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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13
siIver:StIII-FaIIinR.

THE bullion vaueIof the American silver dol
lar, according TO Fridays market price of silver,
is just forty-three and six tenth cents" says Mr.,
Preston. the director of the mints. This makes
the commercial ratio between silver and gold SO g
to l. instead of 10 to T. In order to make our silver
dollar equal to gold dollar at this rate It would
have to contain $50 fine grains of silver. If the
alloy were added the total would be 9,3 grains"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

are troubled with nervousness and dyspepsia
will fiLd in Carter's Little Nerve Pills most de-
sirable article. They are mostly used in combi-
way exert most magical effect Take just one
pill of each kind Immediately after eating and
you will be free from indigestion and dyspepsia.
In walls at 25 cents. Try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

John Thomas prospector from Fort Steele,
either craZed with liquor or laboring under the
delusion that he has been prosecuted, ran amuck
Wednesday, at Spokane, Wash, with re vovers in
his hands and as a result two men are believed
be MORALLY wounded and and boy are
serio Isly injured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

II was completely covered with sores. Every
muscle in my body ached. Had been sick for
five years. Doctors could do me no good. Most
of my time was spent in bed was a complete
wreck Burdock Blood Bitters have completely
cured me in three months Mrs. Annie Zoepen,
Crookstown, MINI.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13
Save your life by using THE New Great

South American Kidney cure" This new remedy
is a great surprise on account of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain in the kidneys,
bladder and back in male or female, 1t relieves
retention of water, and pain in passing it almost
Immediately. Save yourselves by using this
marvellous cure. Its use will prevent fatal con.
sequences in almost all cases by its great altera
tive and healing powers. Sold by Geo. f. Greene,
Druggist, Brattleboro, VT.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

For any of these expected emergencies COM
mon to children in the summer, DR.. Fower's EX-
tract of Wild Strawberry is an unfang ure. 1t
is natures specific for summer complaint in all
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

Backache is almost Immediately relieved by
wearing of Carter's Smartweed and Bella
donna Backache Pasttrs. Try and be free
from pain Price 70 cents
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

An old man, supposed to be an Italian, and
whose name is not known was shot and killed
by unknown persons Aspen Hill, in Miles
county, Tenn, early Friday morning He had
been affilating with negroes for several weeks
and teaching them music, and had ignored a
White Cap notice to leave
At Jenison, Mich, on Thursday, H. A Dailey,7
shot and seriously wounded his wife, As. Dadley
was arrested, but swallowed strychnlne, and died
in a few minutes. Last April Daley wrote TO the
mayor of Chicago for a wife. His letter was
published in the papers and was answered by sew
eral hundred women, and he soon selected a
bride. After the marriage quarrels were fire.
quent.
Moses Banks was lured from his home, near
Corning, n, y, Friday night, by four men and
killed. Mr. and Mrs. Banks were sitting quietly
in their farm house when there came knock at
the door. Two strangers were outside, one of
whom said 18th res COW tangled in a wire
fence up the road and guess il belongs to you.
His wife saw Il inks 20 up the road. Two Others
Joined them and soon afterwards were heard
angry voices and oaths and then three shots. The
men escaped. No cause is assigned except rob
berry, but Banks left his money in the house and
nothing was secured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13
Robbers Tortured Old Men.

Four masked robbers entered the house of
Philip and John Dever, aged and wealthy bach
elor brothers, at Munster, Pa and demanded
their money. The two brothers and nephew
bers took lighted sticks and burned the feet OF
the three men to compel them to tell where the
money was secreted. lille the burning stick
was being applied to the f.et Of Philip, the neph
ew, who managed TO slip the blindfold from his
eyes, turned his head to see what was going on.
One of the robbers struck him a terrible blow
the mouth with his revolver knocking out his
teeth shattering the lower jaw bone and split
ting the upper lip. All their efforts failed to OBJ
tain information as to where they could find mon
ey, and the four men finally departed, leaving
their victims tied They are terribly injured, and
Philip, who is IS years old may not recover
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

Why don't you try Carter's Littl4 Liver Piss
They are positive cure for sick headache, and
all the ills produced by disordered liver. Only
one pill dose.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13
!SarSapari|Ia
Sense.

Any sarsaparilla is sarsapa-
rilla. True. So any tea is tea.
So any flour is flour. But grades
differ. H0u 7OaNf tie btsk It's
so with sarsaparilla. There are
grades. You want the best. If
you understood sarsaparilla as
well as you do tea and flour it
would be easy to determine.
But you don't. How should
you? When you are going to
buy a commodity whose value
you don't know, you pick out
an old established house to
trade with, and trust their ex-
perience and reputation. Do so
when buying sarsaparilla.
Ayers Sarsaparilla has been
on the market 50 years. Your
grandfather used Ayers. 1t is
a reputable medicine. There
are many Sarsapariuas -
but only one Ayers. 1t
I cures.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

Was never known to in
jure clothes or hands. Any
soap made to sell cheaper
than "Welcome" is bound to
be injurious. The cheaper
ing causes that result.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
$4,000 Royalty

Canal Company Must Pay Mrs. Genet
---WeRlth In n Waste Coal Heap.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13

Revenge Was Probably the Motive for
the Crime-- Reed Was Money Lender
A., NJ IrnIInxveA.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

Last evenings regular session of
Council was the one fixed upon for
granting annual liquor licenses, and as
a result there was the usual large at
tendance of applicants and their bonds
men. The usual custom has been TO
grant the licenses one at time, taking
the acknowledgment of sureties and max
ing the examination as to sufticiency
at the same time, and as a result 1t has
always taken about two hours and half
to get through this item of business
alone. Last evening a new plan was
tried and it resulted in great saving
of time. \ resolution was adopted, i'm
mediately after the session opened,
taking up the report of the Committee
on Petitions and "Reminiscences, trans
hitting the applications, and after the
list had been read the resolution from
the Committee to grant was adopted,
and this was followed by a resolution
by Mr.. WeisgeTber, approving the
bonds in a lump and authorizing the
Mayor to take acknowledgements at
any time before the first of May. Many
acknowledgements were taken last
night however, in the First Branch.
The monthly report of the City Clerk
showed total balances of S400499S
City Collector Hall has turned over to
Receiver Forgey tax collections as, fol-
lows: sec levy, $16O9195; 1Oc levy,
$2.79741.
Committee bills were ordered paid
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Daily Chronicle of the Movements of In
diyiduals

Jerry Newman. of South Eoff street,
is visiting friends in Sistersville.
Yesterday Senator n. E. Whitaker and
w. II. c. Curtis. members Of the Con-
stitutional Commission, left for Charles
ton. to attend the first meeting of the
body
Earle May. night Waterman at the
Windsor Hotel, left at midnight for his
home at Port Hudson La, TO remain dur
ing the summer. He has not been home
for four years. and will return in five
months TO his work here.
Miss Clara FRANKIE is visiting friends at
Pittsburg.
James Campbell. of South Market street.
has gone to Charleston to accept position
in fire insurance Office there.
Miss Moffett and Miss Thompson, two
Of Parkersburg's most charming young
ladies, were in the city yesterday max
ing their Easter purchases. Miss Thomp-
son visited in the city last summer. and
by her charming manner won a host Of
friends.
a G. Boggs. of Pittsburg, is visiting w.
Bricker, of Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
IN JAIL.
A Crippled Girl Charged with Killing
Her Child, and Burying it in an
Ash Heap.
snecial to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Marietta, Ohio, April 13.-Miss Sadie
Runkle, of this city, is in Jail on the
charge of infanticide. On February DIST
Miss Runkle became the mother of a
fully developed male child, which i'm
mediately disappeared in a mysterious
manner. To-day ex-Deputy U. S. Mar
shall w. f. Mason, unearthed the body
of the babe. which had been placed in a
fruit basket and buried in an ash pile,
at Miss Runkle's home. The young wo-
man was at once arrested, but claims
that the child died soon after birth.
Miss Runkle is badly deformed by spinal
affection and charges the paternity OF
the child TO well known man.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
ORDINANCE NIGHT.
Many Long Documents Up Before
Council.

The Annual Liquor Licenses Grant
ed and the Annual License Ordin-
ance Passed - An Important
Ordinance from the Wheeling
and Elm Grove Railway Gothic
City Engineer Ordinance - The
Telephone Extension Ordinance
Objected To-Pool Selling License
Increased-A Proposition to Re-
fund the City Debt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
I ,,,,,,r;o,,c Neckwear Of Lace,
LuXullOuS Satin, Chiffon, EN-
broidery and Marseilles. Finer nowhere.
GEO. NJ. SHOOK & co.
MRS. MOODY DEAD.

The following telegram is self-explan-
atory:
Special to the Register.
Steubenville, O., April 13.-Mrs. Vir-
ginia S., widow of the late Roderick S.
Moody, who was a prominent member
of the bar here, died at Washington
City to-day of apopleXy. aged II years.
She was born in Wheeling, her maiden
name being Eoff, and was married in
1910. Ten children were born to them
and all survive. A brother, Alex Eoff,
and sister, Mrs. Gilchrist, Of Wheeling,
survive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Deeds Left for Record at Clerk Robertson's
nHina Nnsfnrdnr

HDNUNb ItII tut INVNUINI NJ NINI n INUUtI IbUII
Office. Yesterday,
Deed made April 10, 1897, by ]. D. Ew-
ing, trustee, to Mamie Swabacker, for
Ill acres and 26 perches of land, being the
Porter farm. Consideration, $500.
Deed made April u, 1897, by Margaret
Backar and F. A. Backar, her husband.
to Harry F. Nolte, for a piece of land
near the city limits. Consideration, $500.
Deed made April TO- 1897, by Walter Mar
shall, for lot No. IS, in the plat laid out
by w. P. Hubbard and II. NJ. Russell.
Consideration, 81 .23O.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
BIRTHDAY OF JEFFERSON
Celebrated Last Night at the Bimetal-
lie Club Headquarters.

The Orator of the Evening was the
Hon. Ross j. Alexander Of Bridge
port - An Excellent Address,
Eulogistic Of Jefferson, and Of the
Political Party Of Which He was
the Father-A Bellaire Celebra-
tiOn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
TO FAYETTE FOR TRIAL.

Special to the Register
Charleston, w. Va. April 13.-The
three prisoners arrested recently in
Fayette county, Jerry Brown, for rape,
and Wiley Lewis and Wilbur Slaughter,
for murder. who have been confined in
Jail here, were to-day taken to Fayette-
VILE for trial Indictments have been
found against them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

street. They have been ordered to do
this many times.
Various resolutions and petitions, of
no general public interest, were intro
duced and referred, and at midnight
Council adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Geltlemen'S Shoe

For spring and summer
is made of
VICI KID.
It's dressy, cool, wears
well and is easily kept in
condition.
SHAPES
Are medium to vide toes.
The extreme styles are
"The Henley" "The Len
nox," The New London"
THE Mob Hill" Wide,
plain toes will be much
worn by middle aged men.
COLORS
Are black and dark brown.
OUR LINES
Are complete in shapes,
colors. grades, sizes and
widths.
WE CLEAN,
Polish and keep in good
condition all shoes we
sell.
ELE<ENDER,
Shoe Seller, 1919 Main, Wheeling
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
WORKING ON THE NEW ROAD.

Special to the Register.
Huntington, w. Va, April 19.-A
number of men were put to work near
Barboursville. this county, to-day
grading for the new Virginias railroad,
which is to be built up Guyan river dur
ing the coming summer
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
At The Leader, M lTSG, 50 81

Waists in large variety at $500, $2.9S,
1898. $500 and up. Separate Skirts at
csc up. $1.25 trimmed Wrappers soc.
Beautiful Lawn Waists, detached white
Collar and Cuffs, s1.49 value at sec.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
ICE.
Prof Shelf, Optician,

Has removed from ITO Main
street to the CORNER OF
MAIN and E L E V E n I +
STREETS, where he is better
prepared than ever beforefor
examining the eyes and fit
ting glasses.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
Go to Thurber's for Easter Goods.

The Kings Daughters of the Fourth
Street NJ. E. Church will hold their mar
ket at the Day Nursery building on
Market street, Saturday, April 18th,
from to ) p. m. No orders will be
received after Thursday evening. Tel
ephOne 719.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
COUNCILNEN FIGHT.
An Exciting Scene at BenwOOd COun-
Gil Meeting Last Night.

One Councilman Calls Another a
"Bull-Dozer" and the Other Takes
Offense- They Come to Blows in
the Presense of the Mayor and
Council Affair Caused by the
Assessorship Matter-The Office
Declared Vacant-Other Business
Transacted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
ones at

u,,pJroIc of pleasing Easter
HQllQl Gus articles for the little
ones at GEO. NJ. SHOOK & co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14
CABELL COUNTY GRAND JURY.

Special to the Register.
Huntington. w. Va, April 13.-The
grand jury which is in session here has
returned five indictments for telohles
since noon yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

n for Silkaline Summer Com
GEO. NJ. SHOOK & co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

DID,. TO wear things are selling
N6dQy fast at alteration sale
prices. GEO. NJ. SNOoh q ~
Alabastine. the ideal wall coating,
ready for use by mixing in cold water.
w. A. WILSON & SON.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

Buy Easter Goods at Thurber's.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

VICI KID.
SHAPES
The indicator., 1897-11-13
CANNlBALS' QUEER ACTS.
Interesting Statistics In Regard to
EnIInE IImninn EIcsh

Manuscript recently discovered in the
neighborhood Of Cairo give some inter
esting information in regard to canni-
halism. For thousands of years the
fashion of eating huma flesh prevailed
in Cairo md the adjoining country. The
object, however, was not to satisfy hum
ger, but rather to honor the dead. Only
the arms and legs were eaten, and for
all we know to the contrary the remain-
ing portions OF the bodies We're treated
with becoming reverence.
Taking this established fact as
starting point, Flinders Petrie the
eminent English archaeologist, recently
set himself to study the psychology of
anthropophagy, and he was soon in pos
session of several other equally remark
able facts. For example, he learned
that of every 100 persons who eat hu-
man flesh 20 do so with the object of
honoring the dead as well as OF securing
their good will. and thus obtaining for
Themselves perfect happiness in the
next world. Such is the custom of the
Thibetans, as well as of the Australian
and Sotfth American aborigines. The
Thibetans were especially wont to hold
most impressive religious ceremonies
while the cannibalistic feasts were go
ing on.
The Samoides do not hesitate to eat
their parents, and in defense of their
conduct they maintain that the dead
will thus live more happily and alto
gether more comfortably in the future
life. In ancient times certain tribes
invariably ate their deceased friends
and relatives, as they considered that
it would be n monstrous thing to hand
them over to the tender mercics of the
worms. All cannibals, however, are not
actuated by such unselfish motives. Ac-
cording to a writer in the Journal des
Debats, many cannibals eat human flesh
with the object of obtaining direct ben
efits thereby. Thus we are told thar
10 per cent. of them eat the most stall
wnrt warriors who fall in battle, with
the hope of increasing their own cour-
age, and that they also eat dead chill
drcn. with the object of thus recovering
their lost youth. Again, ten per cent.
eat their nearest relatives through re-
ligious motives. since they hope thus to
escape the wrath of the gods. Moreover,
five per cent. eat human flesh because
they hope in this manner to punish
those whom they are eating.
There is room for much further in
vestigation in this direction, and those
who know Mr.. Pctrie are confident that
he will in the near future discover many
mere equally interesting facts regard
ing cannibalism.-N. y. Herald.
The indicator., 1897-11-13
The Klond,kc ns Place to Live In.

Dawson City is nearly ten degrees
further to the south than the ancient
Norwegian town of IInmmcrfest
where men make shift to live comfort
ably the year round. To be sure, there
is no gulf stream to temper the iron
frosts of Klondike, and the average
winter is % degrees below zero; but
there are warm winds from the Pacific
in the summer that make the climate
far from forbidding. The average tenn
peraturc for the summer months is 30
degrees, and the s4 degree mark is by
no means unknown to the mercury. 1t
is. of course, too far north for wheat.
but barley. oats aud rye ripen freely,
and ordinary vegetables can be culti-
vated with success. A fair index to the
soil and climate is afforded by the tim
ber. The finest white spruce grows
abundantly in the Klondike region.
The trunks even attain diameter of
two feet where the forest is not crowd
ed. As for the danger of starvation.
that should not exist, if the miners ex-
ercise common prudence. The streams
swarm with salmon, and few weeks of
fishing in the fall should provision the
settlement securely.-1llustrated Amer
lean.
The indicator., 1897-11-13
wby PeopIc Forget Names.

Many persons are especially forgetiui
with regard TO names. Ihey are cur
barr,ssed to find that they cannot on
tbe spur of the moment, recall the name
of an acquaintance, or that OF some ia
miliar object, although, in other re-
snects, their memory is not treaehet
ous. DIR. Bastian. in discussing sucn
defects, recently quoted, with approval
this explanation: "The more concrete
the idea the more readily is the WORD
used to designate it forgotten wnen
the memory fails. We easily represent
nersons and things to ourselves WIN
ont their names. More absence con,
centions. on the contrary, are ATTAINED
only with the aid of words, which aione
qivc them their exact shape IN our
minds" Hence verbs, adjectiVes, pro-
nouns, adverbs, propositions ana con,
functions are more intimately related
10 thought than nouns are and can DC
remembered when nouns, OF names
s,;n from the mind.-Youth's Compsh-
ion.
The indicator., 1897-11-13
MOST PRECIOUS OF STONES
some Interesting Facts About the
Value of Rubles.

Nniue of Rubles.
ITO the question: Which is the
most valuable precious stoneY nine
people out of every ten, at least. will,
without the slightest hesitation, reply:
The diamond" said dealer in gems.
But the value of a good-sized diamond
cannot approach that of ruby of the
correct color and similar dimensions.
The worth of small rubies-stones
that are Of less than carat-is, if any
thing, rather less thanthat of diamonds
of like description, but the rare oc-
currence of large specimens of that
dark carmine tint which is looked upon
as the sine qua non of "A perfect ruby
causes the value of these gems to in
crease in II far greater proportion than
in the case of diamonds. Rubies weigh
ing more than four carats are so ex-
ceptional that when II perfect one of
five carats is brought to the market
il will command ten times as high a
sum as a diamond of the same weight,
while rubies of six carats, without crack
or flaw, and of the proper color. would,
in all probability. bring as high price
as $1,000 per carat, or Is times as much
as II ulilliOHu OF ike size anu 1aul1leSs-
ness.
"All over the east rubies are regarded
with the greatest possible favor, and
so it has been from the earliest lines
ofwhich we have any record. The finest
specimens are found in Burmah. and
from time immemorial it has been a
law of that country that all rubies of
above n certain size are the property of
the king, whoever may have been for
tunate enough to find them. 1t is
thought to this day there are concealed
in Burmah. among the treasures which
the British invasion caused to be hid
den away, rubies of far greater size
and value than any which have up to
now been seen either in Europe or this
country.
"The law which gave fine ruI5ies to
the ruler of the land has undoubted-
ly caused the destruction in modern
times of many magnificent specimens
of this gem, for the finders of larger
stones than usual have, whenever the
opportunity was favorable, broken
them into fragments, each weighing less
than a carat, to insure themselves the
possession of several rubies incompara-
bly, less valuable, it is true, than tha
original in which they were once
united, but still their own instead of
the kings. 's."-Washington Star.
The indicator., 1897-11-13
A TRAVERSITY,
The Fierce Cowboys Disappeared Be-
fore Mickey and His Gang.

The Fierce Cowboys Disappeared Be-
fore Mickey and His Gang.
With a whoop and roar half
dozen small boys, the Oldest not more
than 8, came bounding down Kennard
street to Euclid avenue the other even
ing, says the Cleveland PLAN Dealer.
They were on their way to see the
parade and although they were on
hand good deal too early they lined
the curb in eager expectation. Some
loving fingers had adorned the outer
outer seams of their blue overalls with
heavy fringe. they wore soft hats and
belts and at distance presented quite
a coWboyish appearance. One of them
had revolver holster fastened to his
belt, with a toy pistol projecting from
1t. Occasionally they would give fair
imitation of an Indian warwhoop, and
two OF them danced around in true
oboriginal style. With their delicate
faces and curls they presented COM
While they were waiting on the curb
one of them suddenly cried:
Say, look out! There's Mickey and
his gang!"
A decidedly tough-looking youth,
with two equally tough and ragged
companions. was sauntering up the
roadway. Instantly the cowboy con-
tingent was plunged into confusion.
There was scurrying of little feet, a
hasty movement to the rear and a mo-
ment later six befringed youngsters
lodged around the nearest alley.
When the dreaded Mickey gang had
disappeared they stole out again ono
by one.