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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30
STEUBENvILLC

Stcubenvl,e Ohio. Angus, 29.-NIrs.
Jam S Reynolds and Mrs. James Mich
olson gave o joint reception and thin
ble party 7t r1e-- residence en- Seventh
street Wednesday afternoon. Fully one
hundred lady friends were their CUES 3
and were mos charmingiy entertained.
Miss Fanny Cochran wen the prize in
The sewing C. button holes, receiving a
beau-ful water color. painted by Mss
He'.n Harper.
Florence and Marce,ius Owesney Of
Ia's city. rf-er spending their vacation
here have returned 10 the Xenia Sold
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

ander.
The bicycle road race, which takes
place ON next Wednesday, promises 10
be a good ons. The entries are large,
and consist CT some OF the best talent
in the country. Cleveland. Columbus.
Cincinnati, PiJtsburg and Wheeling, and
many other large cities will be repre-
sen1i. The prize lis, is good one.
Jas. Alexander, editor CT the Woods
field Spirit OF Democracy, IS the CUES:
o. his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Robt. Al
exandsr.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30
lIOUNDSYILL-

The New Great Sy-
| Paris H.ppo1rOme .S-
to large crowds. Nam
were in town making
rather lively.
Miss Fife Robinson.
visiting her sister. Mrs.
lin. Of L2r0ka Heights.
Miss Leila Dick return
ant yifi, % Washington.
yesterday.
The VI. +. Church is un-
pairs. hence GA to-day there 81"
services he'l Other than 'aa- OF
worth League g. $50 p. No., WI
De ha.. .a the north class rco
/ church.
lie Bariall and daughters I
sv and Mrs. T. L. Rogerson.
turned from Mountain Lake
they attended the Moun,a
qua.
Miss Lib0ie McNash, Of
visiting her uncle, Mr.. Ha
Rev. 3. VI. Spur, rector
=. Church. and family
week from q trip aDroa
in Liverpool, London O.
Of the cities of EuroFe.
The remains Of Mr. Aa-
who was killed az -r
shaft on Thursday,
mont Yesterday for l-
The Methodist cooer
Drcpar.ng for the en,ar-
large number az ministers
tend he State annual cons
VIII meet IN this city begnu
Der 16.
Col. and Mrs. 7. 2. Hoo-on
+erfqv morning over the y. C
chicago. from whence they "
81. Paul 10 the c.. A. r. Enc
y. Seqmon VIII also leave F
Mss Cora Myers left yes.f
ing for Nashville. Tenn a.-
the summer here. 10 take lp
again of teaching in q iena
The Washington D.s,r''.
will meet In the Court H'n
wednesday evening TO nom"
trict ticket and arrange
,zation OF the Bryan and
Progress is being made
;ton Of our new school
Trick work Will be comp.
A portion of the roof is
on. Plastering will DE
The interior OF The bui.
and ready 70 turn over
sinners bv November !
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

hu7nan-body and all the ailments
10 which q is subject than any
ofber single book in the English
language. Il Is really a medical
cncvcl6pcdia in one volume, q
large heavy book Of zoos pages,
with over 800 illustrations. The
outlay OF money. time and effort
in producing this great book was
paid for BY the sale Of the hrst
edition Of go. 600 copies al 5 50
each and The profit has been
used in publishing the present
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

lusey without price 70 all who will remit the
small charge Of n cents il one-esnt stamps %
paw the cost Of mailing oHly. address. WIZ
stamps. Worlds Dispeusary Medical Association,
No. so Main Street, Buffalo, n. y.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

they are two links in the chain of iudi-
ecstiou; another link is biliousness; head
ache is another; then follows backache,
drowsincss, dizziness, an irritable temper
and the "blues," 81 links Of one chaip
binding down your energies and making
lie a burden. The way to throw of the
whole trouble at once is TO put the bow
els and stomach into condition again.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets DO this
quicker, more comfortably ard more
naturally than any other remedy in the
world. They actually cure constipation
so it stays cured; YOU don't become slave
to their use; they strengthen the intes-
tines to do their own work, tone the
stomach and gently stimulate the liver.
They are mild but sure, like Nature it.
self. Don't let any druggist give You
gripping pill Insist on having DR.. PieTce's
Pleasant Pellets.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

The Peoples Comr1on Sense MedicaI auVlseI I
gives more plain useful Information about me |
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

X you CoIt-a..
best,Ig apparatus o.
- business. d0lt
s,,7erlcr merits oi
EECE. Call o.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

IL Is hard TO
toll sometimes
whether til c
. shopper or the
= saleswouan feels
4 the effect Of shop
= ping the most.
- Even the pleas
ant part Of it in.
ives standing, wait
:, WEAKNESS for both
them and more or
5 hurry and neglect
regular meals and
habits. This
ds to dyspepsia or
lstipatiOn or both;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
Paper Piano Case.

Gall manner of articles in place OF
wood have been used in the manufact-
ure of pianos," says one of the great
esr English piano makers. "Perhaps
the most successful of all these is
paper, of which many pianos of ex-
quisite tone and appearance have been
made. The Duke of Devonshire has
one of the finest specimens of the
paper piano, this being OF French
make, and decorated most ornately
with pictures by French artists. The
duke gave 500 guineas for this, mainly
no doubt, on account of the ornamen-
tation. ! suppose you know that
pianos for very hot and very cool eli
mates-all instruments for export, in
fact, have to be specially made, and
in this direction all manner of expert
ments have been tried. Among 9TH
ers, q sort of cellulose, one factor in
which is actually common molasses,
from which sugar is made, is en-
ployed, and composition made from
the chemical treatment OF gutta percha
and leather pulp has been tried.
Ivory pianos are by no means uncom-
mon, and the Dowager Countess of
Dudley has a magnificent carved spec
imen. Pianos of ivory are, might
Soy, made every year in numbers, but
chiefly for Indian princes and rich
Spanish Americans. Many pianos of
solid silver have been made; indeed,
one was only recently completed by a
London firm for the Nzam of Hyder-
abad, and piano cases have at various
times been made OF bronze, species
OF aluminium, glass, parcelain, and, in
combination, mother-of.pearl. Lon
don Answers
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08

When the Government sent out o
commission to investigate the coal
fields of Alaska last spring, Prof. W.
@. Dali, was made one OF the party.
While the scientific men we're investi-
eating the Mt. St. Elias glaciers, Prof.
Dali saw an animal he had never seen
before. II was a bear, but such bear
as nobody In the party had ever seen
or heard of. They thought they had
discovered an entirely distinct spe-
cies. Professor Dali made an elabo-
rate report of all the circumstances,
together with all the information he
could get from the natives about the
bear. This is his description:
"The general color of the animal
resembles that OF the silver fox. The
fur is not very long, but remarkably
soft and with rich under-fur of a
bIuish-black shade, numbers of the
longer hairs being white or having the
distal part half white and the bastal
part slaty. The dorsal line from the
tip of the nose to the rump, the back
of the very short ears aud the outer
faces of the limbs are jet black.
Numerous long, white hairs issue from
the ears black and silver is the prev
alent pelage of the sides, neck and
rump; the under surface of the belly
and the sinuses behind the limbs are
grayish white, or even nearly pure
white, ]. am told in some cases. The
sides Of the muzzle and lower anterior
part OF the cheeks are of bright tan
color, a characteristic have not seen
in any other American bear, and this
characteristic is said to be invariable.
There is no tint of brown elsewhere in
the pelage. There is no tail visible
on the pelts. The claws are small,
very much curved, sharp, black above
and lighter below ;the animal evident
ly can climb trees which the brown
bear cannot do"
To this the Alaska Mining Record
says:
professor Dali seems to have dis.
covered our ice bear"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
How TO "Charmy Snakes.

"Everybody's guide to snake cbarm-
ing" is old "Chub" Monroe, who lives
in the hills of Brown County, Indi-
ana, and owns a collection of 140 rep
tiles, all tame to his hand. He will
tell you how to catch, break and
''educate" snakes and those are things
that arc not in printed books. He
hates dog and cannot tolerate cat.
But he thinks his trick rattler and
copperhead, whose fangs have been
extracted, are the most interesting
pets alive.
Ever since I was boy" he said
the other day to newspaper corre-
spondent. 'T have had fondness for
snakes. I began first to experiment
with bull snakes. I would catch them
by their tails and jerk their heads of.
l became bolder and commenced to
handle them. / would hold their
heads tightly SO they could not bite
me. soon could handle them as 1
wished. Next / began to experiment
with garter snakes. That is the way
developed into snake charmcr.
"The first copperhead I ever picked
up l was unfortunate with. While
extracting his fangs with my fingers
my hand slipped off his head and in
its struggle to get away it inserted one
of its fangs in the second finger of my
left hand. I was four miles from
Delaven at the time, and it was a
furious ride to the little town for
medical assistance. While riding
along at breakneck speed I took q
chew of tobacco and began sucking
the wounded finger. That is what
saved my Lille. Some Of the poison,
however, got into my system and l
had qnite a siege of il. That exper-
ience taught mo it was safer to use q
pair of forceps than my fingers.
~ always take the fangs out of poi
sonous snakes, and have to watch
them closely to prevent their fangs
growing back. Fangs graw again in
about three months. When I capture
copper heads or rattlers I usually put
them in my pocket and carry them
home in that way. To get them out
of my pocket is not dangerous. be-
cause poisoned snake seldom strikes
unless he is coiled. Ny biggest rat
tier, fine fellow about four feet nine
inches long, I lost some days ago in
strange way. I put large rat in
the cage for him to make meal of.
A fight ensued and the rat got the
best of the battle by biting his snake
ship through the small of the neck,
and the snake died in two minutes. -
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
Coyote and DecOy Ducks.

Cunning and treachery being its
marked characteristics, the coyote is
no disgrace to his kind. Picture an
ordinary prairie wolf with last-stage-
of-consumption expression on his
thievish countenace, his teeth habit
ually exposed to the yellowing in
huence of the arid region sun, and a
spirit of gaunt hunger pervading his
every look and action, and you have n
good idea of Mr.. Coyote of the plains.
His cunning is illustrated by the
following incident:
A poultry farmer living in the Pinon
timber, near the Rio Piedre, tribu-
tary of the Rio Grande, had con-
structed reservoir for the double
purpose of affording water in time of
drouth and furnishing a swimming
place for fine lot of Muscovy ducks.
Those ducks were the pride of the
coyotes heart, and more especially
the stay of his stomach. His visits to
the duck pond had the merit of regu-
larity and the charm of success.
The farmer is a great sportsman.
and has, among other field accesso-
ries, case of wooden decoy ducks.
With these and little scheming he
proposed to annihilate the coyote.
Having placed the decoys in sedgy
place in the lake, and kept his ducks
confined all day, he lay in conceal
ment ready to shoot the coyote, but
the rascal was too smart, and never
showed hair. The farmer gave it
up in disgust, but neglected to remove
his decoys. The next night the wolf
went his rounds, aud, finding the
painted decoys. carried them to the
farthest point on the lake. for what
purpose I do not know; but when the
ducks were released in the morning,
they Immediately made for the decoys
The coyote was there, as il keeping
IN appointment, and-curtain.
Fixing his heart on vengeance, and
a percussion cap on his muzzle-l -loader,
the farmer made systematic hunt for
the coyote, and found him asleep on q
ledge of rocks. The thief got half
ounce ball in his stomach, which be.
ing unable to assimilate. he carried
off hundred yards, where it caused
his death. St Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
GuillenOts.

Birds of strange feather are many
of those in the collection brought by
Lieutenant Peary from Northern
Greenland. An interesting member
of the collection is a guillemot that
was shot by Lieutenant Peary. The
guillemots live in enormous colonies
and as the tens Of thousands of fe-
males sit each on single egg, on the
edge of the cliff, with their black sum-
mer backs toward the sea, they darken
the rocks. When approached by a
boat. in their fright they suddenly
turn, presenting their white breasts,
and thus instantly apparently trans
form the rock from black to white.
Then, as they take fight they often
carry their eggs some distance be-
tween their legs, and literally pelt
the approaching boatmen with them.
Specimens of the guillemots show
the remarkable change in the plum.
age of Arctic birds from the dark Of
summer to the light of winter. This
change is strongly emphasized in the
specimens of logosus in the collection,
which are sufficient in number to
show every graduation from black to
white, according to the season in
which the bird was killed.
These changes are remarkable for
they are very radical and sometimes
take place in a single week without
the loss of feather. This change is a
wonderful example of protective col
Grafton. the bird in summer being
nearly the color of the moss and Arctic
shrubbery, and in the winter that Of
snow. New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
Facts About Lightning.

Certain facts about lightning strokes
the result of years of experiment by
the United States weather burean
have recently been tabulated. Thun.
der storms reach their maximum in
June and July, though reported In
every month, except in January, the
region OF winter thunder storms GEN.
tering about Louisiana. Forty such
storms are the maximum average for
any such section. The average annual
loss of life from lightning in the
United States is twenty-four persons |;
OF loss of property. over 81, 800, 900.
People living in cities and thickly built
towns run little danger, the risks in
the country or suburbs being five
times as great. For the same reason
the centre OF grove or forest is much
safer than its edges or isolated trees,
the dense growth acting to distribute
the current.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08

objectP Why, the rascal expected to
get 45 per cent of the proceeds of the
conhscated property when sold, being
the amount which in that day went to
the informer.
Il couldn't for the life of me see
where my chief and myself and the
other boys in the custom house were
going to get any part of the proceeds
of these diamonds. They were Of
course reported to the Office rs confls-
Gated and their sale would duly take
place but with the reptile son-in-law
getting As per cent as informer, and
Uncle Sam the other 90 per cent as
conflscator, 1 couldn't see we're we'd
get in. But my chief, who was a very
intelligent man, bid me be of good
cheer. He had n plan which he was
confident would work.
" AT one of the sales which the
custom house periodically holds, the
old Germans diamonds were duly
hawked off. We had never seen either
him or his daughter since 1 turned
them loose on the wharf, although we
knew from the son-in-aw that they
were at his home in New York, very
much overcome with their loss and
the fear of being punished as SNUG
glers A fear which he very much
fed, by the way, by telling them some
awful stories of what happened to
people who we're caught trying to beat
the custom house. The diamonds,
when sold, If remember correctly,
brought between 80, 900 and $4,000
The share due the informer was over
1000.
"'The amount due to the govern
ment was turned over, and shortly
following the faithless son-in-law came
skulking in to get his share of the
money.
""Certainly," replied my chief.
"You're the informer and the moneys
yours; there is something over "a, 900
coming to you. But 1 propose to have
witnesses when it is paid over. I will
pay it to you any time when you bring
your wife aud her sister and your
father-in.law with you to see it done.
intend that they shall witness this
transaction and learn just exactly
what sort of cur you are.
"The son.in-law informer crept
away and never returned. He couldn't
face the conditions which made his
obtoining the money possible. 1t was
not lost, however; you may be very
sure it went to good people who knew
how to use it. it."-Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
Entangled Birds,

Birds that employ hair iu the build
ing of their nests, sometimes come to
grief by hanging, but I should say
very seldom indeed in the following
singular manner: A gentleman who
had number of colts upon his farm
one day noticed small bird entan-
gled in the long hair of the tail of one
of them. The little creature had evil
IDENTIFY been in search of material
wherewith to line its nest, and by some
unaccountable accident had become
ensnared in the unkempt hair of the
colts tail.
Gases of birds getting their feet en- :
tangled in bits OF yarn or string are
not at all uncommon, especially in the
breeding season. and whenever a VIC
tim of this kind of mishap happens
to get the impediment fastened in a
tree or among stones, death is pretty
sure to be the result, unless prompt
human aid is forthcoming. In the
spring OF the year, as everybody
knows, the dead leaves of the pampas
grass fall to the ground and curl up
like the shavings from carpenters
bench. A Field correspondent mem
tions finding poor robin which
had accidentally got one of these
pieces coiled round its neck so tightly
that it was unable to feed, and died Of
! starvation. -Cornhill Magazine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
PEARLS OF THOUGHT

Genius always gives. its best at first;
prudence, at last. t.-Lavater.
Idleness travels very slowly, and
poverty soon overtakes her. Hunter.
A good book is the best OF friends,
the same today aud forever. --Tupper.
Enjoy present pleasures in such q
way as not to injure future ones.-
Seneca.
Human foresight often leaves its
proudest possessor only q choice OF
evils. Cotton.
III thou desirest case, in the first
place take care of the ease of thy
mind. Fuller.
The true danger is when liberty is
nibbled away, for expedient, and by
parts. Burke.
The instructive feeling OF grent
people is often wiser than its wisest
meu. -hObSutu.
The true work of art, is but the
shadow of the divine perfection. =
Michael Angelo.
Learning teaches how to carry
things in suspense without prejudice
till you resolve. Bacon.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor;
an extravugant man grows poor by
seeming rich. -Shenstone.
Covetousness swells the principal to
no purpose, and lessons the use to all
purposes. Jeremy Taylor.
My name and memory I leave to
mems charitable speeches, to foreign
nations and to the next age.
One part OF knowledge consists in
being ignorant of such things as are
not worthy to be known. Crates.
Calumny shall make me set a surer
guard on myself and keep better
watch on my actions. Ben Johnson.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
A Matrimonial Ambassador.

Marriage customs in Finistcre have
remained among the peasants very
much what they we're centuries ago,
and their old. fashioned ceremonious-
ness is not their least interesting Pc
culiarity. The Breton peasant of to-
day has an almost religious respect
for those notions OF polite manners
which have come down to him from
his forefathers of the middle ages,
who, as far as they dared, initiated
the etiquette of their princes OF nearer
feudal lords. The basfanel, who with
stately bows and old fashioned phrases
performs the delicate Office OF asking
for girl in marriage on behalf of the
suitor, is really acting the part of
matrimonial ambassador. But the
basfanel's functions do not end here. !
When the bride has been put to
bed by her maids, all the wedding
party reassemble in the nuptial cham
ber, which is often the kitchen and
general room. Then the basfanel
steps forward and on behalf of the
whole company, he addresses the final
fluctuations to the young couple.
This courtly parsonage is almost in
variably tailor. His habit of going
from house to house in the exercise OF
his calling--the rural tailor seldom
works at home-enables him to be-
come the best informed man concer
ing the private affairs of all the fan
lies in his district. He is great fav-
orite of the women, because he is to
them an unfailing fountain of local
gossip and scandal. Their liking for
him causes the men to despise him,
but they nevertheless have recourse
to his services as an intermediary
whenever the need arises. Such is
the basfanel-a name more suggestive
to the Breton of ridicule than respect.
Temple Bar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
Giving Credit.

The customs surrounding the giving
of credit differ widely in different
countries. In Italy credit is only on
undoubted security, in Cuba Ave
months after delivery. In the
Bermudas settlements are annual. In
Austria it is impossible to do busi-
ness without giving a years credit; in
England settlement is counted upon
every three months; in Spain four
fifths of the business is done on cash
basis; Turkish aud Russian credit
averages twelve months; in China
credit is unknown, and thirty days il
the rule in Canada.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
The Three Wishes.

Three little girls sat idly on the beach;
One like a lily tall and fair,
One brilliant with her raven hair,
ono sweet and shy OF speech.
al wish for fame" the My said.
And for wealth and courtly life."
Then gently spoke the third "As wife,
ask for love instead"
Years passed. Again beside tho sea
Three women sat with whitened hair,
Still graceful, lovnble and fair,
And told their destiny.
"Fame is not all" the lily sighed,
4" Wealth fulils II the heart be dead"
"I have been loved" one swectly said,
I" Aud am satisfied.
SARAH X. BoLroS In Demorset.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
A Highland Stole,

A man walking by an old graveyard
ia Absrdeenshire beheld, seated on q
wall. an aged Highlander, with his
head wrapped up in a shawl, evidently
suffering from bad cold in the chest.
Good Morning, Donald" said he.
"Yeu seem to be suffering from q bad
hoast" (cough).
''Ech. sir." said the old man point
ing to the tombs; "but there's mony
q yin over there would BE- glad TO hs
it"-Tho Realm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08
The Dear Things.

"Have you heard the news? May
Faster has become engaged at last"
''What kind Of q man is he?"
"Oh, he impressss me OF one Of
those men who can put up with any.
thing"
II wonder how much she had to
put ~ 10 get himi"-B Buffalo Kif4
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-08

Ole Bull is to have o statue at Ber.
gen, his native town. S25, 900 having
been subscribed for the purpose. part
Of it in the United 6tate&