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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

More than forty different makes of
bicycles are copying the Sterling fork
crown, and quite a number are imitat-
ing the crank attachment. They will
next acknowledge the superiority of
the Sterling corrugated hub and
straight pulling spokes. What a thing
is greatness.
7. A. HOGE e CO.,
1908 Marke, street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Miss B. L. Carl invites the public to
call at her place of business, No. 1901
Jacob street, where she will be pleased
to show the very latest styles in mill
inery.
Opening days Tuesday Wednesday
and Thursday. April 9th, 9TH and Sth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
sCHOPPER,S OPENING.

Our Millinery Opening of fine Pattern
Hats and Bonnets will take place on
Tuesday and Wednesday. April 9th and
9TH. z. Schopper. 1867 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
OncnInr TODAY. SWABACKE
cCuOppFR'S OPENING

Our Millinery Opening Of fine Pattern
Hats and Bonnets will take place On
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9th and
9TH. e. Schopper, 1867 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
CAou Opening of exclusive styles
Easter in fine and medium millin-
erv. All invited. Marsden /. ColYig.
OHIO CITY ELECTIONS.

CITY elections will be held in all Ohio
towns and cities to-day, including Bell
aire. Bridgeport and Martins Ferry. In
Martins Ferry particularly, the Demo-
Gratis have nominated strong candidates.
and hope 10 win by the aid of Republicans
who are opposed to bossism and ring rule.
The chances are good for the election Of
trustees constables. and scouncilmen in
the Fourth and Fifth wards.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
EASTER OPENING.

Visit Finnigan Bros. tonight and
have some good Turtle Soup.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
JACK EASTON HAS SIGNED.
The Well Known Twirler Will Wear
a Wheeling Uniform.
Coyle Now Has Eight Pitchers
Who will be 1ried-Four will be
Observation-Disclosures Gossip-Ol-
fetal Averages of Players in the
South Side Bowling Tournament.
Other Matters.

Manager Claud Coyle yesterday Sc
cured the signature of Jack Easton to
a Wheeling contract. Easton is vet
eran player. and is said to be teeto-
taller. If this be true he will likely do
good work for the local team in the
box. Easton was a crack twirler in
the days of the Tri-State League. AT
that time he made his home IN Bell
aire, but he has since removed to
Springfield, Mass. Last year he played
with Springfield and Rochester In the
Eastern League, pitching 81 games ana
standing sixth in fielding among the
pitchers. He also had his eye on the
ball and is credited with a batting
average of S0S. Easton makes the
eighth twirler for Wheeling. The
others are Coyle. Baker, Garvey, Camp
bell. Guest. Kerr, and Frank. 1t IS
Manager Coyle's intention to carry but
four pitchers, and a selection VIII be
made after three or four weeks OF play
ing.
The first player 10 report for duty
will be Taylor who is expected at noon
to-day. The morning train from Pitts
burg on Wednesday, will bring down
Garvey. Kerr, Guest, and McSteen, ali
OF whom live in or near the Smoky
City. Curtis will arrive from Cincin-
natl in the evening. The other players
will report Wednesday and thursday
Easton will not come to Wheeling I'M
I'll within a few days of the opening OF
the season, but will practice at ms
home Whaley is still anxious to play
here. and will be signed if he can secure
his release. Manager Coyle has mailed
railroad tickets TO all the players
II is not definitely settled that the
Cleveland Spiders will be here next Sat
urday. Manager Coyle was asked 1or
S1O0 guarantee but did not feel Justl-
fed in taking long chances on the
/. weather. He has submitted another
proposition, and is now awaiting an
answer. If Cleveland does not come
there will be exhibition games Friday
and Saturday with strong semi-pro-
fessiOnal teams.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

WorIs Millinary Opening Pattern Hats
and Bonnets, Tuesday and Wednesday.
April 9th and eth, 1858 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
Rugs DnggetS.

Ouv url,ty ones here Whieh We know
win wear. Argora Mohair Rugs are
something new. They are soft, lus-
,rou- and durab,e. All sizes and col
ors DaEhes-an Rugs I'm finer assort-
m-ut than ever. it includes q new
shape for piano use. High Art Revers-
Idle Byzantine Rugs sizes 16X26 inches
MO to sNt2 feet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
TOWELS.

Jadoz. large Honey Comb Towels &c.
each. 90 doz largest and best Turkish
Bath Towels i'm the city ot Zoe. each.
Good Hook Towels. size 22XH inches,
f-i-c each. The largest and best hem
med Huck Towels ever offered az sc.
Jus. note the size. 9lx7 oiuches. . doz.
Satin pamas x Napkins 5sc. joz. Others
.r r.rrrn--t1v
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

A special telegram to the Register
from Marietta, says: The Ohio and
West Virginia League franchise, which
was surrendered by Twin Cities. has
been placed at Cambridge. and the man
agement of the club given to Guy
Hecker the veteran base ball player
and manager.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Manager Harrington has been busy
for two days in lacking carpets and IN
dulging in the other muscular exercise
incident to starting housekeeping. The
PLAYERS will find the club house pleas
ami home. There is not sufficient room
for all the players, however, ana Man
ager Coyle has rented a large brick
dwelling on the opposite side OF the
street. where seven or eight Oh the
PLAYERS will room.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
BOWLING AVERAGES.
Comparative Work OF individual Players
i'm the = :. LeagnH.

The following bulletin, issued by Secre-
tary VIM. Fette. shows the players, the
number of games i'm which they have con-
tested, and their gain or loss since Ias'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Frank Torreyson thinks he has tae
star pitcher of the Interstate League
in Charles Emig.-Toledo Blade. To
he perfectly Frank. it oc-herr S 10 Man
ager Coyle that Torreyson Guest wrong
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
onon,nn To.Dav swABACKER.

Don't miss Worls' OPENING Finest dis
play in the city Tuesday ana "euhes"a9
1888 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

The Youngstown Vindicator says that
Mansfield will be lucky to get one game
in the first series with Wheeling. 1t
does look like a dead easy thing. ana
it is likely that Manager Coyle Will try
out some of his inexperienced men on
Strouthers' pets. No possible danger
of the visitors securing a lead which
cannot be overcome by the substitution
of regulars.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

BOOTS AND sHozs-LoCKEs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
Whicl@ should interest economical
r-incIi@ed housekeepers for miles
round.
-|OUUu.
THESE PRICES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.

See each. Fine Marzeilles Spreads
Irouorciouotoly cheap.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Finnigan Bros. will serve, tonight
evcellent Turtle Soup. Call and see
them
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

The score card this season will be
a model of beauty and convenience. 1t
will be eight pages, with portraits 81
the players, and fund Of valuable N
formation pertaining to the game.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05
ANHEUSER- BUSCH BREWING AS
ISOLATION

WORKS MiIIinary Opening. Pattern Hats
-, ,sonnets. tuesday and Wednesday,
anu AM, So, and 7th. 1858 Main Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Attend the opening at Miss b. l..
Carts. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Attend the opening at Miss B. l..
Carts Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

Opening to-day. swNbAcKEK'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-05

oao,irc TO-DAY. swABACKER
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
Transyaal Gold.

Of his recent extended study Of the
gold of South Africa DR..
Becker says that the Transyaal republic
contains the largest gold deposits in the
world. Within 10 miles of Johannes
burg there is an amount of gold, prac-
tically in sight, estimated to be worth
So, 800, 900, 900, OF nearly as much as
the entire volume Of gold coin now in
the world. The gold is extraordinarily
uniform, as uniform as coal in an or
binary deposit, as shown by shafts
which have been sunk to a depth Of
/, 500 feet and diamond drillings which
have gone still farther. At present the
gold is being taken out at the rate Of
500, 900, 900 a year.
The most surprising news which DR..
Becker brings is the testimony of an
American who was formerly lis assist.
ant i'll the geological survey, and who
is now engaged in mining in the Trans
vaal, where he has made several mil
lions of dollars. The American mining
expert says to his knowledge and belief
the gold deposits, instead of being 80
miles long-the region now in Sights
practically /, 200 miles long, except that
In the rest Of the region later deposits
have come in over the gold. This, how
ever, will not prevent economical min
ing, but will simply delay it.--Popular
Science News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
Idaho,s Island wonder.

Henry lake is a beautiful body of wa
ter with an area of about Al square
miles and is 81 lated on the dome of
the continent in a depression in the
Rocky mountains near Targees pass,
Idaho. Henry lake is Of no consequence
itself, but it is the home" of a most
wonderful floating island, which is seen
first on one side of the lake and then ON
the other. The island is about 800 feet
in diameter and has for its basis a mat
of roots and decayed vegetation suffi-
cient to support large trees and a dense
growth of underbrush. The edges of
this floating island are thin, of course,
thick and of sufficient strength to sup
port a good sized summer hotel, if some
one could be found that would care to
make such a venture. There Is a good
sized willow thicket neal the center of
the island, and scattered around among
them are several dwarf pines and asp
ems. These trees catch the breeze which
is continually blowing wei this highly
situated lake, and, acting Al sails ON a
boat, move the 800 foot island hither
and thither over the 40 square miles of
water at their will. Old mountaineers
who are well used to all kinds of queer
things declare that the floating island
of Henry lake is the most wonderful
thing to be seen in the mountain regions
of the United States.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
BEATING FATHER TIME.
The Mormon Bishop Was Frightened at
the Railroad Speed.

pew
Speed was once demonstrated on a
western road in a fashion to curl the
hair of at least one old Mormon bishop.
The churchman considered it a phenoml
enon and got off the train IS quickly as
he could. He had b~ullwhacked across
the plains IN the early days, and, strange
to say, had never ridden on a railroad
train until the time when he entered
upon his trip from Green river to San
Francisco. The speed was, therefore, a
revelation to him. He had never before
seen anything so swift, and he was
scared. About IL miles from Ogden he
asked the conductor for the time of day
and was told hat it was 1885. He inn
pressed this time forcibly ON his mind.
Now, for a wonder, the western con-
nection at Ogden was quickly made,
and after the lapse of but a few minutes
the San Francisco bound travellers were
IN their way Californiaward. Ogden
had been left behind only a few miles,
and the train was whooping along at a
behind time rate Of speed, when the old
bishop, frightened and trembling, dared
to ask the conductor what was the time
of day.
If you have travelled westward, you
know that at Ogden the time changes,
and San Francisco time, one hour ear
lier, is adopted. The conductor had San
Francisco time, and he said:
1T is 7:l0-ten minutes after T."
The old bishop, previously haunte
by a dread of impending destruction be-
cause of the horrible rate of speed at
which he was being whirled through
space, rose with a wild cry and made
for the door.
"Lemme off, he cried. "It was 80
minutes after Z an hour ago, an we'rt
goin so fast we are goin faster than
time can count itself. Lemme Off,
Had he really been going as fast as
the old man had believed, he would
surely have been beaten to bits as he
jumped from the train. As it was, he
was only rolled something like a halt
mile and was carried back to Ogden on
a hand ar,-Chicago Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
WEBSTER. DAY COUNTY. SOUTH DAKOTA. FEBRUARY IS, 1892.
SPANISH GRANDEES.
They Constitute the Real Aristocracy of
the Naughty Nation.

the Naughty Nation.
The real aristocracy of Spain is limited
to the 243 ~grandees, many Of them un-
titled, who enjoy innumerable privi-
leges, including those Of remaining
seated and covesed in the presence Of
royalty and Of access to the sovereign at
all times. Admission to the grandeza is
exceedingly difficult to obtain, for it is
necessary to prove a long line of blue
blooded ancestry, unsullied either on
the p%aternal or on the maternakside by
any plebeian strain. The ancient cere-
mony Of comforting the gr~andeza-this
and the ceremony of inducing a peer to
his seat in the house Of lords constitute
the only forms of investiture Of mobiles
that survive in the old worlds termed
al a%lmohada and is exceedingly rare.
her husbands death; there were three
during the reign of King Alfonso XII.
One of the latter was witnessed by a
writer in The New York Tribune, who
thus describes it:
1T took place in the small throne
room OF the royal palace at Madrid. The
men of grandee rank were at the right
of the dais and the women at the left.
On the king exclaiming, BE seatedp
they all took their places upon tabourets,
or stools Of carved wood, topped with
large purple velvet cushions. Everybody
else, such as the members of the diplo-
matte corps and of the royal household,
rcn,o;,,a1 p+a,lJ,nr TIn,, xLn J>D,c ~
the farther end of the room opened,
and, preceded by a herald and two
chamberlains and accompanied by the
two grandees acting as sponsors, the
postulant for admission to the %grandeza
appeared and approached the throne
with three low obeisances. A tabouret,
with purple cushion, having been
brought and placed on the lowest of the
steps leading up to the throne, the king
commanded the candidate to be seated
and t%hereupon addressed a few compli-
mentary words to him, recalling the
services of his family to the dynasty in
bygone ages. Alfonso concluded his lit
tie speech by extending his hand to be
kissed, at the same time directing him
TO take his place among the peers.
Retiring backward from the royal
presence, the4spwly fedged grandee was
conducted by mis- sponsors to the side of
the hall occupied by the ladies of the
grandee rank, to whom he made a low
bow, and then to that of the men, whom
he saluted in the anne manner. He
thereupon put his hat upon his head, his
example being insAntly followed by ev-
cry grandee present, who all remained
covered until, his stool and cusllica hav-
ing been removed from the steps of the
throne and placed beside those of his
peers, he had seated himself thereon.
This brought to a close the acutal cere-
mony of almohada, which was rendered
extraordinarily picturesque by the SUI
perb toilets of the women, by the gor-
geous tabards of the royal heralds and
by the brilliant uniforms of the generals,
the court officials, the ministers of state,
and, last, but not least, by these of the
diplomats"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
HOW 10 DISPOSE OF Bad COIN.

Tackletcp-Some one gave me n bad
coin yesterday, and I didn't know what
to do with it.
Won Blumer-Couldn't you pass it?
Tackleton-Not for a long time. The
first man I tried it on was a ticket
clerk, and he refused it with scorn.
Won Blumer-Why didn't you try it
ON a chemist? Their profits are so great
they're likely to be careless in money
matters.
Tackleton-Oh, / did, but it wasn't
any use. Then / tried to buy a newspa-
per with it, bat the boy wouldn't have
it. / went to buy a drink, but that
wouldn't do. / was almost discouraged,
old man.
Won Blumer-I should say you might
have been. But you finally passed it,
didn't you?
Tackleton tproudly)-Oh, yesi
Won Blumer-On whom?
Tackleton-On q friend Of mine.-
Boston Traveller.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
CHIvALRY AND MAI RIMONY.
Time Honored Notions of Olden Days
Which Don't Stand the Test.

Time HOnored Notions of Olden Days
Which Don't Stand the Test.
We all want to consider the days Of
chivalry as the golden -days-never to
be recalled-for womankind. This is by
implication a rank injustice to our OWE
time.
With all its fine expressions of ardent
devotion to the fair sex and the multi
tude of its exquisite pretensions, chival-
ry was the degradation Of the highest
and tenderest human instincts-the ver-
liable curse Of the course Of true love.
Such q statement presents itself to the
romantic believer as a terrible counter
blast, but it is true, nevertheless. The
records of the treasury and the law
courts Of those days, in furnishing tho
experience Of popular life deeply marked
by the worst shades Of modern short
comings, provide the fullest proof.
Chivalry did not make marriages, at
least in the sense Of those born Of loves
young dream; it entirely ignored all
sexual affections and sold its victims
with ruthless indifference to all mutu-
ality.
There were not two parties to its bar
gains. There was only one, who was al
ways the third of the group and the one
interested, not in satisfying the yearn-
ings of the impassioned, but in a pecun-
larry sense of their value. He was the
vender and might be either king or
baron. But whichever he was, he was
the incarnation of INSCRIPTIONS power.
The matrimonial transactions of chiv-
airy were mercenary. To them there
We're no contracting parties" in the
shape of whispering lovers, ardent
SWANS and coy maidens. On the other
hand, there was but sullen indifference
or hating compliance. Chiyalry canted
about its faith in women and the purity
of its own motives, because it could not
sing of love. 1t may be said that it sc
canted because it knew it must cant.
1t knew that its marriages had not
been made in heaven and of ethereal
sentiment. They We're coarsely bargain
ed for, either in the kings exchequer or
in the open market place. Chivalry knew
itself as a social falsity and the parent
of lust. AS a consequence the Flower
orders" have had to give us the nomen-
clature of our love affairs. Chaucer, the
very mirror of the era of chivalry, has
typified lust with his master hand,
but he has no picture of the gratified
tenderness of longing youth. La his u +
roundings it was not suffered to exist.
These surroundings had no terms to
enumerate the ardent SWANS and coy
maidens of rusticity. But if the aris-
tocracy can produce no n instance of
the coy maiden, and the rustic sweet
heart remains to mock the dubious
fancee, it has a wealth of the arts of
diplomacy, and an in~exhaustible list of
the terms of intrigue. Chivalry gave
preston to the word "maitresse, which
may have and had the funniest of mean
ings.-New York Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
Decline of the Leech Trade.

The indicative leech is now practi-
cally a thing of the past. The falling
off in the demand for leeches by the
medical profession is quite astonishing,
as may be judged from the fact shat in
the year 1916 the two largest hospitals
i'm London called for about 80, 900 Of
them, whereas now these institutions
order only so or 100 lseches at irregular
and infrequent intervals.
We are informed by well known leech
importers that the trade in leeches has
been subject to such fierce competition
that the price has been brought down
almost to nil. The quotation for a sin.
gle hundred leeches at the present mo-
ment is fixed at a rate which is little
more than half what the great hospitals
paid for their leech supplies
in 1916.
AT that time the importation of
leeches was carried ON by means of sail
ing boats plying to and from Smyrna;
but, owing to the difficulties Of transfer
and the irregular arrival of the boats,
many attempts were made to conserve
and breed leeches in England. One en-
terprising man established three ponds
ION his own at the top Of Brixton hill
and used to dispose of many thousands
of leeches weekly. His SUCCESSORS, how
ever-our informants-have a gross an
nual output of only 40, 900, not a 1.-THE
Of the business done half a century ago.
Assuredly the leech has seen his best
days. With the old regime, when up
ping and bleeding were the sheet an
chors of surgery, the leech all but disap-
peared. So constant was his employ
ment in medinyal times that his name
furnished a synonym for the medical
profession, and the doctor came to be
known impolitely as "the leech," per-
haps a subtle allusion to the rapacity for
fees which characterized the profession
in those times.
AT present the Hungarian specklcd
leech is most III request. II is unsafe to
use the leeches found in o of our
ponds in England, for the. .4te is dam
gerous. often giving rise to blood poison
ng.-Household Words.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
THE FROZEN BREEZE.
a Strange Phenonenon Observed by q
Lover of Nature.

Lover of Nature.
Did you ever see a frozen breeze? You
might have seen one if you had gone
with me into the country one winter
morning.
This was the way it came to be frozen:
All night long the air had been laden
with mist. Over the fields, in the hol.
lows, all through the woods, even on
top of the hills, the fog hung heavily.
All that time the wind blew steadily,
but not fiercely, from some northern
quarter.
At nightfall the mercury fell below
the freezing point, SO that this mist, as
it drifted through the trees, was frozen
upon their branches and twigs. The
elms, the oaks and the other leafess
trees took their ice coating quite evenly,
but the thick, impenetrable masses Of
the needles of the pine trees were COW
cred n~oticeably only upon the sides to-
ward the north OF northwest, from which
the wind came. The strong, steady
breeze bent the branches to leeward,
while it was icing them, and when the
wind went down in the morning they
all remained just there, leaning TO the
southwark, iced and frozen to immoya-
bility, but looking just as if the wind
were still steadily blowing.
Even in the afternoon, when the rain
began TO fail and the wind came from
quite another quarter, that north wind
of the night before still remained white
and frozen over the piny woods, the
pale, rigid corpse of thing once keenly
alive. --Listener III Country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
SALE.

III IL ." ,tn1
|de in the paymsn'.~
and taxes on III
given by Robert
\. to l.. II Hole , : IN
10Th, 1871.
IN ;"y ~ Office Of t'is
o y, south Dakota
rtraging the soutarssi
Es7in township ose
forth Of range nrit! .s
NJ. in said Day
mount claimed tovs,
d date of this lio and
|ired nincty.two
Ia that said lilo, ssf
sale OF the me',4
Is OF March, iss., ',os
int door oi
|ebster, county
to the highes'
boz.
L. II. HOLE Mira, ,sr
kgaeee, Huron. 80
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-25
puRLlCATION.

- 6w ~
,tertown, south. 7 Va, M
that the follow
notice OF his lnles'1
al proof in supposs,
d proof will Be
his absence the Glen
,bstcr. South DakoA1