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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-21

Presbyterian Church in this city sun
day evening, at which time Rev. H. 8.
Grouse, the pastor preached a sepcial
sermon to the children OF the Sabbath
school His discourse was based upon
the passages IN the good book In which
he related the incident Of Saul walk
ing with God" and the reverend gem
tleman became very earnest IN the pre-
sentation az his story. At the concIu-
SIGN Of his discourse be stepped 70 the
front Of the rostrum and said:
Now children. have been telling
you of how Saul walked with God on
the earth, can any Of yen tell me OF any
ore who has walked with God In this
country"
Il cam" shouted a little fellow in
the front row, at the same time holding
up his hand in order that he might be
seen.
Well, my little man" said Rev.
Grouse, lust speak right out and tell
the people who in this country ever
walked with God"
Mckinley shouted the little fell
low and II brought down the house,
VILE the preacher joined in the laugh
that followed.
iAnd we are not certain but the littA
fellow was right. Rochelle, Ills, Re1
lister.
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TT APPEL. Ind. November 20.--James
Leonard. of this place. is 90 years old
LII and has never had a tooth In his
head. Twenty years ago he married His
wife had a fine set OF teeth. They raised
q family or four children, all Of whom
have inherited their fathers strange mis-
fortune. The family is one OF the most
remarkable in the State. Their gums hAve
undergone an ossifcatiou or hardening.
which makes them as hard and solid as
teeth The gums come down further
than IN the ordinary persons mouth. Mr..
Leonard Is able TO crack nuts ia his Jaws
without any apparent effort or pain. and
gets along as well as II he had fun al
lowance OF teeth. The children can do the
same thing. All show "A remarkable de-
ye.opmeHt 81 the muscles OF the jaws. 50
amply has nature provided for the Short
age IN teeth that the gums are hardened
enough to turn the point OF a pin.
They never have any aches ~ that part
Of their anatomy and seem 20 be perfectly
content. The appearance Of the mouth is
not the best. Leonard is a farmer and
fairly well TO do. lie seldom comes TO
town. but when ne does he attracts no
end OF attention Dentists have tried 10
analyze his case. but do not reach sat-
isfactory conclusion as to what point ma
ture erred In. They say the case is with
out equal and IS especially interesting be-
cause Of the children inheriting the faith
ers strange shortage. A year ago Leon
ard gave a test Of his jaws to satisfy the
curiosity Of some dental and medical stu-
dents They were more than mystlAed
and pronounced him one Of the seven
wonders Of the medical world.
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HARBoR. Fla. No


vember 2O.-Captain Bill Spencer
" and VIM. Nye returned here yes
terday from a months trip down
the coast hunting and fishing. They re-
port very exciting times in every respect
Among their most curious adventures
was the finding of new island, called
by the Indians Paradise Island" This
is located down the coast in the Thous-
and Island group, and, according to
Spencer, the Indians will not venture on
it for love nor money.
They have tradition that in days
gone by a big serpent inhabited the ISL
and and devoured all who went there,
and for years no one from the lower
everglades ever ventured to land there.
When they learned that Spencer in
tended to explore the island they
warned him that he would never get
out alive, but he laughed at their fears
and started for the island. After two
days search it was pointed out to him
by the Indians, who then left him.
The island was about twenty-five
acres in extent, quite high and heavily
wooded all around the shores. The cen
ter rose to a high mound or hill of
about four acres with a level top. There
was no timber of any kind in this
glade or central spot, but on the top
of the mound there was still remains
of regular lines of stone work, showing
the existence of large building or
fortifcation of some kind many years
previous. These walls varied from one
foot to six feet in height and in one
place reached nearly eight feet, show
ing that to have been about the regular
height. The walls were about three feet
thick and around the entire side ran a
support, which is supposed to have been
there to allow the inhabitants to look
over the wall. The wall was built of
cochina and showed very fine work.
In the centre of the fertilization
were two idols, made out of stone. rep
resenting god and goddess, both of
them being fairly well made figures of
the Seminole Indians, only that the male
was represented with beard. In front
of them was rough altar with a broad
top surface, the stone being followed
out as if for the purpose of burning
sacrifices. At one corner of the place
they found an excavation of the wall
or cave-in, and on investigation they
found four or five underground rooms.
where they found many bones, all of
them very old, and some of them
crumbling at the touch. The most GU
rious find was what is supposed to be
the realms of a serpent. From the
bones it would appear to have been
about twenty-five feet long, and from
ten to twenty inches thick through the
largest portion.
On the altar were many fantastic pic
lures representing serpents in various
stages of alteration. On the two stat
ues above alluded to there was a rough
attempt at serpent made in some
metal which connected the two statues
by the necks. The head was set with
some sort of green stones for eyes,
while the colored pigment was discern
able still on the metal part of the snake.
In getting it off the idols it was broken
in two and Spencer brought back part
of the fragment with him to town. 1t
is understood that a party will leave
here next week to gather some of the
collection to forward to the Smithso-
MAN Institute at Washington.
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.EMBERTON FERRY, Fla, Nov.
IT, 20.-It is not often that school
teacher of the gentler sex has an

NEMBERTON FERRY, Fla, Nov.
| EcV 2O.-It is not often that a school
teacher of the gentler sex has an
opportunity to try her nerve and
strength against a black bear. 1t is
| still more unusual for such director
of the infantile intellect to finish win
ner in a hand-to-hand battle with
bruin. Yet this is the record scored
by Miss Mile Dane She made the
fight not because she had anything
against the bear, but because the bear
insisted on a fight
Miss Dane is mistress of school No. 4,
| which convenes some six miles from
this place, out in the country. She
| boards in the vicinity of her school
house, but in reaching it has to pass
through a large hammock, which is a
we'll known resort for bears and pan
TIERS But as the neighborhood is well
populated little danger has been appre-
hended from the wild beasts. How
ever, Miss Dane believes in being pre-
pared, and in addition to her ether quail
ifications is known as an expert pistol
shot. In order to be prepared for any
thing which might arise it has been her
custom to carry a revolver in going to
and from school.
After dismissing school night before
last Miss Dane started for her board
ing house alone. Just before reaching
the creek, which divides the hammock
almost in two equal parts, she heard
growl behind her. On looking back
she saw big black bear rushing down
upon her. For some reason, the ami
NAL was angry and seemed determined
to make trouble 1t gained on the
young woman in spite of her efforts to
escape. She saw that she could not
outrun it, so determined to make the
best fight she could.
She had drawn her pistol when the
bear started in pursuit, but as she knew
how difficult it is to kill the shaggy
beast she reserved her fire until she
could get a chance to inflict fatal
shot At last, as she felt the hot breath
of the brute at her back she turned and
thrust the pistol down the animals
throat, firing two shots rapidly. The
bear roared with pain and fell backward
for moment. But it was not mortally
wounded and soon resumed the chase,
with blood running from its mouth. In
it's rage it succeeded in striking the
girl such blow that she fell headlong
to one side of the path. She was up
before the bear could close with her,
but was not able to run any longer.
The bear reared and advanced on her.
She steadied herself against tree, took
careful aim and sent two bullets at the
beast. One took effect in each eye and
bruin rolled over in the death agony
while the girl as promptly tainted.
When she recovered she struggled to
her home and told her story. She was
somewhat injured, her clothing in rags,
but no serious result has followed the
encounter The animal was a female
with pair of cubs near by. 1t is
thought this fact made her ferocious.
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FOOD, Indiana, November 90
far ago the 11-year-old son of
T Canaday farmer living near
~ kicked over the right eye by a
1le. 1t destroyed the sight in that eye.
month ago while working in a hay loft
Ngot dust in his good eye and was COM
peNG to bandage it for some time. Dur
ing Rat time the blind eye seemed to un-
dergo<s-erTfige and he was able to see
objects in q dark room. He finally was
able to see things in &. dark room as plain
ly with his bad eye as he was able to see
them in the light with his good but Grip
pied eye. He cannot, however, see any
thing with his bad eye in light.
The darker the room the more distinctly
do things stand out. He is, in short, fitted
with a day and a night eye. Since he
found what freak he possessed on his
right side he has been educating it and
he finds it rather convenient to be supplied
&Nith eyes for all occasions. The eye that
wN injured is in appearance as good as
the other though the sight for day use is
entirely gone. Those who have given the
strange case an examination state that it
is without an equal in optical enigmas.
1t is thought that the same theory will
account for this as that which accounts
Tor man being able to see the stars
when in the bottom of a deep well or hole.
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(VERNESS, Fla, november 1U.@
Henry Fox, living in the outskirts
of town, has a fine black stallion.
1t is an immense beast with bad
temper. Few men can handle him,
and If ever he gets out of. his pasture
everybody runs for safety. Night be-
fore last Mr.. Fox was aroused by the
sound of a conflict near the pasture,
and bethinking himself of his stall
lion took his gun and went out He
proceeded through a thin strip OF
brush into a little open space, where
he saw battle royal in progress. In
the center stood the stallion, it's fash
ing eyes. giving evidence of its rage.
In front stood a big bear on its
launches, growing, while off to one
side was q smaller one whimpering
and rubbing it's sides, showing that
the iron hoofs of the stallion had
done their work.
A second later the stallion plunged
forward with shrill scream and
seized the bears shoulder with his
teeth He reared up, lifting the bear OIL
its feet, paving it with his front feet
and giving it a terrible shaking up.
The bear let fly it's paws, laying bear
the stallion's neck, while it attempted
to rip him up with it's hind claws. For
a few seconds the air was thick with
flying fur and hair. The shrill screams
of the enraged horse and the hoarse
roars of the bear. The bears COM
panion started to take a hand in the
fight again, but as it approached the
stations heels shot off with vicious
thud and the bear was knocked ten
feet away With snarl it got up and
again started for the stallion. The
latter was not quite in readiness and
the bear succeeded in getting hold
on it's shoulders.
The fight then began in earnest. The
stallion reared, paved and kicked
and struck out with all four feet, which
lacking its two foes. The two bears
fought well and tried to get at the
horses throat, but they could not.
Finally by a fortunate move the stall
lion shook of the smaller bear and
with a vicious kick sent it sprawling
headlo1&. The bear lay where it was
throw1, dying moment later The
stallion then kept on las attack with
the big one and managed to fling it to
Zhe ground. Running forward, he
sprang into the air and came down
upon its PROSTATE form with all four
feet. making the bear roar in agony
as he did SO.
Again and again ne repeated this
until there was nothing left of the
bears shaking carcass but a mass of
blood and fur. The stallion seemed to
be perfectly crazy. He ran from one
carcass to the other, stamping them
with his feet. Mr.. Fox was afraid to
interfere, as the stallion was so
furious. 1t was an hour before the
stallion seemed subdued at all, and
then Fox managed to drive him off
and got him into the barn.
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C UMTERVILLE, Fla. Nov. 20
There are number of wild hogs
~ about the lakes around here, and
several times the hunters and
others have had narrow escapes. There
is one particular drove, called the ''red
Ones so named from the color of their
hides. They live on the red clay on
the banks Of Lake Topsey, and have
the reputation of being the fiercest lot
of hogs in this section.
One day last week Will Smith and
two of his sons landed on the shores
of the lake in the hammock and began
hunting for squirrels. One Of the boys
wandered off and in few minutes later
screams were heard. The old man and
his other son hastily rushed forward
In little glade they found the boy at
bay with a circle of fifteen or twenty
wild hogs around him all champing and
snorting with rage and ferocity. The
boy had shot one of them and the 9th
eTs had rushed in to avenge it, He
had dubbed his rife and kept them at
bay by its long sweep. AS the old man
and the boy came in they uttered loud
shout and charged upon the hogs. The
latter fed for a moment, but later they
reformed and circled around the three
Look out, boys, we are in for it.; get
around the tree and keep these devils
at bay
The men stood back to back to the
trees and for fifteen or twenty minutes
held the hogs at bay after exhausting
their ammunition and killing six only.
The hogs began to get more and more
furious. Old man Smith saw that they
must make a move.
"Boys,' he cried, eve must get out of
here, for this is getting altogether too
warm. Watch me and when l make a
dive you come after"
Around his feet were a lot of light
wood knots that had foated up, which
were as dry as finder and full of pitch
pine. Gathering little heap Of leaves
together he struck match and ignited
them. Taking the pitch knots he made
torch and striking them in the fire
soon had capital torch.
Come on, boys" he shouted. and
dashed into the hogs, shouting with all
his might The blazing torchyand the
IRE IN their faces scattered the drove
and they scrambled out of the way
while the imperilled men ran down the
path toward the boat A minute later
the hogs were in pursuit. Forward the
men ran over the fallen trees, through
thick brlers and bushes Slowly the
hogs gained on them and one of the
boys began to cry that he could not
hold out. The father fell back a lit
tie and taking him by the arm hurried
him forward with increased speed.
At last they burst upon the beach.
with their boat only a few hundred
yards in front of them. AT the same
time the whole pack of savage hogs
charged on them. Old man Smith club
bed his rife and got the boys ahead Of
him while he dropped back moment
and tried to keep them eff. One big
hog rushed at him, gashing his legs
with his savage tusks. Smith knocked
it aside with the butt of his gun, break
ing the stock. Another one came on,
which he finished by left-handed blow
and then turning he ran for the boat
into which the boys were already seat
ed, his impetus carrying it ten feet out
into the water.
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board the Svensksund, seemed to be
more pensiye than ever.
RELEASING THE SHIP.

board the Svensksund. seemed to be
more pensive than ever.
RELEASING THE SHIP.
The next morning Andree told the
captain of the gunboat, Count Ehrens-
ward, that ne had decided to start. I'm
mediately the order was given to make
the final preparations. This was 10: 10
a. m. on the 18th of July. Then fol-
lowed a few hours of intense work and
great suspense. In less than an hour
the northern side of the balloon house
was pulled down, and in little over
two hours more the balloon had been
raised few meters. the basket securely
fastened to its place, and everything
else belonging TO the last preparations
accomplished.
All being ready to start Andree
called me aside and told me that he
had decided 10 call his balloon the Eagle
(Ornen). and authorized me to publish
its name; he gave me some messages
and salu5ations to his relatives and
friends, whereupon he. Mr. Striadberg
and Mr.. Fraenkel, smiling and without
ceremony. warmly shook our hands and
bade US farewell. Then Andree jumped
into the basket and called out. "Strind-
berg! Fraenkel. each jumping quick
" into the basket as they were ordered.
The extra sacks Of sand were then I'M
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himself mounted on this thoroughbred
animal, which he placed in the group.
He next gave order for marble ear
cophagtl5 TO be built, and on this he
had chiseled the image Of his trusty
gun.
In his collection he now has the i'm
ages OF one woman, two girls. six men
two dogs. one deer, one fox. a horse
and gun in bas-Felief and two monu-
ments making in all eighteen different
things represented.
.'Uncle Henry" wants every person
and everything he loved represented in
his collection. and says he will have
them all placed there if he lives long
enough to see his ideas carried out.
He has spent thousands Of dollars fit
ting up his ideal resting place and mas
much more al his command, being a
very wealthy man. He has no near rel
atives to whom he will bequeath his es-
tate, and it il his chief desire that those
who were dearest TO him in life shall be
close beside him in death
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fastened by Strindberg and Fraenkel,
and the balloon was held only by three
strong ropes manned by a number OF
sailors.
THE START.
Andree now instructed the sailors to
cut the ropes when ne should say
''Ihree," There followed a few mo-
ments Of suspense and painful waiting
for d favorable moment when the wind
should not blow so hard. Exactly at
:: 80 IN the afternoon Andree called out
with calm and steady voice: Gut
one, two, Ihreei" A simultaneous snap.
and the gigantic balloon rose majesti-
cally out CT its prison, while Count
Ehrensyard shouted: .'Lefve AndTeei"
C'Good luck to Andree,'), followed by
strong Swedish four-fold 'Hurrah,
Hurrah. Hurrah, Hurrah." while the
daring aeronaUts shouted hack from
above: "Hesla gamla SVERIGE" f"Saiute
old Sweden!'') as the balloon lifted and
started before the strong wind on its
way TO the unknown regions of Ultima
Thule-a voyage more daring than any
since Old Pytheas. more than twenty
two hundred years ago, sailed out of the
port of Massilia fMarseilles), steering
toward the unknown regions Of the
north
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Thrilling Experiences OF Inhabitants Of Florida,

n IISSIMMEE, Fla, November 2n..-.
IL Mrs. Lot Alien and Miss Minnie
IN Jones had an exciting adyen-
ture with q couple of wild cats
last week. The Allen family lives
across the lake at Bay Ridge and Miss
Jones is visiting there. One day they
decided to so out into the bay ham
mock near the house after nuts.
After going about mile into the in
terror they suddenly came upon
wild cat. Miss Jones, who was in
front. promptly tainted as the cat
turned upon them ana with rigid back
began yowling at a most terrific rate.
Mrs. Allen, not knowing of the pug
naeious nature of the beast, picked up
a light wood knot and flung it full at
its head, hitting it and knocking it
over. The cat sprang up and started
toward the plueky woman.
Mrs. Allen could not rSuse Miss
Jones, and, picking up another club,
she stood beside her PROSTATE COM
panion, and as the cat leaped at her.
she met it with blow OF the club,
which knocked it flying. Just then
Miss Jones revived and, getting her
ward But the cat with it's angry
yowling was after them, and 8 second
later its mate answered from the side
Of the path. Miss Jones Unexpectedly
developed more pluck, and Selling
big lightwood knot She said they
would have to fight II out. Both the
plucky women backed up underneath
a big oak tree and faced the two spit
ting cats that were racing around them
in a circle.
Crouching low on the ground and
crawling up slowly, one of them got
within q few feet of Miss Jones and
then sprang at her. The wideawake
girl met the cat in midair with q blow
that knocked him sprawling many fee,
away. AT the same instant its mate,
had sprung at Mrs. Allen. Her blow
at the cat was eluded and the fero-
cious animal fastened its claws on her
shoulder. AS she felt its claws she
shrieked from pain, and Miss Jones.
turning, dealt 1t q vigorous blow with
her club. Mrs. Allen tried to fight the
creature, and then, womaniike, me-
chanically reached up and pulled out
her big hat-pin and. using IL as dag
ger, thrust it time and time again into
the big cat that was decorating her
shoulder. BY rare good luck the keen
point OF the hat pin reached the ani-
mails heart, and with terrible snarll
of pain and rage it slowly slipped
down at her feet, elawing and snap
ping at her as it fell. Mrs. Allen was
so overcome that she fell in dead
faint.
The dead ones mate was furious
and sprang again at Miss Jones. but
that brave girl was thoroughly arous-
ed to her peril and hit 1t "A heavy blow
over the head which fortunately stun
ned it. The beast fell at her feet, and
springing forward she brought her
club down on it's head with a resound-
ing whack that laid it out cold. She
then turned her attention to her un-i
conscious companion, and IN a short
time succeeded in bringing her to.
Mrs. Aliens right shoulder was badly
lacerated, her face was scratched. while
both her arms were Turrowed by the
cats claws. The dresses of both wo-
men were almost in ribbons, so hard
had been the fight.
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PASSION FOR ToMBSToNES.
Living Kentuckian Has Eighteen Differ.
ent Monuments in His Burial Plot.

st. Louis Republic.
Down in Mayheld, a fiourishing little
city in the PennyToyal district of Ken
lucky, lives one Of the most interesting
characters in the State. He has pas
sion like unto which there was never
one possessed before-a passion for
tombstones
Seyenty-fiYe years old and well pre-
served, this man, Mr.. Henry G. Wool
bridge, has only just begun the task
Of fitting up his last resting place.
About FIVE years ago ne purchased a
lot in the Mayfeld cemetery and had a
marble shaft erected to mark the grave
in which he should be buried. On this
shaft he had the date of his birth. a
Masonic emblem and horse in bas-re-
lief chiseled, leaving a space for the
date Of his death to be inserted there
after.
He ordered fine marble statue Of
himself made in Italy and this he erect
ed with the shaft In his younger days
he owned a fine hunting horse, "Fop. .
to which he was fondIy attached, and
next he ordered . life-size statue of