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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

ward march is pushing onward rein
f0rcements arrive from the side streets
and other avenues. and IL is estimated
that BY the time the day parade has
passed Central Park fully half million
have Travelled over this. the greatest
thoroughfare in the world
In the Fifth avenue Easter procession
there are good clothes. garments that
have known the importers stamp. and
have been involved through lOng nights
of thought and days Of work. They are
lone-tailed coats and shOrt-tailed ul-
srers that have OCc0siOned the buyers
no end of thought i'm The selection of
sDrins length. and there are hats whose
nremeditated shine rivals the sun as it
Stands still In the MONDAY heavens 10
watch the parade below.
But In the Easter procession there
are many whose garments do not bear
the stamp of the importer, and whose
ioonings and groupings whose polish
and lengths. are not all after the caoled
stvle of 90 GAY settings they make TO
the heavy fabrics of the fashion plates.
for what they lack i'm material and new
ness the make ND in color OF cheek and
heartiness of girth.
Country cousins there are to be seen
i'm the Easter parade-gOod. hearty souls
without whom the Easter cavaicade
would be as vacant rs the trees were
the branches TO be gone and only the
leaves visible. or as bare as the eartn
were an its grass TO be stripped on and
only the flowers remain. or glank as Jne
sky with nothing but its snowy clouds
without The blue background.
In the Fifth avenue Easter procession
al are welcome. and the small basket
that hangs upon the arm OF an Easter
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

first fifty yards frequent blocks of lava
rise through the ice of the floor, while
further on there is nothing but ice.
The lava roof is sometimes only four or
five feet from the floor. The light of
the torches glanced continually on lei
cles many feet long pendant from the
roof Presently we passed some large
blocks Of ice, which had been cut by
the country people for sale at KOfu,
some miles off. At nearly four hun
dred yards from the entrance about
twenty wonderful ice stalagmites. from
two TO five feet in height, rose from the
floor close TO a lava wall forming appar-
entity the end of the cave, to meet icicles
hanging from the roof. from which wa
ter at this time of year continually
drops on them. The tops of these stall
agmites form hollow. bell shaped cylin-
ders. giving out faint note like a gong
when struck; they are partly filed with
the water which drips on them from the
iCicles from above. Soon by the side Of
them on the left, a low arch in the
lava Of the level of the floor, about three
feet high, may be seen. Down this
there is current of air: there is a
rapid descent for some thirty-fve feet,
and hence the course of the cave has
been followed for another two hundred
yards or so. but. owing to the strong
current Of air which constantly eXtin-
guished the torches. and the smallness
of the passage. which slopes down rap
idly from the entrance. no detailed de-
scription of it can be given; but un-
d0ubtedly the cave runs on for some
distance. perhaps 10 another outlet, for
the current OF air is very strong at the
extreme point to which anyone has yet
penetrated.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
New York. March 81


"You are coming to see me up in my
boudoir tomorrow" wrote a girl
friend a week ago. 81 sail for Europe
on the Xeopia Saturday week. l want
to talk to you before then. Don't fail
me. have a treat for you.
"P. SITS about spring boomers"
Accordingly. the humble recipient
Of the letter betook herself to certain
number on Fifth avenue, opposite Cen
tral Park, to see spring boomers.
q 90 abroad a week from Saturday,
cried Lila, "and l wanted you to see
the boomers l shall take with me and
the ones I shall wear in New York be-
fore l sail They are my Easter bloom
ers. and I shall wear them upon the
Boulevard Easter Sunday afternoon,
after l have been to church and taken
my walk upon Fifth avenue"
EASTER BLOOMERS.
While Lila was talking she was shak-
ing something out of a trunk. 1t was
all of silk and it was round and full, as
though stuffed with something. She
stood up before me. 1t was a pair Of
boomers.
The tops were as full as a skirt, the
legs were as voluminous as coffee sacks
and the division that formed the trOus-
ers was not noticeable until the legs
were set up in walking attitude as they
would appear when Lila, bicycle in
hand. started for the walk toward the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

med with people. From above YOU see
a steady moving mass. passing up one
side OF the street and down the other
each mass separated 10y ranks on the
inside and outside as the sidewalk di-
vides itself in half for pedestrians pass
ing each other Keep 10 the right is
the laughing reminder 10 pedestrians
who, forgetting the smiling gayly
dressed crowd moving up behind them,
stop TO linger a minute with friends
And Keep 20 the right" is the reply
that comes from the phalanx moving
down 10 meet the others.
EASTER MARCH.
BY common consent. born of casters
Of long ago. the line of march moves
steadily up Fifth avenue upon the right
side OF the street going towards Central
Park. and retraces it's steps upon the
left side. The contrary moving cur
rents must look ont for blockades and
slow progress. All the time the up
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
HER EASTER nO)NERS.
Many Of Them Ordered for a Spin in
Central Park.

AS Plentiful as Easter Hats-One
Style for Central Park, Another
for London and Another for Paris
Wear Thousands Reserved for
Easter Monday "A New York
New Girl" Owns Six Pairs Of
Spring Boomers, One for Ship
board.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
coLLEoE NOTES.
]. H. Gault left for his home in Hills
boro this week.

]. H. Gault left for his home in Hills
boro this week.
J. R. Cooley has returned after short
visit to his home at Cottage Grove.
There will be students dance at the
Opera House, Friday evening, Feb. Ia.
This will probably be the last dance given
by the students this year. ALI students
and members of the faculty are cordially
invited to attend.
The court martial held at the college
last Friday evening, was very interest
ing affair. Owing to the fact that this is
the first court martial held in the battal
ion, it was not as perfect in all the de-
tails as it might have been. Taken alto :
gether, however, the boys did very we'll
for beginners. Capt. F. E. Edwards Off
ciated as judge advocate, and Capt. G.
L. Owsley, as president of the board of
examiners. The board was composed of
the following officers: Capt Clyde Phil
lips, Capt Arthur Morrison; Lieutenants
@. G. Porter, H L. McAllister, Jos. Smith,
c. R. Porter, H M. Friendly, Arthur
Buchanan, Lee Beall, H. w. Kelly. The
result of the court martial has not been
published
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
TIE JOB SALE.

Yesterday at one O'Clock was the time
fixed by Assignee Bryson for selling the
realty belonging to the insolvent estate oi
Hamilton, Job s. Co., and number Of
citizens were at the courthouse door at the
appointed hour. From the largo attendance,
it was expected that the bidding would be
quite spirited, but it turned out, unfortu-
nately for the creditors of the estate, that
with very few exceptions, the crowd was
present merely out of curiosity. The Gra-
ham drugstore property was the first offered
for sale. $4,000 was the first bid and it was
made by r. E. Gibson. Banker Woodcock
raised the amount to $500. Gibson offered
So, 600 but failed to get the property, Mr..
Woodcock's bid of $3.615 being the sue
cessful one. The bank building and FIX
lures were next put up for sale. Some
minutes elapsed qefore an offer could be OBJ
tanned. Finally, however, L. G. Kline
started the ball with an offer of S. 900. W.
Ell. Hairless bid $4,000 and M. S. Wood
cock followed with an offer of $4,000,
which was not increased, and tho property
was knocked down to him for the First Ma
tional bank. j. N. Branderberry was het
successful bidder on the Cauthern ware
house property, his offer being $S25 for the
3l-60th interest owned by the bank. The
other 29-60th interest in this property is
owned by Banker Bush, of Salem.
Property in Jobs and Wilkins addition
brought 81, sos. w. M. Ladd, the Portland
banker, was the principal purchaser. Asa
Alexander bought the fvc-acre tract below
town for $50. an acre, and r. E. Gibson
bought the larger tract, containing about
! 13 acres, for s22 an acre. The sale of the
| balance of the property was then postponed
until the 1st day of April. 1896. A little
over SIC, 900 was realized from the sale.
Considering the financial depression the
price obtained for the Graham corner is
generally thought to be a fair figure. The
| bank building, however, brought consider
able less than was expected and some are Of
the opinion that the sale will not be con-
frmed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
oREaoN,s aoD-cHILD.

When the stately warship of the
United States that bears the noble
name of Oregon, takes her place in the
Pacific squadron, Corvallis will have
live personal interest in her.
This city will be represented in the tes-
timonial that is going to be presented by
patriotic minded citizens of Oregon to
the wlite-winged defender of our ma
tiona1 safety, whose god mother is the
state in which we live.
The amount may not be large; the be-
ginning is small, but still it is begin
ming and gives the assurance that Cor
wallis will contribute something aud
have some part in the honor. As yet,
no ersolal solicitations have been
made, but when it was first announced
tina. the local committeeman was ready
to receive subscriptions, big, round,
American silver dollar was placed in his
hands. This first contributor was Judge
John Burnett. Others have. signi6ed
their intention of following suit"
Tue children of the public schools
took the matter up and, undisnayed by
ponderous editorial in local paper in
Weighing against the awfulness of such
action, they proudly gave as they could
afford aud Tuesday purse of SS rs was
turned over to the committees represent
ative as token of the children's patrio-
tism aud Of their interest in the develop
ment of our country's navy. Contribu-
tons were made by pupils in depart
ments presiled over by Prof. Pratt, Mrs.
Nelns, Miss Turney, Miss Spencer aud
Miss Duncan Miss Spencer's pupils, i'll
the fifth gra lie, contributed the largest
sam, they raising 500, and Mr.. John
son, who is looking after the Corvallis
end of the movement, is going to pre-
sent handsome picture of the "Oregon," !"
to be hung in their room. So when the
testimonial is presented, whether it,be
something for the officers and men to
eat out of, to read, to look at, or to use,
it will be something that Corvallis has
an interest in aud that Corvallis always
will have an interest i'll. The subscrip-
ton list is opeu and any contributions
from 5 cents up may be left with B. w.
Johnson, at the GAZTrE office
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
AT TEE PLAYHOUSE.

The Independence Amateur Dramatic
Club made its second visit to this city,
last Saturday, producing the popular
m ltary play american Born" The
play is far from being suitable for anna
teurs. 1t is full of difficult situations and
exciting climaxes. There is no sparkling
dialogue to tickle the disabilities, nor
depth of plot to hold the attention. It
is essentially play of stage pictures and
tableaux, and these require the rlost
skillful handling to be made effective.
We regret that the patronage was not
better, for these friendly visits by organi-
cations from sister cities merit our atten
ton and encouragement They are not
money-making ventures, the desire being
simply to make expenses.
Mir. Readick, as usual, was excellent
He portrays part with such sfnoothness
and delicacy that it is pleasure to wit
ness it
Miss Cora Smell made good impression
IN the part of "Mary Hope" one of those
characters that even the very highest or
der of talent fails to make itself felt in,
and, at the same time, one that requires
delicate handling in order to be accept
able
Also worthy of word of praise is the
manner in which Mr. W. H Patterson
treated the character of "Faggles - Mir.
Patterson is free fro m that self-conscious,
hopelessly-lost appearance SO Character
istic of amateurs, and plays his part quite
professionally.
Other members of the cast were: Miss
Freeman, w. P. connaway, J. B. NORM,
Frank Burch, Harry Ho.ler. L. A. Bal
ley, J. A L. Myers and Ward Webber.
The Uncle Josh Spruceby company
played to fair house Tuesday evening.
The band and orchestra forms the princi-
pal and the best part of the organization
and the musical part of the program was
frst-class. The sawmill scene was realis-
tic and greatly pleased the audience.
The play was apparently constructed for
the introduction of this scene Part of
the speciality work was very good. The
gun manipulation struck the popular fam
cy. The "Hayseed" band paraded in
the afternoon and gave and enjoyable
street concert.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
OUR LOCAL HoRr1cu1ruR1srs.

| On July 14th next the State Horticultural
Society will hold its sem-annual meeting.
| AT the Portland meeting it was tacitly agreed
( to hold the July meeting at Corvallis, but
the final decision Of the executive committee
may favor some other locality One chief
will be the local membership. At present
there is disposition to hold the meeting at
Salem, because the local mem bership there
is much larger than here.
! There is no question that much benefit is
derived from the meetings of the society and
our local fruit growers remember with pleas
ure and sense of profit the last meeting g
lheld here. Shall the next meeting be at
| Corvallis? That depends on your interest
in the matter. y You want stors or more
OF the foremost horticultlirists of the state
to meet here and give you the benefit of their
years of experience, then become at once an
active msmber of the society and use your
voice ard influence to get other persons to
do likewise.
The mem bership feo is only 81 90 per year
and tho society expects to publish at the
close of the year report, full of interesting
| information to the fruit growers, gardeners
and florists, both amateur and professional.
This report will be free to members only.
Remember, the society is an organization
! Of h orticulturists, working for the advance
ment, in every legitimate way, of Orcgon's
horticulture. 1t knows no politics; no reli
gion, save the upbuilding in all its varied
| branches of Orcgon's horticulture.
Are you enrolled among its working men,
bers? If not, why not? Is not the cause a
good one! Will you rot assist in building
up this organization, and through it, that
greatest of agricultural interests-o1r fruit
industry? E. r. LAKE.
persons so dispo,ed can deposit their ad-
mission fee and receive receipt for same at
this:: ::office.)
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13

The directors of school distrieteNo. 9held
meeting last night at the office of Clerk
Wilson. The several bids for furnishing
wood to the district for the coming year
were opened and the contract to furnish oak
wood was awarded to w, A. Jolly at the
price of s2.25 per cord and to farnish fir
wood to Durno Brcs. s. Bogue at s2.IO per
card. After some informal business was
transacted, the meeting adjourned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13

The record of remarkable cures effected
enables us truthfully to say that Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the only true blood purifier
prominently in the public eye today.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13

Hoods pills are the best family cathartic
and liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the county
court will receive sealed bids up to 10
O'Clock a. m, March 4th, 1896, to furnish
80 cords of old growth body red fir wood
a feet long, and so cords of grub oak
wood feet long. To be delivered at
court house in Corvallis between June Ist
and Sept Ist, 1896. The court reserves
the right to reject any and alf bids.
In. HUNTER, County Clerk.
Dated this 5th day of February, 1896.
Organ for Sale.
A fine Estey, black walnut, cottage or
gan for sale at $50. New. Cost $I5o.
Call at this Office.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-03-12

A prominent citizen of Philadelphia,
Mr.. j. c. Strawbridge, has walked up
to realizing sense Of the fact that that
city has no fitting memorial of Ben
jamin Franklin, though the old philoso-
pher was so intimately associated with
it. Mr.. Strawbridge, therefore, has
given a commission to the sculptor,
John ]. Boyle, of the same city, to pre-
pare a model of a bronze statue to cost
$4,000, its artistic merit to be decided
by jury of three well-known artists.
The Fine Arts League of the city will
select the site 1t is gratifying that
similar commission recently given in
Chicago by one of its citizens has rous-
ed slow-going Philadelphia to a sense
of its deficiency in this respect. OF all
cities in the United States it is the one
which should commemorate the career
of Franklin.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-03-12
A Worthy Invention.

An enterprising English journal says:
''To decide between the deserving and
the undeserving poor, is no easy task.
The Americans have devised plan of
doing so mechanically. In various parts
of the country automatic aims distribu-
tors have been set up. A handle is con-
nected with some machinery, such as
will store electricity for instance, in an
accumulator, or perhaps grind coffee.
and after turning this for a certain
length of time a penny is thrown out
to the operator. These machines are
already popular. Instead of putting
penny in the slot and receiving in ex-
change the product of some one else's
work, you put in your own work and
take out another persons penny. OF
a truth the idea is worthy of imitation
in this country
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-03-12

The Supreme Court of Illinois has re-
Gently decided case which is of a good
deal of Importance both to railroads
and to the travelling public. In the
southern part of the State is road
known as the Cairo Short Line, Il
branch Of which, fifty miles long, runs
from Duquoin to Eldorado. the busi-
ness on the branch being so small that
the company ran only what are known
as mixed trains" made up of freight
and passenger cars. The people living
along the line of the road applied to
order the company to run one train Il
day each way exclusively for paSsen-
gers. and the order was issued. The
railroad company denied the right of
the board to issue such an order. and
the case went to the Supreme Court,
which affirmed the order Of the Com
missioners. The Court held that rail
roads are creatures of law and are in
trusted with their powers to promote
public interests. and are. therefore,
u
therance of the publicl objects of their
creation. The Court held that lit can
not be said that the carrying Of pas
SengerS in car attached to a freight
train is a suitable and proper opera
tion of a railroad SO far as the carriage
of passengers is concerned While
this decision will be appreciated by
many persons who have had to submit
to being drawn across the country in
mixed trains at the rate of ten miles
an hour, not including intermina BILE
stops at way stations while freight is
being loaded and transferred. it is a
fact that many Western roads do not do
a sufficiently large passenger business
to warrant the running of passenger
trains. This is a matter that a COM
pany ought to have considered when it
asked for a charter, but having re-
ceived privileges from the public such
a company ought not to be permitted
to treat the people as if they had no
rights in exchange for the franchise
they have given. Nor ought the COM
pany to subordinate the conveyance of
passengers to the transportation of
freight. The Court held very properly
that carrying first-class passengers on
q freight train was not in accordance
with the laws of the State of Illinois
nor with the rights of it's people.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-03-12

His honor the president of the Trans
vaal will not trek to London. The
Beers were at the point of the cape fifty
years ago. The compatriots Of Mr. Jo-
seph PuShful drove them out more by
bad manners than by violent arms.
They moved north step by step, trek
king, as they call it, their families and
chattelS through the desert to escape
mere contact with the outlander. They
braved the aSSegais of the savage.
fought, bargained, cheated, lied and
massacred after the manner of pioneers.
They won their empire from the abor-
igine, and they have shown by Maiuba
Hill and Krugersdorp that they can
hold it against the alien. Why should
Kruger go to London to confab with
the pushful person? The experience
of the King of Ashantee may be in his
mind. That potent monarch having
been invaded by the advance guard of
British civilization, consented to parley
with the governor of the Gold coast
and was whipped off from his capital
while the ambassadors whom he had
dispatched to Downing street were
ironed and sent TO prison. 1t is long
trek from Pretoria to London. The
Boer has made his last journey.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-03-12

source of oil fires and explosions in the
Producing regions, or a spark fame or
lamp Of any kind might become the
agent Of ignition on board. 1t did not
require the now almost certain fate Of
the tank steamer Wildfower to con-
vince those familiar with petroleum
and it's infiammable nature that the
tank steamer was no improvement up-
on the old methods Of shipcing oil in
the matter of safety from fire and eX-
plosion at sea. The tank steamer has
doubtless reduced the cost OF transpor
tation materially; it has not reduced
the fire risks. There will be explosions
at sea as long as Oil is subject Of
ocean freightage, and the chances of
explosion have been increased rather
than otherwise by the adoption of the
bulk method of transportation.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-03-12

Because his horses could not pull his
wagon out of the snow on South Water
street, at Chicago, Emil Rau, the driver,
laShed them until he was tired
After resting while he went at
it again, but was compelled to desist
by one Of his horses, which kicked him
into a snow bank and broke his leg.
1t is one of the mysteries of nature why
some animals, particularly the horse,
are not conscious of their strength If
more of them We're. and, when the op-
portunity presented itself, would retail
late in kind, there would be fewer bru-
tai drivers. Mr.. Rau may learn use-
full lesson during his hospital confine-
ment if he is so disposed.