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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-20

Just then, entirely alone, along the
rear of the trenches, came walking a
small man, rather stopped in the Shout
ers and clad in the uniform OF gen
eral officer. A broad army hat was
drawn down close to his arched eye
brows, which gave him the look OF a
man in an eternal state of mild sur
prise. Under the gray brows his ewes
glanced quickly up and down the
trenches, and then travelled to and
from the Spanish lines. taking in all
the points of attack and defense.
Across the pretty green valley that lay
between us and Santiago the ugly lit
tie bullets still Kissed as viciously and
as thickly as ever. Occasionally a
shrapnel shell, thct ugliest of all dew
ilish devices designated for mangling
your fellow men, would burst above
the ridge, but the little man moved
calmly along. He walked with the air
of a man who wanted something an.
knew how and where to find it. There
was business in every motion, but no
hurry because of danger The man
knew the chances ne was taking and
took them as a matter of course as a
part of the business he vas in 1t was
Gen. Joseph Wheeler inspecting his
lines. l pOked the man next to me,
pointed out to him the slight form of
the general as he moved away, still
himself, and still calmly Indifferent to
the fire, and asked him the question
of three weeks before: whats the
matter with Joe?"
1t was known to us both thnn, TIE
conduct of General Wheeler during the
battle of San Juan, the indomitable
courage he had shown on that day and
the day preceding, when he crawled
from a sick bed to lead his men to
battle, and, better than all, how 1t
was due to him that the American
army had not, after the victory. aban-
uOneQ the nll Oh Dan Juan, WHICH IL
had won at the cost Of so much blood.
These things were known to the other
men as we'll as to me, and his ack-
nowledgment was brief and to the
point
He knows more than l thought l
knew, and can't put it stronger than
that"
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SWEET REVENGE.
A turkish Bath Assistant Gets Even
with the Judge Who
Sent Him Up.

The judge had never taken Turkish bath,
but he was not feeling his best that morn
ing, and it suddenly occurred to him to test
it's vivifying effects, so enthusiastically des-
canted upon by his young friends.
It seemed to the Judge that the rubber was
terribly rough, but fearing to expose his in
experience and subject himself to ridcule by
objecting to the regular treatment, he pa
tiently endured being punched, pummeled,
slapped, spanked, whacked and poked, un-
til he coul Id not stand the terrible torture
a moment longer.
'"Is-it-quite neces-s es-sary-to-mak
--bla-ack- -and-blue- -all-oVver?" painted
the Judge, as irregularly as the rubber dug
his fists in more or less vigorously.
"Never you mind; I'm fxin' you," re-
sponded the rubber, redoubling his as
saults, and grinning diabolically- at least
SO it seemed to the judg
"Who (slap, groan) are (thud, groan)
you?" gasped the Judge, horrible suspicion
dawning in his mind. "Y our (whack, groan)
face (thump, groan) does (whack, groan)
look >(slap, groan) fa-(thud, groan) mil
lar" (swish, groan).
"Oh! you remember me, do you?" growled
the rubber, sarcastically. |FWell, dash yer
old hide, mebbe you'd like to send me up
for six months again for prize fghtin'! !"-
Harper's Magazine.
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THE CAPTAINS SPEECH.
At was interestingly Brief and De.
c1ded1y to the Point, But Unsat-
1sfactory to the Orator.

One of the volunteer companies recently
at Camp Alger possesses beautiful new
nag, which was made and presented bv
number OF patriotic women in the Pennsvl-
yanla town from which the company comes.
1t was presented just before the company
marched away-or steamed away. to be ac-
curatecand the presentation was the occa-
SION OF much ceremony. The company was
qraWn up in long line-"company 'front.'"
l Deheye, IS the military term for it-and a
very charming young lady read a very
charming and somewhat lengthy address,
winch contained great deal Of fowery lam
guage: The captain was ''it" then, and had
TO reply. He is not an eloquent man at any
time, and ne is extremely shy; but he had
written out graceful speech of accept
ance, and he stepped forward confidently
and received the banner.
:Ladles," ;" he began, in Fourth of July
voice, Ladies, we will accept this flag. La
hes, we've will accept this flag" Here
ms color torsook him. He had forgotten the
nest OF his speech. One trembling hand
sought the pocket of his blouse. The manu-
script was gone.
.''Ladies,' he began again, desperately,
with a gulping kind of gasp, Ladies', we
will accept this flag, and, and, and thanks
aWtully for it, don't you Know
And after all, [ dare say the impromptu
was quite as effective as the address he
had prepared, but the captain doesn't like
TO talk about it.-Washington Post.
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"TALkED ABOUT"


The neighbors talked about her nearly
everywhere they met.
They talked about her till she died; they
talk about her yet.
The high and low all spoke of her, as did
the old and young,
And every gossip tossed her name upon her
nimble tongue.
She always kept a-doing things, by night
as we'll as day,
TO set the tongues a-going in the swiftest
sort Of way;
Across the backyard fences and from
kitchen door to door,
AT church and sociable her name was whis-
pered Ger and DER.
'1'was she who kissed the baby first and
blest its happy birth;
Twas she who helped to guide it's feet
through all the paths of earth;
Twas she who watched beside the bed
whereon the dying lay,
Twas she who soothed the stricken friends
when one was called away.
TIL neighbors talked about her nearly
everywhere they met;
They talked about her till she died; they
talk about her yet.
They talked about her wondrous hands, her
heart so full of love, !
And now the angels talk Of her who dWells
with them above.
nixon Waterman, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
BUILDING UP BIG GUNS.
Changes Which Have Taken Place in
the Method of Making Cannon,
Projectiles and Armor.

Notso very long ago all guns were cast
by pouring molten iron into mold and
then letting it cool slowly; but it was
found that guns made in that way were
not strong enough to stand the tremen-
dous strain Of the large charges of
powder required to send a Shot fast
enough to enable it to pierce the steel
armor of modern ship of war; so the
old method of casting was abandoned
nearly all modern cannon are what is
called ''built up"
First, a long steel tube of the finest
and strongest metal is made, andaround
this are placed, or ''shrunk on" sue
cessive cylinders or rings, one over the
other, with the greatest care andnicety,
first the ''jacl1et," and then the 'fhoops."
So nowadays great gun, instead of
being one piece, as it used to be. is
composed of many parts. The process
above described is called assembling"
gun, and in the place of the short
cast-iron cannon of former days,
shaped something like big bottle, we
have the long, graceful steel rifles,
which look not unlike gigantic watch
keys. They vary in size from the small
rapid-fire guns few hundred pounds
in weight, to the great 13-inch "Peace-
maker" as it was fondly called, which
tipped the scales at 60 tons-12O,0OO
pounds.
All these modern guns are breech-
leaders, and after the shot and powder
have been placed in the powder cham
ber, the breech is closed by a steel
"breech-plug,'' which is showed into the
gun, and by short turn is screwed
tight into the breech. .... .-.
The shot or shell has also undergone
a change. The round cannon ball most
of us are familiar with has given way
to the ''projectile," which is made of
steel, hardened according to the work
it has to do; and in those which are in
tended to pierce armored ships the
metal must be so hard that the pro-
jectile can be fired through steel armor
of a thickness equal to .one-eighth
more than its diameter, without it's
being broken or materially injured; for
instance, an eight-inch projectile, ac-
cording to this rule, must be capable of
piercing a nine-inch steel plate.-E. B.
Rogers, U. S. n, in St. Nicholas. vi
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
HUMOROUS.

She-"Wel, howdid your share in the
Danae gold mine turn out?" He-"Oh,
L-er-I've lost all interest in them"
Punch. ..--. -
"My husband is plain spoken; >he
calls spade a spade" $50 does mine;
but must decline to repeat what he
calls the lawnmower."- Rec
ord.
After School.-"Look what crooked
nose Moses hast" Moses-'Shut up!
Didn't the professor tell us we must
not quarrel about religious matters p
-Fliegende Blatter.
Askins-''I understand that Miss
0ldangles, whom young Whoopler mar
ried recently, is very wealthy?"
Grimshaw-"Oh, yes! There were ex-
tenuating circumstances. ."-Puck.
First Member Musical Committee
"Does the new sopranos voice fill the
church?' Second Member -"Hardly.
The ushers tell me there are always
vacant seats in the gallery ."-Detroit
Journal.
His Wife-"Now you won't forget
any OF those things asked you to
bring home. The Suburbanite doubt
fully)-"I hope not. Suppose you give
me sealed orders not to be opened till
I reach New York" ."-Brooklyn Life.
Teacher-''I hear your mother has
scarlet fever. You must not come to
school till she is well, as you might get
the disease and give it to the other
children" Tommy--"Oh, you needn't
worry, teacher. She is my step-moth-
er, and has never yet given me any
thing" g."-Fliegen Batter.
Some Points in Common.--Affable
Shade-"I don't remember having met
you before. May ask your name? ?"
The Other Shade-''I am Ananias."
Affable Shade-"What? Well, upon
the whole, I am not sorry to meet you.
am something of liar myself. My
name is Aesop."-Chicago Tribune.
Views of an Expert-Beeler-" -"You
are the last man should have expected
to find opposing the pensioning of gov
ernment employees no longer able to
work. Heeler-'When a man gets so
he is isn't able to do what little work
here is in government job he ought
to be taken out behind the barn and
shot. t."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
gret all the more that youth! why
should you?"

gret all the more that you-oh! why
should you?"
Because I, on the other hand, am as
light as-your pretty pink room." =
"As attractive in another way" she
observed, with plimenta tary smile.
"Well, the long and short of it is that
Thea was always green and I was al
ways pink; and neither could change
the other"
"Why need you try?" laughed lit
tie.
''Thea is quite missionary, you
know. OF course, she was bent on re-
forming me-"
''An impossible task! But you might
have persuaded her that no structural
alteration was necessary"
''She intimated her disapproval of
smoking and billiards the day after our
engagement
''Surely she didn't insist on her OBJ
lection. That would be unreasonable -
swell, no. She conceded smoking,
and little billiards; but she wanted
me to go to church about three times
9. week. to give up betting-it's only a
trif1e now and then, just for fun, I as
sure you"
II know. Like Fred" She nodded.
Mrs. Haviland bets a pair of gloves oc-
casionally herself; and pays when she
loses!
''She wished me to avoid music halls,
to forswear whisky, and to take her to
lecture Oh the Primitive Something
brothers once week!"
"Why not?" My hostess shrugged
her shoulders and held out her hands
expansively. Ishrugged my shoulders
with less elegance, but equal emphasis.
because I'm-pink!" I said. She
studied the bows on her slippers for
few moments. ..-. -.'--
"You were very fond of her?" she
asked, suddenly. I dropped my gloves
and picked them up again before an
swering.
"Yes," 1 said, stubborn1y, II was"
~"And you are?'
"Yes," said, II am"
'Youwis sometimes that YOU hadn't
parted?" I tapped the floor impa-
tiently.
eyes, I do. But as we could not
agree"
"Oh!" she cried, reproachfully, you
might have tried little harder. It
was only a matter of really under
standing each other; only a case of
few concessions on each side. All peo-
pie have to make them-even Fred and
l." They certainly seem to get on very
we'll.
''I'm certain Thea wouldn't" I said.
Don't you think she was very, very
fond of you?"
''That's just what I wasn't sure. If
I had BEEN
II venture to say that am sure" I
thought heard a movement in the
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
I WENT THROUGH ALONE,

next room.s You can hear through the
folding-doors.
There isn't anyone in there, I sup
pose?" I asked. 1T sounded just
like
''''The wind rattling the window she
said, laughing, II haven't fastened it.
Don't you think Thea very pretty and
sweet and good?" "# # @
''Most certainly do. well, Il shall
never think anyone like her." Inever
shall. s3s ss- #a S, ~ 1
''Then why don't you put the mat
ter frankly to her? fyou appeal to her
love for you, I know she will meet you
halfway. And. my dear Mr.. Richmond"
q she put her hand on my sleeve in her
}eagerness---- you wouldn't be any the
worse for an occasional keeping in
green!" ~Fs.Eg =
tIconsidered the matter carefully for
few minutes. "You are quite right,
as usual" said, resolutely. II will go
and see Thea as soon as 1 have thought
out what to- say. But don't suppose
she'll ever ii
"Now you are getting dismal" said
my hostess, brightly. go and think it
out in pink!' She opened the folding
doors, and I went through-alone!
Thea was futtering against the pas
sage-door, with her hands on the
handle, like frightened bird trying to
escape.
'Thea, my dearest!" cried. s -
"she didn't tell me you were com
ing" she said, brokenly, "and she
locked the door! And-and-" Then I
held out my arms and she flung herself
into them.
shan't tell you what we said, or how
we compromised our differences. But I
may remark that Thea is growing as
merry pink; and I am improving
under mild course Of green!-St.
Paul's.
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
More Important Services.

She-You're a big, able-bodied fell
low. Why aren't you away fighting
for your country?
Gracious goodness! Iguess you
don't keep very well posted. Didn't
you know that 7 had been chosen as
one of the members Of the team that
is to represent our golf club in the
match game against the Muxegos next
month ?-Chicago Evening News.
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
What Is the Us0

of making up clothes that go to pieces before
the end of the season or fade and get limp
and sleazy after the first washing? One of
Simpsons Prints will outwear three of the
fast, and any fabric bearing the name Of
William Simpson & Sons is guaranteed Of
the highest standard of quality and finish
and will give perfect satisfaction.
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08
ReasaurinE.

Nervous Passenger Captain, what
would be the result if the steamer
should strike an iceberg while we
were plunging through this fog?
Captain of Steamship The iceberg
would move right along, madam, just
as if nothing had happened Chicago
Tribune.
Warren sheaf., 1898-09-08

Never take a: girls judgment of beauty.
-Atchison Globe.
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her baby while she was tied to her

of her baby while she was tied to her
stake. 5a sf S5,;
IS The men would do this frequently,
and the big beast with almost human
instinct would cry aloud for the babe
and pull at her stake in a frantic eff
fort to go to her offspring, but she
had lad never succeeded, and after keeping
the babe away some time it would be
returned to her.
While at Ronceverte, billy, who was
but twenty years old, together with
the men, after old Junas had been
made fast to her stake, spirited the
baby away and then lay down on the
ground in another end Of the tent to
watch the rawlings Of the big elephant,
which seemed to delight the many
hundreds Of sightseers who were in
the menagerie at the time.
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OUR UNcRoWNED RULERS

Give the children roasted annles IA
eat frequently and as many oranges
as they want.
How long should child remain in
bath? This must, of course. depend
upon circumstances; the time must be
varied according to the age OF the
child. For the first four or Ave weeks
of an infants life it should not be
kept in beyond three or four minutes.
and, the duration must be gradually
prolonged as the child grows older I'M I'M
til it extends to- quarter of an hour.
period which may be allowed after
it has attained the age Of 3 years.
When the baby pokes an mourning
finger into the fire or tumbles against
hot steam radiator quick way to
relieve his shrieks is to cover the
burned surface with baking powder:
Till a preparation Of equal parts of
linseed oil and lime water can be an
piled and covered with soft cloths. II
the burn is slight covering with the
white OF an egg or pure lard will re-
lieve the agony. Burns caused by lime
or I've or an alkali Of any sort should
be treated by vinegar or lemon juice;
burns caused by acid should be treated
with water and moist earth.
There are households in which the
children are scarcely permitted to
speak above their breath. This is not
at all right. In the home there should
be freedom Of speech Children should
be encouraged to express, sin modest
way, their opinions before their par
ents and to come to them for advice
and counsel in all their difficulties and
dilemmas. II this course; is pursued
they will not be likely to take any
serious steps in after life without either
.c con old folk at home or; ap
plying the home standard Of propriety
to whatever enterprise they may have
in view. M
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TARANTULA SHEDS ITS SKIN.

aT ID tE !. (
Insect Increases In Size Each Time
She MOlts.
From the Country Gentleman: An
event OF more than ordinary interest
occurred in my Office yesterday noon.
A large female tarantula shed its skin
for the second time since it has been in
captivity. Those familiar with insects,
spiders and related creatures are aware
that they are incased by a hard, un-#
yielding integument. Increase of size
is permissible only when the old skin
is shed and one that has been newly
formed beneath expands to the requi-
site degree. This is process con-
stantly occurring in nature, and ever
excites interest in the beholder. When
large spider three inches long throws
Off the old integument it is thrilling
sight. In the present case the taran-
tula, had evidently been feeling unwell
for some days, condition frequently
preceding this process among insects,
and yesterday morning she was found
lying on her back and apparently dead,
but moved little upon being disturb
ed. She lay thus until about 1915,
when the rustling her movements made
excited attention. The old skin had
then ruptured around the thorax in
such manner that the top could be
removed entire, and through this open
ing the giant spider was literally
working out of her old skin. This was
accomplished by the aid of her eight
legs and the two leg-like palpi. At the
end of an hour the change had been
effected. The spider lay upon her
back, beside the perfect skin, resting
from the severe exertion.
This tarantula was unusually large
before she molted, and is now of still
greater size. She came north in
bunch of bananas about two and a half
years ago, and until last January was
the pet Of DR.. J. M. Bigelow. While
under his care one skin was shed and
is now in my possession. An idea Of
the increase in size attendant upon
melting may be gained by comparing
the dimensions of the dorsal piece of
the skin shed about the latter part of
1896, when under the care of DR.. yBige-
low, and the one shed yesterday. The
first measures one inch and the sec
one measures one and quarter inches.
Therefore, the present dorsal piece will
probably be proportionately Larger
when fully expanded. a--~~.
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ulm uOC u WltuuidW his money from
the bank.
He smiled queerly.
"You twice asked me to be your
wife," she wound up feverishly, land
I refused you. Would you still mar
ry me, Mr.. Fairfax? Oh, do answer
If I said yes would you still marry
me?"
The smile broadened.
Am I to understand that you are
proposing to me, Miss Maitland?' he
asked. s-..
Don't seek to humble me any more;
don't, don't!" she cried. ''I have fallen
far enough!"
EYES," he said; cit must indeed be a
terrible fall for the proud Miss Matt
land to offer herself to me! You Of
fer to become my wife if 1 will only
leave my money in your uncle's bank.
Considering that love you-and that
you love someone else-it is rather
hard on me, isn't it?' III
"Oh, don't, don't! If you only knew
how I loathe myself for having said
all this to you. You are quite right to
refuse me. How dare ask you-or
any man-to take me under such con-
ditions? You are quite right to refuse
me-"
81 don't know he answered Slow
ly. 'If you did not love another man
already it might have been different.
But as it is-yes, 7 certainly won t
marry you, Miss Maitland; you have
humbled yourself to me unnecessarily.
You cannot know. me very we'll when
you imagine that I had come to with
draw my support from your uncle at
such a time. as this. Instead, I had
merely come to place the further sum
of 100000 to my account The public
knows it already, and the paying into
the bank of such a large sum has re-
stored confidence"
Ere she had time to speak he was
gone.
But the bank was saved! The bank
was saved! A man she had always
despised in her heart had come for
ward and saved it. Why-why had
she never been able before to see the
fine nature which lurked beneath a
somewhat boorlsh exterior.
The excitebent of that day was fol-
lowed by a long illness for her. When
she returned to life once more it was
to find her uncle in better spirits than
she could ever remember him.
All the doing OF Reginald Fairfax,
Elsie. my girl!' the old banker said,
gleefully. He stuck to me right
through, child, when everyone else
failed me, and his example saved the
bank ss
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cruel joke, who had been watching her,
fell asleep and forgot to return her lost
one.
After the men had fallen asleep the
big beast again became frantic over the
absence Of her baby and made the
effort Of her life to free herself
She finally succeeded, and instead
Of going in search of the lost one,
rushed through the crowded tent to-
where the men lay asleep. h
Before Dilly woke up she picked
him out from all the other sleepers and
had him securely in her trunk. Amid
the cries Of her keeper and attendants
and the screaming of women and chill
dren she hurled her tormentor to the
ground several times with terrific
force, breaking almost every bone in
his body. Then tossing him aloft, she
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The Revenge OF the Elephant.

George billy Of Logan, w. Va, who
was supposed to have lost his life in
the campaign against Santiago, met
instead a horrible death at Ronceverte
q few days ago. III
billy was mourned as dead by his
parents in tie little mountain home.
He left with the avowed intention OF
!. 81 listing in the army, and the last
heard of him was when he was in
camp in one Of the Southern regi-
] ml1ents and wrote home to his parents
that he was going to the front. That
he was the victim of the war was
agreed by every one until the visit Of
a circus at Ronceverte.
While the circus was stationed there
three men employed by the show as
canvas men seemed to take great de-
light in annoying a large female ele-
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80
He had further persuaded old John
Rivers to make q partner OF his long
trusted manager. He was therefore in
q position at last to ask Elsie's hand
in marriage. When he asked her she
answered Yes. ss4
Some months after their marriage
Elsie received another visit from her
brother Harold. He was altogether
different person. He was going to
America, and had come to ma SN,~ eqps
fession to her. 6. ss.ss
He had sold his knowledge OF their
uncle and the bank to a CERTAIN gang OF
thieves for a large sum Of money But
he had never known a happy minute
since, and he had never touched a
farthing Of the ill-gotten cash. He
was going to America now, to start
life in earnest, and when his sister
asked him where he had found the
necessary funds he told her that the
donor was Reginald Fairfax.