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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-22

The Department Completed Its
Arrangements for Calling Out
100000 Militiamen-Chagrin and
Disappointment Felt Because
Congress- Did Not Pass the Vol
unteer Bill Yesterday = Delays
Everything for One Day-W est
Virginias Proportion Of Guards
men is Ill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-22
THE SPANISH FLEET.

News Received at Washington Indicates
That 1t Has Sailed, But 1t is Hard 10
Determine Its Destination.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
Queer Medicfnea,

The peasant pharmacop1ia of France
Is wonderful-most wonderful. Wine
is an ingredient Of every prescripti n.
In fever cases it is always the predon i
nant one. The French PEASANTS ia tn
in fermented grape juice is truly be- u
tiful. If his children are stricken with
the measles, he gives them beakers of
wine, we'll sweetened with honey and
highly spioed with pepper. For severe
cold he administers quart of red wine
and melted tallow candle miXed. For
scarlet or brain fever he gives eggs,
white wine and SCOT well beaten to-
gether. Not all their superstitions are
curious. Some are pathetic. A mother,
for instance, often buries her dead child
with its favorite toy or her own beauti-
full hair in the coffin, THAT it may net
feel quite alone. Paris Correspond
enCe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
The Troubles of a Prophet.

"How hit happen, Brudder Johnsing,
dat yo' dun quit preaohin down in AL
albany a'reddy?"
ivy, my ch'ch quit payin tenshun
to ennything say an dun shet off my
salary"
"Dey mus be mighty bad lot O. broth
erin an sisterin down dar"
"No, dey hain't SO pow'ful bad, but
after l went to profsyin lost all man
ner O. control O. the entire gang"
"Dat sop
"Yaas, you see dun bin profsyin
bout whut comm to pass an whut
gwine to happen to all dem mean mig
gers whut wudden pay de preacher, an
kollections wuz jest comm in fine twell
one day de sisterin ak me whut kind O.
weather we gwine to hab fur de possum
supper festiful, an l tell UNI hit sho
will be de fines sort, fer bekase I wuz
mighty hOngry an wanted de supper to
Bho cum off. But, sub, hit rained an
sleeted an cum two er three skykoons,
an den l seed my 'fluenoe wild my way
ard brudderin wuz sholy busted. De
salary kollections tuck de drags, an no
matter how 1 exhausted my flock ner
how profsyed dey wuz sho fer de blaz-
in lake, dey jest sot dar an LATED at me
an wuddent pay me hurry red cent ner
gin me de turkey dinner, ner nuthin. /"
Atlanta Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
The Gamblers, capper.

"Many of the phases Of life in the
Tenderloin are kaleidoscope In their
changes, +" said hotel detective, "but
there is one little group Of men in this
precinct that is much the same now that
it was dozen years ago. | mean the
outside men of the gambling houses.
They are well known to all sporting
men, and could name four or five who
have done little else all their lives. 1t
is their business to know the regular
patrons of faro banks, and if the man
who employs them has been forced to
close up his old place and open a new
one it is their duty to circulate the tip
"a good outside man spends his time
around hotels and in all night restau.
rants and picks up acquaintance wher-
ever he can. After working up to the
subject of gambling he invites his new
friend to go around to little place that
is run honestly and safely. One of the
best dressed loungers ON Broadway,
whose face has long been familiar to
paraders on that street, is a puller in
for a gambling house. He was bar
keeper few years ago and there made
lot of acquaintance who are his stock
in trade. He spends money as freely as
wine agent, and have no doubt that
he brings many thousands of dollars to
the man who runs the gambling house. /"
New York Sun. a." t.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
Saved Life and Name.

The French author Martainville
who began his career toward the close
of the last century, is said to have owed
the preservation Of his life to witty
piece of audaoity. He was royalist
and did not hesitate to attack the
French revolution and its authorities
Presently, of course, he was summoned
to appear before the revolutionary tribu-
nal. The revolutionary tribunals at
that time did not hesitate to send every
body to the guillotine who had ventured
to attack them.
Martainville expected to go with the
rest of the victims. "What is your
name?" asked the judge. "Martain-
ville," said the young author. "Mar-
tainville" exclaimed the judge. "You
are deoeiving us and trying TO hide your
rank. You are an aristocrat, and your
name is De Martainville. " Citizen
president, exclaimed the young man,
81 am here to be shortened, not to be
heightened! Leave me my namep" A
true Frenohman loves witticism above
all things, and the tribunal was so
pleased by Martainville's grim response
that it spared his life
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

A story Is told OF Fanny Kemble,
whose favorite summer resort was Len
or, that ON her first season there she
employed self respecting viIlager, who
had q comfortable turnout, to drive her
about. He, feeling it to be his duty to
make the drive as entertaining as POSSE
BILE, began to call her attention Co the
beauty of the scenery--which she
wished to enjoy undisturbed--and to
tell her who lived in certain houses as
they passed along, until finally Mrs.
Kemble, being unable to stand IL any
longer, said in the high tragedy manner
somewhat peculiar to her, 81 have en-
gagged you TO drive for me, sir, and not
to talk.
The driver ceased talking, pursed up
his lips, and in all their subsequent
drives his only remarks were such as he
found necessary to address to his horses.
At the end of the season he handed in
his bill for the summer services. Run
ming her eye down its awkward columns,
she paused at an item that she didn't
understand. "What is this sirP can
not comprehend it,"
With equal gravity he replied, "Sass,
So. don't often take it, but when do
charge"
She paid the bill without comment
and continued to employ the same driver
during many summers she spent there
Boston Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
POWER IN OUR POWDER.
A Shot From n 13 Inch Rifle Sufficient
to Lift "a BattIeship Eight Feet.


to Lift IA BattIeship Eight Feet.
velocity and pressure, explained
the powder mill superintendent, "are
the two main requisites in proving pow
der. The government is very specific in
its contracts. 1t demands that when
fired under service conditions in the gun
for which it is intended powder must
give to the projectile a muzzle velocity
of at least a certain number of feet per
second without producing pressure of
more than a certain number of tons to
the square inch. For modern guns the
velocity required varies from 1900 to
2, 300 feet in a second, and the pressure
is not allowed to exceed 10 tons to the
square inch. In some of our guns of the
present day the amount of energy stored
up in the powder charge is so tremen-
dous as to be almost incredible. The
limit of energy upon the projectile can
not be estimated, so vast are the posi-
bilities
For example, may cite the Ore
CONS IL inch rifles. Five hundred and
fifty pounds of powder in these guns
impart to an l, 100 pound shot velocity
of 2, 100 feet per second, and the energy
of the projectile is nearly 81, 900 foot
tons. This power is sufficient to lift
such vessel as the Oregon eight feet
out of the water.
"Those screens between the cannon
and the breastworks are electric chrome
graphs 100 feet apart from each other
and the cannon, and they register the
time Of the projeotile's fight with ahso-
Lutte accuracy"
"And absolute accuracy is-what3"
"The millionth part of a second. -
San Francisco Call
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
boxing a Brides Ear.

In Lithuania, province of Russia, it
Is customary that the brides ears should
be boxed before the marriage ceremony.
No matter how tender hearted the moth.
er may be she always makes it point
of administering hearty smack to her
daughter in the presence Of witnesses,
and note is made of the fact. The
mother intention is a kind one, though
the custom itself is bad. The reason for
it Is to protect the bride should her mar
riage prove an unhappy one. In that
case she will sue for divorce, and her
plea will be that she was forced into the
marriage against her will, and on that
score the verdict of the judge will be in
her favor,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
COrrupting IN Echo.

AT Killarney every visitor hears some
laughable stories. Here is ohe-new and
fresh, think-which picked up dur,
ing my last visit to the glorious lakes
A number of boatmen' who were quar-.
reling about the division of tips" in +.
dulged at the top Of their voices in a
good deal of profane language, which
the marvellous echo repeated verbatim.
"Arrah, look at that, now, for scan
dial, " said one of the party who was OF
a pious turn. "T'achin the poor harm
less echo to curse and sware. "--Spec-
tator.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
THE NAMING OF JOHN BULL,
DIR. Arbuthnot Was the Wan who
Thus Dubbed Great Britain.

|. DR.. Arhuthno Was the Wan WHO
Thus Dubbed Great Britafn.
DIR. John Arbuthnot, one of the many
royal physicians to whom the Scotch
city of Aberdeen has given birth, was
the author of John Bulls being. AL
most forgotten now by all but the
erudite, who remember him as the init
mate Of Pope and Swift, Arbuthnot
christened the British nation in bulk as
John Bull in the political strife Incl
dental to the dismissal of the Wing
ministry of ITO, when the able and
ayaricious Marlborough saw the begin
ming of the decline of his brilliant for
tunes.
"The History of John Bull" was q
satire on the political events preceding
the treaty of Utrecht in 1918, written
by Arbuthnot. In 1904 he had been Gre
ated physician extraordinary to the
queen in recognition of his services in
saving the life of Anne's husband,
Prince George Of Denmark. He had be-
come the queens medical attendant.
position of no mean Importance at
time when so much depended on the
succession to the crown, and he was
closely in touch with court life.
"For the better understanding Of the
following history the reader ought to
know that Bull in the main was an
honest, plain dealing fellow, cholerio,
bold and of very inoonstant temper.
He dreaded not old Lewis, either at
backsword, single falchion or oudgel
play, but then he was very apt to quar-
rel with his best friends, especially If
they pretended to govern him. If you
fattered him, you might lead him like
child. Johns temper depended very
much ON the air; his spirits rose and fell
with his weather glass. .....
"John was quick and understood his
business very we'll, but no man alive
was more careless in looking into his
accounts or more cheated by partners.
New York Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

Cupid breaks his bow at the sight
of face full of pimpes. Hollow
cheeks, sunken eyes, and sallow com.
plexion will defy his best intentions.
Beauty is more than skin deep. The
skin ia mere the surface on which is
written in plain characters the condi-
ton of the body. DR.. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery is good for the
complexion because it makes the
whole body healthy-because it clears
and purifies the blood, makes the
digestion strong and clears out i'm
purities of all kinds. BY increasing
the ability to assimilate nutritious
food, and by the infusion of its own
ingredients it enriches the blood and
30 makes solid, healthy flesh. 1t cures
diseases of the lungs, liver, stomach,
bowels, skin and scalp, simple be-
cause all these diseases spring from
the same cause--a disordered diges-
tiou and consequent impure blood.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
Big Similarity.

"The minister and the policeman, "
said the young and cynical boarder,
"are inseparable adjuncts of ciyiliza-
ton"
"They are very much alike" said
the cheerful idiot. Zone is pairer, and
the other is peeler. "-Indianapolis
Journal
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
His style of Riding.

Gambrel-Oh, I've seen worse riders
than You, but why do you jump up and
let in daylight between yourself and
the horse at every stepf &
Snafile-That's all You know about
IL. I don't rise from the horse. He
drops down from me. keep right In
the same position all the time. Boston
Transcripts.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
HORSE AND TRACK.

Direct 9 :05t has ten 2 20 perform
ers to his credit.
Directum Kelly's winnings for the
season foot up $ll,550.
ED Mills has refused $4,000 for Che,
halls, for which he recently paid ST.
500.
Prodigal 2:16 has seven new 2:2C
performers this year,two of which are
in the 2:10 list.
Every driver in the $4,000 stake al
Hartford was presented with a nice
pair of gloves by Manager Fasig.
John Nolan has won six races out
of ten starts, and taken mark OF
1904. He has won nearly twelve
Thousand dollars.
With eight new additions this sea-
son, Baron Wilkes 2:lS has now a
total of 65 sons and daughters with
records from 2 :044 to 2:30.
q Eagle Flanagan's three heats last
week in 2 :094, 2:074 ard 2:0S4 will
likely make him favorite in the Tran
sylvauia at Lexington next week.
John r. Gentry and Joe Patchen
will pace race for $4,000 at the Hi.
nois State Fair at Springfield to-mor.
row. This should be a great race
over Springfeld's fast track.
AT Readville, Mass, on last Thurs.
day, Joe Patchen defeated John r
Gentry in straight heats in a great
race. Joe Pstchen is one of the great
est PAGERS in the world, and although
getting along in years, will continue
to win money for his owner.
The trotting meeting at Lexing-
tyn, which begins October 4tb, will be
the greatest one ever held in the
world. The entry list is very large,
with the best horses in the country
entered. The Transylvanla will be a
grand race with Is starters, including
horses like Eagle Flanagan 2:074,
Bengen 2 :0S4, Askey 2:oS4, John No
Ian :094, etc. The 2:04 pace with
Frank Agan 2 :038, searchlight 2 :O444,
Anaconda 2 ,O44 and five others with
records better than 2:05, will be
worth seeing. The 2:08 trotters is a
great field-William Penn 2 :074, Ken
lucky Union 2;O74, klamath 2:O74,
with ten others with records better
than 2:lO. The Futurity, worth $751;
600, 2 IL trot and 2 :O8 pace each day
will have a card you cannot miss.
With the best of music, half fare on
all railroads, you cannot afford to miss
a single day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

Each figure in a first class waxwork
exhibition has to be remade every four
or five years The wax loses its color
and becomes soft and spongy after that
time.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

Retail druggists of Chicago are at
temptiong to organize a national asso-
citation to compel manufacturers OF
proprietary medicens to pay the war
aX
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

It 10 estimated that in Paris one In IS
OF the population, or 100, 900, live on
charity, with tendeney toward crime
In London this elsss u one In 30
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

wright's Celery Tea regulates the
liver and kidneys, cures constipation
and sick headache. Csc at all druggists.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

Connection made with B, Il Q. G.. Railway at
Beattyvllle Junction for Beattyville
j, II. BARR, CHAs. SCOTT,
Vice Pres. Il Gen. Man. g. "A.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04
B0IIs and PimpIes
They Are Danger Signals, Mean
ing Impure Blood

All such EruptIons Are Cured by
Hoods Sarsaparllla.
"Isuffered with boils and pimples and
also had constant headache. After taking
Hoods ssrsaparilla / was entirely relieved
Of these difficulties, and am now able to
attend to my duties without feeling they
are burden. We have used Hoods Sar-
saparilla In our family for long time"
NINA O. vANPRLT, Danville, Kentucky.
al was broken out all over with large
red blotches, which itched and bothered
me all the time. My sister recommended
Hoods sarssparilla and Hoods Pills, and
after had taken these medicines short
time was In better health than had
been for years and / am now cured"
MRS. w. D. MYERS, Bowling Green, KY.
Hoods sa ps;iiia
Ia the Best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. Price, 81; six for e5.
H5,z MIL are the best after-dnner
AiOOu . TAlAS pills, aid digestion. go.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

Official reports of the men killed in
battle or by disease up to August 81
show the number to be 1884.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

THE SCHEDULE.
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Ar. Toleds 80. rs m 3:55 . M
Ar. Detroit. :. IS AS m 6:I5 a M
Through coaches and parlor cars on
Day Trains. Through coaches, Wag-
ner shedding cars Cincinnati to Toledo
and Cincinnati to Detroit on night
trains.
The new service between Cincinna-
ii, Toledo and Detroit is
As good as our New York)Iine:s 4
AS good as our Chicago linn I
AS good as our ST. Louis linen
Buy your ticket through via "Big
Four" For further information cali
on agents or address
D. B. MARTIN
G. P.&T,A.
z. o. MCCORMICK.
Pass. Traffic Mgr,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-10-04

C0 OF Jumpin Z
&he fire, Nh9M
9sea becotgN. I
Gom it's ole As
Hing mountain, III
IN wildly about M
.or to climb u
Ne refugees Ml
LMr bodies&N
ward chains ~
neir eggs, these 4
more. The eggs q
water mark and y
Feat Of the sun d,
Upon the young
eir enemies arc
j fishes, while the
Air death dealing
Il sea eagles and |
q, great typhoons, !
the Philippine9f
'e<wof these crea
unaekhe beach
10 during
VI violent
NV YmN
ID
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-23
Hocus-Pocus
fhing' Done by Tiers m tndia Ven.
cradle Mystic. Power.

Thing' Done b, Ter. Ia inah-Vsa.
cradle Mystic. Power.
saw liindO0 out IN the open street
take three good sized balls. larger ana
heavier than hens eggs. and commence
tossing them up IN the air. catching
them as they returned. says a writer In
the Humanitarian Soon bis hands
were motionless. but the balls kept as.
cendlng. and. 20 FAR a. know. are as
cendlng still. They did no, return.
Were they dematerialired by some In.
visible psychic power Such Is my
opinion During my stay In Madras
there came down from a mountain a
genuine psychic and seer. He was tru-
~ a venerable mystic. In a bungalow
On a bright. sunshiny day. o'clock D.
m. a dozen present. this old Yogi lIrn-
ed incense. repeated soma Montras. and
said In substance Now I can move
any object In this room BY my will"
Rejecting few moments. sAid.
Make the book lying on that stand
move" Pointing his lean. bony nngeF
toward II. be said. Come, GOMEZ" The
stand trembled the book fell upon the
floor. and slid 20 hls feet There was
no hypnotism. 20 jugglery about the
phenomenon Command those pea
cock plumes up there TO come to you.' !
continued. Focusing his thought. HE
will. upon them. they leaped Al his bid
ding from the case. and. sailing around
the room. fell AZ his feet Other objects
we're moved IN a simllur manner Thls
was genuine white magic.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-23

Once upon a time. as ,he wee ones
say. a sweet-faced lltle woman iay on
a bed q suffering Fer yoirs she had
been an invalid Her mind WIS strong
n her body was not. and in her hours
O. comparative ease. ID, could con-
verse IN a way 70 surprise all She VS.
keenly sensitive 20 ouriie inf ances
and appreciatlye of llttie remsm-
brances.
The day ~ which am thinking had
been one of unusual pain. end the tears
were in her eyes ls she answered the
loving greeting u the niece uho hai
dropped IN 20 ask FOR her After csl'-
ting a few m1mc1ts tho busy teacher
rose 90 20 Che patient i'fie invalid
klelc1 her tendGly lyiag
Come arl.n ycu o. ma more good
than medicine"
"i'li be doctor ana send you some
powders m1uow" was the reply
On the morrow q package was hand
| 81 Do. which, WAeu opened proved fl
be- powders twelve lu number. elcA
bearing on lis wrapper The time q was
10 be- taken.
The invalid received them with 4
smile for pleasant little surprise, had
come 10 her from that same source.
On inspection the powders proved
70 be blessed promises from the B.b'e
soul-lnspirlng messages which seemed
20 make her feel that underneath are
the everlasting Grms"
The tired head which might have
failed 20 take In a whole chapter could
gladly receive the one pleasant thought
thus hourly presented % her There
was enough mystery about the folded
paper 10 keep her mind occupied with.
out firing H.
That day and many another we're me
blessed powders read until the paper.
we're so worn that the invalid begged
the writer Tor a new box OF them.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-23

lie va. Mwnys q slightly rrof.ne and
somewhat Picturesque TaIksr.


somewhat Picturesque Talksr.
The appointment OF ex-senator Tabor
Of Colorado, as postmaster at Denver
recalls the many eccentricitics Of that
picturesque statesman when he was
last Ia Washington 10 an Official capac.
liy. says the New York Tribune. 70
is true that he was a senator only Tor
ninety days bat during that time he
managed 10 arrest the attention of his
eountrymen By bis unconventional be-.
hayi0r and his decidedly lurld talk.
With another distinguished Colorado
statesman Congressman Bedford. the
Red Rooster % ,he Rockies be- may
fairly be said 20 have divided the hon
ofs Of notoriety. until by a stroke Of
genius he dlstanced his competitor and
made all future rivals impossible. II
was nothing lesE than a description o.
a $500 nighishirt. Ia those days Tabor
was reputed 20 be millionaire ard
coud probably afford such Injuries lie
travelled 10 special cars. gave lavish en-
tertainments and built an opera house
In Denver To-day. Il Is said. the sal
airy Of the Office 10 which he Is appoint
ed must appear 10 him like wlndfall.
lie was always a picturesque and
slightly profano talker. There are
stories without number told Of him. lie
surprised a fresco painter one day In
his opera house putting the finishing
touches to a portrait Of Shakespeare.
/ Who's that" demanded Tabor.
Shakespeare. replied the painter.
Shakespeare" unused the owner Of the
building: Shakespeare Never heard
OF him. Did he ever do anything FOR
/ Denver Why In - don't you put mo
there. ! want 20 know On another
OCCASION when the present junior sem
ator from Colorado. Mr. Wolcott, was
making the race for the senate. some
/ friends gathered In bis headquarters.
Tabor among them. were one day run
ming over the list Of Legislators. con-
siderlng whom there was some doubt
as 20 which way they were going 10
vote Robert E'smere' had then lust
come out and ln the course OF CONVEX
sation some one happened TO mention
the new book Tabor looked up from
the paper he was reading. Robert
| Elsmcro" said ne, "Wocolt bought
him long ago"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-23

From the Nashville Banner: There
a. a unique craft on the Alabama river
tied mp at the foot Of Commerce street
In Montgomery Ala II has no name
and it8 tonnage 81 not known. II does
not carry freight nor passengers for
hire. but contains we'll equipped job
printing office. with full stock OF
printers supplies The proprietor, his
wife and five children occupy the front
part OF the craft. and presses ehases
and cases the rear. when the gang
plank Is hauled In II Is understood that
the business Is closed for the day and
he IL not disturbed by company except
by an occasional visit from a fisher
man at night II Is said he does a good
business. Having no taxes or license
to pay. and no house rent to bother him
he can do work cheaper than his com.
petltors - business.