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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30

The first actual escape from the new
county Jail occurred last night between
dark and half-past ten.
The prisoner is a woman, Nellie Els
worth by name, who is notorious in GER
tain quarters of the city, and who was
sent TO Jail recently from Police Court
in default Of a fine duly assessed against
her
Nellie appears to have had lover in
Bridgeport, and yesterday she sent
note to him, by some method at pres
emit unknown, telling him that she
would meet him las, night As. at the
time OF sending this message, she was
prisoner. in the upper portion of the
Jail building deVC,ed 10 female prison
ers. she showed that she had consider
able nerve, and that she had fully out
lined her course OF action TO keep the
appointment.
Nellies absence was discovered by
the turnkey at half-pasC ten o'clock.
Some time between dark and th2j time
the woman tore up a comfor, into strips
and made her way into the attic Cs the
building. There she tore Off h&sp on
the locked scutIe leading to the roof
of the front building, and thus found
,he way open to the air. In the attic
she found q piece OF chain, which she
passed around an iron column, and TO
this she attached a long strip of cam
vas, making q rope which led out on
the rOCf. To the canvas she tied the
strips of comfort. thus having an inn
prOmF,U rope which reached from the
edge of the roof 10 the ground, On The
east side of the Jail proper. and on the
south side OF the residence portion Of
the building This rope hung down on
the west side of the yard, which opens
out on EOff street.
All her arrangements perfected. Mel
lie started 10 shin down the rope, but
after she had dropped about ten or
dozen feet the line parted, and she fell
with the regulation sickening thud onto
the surface OF The yard. Had the ground
been frozen the woman would certainly
have sustained sundry broken bones.
but fortunately the thaw Of the past
week or ten days had softened I'D The
soil 10 q considerable depth, and there
was but a quarter of an inch frozen on
the surface Nellie plOwed up The dirt
i'm great shape when she struck. but
managed 10 scramble up, and tCok her
departure. presumably to meet her
lover on the Ohio side of the river. as
nothing more was seen of her last night.
The turnkey missed her about half
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
VIEW ORLEANS RACES.

New Orleans. January 29.-FifJy-
nin.h day Crescent City Jockey Clubs
winter meeting. Weather fine; track
slow Summaries:
First. selling az furlongs- Glenn
won: Hubert second; Imp HaZelJoD
third Time 143.
Second. selling. 6furlongs-Bart won E.
Festival second; Riugmas,er third
Time, 1888.
Third g furlongs, maidens -Parme-
son won, CEeye second; Janeiro third.
Fourth. Z furlongs-Co Constantine won;
DR. Work second; Hibernia Queen third.
Time 1888
Fifth. fnrlongs- David won; Bird
catcher second; Dick Behan third.
Time. 1919.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
THE "RINGEB" WON.
The wrestling Match al Sistersvillc Award
cd 90 white.
S0ocfql 10 Che REGISTER.

special 20 cle Register.
Sls.e-sville. w. Va. January o.
Tn squar and best wrestling match
u this section Of the country was that
which took place tonight in the Bijou
opera house. between Jack McInerney
q Wen known Pennsylvania, and q
man named White The contest was
governed by Police Gazette rules and
nothing but The s,rangle hold was
barred. The men weighed. as follows:
Mc'rcrrey, 1883; White 40. Both
men were I'm fire condition. The first
fan Was Won by McInerney i'm twenty
nine minutes and rwenty-eight sec
o1ls. Some OF the finest wres,lers in
the country were present and said that
this was enc Of the b6sc matches they
had even seen.
The second fan was won by White
I'm six end one-lllf minutes. and the
third ov White I'm six minutes The
match WAS for $3.50 To developed af-
,ar The match that White was q GRIN
GER and that ne is Bob
Reaker. OF New York. champion light
we ch- of the world The winner was
challenged bv o stranger whose name
could not be learned for $50 q side.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
WELL! WE'LL!

The Brownies fell down twice before
The Daisies last nigh The DAISIES are
occupying the second position in the
race. and are slowly crawling up ON the
leaders. Eeryey's work. showed a de-
c.laI falling oil from his average. and
n fact the entire team bcwled indiffer-
entity The Dez- individual average was
made by Wells The score follows:
Brownies - He.vey 1873. Jas. 1863;
Browne l56. 161 40: Hamilton 142.
1850. 1860; Mcclure 1875. 125. 15S: Dan.nden
1888. 1if lf1; ONeill 115. 141, ia; to-al
500. Ss> 9f1
Daisies scott 1869. 13S, 155: s even
SON lis, 1885, 155; Wells ISIS. ISL 159;
Whitaker 164 123, 174; Bloomfield 14l,
lt4 15f; Day $50. 12j, 16S; totals, 1884,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
DOWLERs BANQUET,


The bowlers in the South Side league
gave q banquet at Fettes Har-
vest Home alleys last night, in
celebration of the end OF the
second series Of championship games.
There were about 200 devotees Of the
game present. and they sat down TO
umptuous spread, which was merrily
discussed The menu was excellent,
and This fact was proved by the rapid
manner In which Ihe yicUals disap-
reereG.
Later there were a number Of
speeches. The orators were James
Wagner and Joseph Baumann, and Aug.
Schu5art spoke i'm German
The guests then took possession of
the alleys. and Mr.. James Wagner es-
ta0Ished the new individual record of
249 pins. When the season is finished,
The league win enjoy another banquet,
which viii be a very elaborate affair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
8ASE BA-L Matters
Manager N0raland O.. the Local Team
Was Here Yesterday.

A Conference With Mr. Sohmu5ach
I'm Regard to the Grounds WiCn
Very SAT- stactory Results-Ia1
heelng Tenn '3Owing Records
i1 -Go LUse3 Tournemalc-C -her
Local and TeIecraphic sport
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30

(20. 125: Worls (20, 144.7; Hunter C2),
1888. D.scher 40, 1871; Emblem 90,
1873; players average 1868.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
ESCAPED FROM JAIL.
Long Chances Of a Broken Neck Taken
by a Woman.

Nellie Ellsworth Climbed to the Roof
of the Jail, and Then Attempted
to Drop to the Ground by Means
ola Rope Made Of Bed Clothing,
1t Broke and She Fell at Least
Twenty Feet, but Managed to
Escape.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-30
ID Price Sale 81 4.. a num- II

scled Lace Curtains. some are i'm pairs.
some single the quantity limited. so
come quickly
GEO. II. SHOOK & co.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
The Ship That Sinks.

What becomes of the ship that sinks
in mid-ocean? If it is of wood it takes
in the first place considerable time for
it to reach the bottom. In 100 or more
fathoms of water quarter of an hour
will elapse before the ship touches bot
tom. 1t sinks slowly and when the bot
tom is reached it falls gently into the
soft. oozy bed with no crash or breaking
OF course if it is laden with pig iron or
corresponding substances, or if it is an
IRON ship, it sinks rapidly and sometimes
strikes the bottom with such force as
to smash in pieces.
Once sunken, ship becomes the prey
of the countless inhabitants of the
ocean. They swarm over and through
the great boat and make it their home.
Besides this, they cover every inch of
the boat with thick layer of lime. This
takes time, of course. and when one gen.
GRAFTON dies another continues the work
until finally the ship is so laden with
heavy incrustations, corals, sponges and
barnacles that, il wood. the creaking
timbers fall apart and slowly but surely
are absorbed in the waste at the sea
bottom.
Iron vessels are demolished more
quickly than those of wood. which may
last for centuries. The only metals that
Withstand the chemical action of the
waves are gold and platinum, and glass
also seems unaffected. No matter how
long gold may be hidden in the ocean it
will always be gold when recovered and
this fact explains the many romantic
and adventurous searches after hidden
submarine treasures, lost in shipwrecks.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
HORTICULTURE.

Producers and sellers of fruits and
vegetables can not sell in bulk, but
must carefully study the consumers
taste, for il these dainties do not suit
him he can do without them. Neither
favorable rise in prices, as can wheat or
pork. They must be sold on sight, and
the sight must be an agreeable one.
Persistent pruning must be practiced
with hedges. The barberry. Usage
orange. honey locust and buckthorn
will all make absolutely impenetrable
hedges. il properly handled. After
being started such hedge requires no
more labor to keep in condition than
does an ordinary fence, and it never
wears out.
Peach trees require good feeding to
have them do their best. Farm yard
manure is good; so also are wood ashes
and bone dust. Blighted leaves and
branches should at once be cut away
and burned. for disease quickly spreads
from branch to branch.
For beauty of bloom, fragrance and
ease of culture but few flowers please
as do dubious plants. 1t is time to pre-
pare for planting them as the frosty
nights approach, both in beds for spring
aud in pots for windows. Such are be.
coming more and more favorites for
house plants.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
STOCK.

A successful Western honey producer
hives his second swarm and places it on
top the parent hive until evening, when
it is poured off in front of the old hive,
which it enters. By morning all the
young queens have been destroyed, and
swarming for that season has been dis
pensed with.
If all the queen cells but one are re-
moved there will be no after swarm
issue. These queen cells are sometimes
built on the surface OF the comb, and
are hard to find, or they are built at the
edge or in the notch where the comb
joins the hive.
The best time of day to move bees is
in the evening; by 80 doing the disturb
ance which naturally arises is quieted
down by morning. If stand of bees is
taken from one place to another during
the day more or less of the bees are out
at work, and can not find the new loca-
tion at their home coming, and stray
away or perish.
Every bee keeper is interested in the
fight against adulterated honey. The
authorizations with which pure honey is
mixed are numberless. and are upon the
market in many forme. Many stand
of honey which looks pure and good is a
rank fraud.
Strange as it may seem, during the
past year the stock raisers OF England
weighed but per cent of their stock
before selling it, letting it go at so much
head; the farmers of Scotland used
the scales in 30 per cent of their sales.
1t is astonishing that such customs
should prevail in so old a country as
Great Britain.
No one animal can do everything best.
As in the mechanical world. there must
be division of labor. We owe all the
improvement Of the present day in all
classes Of domestic live stock to special
breeding for definite purpose. There
is always an element of error in the de-
mand for good, all round animal
Let the breeder of the race horse try
to combine the strength of the Clydes-
dale or Shire with the speed of his thor
oughbred, and the result is an increase
of strength, but decrease Of speed. II
a COW takes certain portion of food to
make milk, SO much less is available for
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for Agriculturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERSALIST."

making flesh. We must take our choice.
We cannot have two virtues in the high
est perfection in the same animal.
In our earlier recollections of the live
stock business, animals, and especially
hogs, we're guessed off" to consider
able extent at the first sale from grower
to buyer, though always weighed at the
slaughter house. The country was new,
and scales not at hand. 1t is matter
of wonder to US the extent to which
cattle on the hoof are sold by the eye in
Great Britain today.
Many families are too poor to eat
meat who feed their dogs enough to
grow 300 pound pig. The dog nuisance
would be abated if females were taxed
pretty heavily, and the males untaxed.
Better dogs would be bred. Those who
desired to keep them could afford to keep
them. While dog is useful animal
now and then, the most of them are
bowling nuisances.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
CHARLES DICKENS'S DAUGHTER.

At the very moment of Charles Dick
ens's burial at Mortlake, his sister Mary,
the eldest of the novelist's two daught-
tsrs, was lying dead at Farnham, small
Surrey village famed for it's castle and
Episcopal palace. Mary Dickens or
"Mamie," as her distinguished father
called her-was born in 1888, when he
was in the throes of writing Oliver Twist.
We hear little of her in Forster's Life,
which is odd, considering that Forster
was her godfather. Such glimpses as
we catch, however, are always pleasing
1t was she who taught Dickens how to
dance the polka, in view of Twelfth
night festivity. The novelist was sud-
denly seized with fear that he had for
gotten the step on the night previous to
his public appearance, and then and
there jumped out of bed it was bitter
winter night-to practise it. "Remem.
Der that for my biography" he remarked
to Forster. when describing the incident.
Some OF Dickens's most interesting let
tiers were written to her while he was
away on his American reading tours
They are full of tender concern for her
health, which was never robust. We
hear of her, on one occasion, "distin.
gushing herself" at avolunteers' ball, as
Dickens put it, "by fainting away in the
most inaccessible place in the whole
structure, and being brought out hori
zontally by a file OF volunteers, like some
slain daughter of Albion they were carry
ing into the street to rouse the indignant
valor of the populace." For many years
Miss Dickens presided over her fathers
household and dispensed the genial hos
pitality of Gadshill. my eldest daught
or" says Dickens. in 1858, "keeps house
with state and gravity becoming thai
high station" And again in 1862 81
often think that if Mary were to marry
(which she WON'T, should sell GadshilI
and go genteelly vagabondizing over the
face of the earth" The event which
Dickens half hoped for. half dreaded
never cam about. and Mamie" dice
unmarried.-Harper's Weekly.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
What is Rosewood?

1t has been great mystery to many
people why the dark. rich-colored wood
so much used for furniture should be
called rosewood" Its deep tinted,
ruddy-stresked surface certainly does
not resemble the rose, SO we must seek
some other reason for the name. Here
it is: When the tree is first cut the fresh
wood exhales a very strong, roselike
fragrance, which soon passes away,
leaving no trace of the peculiar odor.
The best varieties are found in South
America and the East Indias and neigh
boring islands.-FOrudrd
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
THE CHILDREN WHO SAVED
HAMBURG.

Hamburg was besieged. Wolff, the
merchant, returned slowly to his home
one morning. Along with the other
merchants of the city he had been help,
ing to defend the walls against the
enemy; and 80 constant was the fighting
that for a whole week he had worn his
armor day and night. And now he
thought bitterly that all his fighting
was useless; for on the morrow want
of food would force them to open the
gates.
AS he passed through his garden he
noticed that his cherry trees were cov-
cred with ripe fruit, so large and juicy
that the very sight of it was refreshing.
| At that moment thought struck him.
He knew how much the enemy was
suffering from thirst. What would
they not give for the fruit that hung I'M
needed on the trees of this orchard?
Might he not by means of his cherries
secure safety for his city?
Without moments delay he put his
plan into practice; for he knew there
was no time to be lost if the city was to
be saved. He gathered together three
hundred of the children of the city, all
dressed in white, and loaded them with
fruit from his orchard. The gates were
thrown open, and they set out on their
strange GRAND.
When the leader OF the army saw the
gates of the city open, and the band of
little white-robed children marching out,
many of them nearly hidden by the
branches which they carried, he at once
thought it was some trick by which the
townspeople we're trying to deceive him,
while preparing for an attack on his
camp. AS the children came nearer he
remembered his cruel vow, and was on
the point of giving orders that they
should all be put to death.
But when he saw the little ones SO
close at hand. so pale and thin from
want of food, he thought of his own
children at home and could hardly keep
back his tears. Then, as his thirsty
wounded soldiers tasted the cool. re
freshing fruit which the children had
brought them, cheer went up from the
camp. and the general knew that Q
was conquered-not by force of arms,
but by the power OF kindness and pity.
When the children returned, the gen.
eral sent along with them wagons laden
with food for the starving people of the
city. and the next day signed treaty Of
peace with those whom he had vowed to
destroy.
For many years afterward. as the day
came round on which this event took
place, it was kept as holiday. and
called THE Feast of the Cherries"
Large numbers of children, in white
robes, marched through the streets,
each one bearing branch with punches
of cherries on it. But the old writer
who tells the story is careful to say that
the children kept the cherries for them
sslves
Every age of the worlds history has
its tales of war, and bloodshed, and
cruelty, of wild struggles and of great
victories. but nowhere among them
all do we find the story OF more beau.
tiful victory than that which was won
by the little children who saved Ham
burg.-RogaI Croton Reader.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03
AGRFCULTURE.

A map of the farm, with each field
numbered, and its size, quality of soil,
&c, specified, will be a great aid in
keeping track of the years transactions;
and how few know the expense of each
grown crop the past year, and what
have your COVE. pigs, sheep and chickens
paid you? Which was the most profita.
BILE, and why?
While labor is spent without stint
upon many farm, that management
is lacking which is all essential to sue
cess. There is no balancing of ledger
to know just how much on the right or
wrong side the owner has come. Such
lack of management would soon wreck
any commercial enterprise, and it is not
surprising that often farming does not
pay"
The first sprouts oflpotatoes are much
the strongest. 1t is never wise to plant
those which have already sprouted.
There is no better way to keep them
than to cover them in the ground in
long. conical ridges, made when the
potatoes and the ground are both cold.
Put on plenty of earth, but have ventil-
ators at each end until the severest
weather comes.
After the earth which is thrown over
the potato ridge is frozen cover it foot
or two deep with horse manure, that the
earth may be kept from thawing, and
that there may be no deeper freezing.
If on top of this course or two Of bun
dies of corn fodder is thrown, the rains
will be effectually shielded off.
Potato soil should be made rich by
the heavy manuring Of previous crops,
and nothing is better than clover sod.
Cut the crop of hay, and then haul out
the barnyard manure, that the rains
may wash it's virtues into the soil, where
it will be held available for the potatoes
to feed upon. This will not prevent the
saving of the crop Of clover seed.
There are few seasons when good
crops could not be raised if the natural
rainfall could be retained by subsoiling.
1t has advantages over irrigation. A
few acres can be treated each year un.
til the whole farm has been gone over,
and no expensive apparatus is needed.
Three heavy horses can run a subsoiler
16 inches deep in an open soil free Of
stone.
By subsoiling twice. the second time
crosswise, the ground can be stirred to
depth of 20 inches, and will hold an
immense amount of water, which, in
stead of running off into the streams, is
stored for future use. When the pro-
cess must be repeated it can be done at
half the original cost. 1t necessitates
no changes in the methods of farming.
Good implements save time, do better
work and make larger crops than poor
ones; but do not buy them on time, pay
per cent interest, and then be so fool
ish as to leave them out in all weathers,
to go to pieces before they are paid for.
You cannot make crops good enough to
warrant this.
No matter how hard farmer works,
nor how good crops he produces, there
will not be much profit for him unless
he produces very largely the things con
sumed at home. This has been the
matter with the Southern farmer; he
has been making cotton crop, and
some one else has been making his flour
and meat. He sold his produce at
wholesale prices, and bought everything
| at retail
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-03

Do you suppose we will be here in
seventeen years to witness the third
sham battle on the lake7"
September 10, 1913" he said, Eyes
why not7"
And right behind them,-
Good land, THEODORE! they say
they're goin' to hev this thing over
again ia nineteen hundred and thir-
teen. l Amt goin', and you needn't
think of it."
NOBLE, o.