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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

ately wither and die, and that when q
canary bird was left In the room 1t was
found dead at the bottom nj the cage az
hour later. 1t was said that the trance
girl consumed al the pure air Of an
apartment leaving only the poison for
other Things aud people.
Strange stories were told, also, of
the visions Of Miss Fancher.
There is not a particle Of doubt
about her mediumistic powers.
That she has the faculty Of
second sight there is not the shadow OF
a doubt. None OF her friends are spir-
itualists. Miss Fancher sbhors any
thing leaning toward SDiriJUsism, and
she has tried in every way 10 lose the
strange power which has been vested in
her She is q good. old fashioned Bap-
list, and she has prayed night and day
that the uncanny power be taken away
from her. she always knew what her
friends were going TO say before they
said il; she could foresee misfOrtunes
that would happen them in the death
or sickness of relatives, and In count
.ess numbe Of ways she would discover
things that Ia was intended she should
never know about.
4 GENERATION SPENT IN BED.
Molie Fancher is forty-six years old,
and she was but sixteen when she met
with the accident that caused her trou-
oles. She has dropped so completely out
of sight in the past decade and half
that the younger generation know
nothing about her. Her withdrawal
from the public gaze is largely due
10 her own efforts. She detests motor
lsty, and particularly the visits OF Curl
osity seekers. II is at the solicitation
of her friends that her street address IN
Brooklyn is not published. She has al
ways been beseiged by theatrical people
who were anxious 10 exhibit her and her
strange powers TO the puolic.
Years ago, when she was so much dis
cussed in the newspapers and among
the medical fraternity, p. I. Barnum
sent an agent to see her, with this mes
sage;
you have the power to make two
great fortunes-One for me and one for
you"
Miss Faucher sent word to the agent
that she was not for sale" She also
narrowly escaped giving an order to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

A mother was recently much puzzled
70 know why her six-months-old oaoy
w.s All broken out with a rash and fret
ted and cried continually. She consult
ia me family physician, and learned 10
her surprise, thai ;hs fac red WOO
,hirts that she had paid = good deal for
b.rapss they we're "asdicStsd red dan
"a" we're poiseEiHg her babJ's skin.
IA ia SO ridiculous il this enlightened
.5sv 70 md women who sill cling TO the
idsa ,bat red flannel is more healthy
tbap snv other, or thst medicated han-
mel will retain ITS properties after wash
Ing. An merit Of flannel lies 10 the
- ard not in the coloring. The
nHrar the wool the better. But even
tSen some people cannot wear it with
ont great discomfort and If you find
mat IL irritatss the flesh put the thin
nest Of Eauzs next the skin and the fan
mel over 10.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17
inning Tue afternoon 10 talk over citY

during she afternoon 20 talk over city
business.
Dock Commissioners, Police Commits
si5ners. Aldermen, the Comptroller,
Park Commissioners, the Sheriff, the
Cty Chamberlain, innumerable Judges
and lawyers, the City Record Supervisor
and a host OF district leaders looking
for political rewards for their constitu-
snts shorten the afternoon for him.
Thore is the business man, friend OF
the Mayors when he was an ordinary
citizen, who wants TO Introduce a gen
tlsnan from the country 10 the Mayor
of New York.
CAN'T EsCAPE BOOK AGENTS.
Then there is the fashionably dressed
woman who wants the Mayor to sub
scribe TO some charitable undertaking.
Once in a while a quiet looking young
lady passes the big policeman at the
door, aud when she gets into the chair
near tbs Mayors desk blandly offers a
subscription volume Of posms st an ao-
surdly small rate. People with com
plants add boiling over with indisna
tlon rush in and outau day long. They
are 90 wrapped up 10 their wrath that
they are quite easily disposed OF.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

SINGS C1.1ue Strong became Mayor
be has been getting ur earlier TO- the
da7 than be did when he was JUST an
ordInsry bank president. Then be rose
af $3.50 O'Clock. Vow he gets uD at Z
o'clock he is down az the brelEiast
sable 40 1880. where be spends an hour
eating |tte. tut reading great dea.
lereats cha uewspap as religiously
as che city editor of a great daily. II
che Uuru.ug papers treat him kindly he
ls .- a good hlm5r. IL. .lsy i0u't 1e is
lot
Tho Colonel sckucw zes that the
general sweetness OF bis disposition has
greatly diminished since he assumed
Nraa.t7 donors. He Dsrsuades him
sci that le isl man oj uruslsiy inds-
pendent Thought and t1as 10 hs does
Ittuty couscisrr9gs.y and 70 the best
OF bis ability che adverse criticism oftbe
1.-c doesn't matter But to lies"
BIN tl be attacked 0u general pr.ncl-
Es
H.s $3.50 o'clock before the Mavor
ha thoroughly IigesJed bis breakfast
i-... tle news of the day. Then he
bundles himself up and walks over 20
-s lt.y-e.gnth street station OF the
>E.1 avenue "T.."
RIDES DOWNTOWN WITH BVRNES.
lae aa71r is quite chummy with SUI
Para.sr-alt Bygaes, and the two often
EIDE downtown together These rides
orc era-45.y marked by lot Of Ques-
.re.-- no the part 0t the Mayor on pO-
Dee matters and the best means 70 bring
lo.-, police reforms, superintendent
bfuss head is fol. OF ideas on this
sub" -ua he could talk for month
OBJ p, F..l1uf period.
40 Park place the MavOr get f nd
walks over Do the City Hall The ne
ends big crowd aud his faithful pri-
I-is secretary, Job Hedges, waiting for
BIN.
STACKS AND STACKS OF LETTERS.
SIR. Hedges is an early worker, aud
Of I'D O'Clock hs has the mail sorted out
.F1 les One represents the grist
...u 1le crauk-milL To is speedily torn
PIP and ilrown To the waste basket. 1t
F11 even % answered; bat, unlike
Other great men, she Mayor likes to
A1eT what even the craoks are taking
A'.ft tie believes that even fools can
times give OUT wisdom.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

At4 o'clock the Mayor begins the
task Of going over the mail received
during the day and debating the an
Swsrs. Iii not oftsH that he is aoie TO
get away from the office earlier than .
o'clock. which brings aim home In good
time FOR \ 6 o'clock dinner.
-Four nights In tbs week the Colonel
has 20 attend some function ass penalty
FOR being Mayor. 1t may De dinner
falr. a lecture, po,iticA or club meet
ing or some purely social matter. Mayor
strong does not care much for going
out. lie says he can got more pleasure
Out Of quiet evening at home than out
Of anything else, but as Mayor he IS not
his own master.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

spirit and told how she had been killed
and her all the particulars.
"To her friends she would often tall.
OF her visions, but she never did 10 ns.,
acquaintasces. She has given me soma
OF the most glorious descrlptions ~
beaver. When she was blind and mad.
the most beautiful wax flowers her
friends would ask her how she manaOsd
to get the colors and shapes so perfect
ly: In reply Mollle said she had soc,
them grow just so in the garden. An
Of this is marvellous, when yon con"
slider that Mollie was never taught how
to make wax flowers"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

put it in her hand, and, after rubbing
her knuckles over t,she said the picture
was OF me. The other photo was OF nv
wife, who was dead. and in few Sec
onds she told me who 1t was. She could
distinguish the most delicate tints by
touching them, and could read books
in the dark By moving her fingers over
the words. A few days after Miss
Brigham was killed called on Mollis
for the purpose Of telling her about the
accident. Mollie knew Miss Brigham.
But, to my astonishment, Mollle knew
all about the accident. She told me
that Miss Brigham appeared to her in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

trance doors, and when his turn comes
each caller Eoes over TO the Mayor.
takes the vacant chair ~ the side Of the
desk and tells his Little tale.
The Mayor has Espt statistics OF the
objects OF thess callers ia visiting him,
and he hsds that OUT Of twenty, thir-
teen want places at the public crib;four
cone 70 advise him how TO run the var
ioIs departments OF the municipality,
willis she remaining three have lesiti-
mate business ia she Mayors Office.
Two OF the three are reporters q search
OF news That leaves one man in
twenty who comes 10 see the Mayor on
genuine municipal business.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

ticularly unfortunate one. Aside from
the Illness Of MISS Fancher, 1t has had
many Affections. Her brother Jim.
whom she thought so much OF, was in
iured BY = train two years ago. The &C.
cident resulted In his death. Mr.. Eau
cher. who married again sitter the death
n Mollls's mother. went to the funeral.
on hi, return TO his home in Providence
he found his son, by the second wife,
dead. The boy had been Killed while
his father was away. Miss Fancher is
now quite alone IS far as kin-people are
concerned. Her father, mothsr, aunt
and brother are dead.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

have him put out Of the house Her in
digustion was real, Notwithstanding she
vas thrustirE aside a chance TO make
s9O. 600 or $50, 600 year.
Miss Fancher IS now a plump woman,
ootvithstanding her long confinement.
Her original trouble was brought about
nv a horse car accident As she was
gstting out of car her dress caught in
! hook in the platform and she was
ragged over the cobole stones block
5afore tho conductor noticed her. The
accident occurred in June. 1854 and the
Sd of the following February she was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17
HER woNDrRFUL SENSE OF ToUcH.

HER WONDERFUL SENSE OF TOUCH.
Dr.. Charles T. West, who has attended
the famous invalid since 1867, said, In
speaking OF her case: ~ am a practical
man and do not believe in spiritualsm,
but / marvelled at some OF the things
heard and saw Molle- do. The nine
years she lay in trance she was blind
at times, then deaf, then dumb, and
then she lost her sense OF smell. Her
sense OF touch was the one sense that
never seemed TO leave. Once, when she
was totally blind, brought her two
photos. The first one was OF myself. l
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

OOe by one the callers are disposed Of.
The Mayor is a quiet worker, and with
a few wal-direcJed questions discovers
what the visitors are after. II they be-
long TO the crank, ofice-huntiug or
general sdvice brigade they are soon
bowed out
he TAKES A QUICK LUNCH.
10 is 1880 when all the Caller ara got
rid Of, ana then ths Mayors luncLeou
is served Ia the private room by near
by restsUrateur The Mayor has found
that be can't spare the time to go out
for it. lie eats lightly and is back At
his desk at one o'clock attacking the
ha.t-hOur's accumulation Of callers.
Usually in the afternoon there is some
board meeting 20 attend 20, like the
Armory Board, tho Board OF Electrical
Control or the Board Of Appointment
the Sinking Fund Commission. or any
OF the numerous com missions OF which
tho Mayor Is a member. Chiefs or mem.
0ers OF she various departments come 10
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

We other pile OF letters represents
ga. ustter which requires serious
---. e.ol. The Mayor aud Mr.. Hedges
e .1 the private room, leaving q
,l-e'y growing crowd OF callers.
.e-tsrs are carefully gone over aud
Mayor tells what kidd OF so answer
each should get.
leaving his secretary TO dictate 10
s.tlogrsDheI, the Mayor re-enters
..E r10u, takes his seat as the big
'S-- aud then be is ready 30 hear what
Tiers have 20 say.
e, --ey SO on the chairs ranged along
'-' gals on each side OF the big en-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17
THE NEXT TOWN.

Music by GEO. DE HASS.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19
Here's a Queer Turtle.

Talking about strange features of an
imal life, there is in the Mojave desert
turtle that eats grass, 1t lives in
holes in the sand, which it makes to es-
cape the intense heat Of the sun. You
may take stick and get them out. II
is the Xerobates Agassizii, just lately
named for the great naturalist, very
pretty turtle, that gets on good feeding
to be about ten inches long and to weigh
six to eight pounds. A woman down
on the desert last summer had eight OF
ten of them in an open pen, which she
was fattening to eat, They eat grass
like horsss. When these turtles get
fat, cP'islly quickly do on the grass
they beat'all the frogs or roast turkeys
An ordinary one Of these turtles is
worth three or four dollars.-N. Y,
Sun.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19
An UngajnIy Nurse,

Down south lives gentleman who
owns a most remarkable COW. She
looks like most ordinary black COW,
but she isn't at all, for she absolutely
refuses to be separated from her owners
children. If the children are at home
the COW will stay in the pasture, which
is near the house. But if the children
go away she will jump high fences to
follow them until she Is caught. When
the COW has been put in pasture she re.
mains quiet, but if put in the lot neal
the house when the children are away
from home it is impossible to keep her
there. If allowed she will follow the
children about exactly like dog, keep
ing behind them and apparently watch
ing over them, perfectly happy If only
the children are within sight or hear
ing.-Outlook.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19
RAISING OF HORSES.
Prospect for the Future as Presented 70
the Discouraged Farmer.

the discouraged Farmer.
The price of horses has of late been
so reduced that farmers are discour.
aged in horse raising. The low prices
now prevailing are due to a want OF
demand on account of the electric car
system, which has been so generally
established throughout the cities and
some parts of the country for rapid
transportation. This is, no doubt, in
some part the cause of the weak de.
lnand for horses in the markets. There
is, however, another cause, which will
be found in oyerproduction. A few
years ago the horse craze, as it may
be called, prevailed among farmers, and
there was scarcely anyone who was not
breeding either frst-class roadsters or
blooded drivers.
For these, for few years, first-class
prices were obtained, and the demand,
which was at the time fictitious one,
produced sort of boom in horsefesh,
with an oversupply, and now there are
too many horses for the market, which
has for the time been somewhat dimin-
ished by the electric car lines.
But good horses are always desirable,
and will If tfTc 11ciEr future bring better
prices than now. Farmers will under
stand what they need, and for awhile,
perhaps, the supply will be short OF
the demand, but the price will again
settle to fair compensation for the
trouble and risk in raising good horses.
Good family horses will always be in
demand in the cities and in theprosper-
Gus villages. Cars may carry men to
business, and women to their shopping,
but there is demand, in hours not
spent in business, for carriage horse
to supply the need felt by every well-to-
do family that they may have restful
airing in the parks and in the suburbs
of the city. Farmers would do well
to turn their attention to raising horses
to supply this want. Horses should
be raised of the best blood, not for the
turf, but for the carriage, and as much
care should be taken in their training
for this purpose, as is necessary to pro-
duce good conditioned, quiet, trusty
horses suited to driving through all the
hustle and noises of the city.
This will require time and care in the
trainer, but such horses will always
have a good sale, and can be proftably
raised.
Give us good family horses and the de-
mand will be sufficient to pay the pro-
Queer good proft.-Farm News.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19

was worked with a horse, excepting q
very small portion.
The illustration shows how it was
planned and planted, and the returns
from it convinced me that it is as easy
to have good garden with but very
little hand hoeing as 1t is to have one
that is not half cultivated with good
deal more work with the hoe. The soil
can be stirred much more effectively
when horse is used, and the small
amount of hand work necessary to
make a good job of it, and the short
time it takes to keep the garden in a
good state of cultivation, makes 1t a
pleasure to work in it, and Keeps it in
a condition that brings pleasure and
profit,
This garden is five by 16 rods and
contains just half an acre, and L am
safe in saying that the value of the re-
turns from it exceeds that of any three
acres put in general crops in the same
neighborhood, and the work on it was
not missed, as it was done at odd times
mostly-mornings and evenings when
there was a spare hour or two that
could be devoted to it. If occasion de-
manded it, time was taken to work the
garden, but the whole cost of keeping
il going was not much in excess ofwhat
Ii would cost to take first-class care Of
any crop.
Melons, squashes and cucumbers
should be separated and kept as far
apart as possible. This because these
things cross-fertilize with each other
easily. l kept pole and bush limas
apart, though this was not necessary,
for beans do not cross-fertilize readily.
The sweet corn was all together, as the
very early was out of blossom before
the medium came on; and this in turn
was out Of the way of the mammoth
evergreen, which came latest of all.
Where early potatoes were planted in
the spring, cabbages, turnips and cell
cry were put out after the crop Of pota-
toes was off, and other late crops grew
where early peas and beans had been,
turnips and cucumbers for pickles
mostly.
By using little management most Of
the ground was made to produce two
crops during the season. This kept the
land clean Of weeds and kept the garden
in good shape during the whole sea-
son, and made the profits correspond.
ingly greater, Any farm in Illinois
might have n similar garden, and If IL
is near considerable village much Of
the surplus might be sold at good
prices.
The diagram shows how the plots
were arranged. On the west side strip
one rod wide was reserved for such
things as onions, beets, lettuce, early
peas, etc, all Of which can be planted
closely and grown TO better advantage
than il planted in wide rows. In tho
diagram this strip Is shown, numbered
l., 3, etc.
The remainder Of the garden was
marked off into rows 80 inches apart,
This Is about the proper distance for
beans, peas, corn and potatoes when
grown In rows, drilled In the row, 10
viii be seen by the diagram that this
plan for garden allows II to be culti-
waited north and south by horse power;
and If this is well and carefully done
but very little hand work will be neces-
sary the season through.-Farm and
Fireside.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19
Highest of all in Leavening PowerLae US Govt Report
RE1!a!!!! g! RRsk!aRg Rskasgi
ABSOLUTELY PURE
City Government of Washington, ID. G.

Home-rule in Local affairs is vital
principle in our government. 1t is en-
trenched in our constitution, which
reserves to local authority every right
not specifically granted to the general
government. Yet in matters entirely
local, in school affairs, in health meas
ures, Washington citizens have no
voice nor control over the expenditure
of a single dollar of their taxes. In
other cities the power to correct official
abuses is in the hands of the people;
here, whatever the blunders commit
ted, it is hard to locate the guilty
ones. What is worse, though the
guilty be known, the people are pow
erless to rebuke them at the polls
The spectacle. meanwhile, of a body
chosen to legislate for sixty-fve mill
lion people diverted into city council
dealing with ditch cleaning, care Of
markets, graveyards and other neigh
borhood concerns, becomes more in
congruous each year.-Margaret NOBLE
Lee, in Chautauquan.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs,
It's excellence Is due to lis presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to The taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
ative e0ectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because u acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and II Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and 81 bottles, but Il is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
90. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
ooScepi will SSbstitutc If offered.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-19
That Dreadful Barrier.

She glanced about the room hope
lessly.
"No it can never be-" she murmur-
ed; sit can never be. A barrier rises
between us-an unsurmountable bar
rier."
He laughed in that easy, show-me-
any-kind.of.a-tough-old barrier till
break-it-in-sixteen-pieces sort of man
ner.
"Pshaw."
That one utterance conveyed the i'm
preston that he made speciality Of
breaking down barriers every morning
before breakfast.
ut can not be much" he pleaded.
"Tell me its nature, that l may crush
II cut of existence"
Again she gazed hopelessly around
the room.
at is"
The words came painfully slow.
ia husband in New Jersey"
People in the houses for blocks and
blocks heard through the night u sound
MS of shuilling feet, but they little
VOTED that IL was q man kicking him
self ever onward. N. Y. World.