feet ill height and will be entirely removed.
 Back from the cliff about 100 feet a shaft is being sunk 80 feet ill depth. In this two drills will be run 30 feet in length, at the 50 foot level and at the bottom, making 90 foot tunnel i'll the side of the hill. In the ends of these drifts and in the shaft will be placed five tons of giant powder and a large quantity of Judson powder, tho whole thing to be exploded at once by cleo tricity. The worknen have reached 50 feet and are now drifting. It is expect ed that the big blast will be ready to bs exploded Aug 15. Enough rock will be made available to complete tho dam. - San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
The Telephone In Sweden.

Sweden's state telephone is soon to be connected with the state telegraph. h. stead of addresses tho telephone num- bers will be used, the telegraph clerks looking up the address. Messages may be telephoned to the telegraph office and telephoned back, thus dispensing with the greater number of the messenger boys, as ill Sweden nearly every one uses the telephone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-12
The Bloomer Maid.

When first he dons trousers, There comes to 8 boy A thrill and a feeling Of wonderful joy. With hands in his pockets, Complacent his smile. de's aware of one fact His clothes are .the style" when a woman dons bloomers, How altered the easel what complex emotions Are shown in her facet She's no faith in buttons, her feet seem immense, And she longs for the lee of a sheltering fence. Possession but seldom Contentment insures. A woman who only The trousers secures uets little but worry For fear she may tear 'em Unless with them goes A husband to wear lem.
 Truth.
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For a University at Marseilles.

Marseilles wishes to have university of it's own, like Lyons and Bordeaux, and suggests that the faculty of letters at Ak, near by, be transferred to 1t, as at Ak there are but three students out side of those holding state scholarships.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19
A VALUABLE FIND.
The Result Of Years OF study and
Labor.

There haslat last been discovered .
sure and never failing remedy. 1t has
been 'ested on patients, who have de-
SPARED ofever being cured; the results
have been in every case wonderful.
Grof''s Rheumatic Cure is unequaled
MS a positive remedy in all cases of
Chronic and Acute Inilammatory Rheu-
matism, Govt. Lumhago, Sciatica. Neu.
ralgia. especially Ovarian Neuralgia.
Dysmenorrhoea and all kindred affec-
tions. 1t is also valuable Blood Puri-
fer, being especially useful in Eczema,
Psoriasis, Sciofnln. all Glandular En-
laroements, and diseases of tie Liver
and Kidneys. 1t is absolutely free
from all narcotics. Severe attacks are
relieved in from one to three days and
positive cure affected in from five to
eighteen days For sale by NJ. c. Clay
ton, Clarksburg, W. Na. diuls
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19

Those who never read the adj
vertlsements in their newspapers
miss more than they presume.
Jonathan Kenison, of Rolan,
Worth county. Iowa. who had
been troubled with rheumatism
in his back. arms and shoulders
read an item in his paper about
how prominent German citizen
of TT. Madison had been cured
He procured the same medicine,
and to use his own words lit
cured me right up" He also
says +: "A neighbor and his wife
we're both sick in bed with
rheumatism. Their boy was over
10 my house and SAID they were
so bad he had to do the cooking.
] told him of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and how it had cured me,
he got a bottle and it cured them
up in a week. 80 cent bottles
for sale by
Wells & Haymaker, Clarksburg
or f. A. Wilson. Salem. 2l-1m.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19
AUTOMATIC ssAR skTohINo.
The Way ohuckchee Ihalaas Take Huge
Ferocieas kAmehatl.an nea.is.

Ihe Way Chuckchee tidlans Take Huge.
Ferocieas kAmchatlsaR Beasts
Landing at Olntorsk, u little
trading station on tho northwest
coast of Siberia, during my last trip
to the Arct...,r said Captain Avery
OF tho whaleilIip Grampus, some.
Chuckchee Indians from inland came
in bringing reindeer meat and pei.
tries for sale. Among theskin they
brought was q huge bearskin which
! tried to buy, hut could not agrec
with the owner as TO the price
Through an interpreter learned the.
curious way in which these Indians
kill the bear. The Kamchathan
bear is huge brown fellow often
weighing over 1000 pounds, and is
very ferocions and hard to kill. Such
an animal is invulncmblc to the
small darts which are the Chuck.
chee's missile weapons, and it is nee
essary to cripple him before closing
in with spears
These bears inhabit ground thnt
is covered with dense thickets,
through which they have paths and
runways. The latter are ilnpene-
trablc to man except he crawl on
hands and knees. Tocircumvent the
bear the Cliuckchec takes two pieces
of board about six inches long and
three inches wide, through which he
borcs numerous holes. Through the
holes in each piece he puts long iron
nails with their points sharpenol
Then placing the backs of the pieces
OF the wood together he lashcs them
with thongs, thus leaving tho sharp
ends Of the nails projecting ON either
side. This curious implement of
hunting clays in therunway where
the hear tracks arc thickcst, lightly
covering it from view.
Presently the bear comes along,
his great fore paws covering each
nearly square foot of surface, and
almost to Il certainty he plants one
fore paw upon the nails, which pene.
trate and hurt him. Rising upon his
hind legs he raises tho paw to which
the boards are fastened by the nails,
looks at it, and seeing the thing that
has hurt him he strikes at it with
his other paw to knock it off, there.
by driving tho nails from the side
he HRS itlta TINT 1plNv
Thoroughly angry, he now hauls
off and strikes with the first paw
that was pierced, and the mills again
penetrate TINT. So he goes on strik-
ing with one paw aud the other,
driving the nails deeper and deeper
into the ilesh, until exhausted with
pain and rage he sinks to the
ground. His paws are now so sore
that he cannot travel fur, and us far
as lie goes lie leaves trail of blood
behind him. Discovering this the In
dians follow him up, and with their
spears dispatch him. New York
Sun.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19
HOW.
The felegram's wonderful
How Man Has Caught on
to Some New
wrinkles.
low % MAKE "a soup.
a priirhtfai Di.h Easiiy Made and at
. TrinIng Cost.

a peilrhtfai Di.h Easily Made and at .
TrinlnE Cost.
Use half q piut, on ounces, OF dried
peasfor every aqnarts OF soup yon want
Put them IN 3 quarts Of cold water after
washing them we'll. BriaS them slow.
ly tola boil, Add q hone or bit Of ham,
a tnrnip and carrot. peeled, IN Onion
stuck with 8 cloves, aud simmer 3
hours. stirring occasionally to prevent
ihurning, Then pass the soup through a
sieye.witlt the aid Of a potato nasher.
and II it shows any sign OF settling stir
into 4 . teaspoonful each Of butter and
flour mixed together dry. This will rrs-
ventsettling. Meantime fry some dice
of stale bread, about slices, cut half
an inch square, in hot fat. drain them
on asieve and put them in the bottom
Of the soup tureen In which the poa
soupis served, or cut some hits of very
hard stale bread or dry toast to use in
stead OF fried bread. By the time tile
soup is done it will be boiled down to I
quarts and will DO very thick and good.
This recipe will cost you about 10 cents.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19
shorthand.

Ministers wishing to dictate
their sermons and have them
typewriter for delivery. or
LAWYERS needing the services OF
a stenographer during the even.
ing. are invited TO employ the
undersigned. Would give lessons
toa small class. Porter's Stem
Vowel Shorthaud-the best on
earth. Address W. c. MANvlLLE.
Box 572, Ciarksburg. w. Va.
Stenographer for the Plnniclin.
nick Coal Co. 6 sm
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19

To each cupful Of finely chopped sour
apples add cupfnl Of fine bread
crumbs, tablcspounfuls Of sugar, lit.
tic cinnamon. grated lemon rind or mt !.
meg aud q tablespoonful of butter.
Spread tho apples upon the bottom of q
buttered pudding dish, then - little sug.
ar and tlavorlns and n few bits of but.
ter, then bread crumbs, then apples
again, and so on until all is used, crumbs
being placed on top. II the apples ARE
not juicy, acknowledgements of water
Cover the dish and bake three.qunrtcrs
Of an hour Then uncover and bake Is
minutes longer aud send ia table in the
same dish.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19
How To Laund,r SIX and Lace.

To launder silk handkerchiefs drop
little nmmoninin water, rub carefully,
rinse, aud having placed cloth on the
table pin tlia handkerchief to 1t, stretch.
ing tightly until every wrinkle is gone
When dry, remove the pins, take ono
corner of the kerchief in one hand and
draw it bris.ily through the other This
removes the glazed appearance, and your
handkerchief is likenew. No ironing is
necessary
Lace curtains arc best done III the
same way, except u little starch may be
added to the rinse water unless the cur
tains are very fine. Spread sheet-two
if nccessary-on the floor, and having
measured the windows and allowed for
draping, If it is wished, stretch care
fully and pin to the sheet and carpet.
Two curtains may be handled mt once
as well rs separately, and yon ARE sure
then to stretch them the same length.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-19
House For Rent.

The NJ. L. parsonage. in the
town of Cherry Camp. is for
rent. Will let it from now till
October LIST, or by the month.
House has four good rooms; ex-
cellent well of water; good gar
den, stable. etc. For further par
ticulars call on or address. REV.
j. A. HAMMOND, Adamston, w
Va, or ID. w. BoGcEss. Cherry
Camp. w. Va. 22-tf.
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For. Snle.

Two story frame house with eleven
rooms on Chestnut Street, lear Broad
dus College. -Four nice building lots
on Mulberry street, near Broaddus
College Two lots ON Locust street;
also ii shares of Planning Mill stock,
800. 90 each. The above named prop
erty is within half mile of county court
house and post office. Terms of sale
easy, For iurtller information see
JASPER PEW, Clarksbnrg, West
Virginia. sO-a.