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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31
TRAVEsEND. England. has .

~ RAVEsEND, England, has q
sportiye spook which throws
NJ coal at would-be Investigators.
John Reed and Mrs. Beadle re-
side in the house. Mrs. Beadle stated
that as she was sitting in her room
In the evening she suddenly saw a
! "shoal' OF cinders fall in the front OF
her window. Thinking that some of
her children had thrown them. she went
out TO them, but they told her they had
done nothing of the SORT. AS she was
entering the door again she was start
led considerably by heavy lump Of
coal falling at her feet from up stairs.
A neighbor armed himself with re-
yolver and went up stairs to see If any
coal was kept in the bedroom. and as
he was mounting the first steps a lump
fell heavily just behind him. This so
startled him that he turned and fied
Mrs. Beadle then sought the advice Of
other persons living in the neighbor-
hood, who suggested that all the lodg-
ers IN the house should leave before
anything else happened. One of Mr.
Reeds sons, who was more enterpris-
ing than the rest, said that he would
try and find the ghost AS soon as
he started TO go up stairs, however. he
was pelted with coal, one nut striking
him on the head. Nothing daunted, the
lad called in couple of companions.
but on opening the door leading to the
stairs the candle he was carrying sud-
denly became extinguished. Reed ad-
dressed the ghost" and asked him to
throw the rest of the coal if there was
any more left. Hardly were the words
out of his mouth when a shower of coal
was hurled at him. one lump striking
him so heavily on the face that he
tainted. The reporter was informed
that, although the house has been thor
oughly searched, no explanation can
be given of the mystery. Many put
these strange manifestations down to
practical Joking, but the house is so
situated that it is difficult to accord
credence to such a rumor. Hundreds
of people visited the place On Satur-
day, bur order was maintained by the
police.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

n! ICHOIlAS 2rARSALA and Vim
IN cent Maggie, fishermen in the
employ of tho American Union
made last week the Most remarkable
catch of their lives. h. one OF their
nets. freshly drawn fro,n the bottom
of the bay, they found man-eating
shark.
Marsalla and Maggie but out In a
small boat to draw in the nets that had
been placed the night before. Hun
dreds of fish were brought TO the sur
face and piled in the bgat when sud-
denly the ease OF. their HbsA - -
rupted. As theyrpnle1 away the wseel
around the boat was cnurned into foam'
and the little craft rocked and pitched
in waves that had their origin beneath
the surface.
The fishermen put all their strength
in an effort to bring the thing, whatever
it might be, to the surface. Suddenly
a great body shot up and they saw
gigantic shark lashing the water III
fury. The enormous fish at once began
q battle for life and before the fisher
men had recovered their scattered
senses. had almost capsized the boat.
Marsha and Maggie, however. appre-
ciated the greatness of the catch and
the laurels that would be theirs IL the
monster could be landed, so, instead OF
cutting loose the net. they undertook
to kill their captive. Both men caught
up their oars and, as Ihe>Ssark charg-
ed upon the boat the heavy W0eA t.
upon his shining back The blows
stead Of rendering him harmless on
augmented his rage and again,
again he charged the boat or endea
ored to break away from the net wi
held him within reach Il the descent
oars.
For full three hours this ST
continued, the men at times almc
hausted, the fish strong, wicke
furious. The oars fell a hundred
against the man-eater but ii was
eight o'clock before the tide OF
changed. AS the fishermen were
losing hope Of killing the shark d DSi71,
den blow landed upon vulnerable spot
and the man-eater showed that fhe at
last was weakening. The oars then fell
with increased force and In q short
time the monster slowly turned and
died.
No time was lost in towing the huge
body to the shore. A wagon was en-
gagged and II was taken to the main
store Of the fish company at SIC Mer-
chant street, where # was placed upon
the scales. II registered over 500
pounds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31
Thrilling Stories OF Ships and Winds and Crested Biows

! I ANUARY 25, 1888, Howard Black
Il burn and Thomas WEIGH were in
~ a dory, part of the Gloucester
feet, at Newfoundland, when d
snow sQuall set in. They tried to row
| washed them further away and night
closed in on them. Icy water dashed
over them with every wave. In the
dawn of next day they were out of
sight of land. Blackburn's frozen nit
tens fell from his hands, which began
to freeze. They kept afloat the sec
ond and third day, and then sVelch
gave up, went mad and died.
All through the night during the
seventy second hour of this strife with
out food or water, Blackburn still kept
up the struggle. The hurricane in
creased in force. The waves mounted
to even higher attitudes and swept ven
gefully down on the little craft, a
catafalque in mid-ocean, with its grew
some freight and its heroic survivor.
All night long he was kept constantly
bailing with the trawl keg, the hope in
his heart never falling that he would
yet outliye the awful peril. The dawn
of the fourth day came, and with it a
cessation of the force of the gale, al
though the seas ran high and the cold
intensified, if such thing were posi-
bic. With the moderation of the breez.
came a renewed determination to make
seas has swept all but two of the oars
another effort for land and life Tn~
away.
The friction of the oar handles wore
away the flesh, which crumbled off his
fingers and hands like powder. All
through that dark, pitiless day he row.
ed and rowed. Night came on, but
he ever kept his vigil The cold in
creased, and he underwent a hard
struggle to fight off the drowsiness
which ninety-six hours of this expert
ence had brought on. A few minutes
of inaction and he would have frozen
stiff. In order TO prevent this he took
up q position with his back to the
wind and, with his arms around
thwart, swayed back and forth all that
night.
On the morning of the fifth day he
saw the distant loom of the barren and
rugged mountain coast of Newfound-
land.
He reached a famine stricken ham
let, where he got food, but so little that
he had to start out crawling on his
hands and knees over snow-covered
mountains till he reached a settlement
from which he took ship for home
Sprockett-T was proposing to her when
she told me that her father had failed
WheeIer--What did YOU do?
Sprockett-I back pedalled.-Truth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

/ " N INGENIOUS forger named
~ Kyrieleis was recently sent to
IA prison by the Berlin authorities.
For years he has made living
| out of the sale of forgeries of Martin
| Luther's handwriting. He began by
collecting books of the time of the re-
formation. He generally wrote in
these, on the last page verses from the
| Bible or hymns, to which he added
! dedication by Luther to friend, and
the reformer's name, and sold them for
| as high a price - possible He tried
first to sell these books by advertising
them in foreign papers, but in most
cases they were returned, as the genu-
mess of the signatures was doubted.
In one case the defendant had written
Luther's name in Bible of the year
1770. Kyrieleis generally sent let
ter with his books, in which he said
that the Bible in question had been
260 years in his family. It belonged
originally to Luther, came during the
thirty years war into the hands OF
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden,
and from the latter one of his fore
father had received it as present for
faithful services.
Kyrieleis sacrificed years to the imi-
tation of numbers of Luther's auto
graphs. On March g. 1896, Mrs. XVII
ieleis brought an edition OF Spangen-
/ berg's exegesis of the EpistIes to the
Royal library, and offered it to Direc-
tor Rose. Professor Rose was persuad-
ed to buy the book for 100 marks. In
! April last year the couple were in Leip-
zig. Mrs. Kyrieleis there went to the
pastor, Dr. George Buchwald, who is a
great expert in Luther's handwriting,
handed him the work 'Noctes Atticae,"
by julius Gellius, which they had also
adorned wifi Luther's autograph, and
begged him to give his opinion about
its genuineness and to value it for the
Leipzig professor, Won Gebbardt. DR..
Buchwald estimated the value Of the
| book at 250 marks.
The forgeries were at last detected
and Kyrieleis confessed the trick The
discontinue of the experts" may now
be imagined.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31
CORRESPONDENT Of the

/ n. CORRESPONDENT Of the
~ London Field sends to that
"A journal an interesting COM
munication from Tongatabu,
describing some queer freaks of ma
ture which he found in that island of
the Pacific. He says: 1T is known to
naturalists generally that there is
species Of cuttle-fish in these waters
which climb trees. have been unable
to find any reference to It in the books.
This squid has only seven arms. In
size it differs little from the ordinary
octopus, or, as the Tongans call it,
feke. 1t is found frequently in the
branches of the ia trees on the coast.
1t has never been noticed at any great
height, but quite sufficiently elevated
to preclude the possibility of its hav-
ing been washed into the tree by an
unusually high wave. On being dis
turbed, it releases it's hold and falls
back into the sea. We have small
variety Of fish which climbs the mani
grove to a considerable height in
search Of insect food, but the object
of the feke's climbing is not clear. BY
the way, feke is good eating boiled, and
feke soup is a dish for an alderman"
AS set-off to the terrestrial pro-
pensities of the south sea fish may be
taken another contribution to the same
journal, which gives an instance OF a
rabbit whose aquatic accomplishments
were more suggestive of an otter than
of feeble folk. While standing with
two friends on a bridge spanning a
stream some twenty feet wide we
were astCnished, the writer says, to
see a small rabbit which, although
gently disturbed by a spaniel, was
not chased. suddenly take a header"
into the stream, swim rapidly over
and off into its hole, notwithstanding
the fact that there were lots of holes
on the side it started from. | have
heard of hare taking to the water,
| but rabbit only slightly disturbed to
do 50 astonished us all In going into
the river it jumped quite two and a
| half feet over hanging rock. The
editor adds: 1--WE have known several
instances of rabbits swimming, but
they do not take to the water SO read
| lily as hare does"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31
T HE police of Berlin have ar

N HE police of Berlin have ar
rested boy of ten years who
n has confessed that he and
companion are responsible for
large number of mysterious incendiary
nres which have lately been puzzling
the authorities. For some weeks past
these fires have been prevalent and
We're even announced beforehand by
anonymous letters. At last the police
observed that among the crowds who
on such occasions rushed up to see
the fire there was always little boy
IN tattered sailors jacket selling
matches. The boy was arrested and
confessed to having caused the last
awful fire.
He described how about fortnight
ago he had made the acquaintance Of
lad of fourteen who is probably the
leader of the band who set fire to the
houses two years ago and is most
likely insane. The little prisoner
stated that his friend showed him what
to do and they were always delighted
when they saw flames and the firemen
dashing up and setting to work. His
friend with another boy, had caused
the other fires.
L ne HJlle lHceHuldTy, Ou DtiuS cA-
amined, made the remark that he was
astonished that there had not been
more fires. They had thrown burning
matches in many houses through the
open doors leading to the large gar
ret at the tops of houses. 1t may be
stated here that on the continent each
fiat has a partition at the top of the
house as sort OF lumber room.
There is also there large compart-
ment for drying clothes. The boy also
named two of his accomplices. The
other morning, in the same street, an
other great fire took place, also the
work of incendiaries Two years ago,
when these fires were the topic OF con-
versation, Prof. Mendel expressed his
opinion that they were the work of
an imbecile, and the ringleader of four
teen is said to be, as already men
toned, insane. The boy arrested had
to be released because he is under ten
years of age. He was taken to his pa
rents, but will be sent to reforma-
tory.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

p HERE are still, even in these dull
days, wives who tell stories Of the
sea-women who know the ways
of the tempest and the paths of
the wind and "the thunder of the green
along the deck" One such is Mrs.
l.. w. Hansen, once of Berger, Nor
way, now of New York city. This is
her tale:
I'VE went ont from Tyne dock, New
castle, Sept. T. in the ship Eugene,
bound for Louisburg, Cape Breton. At
the evening Of the fourth day in heavy
fog we reckoned ourselves to be be-
tween thirty and sixty MILES off the
Newfoundland coast and in the gulf
stream. We were moving along with
out apprehension, when under our bows
We saw a white line of breakers. My
husband tried to swing the boat clear,
but the sweep of the breakers was too
great. The boat plunged ahead and
struck with a crash. Two big holes
were knocked in the bottom and the
propeller was damaged 1t was a fear
full moment. My husband ordered the
men to bring out the ladders. They
snIiced them together and pushed them
over the rail at the PROV, and a man
stood ready to run ashore with them,
whenever a moment fitting should
come.
''The sailor watched his chance. the
line of ladders was laid to the ledge
and he ran lightly ashore. Another
man ran and clambered ashore They
took a rope then and held it, and one
by one the men went over, whenever
the boat swung to the right place I
was the thirteenth to so across, but
got safely over.
Although we were on land, we
were in an unsafe place. The tide was
rising, and we dared not stay there.
The water rushed through caverns be-
low and beside us, shaking the entire
cliff. Then Jens Kleppe, who had
first crossed the ladders, started to
climb the steep cliff. After while he
got to the top. He tore most of his
clothes into strips, made rope, came
down part of the way and met another
sailor. Then they got a rope up and
ladders, and before midnight got US all
to the top.
when morning dawned an explor-
ing party found not single inhabitant
en- the island and no water. EXCEPT
for a few rain pools. They were on
Goat island mile and half from
the mainland, but a signal was fortu-
nately seen by some fishermen and the
party were rescued"
GOOD SIGN.
a woman WIN loves her husband never.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

" Il GRENOBLE, France, there Is
| IN a municipal restaurant. 1t is
4 N described as a union of per-
sons who cause their food to be
prepared in common Kitchen These
shareholders are thousands in num-
| Der, and include many of the best citi-
! zens of Glenoble The food is either
delivered at the consumers homes a.
eaten at the restaurant To Obtain
membership in the association If Is
only necessary to take out a card cost
ing twenty cents.
The menu is regulated by metal
checks, which are purchased bv ems
toners at a box Office situated at the
main entrance. The prices and the
quantity of the food called for bv
these checks are as follows: Soup. one
quart, cents; meat or fish, four and q
half ounces, 4 cents; plate of yege-
tables, cents; bread, four and two
thirds ounces, l cent: dessert, 2 cents.
There is variety of soups, meats.
vegetables. desserts, etc, and the
patron specifies his choice as he pre-
sents his check. His check for meal
is good for either beefsteak, & outlet.
q slice of roast or other meats So
with the other checks, with the excep-
tion of wine Only one kind Of wine Is
offered-red wine. stored according to
law for about two years in the wine
cellar, and absolutely pure. The check
for dessert is good for nuts, sweet
meats, several kinds of cheese. etc.
Although the original object in the
formation of this institution was to
improve the condition of the workins
people, who to this day are its most
numerous customers. yet numbers OF
wealthy glove and silk manufacturers,
as well as clergymen and merchants,
are constant in their practical patron
age. a difficulty which has beset this
enterprise as a municipal undertaking
has been the opposition to it from
other restaurants, coffee houses, sa-
looms and other provision dealers OF
all kinds in Grenoble and neighboring
towns Although the people thus COM
peted with succeed in turning public
opinion to some extent against the res
taurant. they are forced by 1t TO sell
purer articles, and at lower profit.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

viii you swear the man was shot
from ambush?' asked the judge.
NO, sub, won't; kase he wuz shot
fun benin pine tree."-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

has done time and his picture Il in
every rogues' gallery In this country
and Europe. OF a different class Is
James w. Bradley. who Isl known TO
the police OF many cities as Walter
Maitland He is a man with a long
criminal record, but he Is what Is
known as rough worker" Dennis
O'Neill is another clever safe worker
who has not been troubling the Chr
cago police for a long time. lie has
learned to steer clear OF a city where
he is as wei known as he is in Sai-
cago.
Chief Of Detectives Colleran has an
eagle eye out fer half a sl0zen more
safe men" and bank robbers, among
them Big Jock" Welsh, Joe Dollard.
who is known sometimes az Murray,
and Rush" Farrell. ali Of whom
have criminal records OF years stand
ing. They are among the most sx-
pert safe men ia the country AMI Ae
Of the crew who are outside stone
walls are doubtless operating in coun-
try towns at the present time. Jim
Atwood. alias Myers. alias Clark, 10
another man whom Capt. Dollard
would like TO have remain In his coun-
try tour, and the sle nshe centraR
are eager TO app2 Nc E1hal
ley or John n >cod
both Of whom
Farrell and A
things about
and using a 81
others. star I'd
fraternity. VII,
large cities al
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

1.-The eminent vocal teacher, Marchesi,
says the voices of American young wom-
en- are beautiful, but they do not last
Don't last Heavens, 1 married one
that lasted forty years."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

AT THE ROOF GARDEN THEATRE.
He-Why, that actress has on a differ
ent gown this time. 1t is V shaped in
the back.
She-Yes but its C shaped in front. lust
as usual.-Chicago Tribune
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

Customer should like to see a nice
calls head.
Butcher Boy-Yes, sir Father will
be down directly.-Boston Traveller
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

Druggist-Pills. my dear?
Little Girl-Yes please, sir.
Druggist-Antibilious?
Little Girl-No. sir. Uncle's bilious
Comic Cuts.
Bobbys father readng)-Like the cat
in the adage-now, Bobby, what is an
adage?
Little Pobby-Why. somethin' to keep
cats in, 1 suppose.-Pick-Me-Up
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

THE papers talked awfully about
that Miss Stunnyng."
What has she done?"
Played Rosalind in her bicycle
skirt, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

GOOD SIGN.
A woman who loves her husband never
attempts any explanation of why she mar
ried him.-Atchison Globe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

Sprockett-T was proposing to her when
she told me that her father had failed.
Wheeler-What did YOU do?
Sprockett-I back-pedalled Truth
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

IVERS and seafaring people are
interested in the descent made
by the Smith diving bell to the
Sunken PeWabic in Lake Huron
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try tour. and |
are eager TO {
ley or John ]
both Of whom
Farrell and A
things about
and using a 81
others. star n
fraternity. VIII
large cities al
The advocate., 1897-09-15
A Terrible Railroad Wreck.

The Santa Fe was unfortunate enough
to have wreck ON it's line last We'd
nesday near EmpOria. The fast mail
crashed into the west-bOund passenger
at 7:30 in the evening few miles east
Of EmpOria. 1t was caused by a mis-
understanding of orders as to the place
at which the trains would pass, both be-
ing late. The engine boilers exploded
and the mail and baggage cars were
burned. The death list numbers four
teen, all Of whom with one or two ex-
ceptiOns were trainmen, and the injured
about the same. The railroad men ac-
Quilted themselves bravely and well. 1t
is surprising that the loss of life was
not greater. The accident was one OF
those affairs which come occasionally
to the best and most carefully conducted
lines. Someone undoubtedly blundered,
but it seems hardly possible that it could
have been the trainmen. Men who stay
on their engine facing death to the last
minute and who know that violation
of orders means probable accident and
that in an accident their individual
chances for life are small, are men who
are not going to carelessly dis0bey Or
ders. Men who regain consciousness
after wreck and are still able to repeat
their train order word for word are not
going to blunder in such things. 1t
seems that the most plausible theory is
that the signal light at Lang, where the
trains should have passed, was not IN
good condition and therefore did not
convey the proper signal. The Santa
Fe should be congratulated for having
in It's employ men who staid at their
posts and did their duty as the engineers
and fremen did in this case, for to their
attention to duty, even at the cost of
their own lives, is due the credit for the
comparatively small death list out Of so
large a number of passengers.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Injunction Case Argued.

The we'll advertised injunction case
against Superintendent McNall was ar
gued before Judge Williams at Wichita,
Saturday. Attorney General Boyle,
David Overmyer, David Martin and G.. G.
Clemens appeared for McNall, and the
insurance company was represented by
Eugene Ware, A. H. Horton and Edward
Lyman Short, the latter being from New
York. Mr.. Boyle's argument in brief
was that this company had no license to
do business and therefore had not rights
in the State, that the whole question was
whether the State had the right of MAX
ing rules governing foreign insurance
companies which might come here to do
business. This company's only course
in legal way would be to go to the
State Supreme court and mandamus the
Superintendent, and if the court saw fit
to grant the writ it would then have q
standing in Kansas and people could be
enjoined from interfering with it's busi-
ness. Judge Horton, representing the
company, proceeded to try the HillmOn
case and to insist that McNall's action
in refusing to grant license was vi
cious and criminal Ware argued that
the State had given the company the
right to do business here, which right
had been denied by McNall, who is not
the State. To this argument OVermyer
replied that so far as insurance matters
were concerned, McNall is unquestiOn-
ably the State, that is, he has full power
as public officer to represent the State
and his action is that of the State. He
said the company claimed that the State
had no right to exclude them and weak
ened it's case thereby, as it did not con-
tend that it had property rights. The
interstate commerce argument was rid
died. G. G. Clemens made a vigorous
speech which was largely summary Of