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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05

Chas. Evans. Of the Enterprise, spent
yesterday at Epworth PARK.
Louis Koehler. Of Boggs' Run. is rejoice
ing over the arrival Of q new daughter.
Paul Reidel expects to leave for Atlantic
City shortly.
Chas. Springer and Harry Farmer will
open up a news depot In the crossan
building.
Misses Nellie Whitesides and Eva Pea
body contemplate trip to Atlantic City
They leave next week
A young child Of B. Zgaianar. Pole
who resides on Marshall street. died early
Friday morning and the remains will be
buried at Bt- Calvary al o'clock this ar
ternoon-
The repairs TO the Boggs' Run bridge
have been about completed and the sub
stantial Improvement viii be appreciated
by the travelling public.
This viii be pay day at the tube works
and also for the employees OF the pudding
department at the lower mill.
Ross Davis left yesterday for Niagara
Falls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05

This evening the bicycle road race will be
run and the event is attracting consider
able attention among the young wheelmen
Of the town. The course will begin at
Seabright & Bows place in upper BEN
wood, and the run 10 McMechen and return
will make about six miles quite a number
of entries are in and to al appearances
there will be plenty to make the race in
terestiHg VIII Stevenson, OF Wheeling. Is
Handicapped and Ciaud Martin and VIM.
kestler are two OF the boys from lower
Benwood who will start. The event Is
called for clock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05
BEN w
Yesterdays Haps and Mishaps in the
Marshall Town.

Yesterday Bonarius Choynski, a foreign
er employed in the plate department at the
Riverside had his hand badly injured The
member was caught between two pieces Of
metal and three fingers were mashed, DR..
Alley attended the injured man and will
make an effort to save the fingers, all
though il will be impossible 10 leave them
in such shape that the hand will not be
more or less disabled. The man will not
be able to work for months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05

The heat yesterday was very oppressive
in the mills and more complaints were
heard upon the part Of the workmen than
upon any previous occasion this summer.
1t was almost impossible to do a full heat
without stopping for breath of fresh air
and in the skelp department the best mace
was three heats against four and five
turns under more favorable conditions.
There were no cases of prostration report
ed,but several workmen were compelled to
lay off to prevent dangerous results.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05

Last evening the Wheeling steel works
suspended operations and no more work
Will be done In this department until Mon
day morning. THIS was necessitated by
shortage of iron. but it IS expected to
have enough stock ahead by Monday TO
keep the plant going the remainder of the
week. The pudding and skelp depart
ments win be on to-day until the usual
Saturday closing hour.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05
Shoe Sale.
Cents Furnishings.

No furnishing house can match US In
style or prices.
100 dozen Gents soc light and dark
Dress Shirts. A big bargain at. .23c
Best Apply Linen Collars only. &c each
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
The Young Man Lied.

An amusing incident occurred a few days ago at Broad street station. An old gentleman while passing through the waiting room stopped and picked up a ten-dollar note from the floor and quickly put 1t in his trousers pocket. A young man nearby noticing this, at once claimed the money as his. but the old gentleman'S opinion on that point was somewhat different, and heated argu- ment ensued. The matter was explain ed to a ticket agent at the window, who referred the two disputants to the head agent to settle the question of owner ship. They were uShered into the pri vate office of the arbiter. After q lively discussion, the old gentleman finally became Indignant, and drawing his hand from his pocket he threw the note on the desk, exclaiming: Here, take the old S10p' As the agent was unfold ing the note large smile overSpread his features. and be showed them it was not a ten-dollar note at all. but a clever advertisement of leading house in this city. The young mans face flushed scarlet, and neither looking right nor left, he unceremoniouSly rushed from the office, through the depot and disap- peared.-Phlladelphi Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
Just like Other Children,

On the principle that to some persons even old stories are new, this one, of the royal princelings of England, Is given in G. w E. RuSsell's recent book. "Collections and Recollections:"
 An English gentleman who had de formed foot, was going to visit the Queen at Osborne, and before his ar rival the Queen and Prince Albert de. bated whether 1t would be we'll to warn the Prince of Wales and the princess royal of his physical pecullarity, so as to avoid their making embarrassing re marks, or to leave it to their own good feeling.
 The latter course was adopted. Lord
 duly arrived. The foot elicited no remark from the royal children, and the visit passed off with success. Next day the princess royal asked the queen:
 "Where is Lord -
 "He has gone back to London. dear"
 "Oh, what a pity! He had prom ised to show Bertie and me his footr'
 They had caught him in a quiet spot, and made their own terms with the cap tive.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
The Atmospheric Clock.

The atmospheric clock-a sort of de- vice that goes of itself-is not inaptly termed perpetual hourglass. In ap- pearance it is like long thermometer with the bulb of mercury at the bot tom. The glass tute is about three eighths of an inch i'll diameter and se- cured to the frame by two bands through which it passes easily. The divisions of time are marked on each side of the tube. Inside the glass tube is smaller tube shaped very much as an hourglass- Some mercury and scrap of plotting paper for the purpose of taking up any moisture,that might gather ill the tube are placed at each end.
 The mercury in the top end of the tube is placed opposite the mark of the proper time and falls to the bottom of the tube exGctly as the time passes. When it has run out from the top, tEe frame can be turned and the mercury set to time on the other side. Thus it registers the seconds and hours quite as accurately as any other timepiece-the drawback to such an arrangement being, of course, the turning of the frame, a task as irksome as that of winding a clock.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04

the lane below the woods when he rec | effected that pail of milk that he had hidden in the hollow log twenty years before.
 "I wonder if the pail can be there yet" he said to himself, and smiled at the thought. "I'll sec
 He remembered the spot as distinctly as though he had but left the day be- fore. He went to the blasted trunk, kicked away the stones and moss and | twigs and looked down. Yes, it was there; but in 1t nothing. He lifted out the old tin pail, Its sides all full of holes eaten by time and rust, and con tinued on up the road.
 "I shall knock at the kitchen door," he said to himself; "and when mother answers shall say: Here Is the milk |" And William Whittlesy laughed aloud.
 The house appeared unchanged. To be sure there were honeysuckles grow ing up the back porch that had not been there went he went away, but twenty years Is sufficient time for honeysuckles to live and die.
 William Whittlesy ascended the steps quietly and knocked at the door. It was opened by kind-eyed old lady. William thrust forward the rusty, bat tered pail and said, Mother, here's the milk" The woman looked at him with wonder in her eyes. "WOn't-won't- you come in?" she said.
 William entered the room. It was the same old kitchen he had known when but a boy. And there by the fireplace sat a man, feeble, and wrinkled and gray. Father, have come back" cried William Whittlesy. The old man turned in his chair and gaZed at the stranger, unknowing.
 Don't you see who am?" cried the lOng-lost. "I am William. 1 have come back. I went away twenty years ago"
 peculiar light came into the eyes of the woman, who, during the strang- CTS appeal to the old man by the fire place, had stood still, at the end of the table with one hand on her hip. "EI-I-understand now," she said.
 William looked his thanks in his eyes. He was about to close his arms about the old ladys face when she waved him back. "T understand" she went on. "Arter you went away your mother died, and in 'beout year your pa mar ried me. Then when he died I mar ried George there, an we've been livin' on tn os' Clace ever sence. So yew see we ant four folks arter all, though likely ez pa, yew may have some legal connection with us"
 William put his hand to his brow and reeled. He staggered to the door sob ping, with his head bowed upon his breast, he walked slowly down the old country road. And that night he went back to the West.-Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
A Good Memory.

A well-knOwn clergyman tells the following characteristic anecdote of Mir. Gladstone. A party of younger men than the great statesman oCce had the impotence to chaff him on his de- vOtion to Homer. The narrator was one of the group. Mir. Gladstone took their nonsense very amiably. chatting and laughing with them.
 ''Homer?" he said. ''I believe could go on ct almost any place you could start me"
 Then to :he amazement and horror of the narrator. who happened to be sitting mex: to him, he turned toward him with the single word 'try."
 ''I was never so taken aback in all nay llfe," the clergyman continues. "He had paid me out for my impu- dence in chatting him. 1 had not look ed at Homer for twenty years-and now to be put on at a moments no- tice! And by Mir. GlAdstOne! How ever, I pulled myself together, and by good luck remembered two lines, which l repeated i'll rather faltering tones.
 "T know! l know. Sixth book of the Ihad-somewhere about the three hundredth line or something like that he said. Then he shut his eyes and poured forth five or six Hires of rtTu- dering Greek verse. Isn't that it? he asked.
 "I had to confess that I had no nO- ton whether that was 1t or not; but l looked 1t up when got home, ard that was it."-Youth's Companion
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
MODERN AGRICULTURE.

Speaking of the changes in farming in New York state, the Country Gen tleman says that it would appear as if farmers were fast becoming expert gardeners, judging by the excellent melons and ether produce some of them bring to market. They can grow fine Hubbard sqaushes, too, as we'll as pumpkins. It will be no long time be- fore the farmer raises as many differ ent crops as the market gardener. His crops proper amount to a dozen, at least, and to these he has already added strawberries, raspberries, black berries, peaches, pears. eating peas, and beans, tomatoes, sweet corn, cauli- flower, celery, melons and sQuaShes, to say nothing of carrots, parsnips, beets, turnips, etc. Some of them al- ready have hotbeds, and others are fast following suit. The next step will be greenhouses on the farm.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
TRAIN THE LEFT HAND.
English Plan for Doing Away with
 Writers Crcmp.

Writers crcnp.
 An English writing master of repute. named Frederick FalcUner. had long puzzled over the question of how to provide a remedy for the distressing trouble known as writers cramp. which lays hold of the wrist and hand of a man who Is compelled to do much writing, and forces him to stop work and rest until the cramp departs Now, nature does not usually provide an in- fliction for which there Is no remedy, so argued Falconer.
 Like fash came the solution of tho problem; and now all the teachers of writing, bookkeeping and clerks in England are saying to each other: "Why did we not think of that be- fore" Fslconer's line of reasoning was simply this: Nature has provided man with two hands.
 When he insists on using only one for some particular purpose, such as writ ing nature steps in and raps him over the knuckles for his foolishness. In the NdSc SpcClnt0 lAlc Tap OhcL luC hnuShACS Is called writers cramp." Since writ ing first became an art, men, with the exception of a few persons naturally left-hanGed, have written with the right hand only. Falconer's prOpOsi- tion is to have the pupils at the Eng fish schools taught to write with either hand. Provided their education in this direction is begun early enough, there is no reason why the left hand should not be used to guide the pen as we'll as the right. Then gOod-by to writers cramp. When the right hand becomes stiff with too much handling of the pen the writer only needs to shift the pen to the left hand.
 What folly" says Mfr. Falconer, "to train boys and girls to use but one hand. No wonder that the left is al most losing its usefulness. Why are not carpenters trained to saw with the left hand as well as the right, ball-play- CTS to throw with either arm and sol diers to shoot from either shoulder? Fancy training a child 10 walk with one leg only. Yet this Is just as Sensi- ble as to allow him to grow up using only one arm"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04

A boy three and half years old, of poor parents-sO poor that each child tho matter how smalD had certain work to do-was required to bring in the klndIing wood each day. One Sun day he did not seem inclined to do his work. At last his mother spoke to him and said: Graham, why don't you bring in your wood? All the others will have their work done before you start" The boy sat still. Ills mother added: Graham, why don't you obey? Go at once." Then the real req son came out. To-day Is Sunday" the lad replied, and won't work. am going to heaven, if the rest of the family d0n't"eBaEar.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
odd Signs in Japan.

Nearly every shop in Japan for the sale of foreign goods IS furnished with a sign in a foreign language. No matter whether the language is ineligible If 1t is only in foreign characters, that is enough. Many of these signs are a Study. "The All Countries Boot and Shoe Small or Fine Wares" 'Old Curi- ous;" Horseshoe Maker Instruct by French Horse Leech;" Gut Hair Shop;" "If you want sell watch, will buy; If you want buy watch, will sell. Yes, sir, we will, all will. Come at my shop. Matchmaker; ;;'' "Hatter Native Country" "Antematic of Nausear Ma rina," and "The House Build for the manufacture of all and best kinds of Hats and Caps"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
High Officials Take In Washing.

Samoa, Stevenson s island home and grave, is the only country in the world where it's rulers and chief justices vie with each other in the honorable work of the laundry. There is no false pride about a chief of Samoa, who will dis cuss high politics with you one mo- ment and the next make tender for your washing. What is more, when he has executed the washing to your satis- faction he will ask you to give him 8 testimonial to that effect, with which to bait succeeding visitors. York Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04

AAs The Rsturn of the Prodigal.


the sky, the rays of the moon bathing him in a flood of silver light.
 "Good-by! Good-by!'
 The words were spoken to the breezes and were borne to the night birds that made reply with shriller chirpings.
 Then William turned and went back down the country road.
 "Yes," the station agent at the cross. ing told him, "there will be a train along for the west in thirty minutes" :"
 William Whittlesy had dreamed of Colorado, and twas there he meant to go. An hour later he was rolling on his way.
 And the years came and went.
 Not word was ever received by the Whittlesys from William. And after many months they came to regard him as dead, and no longer hoped that one day his form might again darken the kitchen door.
 With William all went we'll. He stay ed in Chicago just long enough to learn that there was nothing for him there He pushed his way further west. He succeeded in his first venture, and five years had not elapsed before his name had come to be known throughout the mining country. Often he thought of that home back in Michigan, and ire quently he said to himself, "I will write;" then something would inter- fere with the carrying out of his inten- tion, and no word would be sent back. Thus the days and weeks and years sped on until a fifth of century had passed.
 William Whittlesy had accumulated one hundred thousand dollars in the twenty years he had lived and toiled in Colorado, and one day the desire came to him stronger than ever to go back to the old home and gaze once again into the old eyes of father and mother
 So he returned.
 The station at the crossroads was the same, 1t seemed to him. It had not even been painted in all those twenty years. The agent was a stranger, and the farmers around the little depot did not recognize in the man who alighted from the train that morning the Will jam Whittlesy who had so mysteri- ously disappeared years before.
 Alone and unknown, the man wended his way along the country road to the old house on the hill. He had crossed
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
rRY ALLEN.s FooT-EAsE

A powder to be shaken in the shoes. At this season of the year your feet feel swollen. nervous and uncomfortable. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens FoOt-Ease. 1t rests and comforts makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Re lieves cOrns and bunions of all pain and is acertain cure for Chilblains Sweating damp or frosted feet. We have over thirty thous- and testimonials. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen s. Olm- sted Ie Roy, N. Y
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu- tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in famed condition of the mucous Things of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal condition. hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh which is nothing but an infiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness lcause by catarrhl that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars, free.
 F. J. CHENEY X CO, Toledo, o. Sold by Druggist, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
BERLIN APPETlTES.
Men Who Cater to TheI

Restaurant Men Who Cater to Them
 Soon Become Rich.
 That the restaurant business in Berlin is paying one, if the location chosen be good one. the restaurant of the zoo- logical gardens here shows. For num- Der of years it was leased by man who understood about as much of the busi- ness as the man i'll the moon. Yet he became wealthy within few years and retired for good tp live on the interest of his money. There were days in sum- mer when he sold 1000 kegs of beer, besides some 20,OOO cups of coffee and 50, 900 sandwiches, and as prices are high there he must have made thousands of dollars in a single day.
 Fortunately for the public, another caterer now supplies the hungry and thirsty sightseers at the geological gar dens, man with good reputation, and he pays twice the rent for the restau- rant buildings, too-viz, 100, 900 marks per annum, besides spending by the terms of his contract a matter of almost 500, 900 marks for improvements. Yet it is probable that he, teo, will retire at the end of his term with fortune.
 There are many instances of this kind in Berlin. One of the finest and most highly priced restaurants on Unter den Linden recently sold it's good will for a matter of 1000, 900 marks. The owner of cafe on Friedrichstrasse who start ed the place but couple of years ago is reputed alseady to have cleared about 2,OOO, 900 marks. His head waiter is himself rapidly growing rich from the "trinkgeld" received from the guests and is said to be in receipt of monthly stipends amounting to some $3.000 in American money. Berlin Letter in Chicago Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
THE PLUMBAGO MINE.


 According to the Downieville En- terprise, the Plumbago mine is proving itself to be the banner mine of the southern portion of Sierra county. An electric plant has just been put in, and as the Enterprise says, 'the whole place will be lighted bright as day" A ten-stamp mill crushes the ore, and arrangements are now being made to operate all the machinery by com pressed air.
 The raisin output of the Escondido valley this year is something over ten carloads, nine of which have been shipped. It is estimated that the orange shipments for this season will be about ten carloads.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
MAY BRING LEPROsY TO THIS
 

It is pointed out that the United States soldiers in Hawaii may contract leprOsy there and bring it to this country when thry return. While leprosy is mnch to be dreaded, there are a thousand times as many victims to stomach disorders and blood diseases, but there is a cure for them in Hostetters Stomach Bitters. Other common ailments that the Bitters are specific for are malaria, fever and asue. Sold at all drug stores.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
The Tobacco Flower.

''There is one flower. says writer in London paper. (which has appar- ently been overlooked by Americans in their search for a suitable floral emblem which. think, is worthy of their at tention. 1 refer to that of the tobacco plant (nicotiana) in its many varieties. It is handsome The plant is, l believe, indigenous to America, aud its impor- tance, as the solace of the human race, is indisputable.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
Sure of Game.

Fox-There is one thing that l can say for Badger; whenever he gees shoot ing his family is sure of game
 Knox-Why, is he such a good shot!
 Fox-No; but it really doesn't make any difference whether he shoots any thing or not, fer if he doesn't get any game his wife makes game of him Boston Courier
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
An Embryo Genius.

Lord Crewe, at an educational meet ing at Liverpool recently. told an anus ing story of the little son of a friend of his who refused to say his lesson to his governess. He admitted that G Knew it we'll; but, said he: "If l say my les son, what's the use? You will only make me learn something else. That ,hild will probably be heard of again
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
HOSOftalttY.

Lady of the House (to bore, who gen. erally calls just as she is about to go shopping)-Won't you let me ring for 8 little refreshment for you?
 Bore-I think I'll take little some thing just before go.
 Lady of the House-Oh, then, do have 1t now.-London Punch.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04

We pay $lO0 if we cannot prove that we can save you MONEY on everything you buy, We are saving the people of the Pacific Coast thousands of dollars every month. For full particulars, address, Gil bert Clements Sons, 2lS California St. San Francisco, Cal, Wholesale and Retailers of family Supplies.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
Wonderful Friendship of Old Men

Wonderful Friendship of Old Men.
 For fifty years Christopher Hoffman and Adolph Martin had been bosom friends, and years ago they had sworn that if misfortune should Overtake one the other should care for the unfOrtun- ate one. Two weeks ago Martin was turned out of his home by his wife and married daughter. He went to Hoff- mans little rooms and Hoffman took him in though he had scarcely enough for himself. The two old men played pinochle in their idle hours. Finally Martin died from heart disease. He was buried from Hoffman's humble rooms.-New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-02-04
An ObiecfIon.

"If you pass your college examina- tions, I'll pay all your debts. D
 "Why. uncle. do you want me to work for the benefit of my credito1sT'- Fliegende Blatter.