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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-28

Chorus
Ia Rah Rah Boom De Aye,
Ia Rah Rah Boom De Aye.
Billy Bryan. he's the stuff
Mckinley already yells enough.
But give II TO 'cm. Billy j..
Knock EN- clear across the sea,
In old England let them hide.
on Gold Standard let them ride.
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IN SOCIETY.

{ An interesting matrimonial event
took place yesterday morning at $50
(t st. AlphOnsus Church. Louis Will
helm was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Sonnefeld, q popular young
lady of the South Side. The ceremony
was solemnized by Rev Father Mauri-
thus with the celebration of high mass.
George Sonnefe,d, a brother of the
bride, acted in the capacity Of grooms-
man, while Miss Mary Miller Otficiated
as bridesmaid. The bride was taste
fully dressed in a gray travelling cos
tune The welded couple left on a
wedding "trip 10 Washington, d. c.
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Chorus

For Bryan men there IS no lack.
The working men are at his back.
But old Mark Hanna holds the sac
To keep Tom Watson on the track.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-28

Lightning Hot Drops
What a Funny Namel
Very True, but IL Kills All Pain.
Sold Everywhere. Every Day
Without Relief, There is No SaYi
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-28
IA RAH RAH BOOM DE AYE.

Billy Bryan is all the go.
Mckinley is too mortal slow,
And i'm the west he his no show.
But all his kind will eat some crow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-28
CORDUROY WAISTS.

New line Norfolk
and plain styles, IN
Brown, Blue Olive
and Tan, bishop or
Leg of mutton sleeve,
with collar or band
as desired, at
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BRYAN 7CHOOL BOY.
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COLORED NOVELTY.

COLONED NOf Ii =
A inches wide, all
wool, with B0ucle
stripe, eight different
COlOrS--BlaCk, Brown,
Green, Red, etc 49,,
worth soc yard, at 5Ia
36-incn all wool
Basket Novelty, all
COlOrS, at %
5o-inch all wool
Cloths, eight shades, -.
a titty-Cent value at y
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-08-11
Vegetables for Many Human Ills.

Few people know the medicinal
value of vegetables Yet scientists who
have studied this subject have proved
that man might find remedy in gar
den sass" for nearly every ordinary
i'll.
Asparagus, for instance, is n diure-
tic, and forms part OF tho euro for
rheumatic patients at such health re-
sorts rs Aix-les .Bains. Sorrel is cool
ing to the mind as we'll as the blood,
and forms the staple of that Soup aux
herbes" when French lady will order
for herself after long and firing
journey.
Carrots, rs they contain n quantity
OF sugar, are fattening, aud are avoided
by some people rs indfgestible. Ii is
the yellow core of the carrot, however,
that is indigestiblc, for the outer red
layer is tender enough. In many parts
OF Europe the peasants have recourse
to an infusion of carrots MS specific
for iaundicc. The large sweet onion
is very rich in those alkaline elements
which counteract the poison of rheu-
matte govt. If slowly stewed in weak
broth and eaten with little cayenne
pepper, it is said to DO an admirable
article of diet for people OF studious
and sedontary habits. Tho stalks OF
cauliflower hnve similar value, only
too often they are 30 ill boiled and un-
palatnble that they are not inviting.
But when well cooked and served with
the proper dressing there is nothing
more enticing.
Cooks have likewise done much to
render turnips unpopular, for many
people believe them only fit for cows
and sheep. Yet when properly cooked
and served they make most palatable
dish and have some medicinal value as
mild diuretic. Lettuce has slight
narcotic action, and for soothing tho
nerves there is no stalk which grows
that equals celery. New York Jour
nal
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Bad nora

The black, curly-coated dogs which
are said to DO guilty OF the majority
OF attacks on human beings arc either
retrievers or mongrels with n largo
admixture OF retriever blood Now,
retrievers of this type are all descend.
ants Of a cross with the Newfoundland
dog, and the original Newfoundland
mot the piebald "Unndseer" Variety
was but little removed from the
native "huskie." and, therefore, from
the timber wolf OF North America. 1
have been informed that monRrels re-.
shifting from cross between some
European dogs, such as Scotch collies
and Eskimo dogs, are often of q
markedly treacherous disposition. -
Blaokwood's Magazine.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Pains-taking is gains-making.

Pains-taking is gains-making.
Book borrowers are generally good
book keepers.
The man who sits down to wait for
q golden opportunity to knock at his
floor will need a thick cushion on his
chair.
The trouble with tho man who is al
ways talking about what he'd do if he
had plenty of money, is that he never
has any.
Such as thy words are, such will thy
affections be esteemed; aud such will
thy deeds rs thy affections; and such
thy life as thy deeds.
The true way TO be humble is not TO
rtoop till you are smaller than your
self, but to stand at your real height
against some higher nature that shall
show You what the real smallncss of
your greatest greatness is.
1t is always hard to go beyond your
public. If they arc satisfied with
pheap performance, you will not easily
arrive at better. IL they know what
is good and require it, you will aspire
and burn until you achieve il. But
from time to time, in history, men
Nre born whole age too soon.
Leave children an accumulated for.
tune of memories and inspirations and
examples and hopes, so that they are
rich in brain and heart and soul and
service. Then, il you happen to leave
them fortune besides, il they have
VII these, the fortune will be shorn OF
it's possibilities of evil, and will be-
como nm instrument of higher and
nobler good.
There is always room for n man OF
force. and he makes room for many.
society is troop of thinkers, and the
best heads among them take the best
places. A feeble man can geo tho
farms that are fenced and titled, the
houses that are built The strong man
sees the possible houses and farms.
His eye makes estates as fast as the sun
breeds clouds.
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boiling Water with n Wire.

An electric boiler device adapted to
DO applied to any pot or kettle has
been patented to f. w. Schindle
Jenny, of Kennelbach, Austria Hun
gary. This invention comprises a
ring shaped heating body of refrac-
tory Insulating material, containing
resistance wires and surrounded by n
suitable protection casting. handle
IS attached to this ring for raising or
lowering into or out of pot or kettle.
The resistance wires are connected to
an electric circuit by suitable insulated
wires passing up through the handle.
III 1T Is desired to boil n pot of pota-
toes, the ring is lowered into the pot
by its handle, and the current switched
into the resistance wires in the
ring. The latter Immediately becomes
hot because of the heat generated in
the wires by the resistance Of the same
to the electric fluid. In few n inutes
the water in the pot will be boiling
end the potatoes cooked. The ring
can then be removed and washed and
the coffee boiled in tho same manner.
The pots and kettles all rest upon the
top of on ordinary wood table during
tho process of cooking. The sight OF
n pot boiling while resting upon a
table and with only small flexible
wiro extending into tho Same is indeed
very unusual one and would no
doubt excite many modern housekecp
ers greatly upon seeing the same
Electric
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The Strong Jaw.

Among all Old World apes the teeth
arc the chief weapons for defense
against natural foes and for combats
for mates or tribal supremacy. The
CANNES are in most cases enormously
developed, insomuch that Uniformed
naturalists have suggested that near
relationship must exist between the
primntes and the carnivorI. As 0
matter Of fact, these formidable teeth
have nothing to do with Authorization,
but are as purely weapons of war AZ
are the bayonet and tho Maxim gun.
In practically every emergency de.
handing unusual energy, obstinacy-
and courage, they come into play.
In every conflict the temporal and
masseter muscles are tho chief arbiters
of war. To become great and power.
full anthropoid, il is absolutely and
brutally necessary to have large and
strong jaw, TO give firm attachment 60
the teeth and good leverage to the
muscles. That for an immense epoct
our pre-human ancestors achieved sue
cess in life in like manner is as clear
as the print Of "Maga" 81 those who
have learned to read Natures hand.
writing.
Since those days Of true Arcadian
simplicity our life has become be
wildcringly complex, and our methods
for settling social difficulties hay,
changed generally for the better. Bu'
here, rs in so many other instances,
the habits Of a past age have left ar
indelible Impress on the nervoui
system. -Blackwood's Magazine.
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PlTH AND POINT.
Had an X-ray camera
Twould pleasant be, I've thought,
To look up In my memory
The things long since forgot.

To look up In my memory
Tho things long since forgot.
Judge.
He-"I would kiss You il ] thought
no one would SEQ me-" She" Shall
close my cycsP"-Wo onsocket Re.
porter.
He-"Do you know anything about
amateur photography She--'T
should say | do--Ivo been photo.
Graphed twice !" Chicago Record.
"What is an irretrievablo error?"
ut is getting up and dressing ut 8
o'clock under tho impression that tho
clock struck g. Chicago Record.
Johnny-"May 1 wake tho baby
mammal" Mamma-"Why do YOU
want to wake the baby" johnny
SOS ] can play on my drum. Judge.
when lose any little thing like
that, | know where to look for it,"
"You do?" Eyes; it's nearly ALWAYS
in baby's mouth l''-Chicago Record.
She-"Evory time one OF us girls
gets married father plants tree on
his estate" He-"A much better plan
would be for him to plant house
there. Life.
Mamma, | think it was mean in you
to be the only child" "Wby, daugh.
ter?" "Isabel Binks has seven aunts
and uncles to help her on her Gradual
ing essay. Chicago Record.
Prospective Gucst-"Aren't your
rates rather stcepl" Proprietor OF
Mountain House" WelI, you know,
things nre pretty high around here"
Philadelphia North American.
What do you consider tho greatest
charm of summer travel?" "Well, you
meet a lot of new people and can make
yourself agreeable and entertaining
on your old stock of ideas. Chicago
Record.
Shc-"Tell mo story" Ho-
"Once upon time, before people
thought of marrying for money"
"Oh This happened before money
was invented, did it?"- Cincinnati
Enquirer
First Bicyclist- "Did you hear that
fellow on the crossing kick when ran
him DOWN." Second Bicyclist Eyes.
Silly of him, wasn't it? remember
used to do the same thing before 1
got wheel. "-RoxburY Gazette.
Helm going to apply my talents,
but | can't make up my mind whether
l shall go in for art or poetry" She
"Oh, poetry !" He (delighted) -"Have
you ever heard Guy OF my verseJ?"
She-"No; but I've seen some Of your
art. st. PauPs.
Mr.. Banker-"You told me you
wanted to get off yesterday afternoon
to go to alfuneral." Clerk-''Yes, SIR"
"Well, you lied to me. You went to
see n baseball game" eyes sir; but
it was funeral all the same. The Wis
ising team was buried out OF sight"
Statesman.
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Our LocOmOliYe Engineers.

When this system OF the constant
guarding of bridges is adopted on all
railroads las it has been on many OF
the leading ones the daring heroes Of
romance who risk their lives 10 keep
trains from rushing to destruction,
where bridges or trestles have fallen,
will find their occupation gone. As it
is, the fiction writer's have probably
been unduly prodigal in the creation
OF such characters. So, too, have they
taken liberties with the engineers who
drive the locomotives. They are usu-
ally represented ns bluff, superstitious
persons who consult this omen and
that, ard in moments OF extreme
danger pull open the throttle and put
their trust in Providence. As a mat
ter of fact, railway engineers nro
merely painstaking men without afIec.
tation and without prctense, who need
so constantly to have their wits about
them that they have no time for SUI
perstitions or melodramatic posings.
They have definite duties to perform
Of hazardous nature, and these du-
ties are lived up TO on 10, 600 miles
Of railroad in tho United States with
n single minded fidelity which war
rants MS in believing that every railway
engineer will do what is right for him
to do no matter What the EN- Urgency,
no matter what the cost 20 himsel
They are certainly heroic men, hut as
free from sentimental vaporingsas any
mon in the world. 10 IS q pleasure 90
correct popular misapprehension in
regard TO n class Of men who are an
nonoI to American manhood and
American citizenship. Ladies' Homo
Innrnnl
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-08-11
Remarkable Signature OF Man Who
Couldn't Write

Wolf Bluestine, who died at Hot
Springs, Ark, recently and was buried
at Houston, Texas, came to Orange,
Texas, very poor man in 1876. He
began merchandising, and while thero
acquired capital estimated Mt be-
tween 100000 and SIS, 900. He could
neither real nor write. yet he was
marvel in mental arithmetic. Frac-
tions nor interest had any hard places
in them fer him. He offered the priR-
cipal of the city schools at Orange
500 If he would teach him to write
his own name within year. The pro-
lessor undertook tho Job and worked
with great energy, but discovered that
on each Monday morning every trace
OF the previous weeks work had en-
tirely faded from the mind Of hispupil.
and after five months of close atten-
ton TO his undertaking, abandoned it
rs n hopeless case. A peculiarly con
structed "BXX' was the nearest ap-
proach he ever made to penmanship,
but that signature is attached to many
valuable documents now OF record in
the county, and has for several years
passed current Mt the banks ia New
York, Galveston and Orange, often for
large sums OF money. 1t was quite as
difficult 20 counterfeit the characters
ms affixed by him as it would be TO sue.
cessfully initiate tho signature.
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ONLY n DREAM.
Onty q hope. q drcnm.

Only hope. n dream,
In tho night tender glcam-
culver OF peace In n wild unrest,
sob OF Joy in II storm swept breast,
shidow of hope to my holrt close pressei,
Only dream, a dream
Only hope, dream,
And her brown eyes soft beam
And tho flutter OF bird wings beat the air.
Aud the sunshine kisses the lilies there
And oh, for the rose In hcr soft dark hairi
Only dream. n dream
Only hope. dream,
To fade ut the mornings beam
But though 1t passes ut last away
The night timo is sweetcr, aud faircr the day
Though tho waking may como, lot ia sing
while we may;
Thank God for tho dream, the dream!
La Grange (Ga.) Graphic
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Cuba's Poorly Guarded Coast.

Captain Mclean, of the schooner
Benjamin 9. Cromwell, which arrived
in Portland few days ago with a
cargo Of clay for the pottery, has n
story TO tell Of his recent experience,
in Cuba. During his vessels stay in
Philadelphia, whence she sailed for
CionfueRos, che was watched very
closely by the United States customs
mon 10 see that no oontraband articles
wero stored away for the Cuba i'm.
surgonts, and oven after getting out
of tho hnrbor a crew from n revenue
cutter came on board and searched her
from stem TO storm, but found nothing
But Captain Mclean says that if he had
munitions Of war on board for the in.
suTgcnts, he would have bad no diff.
ficulty IN landing them in Cuba, for
although he met five Spanish men-of-
war In Cuban waters, only one of them
even took the trouble TO speak TO him.
The customs officers in Cuba did not
watch the Cromwell at all, and Captain
Mclean Gays that he does not wonder
that tho Cuban army receives plenty
OF supplies. Lewiston (Me.) journal.
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anu Wncn ne round That he did not re-
turn, he thought there was good
chance to get . di'suise to wear in.
stead of his striped prison suit. But
he Is wearing that still. Joe saw him
not long ago In one of the prison
shops at WestherAeld, where ho is
serving out long sentence"
Soon afterwards, as rose to 90 to
my room, the grandmother said
II hope the story of Joe's burglar
won't affect you as IL did Pat, our
hired man. When he first came here
he noticed the peculiar construction
OF the closet and 1 told him about
Joe's adventure. Ho declared tho
next morning that he didn't sleep, but
n couple o three winks all night"
81 shall sleep all the moro
soundly," said 1. Nothing will dis
| turb me-"
But / was mistaken; something did
disturb me. / had been dreaming
that L held a door against man who
was trying to push his way into
room and that another one mad just
fired n revolver through the window
Mt Carrie. My dream and the story l
had heard before went to bed were
mixed in my mind as 1 was reused by
the careful moving of door.
Half asleep, rolled out of bed and
reeled into tho dark kitchen. Bang
went tho chair on tho floor, while n
knock on the shins, with tho noiso
brought me to my senses. A quick,
heavy step started from the other end
OF the room, and with rush, some
one sprung upon me. He was power
ful man, but Yale athletics served n
good purpose. Some wild passes were
made on both sides in tho dark, but
there were others that were not wasted.
How we did hustle around that old
kitchen. Chairs, tins, pans an every.
thing movable tumbled about and
mado terrible din. But science tells
and soon had him at disadvantage.
though he struggled hard, and wo fell
against sharp corner. 1t was tho
closet. In twinkling l had the door
open. Before he knew it, / swung
him around, when sudden charge
backed him against the WILL Instantly
the door slammed, and | turned tho
big button.
Another burglar was q prisoner in
the lookup.
BY this time there was voices some
where and light began to shine
suddenly realized that l had not been
lighting in armor, and Mt the first
prospect of n WANDERERS approach I
ran like n very coward from the VIC
torious field. fastening to my room,
1 began to jump into present. bio
clothing.
'Ts that you, Patrick" called
voice from the distance. "What is
the matter?"
"Matther enough, mum. Look
afther yersilf; there's n burglar in tho
hoose, num-"
"Whero are you?"
cts in the closet / nm. The
thavin' spalpeen locked mo Until tho
closet bekase 1 did be near broalin'
the rashkilly head of him."
A laugh from my room, where / was
hurriedly dressing, told them who
Pats burglar was. His own smoth-
cred answers had already identified
mine. L expected another round
when / opened tho door, but when
each saw tho others battered condi-
ton both were satisfied
Next morning ut breakfast, Carrie
sobcrly nskod grandma whether this
house had been entered, first and last,
by three burglars, or by one. Grand
ma gave mp the conundrum, and, not
being asked, L did not try. Philadel.
phia Times.
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Color of Uniforms

Referring to tho agitation for tho
adjustment of the scarlet uniform in
England, the Admiralty and Horse
Guards Gazette says: at il 10 fire..
quently taken for granted that red !
the most conspicuous color that could
be used for that purpose, that to hear
1T combated, and with Irrefragable
arguments, ~ something of n novelty,
even for those who are ready to DO
convinced in favor of the smarter nc
couterment. A German officer de.
clnred that the white coated cuiras.
siels were more conspicuous even
against the snow than tho red coats of
the Hlether Hussars, and complimented
Englishmen on being so practical "A
race ms to embody this fact in the uni
form of their soldiers. He further
mentioned special experiments on tho
ranges in confederation of his state.
mcnt, the results furnished being
three hits to the blue target against
one to the red. As further illustra
ton, sound of ten volunteers, two
dressed in light gray, two in dark
gray, two In scarlet, two in dark blue
and two in green, were ordered to
march off, and were carefully watched
by number Of volunteer officers, and
the result attained was ns follows {:
First the light gray disappeared, next
the scarlet, then the dark gray, and
long after this the dark blue and the
dark green were still visible. The
Importance of these experiments can
not be overrated, and it is to be hoped
that they will be followed up until q
definite conclusion has been arrived
at"
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Why Chinese Take TO Onium.

May 1T not be from sheer weariness
and want Of something to do that
many Chinese take to the opium pipe ?
In most places IN China organized gam
bling Is forbidden. With the excep-
ton of an occasional game Mt shuttle
COCK or kite hying-only at fixed sea-
sons-thcro are no outdoor sports.
The Chinese rarely walk for pleasure.
AS already stated, interiors are com
fortress. There is no social inter
course between respectable men and
women. There is not sufficient house
room, privacy, or light for reading af-
ter dark. How is time to be killed ?
think that the monotony of existence
may be one of tho chief causes of
opium smoking.
On tho whole, though mt Canton I
was in contact with opium smokers nj
most daily, and made point of seeing
as much rs possible of native life, the
seamy side of opium smoking did not
obtrude itself much upon me. Just as
in an English coast town one may
daily see the flaring light of tho gin
palace, the besotted faces of OCCASION
al loafers, the bedraggled garments,
and infer therefrom great misery be-
hind it all, so one might fairly infer
great misery from the spectacle of
numerous opium dens, cadaverous
faces and tGtterdemalion garments in
Canton, if one shonld see them. but
did not see them obtrusively, though,
as 1 said before, l was daily poking
my nose into all sorts of hooks and
corners. Naturally, medical mis-
sionary will see great deal more of
the seamy side. II is his business. -
Blackwood's Magazine.