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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
FOUND NEARLY FROZEN.

Special to the Register.
Womelsdorf. w. Va, January S.
Charles NJ. Scott, hunter, who was
mysteriously missing from his home.
was found almost frozen to death and
exhausted several miles from here.
Scott had put his arm in hole In an
old tree to get a rabbit, ane it became
fastened and he remained at the base
of the tree for thirty-six hours The
barking of his faithful dogs attracted
the searching party.
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CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.

Special to the Register.
Clarksburg, w. Va. January S.--A
sad death by burning occurred at Will
son last night about seven o'clock in
which the nine-year-old daughter of
Newton Matheny lost her life She was
standing before the open fireplace on
a chair reaching for something on the
mantle when she lost her balance and
fell in the fire beneath her. She died
about ten o'clock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
1888, 1i4O&it42 MARKET ST.
THE VALUE Of CANNEDAEAIS.
Authoritative Statements Showing
Their Superiority

OVER FRESH MEATS, BULK. FOR
BULK-PROF. sATWATER SAYS,
AFTER MANY CAREFUL 4EX-
PERIMENTS, THAT THE COOK
ING AND CANNING OF MEATS
IMPROVES THEIR QUALITY,
AND THAT THE REMOVAL OF
BONE, GRISTI4E AND WATER
RENDERS THEM HIGHLY NJ
TRITIVE AND EXCELLENT FOR
FOOD.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
In olden Times

People overlooked the Importance OF
permanently beneficial effects and
were satisfied with transient action
but now that it is generally known
that Syrup of Figs will permanently
overcome habitual constipation, we'll
informed people will not buy other
laxatives, which act for a time, but
finally injure the system. Buy the
genuine. Manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
POSTMASTERS COMMISSIONED.

Special to the Register.
Washington, January S.-The fol-
lowing West Virginia postmasters have
been commissioned: Emile Scherr,
Eglon; Ocie NJ. Malcolm, Lewiston;
John w. Moral, Hartman; William H.
10y, Ruckman; Isaac B. Parsons.
Wappocomo; John w. Metheny, Copen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
PATENTS GRANTED.

Special to the Register
Washington, January S.-John R.
Lavender. of Charleston. ". Va, has
been granted patent on a non-refilla-
BILE bottle. Other patents issued to
Weyt Virginians this week include one
to Robert E. L. Gray, of Tornado, on
a lew kind of egg crate. which insures
me eggs carried therein from breakage,
Ind to Arthur B. Thorn. of Reedy. on
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
w. VA. PETITION Presented.

Special to the Register
Washington. D. c., January Sen
ator Hoar has presented in the SEN
ate the petition of George W. Robin
son and nine other citizens of West
Virginia against the extension of
American sovereignty over the Philip
pine Islands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
MoNEyTo LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN one zeal estate: Q
cent interest, ] per cent premium: (,
: per cent. Requh0d payments 25e
week on each 500 loaned. THE BUI
EYE SAVINGS AND LOAN CO, Thi
second street, Bell@ire. o. ocTet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

One of the most interesting legitimate
amusement events of the season will
be the appearance at the Opera House
tonight and tomorrow night of Mr.
Walker Whiteside, assisted by Miss Lee
lie Wolston and a capable supporting
company, presenting the new romantic
comedydrama, THE Red Cockade, !"
and Eugene eAram. 1.-THE Red Cockade"
is a romantic comedy-drama from the
French, founded on NJ. Ponsard's great
play at the Theatre Francois, Paris, for
some years. The scenes of the new
play are laid in France during the Ma
poleonic era, and depicts with vivid
realty many of the thrilling incidents
of the revolution of 1898, known in his
tory as the Reign of Terror" the per-
iod when the people of France >were
writhing in the throes of civil erup-
ton.
The entire four acts abound in thrill
ing, soul-stirring situations and brill
liant climaxes, such as the history of
no other nation affords the playwright
1t is not without its lighter scenes,
however, for throughout there are beau
tifully blended veins of love and charm
ing comedy that relieve the stern back
ground of strife and battle.
When the lily refused the,nomishment
OF the sunbeam and the rain.
And bowed its head on its mothers breast
In sorrow and guiitless shame.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09


Oliver Byron, supported by Kate By
ron and the strongest company Of
comedians he has ever had, will be at
the Grand January IL, 10 and IA, on
Friday night presenting the Ups and
Downs of Life" a play that is favor
tie with the play-goers in all the large
towns of this country. The Byrons
have made this play such a favorite
that they are asked to repeat it each
season as they visit each city entour
but this will he the last production, as
Mr.. Byron has so many good plays up
his sleeve that he is obliged to make a
change so as to give the public some
thing new. The production this year
is more notable than ever, as it is en-
bellished with new scenery and the sup
porting company is a strong one, be-
sides including several well-known
high-class vaudeville artists.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09

It is said that in sentiment, at
mospheres, character drawing, dia-
lect, and all wise that goes to
make a story truly tale of the
Southland, Mr.. Clay Clement in his
'sThe New Dominion and also in his
play, "A Southern Gentleman, has sue
ceeded far. beyond any of the plays Of
the past. He will appear at. the Opera
House Saturday, January 14th.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09
A LIFT FOR PRINCETON.

PRINCETON, n. j., January Sit
was announced to-day that George a.
Armour, of the class of II, has given
$4,000 to Princeton university to
found classical der kment in the
University library EXT three
years he will Civ u fGs
the further supnQ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-09

The funny original acrobatic farce
frolic Next Door by the famous
Brothers Roger, is as lively a pell-mell
production as Bowery restaurant at
the noon rush; it is fast and furious
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
STREAM OF EARTH.
Said to BE Moving Down a steep Vale,
In India.

Said to BE Moving Down a steep Valley
In India.
Captain Roberts of the British army
writes to Sir Martin Conway, the ex-
plorer of the Himalayas, Of a curious
phenomenon he has seen among the
mountains of the extreme northwest
ern part of India, not far from the
Upper Indus. There is a very narrow
valley or nullah among these noun
tains, the head of which is about $4,000
feet and the foot about 5000 feet above
the sea level. The earth on the floor
Of this nullah is moving down toward
the foot Of the valley at the rate OF
about 600 feet year. This estimate
of the rate OF movement is made from
the position of trees that are grow
ing on the surface, and every year are
nearer the foot of the valley. The sur
face of the moving mass fills the bot
tom of the nullah, and is about 600
feet wide. AS far as he is able to as
certain there is no ice or snow above
or within the moving mass. The sur
face is undulating and looks like a
mountain-covered glacier, except that
the grass is growing upon it. Inc
neighboring villagers have made few
cultivation terraces upon the moving
mass. In depresSiOns on both SIDES OF
it the streams flow between the mass
and the hillsides. The natives say
there is nothing new about the phe-
nomenon, that the mass is always IN
very gradual motion, and though they
till a part of the surface they have
given up attempts to build houses on
it because they always tumble down.
Though this information is made pub
lie without comment by so high an
authority as Sir Martin Conway, the
editor of Nature, in which it appears,
seems inclined to regard it as fish
story and disclaims responsibility for
it. If the information is correct 1t
would seem that the slope of the rock
underlying the alluvial mass is suffl-
GENTLY steep to overcome the friction
to a considerable extent, permitting
slow movement of the earth down the
valley. as glaciers move to lower lev
els.
This phenomenon appears to be mid
way between the landSlideS that are
frequent in mountain regions when the
lower part of the earth mass becomes
saturated with water making the rock
slope on which it rests slippery, and
the very thick, black mud avalanches
that Sir Martin Conway and other ex-
plorers have described as rushing down
the steep nullahs in the Himalayas at
the rate of several miles an hour.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
Observation-Disclosures

desirable form Of boat that floats, are
at the wharves The clubhouse chef
gets $4,000 a year. He has five assist
ants, who get from $1,000 to 81, 500.
Eight miles away, in the city OF Bruins
wick, are 23O young lawyers who would
be glad to swap salaries with them. 1t
is the boast of ]. Pierpont Morgan and
his associates that in the Jekyl club
house man ca get not only q better
dinner team he can get at Delmonico's,
but that it will cost him three times as
much. There are six gamekeepers.
dozen guides and other chattels ct the
disposal of the club people. They
would find it a difficult matter to ger
lost if they tried, but they must be
guided" just the same. The kennels
contain dogs valued at 81 900 a head.
These dogs have grown so used 20 the
character of sportsmen frequenting the
blessed isle that when a pheasant is
accidentally killed it scares them.
There is a herd Of highly bred Holstein
cows. No Jekyl islander would demean
himself and insult his auriferous COM
panions by drinking Jersey or Hereford
milk. Jerseys and Herefords are low.
Income from the Government.
The Jekyl clubbers, it has been es-
timated, own $30O,O0O,O0O in govern
ment bonds. Upon these bonds the
government pays them a yearly in
terest of more than $9,000000. The
sum of their holdings was much in
creased when one of their leading
members obtained an issue of consid-
erably above 500, 100000 at his own
price.
Franklin H. Head of Chicago, who
every year or two writes hoax for
private circulation and the fun of it,
is the author Of a very remarkable
History OF Jekyl Island,' a history
that contains excerpts from the private
correspondence of Mrs. Governor Ogle-
thorpe and details of John Wesley's
fruitless attempts to convert the In
dians He knows as much about the
island geographically and in a social
way as it is good for any man to
know He visited there some years
ago and gave his impressions OF the
life the islanders lead to the New Eng
land Magazine. Mr.. Head says:
Il found the March climate of the
island invigorating and delightful; the
bride paths and roads leading through
the forest wisely planned and charm
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06


doubted by some) that on a GER
tain Sunday terrapin soup was serv-
ed to some of the early inhabitants
The clubhouse was we'll planned for
its purposes; the company choice and
in every way agreeable. All members
OF the club worthy of their exalted
heritage were busily employed in do
ing nothing, and in doing it thoroughly
and well. A few members who were
looking about for something to do,
who watched anxiously for the news
papers and sought to adulterate the
atmosphere of the island with the
cares of the outer world, were frowned
upon and their expulsion would have
been considered except that the con-
sideration of even so self-evident a
necessity would have required an ef-
fort. The vice president and acting
executive, of dignified and stately pres
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
Man-A Fable.

Once upon a time a man insanely
conceived it were spring and laid aside
his winter underwear
The next day it was very cold, and
the man, venturing abroad, fell
through a coal hole in the sidewalk,
whereupon he cursed the weather.
Had it not turned cold" he ex-
claimed, nobody would have had &C.
casion to open his coal hole,"
He did not reflect, seemingly, that
If he had retained his fiannels suitable
to the season, these would have rem
dered him so large that he couldn't
fall through a coal hole.
This fable teaches that men are ex.
ceedingly unreasonable, at times.-De.
troit Journal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
DOG BY M ALL.



man Found.
Il was one Of those large mail boxes
that are put on the street corners to
mail large packages in, and the mail
man was emptying it out to take the
mail to the postoffice when he heard
something moving in among tAe pack
ages, and it scared him so bad his
whiskers didn't grow any for half an
hour. But after awhile he went at it
again and took the packages out very
carefully, one at time. All at once
he touched something warm and jerked
his hand back. Then a little yellow
puppy stuck it's head out of the open
door in the side Of the mail box and
how1ed Maybe because it was glad
to be found and maybe because he
didn't want to be bothered He didn't
say. But that was not the funniest
part of it, for around doggy's neck
was a tag, and on the tag was a two
cent postage stamp and the address of
a young lady in Chicago.
"Tht isn't enough postage" said
the mail man as he picked doggy up,
and I guess you ought to go back and
get some more"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

should have been pre-empted by a lot
of people who have nothing serious the
matter with them, but milliOnaires do
not mind complaints. They like them.
The charter OF the Jekyl island club
states that it was originated Ito raise
live stock, birds, game fish and shell
fish, and to hunt, fish and yacht in the
vicinity of .Jekyl island and in the wat
ers adjacent thereto; to maintain a
race course, to erect and maintain a
hotel, or hotels, club houses and such
other buildings as may be necessary
or desirable; to build, own and operate
such tramways and railways as may be
deemed to be necessary and desira BILE;
to erect, maintain and operate tele
graph and telephone lines and to main
tain communication by telegraph and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
THE CLUBHOUSE.

telephone and by boats between Jekyl
island and the mainland" The capital
stock was fixed at 100000 in 100 shares
of $500 each. The first officers of the
club were Lloyd Aspinwall, president;
Henry. E. Rowland, vice president; r.
NJ. Ketchum, treasurer, and X. l.. Og-
den, secretary.
Docks and bridges have been built.
The dozens of cottages" are palatial in
character and cost. The clubhouse,
three stories high and made of pressed
Philadelphia bricks, which cost 12R
cents each, will accommodate seventy
people. In every room is wide, high
and deep fireplace, in which enormous
logs are burned for the look of the
thing. The dining room will seat l4O
guests. The winding walks cost more
than a city street. The fountains
would bring wealth to an entire dis
trict of factory toilers. The statuary
has been chosen with a regard to the
number of dollars at which each mar
BILE figure was quoted in the market.
The paintings are large and gaudy.
The oyster beds on the eastern shore
are famed throughout the country for
the production of bivalves cf wondrous
delicacy, plumpness and favor-just
the kind of bivalve to hiss most pleas
ingIy down a throat fire-bakod by Jo-
hannisberger at 81 drop.
Some of the Improvements.
There is a pond which contains al
ways 100 dozen of Chesapeake terrapin-
The number of deer in the solemn,
beautiful moss-bearded woods is esti-
mated at 1,400. There are the pleas
ant hatcheries and quail preserves,
snipe grounds and woodcock grorads,
guarded more jealousy than a couutry
bank. Intruders are warned off She
wide sea- mo Fishing Here is fae
sign put up by the millionaire lords OF
the main. They built church down
there last year that cost $4,000 and
stable that cost $4,000. The stable il
filled; the church isn't. The most thor
oughly bred horses to be obtained
with Jumps of gold-trotters, PAGERS,
saddle or harness animals-are at the
disposal of the members and their
guests Naphtha launches, yachts, cleo
trio launches, gondolas. almost any
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

But doggy only
howled. Over at
the postofhce they
did not quite know
what to do with it.
They looked in a
Chicago directory,
but could not find
the young lady's
name in it at all.
Maybe they will
send a postal card
to the young lady
and tell her to send
some more postage.
Maybe they will
send the dog to Chi
cago and let them
try to find the
young lady. Maybe
they will send dog
gy to the dead let
ter Office in Wash
ington. But if it is
sent there it will
be very lively for a
dead letter. And all
this time doggy
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

Stretching down the coast OF Georgia
Is a chain of islands which guard the
mainland from the buffetings of the
seas. Clear bays indert them. Over
them blow ever the winds OF the deep.
Seen from afar they lift their fronded
palms above the horizon and, as the
visiting craft draws nearer, the rank
southern vegetation Of them seems to
float upon the water. The largest of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

wanted in any position. A girl who
does not make her bed until after din
ner-and she should always do it her
self rather than have servant do it
and throws her dress or bonnet down
on chair, will make a poor wife in
nine cases out of ten. 1t is such lit
tie things that reveal the character,
and such little acts of carelessness that
grew into strong habits.-CiHcfnnati
ENQUIRER
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
A BIT OF WOODLAND.

ence, was a man of fiery energy, which
vas exercised hourly in the putting off
Until the day after tomorrow the
things which should have been done
toSay. The visitors during my stay
were largely of middle life, upon whom
casa with dignity sat gracefully"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

and as blue as a rnaiden's eyes. Mi
asma is unknown. There is no torr1d-
ity in summer nor frigidity in winter
A sick man taken there would need no
medicine. He would be forced to get
well in spite Of himself. AS it is, there
is never an a;lment on the island, eX-
cept govt. There is plenty OF that.
There has been some complaint that
so beautiful and health-giving spot
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

ing; the drive of a
dozen miles upon
the firm and shin
ing beach the joy
of a lifetime. The
absence of the 1, 400
deer, the quail and
the terrapin was
explained by the
statement that the
committee of three
who visited the is
land prior to the
purchase had eaten
them, although a
tradition is still
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
Stocking of Human Hair.

Stockings made from human hair
are worn by Chinese fishermen as the
best preventive of wet feet. They are
drawn over ordinary cotton stockings,
being too rough for putting near the
skin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
Rubbing 1t In.

NJ. 1enpeck is wild. His wife IS
following the craze of attending tea
parties where each lady is supposed to
represent a book; and she always goes
as THE Master" -Me-Up.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
EARLY HABITS.

Tell what Sort OF . Man or Woman
You VIII BE.
A look into the bedroom Of boy or
girl will give one an idea of what kind
of a man or woman he or she will
nrobabIy become. A boy who keeps
his clothing hung up neatly, or a girl
whose room is always tidy, will be apt
to make a successful man or woman.
A how who throws down his cap or
book anywhere will never keep his &C
counts in shape, will do things in a
s1oyenly. careless way, and not be long
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

lneSe lSldnuS are
Cum berland, St. ST.
mons and JekyPS.
The latter is the
home Of the most
remarkable club in
the world. 1t lies
eight miles off the
mouth of Bruins
wick harbor. 1t is
an abode of peace.
Far from the mad
ding crowds igno-
BILE strife it rests, a
green jewel in a
setting of yeasty
white and blue.
7 ne club which
owns it WIS form
& in 1885. Its
l. embers represent
E-ore than $780,
C00@000! ]. Pierpont
Morgan, the Bel
monts, Cornelius
Bliss, former secre-
tary of the inter-
ior; N. K. Fair
bank, the manufac-
turer VIII a III
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

Admiral SchIey is a descendant OF
the family of which Nathan Hale was
a member.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

only laps up milk in the New York
postoffice and never says a word
The evening times., 1899-04-25
LYMAN ABBOTT ON EXPANSION
Says America Must Give Cubans and
Filipinos Good Government.

Says America Must Give Cubans and
Filipinos Good Government.
Cincinnati. April 25.-In an address made
before the Ohio Society of the Sons of the
Revolution Sunday night, Rev. DR.. Lyman
Abbott. of New York, said:
I've have been faithful to the princi-
pies that government exists for the bene-
fit of the governed. but have often dis
carded the scheme Of self-government,
and there are many now whose opinions
are entitled to weight who think mis-
take was made in giving the negro a
vote
Dr. Abbott was very severe on political
bosses and machines and said that while
we needed political machinery the machine
was a menace. He quoted Mr.. Croker's
testimony before the Mazet Committee in
New York, wherein the Tammany man ac-
knowledged that he was a politician for
what there was in it.
Said Dr. Abbott: This is government Of
the boss for the boss-the old Roman
Louis XIV despotic theory" All bosses
were alike, were they Democratic or Re-
publican. though all might not be as frank
as Mr.. Croker.
Now that we have driven Spain out.
DR.. Abbott said, our first duty to Cuba
was not to give it self-governmeht, but
good government. So. too. in reference to
the Philippines. it was the duty OF power
that destroys another to see that a 500
power was put In its place.
In conclusion, DR.. Abbott expressed his
satisfaction over the so-called Anglo
American alliance, and. pointing to q flag.
said he would hail the day when they
would become blended in fact and England
and the. United States join In spreading
the blessings OF liberty and civilization
throughout the world.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
BOLD ROBBERS LOOT A STORE.
Carried Wagon Loads of PlundeI
Over HOusetOpa.

Philadelphia, April 25.-One of the most
daring robberies reported to the police for
long time was committed early yesterday
morning, when thieves looted the whole
sale dress goods store Of Benjamin Cold
berg. No. Is North Second Street. and car
ried away their plunder by the wagonload.
Nearly $1,000 worth of silks and other
dress goods were taken, and the police
have no clew to the robbers.
The thieves secured the keys to a vacant
house and walked across the roofs of four
Intervening houses, entering the store
through trap door. The police say the
robbers carried the goods out over the
tousetops and descended with them to the
street. where they were loaded upon wag-
ons. The robbery was not discovered until
the store was opened several hours later.
Thieves smashed a window in the tailor
store of J. Sundheimer. No. 1890 Market
Street. and carried away SIS worth of
clothing. A lot of clothing was also stolen
from the store Of B. SAMSON. No. 800
North Fifth Street. by window smashing
thieves.