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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

$500 bushels: spot market dull; No. ,
yrsc In elevator; options opened fairly
steady. closing unchanged and quiet; May
ool4Q59 5-l6c, closing at 5l4c; Marcn clos
ed at S7isc.
Oats. receipts. $4,000 bushels: exports.
400 bushels: spot market easier; No. :
zi'2R14hc; options fairly active and aboul
steady closing unchanged; March closed
az 23l2c; May closed al 2n4c.
Hay. hops and hides. dull.
Leather, steady.
Wool. quiet
Beef, steady.
Cut meats. steady.
Lard, weak; western steam closed at
@ 90; refined lower; continent 50 90
Pork. dull
Tallow, dull
ROsln. quiet.
Turpentine. dun.
Rice, steady
Moiasses. quiet.
Cottorseed oil, quiet and rather weak
without change.
Coffee. options opened steady and closed
barely steady at unchanged prices 10 o
points decline. sales. 1860 bags.
Sugar, raw firm: refined quiet.
TOLEDO. March 24-Wheat. higher and
stead; No; cash and March 6slac; May
j0c. july CSC.
Corn, dun but steady; No. mixed 29c;
No. 3 mixed 27ilc.
oats, quiet, No. , mixed DC; NO. :
white &lgc. May 22i2c.
Rye, duh: No. . cash 39c.
tl0Ncrseed. active and lower, prime cash
and March 81 1919.
Receir,s-Whcat. $500 bushels; corn.
2fwO bushels; rye, 1000 bushels; clover
shipmenis-Fiour. 1900 barrels; wheat
1000 bushels corn. $500 bushels; clover
seed, $40 bags
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

that is simple enough. The box piece
is lined. the lining is caught to the front
Of the bodice under the box and this
is done without interfering with the
fairness Of the box surface. This is
the easy way Of accomplishing the eff
feet first produced by fitting the bodice
to the rise Of the bust line from under
the arms, and then doubling the stuff
hack into a box pleat, the top Of which
makes the required box effect. That is
a task for clever fingers, and the panel
method Will probably prevail. The box
panel will soon constitute an accessory,
so prepare for it. FLORETTE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

Gentlemen Of the jury" proceeded
counsel for the defense, 1T warn you
that the evidence against the accused
is wholly circumstantial. All we know
about it is that the deceased gave the
prisoner his seat in a street car and
was subsequently found dad. We have
not a scintilla of proof that yonder wo-
man thanked him. Detroit Tribune.
The New Woman Again-He-"Can
you cook ?" "She-"Cook? I don't be-
lieve in a woman doing mems work. -
Indianapolis Journal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25
APPETIZER DOES IT.
Why a Man Fats Things at a Free
Lunch That He Disdains at Home.

"Why is it?" inquired the hungry
man, as he pushed his fork about in
the salad dish and asked the bar-keeper
to ELL 'em up again" chat men in
their right minds will fill up on free
lunches in a beer saloon and then go
home and howl because the beef IS a
little rare, or the soup has just little
too much salt in it?"
Fact" he continued, as he carefully
selected a piece of liver and made q
sandwich Of it, that men vii eat stuff
in saloons and think they like it while
they would sue for divorce il their wives
gave them the same diet at home.
With this the hungry man stopped
and looked around to see if anyone was
listening. Three men were interested.
so he took a large bite out of his sand
witch, grasped his beer glass firmly, and
continued:
Noticed it thousand times. Guess
you have, also. A fellow goes into a
saloon to get a drink Some places
they give him an oyster cocktail or
have few thin sandwiches, some
olives, cheese and crackers on a side
table. The man gets his drink, takes
an olive, a small cracker and a small
piece Of cheese, and goes out Mebbe
the next place lie strikes will have a
more elaborate lunch-especially Ii it is
a German beer saloon. There is liver
and bacon, wienerwurst and stringy
beef hot and swimming in greese:
kraut that is strong enough to work
dill pickles and salads that defy chem
ical analysis. Exchange
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LIVE STOCK.
Register ONCE.

WHEELING. March q. 1880;
Cattle-Extra. 100 TO L2W. y so6 | ~ on N
80 o5n ~ c0i Sc S5d4 %; good, $40 10 Wv
K 50f3 IS: fair. I0e to stO - va ., 90 479 -
mon. 600 10 100 81 75qS 90; bulls y o'tl' ~
cI HToS9ss - 81 5G4 81; good 81 ooa4 .;
common So 50d4 VO. . $500, - ooc,a 20.
SbeeD--F,xtra, 81 5OdS 50; good, = Wa oV'
ccmon 81 500 %: lambs, - oVq4 %
ISrss6 Cows-At $50 00q2S W.
Calves--At "a sous %. n, do
CHICAGO March A-Catue az Ivy w. ~ -
cline. sales were on a basis OF 70 oV41 90 -
far common 10 extra choice dressed oee !
and shipping steers, with an occass. oi'e.
lot at So &N4 80; sales We're 5@ase ~ o6[S
s. md4 y COWS and heifers SOLO al d 'V@
Hogs al f0Qi5c decline, Largely, az y -, ~ ~.
o On. common to choice droves 50 i0a5 20,
4ght mixed lots 81 90: assorted light " w
I'd 10. medium weights selling best, -
sheen active on the basis OF - iogi "
for poor 10 prime. yearings selilnB al % 90
for fair and 81 10 for extra. 800
Raceipts-Cattle. 2,5oo head, hOgS, lo,VVV
head; sh ap. 1900 head.
Fast LIBERTY. March 4.-Cattle'
STEADY: prime ; &44 4O good 81 l5Q4 81;
rough fat 50 0013 %. Ill.,.
Hogs. active and higher; prime medium
grades 81 J0d4 so. best Workers 81 49a , 9V.
common TO fair Workers a4j pigs a aa
4 40; heavy hogs 81 20a4 50. rougns - Wg
Sheep active and higher; prime sheep
s. 00Gf 10: good S3 S5d3 90; common s. Wd
90; culls 81 j0d2 so; choice lambs 81 @g
Veal calves @Ooa5 70.
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FLOUR, GRAIN AND FEED.
Raoister Office.

Register Office,
WHEELING. March p, 1886.
Local market dull; few changes IN qoula-
tious.
Fiour-Cholce family -four in wood.
SO So: i'm paper. IS So per. barrel; Mime
haha I'm n cotton sacks. 81 90; Mlnnehaha
81 o.: Famous in sacks. 50 60; Famous IN
wood. So so: spring wheat -four IN Juie
sacks of 40 lbs. g SJ per barrel: Pillsbury $
Rest IN wood. 81 .; Pillsbury in paper;
q 40. Reliance spring wheat in wood and
cotton. 81 y: paper. s 10; Silver Lake.
winter wheat family -four. 50 60 IN paper
Gold Coin. Il sacks or wood. 81 W' lute
Grain-Wheat. new per bushel, IOd &c;
corn, new. 4Oc per bushel; oats new Zoq
Feed-Nuddnnss. per ton, SIS 90; bran
= Hay-No 1 baled hay, SIS 90; loose hay
straw-Baled. IS co.: loose, IS 90.
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GROCERIES.
Register ONCE.

Register ONCE.
WHEELING. March p. 1896.
Syrup Silver Drips Syrup lSc; Fancy
prips 5c; &c additional in half barrelsl
New Orleans Molasses-Fancy new crop
3jc: choice 52c. prime soc; mixed goods
Prov! slons-Schenk's medium 5. &. hams
gSsc: 20 10 average @4c; S. G. DreaKfast
bacon 724c; 5. c. shoulders &c; city sizes
52.c ham beef l2c; ordinary beer lie. c,,o.
f.ard-Schenk pure kettle. iercesi Use
Armour's pure. tierces. Sic, lard com
pound terces. SIC. The advance for small
er packages over tierces is as follows:
Fancy tubs SIC: 50 10 tins Ac. % 10 tins nc
10 IN tins sc: r 20 tins 7sc: 10 cans lie.
Canned Goods-3 ID fancy tomatoes SOC;
tomatoes. new. l5c: Hartford 60. Staho-
ard corn GOO; lb Honey Drop corn 81 10;
California Lemon cling peaches; y 50;
yellow free 81 70; Id Standard table
Deep Sea full standard cove oysters soc;
IL light weight cove oysters soc; Acorn
Standard string beans 7bC. III can corn
beef s. 30 Id can Clipped beef - ~; 10
Woodenware- / tubs. Sc %: NO.
= 90: No. 3. "a 90; 2-hoop pals, 81 10; S-hoop
81 so: sap. 81 90; single WashbOards, 81 oOi
double do. 81 so; crimp double do, 81 %
Fruits-New California prunes, 40 10 oV 20
d. &c: 80 90 60 to ID, Size, co TO 20 10 ID sc,
Raislns, California. new crown. oc;
crown 4c: . crown. &c: layer, Ondaro, new,
ne California evaporated apricots' 1zo'
in bags &c less. oo.
Oli1Lard. extra western strained. coo;
carbon oil, Il0. 7c: carbon, $50, Sc;
water white. Size; Lewis miners winter
white oil. 40c; summer white BIC. 90
Sugars-Cut loaf. 59Sc: cubes. 5.bJc
pGwdered soc: graduated, standard
b.&c: standard confectloners' \. 5.-9c; Co
lumbla A. AgSc: Ridgewood A, 49Nei
America a. 49Sc. white extra c, 46lc; Z,
44Sc: choice fruit sugar. $3.50.
Rfce-Fancv pearl. &c: choice pearl o,2c'
1N.-fa4 = e..
sc. fair domestic. SIC: Tancy head. SIC.
Coffeo-Green Coffee-Fancv Golden RIO,
eo'.~- tarrv gIern 22i@c. peaberrS. HAc;
choice green. 23Ifc; primo green, &c:
roasting grades, 21c; Java and Mocha,
S,tsc: nigh grade, z5ikc. Roas ed I'm pack
ages-ArhuclSle's coffee, 1890; Jersey col
fee 1890: Lion coffee 1920; Arrow col
fee, 2029c; Panhandle Coffee zLz5c'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25
r.nYS BOX-PLEATED WAIST AND
SKIRT.

rim tailor Effects are coming to the
.r. the Norfolk jacket is favor
model. Cheviots. tweeds. serges'
..+ .rsr9velty wools are used for these
-.bre gowns that are appropriate
neral wear. for travelling, and for
... mess woman.
, waist shown here has fitted
- he goods being fitted 10y The
The sleeves are of the lego
~6n shape. Of generous proportions.
-.. skirt clt with circular front and
u tbe back which are laid in
.- rs. The only sJi1ening used
d band from to- 10 inches desp,
around the bottom. Hairclolh
best but canvas. wirene and
nan. c-Ler substitutes are used.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

Mixed wooden goods are much liked
end Che top of each pleat may De deck
90 with tiny sil, OR smoked pearl but
ions. The favorite giit belt looks ex-
Imey wen ON such a gown.
A. blue serge Gown had each pleGt
stitched along the edges with gilt thread
and was worn with a gilt belt.
A tan mixture had each pleat bound
with light brown. leather and was worn
vith an inch wide belt of the same
leather
This style Of waist is much used for
bicycle costumes. and the leather triu-
mings just described are especially
pretty on these. the skirt being bound
with the same leather
The skirt shown in This illustration
is one OF the newest shapes. and is used
for separate skirts Of silk. satin, crs9on
and So. as wen as for costumes of one
fabric.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25
SUCCESSOR TO THEP0UCH FRONT.

The g fronted bodice fingers simply
because women viii have it, but it has
been so generally worn that other de-
signs which AFFORD the same relief to
a faulty figure are finding favor be-
cause Of their newness. The artist
presents here one Of these new models.
and it is tricky one This Is a prin-
cess dress. and it's bodice par, is fitted.
brt over &c comes a drapery that fur
n.sbes the desired looseness in 'front.'
while above and below everything is
saug Heavy black faille is the ma
ter.al. tbe skirt being formed into box
p'eats at either side of the front
breadth The ornamentation of the
bodice is effected by perforating tine
taile and lining with white satin. En-
6roilery Of waite silk is also employed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

Another successor Co the pouch front
IS .ae box shape The new box front
Is added To- O round waist with close
..ns back. and falls trinity from the
shoulders straight down to line below
Che waist the box being perfectly fiat
.-. IN mo- way following the lines Of
,ae tEure further than to- rise from the
shoulder and throat to the bust line,
from which it falls straight. without
''..s. fu'ness or wrinkle This box
..oa- is often put on in panel fashion.
hitting along the shoulder seams and
no The stock collar. an elaboration,
you see. Of The panel piece we have
..ar hanging down the front OF our
'o-lees but instead Of being only as
VIDE as sash ribbon. It reaches across
mo agure from arm TO arm just below
ne shoulder and fits about the chest.
Under ,hls box the gown fits snugly.
ai The fitted front Of the bodice blends
' The under side Of the box in a way
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

FALL RIVER. March 24-Print cloths
at 2isc: demand for odds; fair sales.
ket steady: printing cloths steady at 2i2c;
sales Of about 5000 pieces in all markets.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 2-Pig iron,
steady; southern Nl Goals .; northern
$il Goals so.
Copper quiet.
Lead. steady
Tin. dull: straits S1S25Gl3 30; plates easy;
snalter sIealN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-25

Through connections and through tick
cts to all points. Call on our agents or
address
". C. CARRELL. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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FINANCE AND TRADE

NEW YORK. March S4-NIoney on call.
easy az 3g3i2 per cent. last loan per
cent, closed at 303is per cent
Prime mercantile paper 5Q6 per cent.
sterling exchange. firm with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at iSS0tSSl for de-
mard ara fS704S7ie for sd days. Posted
rates $50 4S3 and 4SS. Commercial bills
ass
Bar silver fSt
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RIVER RAILROAD co

On and after Sunday, December Is. 1895.
Passenger Trains will run as follows:
.Daily. daily except Sunday. Eastern
Time
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WHEELING & ELM GROVE
w RAILROAD

on and after Saturday. February Cd, 1895,
trains will run as follows, city time:
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PENNSYLVANIA STATIONS.
.IgGRn6yIVdnid LINES.
90 IKAlNS aUN OF OENrXAL llda.

Ticket Office at Pennsylvania Station on
Water ST.. Foot of Eleventh St, Wheel
ing. at Mcclure House, Wheeling and at
the Pennsylvania Station, Bridgeport.
Southwest System--Pan-Handle Route
*Daily Except Sunday.
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daily except Sunday.
- Sunday church train will leave Elm
Grove at 9:4S a. m. and Wheeling AZ i9.I7
p. m. II. Z. WETSGERBER.
General Manager.
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GOING NORTH.
Electric cars between Wheeling, Mar
tins Ferry and c., l.. & ". Depot In
Bridgeport.
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From Bridgeport to Leave Arrive.
Steubenville and Pitts. o. am 800 pm
Frot. Wayne & Chicago. 5 Is am S o. pm
Canton and Toledo. 5 OS am S05 pm
Alliance and Cleveland Is am No pm
Steubenville and Pitts. 2 ~ am 10 15 am
Fort Wayne q Chicago. I 10 PM 05 pm
Canton and Toledo...... ! 10 pm s o. pm
Alliance and Cleveland. / 70 pm y 81 pm
Steub and Weilsvile... 10 pm : IS am
Philadelphia and y. y, 2 - pm S q pm
Baltimore and wash. ? a pm 4 So pm
Steubenville and pitts. - pm 4 IS pm
Steub and Wellsviile..-l l3 PM Z IS am
J. G. TOMLINSON. Passenger Agent.
Station foot Elc"enth and Water SITS.
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DRY GOODS.

Veal calves S5O0a5 70.
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Northwest System-Cleveland and Pitts
burg Division.
Trains run daily except Sunday as fol-
lows:
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So - esIla@c.

Stocss-Although Che dealings in stocks
to-day showed Improvement over yester-
days record. re- -ipulaNc1 was no less
a potent influence and the trading reflect
Cd .rdecisi0u on rhe part Of the protes-
siouals Quotations closed bid:
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

privateer from entering the China Seas.
1 pointed out by cross bearings on his
chart the exact position of my ship when
captured. He measured the distance be-
tween this point and that at which his
sloop had been at the same time, and
found that we had only been about eight
miles apart.
1t was by the merest accident that he
had missed our enemy. He had received
intimation from the United States Consul
at Hongkong regarding a Confederate
coaling station on the Christmas Islands.
and while on the investigation of this the
Alabama must have got into the straits.
was now getting anxious to ascertain
that my crew was being cared for by the
United States Consul at Batavia, and more
than anxious to get my family back to
New York. so l asked Captain McDougal
for passage to Batavia, which he kindly
consented to give me. He was the more
ready seeing that l might be able to point
out to him the dread Alabama in the
event OF our coming across her. When
we were all aboard and ready to sail
told the captain that bad served on the
warshlp Saratoga as A. B., and being
shorthanded he was glad to station me at
one of the forward guns
We cruised about the Java Sea, carefully
examining every bay and inlet which
might serve as hiding place for the Ala
bama, but unfortunately without avail
Arriving at Batavia on the evening of the
second day [ found that the Consul had
sent my men to Singapore, where they
had shipped on various vessels. 1 then
engaged passages for my family in the
German ship Walachran, which was load
ing for New York.
One week later we sailed, and after an
uneventful passage arrived once again in
New York and reported "All well on
board"
But the memories of that terrible night
capture off the coast of Java are still vivid
in the minds of my wife and myself, and
will linger with US to the day of our final
voyage
When He who all commands
Shall give, to call life's crew together,
The word to "Pipe all handsl"
GEORGE CUNNING.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

to see the flames gradually ascend the
limp and well-tarred rigging, and very
soon, in spite OF the drenching rain, illu-
inmate the sea and sky for miles around.
At day ybreak little Al was awake, and see
ing the glare, crowed with delight, think
ing, no doubt, that it had been got up
expressly for his benefit. He did not
know that his birthplace and first home
was burning.
For about three hours we tossed in that
boat-wet, tired to death and heartsick.
At length we reached the nearest of the
three ships at anchor-nothing could have
ind uced me to accept the hospitality" OF
the genial Semmes-and found that she
was vessel formerly owned and COM
manded by Captain Freeman, who had died
few months previously at Shanghai Mrs.
Freeman was on board and they were wa
tering ship previous to sailing for London.
The chief mate, acting as captain, kindly
invited us on board and Mrs. Freeman did
everything in her power to make US COM
Portable. Ny launch and all the boats
carrying my crew started for Batavia,
where l told them to report to the United
States Consul.
On the following day our hosts weighed
anchor, made sail and stood over to the
coast of AMER, where we were landed. We
had hardly done so when gentleman in
troduced himself to me as Captain How
land of the American ship Huzar, then at
anchor in the AMER roads. He very
kindly offered us the hospitality of his
ship for as long a time as we chose, but
while thanking him l felt bound to refuse
the offer. Up TO this point my wife had
borne up very bravely, but now at last she
utterly broke down under the terrible
strain, so l determined to get her and the
little one to hotel where they could get a
thorough rest.
Two days later the American sloop-of-
war Wyoming anchored in the roads. l
went aboard her and was courteously re-
ceived by her commander, Captain Me-
Dougal, who invited me into his chart
room. " hen he heard that my ship had
been captured and destroyed he was very
much excited, as he had been stationed in
the straits on purpose to prevent any
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

tenant and body of men / went aboard
my ship-for the first time-to get what
they might require. Lieutenant Kell
wished my sailors to assist in getting out
the boats, which they doggedly refused to
do. So the Alabama men set to and
loaded the boats with barrels of provi-
sions. cordage, sails, poultry, pigs, etc.
So clumsily was this done that they
caused the boats to leak, from which we
afterward suffered.
While the work proceeded was resting
on lounge in my cabin; my wife was
buslly packing everything of value in a
trunk. and my little son. Al, was sleeping
soundly in his cot. Suddenly the door
was thrown open and in walked one of the
Alabama midshipmen and asked if l had
anything 10 'smile on" l pretended not
to understand him, being disgusted at the
rude intrusion.
Something to drink" be exclaimed i'm
patiently.
In order to get rid of him I told the
steward to fetch bottle of spirits, with
water ana glasses; and as the latter was
about to draw the cork the insolent young
hound-his name was sAnderson-snatched
eHe Do''i" anu 'Ooh ~ away uhuei MS Ooats
Had it not been for my wife would have
followed up and thrashed him as he de-
served-prisoner though 1 was-but for
her sake let it go.
Having been three years in the ship 1
had accumulated far more clothing than 1
could take away with me IN hurry. so,
after selecting what needed, 1 summoned
my crew and told them to help themselves
to the balance of it. For this they ap-
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

tablished it was put in charge of A. E.
Hicox, who held the post until his death
in 1888. His daughter then put in an ap-
plication for the place. 1t vas at once
given to her and she has held it ever since.
Miss Hicox is given no assistant, but does
all the work about the place herself. She
is thoroughly familiar with her duties,
living lived in the lighthouse for twenty
six years, and keeps everything in the best
of order. Her mother lives with her. The
lighthouse seems more like country home
than Government station.
During the years she has lived at the
lighthouse Miss Hicox has formed a col
lection of shells anel other curios of the
coast that is most interesting. There are
hundreds of specimens all properly la
beled and catalogued that fill one large
room on the first floor of the building.
On visiting days Miss Hicox leaves this
room open to the public.
For the last ten years the Government
has been contemplating the erection OF a
large station at Santa Cruz, and also put
ting in fogbell. But as the traffic to that
port has been on the decline instead of the
increase 1T has been put off from time to
time so that there is no telling when the
work will be done.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

ander Gordon's grain chute on the coast a
few miles from Purissima, in San Mateo
County. 1t was done away back in 1860,
Just after it was demonstrated that the
best wheat in the world could be raised on
the vast fields of the Santa Clara Valley
1t was easy enough to grow the grain, but
the trouble was to get il to market. Haul
ing it by teams to San Francisco was slow
and expensive, so Alexander Gordon hit
on the idea of his chute. and was not long
in getting plenty of backing.
1t took several years to build the chute,
and it is said to have cost over half mil
lion dollars. When it was finished 1t was
possible for vessel to lie out in deep
water, an eighth of mile from land, and
have the grain poured into her kold from a
pipe or come to the deck in sacks as fast as
they could be counted.
This was accomplished by building a
pier of piles out into the ocean the desired