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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-21

The RACES The last three races at
St. Asaph yesterday resulted as fol
lows:
Fourth race, 5 furlongs-Illume won,
Doc Birch second, Gonzales third. Time
1911
Fifth race, 6! furlongs-Jersey won,
Fassett second, Red Star third. Time
1:25.
Sixth race, 6 furlongs-Halcyon won,
Valkyrie second, Jim Mclaughlin
third. Time LII.
The following are the entries for to.
morrow
First race, 81 furlongs-Dillon J. 1O5,
Cheddar 102, Kenyon 102, Glepale 1O2,
Marguerite 100, Matte Chunn 100
Black Beauty 100, Florine 100, Silver
Queen 100, Eolic los.
Second race, 4 furlongs-Belden 95,
Gascon 95, Cody SO, Mac Hunt 90,
Spaniard 92, Ada 80, Chink so, Prospero
80, Della NJ. 80, Countess 80; Capt.
Bah, 90.
Third race, I furlongs-Counors 1O6,
Oporto 106, Bslisarius 1O1, The Moor
80. Darkness 90.
Fourth race l mile Mirage ITO,
Chief Justice ITO, Foxglove 10, Red
Star LOG, Tralee JOG, Lorraine 1O6, Le-
nacious JOG, Pirate Chief SO, Valkyrie SO.
Fifth race, Z furlongs-War Cloud
los, Hume 81, Jessie Taral so, Pulitzer
rs, Key West rs, Devisee rs.
Sixth race, 6 furlongs-Pltn ty 1O7;
Gonzales ITO, West Park ITO, Semaron
ITO. Peckaway 10Y, Flushing 1O7, Flat
terry 1O5, Jennie t. los, Minnie S. los.
The investigation into the running of
Benjamin last week was continued yes
terday, with the result that the pro-
prietors of the Excelsior stable were
exonerated and Jockey Clare remains
ruled off. Abe Garrison was present
and furnished satisfactory proof that be
had backed the horse out of town. Clare
was not given an opportunity to prove
his statement that Benjamin was
"dead" under him. The inquiry into
the running of Billy Boy will be re-
sumed tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
Railroads and Railroad Men.

Mr.. Edward MARBLE has accepted the
position on the B. & o. platform made
vacant by the death of ]. N. Ney.
What is known as the chime" wills
tie ha sben adopted by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad as its standard for pas
senger locomotives. A number have
already been equipped with it.
A large force is at work improving
the roadbed of the Baltimore and Po-
tomac between Baltimore and Wash
ington.
A number of Pennsylvania officials
will leave soon on a southern trip to
look over the yellow pine regions Of
Georgia and Alabama
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylva-
mia officials report marked increase in
the movement of freight over their
lines thus far this month.
On Sunday the remains of J. n. Ney,
a former employee on the B. & o. trans
fer sheds at McMechen, were taken to
Moundsville for interment.
The grand division of the Order Of
Railway Conductors, which now has
over $4,000 members, will meet in At
lanta, Ca, on May Il.
The State Convention of the Epworth
League convened at ParkeTsburg yes
terday. and a large number Of
delegates from this city went down on
the Ohio River road.
Every railway company has scrap
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
The WEBS OF COMMERCE.
Interesting Scraps Of News From Many
Different Railroads. \
Railroads Trying to Solve the
"Bum" Problem-Two Fast Runs
Made Recently-Ohio River Shops
Working Full-Smau Items.

The unsolved problem among rail
way officials and railway employees is
how to prevent tramps from stealing
rides. The strong arm of the law, and
thevigorOus application of severe sum
mary punishment on the part of the
trainmen, have as yet had no apparent
effect on that strange production of
the nineteenth century commonly called
the bum" who still remains boss Of
the interior of the coke car, and some
times, when his possession in that re-
spect is disputed, assumes more dig
nified prerogatives and undertakes to
run the train. A few months ago the
Pennsylvania officials adopted severe
measures against such deadbeads, and
the trainmen were instructed to put
them off as soon as they were disCOv-
cred on the trains. Special officers
were stationed along the road at diff
ferent points with orders to arrest
every person found riding on freight
train, but Notwithstanding that the
cOunty-seat lock-Ups all along themain
lines were repeatedly filled with
knights of the road, there was no per-
ceptible decrease in the number Of box
car passengers, and to-day there is
scarcely a freight train going out Of
Wheeling that does not carry a num-
Der of tramps The trainmen openly
disobey the orders to put the tramps
off, because if they made the attempt
to do so they would transform the road
into a battlefield and allow the traf-
fic TO become congested while they de-
voted their valuable time 10 battling
with buns.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
Will BE A FINE TRIP.

The itiueries for the Wheeling Com
mandery No. 1. Knights Templar, pill
grimage to Boston to attend the tri-
enuial cOnclave arrived in the city last
evening and are now in the hands Of
the committee for distribution. 1t is
q very beautiful production, and does
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway,
who issues it, proud. The itinerary
was prepared by Travelling Passenger
Ascent o. r. Wood and the Knight
Templar Committee on Transporta-
ton. and a perusal of its pages will
convince any one that no finer trip
was ever projected by any society out
Of Wheeling. 1t goes without saying
that a large number will go on this
truly magnificent trip. The dia-
grams Of the sleepers are now in the
hands of the Knights committee. and
berths are being reserved rapidly.
ANY one contemplating a trip from
this part of the country should by all
means see a copy Of this beautiful itin-
erary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
Hard on the Second Engine.

When double-headers are used on
fast passenger trains, the second en-
CINE catches all the dust and cinders
thrown up by the first locomotive,
which is very hard on the machinery,
and makes the life of the engine short.
On the Pennsylvania lines the best en-
gines are placed in the lead as topre-
serve them from the detrimental eff
fects of the dust. When moving at or
binary speed the leading engine passes
out of the dust that it raises itself so
quickly that there is no time for the
gritty matter to settle on the bearings,
but the next engine seems to be in a
position to catch all the dirt, and it
has a telling effect on the machinery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25

pile. When everything that is valua-
BILE in its own form is sifted from the
pile there remain many tons OF iron
of considerable value as raw material
An inventor Of a new car coupler urs-
es railway companies to utilize the
scrap pile to equip their roads with
his device.
Can't. Todd" Hobtzell, of the Ohio
River says he has the best looking
crew on the road. 1t is composed OF
Baggagemaster Garten, Brakemen VIC
Stewart, Porter Charlie and himself.
The Captain knows what he is talking
about.
The reorganization committee of the
Valley Railroad Company of Ohio, OF
which Messrs. Thomas NJ. King, Al
exander Shaw, William II. Blachord
and James Sloan, Jr., of Baltimore, are
members. has notified stock and bond
holders that they may deposit their
securities without penalty until May
l. This committee is endeavoring to
reOrganize the property in the interest
Of the Baltimore and Ohio, which owns
majority of the stock.
Arrangements are under way for the
annual convention of the International
Association of Ticket Agents at Bos-
ton. on September II. The official
train bearing the delegates to the con-
yention will start from Chicago, with
additional cars made up at Cincinnati
and st. Louis, converge at Niagara
Falls. and 20 East via the New YORK
Central and Boston & Albany route.
The party. about 500 in number, after
the convention and a tour OF sight
seeing about Boston, viii visit the
White Mountain resorts and Bar Har-
Dor. The United States Hotel in Bos-
ton has been selected as headquarters.
Monday the pay car on the Ohio
River road arrived in the city and
made the boys happy. 1t was a day
late this trip.
D. C. MacWatters, district passenger
agent Of the Pennsylvania lines, with
headquarters at Pittsburg, was in the
city Yesterday calling on local railroad
men.
The Barnum & Bailey circus adver-
Using car arrived in the city yester-
dav morning over the Panhandle from
Steubenyille and left last night over
the B. & o. for GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Seigel, of San Fran
cisco. who were the guests of friends
in the city for some days, left yester-
day afternoon over the Panhandle
for New York, from which place they
will sail in a few days on tour through
Europe.
The roof of the B. & o. freight sheds
was treated to Q coat Of paint yester-
day.
The work of laying the iron on the
Benwood and Southern Electric Road
will be commenced in afew days.
The work of eXcavating for the new
Panhandle passenger station is pro-
| crossing rapidly.
Business in the Ohio River railroad
Yards at Sistersville has increased to
such an extent that it has been neces-
sary to return the yard engine taken
! away. from there last fall.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25

consisting of four private cars and a
baggage car, made the run from East
st. Louis to Indianapolis last week in
five hours and 16 minutes, being the
fastest time ever made by any train be-
tween those points. The train was in
charge of Conductor H. NJ. Kearns and
superintendent H. I. Miller was on
board. The run was made without
any difficulty whatever.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Daily Chronicle OF the Movements OF In
dividuals.

Daily Chronicle OF the Movements OF In
dividuals.
X. Bernie MCMechen and Bonnie
Baer are in the East on a pleasure trip.
Chase B. Cooper, ayaUnt courier Of
the Baggage Check" Co., arrived in
the city yesterday.
Miss Maud Thistle. a charming young
society lady of Sistersville. was in the
city yesterday calling on friends.
Miss Ella Clark, of New Martins
Vile, was in the city yesterday on a
shopping tour.
Miss +. Il. Wells, a priminent lady
of Ststersville, was a visitor in the city
yesterday.
r. ID. Spillman, representing Hood,
Faulkner x Co. of Philadelphia, is in
the city on business.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
ORR. Shops Running Full Time

The full force of employees at the o.
R. R. shops were put on full time Mon
day morning and business hustle per
vades the whole establishment, which
has not been on full time for over a
year. The business of the road is i'm
proving and the large force will be
kept busy keeping the rolling stock in
thorough Notwithstanding Senti-
mel
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
CLOTHING LEE BAER.

win the goods serve our patrons we'll? Is
the price within their reach? These are the
questions we ask ourselves in selecting for our
trade. Durability and prices we believe to be
the test of merit. and economical buyers must
acknowledge our Clothes superior when they
inspect our Stock and note our Prices. Every
thinu that abOundS here is meant to satisfy. and
the moderate purse will find most pleasant sur
TOundings.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
TWO FAST RUNS.
One on the b. & o. s-w and the other on
the Vandalia.

One on the H. N -. w anu AAAc ONAANh VII
the Vandalia.
A special train composed of the pri-
vate cars West Virginia, No. 200, and
the Patapsco, arrived at Parkersburg
at 1920 Saturday night. On board the
special were General Manager Camp
bell, Vice Prest. c. X Lord, General
Supt. Fitzgerald, Division Supt. Sheets
and some other officials and trainmas-
ters Of the B. & o., who had attended
the convention of the B. & o. and B. &
O. S. w. officials at St. Louis last week.
The special made a remarkable trip
on the return from st. Louis to New
York. West of Parkersburg the actual
time on several level stretches was 70
miles an hour and 7212 miles was the
average made on a portion Of the line
between this city and Cincinnati.
A special train over the Vandalia
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25
What We Claim
IED DEFY CONTRADICTION!

Int sell more goods than any other
600 the STATE.
.."e sell a better quality Of goods
y lhan any other retail house
>e.
.. .s never advertise any article
not in stock.
. Her house in the State can
1915. US.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-25

pile. When everything that is valua-
Bile in its own form is sifted from the
pile there remain many tons OF iron
of considerable value as raw material.
An inventor of a new car coupler urg-
es railway companies to utilize the
scrap pile to equip their roads with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
NEW Works. NAME.
Not So Bad as 1t Would Have Been Had
Yorl's Old Names Survived.

Now that New YorlSs name Is under
discussion, Il is well TO be thankful that
the contraction of old Yorll's original
Eurewic took place before the qualifying
"New" was added, for if York is bad
New Eurewic would be unbearable
York's still earlier name of Eboraoum
would have gone no better with "Ncw, ="
and her Celtic name of Caor Ebroc would
have been even worse than any Of tho
others with third element prefixcd
The syllable "wic, " which has almost
disappeared i'll the contraction of Eurewic
to York, is rather the Saxon vic, mean
ing an abiding place, than the Danish
vic. meaning station for ships-surely
an appropriate sutlix for so great a seaport
as the chief commercial city of the new
world.
New York is really not worse off, how
ever, in the matter of its name than q
good many othcr cities are or have been.
York, with or without the New, is better
than Midtown, which is no unfair trans
lation of Lutetia, the ancient Roman name
for Paris bestowed upon the city of the
PARISH because of its mnd houses. Lon
don, by the way, takes its name from the
fortified hill of the Britons where St.
PauFs cathedral now stands. Dublin is u
name concealing two unattractive syllablcs
meaning the black pool, and Liverpool is
literally the pool of the living creatures,
so called because wild fowl abounded upon
the waters of pool near the site of the
city. Brussels is coniectured to mean
either swamp or thicket and Rome may
be merely the early Latin equivalent Of
the cross roads, from the fact that local
lines of travel met at the Forum. Berlin
Is conjecturcd to mean the short lake.
Other guessers take IL as the free and open
place. the river island and the marshy
spot.
Names that are commonly accepted as
of but single word often contain IA phrase
of a whole sentence. Constantinople and
Valparaiso are familiar examples. Per-
nambuco sounds well to English ears, but
means the mouth of hell. Cairo, which
has been mistaken by European ignorance
for the name of the city, is really cor
ruption of its descriptive title, so to speak,
FL Kahirah, the victorious. The true
name of the city is Misr. Bombay Is only
the Portuguese Bona Bahia, good bay,
modest enough name for an oriental city,
since the names of such usually mean q
great deal that 1t pretentious or splendid
Ispahan, for example, Is the half of the
world; Astrakhan, the city Of the star;
Bagdad, the garden of justice. Copenhagen
is merely the merchants harbor. The con
ccaled news in foreign city names are
legion, as Novgorod, Neustadt, Neufchatcl,
aud even Naples. -New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
Beard Growth of n Lifetime.

If you arc proud of fresh shave and a
smooth face, you visit the barber at least
twice week or probably every other day.
Suppose you commenced this practice at
the age of II and continued it up to the
age of TO- have you any idea of tho total
length Of the beard that would be removed
in that timer If your beard grows as rap
idly as that of the average man, you must
have about ono-flfth of an inch removed
each week, or 10 20 inches each year. BE-
tween the ages Of II and 40 years SO years
must intervene, and each of these SO years
gives almost a foot of beard growth, or g
total of $50 inches, exclusive of fraction, or,
to DO more exactly cxnct, ~ feet and 3
inches of beard
The above is all figured on the assump-
ton that the fllamonts of the beard main
tain their average growth of onc-flfth OF
an inch during the period mentioned,
which, of course, is out of the question.
There is all the difference In the world
In beard growth. Some men will raise u
"stubble fleld' onc-fourth of an inch in
length, while another will hardly raise
enough to roughcn his face. Then,
again, we do not wish to be understood az
saying that man would grow half q
hundred feet of beard In n lifetime pro-
vided no never shaved. On the contrary,
the average man would not grow more
than 2l2 feet. On reaching length of IS
to 20 inches the beard invariably becomes
brittle or Sits and after this the growth Is
very slow or ceases entirely.--St Louis
Republic
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
Even "A Tramp of Value.

was searching for building In the
heart of the city. The wind was blowing
gale, and great clouds of dust swept up
into my face My veil had come loose, and
/ expected each moment to see my hat roll
off into the tangle of horse cars and dray
wagons around tho corner. Not n police
man in sight, nor drug store and I
didn't know tho number of the building.
Its name indicated prominencc-that was
all l had to direct me- / stopped several
ladies and inquired Of every street yender
in the ncighborhood No one knew A
carriage stood waiting in front of prom
inent retail store. The driver looked as IL
he might be able to speak the English Ian
guage, which some Of the numerous people
had asked were not, and repeated my
query to him. lie had never heard of the
place AS turned and gave u last despair
ing look for policeman man stepped
from corner and spoke to me- He was
the most deplorable specimen of the much
despised city tramp it has ever been my
lot to meet and involuntarily l shrank
back. He said simply, "It's that tall,
dark building there at the end of the
street. With n grateful word of thanks
hurried on. wondering If he had expected
or would have been offended il had offer
ed him quarter.
And l realized the dependence of the
human race on even its lowliest represents
atiVo.-New York Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
His OBJECTIONS.

One of the best mon in Stafford county.
Va, was running for supervisor there,
and, as usual when a really good man runs
for Office, there was vigorous opposition
TO him. Some of it was expected but when
ono ignorant but influential old fellow
came out against the candidate the friends
of both parties were surprised, and one of
the candidates. supporters Immediately
went to see the old man.
us it actually true that you are against
our man for supervisors" asked the friend
when he had led up to the point
In course l am" responded the old
man firmly.
But he is one of the best men in the
whole county" argued the friend.
II amt doubtin that at all, only 1 can
vote fer him.
"Why nots'
" Cause 1 won't vote fer no man under
them circumstances.
Under what circumstances inquired
the friend in the greatest astonishment,
for up to that time no circumstances
had appeared in the campaign.
why, wantin two offices at once, like
he does" explained the kicker. "I'm
willin to vote fer him fer super, but I'll be
derned Of I'm goin to vote fer him fer wi
scr, and you can tell him so Of you want to- -
Thcrcupon the friend Of the candidate
organized an individual educational cam
paign, and by delicate diplomacy brought
the old man up to the trough in good
shape.-New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
Flowers and Their Ste,ps.

Every now and then florists and othor
authorities rise up and declare that ID Is
no longer good form" to Keep flowers in
clear glass through which their stems
snow That Is very much like saying that
1t Is no longer good form" to have long
cyelashcs or rosy checks. The stem Of a
graceful flower Is ono of its greatest beau
ties. seen through "a blt of clear crystal
with tiny globules of water incrusting 1t,
IL Is almost as much of an ornament as tho
blossom which it supports. Until nature
begins to produce ugly stems nothing will
DC more appropriate for holding flowers
than well shaped glass vases Occasionally
Dit OF colored glass is permissible. There
Is delicate green variety and a faint
amethyst kind, both of which add to the
beauty of the stems they reveal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-10
SUN COOKING.
The Chemical Action of the Orb's Rays
Ruined the Food.

Speaking of primitive methods of heat.
ing, it is undoubtedly fact that man in
early ages used bones to some extent as
fuel, mixing them with pieces of wood.
Bones contain much fatty matter and
small ones burn readily.
In the desert regions of Arizona where
there Is no vegetation worth mentioning,
the Indians dig up for fuel the enormously
developed roots OF various plants. Pine
cones make fine kindling and are util-
ized for that purpose all over Europe, par
ticularly In the Black Forest and other
parts of Germany
The attention Of many scientific men
mas long been engaged In trying to devise
some sort of apparatus for employing the
suns rays as fuel. One of the moro noted
experimenters in this line is Professor Ed
ward Sylvester Morse. Mirrors are most
commonly used to concentrate the rays of
the solar orb for this purpose.
In one instance, not long ago, success
was obtained in an attempt to cook a goose
by the sun stove. Unfortunately. at the
conclusion Of the operation it was found
that the bird was spoiled, being rendered
uhnt Tor food by the chemical action of the
suns rays. This, of course, might be
avoided by shutting up the articles to be
cooked In closed ovens. But the objection
10 the sun stove thus far found insupera-
Die Is Its necessary elaborateness and con-
sequent great cost.
Alcohol is an ideal fuel 1t gives great
neat and Its combustion is perfect, without
smoke or other solid residuum. In burn
ing 1t resolves itself into water and car
ionic gas Or course it is too expensive
ior common use, but chemistry may vet
discover way of producing it at a small
eller. Aia'-