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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10

Special to the Register.
Scio, Ohio, December "a we'll
posted oil operator who has been look
ing over this field, gives out thai 1t has
promising future and that operations
will be active all winter because OF
proximity to the Panhandle railroad.
He says: mo gushers will be drilled,
but any number of good paying wells
will be found. There is five feet of
good paying sand and 80 feet of Berea.
This gentleman said that this territory
was developed further north ard south
than any Berea territory in his yicin-
ity as there is a mile between the Hen
ny we'll on the south line of section 81
and the Jennings well. on the Jolly
farm on the north line OF section 80.
Both are 15-barrel wells. The Donald
son well is producing 20 barrels and
the Strager well 40 barrels. Three
wells are drilling and six more rigs
are going up. More rigs are to go up
and oil men are working hard to secure
leases. All rigs up are inside well de-
fined lines This oil operator thinks
this is a local pool. The Henry and
Jolly wells are on a direct line north
and south.
Interest has not abated in the oil
boom and oil men continue to flock
here So great is the exodus TO this
place that citizens are turning out stu
dent boarders in order to accommodate
higher priced oil men. Several more
wells will have to be drilled as tests.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF vAIu-

ABLE llIA PkDl ENi1s
BY virtue Of a deed of trust made by
Christopher Il. Wagner and 1iizabeth
Wagner. his wife, to me as trustee, bear
ing date on the 9th day OF Novemhers IN
OF the clerk of the county court OF Ont,
county. State OF West Virginia., IN deed
OF trust book No. 81, page A.iwiuouer lof
sale at the north front door OF the court
house of Ohio county, on -.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10th, lSes,
commencing nt ten O'Clock a. ms .he ioi-
parcel of land situate In TIE ely o.
Wheeling Ohio county, West virginia, pe.
ing a part OF lot numbered one Inunure1
ana ninety-one ueD liz the addition 70
the said city laid out by Peter farnati.
John Fawcett and others, ana eaiied last
Wheeling edditiop elking ana s, pens ao oa
bounded as follows. to-wit; Beginning
al a point on the south line 81 said SIX.
teenth street, ~ the n9rthWes. corner %
ty-one deD. thence south aionS inc west
line OF said lot one hundred and twenty
p2O feet TO the alley n me nesf VI naaa
six (26) feet; thence north ON me par
a'tel with said west line Of said ;ot one
hut.ired and twenty G2Al feet to the line
Of siIteAnth street; th.Il2s alonSA
teenth street, S. In no I'M
pproyements thereon and the heredita-
meuts and appurtcnances tnefeunto pc
longing Being the same properly con-
viewed to said first parties by Dhnlei pm
Ger and wife by deed of trust dated May
1st jS93, and recorded IN the office OF tho
clerk of the county court OF ONO county,
West Virginia
Terms 81 Sale-One-third on the pur-
chase money. and SO much more 90 the
purchaser may elect 70 pay, N cnsh ana
Inc balance In one and two years with
interest from day Of sale, the purchaser
10 give his notes for the deferred pay
ynants and the title to be conveyed to
The purchaser. he giving deed OF trust
TO secure the deferred payments. Tho
title is said 20 be good but selling as
trustee / shall only convey such title az
is vested ia me ....
IT. S. RILEY. Trustee.
Attorney.
T c uIsRVEY, Auctioneer. noliei
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10

Thorne, ST.. who died five years ago.
and like him. well known on the stage,
is dead at the age OF seventy-fiye years.
She was native of New York, and
her first husband was James Starke,
the tragedian. with whom she played
in many theatres from New York to
San Francisco. After Starke's death
she married Thorne, the father of c. R.
Thorne, Jr., the well known leading
man. She will be buried in the Ma
sonic cemetery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10
PRINCE OF FoRGERs SENTENCED

San Francisco. December Carl
Becker, known to the police all over
the country as the Prince of Forgers.
was sentenced to serve seven year in
San Quentin for defrauding the Nevada
Bank of this city out of over $4,000 by
means of raised check which he and
three others presented to the bank for
payment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10
CORPSE SAT UP IN BED.
Friends Were Prepared to Bury Z
Dover Man. When He Recovered
From a Cataleptic Fit.


Dover, Del, December 9--Frem an
overindulgence in applejack Theodore
Hopkins, of Dover. went into a cata-
leptic state and many OF his friends,
being positive that he was dead, pre-
ceeded to raise enough money by dona-
tons to give him decent burial He
was laid out in his best clothes for the
casket. All preparations for the fun
eral were being completed when Hop
kins sat up in bed and exclaimed to his
fleeing friends:
Il Amt dead thank the Lord. |
heard every word you said. but couldnr
move
The man is still paralyzed from Eis
hips down. The cash collected for his
burial viii probably be saved until
Hopkins mission on earth is ended, as
the funeral has been postponed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10
AN OPEN LETTER

Ey G. II. Peyton. ESQ, to j. Slidcl Brown
and tho Public Concerning the Preston
County Election and Its Conduct.
Baltin' ore, Nd, December s, 1898.
}. Slidell Brown. Esq, Kingwood, Pres
ton Co, w. Va:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10
OIL MARKET.

Oil City Pa, December 9.-Credit
balances S117 Certificates opened at
s1.13 bid for cash; closed at s11S No
sales. Shipments, S5,7S9 barrels; runs,
S1.239 barrels.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10
AN AGED ACTRESS DEAD.

San Francisco. December 9.-Sarah
Stoke Thorne. widow Of Charles s.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-10
STEAMBOATS,.

NOTICE.
~ The steamer Floise viii enter the
Wheeling and Newport trade Lemve
wheeling the 10Th Of November FOR New
mort Leave Wheeling every Monday,
"Wednesday and Friday A. II O'Clock q. nj.
for Newport Leave Newport every Tues-i
day Thursday and Saturday ~ o'clock
a. m S. BRADY MORGAN. Capt. :
uol6h
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asked you the point blank question:
rs that information to be relied on?'
Your reply was: 1T is, but to be safely
within limits, tell Mr. McGraw TO put it
at 1900" At this point | called your
attention to an estimate furnished me
by Junior Brown, which placed Mr..
Daytons majority at 1900. Your com
ment on this was: Il think Junior is
too conservative. SO much for your
capacity as political forecaster.
AS to the SMare's Nest you refer
to, consisting of the presence and par
ticipation of certain gentlemen in the
canvass Of their own vote, | have moth
inc to say. l am not lawyer, but on
the contrary an honest man to the ex-
tent of my ability in that direction and
am perfectly satisfied to leave that
question to the settlement of the courts.
Now there is one statement contain
the absolute truthfulness of which it
gives me pleasure to lend my unuuali-
fed endorsement; it is where you are
quoted as saying: While all the mem
bers of our county court are intense
Republicans, they are honest and reli-
able citizens and intelligent Christian
gentlemen. who are disposed to do the
right thing and discharge the duties of
their Office according to the law and
under their OATH My treatment as
an individual by the gentlemen COM
posing the court. and. in fact, by all
those I met while in Kingwood was
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
An Odd Coincidence.

In 1884, just after Commodore
Schley returned from rescuing the
survivors of the Greedy Arctic expedi-
ton, the Massachusetts Humane So
ciety presented him with handsome
medal for his achievement, and Ben
iamin W. Crowninshield, one of the
Bay States great orators, was sent to
Washington to make the presentation
speech. On the way to the capital
Mr.. Crowninshield fell in with an old
and prominent resident Of Boston, who
took the privilege OF asking the orator
what his mission In Washington was.
In reply the old gentleman was shown
the medal and told what was to be
done with it. "Strange coincidence,
unused the venerable gentleman from
the Hub. "Forty -four years ago, in
1910. rode over this same line and
met General Winfield Scott. ] was as
inquisitive then as now, and asked him
where he was going. He said that q
son OF his friend Mr., Schley had been
named for him, and that he was going
to Maryland to see the baby.-De'
troit Free Press.
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and Alqiers. The chief animals used
In this case were barbets and Pyren-
mean sheep dogs. The barbets are
used before of their great intelligence,
strength and tractability. Their train
ing begins at the age of eight months.
and it takes o year to finish them for
their work. :.
The soldiers of the czar have found
that dogs are of great use to them in
their campaigns against the savage
hordes that infest the steppes and the
borders of the domains of the great
white emperor. Sentries are given
dogs as companions, and the animals,
with better hearing and more easily
aroused suspicious than the man,
are stirred at the least sign OF
the approach Of q footstep. In this
way many man on an outpost has
been set on his guard. At the same
time the barking of the dog has noti'
fed the creeping savage that he is dis
covered. The Russians use st. Ber-
nards principally, on account OF their
great strength and endurance. They
draw small ambulances occasionally.
and lately this branch has been added
to the education of the animals, 80 that
in the next war they may be made USE
full in carrying the. wounded to places
of safety as we'll as in finding them
and attracting attention to their
whereabouts. Chicago Times Herald.
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now Caste Affects Trade in india.

How Casio Auccts TRACE IN fHuhes
The trades in India arc governed
to great extent By the castles, and,
TO certain extent, each caste Is linn
tied to certain choice OF trades.
Thus Brahmin may be o carpenter
or o mason, but he may not be
waterman or sweeper. II o chow.
kidar, for instance, belongs to the
Brahminical caste, he has his own
cooking utensils, and il Mussulman
should touch them under any circum-
stances they would be deflled, and be-
fore they could be used again would
have to be purified by some mysteri-
Gus and tedious process before tho
Drahmin could use them without
himself losing caste.
A chowkldar could not be induced
to use q swecpcr's broom. 1t would
be defllement for Hindu to receive
food or water from the hands OF one
of lower caste than himself, and
drinking water may only DO received
from one of a higher caste A car
penter will not take drinking water
from the water carrier who supplies
the kitchen, and Brahmin must Be-
employed for the special purpose Of
bringing water to the workmeu.
Each servant may get his own water,
but need not bring any to the others,
as they would not take any from him.
They would dry up and blow away
nrct
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CHAPTER ".

After the boat had been gone few
seconds, Captain Fox named the officers
he expected to accompany him ashore
that night, and then told them to report
at once in his cabin.
Gentlemen" he said, when the o IL
GERS were gathered about the table. from
which Don, the cabin boy, had removed
the fagons and glasses, this is night
to test each mans power OF self con-
troll. shall expect you oil to drink, or
TO seem to do SO; but the man who be-
comes drunken must take the conse-
ouences. / cannot forget that at Meri-
da. Cartagena and Para, some OF you
so far forgot yourselves as to get drunk
and bring on tights with the natives.
who drove you to your boats, and who
In their Just anger, would have selzeo
our ship had l not turned the guns on
them. We cannot avail ourselves OF
such remedy here. Each man must
appear to be what the people believe US.
officers and gentlemen In he service OF
England. At one O'clock l shall expec'
YOU to be on board; in the meantime re-
member-seaIed tips and open orders.
Captain Fox waved his right nand,
and the officers, frcnarfd excepted
withdrew. - c...a,r
when he and his chef executive ohcel
had the cabin 20 themselves; as Of oie
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
Can Afford to Have . Cow.

Just after President McKinley's in
auguration he had his relatives who
were in the city at family dinner at
the White House. It was large COM
pany and q good dinner. Dear old
Mother Mckinley was there, but she
was not very talkative. She was toe
happy for words. But she kept a
sharp eye on the dinner, and no detail
of it escaped her. She was impressed
by the quantity of cream served with
the fruit and coffee, for she looked ur
at her son in her sweet way and said
civilian. You must keep COW
now"
Some of the younger members OF The
family party found it difficult to sup.
press smile, but the President, with
his usual tact and graciousness, re
piled:
Eyes, mother, we can afford to hav'
COW now, and have oil the cream vi
can possibly use. New York Press.
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our good luck follows. By the spirit oi
Blake, sir! things could not have hap
pened better.
Il am glad for your sake" replied
Frenauld.
Aye, aye, my lad. and for your own
sake, too. POUNDS! Lieutenant, are We
not to be sharers in the great prize?"
Yes, Captain; but you will not act
without seeing his lordship?"
do not say 'lordship;' say Col. Ora
ham, Why, man, II these provincials
knew there was live lord among them
they would eat him up with adulation.
Remember, we must speak of Col. Ora
nam of the guards; Graham who. under
Churchill, led the decisive charge on
the French at the battle Of Walcourt.
Ha, ha, hal This cruise has Its conf
cal aspects; 1t Is play instead OF hard
work. Why, expected to blow yonder
ship out OF water before this. But the
Colonel will come down, as per arrange
ment from Boston, and he will be thun-
derstruck to find us side by side.
And very naturally s.. l must say
you will never have q. better chance to
get rid Of him.
ITO get rid of this Denham, eh, Free
nauld2"
Il said to get rid of him, Captain"
But, confound it, don't want to get
rid OF him."
II thought the Colonel wanted him
out Of the way?"
so he does, but don't. His lord
confound my slippery tongue, mean
the Colonel, wants him disposed Of. and
we must make him believe that We have
earned the money; but Denham, alive
and in our power, is worth more to US
than the richest galteon that, silver
freighted, ever plowed the sea-"
out fight; that, In truth, would be ar
exploit worthy Of yourself.
and it shall be DONE Frenauld; Il
shall be done. Oh, will court the
youth. He is generous, brave, and un
suspicious. l will flatter and dazzle
him. IL he loves wine, as good sailor
should, may be shot il have him no
at sea before six tides have flooded this
bay
said Fernauld, with unaffected joy.
Aye, my lad, and 1t shall leap will
perpetual delight after the browning ex
plot of our cruise is finished. Now
caution, prudence, patience, ana Ou
object masked. like a Dutch battery
with evergreens, roses, and floating
! swans; eh, Frenauld?"
THAT Is it, Captain"
Come; we have no time to spare
| The dinner awaits us ashore, and IL to
night the officers of The Wanderer max,
no impress on the hearts of the fai
danes of this island, then have the.
forgotten in works of war the ways o
love, and 1t will be the first time in al
my experience that over knew such
thing to happen"
Capt. Fox was in high spirits, blu
Frenauld did not presume on this, for h.
we'll knew that the smile could chang
In the space of lightning flash to
frown, and that the sentence begun il
the softest accents might end in tone:
Of thunder.
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Reasons for the Queer Things to BE
Found in Their Columns.

Spanish newspapers are queer
things. even outside Of their news"
about the United States, the Indians
and what not, and their Queerness Is
due as much to the public which they
serve as to the incOnceivable ignorance
or willful dishonesty, or both, OF the
people who make them.
1t is said, for instance, that outside
Of the larger cities there Is large
class of people who do not even know
of the existence of the present crisis.
To one unacquainted with Spanish Gus
toms and manners 1t might seem
strange that Spanish newspapers did
not lay the whole matter before the
people, but, according to the Boston
Advertiser, there are some obstacles
In the way Of such general campaign
Of education in Spain.
In the first place 1t must be remem-
bered that less than one-third, and only
little more than one-fourth OF the
| Spanish people can read or write. An
| educated Spaniard is not the rule, but
the exception. A newspaper among
! population, more than two-thirds Of
! which can neither read nor write, is
not likely to have a tremendous circu-
lation or unlimited power. Even In
| the cities the circulation Is not large.
La Epocha, the conservative organ Of
Madrid, for example, has a circulation
of less than 5000 copies. Outside of
Barcelona and Madrid there are per-
haps COO papers published In Spain,
and not half of these pretend to be
newspapers.
Indeed, out of all the 1900 periodic
ais published In Spain the scientific
Journals, religious papers and fashion
papers are largely in the majority,
while the newspapers are in the minor
| ity. Newspaper enterprise does moi
have much encouragement. Foreign
| news is obtained chiefly from govern
ment officials. The whole Kingdom OF
Spain does not receive as many for
eign dispatches in week as are sent
to a single city In this country in
single day. The average Spanish edi
tor does not see much use In paying
for an interesting dispatch froit
abroad when the chances are about
ten to one that when he gets the dis
patch the press censor viii not allow
the paper to print 1t.
All these facts must be borne In mine
In considering the influences which 60
to make up public opinion in Spain
Unfortunately for the stability of th'
present Spanish government, clei1ca
influences in Spain are rather-with tn
Carlist pretender than with the youni
king. If Sagasta We're able to lay be
| fore the Spanish people generally
true statement of the present cond'
ton of things and Of Weyler's brutal
ity, spoliation and outrageous rohber
I | in Cuba 1t would not take long to settl
, the Cuban question with peace an
honor to both sides.
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Modern Warfare.-There are times
IKE the present when 1t seems as
though the animal were at the top. and
the affectional nature suppressed, and
the conscience were ruled out Of court;
and yet, II You study the methods OF
modern warfare, as compared with
those OF the past, you see how pity and
tenderness and care walk by the side
Of every gun, hide in the rear OF every
battlefield to attend to the wounded and
suffering.-Rev. NJ. ]. Savage, Unfta-
Ran. New York City.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
~ The Decay Of Stone.

Whoever expects to find stone
that will stand from century to Gen.
fury, deriding alike the frigid rains
and scorching solar rays without need
of PREPARATION, will, indeed, search for
the PHILOSOPHERS stone" There is
scarcely substance which, after hay
ing been exposed to the action of the
atmosphere for considerable time,
does not exhibit proofs of weather
ing;" it may even be observed on the
most densely compacted silicious
rocks. The fullest extent Of this in
auiry can only be to elucidate relative
duration and comparative labor OF APP
preparation to useful or ornamental
purposes.
BY examining the various produc-
tions of nature we find evident proofs
of her industry in all ages. Changes
have been going on from the remotest
antiquity to the present time on every
substance that comes within our OBJ
seryation. All the actual combinations
of matter have had former existence
in some other state. Nothing exists
in nature but what is likely to change
It's condition and manner Of being.
No material is so durable as always
to retain it's present appearance. for
the most solid and compact bodies
have not such degree Of impenetra-
bility, and so close union OF the
parts which compose them, as to re-
sist decay.
Even in the great globe which we
inhabit nothing is more evident to
biologists than q perpetual series Of
alterations. There can be discovered
no vestige of beginning. no prospect
of an Send. In rome bodies these
changes are not 80 frequent and re-
markable as in others, though equally
certain at more distant period. The
venerable remains of Egyptian splen
dor, many Of them executed In thu
hardest granite between 5000 and
1000 years since, exhibit large por
tions Of exfoliation and gradual decay
thereby following the primitive, i'm
mutable and universal order of cause
and efects-namely, that all objects
possess the materials of which the,
are composed only for limited time
during which some powerful agen
effects their decomposition and set
the elementary PARTICLES at libert.
again to form other equally perfec
combinations. Thus, by divine an,
unerring laws order is restored anids
apparent confusion. Architect.
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OUR BUDGET OF HlIMOR.
LAucHTER.PRovoKINc sToRd.s FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

DO we?-What She Lacked-Her j, a1ousy
Aroused-A Patriot squeIched--t Dead
Level-The Home Guards Luck CAM
Resist This, Etc., Etc.
In the old world war
Long protracted must be,
But we hustle ours through
Like an afternoon tea.
An afternoon tea
Doesn't quite hit the mark.
The Manila affair
Was more like lark.
Philadelphia North American
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
Wonan's Love.

Suzanne-"Yes, it's q pretty coup.
let, but it ought to end with money"
Edward-"But, my darling girl, the
first line ends with love, and love
won't rhyme with money"
Suzanne-ssWell, II it won't, take
out love and put in something to
rhyme with money, and it will be per-
tect, Pick Me-Up.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
Bold Amateur Detect re-.

Sweet GirI--'Pa, the house next
door was robbed last nigh"
Pa-s'Me-cyl Next door,"
Sweet Girl and the burglars
have been in two or three houses on
this street within q week"
Pat know it. / know it. It's
terriblei But what can we dor"
Sweet Girl-ssI was thinking 1t
might be good plan for Mr.. Nicefel-
low and me to sit up few lights and
watch for them. "-Psaxson's,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
Tine literal Small Boy.

Little Boy-.Mr. Blake, won't you
bend some for me?"
Mr.. Blake-'1 can't, my boy"
Little Boy-"Arent You . contor-
tionist?"
Mr.. Blake-'No, child, what ever
gave you that idea?'
Little Boy-"Sis said that every
time You opened your mouth you put
your foot in it. Harlem Life.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-15
A wonderful Woman.

DeWitte-"Aunt Deborah Strong is
one of the most remarkable women OF
my acquaintance"
Mrs. DeWitte-"How SOP"
DeWitte-"Why, I am told that all
the way back from Mrs. Potter's
funeral, yesterday, she never ex-
pressed any opinion as to how long IT
will be before the deceased's husband
marries again. Puck.