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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
BE WAS A SCORCHER.

Not Only at Bicycling, But In Telling
Stories, Especially Ii They Related in
ANY Manner to himself.
They had stretched themselves under
q wayside shade to rest and cool
Their wheels were sprawled upon the
grass, and they were breathing like
tlran dogs in summer time.
Pretty good time that" said {
snort, round man, who was very warm
In the face. I'VE hit it pretty lucky
FAIR, said the angular wheelman
only fair" The angular wheelmar
wore stockings with big checks il
them and plenty of red. His bicycle
suit could not be by any manner OF
mistake taken for any other sort of suit
1t had big checks, too, and the trous-
ers were baggy.
But fellow can surprise himself
with the time he makes" went ON the
angular wheelman. 1.-THE other morn.
dng-it was last Sunday-come to
think of it thought I'd spin down tt
West Point just to get up an appetite
for breakfast.
1T was just fine that fine morning
good breeze and no dust. Well, l hit
1t a good stiff pace. / sorter lost sight
OF time and distance, it was so fine
and l forgot to turn around after I'd
been out few minutes.
Il guess | must have surprised those
farmers who saw ne streaking
along down the railroad track. 1t took
a swift farmer to see me, l went sc
fast.
Presently 1 came to myself, and
taking a new pull at my chewing gum
I stopped. I noticed l was on the out
skirts of Jonesboro, l thought.
This is Jonesboro, amt it?' l ask
ed two young kids who were going
along the road with some fishing tack
lie.
Jonesboro-nit,' said the smaller
kid. Not much it ANTI don't think
not very like, and not on your golf
stockings. This is Macon
well, you wouldn't have believed ii
Il could hardly believe it myself. But
remembered the beer saloon on the
corner, and there it was as big as life,
but closed up.
Il went to the drug store on the cor
ner, where the long-distance telephone
Is, and thought I'd ring up my wife
and tell her I'd be a little late to break
fast, but the line was busy.
All right" l said; here's a half
dollar, just ring up steen hundred when
1he lines open and tell Mrs. Wheeling
that her husband may be a few min
utes late to breakfast
well, the ride back was great. The
preliminary ride down had just put
me in trim for it. I had got my second
breath. 'Breakfast-how about break
fast!' was the first thing l said to my
wife. I'm hungry as a street Cal
driver
"Be ready in minute" she said
'Ah, there's that telephone Wait 6
minute. John, what do you SUPPOSE
Here's Macon says you're down there
and'll be little late to breakfast -
Atlanta Constitution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20

PRODUCE.

Slagle & Co., the Market street brokers
furnish the following quotations from the
Chicago Grain and Produce Exchanges:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20

tDaily except Sunca-.
Sunday church train viii leave Elm
Grove at 9:43 a. m. and Wheet.ag at y u
H. E. wEISGERrER,
General Manager.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, September 1s.-There was
the usual half holiday quietness in the
transactions Were made in any of the de-
partments. The print cloth reports for
have been for some time. TTha stock at
Fall River incheased $4,000 pieces owing
to light sales. The total sales at Fall
were odds and 1.064 squares. The produc-
ton was $50. 600 pieces; the delivery ISL 600.
AT Providence 1900 pieces sheets were
sold. The production was 5000 pieces.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
WOOL.
Rrad Sfrents.

Bradstreets
The market continues active, with prices
hardening. Bostons sales for five weeks
exceed 100000 pounds; a large part OF
it has been to manufacturers. There is
still some speculative business among
dealers. and the feeling is that the mar
ket will advance close to the importing
point without reaction. The larger part
of business doing is in territory grades on
the secured basis of 45d4ec for fine med
ium and fine, but dealers are mostly ask
ing 102c more. Fleece woods are held
firm and quoted about 1c higher on wash
ed and unwashed lines. Sales of fleece
are slow, as holders are making no at
Ohio the market is quotable at 26Q27c,
with delaine at 2Sc. Medium washed
Ohio fieeces have sold at Csc, and this
price is now refused. Australian woods
are firm and higher on the secured basis
of 5SG63c for fine combings and 56G65c
for clothing. Cape and South American
woods are costing higher.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20

Lard, quiet at S4.421a.
Bulk Meats at $2.25.
Bacon steady at S6.S5.
Whisky firm at SILL.
Butter, steady.
Sugar, firm.
Eggs firm at lie.
Cheese, firm.
TOLEDO, September 1S.-Wheat, dull
and firm; cash and September 94c; De-
cember 94ssc.
Corn, lower and firm; December So5sc:
Oats, dull and steady; No. mixed 29c;
No white zoe; December PIC.
Rye dull and weak; No. 3, 44ac.
Glover seed. dull; prime cash and Octo-
Der $2.571a; December $3.50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
NOT IN HIS SET.

"Fudhams. do you know Scorjel, the
druggist"
"Only in a business sort of way He is
not exactly in our set, you know. One
has to be rather careful how one-Ah,
Scorjel, good morning. Fine day."
Eyes, it's a fine day. Mr.. Fudhams,
would it be convenient for you to pay me
that SIS you borrowed about six months
ago?"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
SLAGLE g. CO., BROKERS,
Grain, Provisions, Stocks & Cotton.

1928 Market Street, Wheeling w. Va.
Direct private wires to the Chicago
Board Of Trade and the New York Stock
Exchange. over which we receive contin-
uous markets and the latest news.
Long Distance Telephone 275.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
DEPART.

Nos. 1. 4. and 6. daily between CIeye-
lald and Uhrichsvtlie. Other trains daily
exdspt Sunday
Passengers between Wheeling. Martina
Ferry, Bellaire and Bridgeport. take Elec.
Tn Hal1Way. n. G. CARREL-
q. r. A.. Cleveland. o.
- WOOD =. =. A.. Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
RAILROADS..


NAIRO & KANAWHA VALLEY
~ RAILROAD.
Trains on the Cairo-& Kanawha Valley
r. R., on and after Dec. %, 1896, will run
as follows:
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1. No. g.
Leave Cairo ..............S Is am 05 pm
Arrive Macfarlan ........9 As am 2 30 pm
NORTHBOUND.
NO. 2. No. f.
Leave Macfarlan .......1 10 30 am 90 pm
Arrive Cairo ...........11 s. am 05 pm
All trains run daily except Sunday.
E. E. WILSON, Supt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20

weights and good mediums s440d4.45; fair
to best Workers $4.40d4.45; pigs $4,000 39;
heavy s4209430; grassers and stubblers
$4.20G43o; ,roughs $2,75q$75c a.
81. 50d3 90: choice lambs $530Q5.50; COM
mon to good ambs $4.00Q5.10; veal calves
S6.5067.2.5.
CINCINNATI, September 1S.-Hogs, act
Cattle, steady at s335G5.25.
Sheep, steady at $225G4,00.
Lambs, steady at S. 75Q5.5o.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20

CLEVELAND, LORAIN AND
~ WHEELING RAILROAD.
Time schedule OF Passenger Trains In ef-
feet Sunday, May 18th. 1891.
Cleveland Depot foot South Water street.
ARRIyE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
The Power of Congress.

The Washington Star in a recent edi-
torial calls attention to many oil the
fine points of 3aw bearing upon the linz
its of the power of the president, which
may be brought out before the cuban
question is finally settled.
Suppose" says the Star, the Cam
eron resolution should pass by two
thirds vote over the presidents veto.
Suppose Great Britain, or Germany, or
France, through its representative at
this capital, should enter a protest at
the state department, taking pro-Span-
jsh ground, and what in effect would
he an Endorsement of the president
own position. What would the presl-
dent do? Give assurance through Mr.
Olney that nothing would come of the
resolution? And thus deal with the
protest himself, without calling the
attention of congress to at all? Would
congress in such circumstances, ac-
cordng to the presidents ideas, have
any right to be heard about the mat
Ter? Congress, it is true, would have
incurred the criticism, and would be
but would not the president feel him
sell entirely competent to deal with the
question without reference to congress!
Why should he care for congress when
the foreign power addressing him would
be taking it's cue from his own utter
anCes and attitude?
But suppose congress should refuse to
Gh
cognizance of the protest without hav-
ing it's attention called to it by the eX-
ecutive. Suppose it should pass reso-
luton rebukng the foreigner, and call
ing on the president to hand the repre-
sentative his passports. Would the
president recognize such a resolution?
Would he allow in that case the right
of congress to voice in foreign affairs? ?
OR would he hold toward that as he now
holds toward the Cameron resolution,
that congress has nothing to do with
foreign affairs; that this government
in it's dealings with other powers is
represented by the executive, and by
him alone? Would Mr. Cleveland in
such circumstances paraphrase, OF
boldly apply, the famous dictum of the
French king? The United States?
am the United States!"
The question raised by Mr.. Olney in
the presidents name possesses an in
terest outside of legal circles. The
lawyers are likely to be most occupied
with it, and several senators of emin.
ence in the profession are now prepar'
ing to discuss it at length when con
gress reassembles. But the people OF
the whole country have reason to wan
to know just how great the power OF
the executive is, and how limited tha
of congress, in matters of such import
ance as the governments relations tc
other nations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
THE SCORCHER.

He tumbled from his weary wheel,
And set it by the door;
Then stood as though he joyed to feel
His feet on earth once more;
And as he mopped his rumpled head,
His face was wreathed in smiles;
"a very pretty rum" he said;
II did a hundred miles!'
"a hundred miles" l cried. "Ah, think
What beauties you have seen!
The reedy streams where cattle drink,
The meadows rich and green.
Where did you wend your rapid way
Through lofty woodland aisles?"
He shook his head. Il cannot say;
1 did Il hundred miles,"
What hamlets saw your swift tires spin:
All, how | envy you!
To lose the city's dust and din,
Beneath the heavens blue:
To get a breath of country air;
To lean Ger rustic stiles"
He only said. '"rhe roads We're fair;
l did hundred mles!'
Youths Companion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
Senator Wolcott's Mis- sion.


The result of Senator Wolcotts mis-
sion to Europe in the interest of bimct-
allism will be awaited with more or
less anxiety by those who are mildly
favorable to a double standard as well
as by the silver enthusiasts. Senator
Wolcott, who is chairman of the com
mittee to promote international agree
ment on bimetallism, has gone to Lon
don, for the purpose of sounding Eng
lish bimetallists as to the eXpediency OF
an international conference, and it is
understood that Senator Wolcott has
the sanction of the president-elect for
bis negotiations. The senator said, on
the eve of sailing, that the only official
character he has in this matter, is as
envoy of the Republican senatorial eau
Gus. by which the committee of which
he is chairman was named. He says
that he is authorized to represent the
Republican senators who desire to see
the provisions of the st. Louis conven-
tion, respecting the promotion of bi-
metallism, lived up to, and he goes
abroad to ascertain just what the feel
ing abroad is with regard to the sub
iect. He undertakes to gain informa-
tion respecting the prospects of an in
ternational agreement.
Speaking of prospective legislation by
the present congress to promote inter-
national Limetallism, Senator Wolcott
said:
"A bill is being prepared by the sem
| ate caucus committee which will in due
course come before the caucus for dis
| CussiOn, amendment and approval be-
| fore it is introduced in the senate. IT
| is the wish of the committee to give
| President Mckinley the opportunity to
| call a conference himself or to act con
| Jointly with the executive authorities
of European countries, as may appear
most eXpedient. He will be authorized
to appoint five commissioners to an in
| ternatiOnal monetary conference when
| ever it may be called, and sufficient
appropriation will be made to pay the
salaries of the commissioners and what.
| ever share of the expenses of the con.
| ference may be due from the United
States"
Senator EVolcott is very hopeful thai
good will come from his visit of {
month or so in Europe. 1t is appreciate
ed that nothing effective in the promo
ton of bimetallism can be done by thi:
| country alone, and consequently the eff
fort is made to bring the powers o
Europe into cooperation on genera
plan. Great Britain has stood in th'
way of success, but latterly there IL
reason to expect that favor may b,
gained from that quarter.
|. William Jennings Bryan has no
been a bowling success in the leCtur
field, but there is reason to believe tina
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
FOR A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR,
From the American Economist,

From the American Economist.
The report that the protectionists on
the ways and means committee have al
ready taken steps to prepare a tariff hill
which will protect the industries of this
country, and the prospect that an extra
session Of ccogl ess will be called to pass
such tariff law, was as welcome a
Christmas present as the people of the
country could have received. 1t Is doubly
valuable, first, because IT means a speedy
end to the foreigners frlend-the anti
American Wilson-Gcrman law; and Sec
ondly, because Il means that the new
tariff law win have a ioir trial before
the next presidential election. The sue
cess of the Free Trade party four years
ago was due wholly to the misrepres an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
One Real DANGER

The Washington Post points out a
weak spot in our present system of pub
lie instruction when it shows that in
many states having compulsory educa-
tiOn laWs-our own among the number
there are cities grossly lacking in ade-
quate facilities to accommodate even
the average attendance. 1t adds with
equal pertinency:
In many cities this evil is eX-
aggerated by spending large sums
of money on the high schools,
fitting them with all the equipment re-
quired for a higher education than can
be obtained at some of the small col
leges that call themselves universities.
But the Philadelphia common council
has wisely called a halt in this mis-
application of school funds. 1t has
defeated a proposed appropriation of
$4,000 for an observatory for the Boys
high school, and directed the sum to
be used in the erection of a new school
building for the lower grades There is
no objection to the erection of an OBJ
servatory or the purchase of astronom-
ICdl instruments. lnefe is no reason
for finding fault with the curricula
| of high schools because they contain
| foreign languages or the higher mathe-
mates. 1t appears to be the will of the
people that such facilities for educa-
| tion should be furnished at public cost.
Many states furnish a free collegiate
course. But it is altogether wrong to
rob the lower grades in order to save
money to build an observatory for a
| high school. If there must be any
| pinching or looping off, it should be at
the top"
These remarks do not at present APP
ply to Scranton, because while our
school rooms in the lower grades are
crowded, rapid provision is being made
to relieve the strain. Their truthful
ness as general principles, however
cannot be disputed. Probably no other
danger is so great in American educa-
tion as that the cart will be located in
| front of the horse--in other words, that
more time and money will be devoted
to the trimmings Of a public schoo
education than to the foundation es.
sentias.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
Inspect the Bake Shops.

If DR.. Benjamin Lee the secretary
Of the state board of health is to be
believed, bread which has long been
known as the staff of life, may often
be considered an instrument of disease
and death. In a recent speech to the
Women's Health Protective association
at Philadelphia, DR.. Lee talked on the
unsanitary condition of the bake shops
of that city, and noted the fact that
many of the places where bread is
wont to be made are in a filthy Condi
tion. To cleanse them, he said, is of
greater Importance than the need of
providing pure and wholesome milk.
The speaker also stated that it is no.
torious that the outbreaks of cholera in
Europe have first attacked the bakers,
and that the mortality of these un-
happy workers is greater than that of
the average of artisans. This is due
to the vitiated atmosphere of the eel
lars wherein they work Better bake
shops are demanded for the protection
of the bakers, If for no reason else.
But there are many reasons else, the
chief of which is that bread baked in
such environments must be inbred with
disease, and i'll health must be sent out
into the community with the fruit of
the baking. Foul bakeries may not
be so prevalent in this country as i'm
Europe, yet there is a horror in the
realization that some American bake
shops are centres of filth and sources
of disease.
All readers will doubtless agree with
the health officer. 1t makes one shud
der to think that white, wholesome
appearing bread that forms the staple
article of food, was moulded and baked
in a filthy cellar reeking with germs
of disease There is no question that
III many cities if not in Scranton, the
bake shop should receive the same at
tention from the health officers that is
given the sewer and fish market. And
there seems no reason why the ingred.
tents should not also be known in every
instance by the food inspectors.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
TRIBUNE POLITICAL HANDBOOK,
or Value to the Reader.

Lancaster New Era.
The Scranton Tribune has issued its
annual political Handbook which
makes a handsome book of over 200 pages.
1t has many excellent features, among
which we may mention a daily resume
of the occurrences in Scranton during the
past year. fun account of all the more
important political events, political tables
relative to the state and entire country,
legal information, population, pensions
and hundred other things, all of which
will be found of great value to the gen
eral reader. The Tribune deserves much
credit for it's enterprise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

ians have decided that It Is time to de-
termine whether anything from an
operate chorus to a boxing bout or dog
fight can by law be permitted to hold
forth on Sunday under the title of "sa-
cred concert" The decision in the case
of Colonel Mapleson will no doubt ef-
fectually close up numerous Sunday
evening enterprises in Boston that can
wall la c,o rod
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

NUT TUUHVdTt ItdUtT,
Several fine publications from the
newspaper offices of this region have been
received by the Leader one of the best
of these is the Scranton Tribune's Pol-
tical Handbook for 1897, a praiseworlhy
departure from old methods, containing
political, census and other statistics of
nation, state and county, with wealth
of other information. The book contains
over 200 pages, is indeXed, and represents
a vast amount of painstaking labor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
BYRON WRITING

That ''sheol' was paved with good
Intentions probably realized the truth
of the assertion. Don't let your good
resolution to buy only the best BLANK
Books. Office Supplies, Type
Writing Supplies, ETC., at our store
be a paving stone We keep the best
in variety and quality. We also make
a speciality of Draughtlng Supplies
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

LunCaSteT EN0mlnoI
With all due respect for our metropoli-
tan contemporaries, we must in Candor
say that the almanac issued by the
Scranton Tribune is the best we have
seen. 1t is n political handbook and
household encyclopedia, containing a
mass of information, local and general,
which will make it a constant companion
of the editors paste. pot and ink stand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

According to a recent ruling of the
New York court of appeals street car
conductors in that city are not COM
PEELED to make change for any bill over
S2 Therefore, any passenger with no
bill smaller than a five-dollar one will
have to get off or he put off the car un-
less the conductor is courteous enough
to make the change for him. This de-
cision was secured after eight years of
litigation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

IVV
The political handbook issued by The
Tribune is one of the best that has
reached this office. 1t contains a grist
of information, political and general, that
makes it a welcome annual visitor Like
good wine The Tribune handbook i'm
proves with age
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

decision of the Idaho Supreme
court has placed that state in the wo-
mans suffrage column, which includes
Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. The
court decides that majority of all
the votes cast We're not required to
carry the amendment. There were Il, o.
l2G votes for woman's suffrage and G,2S2
against, while the total vote was 25,l92.
The Woman's suffrage victory Is due to
the women's activity, for the politicians
We're apathetic or hostile.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05
Systematically Arranged.

VTyDHdHI IuHtIIV'
We are the recipients of The Tribune's
political handbook. The book is very
neat and Systematically arranged and re-
fleets much credit upon the publishers of
this paper
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

CarDOnuaIe Herald.
The Scranton Tribunes almanac Is the
greatest production of the kind that has
been issued by a provincial journal. The
Tribune's almanac, like The Tribune
newspaper, leads.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

The anthracite tonnage for the year
just closed aggregated 43319,s95 against
1894 The percentages agreed upon for
the various companies for the years
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

The Tribune management acknoWi-
edges with pleasure the many kihu
things said by our esteemed conteih-
poraries I'm reference to The Tribunes
Political Handbook for 1897. The pup
lication demanded a large amount OF
labor and expense, and it is graft
flying to know that it's excellent Tea
lures are appreciated by Tribune read
ers generally as well as by our friends
of the DRESS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-05

Colonel Mapleson, the operate man
ager, has been sued by the Boston
Sabbath Protection league for holding
so-called sacred concerts" in the city
of culture and baked beans. OF
course there are others, but Colonel
Mapleson's enterprise has been se-
lected as a test case, as it is probably
nearer sacred concert than anything
on the boards at the Hub at the pres
ent time, Religiously -inclined Boston,