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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
sIsTERSVILLE.

sISTERSVILLE, W. Va. May 2.-Jos
Sweeney. the city recorder. went up the
road Saturday evening on business re-
turning home yesterday.
Basil r. Bowers, a prominent citizen OF
New Martinsvile, was a visitor IN the
city last evening.
d. J. Connolly. formerly a resident OF
this place. but now living in Titusville'
was here Saturday visiting friends and
attending 10 some business matters.
c. w. Crawford, the well known opera
tor is visiting friends in Pennsylvania.
d. \. Durham. president of the Tyler
County Bank. went to Pittsburg last eve
ming to see his wife. who is visiting her
parents and who is confined to the house
with typhoid fever. Mr.. Durham Will visit
New York before returning.
Mr.. George II. Moffat claim agent OF
the Ohio River Railroad Company, was
in the city to-day looking after business
for his company.
A.D. McVey, superintendent Of the Eu-
reka Pipe Line Company, went down to
Marietta yesterday and spent the day
with friends
Ally Campbell. the well known operator
for the Mountain State Gas Compan5' at
Parkersburg, was The guest Of his parents
on the South Side yesterday. His mother
left this morning for Bradford. where
she will visit friends and relatives for
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". G.. Kohl. who have
been visiting friends in Marietta, return
ed home last evening.
Mrs. d. r. Radford, who has been visit
ing relatives in Chicago for the past two
weeks. returned home last evening.
e. 3. Reeser. formerly local manager
of the Mountain State Gas Company but
who is now serving the same company in
the same capacity at Marietta, was the
guest of friends here yesterday.
Mrs. A. D. Work. who has been VISIT
ing some Of her children IN Wheeling,
returned home last evening.
Judge Freer said he could not stand it
10 spend Sunday in the sleepy town OF
New Martinsville. where he is holding
court. and came here. where more
metropolitan airs are familiar to thu
Judges eye. He had a crowd of admirers
around him all day. to whom he spun
some big yarns.
Miss Lena winters, OF w HecIlHS' - W.
ting her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. \.
]. Williamson.
c. c. Marsh. the jeweler, spent Sunday
with relatives in Bellaire.
c. w. Stocking went to Wheeling TINS
morning on. business connected with the
new electric light plant
James McCoach left this afternoon Tor
Delaware. O., where he will spend the
week on business matters.
Or. W. II. Gillespie returned this after
noon from a trip down the river.
Clen Nichols. the well known oil opera
tor returned this afternoon from a bust
ness trip down the road.
Charles W. Grier has purchased from
James McCoach his interest in the stock
of drugs which are contained in the store
run in the name Of Chas. w Grier X Co..
and will get into business for himseH
somewhere else.
About one o'clock this afternoon Sc
we're rain and hail storm passed over inns
section of the county, which will prooao'y
rrove a damage to young stock ana
vegetables.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
LACE DEPARTMENT.
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT.

We pride ourselves upon our larg
stock and at such low prices that vii
astonish you.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
ANNIVERSARY.

The anniversary of the opening Of the
Home for Aged and Friendless Women
oscurs on Thursday May 9th, and the
managers have decided to celebrate it by
inviting the friends OF the institution to
visit the Home on that day. where they
will be warmly welcomed. Donations OF
any kind, either in money. groceries or
anything of use in the household will he
gladly received. as the coming of spring
brings many demands here as well as in
other homes. Hours for receiving Will
he from three to five in the afternoon and
from seven to ten in the evening. Ice
cream. cake and coffee will be served by
the ladies'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

DECORATION DAY EXERCISES ~
GRAFTON. w. VA. SATURDAY.
MAY 29TH. 1897.
For the above occasion. the B. & o.
Comnanv will sell excursion tickets
Saturday. May 29th, from Wheeling
Parkersburg, Belington, Rowlesburg'
Morgantown and intermediate points at
rate of one fare for the round trip,
good returning until Monday, May
91st. inclusive.
Able speakers will be present TO ad-
dress the people. also good music by
the Parkersburg and other bands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
WbeeIin9 Re9ister
SPRING OPENING OF c. HESS & SONS.

SPRING OPENING OF c. HESS & SONS.
We have now on exhibition all the latest
novelties in suitings. Trouserings, Fancy
Vestings and Overcoatings. The stylish APP
pearance. good fit, durability and entire
Satisfaction of our garments is our reputa-
ton. 80,
Prices OF our Suitings this spring Will be
$4,000 and up. Trouserings, So.uo ana
up Our Gents Furnishing Department Is
complete The best goods at lowest prices.
CHESS d. SONS,
Fashionable Tailors and Gents Fdrnishers,
I32Iand 1928 Market Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

Get the Best,-A
THE WHEELING DAILY REGISTER
Toe PER WEEK.
Telephone. 9Os
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
DONATION DAY.

Thursday. May 9th. has been set aside
by the managers of the Home for Aged
and Friendless Women as donation day
it being the anniversary of the opening Of
the Home Money, groceries or any
household necessity will be gladly re-
ceived and the many friends of the insti-
tuition are invited to visit it on that day.
and see the happy results Of their gen
erous giving in the past. Hours of re-
ceiving will be from three to five in the
afternoon and seven to ten in the even
ing. Ice cream. cake and coffee will be
served by the ladies. Come and spend a
pleasant hour and go home with the
consciousness of having helped on a good
work.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
CALL
For Law Enforcement Conven-
tiOu

For Law Enforcement Conven-
ton.
All persons in favor Of permanently
suppressing the speak-easies and illegal
saloons of Marshall county by the rigid
enforcement of the law, are hereby called
to meet in mass convention at the Court
House, in Moundsville, on next Monday
May 81, at p. m. TO organize the coun-
ty and devise means TO make the en-
forcement effectual.
All ministers are requested to read this
call in their churches next Sabbath. The
necessity of a strong organization TO aid
each locality in the fight against the
saloons is evident, and the law is now
sufficient to suppress every saloon in the
county. The question of Statewide or
ganization will be considered.
MANY CITIZENS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
A SMALL BOY DROWNED

Special to the Register.
Charleston. w. Va, May PA six
vear-old son of James Seals, colored'
was drowned eff a wharfboat at the
nublic levee here to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

Dress Ginghams................5c yard
Shirt sts....................lo anG 35c
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
CRIMINAL COURT.

In this Court, yesterday, in the case OF
State V George Price, there was plea
of guilty TO a misdemeanor and SEN
tence TO confinement in jail for ten
months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
THE GOSPEL WAGON.

There will be an open air meeting con-
Quoted at the Terminal station. near the
creek. on Market street, this evening. and
Christian people are invited to assist in
this work
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT.

We carry all the popular brands
mont fail 10 see our line. both in Sum
MGR and regular weights.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
EGGER, WAR1lCK & co.
psEss GOODS DEPARTMENT.
WHITE GOODS.

Everything that Is new, both Domes-
&c and Foreign-Persian Lawns. Linen
lawns. Dotted Swiss, Organdies, Main
socks
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
SPECIAL.

We always carry complete and we
assorted line Of the best and latest nov
elites.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
hERRMANN'S GREAT TRICK.
How He Caught Bullets Hot from Rifles
Held by Good Marksmen.

now ne NAuRnL bulleL6 HOT from tSlu68
Held by Good Marksmen.
Now that Hermann the Great is gone,
there can be no harm in explaining now
his wonderful trick of catching the bull
let's shot at him by six national guards
men was done.
On both occasions the famous pres
tidigitatsur stood alor~ upon the stage,
while six picked marksmen from the
state national guard fired point blank
upon him from a platform built in the
audience. On both occasions Hermann,
pale of face and painfully alert, caught
the bullets previously marked by a COM
mittee of noted army men, and handed
them back hot from the barrels for
Identification.
OF course, it was o trick, but it was
a dangerous trick, and one hat Herr
mann disliked to do But even he was
less nervous than the marksmen, who,
acting in perfect good faith, feared that
they might kill the p1ucky magician.
Many have been the alleged explana-
newspapers. They have all been wrong.
Hermann himself told the Herald how
IT was done, and here it is:
OF course, there was an accomplish,
and this accomplice was not one of the
marksnen, but the sergeant in charge
of them. This sergeant took the six
regulation army bullet cartridges on
a silver platter to the committee.
The committee examined them, made
sure they were genuine, marked them
plainly and replaced them on the plat
ter. The sergeant instantly raised the
platter in plain sight at arms length
above his head, walked over to the
marksmen, and they themselves each
took a cartridge, examined it and
placed it in the rifle. Then came the
shooting.
The trick lay in the platter, which
had a false bottom Under this bot
tom lay six other cartridges, identical
in size, weight and appearance, but
holding bullets made of a composition
sergeant held the platter aloft he
touched a spring, and by a clever mech
anism these six fake cartridges
jumped into the platter, while the
genuine cartridge disappeared beneath
the false bottom.
So il vas the composition cartridges
that the marksmen unknowingly put
into their rifles, and on firing this COM
position was instantly melted by frie-
ton through the barrels and dissipated
in the air.
Meantime, however, the supposedly
empty platter was taken behind the
wings, where the genuine cartridges
were drawn out, quickly heated and
carefully placed by Al attendant on a
table, where Hermann, Just before the
firing, carelessly picked them up and
palmed them. Holding them in his
hands during the firing, he Immediately
produced them as the smoke cleared.
A simple trick, but a very dangerous
one, for If the plauter's mechanism
failed to work completely, one or mora
of the genuine cartridges might have
got into the rifles of the marksmen
and thence into Herrmann's body.-N
Y, Herald,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
WHEN HUNGER GIVES ZEsr.
a Typical Camp Dinner with a Halo
Around 1t.

I have not lost all taste for an al
fresco feast in camp style; but there are
pleasures of many kinds and they are
not always comparable. l only draw
the line at those meSses called clam
~chowders, fish chowderS and the night
provoking ciambake. These may
be classed as coarse feeding. but l have
had as delicious trout, vcnison and 9TH
er game served in camp as ever tickled
4 tongue. Yet q service in courses. the
varied products of the vineyards. the
fruits and Desserts like all good
things, but the best of all is good COM
pany. whether m evening dress or fan-
mel shirt; yet l don't admit that camp
cookery eXcelS the best hotel cook
cry, taking each on its merits, out
side of sentiment. We deceive ourselves
in this; we come in hungry enough
to eat a bear before his skin is off, and
hunger is the best of sauces."
You have often come into camp with
4 string of trout and had 10 clean and
cook them before you could eat supper.
You stuck 4 stick i'll the gills with a bit
of pork in the mouth and stood them up
before the fire and turned them when
necessary. When you thought they
were done you sat down and ate them
half raw and half burned, and your
hunger tempted you to say that you
never ate such trout before IN your
life. If trout cooked in the same way
were set before you in a restaurant
you would reject them as unfit to eat.
But the memory of a camp dinner, with
an appetite only six hours old, but very
large for its age, has a halo around
it that should properly encircle the ap-
petite. Though not a taxidermist, 1 have
stuffed several thousand first-class ap-
Petites, but never could preserve onA.-
Forest and Stream.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

change in the old man. His face ceased
instantly to be a face; it became a mask,
a gray thing, with horror written about
the mouth and eyes. He hoarsely
shouted at the foot of the little, rickety
stairs, and Immediately, it seemed, there
came down an avalanche of men. No
one knew that during this time the old
lady had been standing in her night
clothes at the bedroom door yelling:
WHATS tn matter? What's tn mat
ter? What's tn matter?"
When they dashed toward the barn
it presented to their eyes its usual APP
pearance, solemn, rather mystic in the
black night. The Swede's lantern was
overturned at a point some yards from
in front of the barn doors. 1t contained
a wild little confiagration of its own,
and even in their excitement some of
those who felt a gentle secondary vi
bration of the thrifty part of their
minds at sight of this overturned IAN
tern. Under ordinary circumstances it
would have been a calamity.
But the cattle in the barn were
trampling, trampling, trampling, and
above this noise could be heard a hum
ming like the song of innumerable bees.
The old man hurled aside the great
doors, and a yellow flame leaped out
at one corner and sped and sped and
wavered frantically up the old gray
wall. 1t was glad, terrible, this single
flame, like the wild banner of deadly
and triumphant foes.
With his open knife in his hand old
Fleming himself had gone headlong
into the barn, where the sitting smoke
swirled with the air currents, and where
could be heard in its .~fullness the ter
rible chorus of the flames, laden with
tones of hate and death, a hymn Of
wonderful ~ferocity.
He flung a blanket over the old mares
head, cut the halter close to the manger,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
HUMOROUS

-Haag this fogI" whats the mat
ter?" why, it's so thick 1 just walked
into n of my creditors."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Hostess entertaining two lady
friends, to HERSELF - "Oh, dear, 1 do
wish one would go-I have so much to
tell either of them about the otheri"-
Tit-Bits.
"A Literary Hint,-In producing
literature write only on n side of the
paper, as the great publications of the
day do not, as a rule, care for both sides
of a story.-Detroit Journal.
Miss Prion (quoting)-"Wise men
make proverbs, and fools repeat them"
Miss Smart (musingly)-"Yes; 1 WON
der what wise man made the n you
just repeated."-Tit-Bits.
My child" said the old herring to
the young herring, by way of parting
advice, 1.-THE whole ocean is before you,
but don't go too near those canneries
along the coast of Maine unless you
want to be taken for a sardine."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
-Fuddy-"Haven't you always had q
contempt for that slothful servant who
wrapped up his talent in a napkin?"
Duddy-"On the contrary, 1 have often
thought him deserving of praise. Just
as like as not, you know, his talent was
n for music."-Boston Transcript.
Obstacles to Art.-"There is one
thing" said the heavy man of the the
atrical company, "thatn have to be at
tended to-" What is it," asked the
stage manager. You remember the
scene in which 1 pledge the princess
health in this crystal goblet of foaming
wine?" YES" We'll, you can do
OF three things. You can make that
cold tea weaker, put some sugar in il,
or else get some man who isn't in dam
ger of making a wry face to play the
part."-Washirgton Star.
The late lord chief justice of Eng
land used to tell his friends this anec
dote at his w expense: Driving in his
coupe towards his court one morning,
an accident happened tot at Grosvenor
Square. Fearing he would be belated,
be called a cab from the street rank,
and babe the Jehu drive him as rapid
" as possible to the courts of Justice.
'And where are they?" What, a Lon
don cabby, and don't know where the
law courts are at old Temple Barr"
''Oh, the law courts, is it? But you said
courts of justice ."-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06


of the hickories lazily swished his tail.
The warm sunshine made an oblong of
vivid yellow on the floor of the grocery
store.
Gould you see the whites of their
eyes?" said the man who was seated on
a soap box.
Nothing of the kind" replied old
Henry, warmly. Just a lot of fitting
figures, and l let go when they 'peared
TO be thickest. Bang" .
Mr.. Fleming" said the grocer. His
deferential voice expressed somehow
the old mans exact social weight. Mr..
Fleming, you never was frightened
much in them battles. was you?"
The veteran looked down and
grinned. Observing his manner, the
entire group Uttered. well, I guessI
was" he answered, finally; pretty well
scared, sometimes. Why, in my first
battle 1 thought the sky was falling
down. l thought the world was COLI
ing to an end. You bet l was scared"
Everyone laughed. Perhaps it seemed
strange and rather wonderful to them
that a MAI should admit the thing.
and in the tone of their laughter there
was probably more admiration than if
old Fleming had declared that he had
always been a lion. Moreover. they
knew that he had ranked as an orderly
sergeant. and so their opinion of his
Aeroism vas fixed. None, to be sure,
knew how an orderly sergeant ranked.
but hen it was understood to be some
where Just shy of a major generals
stars. So when old Henry admitted hat
he had been frightened there was a
laugh.
The trouble was" said the old man.
NJ thought they were all shooting at
me. Yes, sir. l thought every man in
The other army vas aiming at me in
particular. and only me. And it seemed
so darned unreasonable. you know. i
wanted TO explain to 'em what an al
mighty good fellow l was, because 1
thought then they might quit all try
ing to hit me. But 1 couldn't explain,
and they kept on being unreasonable
blim!-blam!-bang. So l rum"
Two little triangles of wrinkles ap-
peared at the corners of his eyes. Evil
IDENTIFY he appreciated some comedy in
this recital. Down near his feet, how
ever. little jim, his grandson, was WISH
bly horror-stricken. His hands We're
clasped nervously and his eyes were
wide with establishment at this terrible
scandal, his most magnificent grand
father telling such a thing.
When little Jim walked with his
grandfather he was in the habit Of
skipping along on the stone pavement
in front of the three stores and the
hotel of the town and betting that he
could avoid the cracks. But upon this
day he walked soberly. with his hand
gripping two of his grandfather's fin
gers. Sometimes he kicked distracted
" at dandelions that curved over the
walk. Anyone could see that he was
much troubled.
There's Sickles' colt over in the med
der, Jimmie" said the old man. Don't
you wish you owned n like him?"
I'm" said the boy. with n strange
lack of interest. He continued his re-
Elections. When finally he ventuTed:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Eating Dinner Backward.

An odd experiment with the kineto-
scope took place not long ago in Bos-
ton The subject was a man eating din
Ter, and the film, prepared especially
for the occasion. was found of unusual
length, so that the whole performance
could be recorded. The man entered
the room, and, seating himself at a ia
Die, proceeded to cut up the food. The
motion of the fork from The plate to his
lips was carefully recorded until the
last morsel of food had vanished. Then
he arose and walked out of the room,
leaving nothing on the table but bare
dishes. The series of pictures was then
reversed. it showed the mar entering
the room, walking backward. He sat
down at the table, upon which there
was nothing but bare dishes, and pro-
ceeded to extract food from his lips I'M
til he had filed the potato dish with po-
tatoes and gradually put together a
steak on the platter before him. Then
he calmly backed out of the room, and
the waiter did likewise with the meal
that the man had apparently created
Troy Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Judging from Appearances.

Fashionable Maiden Aunt Chiefly in
terested in preserving a youthful ap-
pearance)-I must say that 1 am proud
of our country. 1t seems almost in
credible that we should have grown so
remarkably during the comparatively
short period since America was dis
covered.
Tommy-How long ago is that auntie?
you ought to know that, Tommy.
It's but a trifle over 400 years"
"How old were you then, auntie?"-
Richmond Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
FASHION LETTER.

The Spring Season to surpass An Others
In Variety of Elegant and Artistic Ac-
cessories-NeU Color Combinations, Etc.
Especial New York Correspondence
FASHIONS In dress are never SO fas-
cinating as at the approach of spring,
when they blossom out like the flowers
in such rapid succession that one be-
comes b~ewildered n the matter of Sc
lection from among such a host Of
pretty styles so different in appearance
from the heavy materials of the win
ter. Already the shops are aglow with
temptations galore in the way of warm
weather attire from the exhibit of light
weight, light-colored tweeds, fancy
woods, ladies' cloths, French cassimeres
and boucles, to the most diaphanous
gauzes and muslins fit only for the most
sultry day a The spring season
promises to surpass all others in the
variety of elegant and artistic acces-
series, which + certainly the domi-
nant feature of the present fashions,
and we can only wonder what will come
next, and tentatively consider each new
suggestion as it may apply to individual
requirements.
Individuality in dress has a wide field
in the midst of all the profusion, and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

A man asked an Irish priest what q
miracle He gave him a full 4
PLANTATION, which did not satisfy the
man, who said: "Now, won't you
reverence give me an example of a mir
acle?"
WELL" said the priest step before
me and I'll see what I can do"
As the man did so he gave him q tre
mendous kick behind.
"Did you feel that?' he asked.
"Begorra I did feel it, sure enough
swell" said the priest, ut would bes,
miracle il you djdnt."--Bokton Puae.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

show such unlimited variety that they
may be exactly what the wearer OF the
dressmaker chooses to nave them. Be-
sides being small, very many of the
new models are still very much elon-
gated by points at the waists and frills
falling over the hands, the scalloped
edges of some of the newest reaching
almost to the finger tips, and yelling the
entire hand. The very close coat sleeve
is seen much more in some special styles
of gowns than in others-for ex-
ample, the Louis XIV. coats have
moderately full sleeves, but they
are cut in such a way as to fit the
forearm closely. with the fullness dis
tinctly on the upper part near the
shoulder. Length, not width, seems
to be the aim in all the sleeves, and the
manner of finishing them at the top
varies almost with the making of each
new advance spring model.
But for the moments before Lent the
pretty details of dress appear to be
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
A Day of EnioYment-

Mr.. Gabber-Where's Mrs. Gabber?
Servant-Somebody told her an i'm
portant secret this morning, and she
has been out all day, going from house
to house visiting her friends-Spare
Moments.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Than the Hair Flaw,

Mabel hear you are engaged TO
Charlie Blight
Maud-Yes, 1 am.
81 wonder if he proposed to you 10
he same way he did to me?"-N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser.