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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-01
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-01
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FOR RENT-Two furnished room
us Fourteenth street.

FOR RENT-At Mountain LAKE p
> room cottage. So six l..
room. $3.50. all ishCd Address
RUDISILL. nj The Park. u
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streets.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

have 20 do this for her sake. but Il II
better for me. I can't live with her
mother.
Il hope. Flora. you will be satisfied
and when you get the money from the
lodge. National Union and Royal
League. you will be able 10 buy horse
and carriage. plenty Of dresses and
everything you want could have
done q great deal more for you u YOU
would only agree with me. but you ac-
cused me Of something was not guilty
OF. You thought ! was always giving
money to my sister. which was not
true"
Al the Mlttman home Il was denied
that there had been quarrels between
the suicide and his wife. Mrs. Miii-
man was too much Frustrated 20 talk.
bu, her mother. Mrs Maria Mundt, who
lived with the Mltimans. said she and
her daughter were firmly convinced
that Mlttman had been insane.
Mi,tman was 80 years old and Tor
many years had taught dancing. He
taught classes al Krcischmar's, ca
North Clark street. and gave private
lessons az his home. he married Miss
Flora Mundt six years ago In the house
where the family stlll resides For
about the same length Of time he has
been employed by Bungo Bros The
members Of the nrm say his accounts
are an right Mlttman has one child
Ruth. who Is beautiful, and seems "a
have been almost worshiped by him.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

In some OF the Hungarian forests
and In the pine woods Of Norway there
exists a tiny worm-like insect called
the seisra. Of the genius Tlpula. Dur
Ing the month OF July or early In Au-
gust. they gather together In large
numbers. preparatory 10 migrating IN
search OF food. or for change OF oondl-
ton. When setting out on this Journey
they stick themselves together by
means Of some glutlnous matter. and
form a huge serpent-like mass. often
reaching a length Of between forty and
fifty feet and several inches In thick
ress. As the sciara Is only on an aver
age about thrCe-thlrty-seconds OF an
inch IN length. with no appreciable
breadth whatever. the number required
10 compose a continuous line Of the
sine above mentioned L. almost meal
culsble. Their pace is. Of course. very
slow, and upon meeting an obstacle,
such az a stick or stone. they will
either writhe over or around H. some
times breaking into two bodies Tor this
purpose. NJ. charlottesville. a cele-
braied French naturalist. says that n
the rear portion OF this wonderful
snake-like procession be brought into
contact with the front part, and a sort
Of circle formed. the Insects will keep
moving round In that circle for hours
without apparently noticing that they
are getting no "forrader" on their Jour
ney.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

entire globe weighs ffty-tWo and a half
times as much as Europe. eleven and a
half times as much as Asia. seventeen
and a half times as much as Africa and
thirteen and a third times az much as
the two Americas. The citizens Of the
United States Nay well swell with
pride when they reflect that they con-
troll the destinies Of one thirteenth Of
the entire weight Of the globe. II, as
Il not improbable. science should be-
fore long make Il possible to penetrate
TO great depths into the earth, Eng
land would doubtless make unwar-
ranted claims to underground territory
and the United States would have to
give the Monroe doctrine a new appli-
cation.
The physical labor OF counting the
weight Of the earth In tons IL stipend
Gus. Mr.. Schooling imagines that the
Coliseum at Rome n haunted by the
ghosts OF the $1,000 persons who once
found room IN Il. and tina, they have
been counting since A. ID. 70 AZ the rate
Of a hundred tons a minute. They
would not have made a percepihle im-
preston on the total. but II the In
habltann Of a hundred million stars,
each with a population Of 1900 mill
lions. were TO undertake the task. they
could get through with Il In seven
hours.
The siatlstlclan also considers the
labor OF cartinG the earth away. Sup
posing the occupants Of greater planets
found Il desirable 10 do this. A mill
lion trains OF ten thousand wagons
each are loaded with earth and dis
charge Il into space At the rate Of 1900
tons per wagon. II they had started
the work about t.6i5 years ago they
would be about through with Il now.
Such a disposal Of the earth a. this
would be no disturbance Of the uni
verse
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

Thlnrs had gone biz way downtown,
and Dawson vas 10 quite au amiable
aud even melting mood when be- came
home In the evening and settled him
self for a quiet hour With bis clgar and
book. Presently be- said 10 his wife.
Now. here's something that's got
good % und sense 20 a. You listen 10
Il Real glory springs from the silent
conquest Of ourselves That's The
talk Give me the man Who o. master
Of himself ! have a periec, contempt
Tor those unbalanced fellows who 20
an 20 pieces over nothing. and
Why. what's the matter with this
lamps Il gives o miserable lIehL"
u guess IL needs trimming. replied
Mrs Dawson.
why didn't you have O. trimmed
before uightT'
Il didrt know that Il needed trim.
ming"
u should think 70 was your place 70
know what condition the lamps are
Co.,"
"Humph' lrs your place 20 know
lots % things you don't know II
you'd known. as a man ought % know.
the condition Of the drainage pipes on
his own ground. We wouldn't have had
that sickness last spring and"
'oh. there you go and bring up those
Internal old drainage plpesr hoWled
the convert 20 the seli-coutroi theory.
as be nung his book clear across the
room and kicked the hassock Al hh
feet against a irall table ana sent n
over with a crash. ~ beats -- that
man can't have a minutes peace In
his own home m ius, be s,ernally
dhg-squifiled II ! don't Join a club or
board away from home u I can't have
any peace under my own roof, What
With smoky old lamps and your tongue
going Ike a trip.hammer an Of the
time and the young ones bawllng and
the servants QuarreIllng and dirt and
disorder everywhere and"
"A beautiful specimen Of self-con.
quest you are, Mr. nawsonrr
Don't you say 'seli-eonques,' 10 me
o. rll-lll-Wer. m not be re.pons.
lble Tor what happens The eus.ed
! fool that wrote iha, dldu't have 10 pu,
~ With smoky lamps and 49, wal
leave the room II you want 10 ma.
DAM Tn going to leave the house.
and you can be thankful n I don't
cone home dead drunkl Hanged n
you canty
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02
Ehn nrl,n. an n.Irlrh.

Mrs. John Elltoh. Of Denver. Col.
drives q strange steed. Her horse is
not a horse. but an ostrich. behind
which she rides In a light wagon. AIRS,
Glitch Il the only woman In the world
who owns a geological garden and
manages Il herself Through Il she u
known all over the Pacific slope.
Whenever I want a change from drlV-
ing horses have an ostrich. she says,
the only paoing-bird owned by wo-
man. l drive Il for amusement. never
for the public. Il hauls a light road
wagon. and I've Just got a new one
with pneumatic tires. Ostriehes don't
drive like horses. Il IL all very well II
Il doesn't catch sight Of banana-pesl
a stray orange-akln. or something
equally attractive. n he does he'll stop
IN his fastest gal, and drive sideways
for the tidbit lie iant guided BY the
relns. but BY long whip, with which
/ hit him on the side Il takes q hard
blow. too. 10 handle him. II I should
pull on the rcins q would break hls
rsek. raised him from a baby. Ne
hates relns, but once harhsssed IL very
lFactsblG Il looks odd 10 see him IN
such a RIG. His less. OF course. are I'm.
meni ely strong. lie seems never 10 get
tired, and goes like the wind"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

unsafe and improper FOR her 20 live
with him. Soon after the marriage,
says Mrs Costello. she moved to Olean.
n. Y. putting up at a hotel at which
her husbands mother. sister. brother
and sister-ln-law were stopping.
When Mr.. Costello arrived at Oiean,
he insisted on his wlfe's moving out
Of her comfortable apartments and TAX.
ing rooms In another hotel. which was
cherries and uncomfortable" lie said
that his mother objected to his wife's
presence In the same house Costello
In 1854. without provocatlon. she al
leges. seized and threw at her a wooden
bracket. "sorely woundlng and bruislng
her head and causing Il TO bleed" IN
1892. when her youngest child was two
months old. he caught her around the
neck and nearly choked her." In 1894
he threw a brick At her. She lodged
the brick and Il tore hole In the wall. {"
Mrs. Costello furthermore accuses her
husband OF calling her offensive names
IN the presence OF her children and the
servants. aud Of making allegations
about her character. Mr. Costello has
twice sued his wife for an absolute d.
vorce. He brought his frst action IN
1891. and discontinued a. lie began
his second action In 1898. she says. and
after a long trial before a Jury In Cou-
dersport. Pa. a verdict was rendered
IN her favor. allowing her $500 a month
allmony. He paid the allmony for a
few months. according 10 her afidayit.
but discontinued Il after that, and since
that. she says. she has been living on
borrowed money. and owes a bill Al
the Fifth Avenue hotel, In New York
amounting TO $500. Costello. q is al.
legged. brought his action against hll
wife on testimony furnished by privat,
detectives In his employ. and he. with
one OF the detectives. was arrested and
later indicted for conspiracy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Costello were married In 1881.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

hotel out there and a saloon. When
ever a cowboy doomed up there In a
state OF financial desuetude. he was
sure TO ind a friend who would pro-
vide him with ilat-class room. plenty
TO eat. and all the Ticker" he wanted.
As that was the general condition OF
the cowboys then and now. the Earls
hotel and the Earls harroom were
costly luxuries. lie dld a big business
and nearly every other saloon In Big
Springs was forced to close. but he
did not make any money. He did not
want to make any. lie much preferred
spending Il and buying whlskey and
victuals for cowboys. which was per-
haps a better way OF turning money
loose than buying brandy and sodas
for the peggged-out aristocracy Of Lon.
don. And when he died on bis ranch.
all the cowboys mourned his loss. and
the grief was sincere.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02
TniRsTEp AND nlsn
A Monk siarvss Himself TO Death In +.
Choir Loft.

A Monk starvss Himself 20 Death In =
Choir Loft
Brother Martin OF the Franciscan
Order OF Monks was found dead in
corner Of the choir OF the Franciscan
church at waitzen. Austria. late In
April. An investigation revealed these
facta regarding his death: Early in
April. 1891. Brother Martin made q
bed OF straw IN the darkest corner Of
the choir. To spot was secluded; the
monk was und4A turbed. With chalk he
wrote on the WALL April s. 1891;
As many crosses as make ON the wall
10 many days have l hungered and
thirsted. The end will come within
ten days" There we're nine crosses
on the wall when the body was found.
Il Is surmised that the monk lived a
little longer. but did not have the
strength 10 make another cross. Rag
ged dots Of chalk on the wall seemed 10
indicate that he had tried TO make n
tenth cross. but had beeen too weak.
The body had dried away to mere
skeleton when found. There we're the
bones. with the flesh dried on them,
all covered with the monks garb,
Brother Martin was SO years old when
he decided TO starve himself TO death,
lie had been a monk for fifteen years
He was in bad health. and unable "a
work. He had long been a wandercr
but waitEen was his native town and
he returned to Il TO die.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

From the London Ky Echo: While
your correspondent was In Clay coun.
~ last week he witnessed a fight to a
nnish that was terrible IN all is de-
tails. the belligerents being Il. II.
Cress. a prominent school teacher Of
Clay county. and Miss Eta Johnson.
a daughter OF the Rev. Johnson OF
High Knob Mr. Cresa was drinking
from a bucket, the pail having a rope
attached 10 H. Misa Johnson seized
the rope and gave Il JERK. with the
result that he received a drenehlng and
a cut lip which made him very angry,
and be called her "old banjo back. q"
she retalla,ed by whaeking him over
the back with a stick. Creas threw the
bucket Of water on her and started TO
run, but before he had covered a dog
en- yards be was brought 10 the ground
by a rock. which was hurled By Miss
johnson with force and precision that
would do credit 10 base ball pitcher.
Before he had time 10 rise Miss John
son Few At him like q wildcat and beat
him nearly to death before friends
could interfere.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

f'eiu. He vas born IN waermasrdA 4
West Flanders. June 20. 1850, ana lives
AZ present In Antwerp with his mother.
His father. who died In 1870, was an
employe Of the treasury department.
who took mp his residence In that city
20 enable HIS son 10 continue his artis-
tic studies. which he had previously
carried on at 0stsnd and Bruges. Be
sides being q talented artist. N. Felu
has been graduated IN liberal studies
and has translated several works OF
Horace into French verse. His hand
writing" II that term can be used OF
writing that Is done without hands. Is
Arm and legible. AZ one time be In
tended 10 become a teacher. but gave
up the idea for art Today be makes
remarkable copies. and paints portraits
said to be Of real merit. sitting IN
fIont OF his canvas on an ordinary stool
he holds his palette with his LEFT foot
and paints with his right easily and
firmly. He opens his color box,
squeeEes his tubes and sets his pAletes
a. easily as an artist with the usual
equipment Of arms and hands. hs
wears q sort Of miticns on his feet and
puts hls boots on himself without ~
sistance. Il Is said that be even shave'
himself ~ Fclu has had commission
from the Archduke and Archduchesl
Charles Louis o. Austria. who visiieS
his studio In Antwerp. a. ala the In
fantA Isabel Of Spain. In 1855. The lat
ter sent him the cross Of the Roya
order Of Isabella the Catholic In recog
milton Of his talent
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

Iondons ERE chief. who Ia a COM
mander In the Royal navy. was mar
ried recently In style-a procession OF
100 hremen In full uniform and a police
band accompanying him and his bride
to the church.
The man who was most largely re-
sponsihle for the passage Of the act In
the Iowa legislature making the Wild
rose the state flower was Maj. s. H.
Byers. the author OF "Shermans March
10 the Sea-"
John Tannls and his nine sons voted
at the spring election In sheridan
township. Nowago county. Michigan.
and had TO pay the penalty afterward
by sitting for a photograph as the big
Eest family Of voters In the Wolverine
state.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

The New York Aquarium. which was
opened some few months ago. has just
become the possessor Of the largest
lobster IN the world-the largest. too,
which has ever been captured. This
specimen weighs no less than thirty
one and a half pounds. and measures
three feet four inches frcm the tn Of
hls tail 10 tho end OF DE lof, claw.
which Is two feet long ard nine
inches wide. The body has a clrcum-
ference OF nearly two feet. while mo
antennao are eighteen inches long and
the legs about twelve inches. Il is
estimated Tia, this specimen q not
less lhas forty years old,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02
HER NOTE CAUSES TRAGEDY.
Preston Thornton Kuls himself At the
Ieet of His nstrsthsd.

Preston Thornton Kills Himself az the
Ieei of Hh nstrsthed.
A note breaking an engagement that
had existed for more than three years
caused Preston Thornton. one OF the
NEST prominent young men In Louis
vile. KY. TO shoot himself under the
heart The act was done at the feet Of
the young woman he would have made
his wife. The young lady Il Miss Net.
lie Bell Smith. eldest daughter Of Nil.
ton H. Smith. president Of the Louis
willie and Nashville railroad. Thorn.
ton received the note that morning on
his return from a trip TO Lexington.
KY. the home OF his parents. and I'M
medlately went to the home OF the
young lady 10 see n a reconciliation
could not be effected They met with
pleasant greetings. but there was a
look OF determination on the face %
the young man. lie Immediately
brought up the question Of their en-
easement. and pleaded with her 10 for.
give him for anything wrong he might
have done. but she remained stead.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02
LEAPS FROM 18TH rLooH.
Chicago Man Fires a Bunet Into uls
brain aud Fails 400 Feet.

brain aud Fails 100 Feet.
William +. Mlttman, a Chicago dane
ing master. stood on a narrow railing
surrounding the interior court on the
thirteenth floor OF the Chamber Of
Commerce building the other morning
and fired bullet into his brain. His
body lunged forward and. gathering
momentum as Il dropped. whirled
through the 100 feet between the sail-
Ing and the mosaic floor below. A mo-
ment later the human form struck the
pavement and the crash alarmed every
occupant OF the building. The crushed
body did not culver. for life had iled.
A note found In the dead mans hand
read as follows:
May 20, lS97.-Now. Flora. you see
! have done Just what said was go
Ing TO do. ! intended 20 do thls yes
ierday. but | thought would give you
one more chance: but you were just as
stubborn as ever. | saw there was no
more hope left.
This Is case Of domestic trouble
which was brought about six years ago
Not financial. because l had plenty Of
money. My dancing class was a sue
cess. but | did not pay any bills, be-
cause Il was no use spent the money
on account OF my home troubles. Ny
wife knew | made lots OF money, but
she did not know where Il went, and
never will. said TO her II she keeps
mp her high temper she would be sorry
for II. but she did not care. and roasted
me almost every day. and made the ex'
pense very heavy. Every time We had
a fuss II cost me 81 TO $40 a fuss.
managed to keep my life insurance paid
mp. That did on account OF my pretty
little girl. Ruth. am sorry that
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02
Tn. E.rl and M. r.,.. rrl.na..

From the Dallas Morning News:
The Earl Of Aylesford was especially
well known In west Texas. lie owned
a ranch near Big Springs and lived
In the town. This was In the days
when steers were worth $50 a head.
range count. and everybody had mon
ey. But even the broad familiarity OF
the west halted at Joey" They would
not call him by his title. 20 they called
him the Boss" Every cowboy In
that whole country knew him by that
name and all asserted that he was a
prince OF good fellows The Earl was
democratic In hia associations. and
preferred the unlicensed frontier Eng.
lish OF the plains TO the conventional
phrases Of the clubs He bought q
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

puring the heat Of the political cam
pairn last fall a vell-known brokers'
wife ehlpped into a discussion At the
table Of a "svagger" New York board
inH-house. The man, getting the
worst Of the argument, told her he
didn't want to talk 10 her. She didn't
like that and later In the evening her
hub" called the other man 20 his
room and held him while the woman
horse-whlpped him TN she got tired.
lie procured photographs demonstrat-
ing the effectiveness Of her blows and
she has Just been fined so.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02


A clock garden. whose flowers viii
tell the time Of day. IL being planned
By Inspector n. A. Oulsterhout. Of the
Botanical division Of the University Of
California Ne proposes 10 cultivate
snch q garden on the university
grounds. arranging the plans In dial
form. The hours and half hours are 10
Be indicated By the successive open
ing and closing Of buds. The work Of
producing q clock garden viii be a long
task. a. Il has never been attempted
IN California before. and q great deal
q srpsrineuiinE viii Be necessary 10
frt out tuai that Sewers should be
pr aroc-t the circle 10 indicate time.
he r1r1sn all b the only one Of the
fi.t In TIE Unised States. BY set
u-r Ne riEht varieties Of howers We
ca -ark an the hours and some Of
sss k1if-hozrs throughout the day"
E1It NJ. OaitisTh0ut. In describing the
,re5ects8 botanical curiosity. The
sewers r51lt b arranged like a clock.
Az - ne eAriy morning tney Nouid
ssria % bloom. the different varieties
a, tissrsni periods. according 10 the
hrhi and heat Gradually the opening
q flowers would extend around the cir
Gle. until a. night the circle would be
az IN bloom. The hrst garden Of the
kind vas made At upsala. Sweden, BY
the botanis, Linnaeus. There Il also
one In Paris. and efforts have beer
made 20 cultivate them In the casters
states. but owing 10 the elements thel
have not been very successful ! thinl
the California climate IL suitable tol
such an experiment. The question:
that remain &c be solved are as to wha
flowers are best here. and at what tim
Of day the different varieties vii
bloom here"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-07-02

and the custody OF
her children. The papers were served
on the defendant the other day In the
supreme court Of Orange county, at
Nowhurg. N. Y. where Mr. Costello
had gone to answer a writ calling upon
him TO produce the children. Two
months ago Mrs. Costello brought ha-
beas corpus proceedings against her
husband TO secure the possession Of her
6-year-old son. Robin. and her S-year-
old son. Thomas A. Costello. Mr.. Cos
tello had the two little boys In his pos
session and placed them In a boarding
school at Cornwall Heights. with strict
orders TO the principal not 10 let his
(Costello'sl wife see them. After try
Ing In vain several times TO see her
little boys. Mrs. Costello brought this
suit. when II ffst came up Mr. Cos
tello was absent 10 Mexico. and Judge
Hlrschberg postponed argument to al
low him an opportunity OF being pres
ont Judge Hirschberg ruled that as
the children are In the possession OF
Mr.. Costello. anc there has been no d.
vorce proceedings between the couple,
Mrs Costello could not have possession
OF them. but that she could see her boys
occasionally. while they were a. school,
They chung 10 their mother as long as
possible while she was In the eour,
room. While In court Mr.. Costello was
served with summons and complaint
IN a suit for limited divorce. Il Is al.
legged that Mrs Costello's lawyers had
been trying TO rerye the papers on heI
husband Tor some time. but could not
catch him. and that the habeas corpus
proceeding was merely a clever rus,
for the purpose Of getting him where he
could be served.
In her atidavit Mrs. Costello tells q
long story Of abutes and suffering dur
Ing her married life The defendant Il
son OF Patrick H. Costello. who
founded the town OF Costello. Pa. and
died worth t2.O0O.OO0. lie Is a large
handsome man OF forty: MS. Costello
Is six years his junior. His home Is In
Niagara: Mrs. Costello came from Cam.
den. n. j.. and Is at present living In
Newburg. The Cosiellos were married
In Camden. n. j.. In 1881 and had seven
children. only three Of whom are liy-
ing. These three are boys. The eldest
Ia "a years OF age. the youngest Il G.
All three are al school, one In Buffalo
and the others In Cornwall. In her
complaint AIRS Costello alleges that
she always has conducted herself 20.
ward the defendant as a faithful and
ohedient wife. but that he. disregard
Ing his duties az a husband and father
has. during nearly the whole course II
their married life. treated her In a cruel
and inhuman manner. and rendered Il