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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28
FOR COAST DEFENSE.
Land Fortiications Advocated by Senator
Proctor-Needs of the Country.


Proctor-Needs of the Country.
Washington, D. c.. February ~
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, address
ed the Senate to-day on the question Of
coast defenses. The Senator's former
service as secretary OF war gave added
interest in his remarks. At the outset
he quoted a statement by Admiral
Walker, to the effect that if the Eng
lish we're to send over such naval
force as they could spare from Europe,
they would have their own way here.
The Senator took the ground that the
land Notifications are much more efh-
cient for the coast defense than a navy,
and when once constructed are durable,
cheaply maintained and easily
strengthened; that the defense Of our
cities cannot be left to the navy alone,
however large; and that navy that
would equal the great navies of Europe
is unnecessary and its cost makes such
navy impracticable
The Senator said that a brief COM
parison from the last report Of the sec
rotary will demonstrate how hopeless
ly behind foreign powers the United
States is in naval equipments. This
was particularly true as regards Great
Britain, our traditional enemy. He
also compared the inadequacy of our
navy with what coast defenses would
accomplish, and said: "Such is our
navy. But suppose that like sum had
been eXpend I on land defenses, what
would the country now have to show
for the expenditures"
The Senator quoted Admiral Walker
as saying if our harbors were properly
fortified no squadron would attempt
to take them. He presented tables COM
pairing the cost Of land and floating
batteries showing the great excess of
cost when batteries are placed on ships,
and cited events in the China-Japan
war to show that Japanese land forces
we're an essential factor in the capture
of Fort Arthur and Weihaiwei.
In the course of his remarks, he said:
''It would be much better to provide
the land Notifications at a cost so
many times less than the expense of
making our navy anything like equal
is universally admitted that the lynd
Notifications will render oar coast i'm
pregnable. The needs Of the country
appeal to Congress for action in this
direction; the boundless capital repre-
scented in property that could be de-
stroyed by bombardment appeals to us;
the material interests of the whole ma
ton that would be effected by that
destruction. appeal to us; our common
sense appeals to us. We can effect our
purpose more cheaply now than here
after. Let us provide suitable fortifi-
cations and render our harbors impreg-
nable. Whatever works are made will
be such that additions can from time to
time be made to them. to make them
equal to withstanding the advances Of
science. If we do this, we will receive
the commentator of the whole coun-
try"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28
roRONTo STIRRED Ur

Ecy. Fred Schlvcrea Succeeds On Waking
I.ven the city Omcials.
Special to the Register.
Toronto. Ohio. February 27.-This
c..y is in the midst Of a most gracious
and wonderful revival led by Rev.
Fred Scbiverea. of the Moody school Of
eemgeGs,s. Thousands have attend
these meetings. coming from an sec
.ons o the valley, films at time two
.ree ed.fccs. The converts number
m I'm the hundreds City officials are
joining .he movement and it is stated
Council under the provisions Of
Dow law. and under the pressure
o public sentiment. viii close the
looms.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28
REMARKABLE MEETINGS.
Special to the Register.

OBVNAii " NhC ANNSiotSAs
Clarksburg. w. Va. February 81
There never has been in the history Of
this county such a revival of religion
as is in progress at Adamston, two
miles west of here. The new Methodist
church is crowded every night. People
attend from Clarksburg, Wilsonburg,
Sardis, Reynoldsville, Wolf Summit,
Mount Hope, Shanty Hill, and Syca-
more Dale. The meetings have been
on three weeks, and interest is not abat-
ing. Up to last night, there had been
forty conversions, and many seeking
mercy. The servicessare conducted by
Rev. +. B. Davis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28

honorable man. Here-take back your
pistol"
But lost, I was only carrying out
my promise"
You did not loose" the dying man
murmured.
You"
81 cheated"
And he rolled over dead!-Pick-Me-
Up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28
.rrEARANcEs u - NAUGHT.


Hor-au.oVn New Dominion.
few days ago q party Of gentle
mon who we're at the depot waiting for
...r train were talking about the ar
-.s- of q man on a serious charge. and
.. OF them remarked that the man
H.s very nervous and showed fear
When confronted by the sirl whom DE
charged with having assaulted and
.o Nas To- identify him. EX-Gov. A.
Fleming who was Judge Of the Cir
C1ur. of this circuit for ten years.
n Che party and said. after ten
-s experience on the bench during
..l time I watched The faces and
ons of many people charged with
crimes T am firmly convinced chat q
@ looks and actions when on trial
when accused OF grave crime count
u-uglt. a. brave man cen 5ciCus
H. .s innocent viii often meet his
s.rs with an uu1incbiDg g21e and
r tha- is Ofteu,imes taken by
and .he public rs evidence chat
hardened criminal and cares for
ANS. While @ timid. sensitive man.
also perfectly innocent win
aliec, Gear and hy his actions
Use Che jurors and public 20 set him
a as q Cowardly wretch who is
and cannot hide his fear of the
eluccces Of his crime The Gov
'- said that if ne were arrested and
e' with The commission OF q grave
or which he was perfectly iuno-
mo sre~ that he would De greatly
.nrt and show it as would thoUs-
others. and that this tax o.
mans inn0cense OPP guile DE-
at-er arrest was simply pare
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28

When Baby was sick, we gave her astoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-28
A".RT."A
CHAS. R. GOETzE'S
PHARMACY,
Cor. Twelfth and Market Streets.

Mr.. Goethe has accepted the agency for
MATERS FAMOUS CATARRH CURE,
and has arranged for "a limited time TO
have al. instructor at his store.
What Mayers' Catarrh Cure offers you:
lst-Not only relief, but cure.
2nd-A three-months treatment
3rd-One bottle TO do the work.
4th-It is used differently from any other
medicine.
5th-It is absolutely guaranteed. No
'I For o. III The price Of one dollar.
Hundreds have tested this medicine ana
ful cure. Mayors Cure challenges the
world II battles the physician.
No other medicine can back its reputa-
ton by giving you a free trial before you
buy.
DO YOU hawk and sTSt2
DO YOU catch cold easily?
Do YOU have a dropping in your throat?
10 YOU have frequent colds?
Is your hearing affected
Does your nose stop up?
DO you sleep with YOU mouth open?
Do YOU have throat trouble?
Are you short of breath?
All these are symptoms OF Catarrh.
Call this week We give you q free trial
and do not ask you 20 invest cent until
you are satisfied our remedy is as repre-
THE SCEPTIC,
THE CHRONIC
are all high IN their Praise Of its curative
Come Come at once and try il at Chas. r.
Goetze's pharmacy. Only limited time
left
Observation-Disclosures FOR Blank
House Leases. oil Leases. For Rent Cards.
For Sale Cards. and Rooms for Rent
Cards Call at Register ONCE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11

pressed with desire to trot out her
learning, TO parade her long healed
ness and to how-discreetly-the blue
stocking which she wears. We 70 To
the dictionary when we want usfini.
tions, not to dinners. Nor will the
truly witty woman deal in perpetual
epigrams or fire off bon-mot at every
subject introduced. The witty woman
viii take a. well as give, for she loves
wit in others, and stirs 1t up by her
sympathy and her pretty art of listen
ing. She will be sparing of the fun
and reticent of generalities. In gener.
aIities the mediocre take refuge and
mediate foolishly upon the life they
cannot understand. No woman has
more success among men than the
witty woman and, strange to say, even
the stupid male adores her. The witty
woman is one of the joys Of life. Even
il she has large waist and small in
come she will find a welcome every.
where, for she sets the present dancing
to a lively tune and is bird that sings
even when the showers of fate are
YEARLY and pitilessly falling.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11
HERE'S 4 FISH STORY.
A Seven-Pound Rainbow Trout Caught
in a Michigan River.

II looks like a dream, but it is not,
and any of the old-time fishermen can
swear to it.
Yesterday morning Jerome Van Val
kenberg, president of the Greenwood
club on the banks OF the Perre Mar
quette river, captured a rainbow trout
which weighed seven pounds and two
ounces and measured 26 inches in
length and Is inches around A teIe-
gram announcing the catch was re-
ceiyed by local fishermen soon after it
was made, and it caused about as much
excitement as the shooting of a wild
elephant on State street would have
done.
The Pere Marquette river abounds in
rainbows, and more exciting contests
have been carried on along its banks
than in any other stream in the state
Many two-pounders have been landed,
but the larger ones have been SO shy
that when FOUNDER has been
landed the news has been carried to all
the fishermen Of the state.
Down below the mouth of the Bald
win, there are several well-known rain
bow holes, and once in awhile one Of
the old-timers comes out long enough
to take the breath away from the caster
and usually carry off his leade and
flies, and he is lucky if he escapes
without a broken rod. BY creeping up
on the bank, and peering cautiously
over into the holes on a hot day, these
old grandfathers have frequently been
seen, and many a day has been put in
against them, but they have always
been too foxy.
Col f. Crofton Fox ran against one
of these fellows last week. He made
cast over the hole and something which
looked like a streak of lightning
flashed before his eyes. When he re
covered from the shock his pet fly rod
was cripple and half his line was
gone. J. w. Rosenthal, another expert
went down TO take a throw at big
game. and he had it. After having his
fly rod snapped like a pipe stem he re-
turned to the club and got a bass rod,
Returning to the battle he rugged up
his leader and the second throw
brought out a gray-whiskered rainbow
which looked like whale. A tele-
graph pole could not have stood up I'M
der the onslaught. and the bass rod
went lame in a hurry. Mr.. Rosenthal
came down Saturday night from the
river and expected to return today, but
has been called to Albany on business
Yesterday morning he received tele-
gram from Baldwin, signed by Van
Valkenberg, and stating that he had
caught the FISH above described. Mr.
Rosenthal secured the prize by wire
and will have him mounted and pre-
sented to the Smithsonian institute, as
the biggest trout ever taken from a
Michigan stream Grand Rapids Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11

conld hear. Jenny found her faint and
prostrate and had to help her, as besl
abe could. back to her room Ana
there for two or three days she lay
utterly broken down and scarcely
caring whether she lived or died
Meanwhile LanceIot took the orna-
nents back to Lady Esler and had
considerable difficulty in explaining
where they came from They had nst
been stolen by Madeline; they had not
been given him by Madeline's father.
they had not he said II with a sar-
castle Iaugh-been stolen and restored
by himself. Altogether Lady Eslef
was not in the least satisfied with his
account OF the recovery Of the jewels.
Constance also professed great dis.
81 proyal OF his manner and ayowed
her belief that he was In collision with
the thieves. but she made this remark
to Lady Esler only and not TO the
world at large.
Lady Esler could not rest content
until she had, as she said, got to the
5ottom of the matter Accordingly she
east about in her mind for means Of
doing so, but she did not on this oc-
casion take Constance into her conf
denee She prepared to act alone.
How she managed TO obtain Made
lines address nobody ever knew.
Lancelot always said that she mus
rave foraged in his coat pockets or
bribed servant to obtain the address,
for there was no other way in which
she could have arrived at II. To every.
bodys surprise she announced one day
that she meant to go to London, with
out even maid, and no circumstances
awaited anything with her She went
and went straight to the dingy lodging
house inhabited by Oscar Deapard and
asked ut the door for Miss pespard
She's upstairs" said the servant.
II don't suppose she can come down;
she's been Ill or something. You can
step up If you like"
Lady Esler feR insulted, but She
stepped up" The girls mode Of an
nouncing her was TO throw the sitting
room door vide open and TO say;
=" Ere's lady to see yer.
Lady Esler stood on the threshold,
but her eyes were Gxed--not upon
Madeline, who rose trembling from her
seat, nor upon Oscar Dspard, who had
turned liyidly pale at her appearance,
but at Mr. Despard's wife Mrs. Des.
pard was yisibly confused aud dis
tressed: she stood up seemed almost
inclined TO make curtsey. then GOV
cred her face with her hands and
burst into tears.
Lady Eslers exclamation was one
which revealed nothing to Madeline.
but which seemed to fill Oscar Despard
and his wife with dlsmay
Jennings" she exclaimed. What
are you doing here2"
Mrs. Despard seemed all at once to
become rigid with despair and finally
crouched down upon the sofa and bur
led her face in her hands
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11
OVER THE HILLS.

Over the hills and far away
A little boy steals from his morning
play
And under the Dlossoming apple three
He lies and ne dreams of the things
to be;
Of battles fought and of victories won,
Df wrongs o'erthrown and Of great
deeds done
OF the valor that he shall prove some
day,
ever the hills and far away
Over the hills, and far away!
Over the hills and far away.
It's, oh, fer the Toll the liyelong day
But il mattereth not to the soul afiame
With love for riches and power and
fame.
On, o mani while the sun is high
On to the certain joys that lie
Wonder where biazeth the noon of day,
over the hills AMI far away
Over the hills, and far away
over the hills and far away,
An old man fingers at the close OF
day;
Now that his journey Is almost done,
His battles fought and his victories
won
The old time honesty and truth
The trustfulness ana the friends OF
youth,
Home and mother where are they?
over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away!
Eugene Field
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11
CHAPTER XXSIv.
Mrs. Despard and Lady Esler.


Your ladyship is mistaken" said
Despard, hoarsely. You are speaking
TO my wife"
Lady Eser turned upon him with
swift seorn. "Oh, indeed SO you
married my niece first and my waiting
maid afterward | should feel hatter
ed / am sure Now that | have met
YOU, jennings, | should like"
For once Oscar Despard manifested
a manly spirit of protest
This lady's name Is not Jennings,
Lady Esler, she Is my wife, Mrs, nes
pard"
oh. dare say II is all the same
to you whether she Is Mrs. Despard
or not the point is that she used TO
be my maid Jennings ! believe Hfy
Esler seated herself and looked de-
lihrately at Mrs Despard and Mrs,
pespards husband IN turn OF Made
line She took not the faintest notice.
Mrs Despard took out her handker-
chief and sobbed Historically.
oh, my lady" she said. Il knew II
was liberty, but YOU see you sent
me 50 often 10 see him 50 often that
| could not fail to take an interest -
Sent You to see him. Stun and non,
sense sent sou To see the child
the FIRST Mrs Despard's daughter. Now,
Jennings tell me the TRUTH why did
yon come 70 me and say that the child
was dead. il 1t was not dead?'
Er wha. what child my lad"
My ereatnieee, Madeline Despard,
You told ME she was dead
~ yes my lady"
Yet there She stands, or is supposed
"a stand slid Lady Esler. indicating
Madeline NTH wave Of her hand.
How's Chat Jennings"
Your hayshIp wiil allow me ID ob.
serve began pespafa in his softest
tenes.
shall allow you u Ia nothing ~
BE kind said Lady Esler. Il am
1aliing q Jennings net d yan. want
NE c>plsnatiou have wanted it foi
Nears he fact TIA. She distinctly
as0rca n1t of the death NJ my grand
nieee assured ms al X - solemnly
that ! absolutely believed her.
lhe Fast III. she Nas tired of MAX
lng INQUIRIES and reports, and. there
tore declared that the child was .ieat
u oniet " saNe herself trouble. III,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11
THE REALLY WITTY WOMAN.

Wide reading Is not good CONVERSE
ton and one may talk about .hou-
sand things and not make one Of them
entertaining. A good talker must be
a Judge Of character and must possess
sense OF humor. Ii she lacks the first
Of these attributes she will not fit her
topic to her companions Il sne lacks
the second neither man nor devil can
save her from being frequently and
MORALLY dull. Then no woman will
ever really talk well II she II inn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-11

Miss N. Miehborn, daughter Of Chief
Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn,
has recently come into possession OF an
interesting colonial specimen II Is
desk that was in the possession 81 ne
lIiehborn family al the Tine Of the
Boston tea parry
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-02
THE ARENA,

The September number of the Arena
will prove veritable storehouse in polit-
ical, social and economic problems, as a
glance at its varied and attractive table
of contents, which we give below, will
show. We may add that all of these
articles are up to the usual excellent
standard of the Arena. Table Of con-
tents:
Hon. William ]. Bryan, The Currency
Question; Rev. w. B. Williams-Evils
of Land Monopoly; B. o. Flower-Whit-
tier, Modern Apostle of Lofty Spiritu-
atty; Charles w. Bowne-The Initiative
and Referendum; I. N. Taylor-Is Uni
versal Religion Possible? Charles H.
Chapman-The Right of Woman to the
Ballot; William p. St. John, M. A
Free Silver and Prosperity; James NAL
colm-A Remarkable Statistical Report;
William Howe Tollman, Phi. D., Model
Model Tenements;" Paul Paquin, M.
D., V. M.--Inherited Wretchedness;
Should Consumptives Marry? Norman
T. Mason, A. M.-Compulsory Arbitra-
tom Practical Remedy; Prof. Frank
Parsons-The Telegraph Monopoly
part Ky; Will Allen Dromgoole-The
Valley Path (SeriaD Concluded; Richard
A. Oldham-Time (Poem); Mrs. Calvin
Kryder Reifsinder-Between Two
Worlds (SeriaD.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-02
SILVER AND BEETS.

Editor Representative:
Your shots are damned. Why don't
you tell the St. Paul Dispatch that since
the government has cut down the value
of silver miners product to SO cents on
the dollar, it is only fair that the govern
ment should restore to them what it has
taken from them. Can't you see that
there cannot be such thing as enriching
the silver barons at the expense (Of
what?) by giving back to them what had
been taken away from them. We would
think it just as reasonable for the United
States to allow the silver barons Gas the
gold bugs call the silver miners), q
bounty on silver production for as many
years as it has been demonetized as to
give the sugar trust bounty on sugar.
What was the bounty on sugar for? To
encourage sugar making in the United
States. Oh, we'll. And the sugar factory,
the largest in the United States, at Chi
no, Cal, was shut down to keep up the
price of sugar after people had prepared
to furnish beets. Many were bankrupt
ed, and others crippled, until they could
turn their hand to producing other crops.
E. MODIN.
Good Thunder, MINI, Aug 81, 1896.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-02

liar, and this, too, no matter how good
clothes he may wear, or how goody-
goody he may pretend to be-no matter
even, whether on the one hand he is q
church member or a doctor of divinity,
or whether the other, he is just a plain,
every day sinner.
One of the stereotyped objections that
the gold bug orators and editors make
to the reconciliation of silver is that it
would enrich the mine owners by raising
the market price of their silver bullion
to $1.29 per Ounce-$1.29 in gold. If
this is true, and we concede that it is,
the government would of course be COM
PEELED to put a dollars worth of silver
into every silver dollar that she coined.
This being the case, let us hear no more
OF this idiOtic nonsense about 5O-cent
dollars, until some one can show us how
silver dollar can contain gold dollars
worth OF silver and still be dishonest"
dollar, and worth only so cents in gold.
There are some things that are sub
sublimely ridiculous, and il consistency
Is to be recognized as virtue at ALL few
things can be more ridiculous than the
position taken by Senator Thurston and
other INSCRIPTIONS gold bugs with refer
ence to the effect that free coinage would
have upon the silver dollar, claiming, as
they do, that it would be worth dol
lar in gold" to the silver miner, but
that when paid out by him and getting
into the hands of the laboring men who
want to buy something with it, it their
becomes fraud" and dishonest" and
only worth SO cents
Now, to the laboring men of Minnesota
who may not have had chance to study
the above phase of the financial question
as thoroughly as they would like, we
would say. that the next time some Of
these gold bugs talk to you about So
cent dollars, remember the facts above
stated, and look him squarely in the
eyes, and ask him If he takes you far a
fool
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-02

containing a small quantity of the re-
quired poison. The poison is a prepara-
ton of arsenic, known as cobalt" It
can be obtained in the crude from any
druggist, and sufficient to last for years.
The flies are not attracted by the poison.
but they want the water, and in drinking
swallow enough of the arsenic to kill
them. The insects, newly Matched. 20
straight to the fatal dish, and are speed
lily exterminated. 1t is believed that IL
this plan were faithfully carried out. the
flies of the second season would be COM
paratively scarce; by the third season
they would almost have entirely disap-
peared, and thereafter fly would be a
rare sight.
The remedy is SO simple and effective
that it is irrational to longer submit to
the nuisance. 1t requires no expenditure
of time, labor or money. A little atten-
ton to this trifling precaution would ac-
complish good results, wholly dispropor-
tionate to the amount of effort demanded,
The attention of the boards of health
throughout the country should be direct
ed to the matter.-Minneapoli Times.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-02
WELL PUT.
litOr Representative:

Editor Representative:
The West produces about 80 per cent
of the wealth of the country and controls
about per cent of it.
The East produces about 10 per cent
of the wealth of the country and con-
trolls about 80 per cent of it.
How does this come about?
Through class laws granting the East
a monopoly of the manufacture of mon
ey, an invention to assist In the distribu-
ton Of wealth.
The relation that the East occupies to
the West is that of robber.
The position of the man who hesitates
to vote for silver because, while 1t would
help the West, 1t would hurt the East
is anamolous with the position of the dog
that hesitates to jump into the water be-
cause it would drown the fees.
FRANK r. SMITH.
La Crescent, Mimi, Aug rs, 1896.