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Garter, because it pretended no non
sense about merit; wives and daugh-
ters of simple country squires, judges,
bishops, generals, admirals, and 80
forth, knew better than to apply; the
intrigues, backstairs influence, solicit
alton of friends, we're as endless as the
intrigues at the admiralty to procure
promotion. Admission could not, how
ever, be bought.
$50 far the committee was beyond
suspicion and reproach. 1t wes whis-
pered, to be sure, that there was favor
itism-awful word Put yourself in
the position, if you have imagination
enough, of a young and beautiful deb
utante. Admission to AlmRck's means
for you that you can seo your right
and title clear to coronet. What will
you not do-what cringing supplica-
tion, adu alton, hypocrisies-to secure
that card? And, oh! the happiness,
the rapture, of sending to Willis rooms
and finding card waiting for you
and the misery and despair of receiv-
ing instead the terrible letter which
told you, without reason assigned, that
the ladies of the committee could not
grant your request
"They we're not expensive gatherings,
the tickets being only 7s. Cd. ($1S7)
each, which did not include supper.
Dancing began at II to the strains of
Weippert's and Collinet's bands. The
balls we're held at the great room at
Willis and the space reserved for the
dancers was roped around. The two
favorite dances we're the valse and the
galop, or the 'sprightly gallopade,' as
1t was called. Quadrilles we're also
danced. 1t may be interesting to those
who kept the old music that in the
year 1886 the favorite quadrilles we're
rEclair and La Tete de Bronze, and
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the favorite valse was LIE Remede
contre le Sommeil.
The conditions which governed affairs
other than society were also suscepti-
BILE of great improvement, as is shown
BY this review by the same writer:
"In the year 1887 we we're still, to all
intents and purposes, in the eighteenth
century. As yet the country was un-
touched by that American influence
which is now filling all peoples with
new ideas, Rank was still held in the
ancient reverence; religion was still
that of the eighteenth century church;
the rights of labor we're not yet recog-
nized; there were no trades unions;
there were no railways to speak Of;
nobody travelled except the rich, their
own country was unknown to the peo-
Pile; the majority of the country people
could not read or write. the good old
discipline of Father Stick and his
children. Cato Nine Tails, Ropes End,
Strap. Birch, Ferule and Cane, WAS
wholesomely maintained; landlords,
manufacturers and employees Of all
kinds did what they pleased with their
own, and the Blue Ribbon was un-
heard Of.
"There we're still some fiery spirits
in whose breasts fingered the ideas Of
the French revolution, and the Chart
ists we're already beginning to run their
course. Beneath the surface there WAS
discomfort, which sometimes bubbled
up. But freedom of speech was limited,
and if the sovereign people had vep-
tured to hold a meeting in Trafalgar
square, that meeting would have been
dispersed in very swift and surpris-
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quest to be allowed the honor. Not
only this, but they we're also obliged
to send for the answer, which took the
form of voucher, that is ticket, or
a simple refusal, from which there was
no appeal. Gentlemen were admitted
in the same way,and by the same mode
of application, as the ladies'. In their
case, it is pleasing to add, some regard
was paid to character as we'll as birth
and rank, so that if a man openly and
flagrantly insulted society he WAS sup
posed not to be admitted; hut one
asks with some trembling how far such
rigor would be extended toward
young and unmarried duke? Almack's
was sort of royal academy of society,
the academic diploma being represent
ed by the family shield.
"The heartburnings, jealousies and
maddening envies caused by this exclu-
sive circle we're, take it, the cause of
it's decline and fall. Trade, even of the
grandest and most successful kind,
even in the persons of the children,
had no chance whatever; no self-made
man was admitted, genius was not con-
sidered at all; admission to Almack's
was like admission to the Order of the
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ing manner. The reform act had been
passed, it is true, but as yet had pro-
duced little effect. Elections we're car
ried by open bribery; the civil service
was full of great mems nominees; the
church was devoured by pluralists;
there we're no competitive examina-
tions; the perpetual pensions were
many and fat; and for the younger
sons and their progeny the state was
provided with any number of sine
cures. How men contrived to live and
be cheerful in this state of things one
knows not. But, really, / think it
made very little apparent difference to
their happiness that this country was
crammed full of abuses, and that the
ship of state, to outsiders, seemed as if
she we're about to capsizs and houn-
der"
1t was not until June %, 1888, year
and eight days after her ascension that
the coronation of Victoria took place.
This ceremony was performed in West
muster Abbey with show Of grandeur
which has not since been equaled in
in Great Britain.
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not amount to much in the estimation
of the nobility or aristocrats. Some
idea of the condition of affairs can bs
gained from this extract of an article
written by Sir Walter Besant at the
time of the queens Jubilee, and which
dealt with the year 1887:
"Society fifty years ago was exclu-
sive. You belonged to society or you
did not; there was no overlapping,
there we're no circles which intersect-
ed. And II you we're in society you
went to Almack's. If you did not 60
to Almack's you might be very inter-
esting, well-bred, praiseworthy crea-
ture; but you would not claim to be in
society. Nothing could be more SIM
pie. Therefore every body ardently de-
sired to be seen at Almack's. This,
however. was not in everybody's power
Almack's, for instance, was far more
exclusive than the court. Riff-raff
might go to court, but they could not
get into Almack's, for at its gates there
stood not one angel with fiery sword,
but six in the shape OF English ladies,
terrible in turbans, splendid in dia-
monds, magnificent in satin and awful
in rank.
R"They we're the Ladies Jersey, Lon
donderry, Cowper, Brownlow, Will
oughby d'Eresby and Euston. These
ladies formed the dreaded committee.
They decided who should be admitted
in the circle; all applications had to
be made direct to them; no one was
allowed to bring friends. Those who
desired to 60 to the balls-Heavens!
what lady did not ardently desire?-
we're obliged to send in personal re-
The herald., 1896-03-08
How a 2SO,000- Pound Monster
is Constructed
RARE WORKMANSHIP USED
In the Finishing Of Our Long Range
Cann0ns
War Time Activity at the Washington Ord
nance Factory II the SS7,ooo,ooo
Bill Passes

There will be war time activity in the
great gun factory in Uncle Sans navy
yard at Washington when certain bill
now before congress passes through
the usual avenues of red tape and be-
comes law. There is little doubt that
it will be favorably passed upon in the
senate, the house and by the president.
although it calls for the enormous eX-
penditure of $S7,0OO,O0O during the next
ten years, or in shorter time, if the
emergency should arise.
A complete system of coast fortifica-
tions is the object of the bill, or in
other words, the making Of large guam
titles of modern guns and mortars.
Few people have an idea of what the
building of one of the great guns really
amounts to. A dozen years ago we'll
equipped factory could turn OUT can
non of the largest size then in use at
rapid rate, but nowadays it is a differ
ent matter. This can be easily under
stood by visit to the big gun shops in
the Washington navy yard. There all
the big guns used in the war ships of
the navy are turned out. Eight
hundred skilled workmen are en-
ployed all the time in the build
ings, which cover nearly q dozen
acres. Yet this enormous plant and the
regiment of skilled mechanics cannot
keep pace with the building of the new
war vessels. Each new vessel has in
variably been kept waiting for its arm
sment and all the time the cities along
the 10000 miles of coast have been
pleading for modern guns and mortars.
1t has been necessary to neglect their
defenses to equip the war ships, but
when the new bill becomes law some
wonderful enlarRements will have to
be made in the facilities for turning
out heavy ordnance, to meet its re-
quirements.
The magnitude Of the task which
confronts the ordnance board can be
understood from the fact that the bill
calls for the making of 677 high caliber
guns and 84 mortars of modern con-
struction, exclusive Of those required
for new war ships. These guns and
mortars will be apportioned among
twenty-four cities, At the present
time the modern coast defenses Of the
nation consist of two Pinch guns and
sixteen Pinch mortars at New York,
one Pinch gun and sixteen Pinch
mortars at San Francisco, and sixteen
Pinch mortars at Boston, or total Of
three guns and forty-eight mortars.
This is all that could be turned out for
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A l3-INCH GUN COMPLETED

the defenses, although an appropriation
of $10,6l0,000 has already been made
for additional guns.
The cities which will get most of the
677 guns and S24 mortsrs are New York,
San Francisco, Boston, all the lake
ports, Hampton Roads, New Orleans,
Philadelphia, Washington, Portland.
Me-, Rhode Island ports in Narragan-
sett bay, West Charleston, Mobile.
New London, Savannah, Galveston,
Portland, Ore, Pensacola, Wilmington,
N. O., San Diego, Portsmouth, N. H.,
New Bedford, Mass, New Haven and
Fort Popham on the Kennebec river, at
Fort Knox on the Penobscot river, at
Fort Clinch on Cumberland sound and
fer the defenses of Puget sound.
It is proposed to give New York nine.
ty-three guns of various calibers and
176 Pinch mortsrs. These guns will
be principally of the largest caliber
The herald., 1896-03-08
QUEEN vICTORIA'S HOUSES

The announcement that Queen Vic
toris is to leave by will Osborne house
one daughter, the lease of Abergel-
die house to another, and Balmoral,
the royal residence in the Highlands,
to the Duke of Connaught, recalls the
fact that the man who would devour
this particular widows houses must
make an uncommonly full meal. It
was discovered a few years since that
the queen owned 600 houses in various
psrts of England; not royal residences,
but rent-yielding property, and that
about 5000 houses had been built by
crown lessees on building leasehol 9
held of the queen. She then had also
rents from markets and tolls from fer
ries, besides the proceeds of mines and
other works upon her property or the
crown property.
She had large estates in Yorkshire,
Oxfordshire and Berks; valuable lands
in the Isle of Man and in Alderney,
Scotland, Ireland and Wales. OF the
New Forest there are 1000 acres of ab-
solute and sixty-three acres of contin-
gent crown property. Her majesty
enjoys income from the forest of
Dean, from several other forests and
from rich properties in and about Lon
don.
Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and
Balmoral, in the Highlands. are the
private property of the queen and are
maintained out Of her own income.
But she has the use of few royal pal
aces besides, and these are maintained
by the nation su an annual eXpendi-
ture ranging from $2500 to $4,000.
The queen is in the occupancy of
Buckingham palace. Windsor castle,
the White lodge at Richmond park
and part of ST. James palace. The re-
mainder of the last.named palace is oc.
cupied by other members of the royal
family.
Other royal palaces maintained as
such, although not in the occupancy of
the queen, are Kensington Palace,
Hampton Court, which according to
a recent estimate based on the statistics
of eight or ten years, costs the nation
on the average over $4,000 a year,
Kew Palace, Pembroke Lodge, the
Thatched Cottage, Richmond Park,
Bushy House in Bushy Park and Holy
rood Palace. The queen when she visits
the continent has one great house or
another, with whatever repairs and re-
furnishing are necessary to fit it for
temporary royal occupant, although for
all this she pays out OF her own income.
Bagshot House, Gloucester House and
Clarence House are palatial dwellings
occupied by various members of the
royal family.-New York Sun.
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jacket and brings it over till it 10 d.
rectly over the upright tube in the pit.
The interior Of the jacket is carefully
wiped out in order that no particle of
dust or dirt may interfere as it is clip
ped over the tube. The great difficult
ties Of this performance may be under
stood when it is known that the ex-
panded jacket is less than one-tenth of
an inch greater than the exterior d.
ameter of the tube, and that the jacket
must be lowered over the whole length
of the tube to b. covered fifteen or
twenty feet, without rubbing or
scratching.
This operation is most difficult. and,
in fact, notwithstanding the great num-
Der of guns that are assembled In the
factory every month, and the expert
ence the men have gained in the work,
there are so many dangers that the
officers in charge are never sure Of
The herald., 1896-03-08
" Oh MRS. HARRISON,
Why Do |
Have Wrinkles,
| Am Only 2S ?"

This is only a sample of the many
deSpairng cries that come to me from
all over. Many reasons for wrinkles,
but most potent of all is that the skin
and underlying tissues do not receive
enough nouriShment from the food
we eat to keep the skin smooth, soft
and velvety. But, thank fortune, the
skin will take up this needed nour-
ishment through the pores if with
gentle rubbing or massage we apply
a suitable skin food. Of all skin
foods the best is my
The herald., 1896-03-08
QUEEN VICTORIA At u
Will Soon Complete 50 Years
on the Throne
CELEBRATION IN VIEW
II Her Msjesty Is Yet Alive on May
"a, 1896
A Great Time Would Be Made II Her Health
Were Better and England Had
Fewer Troubles

LONDON, Feb. 20.-On the oath of
May next Queen Victoria will be sew
enty-sevsn years old, and on the Goth
Of June next she will have reigned for
fifty-nine years-equalling in time the
reign of George Ill. and otherwise
longer than any king or queen in the
history of England, and but for the
fabulous tales of the sncients, longer
than any monarch in the history Of
monarchs.
These two events, coming so closely
The herald., 1896-03-08
Mrs.
Nettie
Harrison
Dermatologist.
40 Geary ST.,
San Francisco, Cal.

In Los Angeles, the following druggists,
H. M. Sale & Son, 22o S. Spring St, LA.
c. F. Heinzeman, 222 N. Main ST., l.. A.
Mrs. A. Mellow, lady agent, 4th near Hill,
carry full line of my articles, few of
which are:
4-Day Hair Restorer. .S1.0O
Hair Invigorator ..............1 100
race DleaCn. l.JU
Frizz, a hair curler r............ so
Virgin Soap, per box ........... 100
Watermelon Creme ............ 100
IseIine, for the hands. s........... so
PimpIe and Blackhead Cure ...... ZOO
Mole and Wart Cure. ............ 2.H0
Face Powder, white, flesh and
brunette, per box. so
Lola M0ntez Creme e............ rs
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Lola MOntez Creme

Because it is just what a skin food
should be. 75c per jar. Made only
by the most beautiful Beauty Doctor,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-21
BELLAIRE.

Sunday night Frank Jackson. color
ed. struck Frank Stephens on the head
with a blackjack in the alley back OF
the Globe saloon. He also cut him
with razor. Stephens got away and
reported the matter to Lynsky. the
night Waterman, who arrested Jackson.
He plead guilty and was fined SO and
costs and 80 days in Jail.
Albert Bauer. who was brought home
from Harvey, Ills, some weeks ago sick,
died Saturday of consumption, and was
buried yesterday at p. n.
A brakeman, Charles Hickson, OF
Washington c. H., aged "a years. was
killed while on duty on freight rain No.
90. west-bound. 1t is supposed he was
standing up when approaching the
Glencoe tunnel, and was struck side
ways. his temple being crushed and a
number of bones broken. He was
found lying beside the track by the en-
gineer and train hands, who had missed
him at Marbetown and went back to
search for him. The body was sent to
his home.
The Heatherington band boys are a
proud set now with their new uniforms.
f. J. Nelson is on the sick list.
On Sunday evening a new Jewish con-
gregation was formed at the home CT
julius WE'LL. They applied for char
ter aud will have one of the leading
Rabbis lecture for them.
George f. Iddings, Of st. Clairsville,
and D. X. Parkinson, of Lloydsville, arc
registered at the Hotel Anderson.
George B. Wood, Carthage. Mo, ard
Will Lipphardt, Of Martins Ferry were
guests at the Globe Hotel yesterday.
The B., z. 6, c. mail car carried 1920
pounds Of mail yesterday morning,
about 500 pounds more than usual.
There is talk Of a trip Of Bellaire peo-
pie down the river on Saturday or Sun
day on the Virginia 1t is likely the
Heatherington band will accompany
them.
The Daily property in the Fourth
ward was sold to Mary l.. Martin for
$G25 by the Parks Real Estate Company.
The new Mayor seems to be doing a
pretty fair trade toward Kidding the city
Of a few toughs for time.
The new Street Commissioner has a
force Of men at work cleaning up A
number Of old soldiers are among them.
The new soap factory has begun bust
ness in lower town.
Walter Darrah. of ST CIairsville. was
calling on Bellaire friends yesterday.
The grand jury begins its grind to-
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-21

we don't blame you for getting excited
It's properly your meat.
Right here we wish to call the at
tention of the Intelligencer to the fact
that in its haste and indignation, it for
got to answer two Of the specifications
in the Registers article. 1t being pos
sible that it has mislaid its copy of Sat
urday's Register, we reprint the two
clauses, as follows:-
"Fourth-That the attention OF the
Intelligencer was called to the February
action of the Committee on Wednesday,
but it made no sign.
'SiXth-That the Republican cam
raign in Ohio county is being run by
ring, and that it is openly charged by
candidates for Office that certain other
candidates are favorites with this ring,
while others are on the outside, and
have not received, as they allege, fair
treatment"
This information is from Republican
candidates for county Offices, and the
Register has done nothing more than
publish it as current political news,
eminating from pretty fair authority
Do we understand that this part of the
bill Of particulars is to be taken for
confessed, as they say at the Court
House, or did the Intelligencer over
look the paragraphs through having
dropped its specs at critical moment?
Would the Intelligencer like to
have little more information re-
,lating specifically and particularly
to the sixth count Of the indict-
something, for instance, in the
nature Of what a member of the Repub-
lican County Executive Committee, pop
ularly set down as ringster is alleged
to have said about a candidate for Sher-
if who isn't on the inside? And how
the said candidate feels about it? And
so on? The details of the fairness"
which hangs like a cloud of crematory
smoke over the Republican situation
would make interesting reading.
and would possibly enable the Intelli-
gencer to once more remark that open
primaries are as fair for one candidate
as for another"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-21
BRIDGEPORT.

Cal. McAninch was given a prelim-
mary hearing yesterday before Mayor
Williams on charge of cutting with
Y -enc to kill. preferred against him
by William Morgan. He entered a
plea of ncc guilty, and his hearing
was set for Friday afternoon. Chas.
Hubert, who a.empted to act as
pe2ce-maker in the scrap, was fined S.
ard costs for a1saulting Morgan.
Rev. George Vibbenc, the noted sa-
.oclis,. gave very I'M eresting lecture
last evening q, the Presbyterian
Church.
Ross McMlhcl is homo from visit
at Sia-ersyile with friends.
TIE suit CT The Mccormick Machine
Company agains. Wm Clifford. 30 OBJ
tain a bill Of 500, was heard yesterday
before Squire Howolls. TIE case was
decided in favor CT ne p.aintiff.
Henry Fox returned from Empire
yesterday.
Lawson Emerson, OF 81. Clairsville.
was in town yesterday on business.
W. Y. Campbell has returned from
a shors visit at Flushing with friends.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-21
A BAD WRECK
On the c., L. & W. Railroad Yester-
day, Eighteen Miles From This City.
A Broken Axle Causes Consider
able Damage---Passenger Trains De-
layed.

A bad freight wreck occurred ON the
c., l.. & w. railroad, about Is miles
from Wheeling, at 1870 o'clock yester-
day morning. The scene of the acct
dent was She second tunnel, in Bel
mont county.
An axle broke on the tender attached
TO freight engine, while the train was
on a trestle about so feet east OF the
mouth OF the tunnel. The train was
moving at a high rate of speed, and
could net be stopped until the engine
had passed Through the tunnel. The
derailed tender bumped along, striking
against the sides of the tunnel, and
pulling down large quantity of earth
and Stone.
The brakeman, whose name could
not be learned, was thrown from the
tender, and had one Of his legs fractur-
ed in two places, besides being CHER
wise injured. The accident caused de-
lay to all passenger trains. A large
force OF men was put to work in the
tunnel, and it was thought the damage
would be repaired by this morning.
Passengers were compelled TO walk
over the top of the mill. Many passen-
gers on the Cleveland train which ar
rived last night, were covered with mud
from the tramp over the hill.
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AT THE HOTELS.
Some of the Strangers Who Registered
Yesterday.

McLure-S. George and wife and
Mrs. d. w. Bayard. Wellsburg: F. For
shay Beaver Falls; w. l.. Prichard and
wife. Warrington; II. NJ. Wilson,
Franklin, Pa
Windsor-W. w. Paxton, Wellsburg;
j. A. Kennedy, S. C. Smith. G.. W.
Stocking, Foster Mitchell, Sistersville:
5 b. Hall, New Martinsvlle; A. II. Sites,
Ashland. O.
Stamm-J. B. White, Hundred: L. C.
Wilson, j r. Hussman. Sstersville: L.
h. Bracking, r. C. Mcintyre, Smith
field; Charles b. Chancellor, Parkers-
burg.
Howell. B. Knots, Warrington;
A. K. Noel, Sistersville; r. C. Merrean.
Amos; J. S. Sidwell, Grafton; A. NJ.
Crow, Littleton
st. Charles-J. A. McCarl. Houston
vile; c f. Afford F. C. Peters, Harris
town; l.. Shosneider. Warrington: z. c.
Martin; c. J. Sandy, Farmont; James
Rodgers, W. A. Graham, Cochransville;
j. Baer. Parkersburg.
Brunswick-Mrs. NJ. Tyson. Sisters
Vile; S. W. Carpenter, Pennington: J.
r. Clark, Amos Il. n. Vankirk, Wash
ingtOn, Pa.
Frank Carenbauer clerk OF the Hotel
Windsor, Will leave to-day for Cam
bridgeboro Springs. Pa. to accept a
similar position at the Riverside Hotel
at that point. Frank is an expert in
his line, and guests at the Windsor will
be sorry to see him go.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-21
MARTINS FERRY.

Frank link and daughter Helen are
Wishing relatives at. Steubenville.
Miss Sue Dittmar will entertain a
number of Wheeling friends this even
ing at her home on Jefferson street.
A young child of Edward Mansbar-
gar that died Sunday was buried yes
terday at Riverview cemetery.
Miss Margretta Drennen left for a
several days visit yesterday with
relatives at Grandview, o.
w. Noble will move his furniture
store into the room formerly occupied
by Horovi,Z & Co.
T. l.. Lewis is home from Columbus,
where he has been on business.
George Sheets, CT Portland, was in
rown yesterday.
Alb. JepsOn left yesterday for Leto-
mia, where he has position in a rolling
mill.
Hugh Mclaughlin. of Adena, was in
town yesterday calling on friends.