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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The CYCLONE OF CYCLONES!
Gigantic Failures! Tremendous Sacrifices.

The recent failure of several leading
houses has thrown upon the market the
nneSt line of Shoes that waS put before
the public. Jacob Goods agent writes that
the market was glutted and he had q reg
uiar picnic pertaining to prices in shoes,
therefore we can give the public the benz
eflt Of prices that were never quoted be-
Tore oy shes dealers. Jacob Good Will
cause q cyclone in prices for one week
mat VIII crowd his popular shoe store.
we VIII oiier shoes at prices that the
manufacturers would not dare TO offer.
inns Is saying great deal. but we are
mere TO prove. IL. We are receiving
the shoes for the last week We can fit
anybody. All sizes. lasts and style toes.
Dig line of chilcren's School Shoes so
Ihat every child can have pair of shoes.
BELOW we VIII quote YOU 4 few prices:
GENTLEMENfS DEPARTMENT.
Mems Kangaroo, Wei Kid. Cordovan.
Russian Calf Skin, all 50 CO. 81 90. ST 90 and
% W shoes go for $500 and s. 9. Mems
neaEy ran. regular So 90 shoes: cur price.
y % Mems Willow Calf regular s. 90
Siaoest our price s. 80. Mems light and
hsavy Green. regular s. so and 81 20 shoes;
our price. 81 % and s. 50. Mems Hyle's
fateht Leather, regular IS co shoes; our
price, N 30. Mems Black Calf Skin. reg
ular s. 90 shoes; our price. 81 50.
LADIES Green shoesS Regular Sc 30 shoes;
our price s. 90 and s. s5.@ Ladies' Black
NSlcI KID. regular S. 90 shoes: our price
81 o0. Child's shoes Zoe, 75c. 81 to. Child's
ran Shoes, IL TO 2 soc. pair.
Yours.
JRCOB GOOD,
1885 Market street. Wheeling
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-18
PENSIONS GRANTED.

Special to the Register.
Washington, September 17-These
West Virginia pensions have been
granted:
lncrease-Perry G. Shafer, Highly.
Reissue-Sheldon H. Haynes, Cliff
ton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-18
EXCURSION TO SPRINGFIELD. O.

Via the B. & O., Account Free Coinage
Camp Meeting.
September Is to IS, inclusive. the
B. & o. will sell excursion tickets to
Springfield, Ohio, at rate of S5.75, good
until September oath, inclusive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-18

SPECIAL EXCURSIONS OVER THE
B. 6 o. TO THE PITTS3URG Elk
POSITION.
Thursdays, September OH, 10th. ed
and 30th, and Saturday, September
18th. Round trip 1925, including ad-
mission to the Exposition. Tickets
good three days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-18
DRY GOODS

Ii35 Market street. Wheeling
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
The Old-Fashioned High Tea.


The table for high tea" is usually
arranged without table-c!oth, par
ticularly If the hostess happeAs to pos
sess handsome table. At each plate
should be plate dolly and tumbler
dolly: in the center of the table an
embroidered centerpiece in colors in
harmony with the table decorations
and the flowers 1t is intended to use.
At the head of the table upon an en-
broidered square are laid the tea serv.
ice, the urn, the cups and saucers, the
cream pitcher, sugar bowl, etc. At the
other end upon an embroidered square
may be placed the piece de resistance
of the high tea" Scattered about on
circular doilies are the dishes of jelly,
preserves. pickles, sweet and sour,
olives, butter balls, cakes, etc. At
each place, resting upon the plate dolly,
should be pretty plate and the neces-
sary silver, a goblet, bread-and-but-
er-plate and salt-cellar. All the cold
dishes are placed upon the table be-
fore the meal is announced, and tn
hot ones served Immediately upon the
guests being seated. Broiled chicken
and waffles, fried oysters and hot bis
cult, scalloped oysters, creamed oys-
ters. broiled oysters, and creamed
chicken are always in order. Hot but
tered and hot dry toast belong proper.
ly to the high tea." as do chicken
and lobster salad. The tea and coffee
are served with the meal. Generally
the sweet portion consists merely oi
cake, jelly and preserves. Ice cream IL
sometimes served, and whipped cream
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06

left all steam on, however, and tho
boiler full Of water, so that the boat.
guided by the man at the wheel, would
keep on her shoreward course so long
as the machinery was not interfered
with by the progress Of the flames.
The faremen stayed longer at their
posts than the engineers, but after a
little their place. too, became too hot
for them. They put in one last big
fire." as they expressed it. and fed
from the burning hold. Meantime men
stood ready to chop a hole through the
steamers side as soon as she should
touch bottom, In order that the water
might rush in and extinguish the
flames below: All hands looked earn
estly toward the dark shore line in the
distance, and hoped that they might
get ashore after the steamer touched
II she ever did touch. They were not.
however, left to their own resources.
At Bailey's Harbor life-saving station
men had caught sight OF the burning
steamer, and had manned lifeboat.
They carried sail, and rugged it, maxi
ing straight for the steamer, but soon
discovered that she was steaming at
full speed past Bailey's Harbor and for
Whitefish Bay. There was danger that
she would outspeed the lifeboat, and
put herself out of the reach of aid.
BY changing their course and taking
advantage of the wind, the boatmen
succeeded in overhauling the Austria
lasian just as her bottom touched the
sand. At that moment a hole was cut
in her side, and the water rushed in.
Meantime the life-savers were along
side. and were taking of the seamen.
who tumbled into the boat and were
landed safely on the beach.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
Son Of An Oxeraaer.

But it was after the war that the
overseer had his grand opportunity.
With cotton at fabulous prices and
free labor in abundance, he made use
Of the knowledge of farming that his
former employer was SO sadly deficient
in, and while the latter went into bank
ruptcy and was turned into the road
he prospered amazingly, until today
many of the wealthiest families in the
south are those founded by ex-over-
seers in the SOS and early '7O's. Glass
barriers being gradually broken down,
the sons and daughters of overseers
are now recognized in the best society
in the south-the calling of their faith
ers being charitably forgotten out Of
consideration for their fathers success.
The southern overseer class must
have credit for at least one great SOL
dier. 1t would not be charitable to
call his name, for the south respects
him as one of the greatest of her cav
airy leaders; but whatever talents he
possessed he inherited from his faith
er, who was the overseer for the
writer's grandfather in Bedford coun-
ty, in old Kentucky. in the days be-
fore the war.-New York Post.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
The Babx,s chr,stenipe Robe

The Baby's Christening Robe.
"The christening robe is usually of
the finest null and trimmed with real
Valenciennes lace edging, but one Of
fine nainsook with hemstitched hem,
front of machine-made Valenciennes
insertion and nainsook embroidery,
yoke to correspond, makes a very dain-
ty and serviceable affair."" writes EN-
ma M. Hooper In practical article on
"The Baby's Layette," in the Ladies'
Home Journal. 1T may be made as
follows: Take two lengths Of fine
lawn, thirty-six inches wide, costing
about fifty cents yard; have three
inch hem hemstitched and a ruffle of
three-inch Valenciennes lace; whip
this to the lower edge. Gather to a
short, square yoke, opening it in the
back. The yoke should be made of
stripes Of lace insertion and nainsook
embroidery and edged with a rufle of
lace, the neck being fnished with
rufae of narrower lace. Cover the
front with alternate crosswise rows of
lace and embroidery insertion, COM
mencing them at the hem twenty inch
es wide and tapering toward the top
to width Of six inches; ruffle of lace
down each side. One-seam sleeves
gathered in to the armholes and at
the wrists, where there is a band of
insertion and ruffle of lace. OF three
inch lace eight yards, of narrow edg-
ing half yard, and of lace and nain-
sock insertion six yards each. One
yard from the neck to the lower edge
is amply long for a dress, many being
only thirty-three inches, as it has been
decided unhealthy for the baby to be
burdened with any extra weight
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
Business In 1900.

Not only was the field of business
enterprise thus restricted. but the
transaction of business within that
field was slow and difficult. The mer-
chant kept his own books-or, as he
would have said, his accounts-wrote
all his letters with quill, and when
they were written let the ink dry or
sprinkled 1t with sand. There were
then no envelopes. no postage stamps.
no letter-boxes in the streets, no COL
lection Of the mail. The letter writ
ten, the paper was carefully folded,
sealed with wax or wafer, addressed
and carried to the postofice, where
postage was prepaid at rates which
would now seem extortionate. To
send letter which was single sheet
Of paper, large or small, from Boston
to New York or Philadelphia, cost 1917
cents. and to Washington rs cents;
and this at time when the purchasing
power of a cent was five times what
1t is at present. To carry letter from
Philadelphia. then the capital of the
United States, to Boston. and bring
back an answer by return mail. would
have consumed from twelve to eighteen
days, according to the season of the
year and the weather.-The Atlantic.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
Notes of the Vogue.

Already several of the shops are dis.
playing diaphanous fabrics for next
summer that makes one shiver to con-
template these days.
There are as many Persian lamb
coats worn as sealskin ones, and these.
too, by women who could afford the
higher-priced skin IL they wanted it;
so it must be Persian lamb is better
liked.
The style of walking boots now
in vogue for women allows more COM
fort and freedom than the erstwhile
popular high-heeled French affair, and
therefore conduces to more graceful
walking.
Little girls of today look like the
story-book spinsters of forty or fifty
years ago. 1t seems to be the accept
ed mode for their hair to be parted in
the middle with one curl tied with a
bow on each side Of the face, bobbine
outside the cap.
Our stock Of animals will be extinct
shortly, considering the number Of
heads and tails fashion demands these
days. One girl seen had at least twelve
tails, about six inches long, hanging
from her animalette, from her neck to
her waist.
An awfuliy pretty bodice was made
with fulled yoke, deep corselet, bust
high of velvet and on the left side, just
under the bust, was a bow Of velvet
ribbon one and half inches wide,
with a steel buckle over the knot and
the two ends hanging to the knees.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
A Dry Rain,

According to the Kansas City Star
there is one place in the United States
where man may be out in a heavy
rain and not get wet, though he has
neither macintosh nor umbrella. In
the Colorado desert they have rain
storms during which not single drop
of water touches the earth. The rain
can be seen falling from the clouds
high above, but when the water reach
es the strata of hot, dry air beneath
the clouds it is entirely absorbed be.'
fore falling half the distance to the
ground. 1t is singular sight to witt
ness a heavy down-pour of rain, not q
drop of which touches the ground.
These strange rain-storms occur in re-
gions where the shade temperature Of
ten ranges as high as one hundred and
twenty-eight degrees Fahrenheit.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
YOUNG MEMS POPULARITY.
Availability, Kindness. Manliness. 1,

Amisbility, kindliness. Manliness. In
tegrity, Are Its Foundation.
To the query, care young men who
cannot. from religious convictions,
play cards, dance or attend the theater,
apt to be popular with young women of
refinement and education who do in
dulge in such amusements? Edward
w. Box, in Problems for Young Men,"
In the Ladies' Home Journal, responds:
why certainly; why not? The
amusements in which man indulges
have nothing to do with his outward at
tractiveness or popularity. 1t is the
way in which young man carries him.
self In his department that makes or
mars his popularity with girls or men.
One of the most popular and delightful
fellows l know in New York has never
been inside of a theater, although he Is
thlrty-five years of age. Nor has he
ever danced or played cards. He was
personal friend for ten years before !
knew that his religious principles pre-
cluded his indulgence In these amuse-
men>s. His secret is that he does not
carry his convictions on his sleeve for
everybody to rub against. And of his
popularity with women, young and ma
ture, can assure you absolutely. He
reads about the new plays, and can,
therefore, talk about them if they come
up In conversation. If asked If he has
seen certain actor or play he merely
replies in the negative. Never does he
force his convictions upon others. A
young mans popularity with either sex
rests upon something more than his
forms of amusement; amiability OF
manner, kindliness, pleasant address,
a manly outlook on life, honorable prin-
ciples-all these go far toward insur-
ing popularity"
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
MEN OF HIGH CHARACTER.

Ex-President Harrison Writes of the
Judges of the United States Courts.
THE judges of the United States
courts have, with rare exceptions, been
men of excellent legal ability and of
high character" writes ex-President
Harrison in the Ladies' Home Journal,
THE bar has sometimes complained
that judges were arbitrary, and not al
ways as suave and respectful in their
treatment of the members of the bar as
they ought to be. Perhaps there has
been in particular cases ground for
such complaints, but the cases have
been few. Manifestations of rudeness
and passion are inexcusable in Judge.
He must be deferential II he expects
Difference. He should be patient and
even-tempered, for the case is sure to
go his way in his own court. And, on
the other hand, the bar should always
give Its powerful aid to support the in
fiuence of the courts, for the judicial
department is the keystone of our gov
ernment, and assaults upon it threat
en- the whole structure Of the stately
arch"
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
TREE-ToP FISHERY.
Pleasant Place from Which to Fish on
Midsummer Day.

tAeasant Place from Which to Fish on
Midsummer Day.
John, Johnw shouted the rosy lit
tie wife of my host in central Florida,
from the honeysuckle porch. John,
If you're going to have fish for supper
it's time to go up the tree" relates
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Well, now, I've fished for all sorts
of fish and in some odd places, but
thus far never climbed into a tree
to get them, but didn't ask any fool
ish questions. John simply replied
over his shoulder, Cali right" and we
continued our walk through the FROST
blackened orange trees, which were Just
beginning to recover, those that were
alive at all. from the havoc of the pre-
ceding winter.
We passed beyond the plantation and
through the cool shadows of a "ham-
mock" where cypress and palmetto
trees were matted together and wind
ing creek was bridged with a single
log. Somewhere along the path John
picked up his rod and can of bait.
Then We came out upon the edge Of the
bayou. Laze alligators fioated at lit
tie distance or stuck their noses out
from their mud beds in the rushes,
and having satisfied themselves that
neither John nor the stranger had
gun they went on doing serenely. A
heron tapped away and rested himself
in convenient tree. A moccasin
snake rolled from a dry log into the
water. None of these incidents dis
turbed my friend, who led the way Sc
renely to the foot of big tree over
hanging the still waters of the bayou.
Up this tree we walked by a regular
series of board steps, and at the top
we crept upon a well-fastened plat
form, thoroughly shaded by the thick
drapery Of moss pendant from the
framework branches; and, thus en-
sconced, John proceeded to business.
and in half an hour we had the fnny
wherewithal for a delicious supper.
John enjoyed and suppose still en-
joys practical monopoly Of fishing
in that lake. for no one thereabouts
owns a boat, and, anyhow, the alliga-
tors don't approve of boats. the shores
are too sedgy and water too shallow
for casting, and Fishing trees" are not
found in any considerable number
thereabouts. So l borrowed Johns
primitive tackle and thus earned the
right to boast that had fshed, among
other methods piscatorial, from a tree
ton.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
Heaven Help Us!

A statistician has learned that the
annual aggregate of the circulation Of
the papers of the world is estimated
to be ooo,oo0,ooo copies. To grasp
the idea of this magnitude We
may state that it would cover no
fewe than 10,450 square miles Of
surface, that it is printed on 7Sl.-
$50 tons of paper and. further. that
If the number $4,000, ,000, ,O0O) repre-
sented, instead of copies, seconds. It
would take ever 1888 years for them
to elapse. In lieu of this arrangement
we might press and pile them vertical
ly upward to gradually reach our high
est mountains. Topping all these, and
even the highest Alps, the pile would
reach tie magnificent altitude Of 490,
or in round numbers, 500 miles. CAL
culating that the average man spends
five minutes reading his paper in the
day (this is a very low estimate), we
find that the people of the world alto
gether annually occupy time equival-
ent to 100000 years reading the papers.
Of Reviews.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06

one Of New York's debutantes. It is
of simple white null, laid over white
rustling percaline because she couldn't
afford satin. The bodice is cut very
low and has on each side, both front
and back, an embroidered band which
is wonderfully made. Plain gold rib
bon was secured of a cheap quality;
it was covered with null; then an edge
of the very narrowest Valenciennes
lace mot the genuine) was sewed on
each side. and the null embroidered
with silver spangles and yellow glass
beads. This was all done by the debu-
tante herself. Naturally it took most
of her spare time for some weeks, but
her bands look as we'll as many of the
expensive variety in the stores. Be-
sides the straps on the bodice, loops Of
the embroidery fell over the arm to
form what represents sleeves and two
bands perpendicularly adorn the skirt
front, ending on the hem in stiff bows.
Heavy dresses may be adorned with
bands of velvet, edged and embroidered
at home, with jet beads. Or plain net,
preferably white, may have some pref
ty scroll design worked on 1t with jet
beads and an occasional pailette.-The
Latest.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
AN UPHILL EFFORT.
Circumstances Over Which She Had
Very Little Control.

Circumstances Over Which She Had
Very Little Control.
II jest tell ye it's uphill work tryin'
to be anybody, fixed as am" said
discouraged middle-aged woman to a
city missionary who was calling at her
home, according to the New York Her.
aid. II try to be a lady, but things
are ag'in me-"
"Indeed?"
eyes, they are. Now, you take my
husband. He amt got the first born
instinct Of a real gent. He amt got the
raisin' of gent. and he just gifts mad
If tell i'm so. thought could make
something out of i'm when married
i'm, but tell you it's mighty uphill
work. He eats with his hat on an
pours his coffee into his saucer to
drink it and eats with his knife in spite
of all l kin do. What's the use of
tryin' to be lady under these circum.
stances?"
1T is rather discouraging."
"Discouraging amt no name for 1t.
He jess sets down fat on all my efforts
to make gent of i'm. Do you think
you could feel an act like a lady If
your husband sot around of an evenin'.
smokin' corncob pipe, with his feet
on your centeT-table an chawin' ter
hacker? Wouldn't you feel it was
mighty uphill work tryin' to feel an
act like the princess O. Wales or Mis-
Cleveland, or any other real lady un-
der them conditions?"
1T would be difficult"
"Well. I guess! Then look where I
live! With a beer saloon between me
an family of fghtin' Irish above me
an soap factory across the street an
a glue factory in the rear of me an a
junk shop next door. You reckon it's
easy to feel an act like lady among
that combination o sights an sounds
an smells?"
1T certainly is not pleasant neigh
borhood."
Il should say not! A preacher come
to see me the other day and he said
must rise above my surroundin's, an
l asked i'm point-blank II he'd ever
tried to rise above the combined smell
of a glue factory an soap factory on
a hot summer day, an he changed the
subject. No. ma'am! 'Tain't no use!
amt a lady. an I'll be doggoned II
kin be one fixed as ami!
Il fear not" said the caller, weakly,
as she rose to take her departure.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
"A RACE WITH FIRE.
One of the Thrilling Adventures of Life
fhA naan.

One of the Thrilling Adventures OF Life
on tho Deep.
On the 18th Of last October, at II
o'clock in the evening, fire was dis
covered on board the large wooden
steamer Australasian, coal-laden, bound
from Lake Erie to Milwaukee. The
steamer was at that moment in Lake
Michigan, some distance OF Bailey's
Harbor, Wisconsin. The blaze came
from beneath the boilers, in the fire.
hold. The fire apparatus was hastily
rigged, but it soon became apparent
that the flames were beyond control.
They worked their way into the coal
bunkers which served the steamers
fires. and soon ran along the bottom
to the cargo of soft coal. The only
hope of saving the crew, seventeen in
number, lay in running the steamer
on the beach. and she was headed for
the nearest shore. at Whitefish Bay.
Soon the fire was so hot that engineers
were driven from their post. They
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS,

An OLD AND WELL.TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy.
rup has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their
children while testhing, with perfect
success. 1t sooths the child, softens
the gums, allnys oil pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
DiarrhGa. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by Druggists in every part of
the world. Twenty-Five cents a bot
tie. It's value is incaaculable. Be
sure and ask for Mrs: Winslow's
Soothing Syrup, and take no other
kind.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06

tion of dull blue and green, the blue
blue being in the ground and the green
in the figuring. The fitted bodice was
black velvet and hooked invisibly at
the side. It was finished in a very
short bolero that was edged with mar
row jeweled galoon and had plated
and draped fronts and short square
back. The sleeves had very small
puffs and were trimmed with lace at
the wrists, the same lace appearing on
the collar. In back were long black
velvet sash ends,
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-06
Was He q Renesrade9

Two 1rishmen differing in political
opinions were discussing in an inn
passioned way their respective creeds.
At last, ardor overcoming good ma
ture. one accused the other Of being a
renegade to party and family tradition,
This accusation the second man stout
ly denied. averring that his political
views were based upon his own con.
victions rather than on an accident of
birth. Still his accuser insisted that he
was "turncoat." .sYou call yourself
DAILY" he cried. scornfully. "You call
yourself DAILY, and everybody knows
that when you first struck this coun-
try you had an o on your name big
enough for life-preserver!"