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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11

self too, for that matter-society talk
is such q farce,
shut mp, old man, interrupted Hal
Stanton. good temperedly, don't make
yourself cut more a misanthrOpe than
You really are; YOU know you can make
yourself far mare agreeable than
can. when YOU choose. Oh, by the
way. die you see in the paper that oIr
little friend. Kitty Macdonald. is dead
Poor little thing. how ever she could
have married that fellow Duncan,
can't conceive. 1 always thought it
would kill her
well she did it of her own accord,
suppose. remarked Ralph, ne
treated her very well, didn't he?"
"Oh. 2 suppose he did. in his own
sort of way; but then he was old
enough Jo be her father, and / expect
Dee tyranuizcC over her awfully. What
sober old duuer ne looked at the we'd
LiU1. 1 should like To- have kicked
him. But [ mustn't stay any longer;
YOU viii come on the twenty seventh,
won't you2" and without waiting for q
reply. ual Stanton bolted down the
steps and disappeared from sight.
Ralph s.. Clair stood for moment
watching his friend, then turning on
his heel. me entered once more his
bachelor rooms. A newspaper lay on
the table of his comfortable sitting
room. and turning hastily TO the obit-
uars column, he glanced down the list
of names. Yes. there it was plain
enough. Duncan. On the twentieth
inst. Kate. wife of George Duncan,
Esq. aged tweuJy-tw0.'
"Ealc Duncan. indeed exclaimed
Ralph. almost augrily; how horribly
cold and formal &c sounds. How could
an ca fossil like Duncan have any
sympathy with such a bright LITTLE
creature OF course she never really
loved him. she only
Here Ralph broke off suddenly and,
ightiac his pipe. began 90 pace Up and
down The room. smoking fsrcely. Pre-
seuIy NE paused i'm front of an antique
cabinet which stood az one end of the
room. ard. opening a secret drawer,
took on, q small packet which lay hid
Gen there. lie brought il to the light
ana s,,,iue down by the table, began to
examine IT'S contents.
They are uo- very eXtenSive-just
two or three amateur photographs. a
cabinet photo in a cheap metal frame
and two letters written in a large,
scrawling hand. Worthless trides, all
of them, and YET Ralph never had the
heart tC destroy them. Even Ralph,
the cyuic who ScOfed at anything like
sentiment. even he positively treasured
his little biz of romance. though he
wouldn't have owned it for worlds, no,
NOT eve uto his dearest friend
He had not looked az these trides
much of late. not. in fact. since that
day 1ine months ago. when he had re
TUNED from abroad 20 find that Kitty
Macdonald had become the wife of
prosperous merchant. He had resolv-
ed 20 destroy them then. and had sat
mp till q late hour that night mOralizing
on the wisdom Of forgetfulness and the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11
CAPTURING TIE FLORIDA.
Some Stirring Incidents.

While redtting in the harbor of Bahia.
Brazil. the United States sloop of war Wa
chussett became the actor in one Of the
most striking and dramatic engagements
Of the American civil Wharf.-The capture OF
the Confederate cruiser Florida in the
neutral waters of that port. The latter
vessel was built in Liverpool in 1862 on the
model Of British gun vessels. She carried
a battery of two finch rifles and six 6-inch
guns. and in her brief career had done
much damage to American merchant ship
ping.
She came into the outer harbor OF Ba-
hia on the night Of october 5, 1864 re-
vealed her identity boldly when hailed
and. shortly thereafter. although the
decks of the Wachussett were cleared for
action. moved an inner berth within i've
eighths of mile Of that vessel. Between
the two to keep the peace. lay Brazil
ian corvette. and there was, in addition
ready for this service, a twenty-five gun
sailing sloop, with the forts on shore
one of forty-six and the other of sixteen
guns.
The Florida had received permission TO
remain for forty-eight hours. during which
Captain Collins. Of the Wachusett. chal-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11

President McKinley's mothers name s
Nancy: so was that Of the mother Of Au-.
ham Lincoln. OF the other Pres.d. 2
mothers given names there are four
zabeths. three Marys two ELIAS. ~,
James, two Annas. and one each OF s..
sauna, Nelly. Abigail, Sarah, Pho. 81
Harriet. Sophia. Malyina and Maria.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11

In commemoration Of his having COM
pleted 2j years work as sculptor 81. Aa-
tokolsky has been appointed by 'Ha car
an actual imperial councillor. This lie
first occasion n Jew has had this ,.t
which carries with it the appc.lat.o- C.. Exc
cellency.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11

Booker T. Washington. speaking ~ Us
own race. said the other night 'H.. u.s.
moral and religious tone was about
that it could be expected to ue after q,
wears of slavery.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11

MY dear Hal. if I do come on the
twertv-seyenth, don't. for goodness
sake. Introduce me to lot of girls. 1
shall only bore them to death, and my
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11
The Heart OF A CYNIC.
BY Jean Sterling.

cor an sad words Of tongue or Don,
Tho saldest are these, 'I; nigh have
BEEN
The weekly intelligencer., 1897-09-25
Annunr the County


A large bridge is to be put in on the
road between Higginsville and the Con-
federate Home.
The new creamery building at Hig-
ginsville is about completed and will
soon be ready for business.
The dry season is making a great
deal of work for the we'll diggers.
The dry season has reminded the farm
ers of the necessity of having good
well for stock water.
The NJ. E. church, south, at Hig-
ginsville finished another year of its
useful work Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Nc
Clanahan has had charge of the church
for the past year, and his congregation
have asked that he be returned to them
another year.
WIN. j. Meigs, of Higginsville, was
assaulted and badly beaten by two
strangers last week. The fight occur
red back of the "Last Chance saloon
in that city. The strangers were re-
quested by Mayor Lehman to contrib
ute $40 and costs for the good of the
city, which they promptly did.
An entirely new kind of hog has
been discovered at the Confederate
Home. The Home correspondent to
the Higginsville Leader says over two
hundred of them were killed at the
Home last winter, producing a large
amount of side bacon and lard. He
has named the discovery "hamlesi
hog" and the inmates are praying that
the hogs killed there this winter will
not run entirely to bacon and lard.
The Farmers Institute meeting viii
be held at Corder, October 6 and 7
The meeting promises to be a very
instructive one and from the program
which has been prepared profitable
one as well. The meeting will be helt
under the auspices of the State Boarc
of Agriculture and will be presided
over by j. F. Groves, vice-president o
the board. State Superintendent o
Public Schools J. X. Kirk will addres
the crowd the first day on s'Industria
Education" Col. ]. r. Rlppey, secre
tary of the board, will deliver al
address the following day. Three ses
sions will be held daily, and the publi
is cordially invited 10 attend.
A movement is on foot at Higgins
vile TO raise the money 10 buy the fai
grounds which were recently sold 4
Mr.. liefer OF that city. II they ar
successful in their endeayor to raise tn
money they will buy the grounds an
deed them TO trustees for the use @
the public. The east thirty acres Of tn
tract can be bought for $4,000 an
this covers the race track and all c
the fair buildings. Mr.. Hefer wishe
to reserve the west ten acres and all {
the coal underlying the forty acres
Not only Higginsvllle is interested
this move but every enterprising cit
zen of the county. Tue horsemen
this section will doubtless encourag
the move as it is one that can mean
great deal to them.
The weekly intelligencer., 1897-09-25
SIT Is TO LAUGH"
The Great Shows ConcOurse of Clever
Clowns.

The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Consolidated Menageries, Cir
cuses and IIippodromes, which are to
exhibit here on Saturday, October 2,
are fully as strong in their funny anu
fro,icsome rs in their Wild beast and
brilliant arenic features. An array OF
animal comics and pantomimic clowns
that can thaw the staid citizens OF
Quaker,lom into uproarious hilarity is'a
iuehabie marvel, alone worth going
miles to sec The great coming show
has il. as the following editorial smiles
from the Philadelphia papers bear con-
elusive witness:
There were human clowns and Gle
phant clowns, seal clowns aud monkey
clowns, who succeeded in gaining round
after round Of applause from the aud
ience.- Inquirer.
No circus ever seen here has had sc
many clowns. and they were contn.
uously in the ring furnishing abundant
amusement for the small boy. and the
older folks as well.-Press.
The clown-what ls circus without
clownsp--were as ubiquitous as tht
small boy; they were everywhere; Tnej
even played ball-without ball. But
the pantomime was so perfect as to keeI
| the large crowd who howled their ap-
proval of the game-as played by the
| funny men--in u constant roar ol
laughter.
The clowns mark, in their own i'm
provement, the general change that has
come over the circus. They are too
little appreciated. All the other more
dIgnified performers performers have
had publicity by the square rods fol
weeks. but the clown, very unJustly. l:
| taken as a matter of course. The very
"tambo" of a minstrel troupe has more
credit for his stale old notebook gag!
anG stories than the clown for all his
| work, and your modern clown can't ust
any Jokes. His work is all pontomime
or nearly all, for he must clown all the
time, whether the band is still or bang
| ing away for all it is worth. And the
slap-board and stuffed brick, the rec
paint grin and the baggy white suit have
been improved out of his business. too
There is still a remnant of knock-abOut
| in their work, for not a man of them
but can throw double somersault oi
substitute in trapeZe act, and they
like to keep in practice; but the New
clown is very much of comedian, and
very little of the fool. His work is
quiet, but people who know can see that
it has cost thought and rehearsal. There
is one little act in which six or eight
clowns burlesque baseball game. A
baseball enthusiast would call it mas
terly; short-si2hted man would be
sure there was ball in play. There
isn't any ball-that's the burlesque.
But the silent catcher's expressive ges-
lures, the clap as the "ball' drops into
mans hand, or the. pain with which
he drops hot one; the catcher's back
ward run for foul tip, and the look on
the batsman's face when he catches It,
might be ball playing in earnest If 1t
weren't at the circus.-Ledger.
The weekly intelligencer., 1897-09-25
A WIFE STOLEN.
Three Men, Maddened by Drink, Rob a
Husband and Carry Off His Wife.

News of what appears to be one OF
the most dastardly outrages ever conf
mitted in the state comes from John
son county. James Hnll and j. w.
McKeehan, two young men OF that
county, are under arrest, charged with
the crime, and Wesley Johnson was
being sought for by the officers. AnGy
Stills, the husband of the outraged
woman, was searching the country for
his wife. and the indignant and excited
people OF that community are giving
him all the assistance In their power
10 help him find his wife and prove the
criminailty of The brutes who abducted
and outraged her.
The stolen woman was but l6 years
old and her husband but 20. Stills
and his wife left Warsaw to go to
Knob Noster, where Mrs. Stills sister,
Mrs. Mayes, lives. At Windsor the
horse which they were driving died,
and Stills paid the three men, Hull,
McKeehan and johnson, dollar to
take him and his wife to Knob Noster.
they had no sooner gotten away from
the town than they began to make ad-
vances toward the woman, which
frightened her and which her husband
resented. They were new in q thinly
settled part of the country, and they
deserted Stills and his wife and drove
away. Left in a strange country the
husband and wife built fire and pre-
pared to spend the night. About IL
O'Clock the three men came back TO the
camp, overpowered the husband and
carried his wife away. That was the
last that has been seen of her.
Stills, frenzied with grief, went to
town that night and told his story to
the officers. They had no difficulty in
finding Hull and McKeehan, but
have not been able to find johnson.
The community Is intensely aroused,
and the crime is pronounced the most
cowardly and dastardly ever committed
IN that county.
The weekly intelligencer., 1897-09-25
Here and There Over the State.

The Missouri penitentiary is now
absolutely self-sustaining.
Grant City Star: A travelling man
stopped at hotel In Albany not long
ago, and upon being shown the bill OF
fare, wrote upon slip of paper
"Heb. 3:8." The girl who waited
on the table was angry and thought he
was guying her and took the piece OF
paper to the proprietor. Upon look
ing up the reference in the Bible he
read; "Jesus Christ, the same yes
terday, today and forever"
The enrolment OF students the day
the state university opened was 22 per
cent larger than for the same period OF
time last year. The people of Missouri
are beginning to appreciate the facili-
ties offered for education in the little
city of Columbia. The people of Mis-
sonri are beginning to learn, also, that
if their sons and daughters are really
desirous of getting a good education,
they do not haVs to go further east
for it.
The weekly intelligencer., 1897-09-25
Twelve Head OF choice and
high grade and registered
JERSEY COWS |!

Six Of which are fresh.
My reasons for selling these
cows are, | find it impossible
to keep held, and am too
old now to milk fifteen cows
twice a day. Come and see
the cows milked and take your
choice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

81 gratitude to the Western Union Company than
IL is probab aware Of On the night oil every
Presidential election the whole system OF wires
Of the company. which practically extend TO
every inhabited county in the land. are manned
expressly for the purpose of transmitting the re-
suits Of the voting As soon as the count in eacn
locality is ascertained. il is turned over to the
telegraph offices and transmitted thence To head
quarters without moments delay. without
this comprehensive system only partial returns
could he obtained for days perhaps for weeks IN
some cases and suspense and complications
hanging on narrow margins and mistaken re
turns are made practically impossible. Without
such a system the people Of this country could
not go to bed on election night knowing the name
Of the President-elect.
The Western Union Telegraph Company has
also for years transmitted free to all the news
papers in the country every Presidential Mes
age as it has been sent to Congress. When it is
remembered that these documents frequently
run from 1000 to $4,000 words in length and
that the aggregate of words is multiplied by the
large number Of transmissions it is necessary to
make in order TO reach all the newspapers in the
State il will he seen that the total number of
words transmitted by the company on such occa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
PACKTNG-BOY TRADE.

The shops and factories whose work " 70
meet NETWORKS almost incomprehenslble de-
mand for packing-cases and boxes OF wood,
from the mammoth drygoods cases almost the
size of a moderate room. down 10 the tiny wooden
cases beside which cigar box is gigantic. are
numbered by scores are scattered throughout the
greater city, and give employment to thousands
of men and boys of all grades. FROM the common
handler and carter to the skilled mechanic
Some of these shops have their headquarters
in the great wholesale drygoods district east
Of Broadway but naturally they are mostly
found in the vicinity OF the allied lumber trades.
moulding mills, etc. The boxmaker's raw ma
terial is largely found in what would otherwise
he the waste of saw and planning mills, and tho
great cases often return, after their nrst use, 10
be remade into smaller packages. The amazing
chearness of packing-caseS boxes ana packages
of all sizes and descriptions In wood IS tnus
largely accounted for in the cheapness or the
original materials but more largely in the rapid
Enforcement of ell kinds of lumber working
machinery Though the most OF the SHOPS nave
some specialty-one drygoods case and shoe
cases another whiskey cases, and soda, seltzer
and canned goods cases. another egg cases, etc.
many are versatile in that they turn out practl-
cally all kinds of cases. great and small. rough
and we'll finished OF course this branch or m
dustry in New-York is much greater than IN any
other city in America and the products or the
box mills are shipped in all directions, even 10
the lumber rich West.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
NEW-yORK COOPERATE TRAE:

The cooperage industry in New-York. as its
commercial position makes natural. IS the great
est OF that of any port In America, II not in the
world Coopers' business. speaking In the yer.
nacular OF the trade. is divided into two branches
tight cooperage and slack cooperage, the former
embracing such water-tight vessels as oil bar.
rels pork barrels. lard tierces, whiskey casks,
etc, and the latter sugar barrels. -four barrels.
etc. There are In Greater New-York about
twenty quite large cooperage houses. not in
Guiding mere dealers in slaves and shocks. and
innumerable small shops. In the shop or ono
Of the great oil concerns. about oVo men are
employed and in one slack cooperage establish
ment, connected with a sugar refinery, about
5000 barrels per day are turned out. These
figures representing the largest tight" and
slack" cooperage concerns respectively, form
a slight basis for an estimate OF the extent Of
the whole industry in NewYork. In this. as In
almost all other lumber manufacturing lines,
improved machinery has greatly lessened the
labor employed, while increasing the capacity
of the shops and decreasing the cost. and Inn
proving the excellence Of the goods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

are essentially New-York concerns even 10 fas
as the employees are concerned. One moulding.
mill man recently remarked that the ever-in.
creasng exactons Of the architects In the man.
ner Of design. these being every year more
ornate and intricate, kept the moulding mills
on the alert to supply the material for these new
interior decorations In wood, and that oonse-
quently the output OF the New-York moulding
mills was doubtless the finest In quality. as well
as the greatest in quantity. In the world. Many
thousands OF wood workers find employment In
these mills. and the report Of all owners is that
wages In this line OF work for skilled and re-
liable workers are good and steady. The great
lumber markets Of New-York readily furnish
all the woods the world knows In the building
trades. The planning and moulding mills Of the
city claim reason 10 boast that the builders OF
palaces or cottages know no better place the
world over than New-York 10 gather the ma
terials for building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

the country, consequently the above figures rsp'
resent a vast volume OF business.
This Is entirely a domestic business. ana ."
productions are sent chiefly 10 the Eastern
Middle and Southern states The price OF M
seed oil is so low that 4 can now be exporter "
Eurotse instead OF being imported. VIZ
lare. business Is done in the sale OF pant los
the bottoms OF vessels which Is nearly al M
norted and of established brands. IL Is cohpu.-
ed by a reputable firm on Fultor-st. thar the as
gregate yearly revenue from TINS spec'a., SIM.
of tho business alone amounts to almost Sio"''
100000 ,.,, trtA
Resides the vast amount Of money put nv
actual circulation by the manufacture oi 80
the demand for domestic paints ana Varhisn.S
this trade supplies employment for many ."ov.
sands of citizens. There are more paints
ported from this city than are imported.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

company earned s42125OO more than o i paid
out in dividends, and the DIVIDEND ior loU Wa
for 1896 was over $2OO00O0 During the same same
year the income OF the Postal Ieiesrap" No""-
pany was nearly SJ,OOO.OOO .,.x a..
Canadian Pacific Railway Company. wnicn
owns it's own telegraph lines and reaches every
important point in Canada. Besides tne tlans
atlantic cables the company has connectlons
with the Bermuda Gable Company anc the new
Hayti Cable Company. which Is dong business
with all important West Indian points, ana a,s9
In reduction OF rates to the points concerned.
In addition to these cable companies. there -
the French Gable Company, which does an IN,
dependent cable business and transfers i's 'a"u
business to the Postal Company o,.
The Postal Telegraph and Commercial capIe
comnanv owns n new. corlmodious. and thor.
oughly equipped building at Broadway ana
Nurray-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

Gently consolidated with the Commercial Cao'e
COMPANY. in connection with which 1t had been
operating from it's inception. The company was
reorganzed under the name OF the foeta' ie'
epraph Cable Company in 1888 Since that 'iae
its lines have been gradually and )ud'c'ous'S
extended with the object Of reaching the many
important points in the United States al wh'ch
messages for Atlantic cables originate, ana al
the beginning Of 1896 1t owned system which
embraced nearly every commercial centre "
any consequence In the country between INC
Atlantic and Pacific At the close Oh
1886 it had in operation about 44oO miles OF
poles and cables. 400 Offices and $1,000 miles OF
wire. During that year 1t transmitted 3'WVVU
messages At the present time 1t has more thah
1000 offices. over 1900 miles Of poles and
cables. and HOOD miles OF wire. During the
wear 1896 It handled about 11,WO,OOO messages.
A remarkable fact is that the companys proper
tv account at the beginning OF lS!b amounted
to S1S34i14J, against Its capital Of Slo.0OO'OOV.
During the year 1896 number of through wires
we're added between the East and the West and
the North and the South Several important
railroad contracts were also made. and ar
ranrements completed for the extension OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

New-Jersey and Long Island. are the moulding
and planning mills that supply the finished woods.
they may be called, for all the builders OF
Greater NewYork and the towns and cities that
tributary and provincial. The great i'm
provements In this class OF neutrality-suspicious.
larry In moulding machinery-withn recent
years have materially reduced the number Of
persons employed In this branch OF trade; but
one of the principal mllowners in this line con-
ndently said to Tribune reporter that next
summer the outlook is that all the mills with
all their patents, will have all they can do to
meet all the orders" Many OF the mills owned
by New-York concerns located in New
Jersey and on Long Island. but for all that they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

the time of transferring the messages from one
part OF the room to the other and abolishing the
confusion which would be inevitable with the
requisite number of boys and girls running
hither and yon with the messages.
Large as the business Of the company has been
for years. It has not remained stationary. Dur
ing 1895 1t added TO its system 204 miles Of poles
and cables. 2427S miles OF wire and 365 Offices
As a result. there was an increase OF 453. 100 mes
sages The actual increase OF messages was
10000. but the number Of press messages trans
mitted over newly leased wires takes out Of the
tabulated count a large number handled by the
company's employees
The Postal Telegraph Cable Company was ra-