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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-22
BONORS ARE NOW Even.
Matthews Won the Second Heat from
Miss Allen Last Night

In a Very Exciting Finish, and Ex-
poets to Duplicate His Perfcr-
nance To-Night-Wheeling De-
feated Springfield Other Games
in the Two Leagues - General
Sporting Matters.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-22
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MAKING PEOPLE THINK

funny Inventions Found in the Patent
OMEGA Bed That is a Discourager
of Sleeplessness.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-22
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING As
ISOLATION

recommends the use of the greatest of
all tonics, "Malt-Nutrine, and guar
antees theRerits claimed for it. For
sale by all lists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

10 IN all-embracing cause Of disease.
Il clogs the lungs with mucus. II
strains and breaks down the lung
tissues. Dr.. Bells's Pine Tsr. Honey
10 an unfailing cure for coughs and
colds. Il rebuilds the tissues and
gives strength to the lungs BY sup
plying the blood with fat forming
oxygen: % cents ct oil good drug.
gifts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

Csscarets Candy Cathartio, the
most wonderful medical discovery Of
the ago, pleasant and refreshing 10
the taste, oct gently and positively
on the bowels. cleansing the entire
system, dispsl colds, cure headsche,
fever. hsbitnal constipation and bill
iousnsss. Please buy and w . box
Of G. c. c. today; 10. IS. so cents.
Sold and guaranteed TO cure By oil
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

Who goes to the club while her hus.
band tends the baby, ss well a. the
good old.fashioned woman who looks
after her home, will both at times
get run down in health. They will
be troubled with loss of appetite,
headaches. sleeplessness, fainting OF
dizzy spells. The most wonderful
remedy for these women Is Electric
Bitters. Thousands of sufferera
from lame back and weak kidneys
rise up and call it blessed. Il is the
medicine for women. Female com.
plants and nervous troubles Of all
kinds are soon relieved BY the use oil
Electric Bitters. Delicate women
should keep this remedy on hand ia
build up the system. Only SO cents
per bottle. For sale by Hartz & vi.
lemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

Dec. "a. IS and 81 and Jan. 1, the
c.. 4. !. & 2. railway will sell round
trip tickets 70 all stations within q
rsdious Of 200 miles ct one and one.
third fare. Return limit Jan. 4. To
students aud teachers. on prcseuts.
ton OF proper credentials, these
tickets will also b sold Dec. 2S, 70
turn limit Jan. IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

The person Who disturbed the CON.
grseatioa last Sunday By coughing
10 requested TO call on Z. H. Thonss
sad get bottle Of Foley's Honey
ssd Tar. which always gives relief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

Bspjsmin Ingsrson. Of Hutton.
Ind. says he had not spoken shove .
whisper for months. and one bottle
Of Foleys Honey and Tar restored
his voice. II 10 used very largely BY
speakers and singers. For sale By I.
H. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

There 10 nothing better than Foley's
Kidney Cure. Everyone who triss IL
Win agree 70 this. For sale BY T. H.
Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

A man residing in q little town ~
on the Rock Island road wanted 1
wife. He was timid about discuss
ing matrimonial propositions in tn,
hearing Of the opposite sex. land be-
ing convinced that he could never
muster up enough courage to poi
the question, 'unbosomed himself Il
. neighbor. He said he would give
him SO If he would get him . wife
The bargain was made.
In the course Of o few weeks there
was a wedding. But the man WHIT
brought about the union had not re-
ceived the compensation stipulated
for his services. So he sent . bill t.
the groom. He received an imme
date reply. It read:
"She's not worth $40. I'll give
you 8, and I'll be blamed II tina,
amt too much"
The IS was accepted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

He 10 short and fat. He has re-
sorted to every means known to the
medical profession for the reduction
OF corpulency. None of them had
the desired result. He finally cast
aside all the anti-fat remedies and
concluded that he knew best how to
doctor himself. So he inaugurated
. system Of diet. He kept IL up for
several weeks.
A friend to whom he had confided
bis troubles inquired as to how he
Was progressing in his campaign
against his avordupois.
"Oh, I've given it up" he said.
'There is no way Of getting rid of It;
that's all. l nearly starved myself
the first week, and what do you
think? Igained three pounds and
have been gaining ever since. I'm
eating regularly now. don't propose
to 60 hungry any longer. I've
given it up. There is no use trying
to defeat nature"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

Minsssoss Patent Flour, war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18

Many people think that goods sold
in . secondhand store must neces-
sarily be Of little worth. Call at my
store and you will find this q mis-.
taken idea. - I have . large stock Of
household goods, also watches, lew
elry and musical instruments.
have 100 pair Of ladies' and misses
shoes. sizes 2 aud s. worth g, but
will sell them for IS cents Q pair,
just the thing for school. Also for
next week only gold earrings and
breast pins, worth s., will sell ear.
rings alone for So cents, complete set
OF earrings and breast pin for rs
cents. Don't fail to zee my stock Of
watches and musical instruments.
j. P. Ament, 1879 Second avenue.
Miss Madge Adams, Of Laiay cite,
ILL.,. formerly Of this city. has Just
closed . series of remarkably suo-
oessful revival meetings in the upper
end Of Rock Island county. At one
Of the meetipgs ct Hillsdale . senss-
ton was created BY Thomas Fitx.
gibbons. Of Zums. taking it upon
himsslf 70 break up the meeting.
In the midst Of the service he arose,
pulled ont deck Of cards, and IN.
nounced In . loud voice 10 Miss
Adams his desire to play her . game
OF cards. He Was promptly arrested
by the village marshal, bat ct his
hearing Thursday he was dismissed
~ Justice Brewster. Miss Adams
10 a evangelist Of much earnestuess
and force. and the fruits OF her ID.
eors 10 the upper end Of the county
have borne sbundaat testimony TO
hex zeal and convincing efforts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-18
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One Of the members Of the Rock
Island police department has . bright
eyed little son Of 5 years, who 10 Just
learning to say his prayers. Child
like, he fears the men who carry the
billy, and does not exactly approve
Of his father continuing In his pres
emit position, and his departure for
headquarters every morning 10 the
occasion for . perceptible evidence
Of anxiety in the countenauce Of the
little one. who 10 in constant dread
Of his father getting into some SER
ious difficulty while dealing with
disturbers Of the peace. The other
night the little fellow Was repeating
the Lords prayer after his mother.
"'And lead us, not into tempta-
ton, she said.
The little fellow took the sentence
ont Of his mothers mouth. but he
put il In this way: s'And lead rs, not
to the police STATION"
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An incident which was not down
ON the books occurred at the court
house the other morning.
The circuit court had Just been
called. The attorneys were in their
respective places, the Jury WAS
seated, and the usual air OF dignity
and silence prevailed.
Suddenly faint knocking sounds
emanated from the law library.
which is located Just south Of the
court room. An attorney stepped
out to investigate.
He discovered that some unfortu.
nate was imprisoned in one Of the
closets.
who's there-and what's the mat.
terP" he asked.
"It's me-Billy Moore" came the
reply, "and I'm locked in. Help me
get out of here"
The door was tried, but it could
not be opened. the lock being out Of
gear. The sheriff was sent for, and
with the aid Of . stepladder he re-
moved the closet window. The, Mo-
line attorney after several attempts
managed to crawl up on the sash,
where he remained long enough to
give vent to sigh Of relief, after
which he descended the ladder.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

attributes of the virtuoso, and it may be
is an impresario high in the estimation OF
those of his kind.
The remarkable qualifications of the
Michigan spider first became evident at
rehearsal of the Apollo Male Quartet at
Coldwater, the members of which are,
with one exception, residents of the town.
The first tenor is Professor Hartman,
teacher of sciences in the Lansing Mich }
high school. Mr.. Bailey, the second tenor,
is the editor of the Coldwater Star. Mr..
CRUDE, first bass, is dry goods merchant,
and Mr.. Keene, second bass, is one of the
staff of the Coldwater Sun. ALI these gem
tlemen are willing to vouch for the mu-
sical taste of the spider, because they all
saw what he did. Compared to him the
educated flea is an ignoramus and the 1y
that performs curious antics simply "a
freak.
1t so happened, not many evenings ago,
that the quartet was holding its regular
rehearsal. Song after song was tried and
not found wanting, and the members of
the organization were in high glee that
all was prospering. Another song was
begun, when Mr.. Bailey noticed large
spider who dangled in u visiblv excited
about FIVE feet from the floor. 1t was
"Down in the Cornfield" that was being
rendered and the singers-Mr Bailey hav-
ing called their attention to the spider
observed that tie insect went up and
down with the variation of the scale. At
first they thought it was accident that q
draught of air OF their own lung-power
swayed the tiny insect Still, the time
the spider kept was perfect, and it soon
became evident that it was draught that
was moving lit was musical draugbt,
indeed.
This state Of affairs naturally interested
the quartet in great degree. and they be-
gan to try various airs for the sole purpose
oil noting their effect upon the seemingly
highly interested auditor. They also OBJ
served that the slightest evidence OF DIS
cord in their rendering of song pro-
voked violent indignation on the part OF
the spider, who on such occasions would
oscillate in a manner both vigorous and
vicious. Further tests showed that the
spider would ascend or descend about a
loot for every octave. The voice OF the
singer might be the highest tenor, or the
heaviest bass, the spider never swerVed
from the absolutely correct movement.
The time he kept was as creditable to him
as the most finished technique to the dis
ciples of Paderewski.
Presently the quartet sang "The New
Bully" When they came to the line Use
looking for dat bully and he mus be
iound," the spider nearly went beside
himself with glee. 1t seemed as if he not
only appreciated the very catchy music,
huf tho impart of the sOup as well and
could in his minds eye view the rolling
gait and emphatic appearance of the
original singer. Then there was an
abrupt transition. The quartet sang THE
Bridge The spider kept time mourn
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28
California Sequel to an
Incident at Vicksburgs Siege

XGE2ALTER MEAD of this City has
'AkATE9 in his possession a cane whose
M M3N historical associations make it
OF extraordinary value. 1t commemo-
rates two occasions when fraternal feel
ings were aroused in the breasts of for
mer foes. The cane, however is not with
out intrinsic value, as it is of ebony and
mounted with gold. On its head are in
scribed a few words that tell in part its
history.
Just before the surrender of Vicksburg
the Tenth Michigan Regiment was sta
toned before the invested city on its bluffs
beside the Mississippi. The particular day
which partly led to the existence of the
cane now so proudly treasured by Mr..
Mead was one of particular gloom 10
little band of discouraged and disheart-
ened officers of tine Confederate army, who
were held as prisoners by the Federal
soldiers
Colonel Lum. an uncle by marriage of
Mr.. Mead, was then in command OF the
Tenth Michigan and a brigade encamped
in front of the besieged city, and he took
pity upon the forlorn condition of the Off
GERS Of the Southern army and, hoping to
tighten, for a little while at least, their
burden of sorrow, invited them TO dine
with him. That was dinner whose his
tory has never before been written.
The gracious colonel of the Union forces
proved a most admirable host, and during
the progress of the banquet which he
spread before them he made his prisoner
guests forget their troubles. All the deli
cacies for the table possibly procurable at
the time he spread before the hungry Con-
fada Ii lx
and drunk in sparkling champagne. At
the conclusion of the feast the Southern
prisoners arose from their seats and gave
three hearty cheers for their Northern
host and their captor.
1t was the cane which Mr.. Mead carries
that brought this story TO light. In all
the histories and variations of the war it
had never been written; like many an
other touching incident of the Civil War
it lived only in the memories of those who
participated in the incident. Historians
had not recorded it; bards had not sung
OF it. and it was only through a coincident
that happened here in San Francisco that
the present narrative is written.
When tho Tenth Michigan Regiment
was mustered out of the service its officers
and men presented Colonel Lum with the
cane Mr.. Mead now carries. The colonel
In his declining years gave 1t to Mr.. Mead.
One day the latter was talking to his
friend, Dr.. Ernest, when the doctor re-
marked the beauty of the waIking-stick,
and taking it into his hands read the in
scription. DR.. Ernest fought for the Con-
federacy; was at the siege of Vicksburg,
and the inscription on the cane brought
back to his memory the story of the dim
ner which Colonel Lum had given to his
foes-in-arms held as prisoners during the
siege of the Mississippi city, and he re-
lated it TO Mr.. Mead.
A few days previous to this Mr.. Mead
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

strains of military music from the pier,
the faint sound of the waves on the beach,
and soft rustic and rush of the wind in
the tops of the pines.
1t would be a curious and not uninter-
esting experiment to listen to the views
of life expressed by these gaunt and
hollow-eyed victims of an inexorabIe fate.
Only few OF them care to express them
selves.
There is one old lady who has lost the
use of her lower limbs, whose enormous
bulk overtills the chair from which she
regards the passers-by with little bright
blue eyes full of a kind OF sharp and acrid
animation. She has voice that con-
tinues involuntarily, long after she has
ceased speaking, in series of diminish
ing growls, like an echo in cavern. She
has a maid who trembles before her and
who answers her condolences by shakes of
the head in affirmation or sympathy or
protest or horror like an automaton, evil
IDENTIFY hoping she will have used the
proper motion.
The wheeling, asthmatic voice is audi
BILE at twenty yards; infrequentIy an
other invalid, little wasted old woman,
with snow-white hair, sits near her; on
this occasion the general" as she has
been irreverently yclept, reverberates to
some purpose. She shouts the details of
her illness into the ears of this slightly
deaf and haples7 invalid, who stares, with
faded eyes, passionlessly up into the
trees. "See that girl" growls the old
lady, ''the tall one with the red cheeks:
her sister was just like her-was here three
years ago. dancin' an singin' and ridin'
horseback. Died last year Don't know
what her parents are thinking of. This
one rides bicycle; goes everywhere; and
has ths galloDin' consum ption, mark my
words. In her grave next year. Hear
that now!"
The girl choEes over candy, "sweet,"
as they call it here. goes off in tit of
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28
Music Hath Influence Over
Even the Spider and It's Species

fully, and looked as if the change from
the ridiculous to the sublime Gid not
agree with him. Then they tried Way
Down on the Swanee River" The spIdeS
was not a beat behind, and apparently as
fresh as when he began 30 dangle at the
end of his silken thread,
By this time it was difficult to say
whether the quartet was most interested
in natural history or music. The spider
gently swung to and fro and waited for
more. Just to test the extent of the
spiders experience the quartet sang
white Wings" The spider kept time
with an effort. Just Tell Them That
You Saw Me- restored him to his former
vigor, while II Want You, Ma Honey"
cheered him so that he kept time as en-
Enthusiastically as an audience applauds
when it is highly pleased. Then the
quartet began to try other experiments.
A medley was sung. This kept the new
conductor very busy, and in the absence
OF baton he swung himself, but never
was out of time for an instant. Ali sorts
of efforts were made to catch him mapping
or to trip him, but he was equal TO them,
all and each and every one fell fiat.
At last, however. the quartet, withs
malice prepense, gave vent TO one of thosR
discords that would have made The
Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls"
die years before 1t did, if it had ever heard
them. This was too much for the spider
with the musical ear. He hesi,ated for
a moment, and then, with what seemed
to be glance OF sorrow and wrath, fed
up the line OF web and disappeared from
view. Further singing had no effect His
musical ear had evidently been wrecked.
These things seem odd enough for
fairy tale to the majority of the people,
and therein lies their value. When four
reputable citizens of Michigan assert that
statements OF this nature are true, there
is no room for even a doubling Thomas to
enter a protest of disbelief. Michigan's
potato patch scheme is not the only thing
which will make her famous. She has
musical spider.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

laughter and splutter and coughs. The
general has an air of fierce triumph.
"That old mans goin' fast, she con-
tiuued, turning her attention. II warned
him last year his doctor didn't understand
his case. said to him, major said
and here the medical details are over
whelming, and we rise and walk in, TO be
ourselves the next victims, we are assured,
to be buried within a year. with all due
ceremony and great cheerfulness by the
general"
If tile general has delight in mortuary
details the s'philosopher" ignores them
entirely, except in regard to himself. The
philosopher" is a little, swarthy chllo
with wild black eyes like those OF
startled animal. He is South Am erlcan,
he tells Us, in a polite, very much bored
little voice; ne has been at school; his
mother is dead; his father is in Santiago;
his nurse takes care of him, but he thinks
that very soon she will be able to go back
to South America
"Will you go with me?" she asks, in
Spanish.
NO" he replies. in English; 81 shall
be dead"
He says ''dade," and the nurse does not
understand.
"I speak English" he continues, "she
is very foolish about it. 1t is better to be
'dade' than only half alive" We are
walking slowly up the precipitous street
at the side of his little donkey-chair. a
row of women selling flowers come for
ward as we pass and the air is full OF the
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

had received letter from Colonel Lum
in which he was informed that the
coIoners old reeimental surgeon, DR..
Parsons, was about to visit this City. DR..
Parsons had also been at the siege of
Vicksburg and when DR.. Ernest told the
story of the dinner given by Colonel Lum
to the Confederate soldiers it occurred to
Mr.. Mead that it would be pleasant TO
bring these two-who had served in the
same capacity with the opposing forces,
and who were SO closely associated with
the memories that clustered about the
cane he so proudly carries-together in
friendly intercourse.
And so it came about that when Dr.
Parsons reached the City he dined with
the man who had attended to the
wounded within the Confederate lines at
Vicksburg, while he ministered to the
sufferings of the Union soldiers INJURED
during tie siege OF the beleagured city,
and with the cane presented to Colonel
Lum by the soldiers of the Tenth as a
text they, in kindly words, fought and
won fields Ger again.
The incident is rendered more striking
because Of the fact that so far as is known.
it was Mr.. Mead who first suggested that
the graves of the soldiers OF the South and
of the North should be decorated on the
same day. Mr.. Mead has been for years
the San Francisco correspondent of the
Nevada City Transcript, and on one Deco.
ration day he wrote an article for that
paper advocating the decoration of the
graves of Confederate soldiers as we'll as
those who fought for the Union, on tha
same sacred day. 1t is probable that in
this article the idea that led to the build
ing OF the Unionist monument at Chicago
was conceived.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

enlng in distance to the artists color, a
curious, deep. misty purple.
The pleasure gardens and the cliff walk
divide the town. To those who are strong
enough the pleasure gardens form the
greater attraction. There is the far-famed
Invalid's Walk. where all the GONZALES
cents meet and regard each other with
that curious misglving, that kind of mu-
tual defiance, that unfortunates so ffe-
quently have. Nevertheless there is a
kind OF melancholy cameraderie between
some members, chiefly the more ad-
vanced in years, who meet and discuss
symptoms and relate anecdotes of others
similarly afflicted.
1t was to the enterprise OF an adven-
turous gentleman with a passion for walk
ing that Bournemouth owes its founda-
ton. He bought a vast tract of heath and
pine so as to be able to take his walks un-
moIested. Curiosity led him TO explore
this district, and on the edge of the vast +,
running down to the sea, he came upon
this sheltered valley of unusual beauty.
He called it his treasure valley" built q
villa and adually invited a few chosen
friends TO follow his example. 1t was in
1886 that the first hotel, the Bath Hotel,
was started, and from that Bournemouth
has grown like mushroom.
The cliff walk has a faint resem blance
to the Cliff House walks at home; away to
the west are the "Old Harry Rocks" gi-
gantic stone island, against which the
waves break and send up fountains of
spray.
The younger people sit at the benches
reading or walk in little groups the pre-
scribed distance. while the inmates of the
chairs follow their movements with eyes
of envy. Professional nurses, with the
sunlight on their fresh caps and aprons,
walk with their patients or sit next to
their carriages, reading aloud the books or
letters that have arrived by the morning
train. Softened by distance, there are the
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

than any other official held re. .ponsible. I"
Poetic and literary Boston sends one of
the biggest and most prosaic volumes.
The only wonderful feature about it is the
accompanying map, which when spread
out, took up half the area of one OF the
rooms adjoining the Mayors office.
The large map seems 70 be called for be-
CO ause OF the crooked streets of Boston, and
the difficulty strangers have of finding
their way through them. Accompanying
the reports Is a minor volume giving the
work of Boston's Rapid Transit Commits
sion, which, unlike New York's, appears
to have done something practical. Pnila-
delphia and Indianapolis have sent in
very prosy reports, but the driest of all
came from Richmond City, whose volume
Is mass or statistics.
New York sends out nothing that either