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The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

An interesting scientific point has
been raised by A. Farrar, Jr. A test foi
the pitch Of musical note has been
provided in the shape of pinch of fine
powder spripkled over sheet Of glass.
When the glass is struck by the vibra.
tions of musical sounds, the particles OF
the powder on its surface assume all
manner of beautiful designs, many Of
them resem bling branches of trees, flow
ers or birds, according to the note
given. 1t has also recently been found
possible to give graphic presentation
of the human voice by photographing
on highly magnified scale the indenta.
tion made by the stylus of the phono-
graph Oh the waxen recording cylinder.
The difference in voice production as
thus shown is astounding, and any de-
parture from perfect smoothness of tone
is at once seen in the increasing rug
gedness of the indentations. 1t has been
proposed to utilize this system of "see-
ing the voice" in vocal schools by reg.
ular method of comparison of the rec.
ords of pupils with those of eminent art
lists.
The question of the practical applica-
tion of such visual reproductions in the
oral education of the deaf has also been
frequently mooted, but in neither case
has any useful result so far accrued. As
is we'll known, the speech Of orally edu-
Gated deaf mutes is not usually so nat
ural, and hence not SO easily under
stood, as that of those who hear. This
is chiefly due to the absence of the con-
trolling action of the hearing. If this
could be supplied by visual means, much
might be accomplished. Mr.. Farrar
suggests that physicists should take up
this question with view to devising a
simple and efficient apparatus by which
an orally taught deaf mute could test
his speech to ascertain how far it corre-
sponded in infection, etc., with that of
his teacher or other hearing person and
could regulate it accordingly. The in
vention of such device would confer g
great practical boon on both the deaf
and their teachers.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29
EVER A SONG SOMEWHERE
BY JAMES wHITooMB RILEY

There is ever song somewhere, my dear,
There is ever something sings alway;
There's the song of the lark when the skies
are clear.
And the song of the thrush when the skies
are gray,
The sunshine showers across the grain,
The swallows are twlttering ceaselessly.
There is ever a song somewhere. my dear,
Be the skies above dark or fair;
There is ever a song that our hearts may
hear
There Is ever a song somewhere, my dear,
There is ever song somewhere
There is ever a song somewhere. my dear,
In the midnight black or the midday blue
The robin pipes when the sun is here,
And the cricket chirrups the whole night
through,
The buds may blow and the fruits may grow
And the autumn leaves drop crisp and
sere;
But whether the sun, or the rain. or the
Snow.
III lie is ever song somewhere, my dear
There Is ever song somewhere, my dear.
Be the skies above dark or fair;
There is ever Song that our hearts may
hear
There is ever song somewhere. my dear.
There is ever song somewhere!
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was withered and dried up. Story Of
vacant chair and empty cradle and lit
tie shoe only half worn out, never to be
worn again, just the shape of the foot
that once pressed it. And dreams when
you thought that the departed had come
back again, and the room seemed bright
with their faces, and you started up to
greet them, and in the effort the dream
broke, and you found yourself standing
amidroom in the midnight - alone.
Talking it all over, and then, hand in
hand, walking up and down in the light.
No sorrow, no tears, no death. Oh,
heaven, beautiful heavenl Heaven
where our friends are; heaven where we
expect to be. In the east they take q
cage of birds and bring it to the tomb Of
the dead, and then they open the door
of the cage, and the birds, flying out,
sing. And would today bring cage
of Christian consultations to the grave
of your loved ones, and would open
the door and let them fill all the air
with the music Of their voices
From Earth to Heaven.
Oh, how they bound in, these spirits
before the thronel Some shout with
gladness. Some break forth into uncon-
trollable weeping for joy. Some stand
speechless in their shock Of delight.
They sing. They quiver with excessive
gladness. They gaze on the temples, on
the palaces, on the waters, on each
other. They weave their joy into gar
lands, they spring it into triumphal
arches, they strike on timbrels, and then
all the loved ones gather in great cir
Gle around the throne of God-fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and
daughters, lovers and friends, hand to
hand around about the throne, the circle,
hand to hand, joy to joy, jubilee to ju-
bilee, victory to victory, until the day
break and the shadows flee away. Turn,
my beloved, and be like roe or young
hart upon the mountains of Bether,"
Oh, how different it is on earth from
the way it is in heaven when Chris
tian diesl We sayT Close his eyes" In
heaven they say, "Give him palm"
On earth we say, "Let him down In
the ground" In heaven they say,
IIOlSt ullH Ou d GurOu0: On 6drJQ IL
is, Farewell, farewell" In heaven it
Is, "Welcome, welcome" And so see
Christian soul coming down to the
river of death, and he steps into the
river, and the water comes up to the
ankle. He says, Lord Jesus, is this
death2" "No," says Christ, "this is
not death" And he wades still deeper
down into the waters until the food
comes to the knee, and he says, "Lord
Jesus, tell me, tell me, is this death?"
And Christ says, "No, no, this is not
death, " And he wades still farther
down until the wave comes to the gir-
die, and the soul says, "Lord Jesus, is
this death?" "No," says Christ, "this
is not" And deeper in wades the soul
till the billow strikes the lip, and the
departing one cries, Lord Jesus, is
this death?" "No," says Christ, "this
is not" But when Christ had lifted
this soul on throne of glory and all
the pomp and joy of heaven came surg
ing to Its feet then Christ said, "This,
o transported soul, this is deathp'
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FIRST MAN TO TAKE ETHER.
1t Was administered to Him by DR.. Nor.
ton In lS48.

1t Was Administered to Him by DIR. Nor.
ton In 1S46.
Some interesting facts regarding the
first patient under ether are told by DR.,
Samuel A. Green in his Groton Histor.
ical Series
The subject WIS Ebenezer Hopkins
Frost, native of Groton, now dead,
who is we'll remembered by many per-
sons in Boston. He was son of Solo
mon and Dorcas (Hopkins) Frost and
was born on Dec. Z, 1924. He became
noted as singer and teacher Of vocal
music, and was member of the Han
del and Haydn society of Boston.
DR.. Morton first tried on himself the
experiment of inhaling ether, and in
describing the effect it produced he said:
Delighted with the success of this
experiment., Immediately announced
the result to the persons employed in
my establishment. and waited impa-
tlently for some one upon whom I could
make fuller trial. Toward evening
man residing in Boston came in suffer
ing great pain and wishing to have a
tOOtA OAty dGtSu. 116 was dlFdlu OIL CQ6
operation, and asked if he could be mes
merized. Itold him / had something
better, and saturating my handkerchief
gave it to him to inhale. It was dark
and DR.. Hayden held the lamp while ]
extracted a firmly rooted bicuspid tooth.
There was not much alteration in
the pulse and no relaxation of the mus
cles. He recovered in a minute, and
knew nothing of what had been done to
him. He remained for some time talk
ing about the experiment. This was on
the Both of September. 1846. l consid-
cred it to be the first demonstration Of
this new fact in science. have heard
OF no one who can prove an earlier dem.
onstration. If any one can do SO, I yield
to him the point of priority Of time
Immediately after the operation Frost
gave certificate corroborating the state.
ments and signed himself as then living
at 40 Prince street, Boston. Nearly 90
years afterward he died at Fitehburg,
on Sept. 7, 1865,
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An assistant lampist" is about to be
chosen for the postoffice building AS
indicated by his title, he will assist the
"lampist. " The only important part Of
the proceeding is that the department,
presumably through the personal efforts
Of Postmaster Hesing, is trying to force
a new word into the language. It has
taken the ordinary word clamp" wan
tonly added "ist" to it and called the
result a person "who doesn't know
enough to be an electrician, but who is
too well posted to be designated a lamp
trimmer" The work of the "lampist"
is to care for the lamps, or as many as
convenient. Chicago Tribune.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29
Blood Poison,

Contagious Blood Poison has been ap-
propriate1y called the curse of mankind.
It is the one disease that physicians cam
not cure; their mercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison In
the system, to surely break forth in
more virulent form, resulting in a total
wreck of the system.
Mr.. Frank B. Martin, a prominent
iewe1er at o26 Pennsylvania Ave, WASH
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filled with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and was in horrible fix. had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when friend recommended
S.S.S. After had taken four bottles, l
began to get better, and when had
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and well, my skin was without
blemish, and have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from life
of misery" S.S.S. Guaranteed bn,et,
vegefa6le) will cure any ease of blood
poison. Books on the disease
and its treat ~
!; Z: I: T.: ]! !: =: !: 8: :: :: S
@ Get your Job Printing
done at this office
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

Jersey City, N. J. Jan. Q, 1897. II have
taken Hoods SarsapariIla and have found
it very beneficial. had severe pains in
my kidneys and stiffness of the limbs, bat
since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla these
troubles have all disappeared, and l am
very grateful for what Hoods Sarsapariila
has done for me-" B. N. Barnitt, 297
Sherman Ave-, Jersey City heights.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

That is true symbolism where the more
particular represents the more general,
not as q dream or shade. but as . vivid,
instantaneous revelation of the inscrutible.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

ington, d. C.,says:
I was for a long
time under treat
1nent of two of
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
NV mouth was
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

growers of fruits, berries,
and all kinds of vegetables,
know that the largest yields and
best quality are produced by
the liberal use of fertilizers
containing at least 1917 of
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

Sunday-school Teacher-"Who was
NoahW Pupil-"He was q weather pro
phet. When he said it as going to rain,
nobody believed him."
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills, bilious
ness, indigestion.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

"With the beginning Of luxury" said
the lecturer, ''comes the beginning of the
decline of a nation"
ut goes back furder than that" said
the shockheaded man in the rear seat.
"a nation never amounts to nothing as
soon as soap comes iuto gineral use. -
Indianapolis Journal.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

Mr.. Elwell-"Isn't it strange, but true.
nevertheless that the biggest fools always
marry the prettiest girls ?"
Mrs. Elwell-"Oh. now 60 on, you
datterer. ."-London Figaro.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29
Actual Potash.

Without the liberal use of Pot
ash on sandy soils, it is impos-
sible to grow fruits, berries and
vegetables of a quality that will
Command the best prices.
All about Potash-the results Of its use by actual
pertinent on the best farms in the United States-is
told in a little book which we publish and will gladly
mail free any farmer in America who will write ior it.
GERMAN x WORKS
90 N.ssau ST., New y0-k.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

WY ANTE U-Several faithful men or wo-
w men to travel for responsible estab-
Iished house in New erseY. Salary $3.50,
payable Sl5 weekly and expenses. Position
permanent. Reference. Enclose seif-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The National,
star Building, Chicago. s-2s
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

First Scotch Worthy (who is not quite
sure that he is in fit condition to face
his wife)-"Say. Sohn, you stansh still
there and tell me hoo get on"
''Second Ditto-"Oh. you're doin' fine,
who's that VII ye 2''-Pick He Up.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

''I'm afraid there isn't much energy
about that young man who is calling on
Ethel" said the mother. "He doesn't
seem to have any snap"
"No," said the father, 81 think be ia
waiting for one though. Indian apolis
Journal.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

"a kiss" he said, after just havi ng
had one, sis the most precious thing in
the world, and yet women give them
away"
"You are mistaken" she said. "We
never give them away. We merly invest
them. Truth.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

II see the new sleeves for women are
to be called elephant trunk"
"Well, that's better, we've had about
enough of the Saratoga trunk pattern"
Cincinnati Tribune
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

"That young Goldplate is SO fascinat.
ingl" declared Laura. "He's a man after
my own heart" "He told me last night
that he was after mine," replied Dorothy,
with downcast eyes.-Dstro1 Free Press
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

"Greymair's wife brought him home 8
suit of clothes, but I understand he
mustered up courage to tell her that he
had made up his mind to change it."
did he change it?"
"Ob, yes; he changed his mind.'-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

Mamie-'Jack didn't remove his arm
from around my waist but onoe during
the entire evening""
Ada" VIII at was the matter thens"
Mamie" He had to 60 home. ."-Ioson
Topics
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29
HIS GLORIOUS FAITH.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches ON
RECOGNITION IN HEAVEN.

He Sums Up the Evidence of the Bible
and That of the Dying Christian to Prove
General Hope-A Sermon of Absorb
ing Interest.
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29


Now ! bring you this glorious con-
ISOLATION Of future recognition. If you
could get this theory into your heart, it
would lift great many shadows that
are stretching across it. When I was a
lad, used to go out to the railroad
track and put my ear down ON the track,
and I could hear the express train rum
bling miles away and coming on, and
today, my friends, if we only had faith
enough, we could put our ear down to
the grave of our dead and listen and
hear in the distance the rumbling on OF
the ehaliots Of resurrection victory.
Oh, heaven, sweet heavenl You do
not spell heaven as you used to spell it
-h-e-a-y-e-n, heaven. But now when
you want to spell that word you place
side by side the faces of the loved ones
who are gone, and in that irradiation of
light and love and beauty and joy you
spell it out as never before in songs and
halleluiahs. 0 ye whose hearts are
down under the sod of the cemetery,
cheer up at the thought of this reunionl
Oh, how much you will have to tell
them when once you meet theml
How much you have been through
since you saw them lastl On the shiny
shore you will talk it all over. The
heartaches, the loneliness, the sleepless
nights, the weeping until you had no
more power to weep because the heart
The Monitor-register., 1897-01-29

Ugly Looking Wayfarer-"Whar is the
man o. the house?"
Farmers Wife with rare presence of
mind)-"He's back of the woodshed,
burying tramp."-N. y Weekly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-15
TO FALLEN BRAVES.
Monuments to Valor at Chickamauga
Park, Being Dedicated With In
posing Ceremonies.

Chattanooga, Tenn, November IA
Governor Hastings was indisposed to-
day and was not able to attend the
two regimental dedications which oc-
Cured at the National Chickamauga
Park this afternoon. The Governor is
not seriously i'll, but had contracted a
slight cold which it was feared might
be aggravated by venturing out into
the rainy, chilly atmosphere that pre-
vailed this afternoon and early even
ing. The monument of the Seventy
eighth regiment is a handsome one,
and is located near the Kelly House,
at a point where the hottest of the
fighting in the famous battle occurred.
The monument was formally dedicated
at three o'clock this afternoon, Col.
Blakeley, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Battlefield Commission, presid-
ing. The Grafton was delivered by Col.
R. P. Scott, president of the Seventy
eighth regiment organization. Nearly
200 survivors of the famous command
were present. The Twenty-siXth bat
terry monument was also dedicated this
afternoon, Lieut.. Richie, of Pittsburg,
being the orator of the occasion. The
following regimental monuments will
be dedicated tomorrow between the
hours of 8 and II O'Clock: Twenty
seventh and Forty-siXth, at Orchard
Knob; the Ninth, in Chickamauga bat
tlefield; Twenty-eighth, One Hundred
and Forty-seventh and One Hundred
and Eleventh, on Lookout Mount.
The general dedication of all the
Pennsylvania monuments to be par
ticipated in by Governor Hastings and
the Pennsylvania commissioners will
occur tomorrow afternoon. Gen. H.
V. Boynton, president of the Chicka-
manga commission, will receive the
monuments on the part Of the commits
sion and the Secretary of War.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-15
THE GOVERNOR
Outlines His Senatorial Ideas, and
Protests Against an Extra SEES.
sion OF the Legislature--.Says the
Proposed Amendments Would Pro-
baby Fail.

Special to the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, November IA
referring to his candidacy for the
United States Senatorship, the an
nouncement of which was wired the
Register last night, Governor Atkinson
said to-day:
we have many Republicans in West
Virginia who are competent to fill that
hlgh once; some of them doubtless
petter fltted for that place than myself.
Ihey, too, have claims, and may later
on enter the race. They will have
their friends and will be entitled to
consideration. There is no monopoly
about it. 1t will be an open. free field.
Go not want it understood that l have
any special claims or qualifications for
the place. With Gen. Golf not in the
race, | consider my chances for sue
cess equal, at least, with other friends
who may be in the race"
Replying to the question of what he
thought of an extra session of the Leg
lslature to consider the proposed con-
stltutlonal amendments, Governor At
kinson said:
Il do not think an extra session will
be called. My opinion is that none
should be called. l am fully persuaded
that none of the proposed amendments
to the Constitution would be ratified
by the people, should they be submit
ted. Why, then, should the people be
taxed with the expenses of an extra
session, when nothing can come of it?
So far as l have been able to learn
the wishes of the people on the sub
ject, they are almost unanimous
against the extra session. You can say
for me that | will not assume the re-
sponsibility Of issuing the call If the
members of the Legislature themselves
make the call the responsibility must
rest with them"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-15

tee their payment and with minimum
cost to the millions Of depositors. More
than a Thousand postal savings accounts
in European Offices are held by minors,
and over two-thirds by the most hum
be callings. 1t is essentially the bank
of this class. Postal savings would not
conflict with the savings banks, but
would encourage savings rather than
accumulations The conversion of mo-
ney order offices into savings depositor-
les would soon afford Indefinitely more
facility for receiving interest bearing
deposits than the interest paying banks
do now. The most aggressive Oppon-
ents are among the private institutions
engaged in somewhat similar enter
prises, though associations Of the larger
cities recognize in it a valuable feeder to
THE FINANCIAL CURRENTS
of the country. Security and not the
rate of interest is the primary and es-
sential condition of such a system; and
bonds of States, counties and munich
palities and real estate furnish an Him
liable field. Comparing other countries,
the postmaster general says nearly ev-
cry country permits it's most popular
coin as the minimum amount of deposit,
varying from five cents in India to 81
in Canada. Maximum deposits vary
from $285 in France to $2,335 in New
Zealand. Deposits over that amount
are non-interest bearing and in several
countries the surplus is by law invested
in national bonds. Both deposits and
accounts are usually small. France
made profit in 1896 of $4,000 in hand
ling 100000 accounts, aggregating
$143,000, coo, after paying three per cent
interest. Great Britain earned a sur
plus of $4,000 after paying two and
one-half per cent interest on $4SO,00O,-
900, made up of $500, COO accounts.
The average commission paid to post
masters is one per cent on each deposit.
Any account may be settled and with
drawn from any depository in the coun-
try. The telegraph is coming into use
as means of withdrawal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-15
BOSS THOMAS c. PLAT
Reals Rebellious Republicans a Severe
Lesson.
"Just as During the Campaign
They Stopped at No Act of
Treachery, in Order to Create
Dissension, So Now They Are
Hesitating at No Falsehood or
Calumny"

New York, November 14.-Senator
Thomas c. Plat tonight gave out the
following:
1t is the plain purpose of those Re-
publican factionists, who, failing in
every effort peatedly made to con-
troll the Republican organization, pro-
jected Seth Low into the municipal
campaign, thereby dividing the anti
Tammany vote, to force into the pub
lie mind the impression that the re-
sponsibility for this division attaches
not to them, but to the Republican or
ganlzation. And. just as during the
campaign they stopped at
NO ACT OF TREACHERY
in order to create dissension, so now
they are hesitating at no falsehood OF
calumny in order to promote it ana
keep it alive.
THE malicious Misrepresentation
of these incurable factionists must not
go unchallenged. No fair minded Re-
publican who will look back over the
events of the last six months, can
fail to remember that the attitude or
the Republican organization up to The
NCAN 4dol IuOIutHI DIT WHICH lle law
permitted nominating certificate to
be filed, was much more than favorable
to a union with the citizens organ
ization. Fair minded men will re-
member that when Mr.. Quigg assumed
the presidency of the county commit
tee, he made
THE OFFER OF UNION
distinctly and in terms They will re-
member that his offer was as distinctly
refused by those to whom it was adj
dressed. They will remember, indeed,
that when the Citizens Association or
ganized it adopted a platform which
was intended to commit its members 10
the go alone policy
This platform denied the relation OF
a national political party to municipal
affairs. 1t challeged the right OF the
Republican party to make a Republic
can nomination. 1t placed upon The
doctrine of -partianship'
A NEW INTERPRETATION
and one which forbade the possibility
of cooperation between the Republic
can party and the Citizens Union.
This was done, we must remember,
away back in the spring, and before
the average citizen had begun to con-
slider what his political course should
be. Nobody paid any attention at the
time, for nobody supposed it would
mean that the citizens were going de-
liberately to work to defeat them
selves or that they could obtain n
candidate who would stand with them
in such suicidal policy"
They found no fault with the can
didate whom the Citizens Union
picked out as the expression If its
purpose and ideas. They do not now
deny that they regarded him as practi-
cally the sort of man he has turned
out to be-a vain-glorious. self-seeker,
incorporating as a Republican, but
willing at any time to wreck the Re-
publican ship on the ledge of his own
ambitions"