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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
The River.

Parkersburg. w. Va. May 31.-The
steamboat Ironsides struck large stone
in the Ohio river, fifteen miles below
here last night and sank in five feet OF
water at what is known as the Lese
Creek rifle. She was on the up trip
from st. Louis to Pittsburg. Captain
Gray. aged II, was in command. lie
lives at Sewickley, Pa. The boat was
owned by the Parker Steel Company. of
Pittsburg. and was worth $4,000. No
lives were lost.
The stage of water last night was 7
feet. Falling.
Both the big packets had good trips
in and out yesterday.
Yesterdays Pttsburg, Ruth ;
a. m. Ben Hur a. M, Keystone State
10 a. M; GAINESVILLE. Lorena 4 a. m. ;
Cincinnati, Virginia a. m.
Pittsburg, Pa. May 81. River 3 feet
ene-tenths and falling at the dam.
Weather clear and cool.
Greensboro, Pa, May 31.-River
feat inches; falling; rainfall 80 inches.
Fair.
Oil City, Pa, May 81 River foot Z
inches and stationary. Clear and cool.
Warren, Pa, May S1.-River feet
I inches and falling. Clear and cool.
Steubenville, O., May 31.-River 6
feet ) inches and falling. Clear and
warm. Up-Keystone State, Ruth, Ben
Hur. Down-Tide, Eliza.
Parkersburg, w. Va, May 81 River
6 feet inches and rising. Cloudy and
mercury 50. Up and down-Columbia
Down-Liberty, Virginia. Little Kan
awha rising.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
PREACHED THREE TIMES

Rev. Randall says he had three of the
best meetings yesterday he ev5r held.
Two on Market street were the BEST OF all
his outdoor meetings. and at the work
hOus,. the people seemed to follow him
there, and when he came out of the
workhOuse he found a larger audience
than he had inside His subject was:
When | am weak then am ! strong. -
The fourteen prisoners all seemed to
join in the singing heartily.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
ELLENBORO, W. VA. May a.-The
connections have all been completed TINS
week and Cairo now has a good supply OF
natural gas.
The Central Production Company's well
on the II. S. Wilson tract Of land VIII
reach the sand about Thursday next.
The Cairo Oil Company's No. >, on the
Davidson farm, is good for fifty barrels per
day.
Gillespie Brothers will drill their well
or the Wesley Clark farm to the Big lnjun
sand it being dry in the salt sand.
The well drilling on the McGregor farm
IS expected in by Tuesday.
Contractor Hugh Means, who Is drilling
well for the South Penn people at Can't
well Postoffice. has lost a string of tools.
In the Whisky run field the interest cen
tiers on the McCosh farm well, which is
expected in tomorrow. The Stricken Oil
Company's No . will not be in for two
weeks.
The well on the Mckinney farm will be
commenced on Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

The ground floor Photographic studio
of Kinks at 20. 1905 Main street. is the
best equipped in this city. Their work
is par excellence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

ion of all the Pittsburg people interested
that a field is certain to be developed in
this section of the Ohio Valley. One-half
of the wild eating here that has been done
about Marietta, they say, would establish
the presence of oil in even better auanti-
ties than they have had up there. and in
this belief and on that line they are MAX
ing strenuous efforts towards proving out
their theory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
A Strange Fight at Sea,

Noticing few days ago letter
written in California to the New York
Sun entitled, "a Duel Between Sword
Fishes" If the editor Of the Republi-
can will give me space f-wiil relate
true story that came under my owR
observation-a fight to finish be.
| tween o whale, q sword fish and
| thrasher. The sword fish and thrasher
we're jointly in the fight.
1t was iii the year 1876. The good
old ship Richard NJ. NAMES, Captain
John O. Beals, homeward bound from
the East Indies, was crossing the In
dian Ocean, bowling along at some
eight knots, with good southeast
trade wind, deeply laden with Java
sugaf. l chanced to go on deck just
as the sun was rising out of its watery
bed, while musing on my days run
and where she would be at IL o'clock.
l heard sort of groan on my weather
quarter, and casting my eye in that
direction l beheld q monster whale
not hundred yards away. 1t made
breach almost clear from the water,
spouting blood aud water, and at the
same time thrasher, fish resembling
d large porpoise, leaped into the air
and came down with tremendous force
on the whales back before the whale
went under. This operation was per.
formed three times.
When lost to view it was evidently
d battle between sword fish and
thrasher on one side and whale on
the other. The sword fish would evil
IDENTIFY come up under the whale and
stab him; the whale would make
breach out of the water, the thrasher
would make a leap out at the same
time and come down on the whales
back, and the last seen of them the
battle was not favorable to the whale.
The fight was not strictly according to
Queensbury rules, aud no policeman
there to stop the fight. l presume
they fought to finish. AS the Psalm
ist has said, "rhey that 90 down to
the sea in ships, aud do business in
great waters, these see the works of
the Lord and His wonders in the deep"
-Springfeld Mass Republican.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Rayages Of a BOOkwOrm.

An ancient, parchmeat.bound vol
ume on the shelves of the dean of Co
lumbia College is the sarcophagus OF u
withered specimen of that rare and in
teresting turnover, the bookworm.
The discovery was made last week,
while student was turning over the
pages OF history of the Frisians, en-
titled "Rerum Friscarum Historic. F"
The book is an Elzevir, and was pub
lished in Holland in l646.
From the appearance of the volume
it has been many day since the book
worm, in its predatory pursuit of
knowledge, began to deyour its con-
tents. The little fellow opened opera
tions on the inside of the back cover.
Thence he plowed a path through sew
eral of the adjacent pages. He died
in the harness, and his mortal shell, a
mere thumb nail sketch, lies along tue
groove in which he prosecuted his in
vestigations. Perhaps Ubbnis Emmeas,
the author OF the book, never had an
other SO devoted reader. New York
Mail and Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
be CharItablc Wlth Your WheeIs.

Mrs. Fawcett has made a suggestion
which, if acted upon, should make the
factory girls of London bless the day
when cycling became a fashionable
craze. In her opinion cycling would
be for tue hard.working young female
toilers of the east end not only m
amusement. but an invaluable means
of obtaining the fresh air and exercise
of which they are continually in such
need. The girls would like TO cycle,
but machines are expensive and be-
yond their means. Therefore Mrs.
Fawcett, at a Mansion House meeting,
urged that ladies, when they purchased
new "mounts," should bestow their
old one upon girls clubs or agencies
which exist for the benefit Of factory
glrls. London Queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

A crusade against "hokey pokey''
ice cream has been going on in Lon.
don for some years past, shocking &c.
counts Of the million of microbes found
in the mixture being published from
time to time. A member of the Health
Board, however, analyzed strawberry
Ice cream bought of ono of the most
fashionable West End caterers recent.
ly and found that it contained from
eight to fourteen millions bacteria to
the cubic centimeter, among them the
bacillus coli, which is worse record
than that of tho Italian street vendors.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
DAY-BREAR,

How pale the moonboams, falling on tho
fountainsl
How soft the murmurs from tho wood bo-
yondl
How vague tho shadowy outlines Of tho
mountainsl
How faint tho lilies perfume from tho
pond!
Yet not 50 soft as sweet young eyes faint
lustor;
Aud not 50 pale as fancy's pictures are;
And not SO vague as wavering thoughts that
cluster
In maidens' hearts when love is yet afar
The day is born, and twilight's trembling
glimmer
Giyes over when the sun comes forth In
glory.
Young love is born, and half-felt doubts
grow DINNER
When he begins to lisp his wondrous
story
David A Curtis, in Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

Some revolutionary suggestions in
regard to domestic servants are being
discussed in Australia. 1t is proposed
to call them "household employees"
They will cat in the aining-room, either
with the family or by themselves.
They will not be at the beck and call
of the mistress. There will be two
shifts of "employes," one to work
from 6 a. IN. to p. M, and the other
from Q p. m. TO s or 8 p. M, so that
they may .havo the afternoons and
evenings off every alternate week. 1t
is believed that tho expenses of the
household would not be increased by
adopting this step, as domestic service
under this new condition of affairs
would bo rendered so attractive
that servants would be obtainable
at half the present wages, and sweat.
ing in factories would be largely di-
minished by reducing the number of
applicants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

The citizens of Baltimore are show.
ing great deal of public spirit in the
matter of the Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity, whose endowment has been
impaired by the failure of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, notes the
San Francisco Chronicle. One of tho
ohiefsources of revenue of the uni
versity was from the bonds of that
corporation, which has defaulted on
its interest this year. The amount SO
lost is to be made good by q contribu-
tion of the Baltimore citizens referred
TO, who are aware that the fame of
Johns Hopkins reflects luster On Bal
timore.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

In this country the Government re-
tains staff of scientists to assist the
farmer in his calling. Part of this
staff devotes its time to the study of
economic entomology-to studying the
ways and means wherewith to deal
with the various insect pests which
annually destroy so much of the food
products, of the country, In England
the farmer is almost entirely left to
bis own devices, OF to the assistance
which may be rendered by those who
take an interest in science for sciences
sake. In the list of these amateurs
there is none who has rendered more
assistance to the farmer and horticul-
turist than Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod,
q lady who has earned q worldwide
reputation as an entomologist, and
whose reports on insect pests are
looked forward to in this country by
all economic entomologists. Miss
Ormerod has recently signihed her
intention of presenting her fine col
lection illustrative Of agricultural en-
tomology 10 the University Of Edin-
hulgb.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
COURAGE.

Hast thou made shipwreck ofthy happiness2
Yet, IL God please.
Thou'lt find thee some small haven none the
less.
In nearer sens,
Where thou mayest sleep for utter weari-
ness,
II not for ease.
The port thou dream'dst OF thou shalt never
reach,
Though gold its gates,
And wide and fair the silver Of its beach,
For sorrow waits
To pilot all whose aims too far outreach
Toward darker straits.
Yet that no soul divine thou nrt astray,
On this cliffs crown
Plant thou victor flag ere breaks the day
Across nights brown;
And none shall guess 1t doth but point thu
way
Where bark went down.
--1race d. Litchneld, in Hartford Courier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

The growth in San Francisco of
municipal expenses during the past
ten years is startling. In 1sS5-S6 the
city government cost 80, 1895. 545. SO,
but now its demands reach the enor.
nous sum of SO, 500, 900. In tho mean.
timo the population has been subject
to very moderate increase, the most
sanguine boomers cred;' "a
with gei1 oil more than 35, 600 since
1890.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

She insisted on sending to the city for
Japanese lanterns, aud good things to
eat Of all sorts. The dining room and
kitchen we're cleared for dancing.
Music came from the city aud, great.
est wonder of all, Miss Mehitabel APP
peared in q new silk dress made with
out hoop. The whole village was
invited, and everybody came and all
agreed that "Miss Mehitabel's com
ing-out party" was the greatest event
the village had ever known. New
York Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Nervous Shock.

Now we often hear of obscure nerv-
Gus arrangements with no other clear
cause following railway accidents, and
of strange nervous symptoms cOmpli-
eating such obvious physical injuries
as may occur, and many Questions are
apt to be raised as to the possibility
of such phenomena being due to any
known degree Of concusslon or injury
Of the nervous centres, and not infre-
quehtly much doubt Is thrown on the
bona fides Of plaintiffs in such cases.
While, however, quite admitting the
frequency with which fraud is at the
bottom of claims against railroad COM
panies, it does not do to forget that
something else beside mere physical
injury may result from railway acci-
dent. If terror, sudden and intense
horror, or, as some would say, "a
mere nervous shock" without any
physical injury at all, will produce
long-lasting changes in the mental
and nervous mechanism, il would be
strange indeed if such changes we're
not found in patients who, whatever
the nature or extent of their outer in.
juries, have gone through the terrible
sho,k of a serious railway accident.
From the moment of the first dancing
on the rails, through the terrible time
when passengers and portmanteaus
are being tossed helplessly about, up
to the moment when, with O final
crunch, oil becomes still, may not be
long time, but, short rs it is, it is a
spell of the intensest agony and ter
ror which can be conceived, and it
would indeed be passing strange if it
did not write deeply on many nervous
systems Its note of horror. London
Hospital.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

Somebody is proposing to run elec.
trio wires through the vineyards and
'age" the wine by electricity while
still in the grape. He claims that the
new wine so treated cannot be distin.
guished from that which is twelve
years old. He drives q nail into the
trunk of the vino and connects his
wires TO IL.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
rnn uNpERrAKEn's coMpIAMr.

81 see that another undertaken has
opened an establishment near yours,
Mr.. Graves" said Spudkins.
'Yes, replied Mr.. Graves dolefully.
"There isn't business enough for one,
either. / made the mistake of open
ing in a most disgustingly healthy
part of the city, and now comes a rival.
Live and let live is my motto, but it
doesn't seem to be his"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
The Decline of the "DOt."

Among the many changes which
have taken place within the Lost ten
years in the manners and customs of
the French, none is more striking
than the gradual decay of the institu-
tion known as the dot From statistics
recently published, it appears that the
dowries now given by French parents
on the marriage of their children are
becoming more slender. French par
ents are beginning to adopt our sys-
TEN OF giving children away in mar
riage freely without hasgliuS over
financial considerations. " Weslmiu-
ster Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

The Chicago Dispatch says that kid.
mapping is fast becoming a steady bust.
ness. Hardly week passes but some
child disappears from the ken of its
relatives, and a majority of these cases
do not find their way into the papers,
md create no ripple of excitement in
tho community.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
A sHREwD SCHEME.

Mr.. Hiland-T wonder why Mr..
Halket has become SO deeply interested
In palmistry, Miss Breeze2"
Miss Point Breeze--"Don't you
really know, Mr.. Hiland?"
"No, l don't"
at gives him an excuse to hold
young ladies' hands. Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
A POOR SHOT.

Judge-"Are you crazyP You tes-
titled moment ago that the defend
ant was trying to kill him, aud now
you say the killing was accidental. "
Witness "Wal, that's right. Whom
he hits anybody It's er accident. -
Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
A BAD LOT.

Irishmnu Whose mate has Just fallen
overheard with the bucket while swab-
biug the decksl-"Plaze, Captin, do
We rimimber that Scotchie ye TUX
aboard the same tonne as ye did me
name him wot had the lot o Good
Character Papers, au' me that niyer
had blissid wan?'
Captain-"Well. "
"Well, he's of wild yer
pail. Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

al found good bargain in mems
shoes to-day" said Jorkins, after he
had picked everything on the supper
table to pieces"
"You have had better luck than !
ever had" retorted his wife.-Detroit
Free Press,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
NIetOrla's SalarY.

The Queen of England receives from
the civil list year S3J0,01O as salary
ard there are extensive provisions
made for house room, provisions aud
servants. Besides this, the Queen las
very large private income.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

Hoax-"What, you buying a BIZ
cycleP 1 thought you detested them.
Joax-"So do, but I've been run
over long enough. Now I'm going to
have my revenge. "-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
HER PLEASING WAY.

"Nan, why do you invariably ask
the sodawater clerk which flavor he
considers the bestP"
80 I can irritate him by taking
some other kind ?"-Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

We are told by the New York Sun
that the habit of kneeling while pop
ping the question had its origin in the
natural and unavoidable weakness Of
the knee joints of the man who did the
business.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
HENRY GEORGE SUSTAINED.

Miss Culture-"What do you think
of Henry Georges single tax idea?"
Miss Gussington-"Well, | see no
reason why he should not tax single
men, but don't think he ought to
tax single women-it isn't our fault. !"
New York Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
A RnNnI PInme

The Prince of Wales, when he at
tends state function in iull dress,
wears Que of the most costly orna-
ments known to the British Court 1t
is plume of feathers pulled from tho
tails of the feriWah, the rarest and
most beautiful of Indian birds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
nUMOR OF THE DAY.

He-"Miss ConYng Sis rather coy,
isn't she?" ,She-"Yes; .decoy. -
Puck.
The world is like bike-it will
throw down the people who don't keep
moving. Puck.
"Got your new tandem ?" "Yes."
"Tried bit yet?" "Sh no; we've
quarreled. Chicago Record.
Jones-"Good morning, Benson.
How. do you fnl business?" Benson
"By iudicious advertising. Harlem
Life.
Diner-"Here, waiter; this water
is dirty-there's been milk in the
tumbler." Waiter-"Why, boss, dat
is milk. Judge.
Tired Tatters-"Yes, sir, pard, it
pays ter be honest" Weary Wrag-
gles-'I know now why yer 80 durn
poor. ."-"Louisville Truth.
Bracer ,-"Sny, can you lend me ten
till next week?" Facer-'Like to,
old boy but, fact is, I'm so short. "
Bracer--''All right; SO longl
"I pin my faith to tho Maynower,"
Cried the college maiden neat.
"And l, b'gosh, said her father,
''Pin mine to October wheat"
Was hington Times.
Father-"Did you notice how the
lieutenant enjoyed our lunchP He
took little of everything" Eyes,
but none of our daughters. "--Flie-
gende Blaetter.
Wallace.-"Doyou believe in signsP"
Ferry-"Some. When you see wo-
man driving south and looking east,
Is Is iS-s IS & pretty sure sign that she means
to turn to the west at the first cor
ner. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer
"T am very much afraid that Jimmy
is in mischief" said Mrs Snaggs to
her husband. 'I can't hear him.,
replied Mr.. Snaggs. "That's why l
think he must be doing something he
ought not. "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
"What do you think of the bicycle
craze ?" "Great thing l never took so
much good exercise before in all my
life. "."Why 1 didn't know you were rid
ing" 'I am not, but have to cross the
street once in while. Chicago
Record.
Customer (howlingly)-"This tooth
ache stuff you gimme is the rankesG
kind of Il fraud. And you warranted
it to work like charm" Druggist
(blandly)-"Well, did you ever know
charm to work ?"-Indianapolis
Journal.
"Sweet one, love you," he whis-
pered to his partner at the masquerade.
al should think you would" she re-
piled, "seeing that l am your wife.
'Dldn't ! know it, darling2 What
other woman do you think would
say that to?'-Boston Courier.
Virgins ,-"Those railway tracks at
the Pittsburg crossing wall surely have
to be sunk below the street level right
away" Briggs--"What makes you
think so?" Wiggins-"Ihree wheel
men have protested against being de-
layed by the safety gates. ."-Clevoland
Plain Dealer.
He prided himself on speaking twelve
tongues;
He could trace to its root any word you
might name;
But he read twice through baseball re-
port,
And then couldn't tell what they did in
the game!
Chicago Record.
81 might as well plead guilty, your
Honor" owned up the penitent pris-
oner at the bar. "If it had been lace
or diamonds you might have called it
kleptomania and let me go, but L
don't s'pose that would work in this
case stole the hog, your Homer"
Boston Traveller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

Perry Patettic-"If any feller was
to call me liar I.would go to work
and beat his head of, wouldn't your"
wayEeyn Watson=.I might beat
his head off, but wouldn't go 70 wS65frS AZ
No, never. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
TIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY TIE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Obi Obi Obl-She Had Une-Her
Pleasing Way-Answered-Solic.
itous-HIs Turn Now, Etc.
Oh. for frost covered ambush!
Oh, for q corner on icel
Oh, for a shivering snowdriGt,
Or any untorrid device!
Oh, for bOroal custer!
Oh, for cool, shady spot!
Oh, for most anything frigid-
The weather is 80 blamed hot
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
AT AN OPTICAL BALL.

"Sir, allow me to shake hands with
you, just by way of showing that 1
know somebody here"
with pleasure, sir, as I am pre-.
cisely in the same boat as yourself. |"
LIE Gaulois.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
PREcAR1ous POSSESSION.

Gawge-''How much does your BIZ
cycle weighP"
Cholly-''Fifteen pounds, the agent
said; but so long as the last INSTALL
ment isn't paid it weighs about two
tons on my mind. "-Somerville Jour
nal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
SOLICTTOUS.

Servant - "Shure, mum, Rover's
just afther bitin' the leg off av the
butcher byel"
Mistress-"Dear, how dreadfully
annoyingl I do hope he was clean
boy, Mary l"-Tit-Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
ANSWERED.

Judge Quick-"Why do you make
such foolish answersP
Witness-"Youse ask sich fool ques-
tions, sir. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

"The figures appear to show that o
coronation may be much more deadly
and terrible than tornado" observes
the Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
SHE HAD ONE.

She-"This road is very steep.
Can't get q donkey to take me up?"
He-'Lean on me, my darling l"-
Tit.Bits.