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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
EVEN sIDE-MEAT sCARCE.

We,zci Independent tiepuoucarl
senator EIllius and his party have
now convinced the masses that there
was nothing in their prosperity howl
for the lab0ring class but deception.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

Hutchison. Kas.. May 24.-The an
rouncement of the consolidation in
Kansas City Of the Metropolitan Ma.
rioral Bank and the National Bank OF
Commerce was followed here this af-
ternoon bv the arrest of Samuel F.
Canterbury. president Of the Bank OF
Hutchinson. which failed recently
charged with receiving money when the
hank was insolvent Book-keeper Metz
was also arrested. The Metropolitan
was a large stakeholder and principal
unsecured creditor Of the Bank OF
Hutchison. President Canterbury
came here a year ago with backing
from the Metropolitan, and attributes
the failure of his bank to the with
holding of promised support by the
NetrOpOlitan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
BANKS CONSOLIDATE,
And the Consolidation Results In the Ar
rest OF Ohicers OF Auo Their Institution.

And the Consolidation Results In the Ar
rest OF Ohlcers OF Auo Their Institution.
Kansas City, Mo-, May 4.-The con-
solidation Of the National Bank OF
Commerce and the Metropolitan Ma
tional Bank with a combined list OF
deposits amounting to ten millions OF
dollars. became a matter of fact this
morning when the Bank of Commerce
took up the business Of both concerns.
J. X. Burnham former president oil
the Metropolitan National, will become
one of the directors Of the National
Bank of Commerce, and Mr.. ]. G. Steen'
cashier of the Metropolitan, will be one
Of the active managing officers. The
consolidation is announced as a deyel-
opment of Comptroller Eckles's policy
looking TO a reduction OF the weaker
national banks.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

Nourdsyue Herald .Rerub,icam
Why is Congressman DoVener &C.
laying communications lor p'S'll1s-
tiers? We are asked ''e qusS-.IA U ,
but are unable 90 answer IT, y" e D',, y
considered me matter -'ol'
standpoint eonce-'ao-e. '"' must 'o'
fess that we are WAoly at " '.sS ~
account Ioi cue D''~''
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
TROUBLES OF THEIR OWN.
r5ito-iaI Utterances That show Up the
Republican Happy Family.
AND BRYAN. TOO.

D,,,.-,7s,rIe Herald tRepubhcan1
mai is pretty row that is on be-
tween the son of General John A. Lo-
can and TWO of the lighting McCooks.
whether Mr.. Logan did wear at the
coronation of the Car Of Russia
Uniform TO which De was not entitled
and whether he and the McCooks
are having some unpleasantness about
If are matters that can hardly sur
profoundly the people Of the United
States.
The McCooks made a pretty good
record i'm the war time. when they won
rho uniforms they wore. Young Mr.
LOGAN came along much later, and has
not been any kind Of public factor II
10 will take suggestion kindly, he
should be careful about applying
eDitbers % men who have achieved
their positions in the counuy.-Intelli-
gencer
No. the LogQn-NcCook matter is
not likely to create much of a sir
throughout the country. but isn't the
last part Of our contemporary sQui6
irs- q little bi- watery. Is it any crime
for Mr.. Loaar 20 be a young man? Is
g. not a fact that quite a lot of people
who have achieved CD their positions
arc very prooer subjects for most any
kind Of epitheys? The veriest scoun-
arers have been elevated 70 the highest
pasitions in the world A short time
ago the InteIHcencer was saying some
r~etyv hard things about Hon. NJ. 5.
QUAY. vet Mt QUAY has achieved a
rosi,ion which the editor of the H.
tolligeacer thinks is a mighty desirable
,ne. Nav not Young men speak OF
those who have achieved their posi-
,ianso Nav not even a cat look at
z,ng-if she gets a chance? Come
Iown to facts. haven't young men been
known 10 40 some very moritorious
.bineso The Savior of the world died
IN the cross when he was cutie a young
nan. yet he left al indellible impress
ln the world. and his teachings rule
Tho world to-iay-thoush probably not
The Inteuigencer Office. Judas had
achieved quite a position YET some
pretty bad epi,hers have been applied
10 him. Aaron Burr was once high
uo in position buJ later some very
young men very justly said some very
hard things Of him. Many more things
might be said. but We are sure that the
Intelliee2cer in it's sober moments
would never take up the cudsel against
the young men. and in behalf of that
very doubtful clasz-those who have
achieved their positions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

A PURELY REPUBLICAN SCHEME.
Cairo Times CRepubhcan).
The State press keeps up gen
eral cry of hostility to the proposed
constitutional revision, and there seems
TO be a lack Of confidence in either the
committees ability or intention to do
a cood job, and the general verdict
seems TO be that the move is unneces-
sary and expensive and designed chiefly
for the benefit Of some printers at
Charleston.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
FOR RrNT.

FOR RENTAL elegant Sou-e w..f.....
rooms, large cellar and wash k.
the best locality of the chg. ..,..
At present occupied by the R.T
Bonnheim, lllj Chapline ST. Arr'y III d
my9evdq
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25
ATKINSON. THE FLIRT,

NourdsviIle Herald Republican,.
Ii is given out that Governor Atkin-
son is tC marry a handsome wealthy
Young widow of Clarksburg. A man
who bore marks CT deep, dark disap-
pointment on his face read this in the
papers and. after moments reflection,
be said: II may be true that he flirJed
with 50 many of us fellows who wanted
appointments that l am inclined 20
think it another of his darned firta-
tons"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

adjourned.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11
CURIOUS FACTS.
Turtles and tortoises have no teeth

Turtles and tortoises have no teeth.
The Roman penny was valued at
about fifteen cents.
More people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than in the
higher latitudes.
The greatest ocean depth ever
found by measurement was in the
Atlantic near Puerto Rico-4651
fathoms. y.
OF the 100000 Christian hymns
that have been written it is said that
Charles Wesley alone wrote $500 and
Isaac Watts 400.
Within the Antarctic circle there has
never been found a Towering plant; in
the Arctic regions there are 762 differ
ent species of flowers.
It has been estimated that an oak OF
average size, during the five months
it is in leaf every year, sucks from the
earth about 123 tons of water.
The horse, when grazing, is guided /
entirely by the nostrils in the choice
of proper food, and blind horses are
never known to make mistakes in their
diet. r.
Vegetables, suffering physical in
jury, are thrown into state Of fever.
Potatoes showed rise OF temperature
Of little over two-tenths of degree
at the end of the second day, falling to
the end of the fifth day.
The Russian photographers have
strange way OF furnishing those who,
having received their photo, do not
pay their bills. They hang the pic.
lures of the delinquents upside down
at the entrance Of their studies.
Rats often leave a building before
it falls down, because, it is probable
!; that the settling Of the beams and
bricks causes noises that, inaudible to
human beings, may be perfectly SO,
and very alarming besides, to the ro-
dents.
Spanning ON inlet of the Yellow Sea
near Sangang, China, is bridge i've
and quarter miles long, with 800
piers of masonry. and having its road
way sixty.four feet above the water.
This work is said TO have been accom-
plisbed by Chinese engineers 300
years ago.
One of the largest banks in New
York makes a searching examinations
of each department at least three
times year. It is not announced,
but begins at minute known only to.
the President. He summons three
heads of departments, and they take
charge of a clerks books and firm as,
sets so quickly that nothing can be
changed or concealed. 100
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the klondike as soon as possible, and
there are between three and four hun
dred merchants of whom the same
thing may be said.
Not only on Broadway, but along
the intersecting streets and among the
big timbers on each side of the trail,
are these merchants tents and stores,
little and big, and all sorts and condi-
tions of men are interested in them,
from the spectacled, muscleless store
clerk, clumsily handling the saw and
the axe on his new building, to the
stolid backwoodsman, to whom the
making of change is difficult mental
operation.
One would think that the town
would be overdone with so many mer.
chants, and perhaps it will be soon,
when the steamers are fewer and pas
sengers on them not numerous enough
to be worth mentioning. But there is
a population of over five hundred still
in tents, and it is believed that there
will be continual coming and going
until the beginning of December, to
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11
Tenement-House Fires.

There is an article in st. Nicholas
on ssThe Fire Patrol" written BY
Charles T. Hill, who has contributed .
series of papers to She: magazine on
the New York Fire Department. Mr.
Hill says: 81
At fires in the homes of the poor
these detachments Of the patrol work
Just as earnestly and conscientiously
to save property as they would In the
extensively furnished mansions OF the
rich. At tenement-house fires they
are of great service. First they aid in
getting the people ont; then, gather
ing the goods together. the patrolmen
protect them from water with tarpau-
lin covers. The majority of these fires
break out in the Easements or cellars;
then, following the air and light-shafts
to the top floor, they spread, and do
the greatest damage in the upper
stories. To extinguish these fires, tho
other floors below have to be Hooded,
and were it not .or the Fire Patrol IN
many cases the poor families would
lose everything they owned.
One of the captains of the patrol re-,
marked: "Why, it would do your,
heart good if you could heir how pro-
fuse these poor people are IN their
thanks, aud the blessings they shower
on US when they find we've saved their
things. They 60 running around
wringing their hands and crying:
Everything's lost! Everything's lostn
and then, when the fire is out, we lead
shem back and show them their things,
as dry as chip under the covers, and
we'll, say-there isn't anything they
wouldn't do for nsl Half the time
they're not insured, and it isn't our.
business to protect people who are not;
bu. we're not supposed to know every
thing, and our orders are to protect
property first and find out whether it
is insured afterwards; and it is not our
fault if we save the little all OF a lot Of
poor creatures who half the time
haven't change of clothes to their
back. You bet, We get to work Just as
quick in tenement-house fire as In .
big house on Fifth avenue, aud we do
the same work in both places, no mat-
ter whether it's for the rich or the
moor -
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Great Hunter of Moose and Bears.

Nathan 3. Moore, of Bingham, Me-,
has probably the most remarkabie
record rs hunter possessed by any
one in this generation. He is seventy
nine years old, and for sevenfy-one
years he has hunted and been guide.
in the Maine woods. Two hundred
and seventy-six moose, eighty-four
bears and deer unnumbered have fallen
before him. The most wonderful part
of the matter is that until recent years
he has carried rifle that weighed only
four and quarter pounds and using q
bullet no longer than buckshot. He
scouts the idea that large bullet Is
necessary to bring down large game.
A buckshot planted in the right spot
will, he says, bring down the toughest
animal that ever roamed In Maine.
His knowledge of the woods is as
wonderful as his skill as marksman.
Every inch of northern Maine up to
the Canada line is as familiar to him
rs the streets of Bingham. 1t is said
that he can be blindfolded and taken
to any place in these immense Maine
forests and in less than twenty minutes
after removing the covering from his
eyes he will tell exactly where he is.
BE is equal to thirty mile tramp any
lay and expects to be hunter tall he
lies.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11

Skaguay is modern wonder. Not
many weeks ago the place practically
did not exist. To-day, with its care
fully laid out streets and its scores OF
well stocked aud cosy private dwell
ings, it presents all the appearance Of
a thriving Northwestern town. Houses
are being rushed UP with astonishing
rapidity, while merchants are so
numerous and enterprisius that COM
petition has already reduced their
wares to almost bottom prices. The
starting up of y steam laundry has
caused the "biled shirt" to be accepted
as good form in this out of tho way
settlement, while the establishment of
thirteen saloons plainly indicates the
prevalence Of o generous atmosphere
: OF coDviviality.
The New York Herald's special cor
respondent, in an entertaining article
published herewith, gives a graphic
description of Skaguay as he found it
entering the fourth week of its muni-
cipal existence. He says:
Nothing in the history of Western
boom towns will compare with the
mushroom growth of Sksguay. Ben
Moore, the man who located the town
site, left for the Sound on August 10. at
which date there was his own log
cabin. tho store aud the bunkhouse of
the Alaska and Northwest Trading
Company and q number of tents.
When he returned there were whole
streets Of wooden dwellings, which the
owners had themselves located and
had paid a registry fee to United
States Commissioner Smith of five
dollars. Not only were these new
comers permitted to locate on Captain
Moore's laud on payment of the fee,
bnt it is said that Mr.. Smith accepted
the fee and gave a registration receipt
to half q dozen different people for the
Same plot Of land The newly ap-
pointed Land Commissioner and
Register, Mr.. Dudley, will therefore
have some difficulty in unravelling the
conflicting real estate ownership on tho
town site.
Sksguayis is on tide fiat, with tide
running over twenty feet, and there
fore has stretch of half a mile below
tidewater mark. ALI the passengers
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11
I,oco,notlve Built in Ten Hours.

A locomotive was recently built in
ten hours at the Stratford works of the
Great Eastern railway. It was a main
line goods engine with tender. Be-
fore the actual construction COM
menced the various component parts
were placed close at hand, ready for
fitting together. The workmen began
early in the morning, and continued
briskly till the breakfast bell sounded.
After half On hours rest the work.
men returned to their task, and Ia
bored steadily until the dinner hour,
and thus the work proceeded until the
engine was at last completed, with the
exception of a coat of paint. This
was quickly laid on with q spraying
machine, and in less than half an hour
was perfectly dry. The locomotive
was then sent on a trial journey few
miles on the line, and all proved satis-
factory. SO it was sent with luggage
train to Peterborough. Ithas been in
active service ever since, and is proudly
displayed as marvel of engineering
guickness.
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the head of the man of the future will

the head of the man of the future will
look.
The new race, he says, will use no
language because it will need none.
The interchange of thought between
individuals because it will be simply
mental effort on the part of each unac-
companied by any physical manifesto
ton whatever AS one person evolves
his idea the other will instantly grasp
it by means Of subtle telepathy,
which even now is the gift in more
or less modified form of many people
who are only vaguely conscious of.
their strange power, and, in many in
stances, too timid and fearful Of ridi-
cule to publicly confess it or attempt
to develop it. With future genera
tions this gift will become more and
more frequent in individuals and of
greater and greater power, until this
silent interchange of thought is at Inst
rs common as is now speech and writ
ing. Nor will his powers stop even
there. He not only will be able to ex-
change thoughts with people thousands
of leagues away, but will be able to
see them os distinctly as though they
were physically present and even see
If he chooses what ispassing anywhere
in the world. There will be an end OF
eyes and ears, the gross physical chan
neis through sensations now must pass
to the mind. They will all go, for they
will all be useless-as useless'as the
mechanism OF the voice, by which SEN
sations and ideas are now conveyed
from the mind outward. There may
be some scar or meaningless excres-
ence where these organs once were,
Just as now there are physiological
suggestions of mans ape origin-hu-
initiating reminders of the brute an
cestry from which the godlike being
was evolved. But that will be all and
even that will melt away and disap-
pear at last.
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Toxgloves.

Foxgloves are best planted away
from scarlet flowers, as their purplish
pink spikes do not harmonize with
that color. The pure white foxgloves
are effective against background Of
darl; foliage. when planted in large
clumps, having stately effect. They
remain in flower long time. They
can be planted in April and only ask
thinning out if too thick and an oc-
casional stirring OF the soil. The
dwarf, otherwise known as the Cali
fornia sunhower, is variety which
we'll deserves q good word and good
place in the garden. Its foliage is
clean and of an attractive dark green;
its blossoms of clear bright yellow,
the hue of sunshine, and they are very
double and about the size Of we'll
grown dahlia. In fact they resemble
Che old form of that flower to a con-
siderable degree. AZ q low hedge q
row of dwarf sunaowers is literally "a
blooming success" and we incline to
give it preference over the zinnia for
the purpose. 1t is difficult to think of
sunfowers under this compact, clean,
bright-faced double flower.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11

of hustling, necessarily, but I heard
no complaint of any goods being stolen
or lost--sxcept temporarily. In fact,
the whole community seems wonder
fully honest considering that the black
sheep OF the continent are herding in
this direction.
Merchants in tents leave tteir goods
hanging outside all right; pilgrims
leave their camps on the trail, with all
their belongings scattered about; yet
but few cases of pilferiug have been
heard of, and only one theft Of money.
Fhis was in the case of n man named
w. II. Dawson, of Seattle, who for
twelve days had S1400 in his kit under
pile Of ftAsd in his tent. He left his
tent often in perfect confidence, but
one dty he found his belongings had
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11
BROADWAY, SKAGUAY.

the next steamer, having left his out.
fit with his partner, who hopes to sell
it to some one who will pay for the
difficult journey they made with it ur
the pass.
There does not appear to have been
any pilfering of goods left on the beach
from the steamers. In short time
there will be no chance for this. The
two long piers are hotly competing fol
the honor of being first completed
aud early next month both will be il
operation. That of the Skaguay
Wharf Company is already piled to its
ocean end, q length of over fifteen hun
dred feet, in curving line from the
northern to the southern side of the
bay, thus blocking off all further com,
petition in this line. This will bt
known commonly as the juneau Pier,
its promoters being J. p. Jorgensen
hardware merchant; E. Valentine
jeweller and Z. D. Sylvester, editor
Of the Searchlight, all of Juneau. The
other pier will be known as the Seattle
Dock, as it is largely backed by capita
from that Sound city. This starts
from the street south Of Broadway ant
runs straight to the completed docl
under the cliff. Both will have ware
houses, to which goods will be taker
direct from the ship, and there avail
the proper claimants.
These two great piers are impressive
to the incoming stranger, who knows
that the town is onlya month old, bu
as to the rest he can see but little from
the steamers decks. Tents dot tht
shore the whole of its width, with here
aud there a small wooden building
Tine latter are rapidly taking the place
OF the canvas homes and stores, fol
the reason that cold weather and heay,
rains have set in, and more especial,
very high winds. Captain Mckinney
the Chairman of the Vigilance Com
mittee, estimates that there are nov
one hundred and fifty buildings o
wood, and that there would have beer
many more but for the scarcity Of lum
Der. There is a sawmill hard at worl
now, lumber is coming in by ever.
steamer, aud nearly every one having
the purpose to winter here is putting
up a habitation of wood. Many ar,
erecting larger and more substantial
buildings than their needs require, a
speculation. hoping to sell at larg'
profit when the rush is renewed mex
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-11
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
Guano From Hens.

The manure from hens, unless grain.
fed in summer, is usually less valuable
than it is in winter. But it is none
the less we'll worth taking care of. It
will heat very rapidly in hot weather
if kept in piles. As it is usually def
cient in phosphates, it is good plan
to mix some of the commercial phos-
phate with the manure, es it is heat
ing. 1t always contains enough sui
plate of lime or land plaster to absorb
the ammonia, while the phosphate
with the nitrogen, which the hen
manure abounds in, will make % fer
tilizer very nearly equal to guano.
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A Good Old Eotntion.


The si1.year rotation so long followed
in this section, the Shenandoah valley,
has some strong points in its faw'.
The crops during the six years are in
this order: Corn, followed by wheat,
the ground being narrowed and the
wheat drilled in. Immediately after
the wheat is cut the next year, the
ground isplowed thoroughly, prepared
by harrow and roller, and sowed again
to wheat, this time accompanied with
about bushel of timothy to six acres
and the same quantity of clover in the
early spring. Then three crops ofhay
are moved, making the six years.
Very often four crops of hay are made.
have not counted the second crop
of clover usually cut and hulled for
seed the first season. Since western
seed generally can be bought at low
prices, many think it better to pasture.
or cut this second clover for cows. It
will be noticed that this rotation, run
ming six years. calls for plowing only
twice during that time, and gives three
crops of hay, which we think pays bet
ter than other crops. Farmers who
follow this old-time way are not get
ting rich, but they are PROBABLY hold
ing their own about as we'll as others
who follow newer and shorter plans.
Try oil and hold fast to that which is
good, is not bad motto. New Eng
land Homestead