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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
SHE WAS A HEROINE.

The True Story Of the Death OF 4
Stewardess on q Scotch Liner.
They were two women travelling
alone, and it was their first voyage
across the Atlantic. The passage was
stormy, and the seasickness and fear
caused them to cling desperately, as TO
| their only friend, 10 the little steward
esS who nursed them.
She was a gentle Scotch woman past
middle age, and being lonely, too in
the huge, noisy steamer her tongue was
loosened by their kindness. They very
soon knew all about the sweaters shop
for which she had worked twenty years
in Glasgow, and how some wonderful
good luck has brought her the chance OF
this place, and how, if she could keep
it for two years longer, she would have
saved enough to go back to her old
mother in PEBBLES, and live on their
cotter's patch in peace to the end u
their days.
"She is hoping for it, too. 1t will Re
great comfort" she said, ending her
story, her grave eyes shining. Il Will
bring your tea now"
But a strange woman brought the
tea.
Where is Jean?" they asked, impa-
tiently.
THE chief steward has ordered her
to another part of the ship" was the
reply. 1.-TWO passengers are i'll and she
is to nurse them"
They cannot need her as much as
we do the Americans grumbled; bUt
Jean did not come again.
On her way for the tea the head stew
ard had met her. Two women no
said, ARE seized with what tba doctor
hopes is only measles. The must be
isolated with one stewards TO attend
them. have chosen you. Get what Is
necessary, and come at once.
Must l go?" Jean faltered.
"You are single, and the other wo-
men have children depending on them.
The disease may be malignant The
man hesitated, looking at her. Il can't
force you to do it, he said, gently; but
somebody must 60"
Jean stood a minute. She saw tho
old mother at her door Of the little cot
tage. omany years she had worked
for her
eyes, will 60" she said, quietly.
A few minutes later she passed into
the hospital room, carrying a bundle,
and the heavy oak doors closed behind
her.
The fact that two patients were iso-
lated was kept secret in the ship. IN
order that the passengers should not be
alarmed. They recovered sufficiently
before the vessel reached port for her
to escape quarantine.
There were no other patients tA9
terminating physician demanded.
'But one" replied the captain.
! ''Their nurse. She was not strong, and
succumbed at once"
"You are fortunate, ! can pass you
DAYS before the ship reached harDor'
a plain. wooden box was brought on
deck one evening, and after a brieI'
hurried service slid into the sea.
'Who is dead?" asked a startled pas
senger.
"Only one OF the stewardesses,' vas
the reply.
| The world loses every day namele7s
heroes who die for duty with as hlsA
purpose as any who persisted in me
| flames at Smithfield. God only Keeps
their names and record.-Youth CON-
paniOn.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

scale of mdgnidcenCe and massive pro-
portions. i'm designs Of exquisite
beauty. Large corporations erect these
structures. by means of iron moulds
of every variety. all capable OF being
assembled like parts OF machine. and
producing Unitedly the total architect
ural effect desired. These mOulds are
set M i'm position 10 form the whole
house-the walls. doors, partitions, pill
lars. ceiling, and with the air of iron
beams. the roof. The moulds are
faced with beautiful figures and also.
We're appropriate. with sculpture in
bas-relief. They are made from mod
els supplied by the very best artists,
working i'm harmony TO secure the
finest result; and therefore the effect
of the building when created, has
nothing cheap or mechanical about it,.
when the mouldS are in place great
iron tanks are brought to the spot, con-
tanning a stOne-like semi-tuid mixture,
which is pumped through pipes into
the moulds. In three days this mix
ture becomes perfectly hard; the
mCulds are taken away. and a COM
pIete house or an immense palace or
cathedral stands revealed. Whole
mountains are crushed to powder by
sfgantic machines. to furnish material
for the plastic mixture; and many Of
the superduous buildings in the former
" overcrowded cities have been ground
up for the same purpose. \ palace
which would formerly have bankrupt
ed the richest of men, or even pros
perous State. is not put up and finished
except for the interior decorations,
which must be done by hand-at an ex-
pense which among the ancients (of
-bom I was formerly one) would hard
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

However, we led our friends and enc
mics a pretty good chase, ard kept 1t
up many weeks. On cur return from
the Antarctic Commonwealth to Pata-
gonia (now an important manufacture
ing country, We ascertained that Ham
merfleet had survived his cyclone
wreck-having in fact, been picked UP
by a submarine geographical boat-and
that he was using the wires, the clouds
and metallized sail telegraph to trace
us. We therefore concluded to run
quickly over to China and Japan, and
were well repaid by the evidences OF
immense progress which we saw there;
the same improvements that l have al
ready described having been introduce
ed in those countries. English, now
the universal language, has been pref
ty well domesticated in China, though
it still cuts some pigeon wings in the
dance of rustic lips. What interested
Eva and me greatly, among other
things. was the simple plan OF making
ice here, as in India and all hot coun-
tries. by hosting balloons which carry
water tanks 10000 feet into the air,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

at its end. From the masthead a reel
passes two insulated wires, which run
from the ships dynamo electric en-
CINE. down to the cigar-shaped pilot
to which they are Joined side by side,
about two feet apart. They not only
carry electricity to the motor or the
pilot, but also cause the pilot 10 move
in harmony with the steamers course.
AS soon as q fog appears, the pilot is
launched: and the current passing to
it through the wires from the mast
head revolves the motor in the little
pilot craft and sends her shooting
ahead OF the ship or steamer. II the
pilot tends to veer from a straight line,
one Of the wires becomes more taut
than the other and so affets the steer
ing apparatus as to bring the copper
boat back to the right course. / Tor
got to say that these wires or cables,
although having only about the thick
ness of a knitting-needle, are twisted
together from number OF very hne
steel wires; and, as the speed OF the
pilot is greater than the ships and
keeps her about half a mile ahead OF
the latter, the wires always tend to be-
come taut If the pilot strikes any OBJ
stacle, the fact become known at once
to the man at the dynamo, and the en-
CINE is stopped and reversed without
loss of time Many serious accidents
have been avoided by this precaution.
The automatic pilot boat is taken on
board again, of course, when the fog
clears.
1t will be evident to anyone who
reads this little sketch Of my first eX-
periences and impressions that, with
such means Of cloud flashes, and sea
neutrality-suspicious. which, it must be
mentioned, the construction of ocean
cables was now very cheap and great
numbers Of private cable lines were in
use-it would net be possible for our
party to escape indefinitely from vigi-
liant and determined pursuers. A good
pursuer. by means of the omnipresent
telegraph wires and signal systems,
could tap the whole earth as a wood
pecker taps a tree for his prey; and,
moreover, the French Submarine Socl-
ETY. for mapping the bottom of the sea
had its underwater boats and observers
in all parts of the world, liable to bob
ND to the surface of the deep anywhere;
so that, if these were to be utilized, one
of them might locate our position on
or over the ocean at any instant.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

terfere with the signalman's hearing
a periodic musical sound. The SOUND
waves of the whistle are communicated
to the water by the steel diaphragm IN
front, and travel through the sea Just
as in air, but much farther; since the
conductivity of water for sound is
greater than that Of air. One oil the
most important uses Of this machine
on large passenger ships is to ascertain
the direction of approaching vessels
with exactness; and for this purpose
they have two sets of diaphragms on
opposite sides OF the ship, connected
telephonically.
Still another con.rivance for pre-.
venting collisions. or giving notice Oh
the nearness of icebergs or OF dere-
licts, impresses me. This is the au--
tomato pilot" a small cigar-shaped
copper vessel some fifteen feet long,
and twenty-four inches at its greatest
diameter. having within it an electric
motor which drives a screw propeller
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
VIII.
SEA SIGNALLING-THE FINAL
FLIGHT.

FLIGHT.
We had noticed at times when the
sky was cloudy, both by day and by
night, certain periodic flashes of light
appearing on the clouds in quick sue
cession. Electra told me that these
were caused by the system of cloud
telegraphy now in use; and to anyone
familiar with the Morse alphabet, as I
was, it was easy TO read the messages
so flashed about the heavens, though |
could not understand those which were
in cipher. Most of them were Of gen.
eral nature, and had nothing to do with
us But at intervals we observed that
Geographic inquiries were being made
on the clouds about cur party, and that
certain persons whom we were not able
to identify-most Of them signing their
communications with numerals, in
stead of names-were answering those
inquiries. l may as well jot down in
this place the information | gathered
as TO the mode Of signalling by cloud
flash and By other new methods.
Powerful electric rays are, by means
Of lenses, brought TO thin pencils Of
intense light. A single one of these is
then projected upward against cloud.
A controlling shutter in the path Of
the beam of light interrupts it at will,
SO that it may be made to show long
or short flashes on the clouds. Words
are thus Illuminated in the sky, and
made to shine in the zenith repeated
ly, until an answering reflection is OBJ
tanned. The chief use Of this cloud
telegraphy is, of course, on the sea, be-
tween ships and steamers" (as they
are still called, Notwithstanding that
they do not use steam) or for air boats.
Conversation may be carried on, in
this way between vessels many miles
apart; and a message received by one
can be transmitted to others, so that
inquiries and replies fly all around the
globe and to remote parts of the ocean.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

" have paid for the modelling and CHS
cling of a single great statue.
We extended our journey, with va
rious pauses for rest, and frequent trips
BY electric trains on land and then by
ocean shUtter-yessels to the Antarctic
Continent, where the greatest surprise
Of all awaited me. in the large and
fiourishing community Of two or three
million beings inhabiting the interior
of that ice-girt region and rejoicing in
the general warmth diffused by its CEN
trail volcanoes. But now 1 must speak
of thing which had worried US more
or less. all along, and eventually
brought our curious escapades 10 an
end
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

aid wa observe that Hammerfeet's air.
chin had sailed into the main body OF &C..
WIS spun around like @ top IN 1he swirl
of mis- and wind. and then was broken
and thrown down, a wreck 10 lue
oeeah below
Altbough I was rather exultant over
~ Sisosfer I made q prayer Tor him'
e.. did NOT tkink that he could come
ont from the ruin alive; and certainly
SsS not wish him any evil either IN .lhis
life or beyond It.
r. turned out that he did escape
-. brt we did not know Of this un-
til Ions afterwards.
At Cuba we stopped to renew our cur
,.,tteries take in provisions. ana rest.
ne sonnd the island peacetul, hahpy
W .osnarons under q limited repeo-
an ~. ,-o9vlerpment. and free from Al
- 'e,-s .,,oros of tyranny either Whlle OF
nisil From there-believingt hal we
DiaeA' -, omit of IIammerheet ana
WeIe 80 ',ooided TO convert our Journey
haNlils T ,Io info n tour of observation
lor a".s .,,d over sea and land down 10
We 80. .svoD country. We We're Ieeei'-
tpe Ai r',-o Nv ! branch of the Darwin
cd at 10 - and on their extensive
ian s s.tions we're attended by apes
DlanJatluuSs w ,.,1,-,o1 IN an extra
whom they had developer ~ "a - ~.
ordinary degree. nese &c IN
rived at fair initiative , PTVnS' +, Co., -
human language. We're s s,lotion - ' and
culture. under proper alIeC''V sor 1 tIe
made very soOd serNaI,S ~ 80
, rrSr and simpler kind Oh ,n nous Sc
Tort or for carrying baggage ana 'ne
80 Of the most interesting things IN
y $50, % 80. yegion was the fact that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
CATCHING ATARTAR-

The Rev. Bensonhurst 90 one OF th9
fnesO: Eyes. am a minister now,
I understand you to say that you, Il. ..'.
the use of intoxicants is responsible ~.
nearly all the crimes and degradation
Of the city"
McGinnis-"Thrue."
The Rev. Bensonhurst-"If the use
If Iionor could be stopped would i 10.
largely reduce expenses and taxes
McGinnis-"Ov coOrse.' $50.
The Rev. Bensonhurst-"ln lAa5
event your services might be dispenser
with" ,.aro ift,
McGinnis-"Thrue, but MIND We. - j d.
wern't fer the devil yure Du fl,,,
wouldn't be worth much aiiheI'
New York Herald
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
SYNOPSIS.


The story, as told bv the author. is
fe result Of conversations with Thorn
a. Edison, the substance OF which
r. EDISON afterwards put into the
pm OF notes written for the author S
Pc. Mr.. Edis0n's suggestions as to
NenuOns, etc, are understood 10 be
Fhpiy nlnts as 20 what might possibly
accomplished. For the story itself
ie author is responsible.
1eralo bemis. having been UnsuC-
ssful In his suit for the hand of Eva
ryor, allows himself 70 be 'Vivii-
iaJed by the Society Of Futurity. by
2 neWiy-dlscOvered process, animation
Is suspended and Bemis is placed In
hermetically sealed cylinder. Three
centuries later the cylinder is opened
by the chiefs Of the Society then i'm
control and Bemis is revived. Among
many wonderful discoveries he finds
that teleT3phic communication with
the .plan3- Mars has been established.
Void cO5nes from Mars that one Bron-
son, who had started for that planet in
an anti3 gravity machine, has not ar
rived I'd re, and later that q messenger
from M3 rs is on his way TO the Earth.
MeanWH lie Bemis discovers that Eva
Pryor, thO really loved him, was also
'vivifc5 led" He meets her and finds
hat hit love for her has vanished. He
ais M love with Electra, beautiful
I'd ce15 fury girl, who is IN turn loved
HAM medeet, a man of her own per-
q. u he messenger from Mars. Tor
3, arTi es with Bronson. and all travel
an ship to Chicago. There Be-
prON7 Csa s to Electra. She explains
sh Is e "child OF the State and
beef amanced TO Hammeriieet. The
er II en- ears the conversation, but
susS5 jealousy. He invites Be-
uiy9e an excursion with him
IpUntry, and lures him into
p of moving machinery near
ammerfeet then escapes,
mis- in great danger in the
ga network of wheels, levers
Ks. Bomis is rescued by Tor
ELECTRA, who stop the machin-
rHammerieet is banished from
rpresence. Bemis again urges
D marry him. She viii not
~ this. but agrees to take q
9rliU and Bemis in an air.
3 the world. After they
al from Fire Island Bemis
cat Eva Pryor has been
board by Electra.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
A NATTER FOR THE FUTURE.

Eyes" remarked the proud IA. fat4 s-I
r,hoeo tastes are musical. hes the in-
get babv the neighborhood has e. ...
coon don't rely on my one pre-.
S Sto oninion in making the staten ---'
NV wife says the same thing. ,-,.,,r
are you going to make a muS'D'--'
u 90 O. its altogether too early to del.l2 >
that Ills hair hasn't begun TO s'0'
vet. Washington star.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
NOISE NECESSARY.

Mrs Noyes-"chudren! Children! can an .
~, ~ 90, :, along without making such a ''-'
rible racket" -. cant.
Nellie Noyes-'No. mamma Ne INA
vv,Ilo's playing he's papa coFline ~
,.te AT niVht.v-Yonkers statssa1sSeSn-sA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
PART ".

ER VI. (ContinUed)
,agnificent and impressive
tabsOrbed were we in eaz-
Jnit al The moment when
ing the tail OF the cyclone
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03

Copyright 1896, by the Bachelor svnai-
atel
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
DELINQUENT SALE.

Monarch Consolidated Gold and Silver
Mining Company Location of principal
place of business Carson CRY, Nevada.
Location Of Works, Silver Lake Mining
District, Douglas County Nevada.
Notice: there are delinquent upon the
following described Stock on account of
assessment NO y levied on the 18th day
o. October, 1896, the several amounts set
op posite the respective shareholders as
follows:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19

Notice is hereby given, that iii pur,u-
anCe otder of The Distric+ Court of
the First judicial District OF the State OF
Nevada, in and for the County OF Doug
AS, made Gn the 29ch day of December,
1896, in the Matter Of the Estate of
WENDELIN Urn, deceased, ;the un
d~ersigned, the Administrator of the
Estate Of the said deceased, will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, United States gold coin, on
Monday, February 8, 1897
at One O'clock p. m. in front of the Court
House door, in Genoa, in the County of
Douglas, State of Nevada, all the follow
ing personal property which has not been
| sold before that time at private sale to wit.
One Silver Wai~h and Chain, One Silver
| Match Safe, One Meerschaum Cigar
| Holder, Thee Plain Gold Rin~s md
Forty The usand SHARES Of the
Stock of t Zirn and Schultz
Consolidated Miniag Company.
But Notice is hereby further given that
said Administrator will sell at Private
Sale at the office of Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S
Express in said Genoa, Douglas County.
Nevada, any of or all of said above men
toned and described personal property, on
the same .erms as above mentioned, up to
the said day and hour of said auction sale,
commencing Oh Tuesday, JANUARY
! 18TH, 1897 and continuing every day of
said period of time. Sundays excepted,
from 10 O'clock in the forenoon till 4
O'clock in the afternoon, and up to said
auction sale, as aforesaid.
Done and dated this Sth day of Janu-
AIRY, A. D. 1897.
6. W. SELBY,
Administrator of the Estate of Wende-
lin Zirn, Deceased.
THE above sale is hereby postponed
until Friday, April I'd 1897 at the same
hour and place.
6. w. Silly,
Administrator Of the estate of Wendelir
Zirn, deceased,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
Fs9ans and Brown Bread.

By request Of many patrons the
Boston Bakery will begin the delivery
of Baked Beats and Brown Bread
every Sunday morning. Lave orders
Fridas,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
Estray Notice.

Came to the iolstein ranch three
months ago, one black gliding. Owner
can recover animal by proving property,
paving for this advertisement and settling
pasturage bills. SAM DAVIS.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
FOR SALE

A good house in q suitable locality.
very cheap for cash. Apply at this
office. If
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19

And in accordance with law and an
order of the Board of Trustees made on
the 18th day of October 1896, which said
order was thereafter amended as to date of
Sale on FEBRUARY 9th, 1887. So many shares
Of each parcel of such stock as may be
necessary will be sold at public Auction at
the Office of the Company in Carson City,
Nevada on Monday March 8, 1897, at 2
O'Clock P. NJ, of said day to,pay said delin-
auent ACKNOWLEDGEMENT together with the
Costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
James R. Judge
Secretary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
To Cure d Cold in Cne DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. 3 c. il
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
To Rent.

Two elegantly furnished roons
suitable for gentleman attending the
Legislature. Inquire a. this office
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-19
Or. c St George

Or. c St George
Eye Specialist Carson. New,
Now st the Carson Exchange Hotel.
Scientific correction of all cases of weak
@ detective sight, The peculiar ex-
c~e-ience Of my glasses makes them a pleas
ure and comfort to the eye. They
alleviate headache and nave no su-
perior.
GLASSES
Are not always given to improve sight,
but to relieve muscular strain; in short,
to assist nature. Possessing one of the
finest instruments in existanCe for measur-
ing the refraction and accommodation of
the eye, | am prepared TO insure salts
factory results.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Representing Equitable Life Insurance O..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-02

the principal streets of the town. This
will be in charge of R. E. Foster and w,
W. Crawford.
At the ball at night, there is to be an
ironing contest, participated in by the
most expert washwomen. Under the
rules, all the contestants will start even
with hot irons, and at a given signal al
will commence work on previously selec-
ted articles that are identical in size and
make, etc. The prize will go to the con-
testant who turns out the best work in the
shortest time.
Friday will he devoted to football and
various other sports not yet definitely
agreed upon; but which are promised to
be full of amusement. During the even
ing, at the hall, the various prizes thai
may have been won during the week will
be awarded.
The general committee of arrangements
Is composed of I. L. Hardy, chairman
Allen White, A. A. Newton. r. f. Fos'
ter. P. Witherspoon, w. H. Adams. c. G.
Scott. Green Simril and Isaac Wrigh,
have been designated by Intendant Low
ry. at the request of Rev. Scott, to act as
special policemen during the week.
The various business men of Yorkville
have been invited to send exhibits to the
fair, and many of them will no doub
comply, especially since they have beer
assured that everything will be carefully
protected from damage, and returned II
good order when the exhibition is over.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-02
= The general belief all through Il

The general belief all through the
south is that cotton is too low-that 1t is
selling for much less than it is worth,
and that the price will go higher before
Christmas. In the first place, nobody
believes that the crop is nearly as large as
the estimates of the statisticians. 1t is
known that the stocks now held by mills
are very short. The margin between raw
material and manufactured products is
wide enough to make the mill men thor
oughly happy. The principal disadvan-
tage to the producer seems to be the fact
that during the present month, hundreds
of thousands of bales will be forced to sale
regardless of prices. and neither exporter
or mill men seem disposed to raise the
figures until after all this has been gath
cred in. That higher prices are going to
rple within the next month or six weeks,
is almost certainly; but THE ENQUIRER
is not risking any predictions. 1t does
not care to take the responsibility. The
whole thing is too uncertain, and the
only advice that can be offered in the
premises is for every man who owns cot
ton to act as may be determined by cir
cumstances and his own best Judgment.