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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

the largest independent producers in the
business. The Hardman Company is
second in the business only to the
Standard, and if the later gets hold
Of their property they will have moth
ing to fear for a while at least.
Buying out the independent producers
is the Standards way of keeping its
prestige and it is succeeding well. 1t
has bought property in this field for
which it paid three or four prices and
newIthey were doing it just to get
some troublesome operator out of the
way. At this time they are greatly in
need of oil. and should the independent
people get together and stick for a short
time they could make it very interest
ing, to say the least, for the big COM
pany.
There is quite lot of new work be-
ing started in the vicinity of the Mere
dlth well, on the South Penn Oil Com
pany, near Centreville. The field has
been christened the Klondike On the
Reppard lease the South Penn is max
Ing arrangements to start well, and
also on the Alva Meredith. The Klon-
dixie Oil Company have the rig up for
their No. l on the Pierpont, and will
start drilling the first OF the week.
The Carter Oil Company have the
rig completed for their well on the Rip
pley lease and will commence spudding
the early part of the week. On the
Brown farm, Murphy & Jennings have
started the rig for their No. 1. TIE
victor Oil Company are drilling at
about zoo feet at their No. on the
Armstrong lease. The South Penn's
No. 2, On the Meredith farm. is drilling
at about 200 feet.
Special to the Register
Parkersburg, W. Va, November 21.-
Inc United States Oil Company's well,
situated between Henderson, and Muir
phytown, has been completed and is an
average producer. The well opens up
an entirely new strip of territory which
was not considered of much account by
the talent.
Kelly & Mabley, of this city. have
purchased the interests of r. N. Miles.
VINO has been drilling for Miller e. Sib-
icy, in Calhoun county, and whose in
terests were in that section. ~for S.. 900.
OH City, Pa, Noveber 21.-Credit bal
ances Coo; certificates opened at CSC;
highest CSC; lowest SIC; closed at &c
offered. Sales $1,000 barrels.
PRODUCERS and refiners' credit bal
ances &c.
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MOUNDSVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Booher, of Wheel
ing, are visiting friends in the city.
James A. Sigafoose returns to-day
from West Liberty, where he addressed
the Epworth League yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anthony. of
Martins Ferry, visited friends here
yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Batson leaves this
week on visit to friends at Wells
burg.
Bishop Peterkin, of Parkersburg, will
mold services on Thanksgiving at the
Episcopal church.
Henry Pracht, of McMechen, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
MISS Anna Hite, of Cameron, is Wis
iting friends in the city.
David Levi has sold to the State
about ten acres of land on Toms run.
The ground will be used for the dead
convlctS which have to be removed
from the present cemetery near the
penitentiary. The consideration for
the property is not named. 1t is
located about three miles from the
city.
Mrs. Maggie Howell has returned to
her home at Martins Ferry, after a
visit to friends here.
The contract for the new outfit for
the Panhandle Telephone Company
has been let to G. B. Wood, of Pitts
burg. The work is to be finished with
in sixty days.
John Flaherty, operator at the Ohio
River depot, was called to Coolville,
o., yesterday, on account of the sud-
den death of his mother.
Don't fail to see the Mahara min
strels at the Opera House tonight.
The usual prices will prevail.
Misses Genevieve and Lille Hos
tutter are home from visit to friends
at LeatherwoOd.
The living pictures will be given at
the Parish Institute on next Friday
and Saturday evenings.
Several of the stonemasons employ
ed on the new addition at the peni-
Tertiary quit work Saturday and left
for other places TO do work for the
contractors, Messrs. Hallock Bros.
The natural gas company are laying
their mains through a number of side
streets about the city
Two new cars for the street railway
company will arrive this week. and
the summer ones will then be placed
in the barns for the winter
The G. A. r. people had a well at
tended meeting Saturday night, but
no important business was transacted.
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too much myself not 70 know every
foot of it. / understood the case. /
did not raise my pen from my paper,
but quietly said to him: If you can
repent from sin without any help from
God, all have to say is to go and do
it. Instantly the confession burst
from his lips: i have been trying 70
do it all the morning, but cannot
'Thep, said I, let US go to him who
cam And we knelt down together in
that study and laid the case before
Him who is able TO take away the
heart of stone and give the heart of
flesh. That young man, now gray with
age, has been thirty years preaching
the gospel of gracious help TO sinners
perishing in their helplessness.
| tell you the man who is in the
who is ready to cry out in helpless
ness: God, be merciful to me, sin
ner;" save, Lord, or | perish" The
very essence of religion consists in i'm
plicit trust in God for salvation. II
there is man or woman here to-
night who can do solitary thing to
blot out one sin, other than accept
Christ, let him blot it out.
The self-reliant fool does not appre-
ciate what God has already Gone for
: his soul. The teachings of Christ are
nothing to him. Calvary has no mean
ing in it for him. He ignores the
mercy of God in providing a way OF
escape that is so easy and yet so reas-
enable and just. Together with the
righteous he receives blessings from
God, but never stops to think whence
they come. He never returns thanks
to our Father which is in heaven.
While he is in health, and no thoughts
of death disturb him, he carries high
head, tries to mingle with society peo-
pie, not for the purpose of helping
them, but for the purpose of selfishly
getting all he can out of it. He lives
without God, he dies without God; but
en- the day of his funeral all the good
people who trust their souls to the God
whom he has ignored are expected TO
come and hold reli &ous services of
an impressive nature, special cab is
provided to haul the profusion OF
flowers, and long line 1f cabs, to-
gether with, perhaps, brass band,
takes his body to the grave, and there,
Notwithstanding all the aforesaid
show and unnecessary pomp, his body
becomes food for the worms the same
as the body of the poorest pauper who
dies in our hospitals. And his soul!
All, the soul of this man who lived and
died without God-what shall we say
of it! Will it try to put God off in
the judgment with it's own so-called
wisdom, as it put off the church here?
What answer will the self-reliant fool
give GOD in eternity? Every oppor-
tunity to accept Christ, every sermon
will rise up against him in the judg-
ment day and bear witness to his fool
ish course opon earth.
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Who Is John Smith?
JOHNSON IS ALL RIGHT.

Santa Cruz, Gala, November 21.-In
1894 John H. Johnson left Boulder
Creek for Alaska. He obtained en-
ployment near Juneau as a laborer.
working faithfully for two years, and
earned enough to purchase an outfit,
with which he started for Circle City.
Nothing being heard of him for two
years, the local lodge of Foresters. of
which he was member, appointed a
committee to ascertain his where
abouts. His friends were gratified to
learn from a letter written in Dawson
City September 30th that he is there,
known as the Bonanza King, his
claim in Klondike being worth hum
dreds Of thousands Of dollaik
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BENWOOD.

Seamon Bowers was taken to Has
kins' hospital Friday to have an
operation performed.
The teachers of Marshall county
will hold an institute at the upper
Benwood school next Saturday.
According to the usual custom,
Thanksgiving services will be held at
the NJ. E. church at six O'Clock Thanks
giving morning.
The members Of ST. Johns Com
mandery No. 231, of Benwood, have
received handsome new military uni
forms and will wear them for the first
time at the flag presentation at the
Cathedral school in Wheeling on
Thanksgiving Day. Arthur Geraghty
is the captain Of this organization.
The Knights of st. John will partici-
pate in the celebration at Fairmont
on Thanksgiving Day, leaving with the
Wheeling societies after the Cathedral
school flag presentation.
The following programme will be
rendered at the concert to be given in
the City Hall on Friday evening. No
vember 26th, under the management Of
Mr.. John Coates, recently of Califor-
MIA Judging by the number of tickets
already disposed of, there will be a
large number present.
PROGRAMME
Oyertlre-"The Latest" .
.M Mayors orchestra
Cornet duo-''Te1 Rammenti'
Messrs. John Coates and II. Ranch
Vocal solo-Selected. Mrs. Jos. Ward
Recitation-''Su Browns Wedding"
....... Master Archie Weisgerber
Cornet solo--Concert Polka" 49,.
...M Mr. John Coates
Club Swinging. -. Miss Addie Miller
Trio for two mandolins and piano.
Messrs. w Kuhn. w. Detwiler and
Miss Flora AdIinger.
Violin solo. ....M Mr.. c. Geese
Vocal solo-.Elsie from Chelsea.
Master Willie Coates
March-..The Iron Makers" $1,000.
Mayors orchestra
Mrs. JOS. Ward, accompanist.
Mike Fallen, one OF the brickiayers
at work on the Riverside coke and
gas ovens, was the victim Of a Joke
played on him by some OF his friends
Saturday. Fallen bought a hunting
] dog from Sherrard farmer and made
arraneements 70 have the dog brought
/ u Town Foturd1y - tins ~ ta1Le e
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AUSTRIANS ARRESTED.

Baltimore, Nd, November 21.-For-
ty-eight men from the interior of Aus
tria, who were arrested last week in
the swamps of Mississippi by United
States inspectors on the charge of vio-
lating the alien labor contract law, were
brought here to-day with their leader,
Johan Pole, and locked up in the i'm
migrant house of detention at Locust
Point. They will be sent back to Bre-
men on the steamship Muenichen, OF
the North German Lloyd line. in a
few days. The men arrived here Sep
TENDER 8 last and were engaged in cut
ting barrel slaves.
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ALEXANDER, sH9 po. sn m.la Street.

to Pittsburg, as he was going home
that evening. Some of his friends,
knowing the circumstances, stole
dog from Benwood man and got
couple of boys TO take the dog to
Fallen. Fallen thought it was the
dog he had bought from the farmer
and paid the boys a quarter for bring
ing it. A few minutes afterward
Marshal Poterfield appeared and told
Fallen he was under arrest for steal
ing dog. The marshal was inform
ed by the guilty parties of the job put
up on Fallen and helped to carry out
the joke. In the trouble and worry
over the affair Fallen also lost his
train and did not get away to spend
Sunday at home.
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PROPOSALS.
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals will be received until
Thursday. November 18th, at l p. M. by
the County Commissioners of Wetzel
County West Virginia, for the erection of
a Jail building and sheriff's residence at
New Martinsville, Wetzel county, w. Va,
tons prepared by Franzheim, Geisey &
Faris, architects, Wheeling, w. Va.
Bids will be received for the entire. work.
and for all cell work, and for all other
iron work separately.
Plans and specifications can be eeen in
the Clerks Office of the County Court of
Wetzel county. and at the office of the ar
chitects, Wheeling. w. Va The County
Commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids. Bids to be sent to Henry
r. Thompson. Clerk of the County Court
of WetZel county, and addressed: PRO
posals for New Jail"
Bidders will submit with bids a certified
yheck for per cent. of amount of bid
no19 2022
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EVERYTHING QUIET.

Montevideo, November 21.-The pub
lie is recovering from the effects OF the
panic that followed the announcement
last Friday of the arrest of DR.. Herrera
Obes by President Cuestas, and the
latter's assumption aiming at his over
throw by force. There has been no
outbreak, and the city to-day is tran
quill
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SMALL TALK.

Rev. S. N. Thomas, rector Of ST..
Matthew'S, gave fine address yester-
day afternoon at the mems meeting
at the Y. M. G.. A.
THE Webster school football team
was DEBATED by the Eoff Street Tigers
by the score of to 0. The feature was
the playing of N. Smith, full back for
the Websters.
The Madison Juniors accept the
challenge of the G. H. Hennigs' foot
ball team for game Thanksgiving
morning ON the tunnel green, for the
1S-year-old championship.
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MARKS FROM ABOVE

PITTSBURG-River Sc feet and falling
at the dam; clear and pleasant.
BROWNVILLE-Rive feet II inches
and falling.
WARREN-River foot; clean and pleas
ant.
MORGANTOWN-Ri feet 6 inches
down, The Adam Jacobs and Nellie Hud-
son.
OIL CITY-River 1 foot 10 inches and
falling: clear and pleasant.
GREENSBORO-River feet s inches
and falling; fair and warm. The James
G. Blaine and the Florence Belle are the
down packets on Monday and the Adam
Jacobs and Nellie Hudson up.
STHU BENVILLE-Riv 6 feet 10 inches
and falling clear and warm Passed up,
Ben Hur and Keystote State.
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MR.. GLADSTONE IS WELL.

London, November 21.--A dispatch
from Hawarden says that Mr.. Glad
stone. concerning whose health an
alarming rumor was widely circulated
here yesterday, is in his usual health.
and tits morning walked to and fro
between the castle and the village
church, where he attended services
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

LOW RATE EXCURSION TO FAIR
MONT THANKSGIVING DAY. AC-
COUNT ANCIENT ORDER HIBER-
NIANS-ONLY SLIGO.
Nov. 25th, Thanksgiving Day, the B.
& o. will run special train to Fairmont
to accommodate the Ancient Order Hi
bernians and their friends. leaving
Wheeling at 2:30 p. m. Returning
leave Fairmont about midnight. Fare
for the round trip only SLIGO.
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Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, November 21.-
The feet of towboats that left Pittsburg
on the present rise have been passing
here all day and last night. All the 10
cal packets are running, and the Ohio
is 10 feet 5 inches and falling slowly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

Rev. r. r. Bigger Tells in a Con-
vincing Why the Man Who Trusts
in His Own Heart is a Fool-No
Hope in Life or Eternity for He
Who Rejects Christ The Last Of
a Series of Special Sermons on the
Subjects of"FOOls''
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

See McGouldrich and Sheehan, the
crack-a-jack boxers, at the Metropoli-
tan Athletic Club tonight
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TQ-DAY,S RQATS

IO-I1h . IO<A I .,
Uarkersburg, Ben Hur, p. m.
Sistersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. M
Darlington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
Steubenville, I. NJ. Bayne, 2:3O p. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

The marks at the wharf last evening
showed stage of feet inches and
falling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

Grand Roast Pig Lunch at Remele Saloon
22Os Main st. Tuesday evening, Nov. 20.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-22

FOR SALE SOCIETY ADDRESS Cards,
embossed ana engraved. Emblems for any
society known. Hapdsome and reason
eblen Addre6g ~ call on West VI. Print
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$l.OO to $l.5O,

According to size. buys our shoes from
US that We stand back of with a guar
antee for wear. warmth and comfort.
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RIVER NEWS.
Daily Chronicle of the Movements OF tn G
Goats and ROatmen.

IL1NS ININII<AI . IJILI AN I . INI10.
Pittsburg, Ben Hur a. m.
PittSburg, Kanawha, 10 a. m.
Pittsburg, keystone State, 9 p. M
GAINESVILLE, Lorena, a. m.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
OF Special Interest
To Every Mother....

at this season of the year, when a wet
loot may mean SO much. Too many
dealers talk cheap shoes. or rather
shoddy shoes, at low price. We try
TO sell the best shoes possible. Our
chlldren's shoes are all made to our
order and are made for the use they
put them to.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-28


Il Is next 20 Impossible 20 cite an IN
stance In which n dog Identifies an OBJ
jcct by he hue. and there Is little posi-
tive evidence that the larg,r quadru-
pcds have much scngo Of color DomCs-
tic cattle are 30 far affected by violent
contrast Of white and dark that the
presence OF a black. white. or very
clearly spotted animal in the herd
sometimes results In calves being
thrown Of the same color or markings
But though red Is said 10 irriiate a
bull, and TO excite hunters by assocla-
ton Of ideas, the latter statement rests
partly on surmise The writer has
seen a setter refuse TO retrieve a black
rabbit because u apparently though,
its master had shot a black cat. Hut
a house-livlng dos shows no prefer
ence Tor a red carpet or rug over n blue
or varlegated one. and expresses no
surprise or curiosity whether its mas
ter wears a red uniform or a black
evening suit None OF the cats, whether
Wild or tame. shows any partlallty for
bright hues, and among all the strata
gems used from time lmmcmorial by
hunters, the use Of color a. a lure Tor
QuadNapcds Is notably abicnt-Pop-
ular Science.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-28

Little Willie wanted n drum. It's
mother thought Il would be a good op.
portunity 10 give Willie an object les.
son on the efficacy Of prayer. so adj
viscd him 10 try q. when he knclt
down by hls little bed tina, nlsht and
bowed HIS head his mother slipped the
drum on the bed and Willie prayed.
Nov lay me down to sleep
want a drum.
Ipray the Lord my soul TO keep
want a drum.
II I should die before wake
want n drum.
pray the Lord my soul to take
want n drum"
when Willie raised his head there
lay the drum. His eyes fairly pro-
truded In amazement Finally he ex.
claimed In an ecstacy Of Joy:
where In blazes did that drum cone
from. anyway."-san Francisco Post.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-28


The Offering made by Mr.. Z. s. Will
lard upon his return to New York, at
wallaeks formerly Palmer'O Thea
ter on the evening Of Dec, Z. was a new
play from the pen Of Henry Arthur
Jones. called The Rogus's Comedy"
The drama had already been played In
England with considerable success, and
had also been presented In Boston prior
10 Mr.. Wizards New York engage
ment. This actor hrst won his spurs
IN London as an interpreter OF what
are known 10 the people Of the theater
as heavy parts"-otherwlse. villains,
In the melodramas produced by Wilson
Barrett At the Princess Theater. Mr..
Willard was for several seasons OBJ
served IN various phases Of rascality.
and be played these parts 80 well that
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-28

Did you ever Try to see the wind3 Il
Is a very pretty experiment and one
easily performed. In the hrst place
choose a windy day. then secure a pol
lshed piece Of metal hand saw will
be the easiest to gcu. Hold the me-
talllc surface at right angles 10 the
direction Of the wind. For example.
n the wind Is In the north hold the saw
east and west inclined about forty-five
degrees to the horizon. Now look care
fully al the sharp edge and you will
shortly see the wind pouring over Il
like a waterfall DO not try the ex-
pertinent on a rainy or a muddy day.
Harper's Round Table.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-28
EASY TO SWEAR.
The stupldsst Parrot WIN Learn 70
Curse.

The stupldest Parrot WIN Learn 10
Curse.
Third avenue. on the outskirts Of the
Bowery district. boasts the only par
rot academy" on this side Of the At
lantlc. says the New York Herald. In
reality Il Is only the back room Of a
bird-iancler's shop. but In Il many
wonderful things are accomplished H.
the way Of educating parrots When
asked abou, bis methods. the proprle-
tor OF the shop. who Il also the prin-
cipal Of the academy. explained at some
length. In exceedingly bad English. lie
said he was German. but be very much
rescmbled an Italian. You. see. when
the birds come In. I put them all loose
In that room. where they remain for
few days until they become accus-
toned to their surroundings. Then
put with them a bird that can only
say words Of one syllable. a. yes. no.
cat dos he soon teaches the whole
lot what he krows Then put IN a
bird that can say longer words and
simple sentences. and when they have
mastered his lessons yet another bird.
who teaches them longer sentences
and how 20 ask and answer questions
That IL about as FAR as the bird teach
ors can go. SO my daughter and I
finish Oh the smart ones. for parrots
are like children. and an are not smart
select the stupid birds and sell them
on cheap. while the smart ones are
siill Kept In that room until their cdu-
cation Is complete We teach them
their letters and agures. how 20 add
and subtract and 90 spell simple
words With the aid OF a blackboard.
Then my daughter teaches them %
sing with a plano accompaniment. 10
tell the time OF day and sometimes 10
dance 20 music. No. we never teach
them 20 swear, Tor We have no demand
for swearing birds. though several
times have missed selling a bright
bird because he sworo at me when
was trying 10 show him or They
learn bad words from the people who
come In the store and the boys pass.
ing along the streets The stupidest
parrot can learn 90 swear"