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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
THE OLD FARMERS STORY.
Continued from Eleventh Pnge.

NO. The most extraordinary thing.
Quite a phenomenal stroke of bad luck
While the fire was raging-so they tell me
the weather happened TO hold up. but as
soon as the engine had gotten 1t under con-
troll down came the rain again in torrents.
Never did weather, even in this miserable
climate. behave with purer cussedHess.
~And do they know how the fire orig
mated"
Eyes with tolerable certainty. 1t APP
pears that the boy Jess and some of his
pals were smoking out in the COW sheu
last evening. No doubt some of their
sharks lodged in the hay. Careless young
mooncalf. He deserves to be-however'
7 mustn't say too much. for the lad has
had "a sharp lesson-a lesson OF whlch ne
will carry the traces TO his grave.
The rector was silent. A strange eX-
preston had come over his face-an eN-
press ION of mingled excitement and awe.
He did not speak another word for the
rest of the drive.
When they had reached the neighboF $
cottage to which Noad had been removed
the rector dismounted from the gig ana
knocked at the door. He was at once
ushered into the room where the old farm
er lay.
His face had not been burnt. But his
poor arms and legs were swathed IN cotton
wool, and he lay on the bed moaning
softly. with eyes closed, as often
troubled child means in his sleep.
Al the sound Of the rector's voice the
| eve-lids were raised and the old man
/ slightly turned his head.
"Ah, you be come. zurr,' he murmured'
"And hey YOU heerd all about 'un?'
Yes, YES. my friend. And truly griev-
/ ed am to find you in this case.
/ .Wiu thur. 1t wur hanging over me-
and II he'd 10 fall. Aye there be no mis-
doubting what this hev bin. II warn't 10y
no accident that yest-rnight wur ~ ami
versv. zurr. and that Jess-her Jess-dld
cause the fire. Nay and 1t warnt no
scbance that the brain did stop jist while
the flames wur gaining strength You
der mind what I told you last evening
zurr. and you can clearly zee the hett Of
the A'mighty's hand in this.
Put" continued the old fellow. afte'
short pause. speaking very dreamily
Although be in mortal pain and at The
noint TO die. It doant sim ser bad now as
II did while it wur hengng over You de-
mind what said to you. zurr. about then
stallv-tiehts in Chiddar caves? VIII. now
I can plainly see them melting en- hk
icicles in a March sun. I wur alway'
thrilled before 10 think Of dying an'
meeting my hyde But I bean't tirrifie'
to-day. I der even yearn ter meet her
Fur I der know that wot wur pitrife'
bean't Purified no more. and that III fine
ne'er a stally-tight agin me in the king
dom above"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

suffered from the depredations, arc Tor
that reason no regular military eXpedi-
ton has been sent against him. This
has evidently made the king bold, rs was
shown by the recent masslc.e of Ing
lishmen.
A DREARY MARCH TO BENIN.
TO punish King Obbah VIII not be an
easy matter. To reach the city of Benin
means a march of more .han two hunG'ed
miles through an almost inpene'rdole
country. where the danger of falling mo
an arnbuscade will be great To guard
against this rapid firing guns will be en-
ploved nearly every minute In the m@cch
OF many days. \ number of these guns
will be kept in the van of the invading
force. and thousands of shots will lie fired
through the thick brush TO clear 1t or
lurking savages. In this way fairly
safe road will be plowed through the coun>
try for the English.
Among the Benin warriors cannibalism
is rife. Animal flesh is described as COM
ing from dumb. inferior brutes, while
human flesh is regarded as the proper
meat for great soldiers. The bodies Of
enemies killed in battle. even at great dis
lance from the city. are transported 10
Benin with much labor for the purpose OF
supplying the population with an I'M
mense feast. The warriors eat first, then
the male children are fed. while the wo-
men and small girls receive the leavings.
During the brief intervals of peace,when
there is a scarcity of war prisoners slaves
are sacrificed to appease the appetites OF
the king and his leading warriors. The
execution ground in Benin is near the
kings palace. Decapitation is the com
mon form of execution. the victims head
being placed on block. and when 1t falls
off M the stroke of the native knife. II
rolls into a pit dug for its reception.
The wanton destruction of human life
is one OF the pleasures OF his monster
monarch His most common torI1 of
amusement is TO assign number of saves
70 dig deep hole When it is so deep
that ladders have to be employed for the
men TO get out of the pit the lad lers aie
drawn up and the unfortunates left to
die.
King Obbah, through his dealings wi'1
/ Asiatic slaves. has contracted some lux
urious oriental customs. one Of his most
important attendants is fInctionary
whose sole duty is to tickle the soles OF
tho royal feet. This service is always Pc
formed for the king while he Is attending
- arfairs of state, seated on MS throne Of
ivory and coral.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
CLEARING A sNow-BLoCKADE.

Talk about the much Wanted rotary
nlows-from the standpoint of the spec
tators they are not lin it, with the old
fashioned wedge plows. LaMoure
turned ont in a body Tuesday TO wit
moss the snow-bucking brigade from
Jamestown tear its way through the
Yards The snow was drifted in TO the
denth of five or six feet in places, ana
hacked more solidlv than ever before.
The engine with the pillow attachment
would hack I'D the track about hall a
nile give a few preliminary whistles
and courtesies and then under a full
Saod of steam come whizZing down the
iine ~ = 4O-mile-an-hour gait, all the
time screaming frightfully like some
r mon animal in anger and PAIN.
Two mighty clouds of snow rise IN the
air and when the atmosphere is cleared
abont all that can be seen of the loco.
,,otive is its smokestack-the rest Oh
t ti,o', monster is submerged in the DRIFT.
Immediately the section men-of when
+haro are forty or fifty-proceed TO
shovel the snow away from the sides
Of tbe panting quicker while sym
70 reserve engine pulls in from
pc pael rear attaches itself to its helpless
friend and together ~ back out lor
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE. MANDY
HOWLETT GETS IT.

In reading the newspaper accounts
of divorces granted or applied for one
can never tell what sad stories of
blighted hopes really underlie the few
iocularly written lines. 1t is true that
the entertaining reporters seek to make
their narratives piquant and interest
ing, but the real heart-break. the real
history, the real drama seldom appears
to the naked eye This is suggested by
the episode of Rem Hewlett, of Volcano,
w Va.
Rem Hewlett had been away from
Volcano fourteen years. Going away
a drunkard he had developed into the
typical tramp, the Weary Waggles Of
comic newspaper fame. One day a
hairy and bewhiskered man, sOiled as
to apparel and lingering as to motion,
was thrown off a Baltimore and Ohio
train by a brakeman just outside Vol
cano. Picking himself up, he walked
down to the station. and, inquiring,
was told the name of the town. In
some surprise he looked about, and
then. as though a new thought had
struck him. he set off over the hill to
the west of the depot. Arrived at the
eminence, he looked down into glen
where small cabin stood.
I'll try her." ne said. III try, any
way
He walked down the hill and threw
clods at a dog which tried to drive him
away by barking. A scrawny woman
came to the door.
"Missus." said the tramp "is thish
we're where Rem Hewlett uset to liye?'
The woman looked surprised. HE
id live here fourteen year ago." she
said. And then as a sort of appendix:
The cuss."
The tramp moved nervously. His
wife he said. "uset to be a peart. good
lookin woman named Mandy Baker.
Mighty pleasant figger of a woman. "
| The person at the door rOdded inter
/ estedly.
"Mebbe so. Mebbe so" she said. 81
amt no call to say she wasn't. but yer
taIkin' about me. I'm the woman"
THE Lord help us" cried the tramp,
! devoutly. Are ye, now? My. Ny.
Yes. sure We are. kin see it now jes'
as clear. Same good-lookin' face Same
figger Mandy it is possible We don't
know me?'
The woman looked at him distrust-
fully. aye look familiar an We look
ornery." she said. Tain't likely yer
Ren Howlett?'
Mandy. that's iis' who am. Mandy
I've come back
I'VE have. have ye?" the woman ut
tered coldly. What fur?'
Mandy, I love ye.'
There was a cold gray glare in heI
eve Pears to me it tuck We four
teen wear Of abslnst to find it out. Ren
Hewlett she said. When are We go
in away agin'?'
Never. Never in this life. Mandy"
"Oh. We amt? Well Rob Huxley
may have somethin 70 say about that.
She stepped over to the edge of the
lot and. facing up the glen, called:
Hey, Bob"
what are We calm a stranger fur
Ilandy?" inquired Rem
stranger? Him's my husband.
hen hurried TO him ever sinst two year
after We left. got divorce as quick
as I could. We no-count trash, an mar
ried a good man"
The tramp looked at her with wide
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
A ROYAL Monster.
King 055ah Of Benin, Africa'S Worst
Sovereign.
Canfbal and Slaver-His Massacre
ofErglish Visitors will End His
At-ocious Reign-His stores OF
Ivory Worth Millions.


Do England makes good IT'S intention 20
r-l Eng ObbaE of Benin for the re-
... massacre of au uu8rmed expedition.
t most atrocious of the African mon
.-... viii get q taste of the misery he has
.. generously bestowed upon tens OF
t...-.rfs of others. And that England
DO this there IS little doubt, for iu
...-.r fo qvenrlng the deaths of her
objects tAe conquest of Benin viii open
d. country of immeasurabie richness
E arv this. but &c will abolish one OF
te central points of the slave uathc OF
..-.rauG go long way toward crushing
..r~0 and human sacrifice.
-.. domain of King Obbah forms the
section or the notorious Slave
U.... Of the CUT of Guinea. This was
t..-.-. resort of the slave hunter ass Gar
e.- a century ago. The ancestors of
,-s King helped the slavers i'm exchange
t rare baunle~ and when the foreign
rt ceased The traffic was continued
r..ye purposes. just as 80 had existed
... tl. advent of the foreigu slaves.
Slavery Us "a formidable part of the
s t.sr.. of tr.s African Hngdom. lie
s...... . currency system. DO does away
... Lid. need of mills o~ peuiteutiaries 10
.-ay.rtrrlbIe commodity for the
rr the slave cities I'M northern
and forms "a scheme for the dispo-
off .ar-ives made in the petty wars
.ra constantly being waged
.- Hbbah's domain 3dioins that Of the
s-s of Dahomey. and next 90 che
-r. Kingdom of Ashautee. whose
Premneh was summauly dis
rrr.fa Dbl
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

a fresh start. Once. twice, three times
this operation is repeated and-Eure-
ka, the snow blockade is lifted. and we
have a clear track from LaMoure to
jamestown. A cheer goes up from the
enthusiastic audience for the brave flre-
man and engineer, and three rousing
cheers for the painting. audacious'
mighty iron horse that has put us in
touch with the world again.-LaMoure
IN. d. Chronicle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
staring eyes. "Ye-ye-ye-gat-a-- a
-a-divorce?" he gasped, freely.

staring eyes. "Ye-ye-ye-gat-a--a
-a-divorce?" he gasped, freely.
You bet I did. s'pose we thought
We could come here an live off'n me,
did ye?" =
Mandy" said the tramp, feebly. Il
didn't come 10 live off'n We. | jes' come
to see We. Ye'ye broke my heart byl
his divorce business. Mandy. There's
only one thing I'll ask Of we: Is TINS
here Huxley man near my size?'
Why" inquired the woman susplc~
iou5ly.
Il was goin' to ask We If We couldn't
lei me have an old pair o pants instead
of these. pointing to his ragged trou,-.
sers. But the Woman shook her head
"Ye won't give EN- TO me-
Il jes' won't y
After fourteen years? 2
after a hundred.
All right" said the tramp, decidedly,
making for the brush fence for ne saw
his successor in Mdndy's affections
coming. -
AS he reached the top Of the hill ne
looked back before continuing GOWN
the other side toward the station.
q offered to patch mp my DreaKih
heart for a pair o old pants. ne salG,
sadly IAN I was refused. An to thihR
| loved that woman wunst.
The whistle of a freight train far mp
the valley struck his ears. urnlns
quickly from the view OF the nut 10
started on run downhill toward lH0
railroad track
An YES. there are miseries and mys-
teries wrapped mp I'm nearly every oHo
of those divorce cases.-EXchange' -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
STONE 4 THOMAS.
FOR THE MEN.

Men Cheviot Working Shirts, Mon
day at. .. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5c
Mems Heavy All Wool Half Hose,
the 25c kind, Monday at........lsc
Mems Heavy Cotton Sweaters, in
Blue and Brown, the soc quality,
monday at 80. -. ..........59c
Mems Heavy Percale Shirts, good
styles, that have sold at 75c, Mon
day at 80. 80. .............'o QUO
Mems 4-ply Linen Collars, Monday
at. -........' &C
Lot of Gents Kid Gloves that sold
at $50, Monday at ...........SSc
Lot of Mems s1.OO kind Percale
Shirts, slightly soiled, Monday at.49c
Mems 10 and 19c Suspenders, Mon
day aU.... .'.s ..''.' JC
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
STONE 4 THOMAS.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.

Sale goes merrily on at former adj
vertised prices All our garments are
full fashioned and full cut, equal to
home made.
Ladies' Choice Muslin Empire Night
Robes. trimmed with cluster of
tucks, embroidery and insertion,
at. go. -. 80. 80. .... oSc
Ladies' Choice Muslin Skirts. UNI
brella style, hemstitched Main
sock Rufles, at -. 80. ......75c
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07


miss seeing these before the assort-
ment is broken.
CAMBRIA SETS.
SWISS SETS.
ORGANIZE SETS.
NAINSOOK SETS
OF several widths of edges, with inser-
ton to match. each outrivaling the
other in beauty of design and fineness
of work
THREE GREAT BARGAIN LOTS.
50 pieces 8 to ) inches wide. fine
Nainsook Embroideries, worth
and Sc, at. ...... ............ 5C
80 pieces 21a to ) inches wide, neat
Cambria Embroideries, worth 10c
al. e. 80. .... .............. 81
$50 pieces Cambria. Swiss and Main
sock Embroideries, 312 to inches
wide, worth Is to 1Sc, at 10 and 1212C
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
STONE \ THOMAS.
EMBROIDERlES.

Another invoice just received. Don't
miss seeing these before the assort-
ment is broken.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

suffered from the depredations. aac for
that reason no regular military eXpedi-
ton has been sent against him. This
has evidently made the king bold, as was
shown by the recent masslc:e of Ing
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

last summer one OF our grand chill
d~en was sick with a severe bowel
trouble. Our Doctors remedies had
tailed. then we tried Chamberlain's
Colic Cholera and and Diarrhoea Rem
edy which gave very speedy RELIEF.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
MescalerO Agency.

On the agency farm at Mescalero in
1896, % tons OF sugar DeetS were raised
upon three-fourths of an acre of land.
The workshop is soon to be supplied
with power from 12-foot evershOt
waterwheel.
The sheep lately purchased by the
government for the Indians are all in
fine condition and sheep shearing is 60
ing on. The wool from these sheep
will all be manufactured into Navaj 10
blankets by the MescalerOs.
The Apaches are fast being civilized
and made self supporting under rigid
and systematic plans that have been
put into practice by Lieut.. E. v.
StOttler. The lieutenant deserves
great credit for the work he is doing
there. Under his discipline the A pache
is no longer looked upon as dangerous
Indian.
But few idle Indians are noticed on
the reservation this spring, all who are
able to work being busy planting out
| crops.
| Under the instructions of the six
NavajOs recently brought to the agen-
| cy, the Mescalero women are fast be
| coming proficient in the art of weav-
| ing Navajo blankets.
The new 10000 gallon water tank
now being constructed will be supplied
with water through a four inch by
draulic ram. Three fire hydrants will
be constructed and the water pressure
will be sufficient to throw water over
any of the agency buildings. For the
construction OF the water works system
l, 100 feet of inch pipe has already
been delivered at the agency.
AT present every Indian youth of
school age on the reservation is attend
ing school the total number being 100.
A fter July l all rations except beef
will be stopped being issued to the
Mescaleros by the government and
within the next twelve months the
land on the reservation will be allotted
in severalty to the Indians and the
remainder opened for settlement. The
Indians now realize that they must in
the future rely upon their own resourc-
es and as result are tuckling down to
good hard labOr.-Rio Grande Repub-
licau
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26

The American turnkey is beginning
to learn the appreciation the English
have of his sycophancy. The London
Daily Chronicle begins to despair of
having the queen's diamond jubilee
celebrated in a decent manner, and
asserts that there is crush of mil
lionaire Americans eager to distinguish
themselves by paying fabulous prices, !"
and thinks the whole celebration say
ors of carnival of millionaires and a
triumph of fiunkeyism rather than a
proper tribute
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26

dation and suffering prevailing in the
Sandwich islands under the regime OF
the ''republic" now seeking anneXa-
ton to the United States. He says the
$50 called upper class of society in
Honolulu is corrupt to the core" and
that "all the middle and working class
es are thoroughly disguised with the
misrule and misgovernment of the
missionary party who now control the
wheels of government" He says that
in 1910, these islands contained a ma
tive population of 100000 happy con-
tented and prosperous people, and
these have now been reduced to less
than 30, 900, more than nine-tenths of
whom are virtually slaves, who dare
not sing their national songs nor dance
their national dances under penalty of
imprisonment. They labor for forty
cents per day and board themselves
and if they absent themselves from the
fields for three days they are arrested
imprisoned and fined SO.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26

Never wear cotton in the ears if they
are discharging pus.
Never put anything into the ear for
the relief of toothache.
Never attempt to apply poultice to
the inside of the canal of the ear
Never drop anything into the ear
until it has been previously warmed.
Never use anything but a syringe
and warm water for clearing the ears
OF pu5.
Never strike nor box child's ears:
thls has been known to rupture the
drumhead and cause incurable deaf
ness.
Never wet the hair if you have any
tendency TO deafness; wear an oiled
silk cap when bathing and refrain
from diving.
thing but the finger if they itch. Do
not use the head pin. hairpins, pencil
tips or anything of that nature.
Never put milk, fat or any oily sub
itanCe into the ear for the relief of
pain, for they soon become rancid and
tend to excite Inflammation. Simple
warm water will answer the purpose
better than anything else.
Never be alarmed if living insect
enters the ear. Pouring warm water
into the ear will drown it, when it will
generally come to the surface and can
be easily removed with the fingers. A
few putfs of tobacco smoke blown into
the ear will stupefy the insect.
Never NEEDLE the ear if a foreign
body such as bead, button or seed
enters it. Leave it absolutely alone
until physician can attend to 1t. More
damage has been done by the injudi-
cious attempts at the extraction of a
foreign body than could ever come
from its presence in the ear.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
TularOSa Talk,

Adam J. Dieter returned Saturday
from trip to Las Cruces.
The prospects for a heavy fruit crop
in this section is good.
1t is claimed by those who seem to
know that the railroad will pass on the
east side of the Jarilla mountains in
stead of following the present survey.
Within the next sixty days over S5O,-
600 will be paid out at Tularosa and La
Luz for cattle alone. This large sum
of money will be distribut among
our local stockmen and by them paid
out in smaller sums to our merchants
and ranchmen. This is the largest
amount paid out here for cattle for
some time. The principal purchasers
are l.. Horn, Trinidad, Colo, P. Moth
ersill, Engle, N. M. j. S. Boone, La
Luz, b. F. Wooten, Fresnai, John H.
Riley of Las Cruces and J. Sanders of
Magdelena. The prices paid are the
highest received for years.-Chief.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
Texas and Pacific Excursion List.


X. OF P. UNIFORM RANK-Hot
Springs Ark, May 18th. Tickets on
sale May 18th and 10Th; final limit for
return May Goth. One fare for the
round trip $1,000.
Account OF the various Baptlst con-
venIlOns TO be neld at Wilmington, N.
c., namely, Baptist Young Peoples
Society of the south, May D: American
Baptist Educational Society, May 9th:
Southern Baptist Educational Confer
euce, May 9th and It'll; WOman's Bap-
fist Missionary Union, May eth to 18th:
Southern Baptist Convention, May 7th
to 14th: The Texas & Paclfi railway,
lei Paso rOute,'' will sell you round
trip tickets May End and 3rd, Ell Paso
to Wilmington, N. c., and return at
one fare for the round trip, S53. 80 with
final limit of twenty days from date
of sale. Your choice of routes via New
Orleans, Shreveport or Memphis.
Account meeting Grand Lodge Sons of
Herman to be held at Calves
ton May 3rd to 9th, rouud
trip tickets will be on sale May
3rd and 4th limited to return to May
Sth at rate of $3.50 for the round trip.
Account meeting of the Trave ers
Protective association and Christian
Houston, Texas April, 10Th and 18th
and May 18th aud 9th, respectively
round trip tickets will be on sale April
10th and 10Th llmILed for return to the
10th, for the I. P. a. meeting and
May Bird and 4th for the G. h. conven-
ton limited for return to May 9TH, at
the rate of SIS so for the round trip.
For the Tennessee Centennial and
international exposition to be held at
Nashville, Tenn, May 1st to November
LIST, 1897, reduced rates are offered you
by the lei Paso route" Texas & Pacl-
fic railway as follows: Tickets on sale
April 14th and from April 18th to Oc-
tOber 10TH Inclusive, final limit for re-
turn November 18th, 1897, at the rate of
$50 10, Ell Paso to Nashville and return.
Tickets on sale April 18th to October
18th, inclusive, limited to twenty days
from date of sale at 81 20 Ell Paso to
Nashville and return. Tickets on sale
Thursday, April 10Th and each Tuesday
and Thursday thereafter up to and in
Guiding Tuesday, October Goth, with
final limit of ten days from date OF sale
at S29.95. Only one change OF cars be-
tween FL Paso and Nashville and your
choice of routes via the Texas 81 Pacific
either through New Orleans, Shrese-
port or Memphis, Tenn.
In addition to the above there will
be reduced rates via Sci Paso route"
Texas and Pacific to meetings to be
held in Buffalo, N. Y: G. A. r. Ma
tional Encampment in August, Annual
ISOLATION, Milwaukee, July 9th to 9th.
Southern Baptist convention, Whining
ton S. G. May 9th to 18th. United
Confederate Veteran reunion, Nash
vile, Tenn, May 9Th to 7th. For
further Information call on or address.
E. S. STEPHENS, B. F. DARBYSHIRE,
Depot agent, S. w. +. & 2. A.