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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
TWO ACCIDENTS
Occurring Out CaIdwen's Run-A Man and
Child Injured.

John Clegg, who lives at Caldwell's
run, near Fette's, vas painfully in
iured Friday evening. While digging
a we'll a large stone rolled into the
we'll from above, striking him on the
head. causing a painful though not
serious injury. The scalp was badly
cut.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
SHOOK & co.
LOTS or LIVE
new things to tell you about in the big Notion Department. Market ST. end
will NOT EXPLOD 10 G. i5c LACES AT SC

She;iine Pompadour, halt
Pompadour. Empire, Side, and
Tuck Combs and hair pins.
Shel!ine is a decided improve
ment on ceIluloid, being much
harder. 1t contains but a trace
of celIuIoid. The line we sell
is hand finished and cannot be
distinguished from real tortoise
she'll. Here is over a score of
newest shapes-it will not ex-
plode!
GLOVE FITTING" CORSETS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

DIAMONDS!

Now is the time to buy Diamonds. They
are advancing in price and before sixty
days the advance will be apparent in
this country. The DeBeers Diamond Syn
dictate of South Africa, who control the
entire output of the world. have just
closed a contract for all rough turned out
for the next two years to come at 20 per
cent. advance. This means higher prices
in America. We lave been buying largely
lately and are prepared to offer real bar
gains in very fine stones.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
COLLAR CLASPS

are a new leather creation
They snap together like a clasp
glove-are called "Tailor.made'
on account OF being severely
plain, their only ornamentation
being four smalI leather-covered
buttons. which mark the places
OF the clasp sockets. 39c and
SOC.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

More ribbons will be sold than
ever this spring-ribbons will
sway the world of fashion as
never before. Tiny baby ribbons
for rufles - wider ones, too.
Fancy wide ribbons for crush
collars and belts. SPECIAL
100 pieces wide. extra fine plain
Tafeta Ribbon at 25c ward,
which cannot be bought to-day
to sell for less than 35c.
MDV ITO II you want quantity.
I'M LIN II y0n want scarce colors or widths,
If you want the very best values.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16

to prevent Russia any other foreign
Power from dragging into the discussion of the
congress the question OF the partition OF China,
OF the position Of England in Egypt and Of the
use by the British Army of the dum-dum bullet
These subjects which Great Britain does not
intend to have brought upon the tapls. and she
will resist any attempt to include them in the
deliberations Of the congress, even TO the extent
Of her withdrawal from the latter. Indeed
what with Englands refusal to permit the dis
cusson Of the issues that constitute the greatest
menace to peace, and her championship Of the
terrible dum-dum bullet. the advocacy Of pri-
watering by the French Minister Of Marine two
weeks ago in the Chamber Of Deputies, the
openly declared prejudces of the German pleni-
potentiary against disarmament and against
peace conferences the quarres between the
Vatican and tho Quirinal on the subject of their
representation. and the universal disbelief in
the sincerity Of Russia. 1t Is difficult to refrain
from the belief that the Peace Congress next
month will result in anything else than fasco.
fortunate. indeed. IL 1t does not bring about
full-hedged European war. At the best its sue
cess would not extend beyond results Of purely
abstract and theoretical character.
EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16
AN ORCHESTRA OF STUDENTS.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY Of coLUM,

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY of COLUM
BIA UNIVERSITY AND ITS WORK.
The Columbia University Philharmonic Society
will give its first concert on Friday evening at
Mendelssohn Hall. under the direction Of its
conductor. Gustav Hinrchs
The society was organized in 1896 by c. n.
Pfeifer Of the class of '9S. and for two years its
eighteen members worked under the direction Of
H. Fl. Wetzer 1t was the intention Of the or
ganizers of the society to give the students
opportunity to improve themselves in orchestral
playing and to increase the interest in music
and musical matters in the university. Under
the management Of Mr.. Wetzler the society took
part in a concert given by another musical or
ganization. the interest in the work Increased.
and within the last year the membership has
grown to forty. including representatives from
all parts OF the university. The associate MEM
bership list bears the names Of 80 friends and
supporters of the cause for which the society was
organized Much of the progress of the society
is due to the we'll directed efforts of Gustav Hin
richs. the conductor who is present at the weekly
meetings and at the rehearsals. Professor Mac
Dowell is the honorary conductor.
The officers Of the society Martin Wort
mann. 90. president; w. J. Mosenthal. 'Ol. vice.
president: j. Alsberg. '01. secretary; c. II.
Pfeiner, '0l. treasurer.
The following are the violins: w. j. Mosen-
thai. Miss L. Althaus. II. w. Arlington, s. J.
Block C. H. Eckerson. Albert Ehrman. X Z.
Fox H. 5 Harris. Fl. NJ Levy, f. Il. Manning
A. J. Mehler. L. d. Newborg Miss J. M. Proctor.
H. F. Small F. Townsend. Emanuel Noss ana
f. r. Woodrng.
Vjolas-Julius Alsberg and Martin Workman
Violoncelios-H. c. Asberg. r. +. HermaU
and A. C. Muller.
Rass-C II. Pfeiner
FIue-Dr J. X. Small and l.. g. Lock"ard-
Oboe. II. Benns.
Clarionet-G. Van lnger
Trumpet-W. p. Hatch.
Horn-W II. Humston and H. X "aies
Triangle-R. y. Pegram.
Cymbals-W J. Heiman.
Drums-J. III. Fraser.
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Of the Holland emigrants. On the other
hand, should they be defeated, 1t will
be a long step toward the complete sub
jugation of Africa to British interests.
Hence the Importance Of the outcome
Of the difficulty.
The southern peninsula Of Africa Is
practically divided into several repub-
lies of greater or less size under the
suzerainty of Great Britain. The pro-
ceedings Of the Parliament In Cape Col
ony and the Volksraad In the Trans
vaal are seldom or never interfered
with by the British Foreign Office. The
mapjority of the Cape Colonists are
grateful for the garrisons or regiments
which are stationed at various towns,
not only at Capetown, but in Natal and
on the Gold Coast, for they are main
tanned by the home government and
are valuable as a protection, for which
no taxation is necessary. This Is owing
to the fact that the English population
has rapidly increased within the past
few years, and their sympathy Is with
their own nationality. The Kaffirs and
most Of the other black tribes also have
a friendly feeling for the English and
are opposed to their original Dutch con-
querors for several reasons. They are
too well aware that government by the
latter means cruelty and bloodshed,
with the possible resumption Of slav-
cry, which was one Of the chief causes
of several of the wars which have oc-
Cured since 1850. The abolition Of
slavery In the South African republics
greatly Increased the bitter feeling of
the Beers, who by this step lost mill
ions of dollars in human property. 1t
was an act which they will probably
never forget nor forgive.
They are also opposed to the English
on account of their enterprise In devel-
oping the mineral resources in this por-
tion of the continent. The descend
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and successful business men of the me-
tropolis. He sometimes put up every
dollar he had in bringing his enter
prises before the people, but he would
not get into debt and always refused
to accept credit. When he began on
the Hartford Courapt he got his board
and lodging, $25 for the first year, $35
for the second, and $45 for the third.
He never had any school advantages
to speak Of, so he endeavored to learn
all he could from the copy he set up.
He always saved something. He never
accumulated money for the sake Of get
ting rich, but he went on the principle
Of living always within his Income and
so his bank account grew. One day
after he went to New York he found
that he had $40 ahead and with this he
opened bank account, keeping up the
deposits until they amounted to $1,000
a week.
When he bought the New York Led
ger 1t was little financial sheet. Bon
ner made 1t a family journal and en-
ployed some of the most famous writ
ers in the country to contribute to IT..
He paid these contributors such extrav-
agant prices for their work that all the
newspapers in the country ridiculcd his
lack of judgment without considering
that he was getting his moneys worth
out of them as free advertising. So he
became immensely rich. He attributed
his remarkable success to perseverance
more than anything else.
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Money in Abyssinia.

The few travellers who have taken
the time and trouble to look into Men
elek's queer kingdom of Abyssinia tell
strange tales of 1t. Besides the Maria
Theresa 1850 dollars, the people of
Abyssinia, for small change, used a bar
of hard, crystallized salt, about ten
inches long and two inches and
half broad and thick, slightly
tapering toward the end, FIVE Of
which go to the dollar at the capital.
People are very particular about the
standard fineness' Of the currency. II
II does not ring like metal. or IL II Is at
all Clipped, nothing will induce them
to take 1t. Then, II Is token Of affec-
ton among the natives, when friends
meet, to give each other lick of their
respective amolis, and In this way the
material value of the bar is also de-
creased.
For still smaller change cartridges
are used, Of which three 60 to one salt.
1t does not matter what sc?s they are.
Some sharpers use their cartridges In
the ordinary way. and then put In some
dust and a dummy bullet to make up the
difference, or else they take out the
powder and put the bullet In again, so
that possibly In the next action the un-
happy seller will find that he has only
mIss-fires In his belt; but this is such
a common fraud that no one takes any
notice of II, and bad cartridge seems
to serve as readily as a good one.
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THORN I'm ENGLAND,S FLESH.
Republic Bpss That Little
Country the Front Az ain -characterjstjcsNf the
'. Beers and lheir Lands'rt1prs m

building material have given the Inhab-
itants an opportunity to construct sub
stantial and comfortable homes at q
small cost. and the traveller lis sur
prised at the advance In civilization
which he finds In the towns located
hundreds of miles from the nearest
railroad.
But the Transvaal has been thorn
to the British Government for over 9
century. Within the country and near
its borders have occurred many con-
ficts, In which the English have not
met the success which has attended
their arms, In East y India and other
parts of the world, for the reason that
they have had to oppose, men of Dutch
blood. who have proved by many wars
chat they are a. nation of fighters as
well as of farmers. Since the first col
ony of Dutchmen landed at Cape Col
ony, in 1862, these people have been the
enemies of England, and have shown it
In variety of ways. The present diff
Guilty Is based. apparently. on technical
grounds, but Kruger, who may be call
ed the Dutch George Washington, has
taken every opportunity arouse the
feeling of his countrymen. and of the
native African as far as possible, to
incite another war. None know this
better than the British Foreign Office.
and 1t Is endeavoring In every way pos
sible to avoid an open rupture. Should
Kruger and his allies come out victori-
Gus there Is a possibility that the en-
tire southern portion of Africa. from
the Limpopo River, which bounds the
Transvaal on the north. to Cape Colony
will again be under the administration
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Reindeer Moss.

In Sweden the food given to reindeer
is reindeer moss" llchen highly
priced by the Lappe, and which grows
abundantiy In the Arctic regions-al
most as iuxuriantly on bare rocks as In
the SOIL 1t covers extensive tracts in
Lapland, making the summer land
scape look like a field Of snow. The do
mesticated reindeer are never as large
as the Wild ones. The domesticated
Siberian reindeer are larger than those
of Lapland. No care at all is taken Of
the deer. They thrive best by being
permitted to roam In droves and obtain
their own sustenance. The moss can
be used as human food, the taste being
slightly acrid. Attempts have been
made to feed hay, roots, grain, ETC., to
the reindeer, but they have not sue
ceeded.
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Mrs.. eswalls Prssidsut Of the rntsr.
national councii Of Women.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall. who has
been elected president of the Interna-
tional Council of Women. which met
In London. Is well fitted by education,
tastes and wide experience as q leader
Of women along higher educational
lines for the important public position
with which she has been honored. For
several years Mrs. Sewall has been
president Of the National Council Of
Women, and for a great many years
her public work has been devoted al
most exclusively to the furtherance or
organization among women.
Mrs. Sewall was born In Wisconsin
and IL graduate Of Northwestern Uni-
versity In the class Of 1866. 1t was,
however, one of her greatest griefs that
she could not enter Yale University as
her father had done, and 1t was said
that 1t was largely her sense of injus-
tice In this matter that led her to identi-
fy herself with the woman suffrage
movement. After her graduation she
occupied important positions as o
teacher until her marriage with Theo-
dore Sewall In 1880. when she and her
husband opened a classical school for
girls in Indianapolis, and she Is still
head of that school. Mrs. Sewall has
been abroad several times and has de-
voted considerable of her attention to
getting acquainted with the leading
women of the old world. AS president
of the National Council she visited
Hamburg. by appointment with the
Empress Frederick, who gave her an
hours interview and was deeply inter-
ested In the work she outlined. In
Brussels Mrs. Sewall addressed the
Woman's League of Belgium. and In
Paris she spoke In the Marie st. Sui
pice before large audience Of leading
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Ax Cooraei

A family who have recently taken
into their employ an Irish general SER
want say that her blunders cause them
amusement enough to compensate for
any trouble they may entail. One day
the master of the house stated in
Bridgets hearing that he intended to
have a woodshed built on a piece of
ground which at that time enclosed a
well.
"And sure, sorr," said the fnquiring
Bridget, "win you be movin the well
to a more convanient spot whin the
woodshed Is builted?"
A smile crossed her employers face,
and instantly Bridget saw that she
had made a mistake.
Its mesilf that's fool I'm think
ln'v' she said hastily. CAV coorse whin
the well was moved, livery drop Of
wather would rim out av it!'
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The Transvaal was formerly annex
ed to Great Britain. When the English
army was beaten at Majuba Hill Glad
stone was prime minister. He con-
cluded treaty with the Dutchmen
which gave them everything for which
they had been fighting. 1t was peace
without honor, and the Tories ragged as
the heather rage. Mr.. Gladstone said
that England's "magnanimity" at this
crisis would go far toward convincing
the Beers that a great and powerful
nation was willing to do them justice,
auQ that Englishmen would become
Immediately popular in the Dutch re-
public. His opponents said that exactly
a contrary result would accrue, and the
end of it proved them to have been
right. The Beers laughed at the sug-
gestion of "magnanimity." They de-
clared that the English had been whip
ped to standstill, and that 1t was fear.
not humanity, which dominated them.
This impression Of the English army
exists almost universally in the Trans
vaal to-day.
Thorn in Britain's Flesh.
The Transvaal is about the size of
France. 1t is rich in natural resources,
aside from its gold and diamond fields,
and for nearly two centuries has been
titled by the thrifty Dutch emigrants
and their descendants, or utilized for
the pastures Of their thousands Of
herds OF cattle and horses. The coun-
try takes its name from the River
Vaal, which forms its southern bound
ary. This may become new Rubicon
II war is declared. and 1t Is probably
the best-known stream Of the Dark
Continent. although from a geographi-
cal standpoint 1t is insignificant COM
pared with such watercourses as the
Nile and the Niger. While largely COM
posed Of tablelands the country is well
watered and fertile. On the tableland
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entirely for their own race, the foreign
ers being greatly restricted by the leg
islation adopted. Under the supervi-
sion of Kruger, who has been in every
respect a dictator Of the Beers, the
voting has been almost entirely limited
to his countrymen. A foreigner, for
example, Is obliged to reside In the
Transvaal at least five years before he
Is entitled to cast vote for any official,
and until recently only a resident Of
Dutch ancestry could be elected to the
Volksraad. This law has been changed
so that a foreigner could be selected by
ballot for a seat In the Second Raad,
but as this body could enact no meas
ures without the sanction of the prin-
cipal body the Office was of but little
Importance, while in a district where
the Beers were In the majority a for
eigner stood very little chance Of being
nominated for this office.
White persons not of Boer extraction
residing in the region of the Transvaal,
for example, are termed Uitlanders,
which really means Outlanders-from
out of the land. The Uitlanders have
been gradually crossing the vaal, at
tracted by the mineral and other depos-
it's, as well as the opportunities for
agriculture, since 1850. They have in
creased to about $4,000 in the Trans
vaal alone, out Of the total population
of 100000 white people. About $4,000
are Of British descent, the balance be-
ing French, Spanish and a few thou
sand Americans. Owing to the laws
Of the country, 1t Is estimated that fully
four-fifths Of them are not entitled to
vote, although these are numbered
among the wealthiest and most promi-
nent citizens.
President Kruger.
Although to-day over 90 years of age,
the President Of the Transvaal Repub-
lie is nearly as vigorous and capable
of exercising authority as when in the
prime Of life. He is really Of German
descent and not a Hollander by birth.
Over six feet in height, with heavy
Teuton features, fringed by a shaggy
beard. he is a typical Boer physically.
In his character he combines the stub
bornnness, perseverance and bulldog
tenacity Of his associates, who have so
long settled this part Of Africa. He
has demonstrated his military ability
in defying the power Of the English
forces in past conflicts. He knows
every mile Of his country and its strate-
gic features. His police are as well
drilled in the art of warfare as his SOL
diers, and the army Of the republic is
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EATnga or AnvERrlslMo.


Robert Bonnsr, the Fenous Pub
lishers Who Died Rex emily.
Robert Bonner. famous as the pub
Usher Of the New York Ledger and
owner Of fast horses, notably Maud 8.
died at his home In New York. He was
an Irishman by birth and was rs years
old. y*
Bonner might be called the father Of
advertising. He saw Its value; he
dared heights of boldness In calling at
tention to his wares that amazed his
contemporaries. He was always the
champion of right and at an early age
allowed himself to be turned out Of
school for his part in defending boy
whom he knew to be innocent. Locat-
ing In Hartford, Conn. as a boy he
learned the printers trade and was the
quickest typesetter In the Office of the
Hartford Courant, and on one occasion
set up the presidents message at the
rate of LOO ems an hour to enable that
paper to get the message out In ad-
vance Of other papers. From Hartford
he went to New York and In the broad
er field he soon conquered his way to
place among the prominent, leading
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and the last beautiful window finished
1t will have cost the millionaire $780,
600. Nearly year will be required to
complete the structure and when 1t is
done the last resting place of Mr..
Rouss and his wife, both of whom are
now in good health, will be a perfect
copy of the Theseum, in Athens, built
about 400 B. G. to receive the remains
Of Theseus, the Athenian hero, who
was killed in Scyros.
The structure is Of Grecian-Doric ar
chitecture and will be fitting compile
ment for the monument to Mr.. Rouss'
son. which stands on the next lot in the
Winchester cemetery and which is de-
clared to be the most imposing monu-
ment in the South. The mausoleum
will be constructed of Vermont granite
and the interior finish will be in color
ed marble. 1t Is in the construction
and finish Of the interior of the sar-
cophagus that fortune will be ex-
Dended
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sible. The last is made of wood in
three sections, to permit of it's insertion
into the shoe easily. The forward and
lower part Of the last Is followed out.
the opening extending to the sole, so as
to allow the bottom of the shoe to be
acted OIL by the fumigating liquid. The
interior Of the shoe form is loosely filled
with cotton, in the center Of which Is
reservoir to contain the fumigating
material, and this is filed by means of
a tube leading to the toe of the last,
the tube being capped to secure the con-
tents. A bulb is embedded in the top,
by means Of which the fumigating ma
terial Is forced through the cotton.
Holes through the top part Of the last
permit Of the fumigation of the uppers
Of the shoe as well as the sole.
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70 He trouble In the Transvaal Is
war Of races. In that country OF

@ He trouble In the Transvaal Is a
war OF races. In that country OF
= wind-blown veldt and craggy hills
the aggressive, restless, absorbing, con-
Quering, colonizlng spirit of the Anglo
Saxon faces the stolidly courageous
inertia of the Dutch. Three times In
the past the blaze Of open conflict has
Jared. The smolderlng embers are
growing a brighter red, and the time
Is not distant when once more they will
burst into flame. That is the judgment
of every unbiased student Of the situa.
ton. 1t is their Judgment, too. that
the coming combat will far surpass It's
predecessors In fury, In fatalities and
In results.
1t is country worth fighting for. Be-
tween 1t and that portion Of the United
States which lies just to the eastward
Of the Rockies there Is strong similar
ity. 1t has the same wide-spreading
mesas. carpeted with waving grasses,
green In the early spring and brown In
the heats of summer. There are the
same infrequent and treaoherous water
cogrses, the same magnificent dis
tances, the same jutting knobs of gran
lite and other stones, which we call
"buttes." The land Of the Dutch is pos
sibly less fertile than the American
land, although there is no better cattle
country. AS an offset to this 1t is the
greatest gold-producing area of the
earth. 1t Is gold that has caused all
the trouble, because the thirst for gold
has brought In the tens of thousands
of foreigners, mostly Englishmen. who
have come to be known as "uitland-
ers' or outlanders.
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men and women. This address at
tracted great attention and was widely
noticed in the press Of France, Russia,
Italy and England. Another great tri-
umph was in 1889, when as a delegate
she addressed the Woman's Congress
Of Paris in the purest French and re-
ceived commendation from NJ. Jules ST.
mon and other noted French writer's.
AS presiding officer Mrs. Sewall Is
said to be uniformly successful, being
dignifed, clear-headed and quick to
see the point. She is also newspaper
contributor and magazine writer and
lecturer of some renown.