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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
A CORNER FULL OF FUN.

How smoothly the young man who
made the touchdown ran"
Yes, it was a ball-bearing. -
Cleveland Plaindealer.
She (entering roOm)-Oh, dearl
Somebody has been smoking.
He (the culprit)-Not somebody, but
something. 1t was only a cigar that
smoked.
She-Oh, well, then, have nothing
TO say; a cigar doesn't know any bet
ter.-Boston Transcript
"Chumpleigh's marriage reminds me
of a course in arithmetic
"Hows that
We'll, he first added up her fortune
and multiplied his addresses 10 her till
he obtained her undivided attention,
and"
Then they were married."
Eyes, and now, with the aid OF the
court, he is trying to perform a prob
lem in subtraction" - Washington
Times.
Chimmy-Wots de matter with yer
poodle. sis?
Sis-I dunno. It's always a case Of
drag, whenever I want i'm to come to
this shop VIII me.-From Illustrated
Chips.
Tip hear old snagsby left a cool
million behind.
Nip-How else could he keep it cool?
Truth.
Did you notice, Edgah, that the nail
combination is broken up?'
mo. deah boy. you surprise me.
wondah If it Will affect the manicuh
artist, don't you know?"-Cleveland
Plaindealer.
81 am really delighted at the interest
my boy Tommy is taking in his writ
ing" said Mrs. Hickleby. "He spends
two hours a day at IT,"
Really? How did you get him to
do ito"
'Oh. told him to write me out list
Of everything he wanted for Christmas,
and he is still at IT, "-Harper's Bazaar.
Madame like you about me be-
cause you are so pretty, Lizette
BOnne-Ah, madame, wiz monsieur
so we'll agree.-Texas Sitter.
"Hullo. The last time I saw you
you We're bill posting and now you're
selling. newspapers. How's that?"
Well, l always preferred literature
70 art. Judy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

ond century. when / felt that had just
as good a right to be in it as he.
why. my boy" he replied, with a
natronizing emphasis on the boy
word: don't YOU see that it Is an I'M
mense relief to the congestion Oh sur
face travel, to have all these other
means of conveyance? Ciyllzatlon'
and the general occupancy OF land nave
spread to such an extent, that we must
economic ground area. Formerly,
human beings, in their degraded des-
peration. actually burrOwed under
ground like moles, TO get from one
Doint TO another. We rise into the
Dure air. instead. Land, and the right
in it are enormously valuable. All
costs nothing. The race claims a GER
tain right in the air, though; and fran
chise dues are paid to the people by
public vehicles; while private ones are
subject TO a small tax. Airshlps are
not so reliable as other modes OF loco
motion: but they relieve the railroads
and highways, and are Immensely use
ful in sailing over mountains, deserts
forests. or impossible rivers, ana IN
times of freshet and food, besides their
ordinary uses. The air ships have also
been of vast service in Polar and Atrl-
can exploration. You ought TO reaiize
mat our population is large, and is
sDread out all through the country. So
in order TO accomplish traffic easily, II
is hest TO divide it between earth ana
air. We do not live III large cues.
now. and we have to have plenty Oh
room" ,..e.5
What he said was entirely justified
nv the landscape beneath US, where we
could see the country beautifully iaid
out in small towns, villages and nam
let's with perfect roads leading from
one to another, and large groves or
tracts of wild woodlands interspersed.
Every acre OF the open ground, except
the fields reserved for sports ana pun
lie meetings, was thoroughly tiled'
with electric arrangements Tor the 1lX-
ture of nitrogen in the soil, so as to
Droduce vegetables containing susie
nance like that of meat, and for rals-
ing apples, pears and peaches a foot IN
diameter. by electric light, and other
fruits in prOportionate sizes.
Our first stop was at Chicago, which
we found was simply q vast tradlng
most. a business fort or stronghold
like all other cities. nowhere a gar
rison of clerks and other laborers was
stationed in the immense buildings
once teeming with superhuous people.
This garrison attended to business de-
tails with military precision, and was
relieved at intervals by other men and
women drafted from the population Ior
the same purpose. All around Chicago
were the impressive ruins OF various
Worlds Fairs; these institutions now
having become obsolete. These RUNS
had been carefully preserved, and drew
many thousand sight seers and tour
lists. every year, who paid a small fee
in memorial silver for the privilege OF
viewing them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

turn back, you would have to run the
risk of being crushed. l am your only
guide. You mush 90 forward with me,
and take your chances"
yet" returned, you say that this
whole forest of moving machinery Is
regulated by one man? Suppose any
thing should happen to him; that he
should die suddenly, or should be
asleep or fainting and incapable, at
this very moment The machinery
would go on, and we might, perhaps,
be destroyed under it"
THAT is the situation. exactly" an
swered Hammerheet. THE engineer
is asleep. l had him drugged in ad-
vance"
Then you intend to murder me here
in this forest of steel?" l asked, def
antly, but with a decided inward shud-
der.
ooh, no; 1 didn't say that" he re-
turned coolly; but l shall leave you
TO trace your own course; and if any
thing fatal happens TO you, it will be
laid entirely to the machinery"
You Villain!" l exclaimed. 80 this
is your trap for me; is it? Well, it's a
pretty large one for such small game,
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SYNOPSIS

IVA HNAH.s
The story, as told by the author Is
the result of conversations with
Thomas A. Edison. the substance of
which Sir. Edison afterwards put into
the form Of notes written for the au-
thor's use. Mr. Edison suggestions
as 20 inventions. etc. are understood
10 be simply hints as 20 what might De
accomplished For the story itself the
author IS responsible.
Gerald Bemis, at the end or the nine
teenth century, having been unsCccess-
ful in his suit for the hand of Eva
Pryor. allows himself 20 be "yiyilcat-
cd by the Society OF Futurity. BY q
newly discovered process. animation Us
suspended and Bemis is placed in q
hermeticaliy sealed cylinder Three
centuries later the cylinder is opened
by the chiefs of the Society then In
control. and Bemis is revived. Among
many wonderful discoveries. he finds
that Geographic communication with
the planet Mars has been established.
Word comes from Mars that one bron-
son who had started for that planet i'm
an 2ntl-graviry machine has not arr
rived there and later thar Uessen-
ger from Mars is on his way ro the
Earth Meanwhile Bemis discovers
that Eva Pryor who really loved him.
was also "vivifcated' lie meets her
and finds that his love for her has van-
ished To falls in love with Electra.
q beautiful 22d century girl who is i'm
turn loved hy Hammerdeet man of
her own period
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

When the travellers had been refresh
Ell and revived. we drew from Bronson
an account OF his iuterstellar adven-
lures.
CAS- T cane near Mars. Do be said, al
teruatelv tWir'iug ana biting the ends
of his long and war,ike yellow mus
tathe "I was aware OF strange rub
bings alongside the car. and occasional
shocks as of hammer blows. Satan, L
suppose. is called the Old Boy be-
cause q boy is the persor.fcati0n Of
mischief and second only TO Eve I'm
making trouble 1Iv first idea was that
the old boy was having finn with me.
by throwing stones. a rapid survey
through ms peep-hOles showed me
was So far right / was caught in q
meteor storm. Fortunately, though
the meteors over there do not shoot So
reckless'v as those chat come near
Earth. They move with q velocity in
accord with that OF Mars. so that they
drop through irs atmosphere as the
gentle rain from heaven. But they
gave me pretty hard riWe of it steer
ing clear of them. and there may have
been some magnetic stress accompany
ing their fight. chat carried me out of
the way. At any rate, BE- was long
time before I could make landing.
Iut. with mv automatic drag net lower
Ell from the bottom of the car I mani
aged to catch two small uete0rs. which
used as combined anchor and rude
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

and I'll see whether I can make my
way through"
l started running and doging ahead,
nimbly but warily, through the awful
shadows, the bewildering electric
lights spotted here and there, and the
throbbing, swinging, whirling, or ris-
ing and falling masses of metal-all Of
which appeared to be consciously aim
ing blows at me-
Hold on. cried my enemy. "You
will certainly be killed. Stop! On one
condition | will help you out"
And that?' l shouted back, pausing.
rs that you never again speak
word of love to Electra, or recur to the
wild idea Of marrying her"
Death, sooner!" l retorted Il will
never consent TO such a promise" And
once more | started on my perilous adj
vance through the forest Of steel.
Ii was a frightful experience. In all
my former life put together | had not
suffered so much fearful excitement.
anxiety and terror as were crowded
into the next few minutes. A numb
ing chill crept up through me, from
my feet to my brain and it seemed TO
me that / could actually feel my hair
growing white
TO be continued.)
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cess that extracted it from coal in
cloudy weather, supplied the motive
power; and electrOlysis along the sides
Of the ship reduced the skin friction OF
her passage through the deep.
Here and there Eva and / noticed
with curiosity-and Zorlin was with
us in this-certain little air packets
that were flying around-"all by their
lonesome, as Eva said-always North
and South and East or West. They
were too small for anyone but a pigmv
to hide in. and, in fact, there was no
one in them. They went automatic
ally. Zorlin at last was unable to
maintain his reserve any longer. what
are they?" he asked.
Hammerfeet came to the fore with:
Merely express and mail carriers
We have any quantity of them, all over
the country and the world. The mag
netic lines generally keep them straight
on their course; but if they are blown
aside, a current is generated by their
mechanism, which puts them in line
again. An automatic aneroid barome-
ter, working a valve, keeps them at
the right altitude"
But where do they go to-" asked
Eva.
Look now. this minute, and you
will see. Watch that one. You notice
it is driving straight for that tall skel-
eton wooden tower yonder?'
Yes"
We fixed our gaze upon the tower.
/ The little express carrier drew near;
and. as it touched the top of the tower,
was clutched and held firm by an iron
/ frame which caught its sails and stop
ped Il. Then a man in the tower be-
| gan 10 unpack the contents of the car
rier, and sent them down by chute TO
an enclosed yard below.
But ! don't see why YOU need these
things. with all your other facilities
| for transportation. I objected.
: They save an immense amount of
bother and of surface traffic said
Hammerfeet: besides doinc away
with hand labor. They ere also very
swift
Il should think. though, they could
easily be robbed by air thieves
No. That almost never happens.
4 There are too many people watching.
A thief in the air is much easier TO deal
with than a thief on the ground. He
has no obscure refuge: he is in full
view. A limited number Of police air
boats can give all the protection we
need for carriers They patrol the
routes. and carry graphing hooks with
which they can easily arrest any prowl-
ing thief-car.'
I seemed 10 win the secret. eye
winking approval of Stcniiex the eff
cial skaptic. by asking somewhat peev-
ishly. What is the use Of all this cir
traffic. anyhow" [ felt q desire 10
combat Hammerfeet on any subject
that came up; because he was Jealous
of me. or l Of him hardly knew
which-regardin Electra. Il also ir-
ritated me that he was so we'll inform
ed as to the details Of the twenty-sec-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Christmas gifts OF coal M t'
order all this month.-Il
or.
That man never lived who f
fuence over his wife tae v
administration Globe
Small boys with an eye on pho
willing to wear stockings many
big for them.-Phnadelphia t-
People with bad habits m.ra
on them a little before New GEAR
purpose Of learning whether
10 swear Off.-Cedar Rapids Dl
He-"I mean 10 give you an
gagcment ring. and We'll c1-
Christmas present" She-'I m ro
outdone IN generosity TIT give
back again. Detroit Free Pra
II you want 10 give "a man ,.'
present that Will please him. rt.
right 70 act as he pleases about
day. Nine men out Of ten are
into buying Christmas present
way or another.-AtchisOn Globe
Maude-"Oh. Clara. I've ius- h0H
loveliest pink shawl for a Chr.s'm
emit" Clara-"Yes. who arc you
give Il tor Maude-"I don't kn
so pretty I think 7 WIN keep IL
New York Commercial Advertiser
what shall I order for dinner
love?" asked Eve. as sho abscntiF
n green apple. ron. any old tf
torted Adam. wearing. cas- long
n spare rib. I'm sick OF spare
savagely swatted a rock ar % ear'.i
New York Press.
Wife-"I think I VIII surprise
the purchase Of n watch 90 wear
mas" Husband-"It VIII De ar
gift. and I shall wear 10 with
Wife-"Oh. but the one 7 shall Dr."
be a lady's watch. suitable Tor H-
ry."-Boston Budget.
Her father had said it cor.i
They both sat in the parior-
After long searching and 70 de-r.f
she found her voice Then. in ae
tones. she cried. "Oh. Charley.
must part. let Us wait an a.'.r
mas. "-Philadelphia North ~"
It don't know what 20 give
Christmas" said Maud. Us
please?" inquired Mamie $50
very literary. I'd ike go eir
thing 70 read. and az tho re
ike II 10 be more useful than ...
know what TIL d. Tu give f.n
suspenders with his name emora.-
them. "-Washington Star.
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balanced to suit all degrees Of speed,
and has a evolution of 1900 per min
ute. The reciprocating parts are OF
aluminium, the bearing are compressed
graphite, fabricated with a volatile oil
kept viscous by solid carbOnic acid
held in a box on the bearings. The
motor and mechanism weigh only one
hundred and twenty pounds; and the
electricity is generated by oXidizing
gas-retOrt carbon IN fused soda, with
oxide of copper as a reducer.
The idea of the ship is radically I'M
like former machines, which either de-
pended on disturbing and churning up
the air. or relied on aeroplanes or the
rush of air under an upward slant.
This later and successful contrivance
rests on the solid building up OF COM
pressed air foundation beneath il, so
that il cannot possibly fall The di-
rection is controlled in two or three
ways; the usual one being by ordinary
artificial silk sails, together with
large rudder Of stretched silk for tack
ing and steering. as on the water. BY
using an aluminium screw. with an aux
Hilary engine. instead Of the silk rudder,
one is Independent of the wind, and
can raise the seepd of the air ship TO
between sixty and eighty miles an
hour.
At the foot of the mountain we
changed to one of these equipages; and
as we flew along, we saw many others
scudding by in all quarters, far and
near. The flotation sail-that is, the
hollow silk sail inflated with gas-I
learned had come into universal use
for water vessels as well, and had add
ed immensely to the speed and excite
ment of yacht racing. In fact, as we
skirted the great lakes and passed over
rivers and ponds, had a chance TO OBJ
serve craft of all sorts and sizes with
these sails, whiZzing like arrows before
the wind or leaning gracefully away
from it and skimming the liquid sur
face as lightly as waterbugs, but much
more beautiful and useful in their
movements.
The shutter principle, also. Graeman-
tie told me, had been adapted to steam
ships. or. rather, electric ocean liners
and freighters. by using several hun
dred thin blades at the stern, in lieu
of the old propeller. and also on the
sides. which-by direct thrust when
turned fat against the water-utilized
the motion of the waves TO condense
air. and drove the vessel forward. Sun
engines which derived electricity di-
rectly from sunlight. and another pro-
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thing as I never beheld in any other
woman, and l do not expect ever to see
again. m
why" she exclaimed sweetly; "it
gives me great happiness to hear you
say So" Then, with cadence as Of a
forest rill, dropping plaintively into
some rocky pool: You must know
that nothing can come of this. Dear
Gerald Bemis it is hopeless. l am
pledged, I am bound to some one else.
| am what they call a Child of State,
and the government has promised me
to another man.
who is he?" / asked thrilled with a
sudden, fierce defeance of the State
and of the man.
As spoke, Hammerfleet came up be-
hind US, over the crest Of Auditorium
Hill. Electra moved one hand, indi-
eating him silently
"You?" l exclaimed turning savaGely
to Hammerheet.
He is the man." Electra whispered.
Il have heard your conversation I'M
willingly" Hammerfeet observed to
me, unmoved. But we will not discuss
it l came up here to look for you, and
to say that it has been arranged that
you and l shall start tonight by train
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sEORCE PARSONS LKTHROP'

he said easily. yet with a strange &C
cent. somewhat as though his words
were snowflake crystals, cold at first
but melting as they fell. We had not
thought IL worth while; but you have
made so much advance lately, and IL
seemed best 70 help you. We kurols
move by viii power. IL is said many OF
our people have come 10 you secretly,
before We know q great deal about
your life. But until just now II YVES
against the law for our people 70 visit
Earth. it lowered Them and always
did YOU harm. and caused wars among
YOU. much against our viii and de-
sire. Even now. fear, my coming viii
make disturbance
He was like q man but endowed much
above man. and with something
wierd and incOmprehensible about him.
win YOU nOtLell us something about
KurO2" asked Graemantle serenely.
He was the only one of our group who
seemed anywhere near equal 20 ZOrlln.
"Or would YOU prefer to rest?
The first duty OF a missionary, Zor-
lin made answer. lis 70 learn about the
country or the world he comes 10.
After that he can tell things. Not
now. ] learned much of your speech
from our star-talk; the rest from Bron-
son. But now let us wait
We waited" accordingly; for the
hour was near dawn. and streaks Of
morning were family limiting at day in
the east. through the windows; and
even Clissman's spectacular eyes look
ed a trife dim and weary.
When we rose some three hours later
in the glory Of a crisp and cool fore
noon of autumn it was decided that
we should begin a jaunt Of observation
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

through the country back TO New York.
This was part of ZOrlin's benefit; but it
suited me equally we'll since l was al
most as much stranger as he. For
convenience we took the walking bal
loon down the mountains, as this was
the pleasantest conveyance over rough
ground when there were no large air
ships handy.
This vehicle is a shallow car, with
small hollow sails of silk above it, con-
tanning just enough gas TO keep it
about thirty feet above ground. assist
Ell by @ small electric engine in the cen
TIRE. From the bottom of the car TWO
long rods or mechanical legs made of
aluminum-the lightest known metal
extended down TO the ground, where
they are reciprOcated at regular inter
walls by an electrOmotOr, which enables
them 90 initiate the motion of walking
and carry the balloon along at the
rate OF some fifteen miles an hour.
They are not meant for high speed and
can travel only. of course. on prepared
routes. but are very convenient in GER
tain places.
Air cutters and the larger air ships
are employed for flying in any direction
and with much greater velocity. They
are on an entirely different plan from
the dying machines which were an
nOuuCed. but had not yet come into use
when / was last alive The present
air ships apply the principle shown.
for example in the rapid tiUtter of the
bumb,e-bee's wing. This is the shut
-f fe
of larJiCed aluminium strengthened with
q small amount OF copper, and enclosed
with transparent celluloid for prOtec-
t.0n against weather (cellulOid now be
ing generally used in place of glass;.
Through the centre of the floor are
thrust sour short aluminium tubes three
lsol iu diameter with three feet of
lorgth below. and these are each filled
with 90 very thin cellulOid shutters,
So arranged that they can De thrown
upward. presenting only their thin
cdles 90 the air offering no resistance
TO it The instant they are turned
down fat. they prevent the passage OF
air from below. and So compress II into
great density The inertia of the air
I'm The tubes. you see hammerheet
remarked. makes it like o rigid col
umn-m0re rigid than steel. This
forces the car upward, when IL starts;
and it ssCenis on the TOD Of contin-
uaIlv beighteninE pillar of air which
holds ir up bCOyently and firmly. The
1000 shutters fn each tube work be-
tween balanced springs and recipro-
cate at the rate of $4,000 strokes q min
ute.-that is they open and shut -9o
times every second.
The motor by which they were work
el was. thought. very ingenious, II
is a small electric engine or eleven
. horsepower. SET between the tubes.
and has an armature of the finest chem
icaUy pure iron wire, wound with sill
yer and insulated with cOllodion reduc-
eli bv chemical means to cellulose. The
armature, by an automatic device, IS
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A MODERN ROMANCE.

Chapter I.
Did your wealthy old grandfather
mention you in his will?"
Chapter H.
He did"
Chapter III.
Then. Fitz Rooey. dearest, I am
yours till death"
Chapter ".
He mentioned that I should be cut
of without a red cent"
Chtpter Y.
Then. Fitz Rooey. I am not yours
for even q little minute-gocd bye. ~
THE END.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-13
HUMAN BLOOD IN The BARN.

An Analysts Di.eio-es a Very Important
Fact.
The ARGUS has been in possession
of facts for week past in relation to
blood being found spattered about
the shed in the rear OF Bastian' 5
house. As shoats were killed there
Monday following the tragedy the
blood was sent away for analy sis and
these facts were withheld awaiting
further developments.
States Attorney Searle has the re-
port of an expert who made an anal
ysis OF the blood found in Dastian's
barn and the blood is found to be
that of q human being. Further in
vestigation in the Bastian barn to-
day revealed more blood stains, and
in one of the hangers q large clot
was found.
The laprobe which the states at
torney ascertains never came in con-
tact with Kuschmann's body after
leaving the scene of the finding OF
the body is also covered with blood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-13
HANGS HIMSELF.
Continued from Fifth Page.

uneasy and yesterday made a visit to
Milan for the purpose of ascertaining
the address Of Henry Bastian's moth
er for the purpose Of writing TO her
and explaining the situation. In
Milan be found that that lady's name
was Katherine Bastian, instead Of
Eva L. Bastian, which proves to he
the name of Henry Bastian's wife.
The Savings bank officials were i'm.
mediately consulted and the forgery
theory established. Last evening
E. W. Hurst and f. II. Guyer as
counsel for the bank visited MIR.
Bastian's house. He could give no
satisfactory explanation. Relatives
of Bastian were called in and secur
ity for the forged amount was given.
Christian Bastian died about a year
ago.