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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

The rain of Friday and yesterday in
terfered with the contemplated i'm
provements to the Island base ball
park. The work has all been outlined
and will be pushed as rapidly as the
weather will permit. The lumber has
been ordered and will be on the ground
tomorrow, when work will De com
menced upon the club house for the
players. Capt Lytle desires to give
them every possible convenience, ana
then to insist not only upon their good
department, but their good appearance
as WELL both on and off the field.
When the left field fence is moved the
diamond will be swung around SO the
home plate will be Immediately IN
front OF the centre of the grand stand.
The stand will b. repaired and new.
press box constructed, and possibly
chair seats placed inside for use OF
ladies.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

The time has arrived. if not the weather.
to buy your Shirt Waist Thew are here.
all kinds. p. KS. Percaies. Lawns and
White ones, the daintiest. prettiest TO be
imagined from SOC to $500 and early
buyers get the choice at ample-Lingaman
Cn-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
THE FIGHT Will COME OFF

Philadelphia, April SIN an inter
view tonight with representative Of
the Associated Press, Martin Julian,
manager Of Fitzsimmons, denied the
story from Los Angeles, Cal, that the
Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight had been de-
clared off. He stated emphat ically that
the fight would take place before the
Coney Island Athletic Club on the date
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
MARKET STREET PROPERTY
Ay1 ron r>kSl,

/ am ready 10 improve my property at
the n e corner OF Market and Eighteenth
streets. opposite the Terminal Ra iroad del
pot, fronting 30 feet on Market street and)
running 1s5 feet along the north sides ok]
thereon suitable for tenant approved by|
me. who viii enter into lease for a term
of years satisfactory to me. This PROP
erty is near the Market street bridge and
desirahly located. Apply AT the law offioG|
CT Caldwell Il Caldwell.
ALFRED CALDWELL.
ap2dr mon wed FIR. rd.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
nTDGE KNOCKED OFT

JUDGE KNOCKED OUT.
Toronto, Ont, April S.-Joe Walcott
knocked out Jim Judge in the eleventh
round.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

creasing the supply OF the vital fluid.
1t purges the system Of effete and waste
matter, which clogs its canals, and
poisons the current which flows along
the veins and arteries. 1t removes the
poisons which accumulate when the
kidneys and liver fail in their duty.
When this is done the stomach and its
associate organs begin to provide the
essential nourishment fer bone, brain,
and blood, in proper proportions. The
nerve centers are nourished into health.
Pains disappear. Sleep becomes rest
full. The appetite is restored and good
digestion waits on appetite" The sal
low and wrinkled skin is replaced by
smooth skin and bright complexion.
In fact the life is renewed. AL this is
done through the stomach.
The operation of Golden Medical
Discovery" is two-fold. 1t first cor
reefs the Irregularities of the stomach
and the organs of digestion and nutri-
tion. Next it furnishes the pabulum
required by Nature to feed the starving
organs of the body. 1t restores health
in NATURES own way, by nourishment.
DOES NOT INEBRIATE.
There is no alcohol, whisky or other
intoxicants in Golden Medical Discov-
cry" neither does it contain any opium
or other narcotic. 1t does not there
fore create a craving for intoxicating
stimuaants or dangerous narcotics.
If dealer offers another preparation
as Just as good" as Golden Medical
Discovery it's because it pays him a
trif1e more to sell an inferior prep
aration. Such man does not care for
your health. Go TO the dealer who
gives you what you ask for, and who
does not insult your good judgment by
urging upon you something as lust as
good"
MYSTERIES REVEALED.
There is a Dark Continent" which
know its mysteries and its wonders,
which are greater than all the world
wonders. That UNEMPLOYED Cont
nent" is the human body, with its
marvellous mechanism, its God-given
functions. The best guide for any ex-
plorer of this terra icognita is Doctor
Pierces Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser. 1t unravels the mysteries Of life.
1t brightens the twilight of the mar
riage chamber. 1t points the way to
health, and extends a helping hand to
those who stumble in the path. 1t is
invaluable for reference on all ques-
tons witch affect the health and we'll
being of man or woman. This great
work is sent absolutely free on receipt
of stamps to pay the expense of mail
ing only. Send u one-cent stamps for
the paper-cover edition, or 81 stamps
for the same book in handsome cloth.
Address Dir. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. \. Y.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

Purest and Best Is the ten-year-old Sour
Mash Whisky Just received by
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
SPORT Of ALL SORTS.
General News Of Athletics Of a Local
Character.

RAIN INTERPRETERS WITH WORK
ON THE ISLAND BASE BALL
PARK OSCAR GARDNER
LEAVES FOR NEW YORK TO
FIGHT ODONNELL - BICYCLE
OPENING DURING THE WEEK.
A LOCAL BOUT = AMATEUR
BASE BALL NOTES.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

AT ELWOOD PARK, LONG BRANCH,
N. J.-SPLENDID LOCATION AND
ARRANGEMENTS OF 7 H E
GROUNDS SCME OF THE MEN
WHO WILL PARTICIPATE in
THE TOURNAMENT - FORMER
WINNERS OF THE GRAND
AMERICAN HANDICAP.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

All the Wheeling players have bee.
ordered to report for practice between
the 18th and 18th CT this month, and
they are expected to put in an appear
ance next week, when a great deal OF
preliminary work will be done.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
AMATEUR NOTES

The Beuter Stars.w will play the Dewey
Juniors at the tunnel green if they will
accept it. We will play Saturday at
p. m.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

Oscar Gardner left last night for
New York, accompanied by Winnie
Winder. Gardner will meet O'Donnell
Tuesday night in the arena OF the
Lenox Athletic Club, and the battle is
expected to prove a very interesting
one, inasmuch as O'Donnel! cIce de-
feated the present champion. While
in Now York Oscar will probably de-
eide whether Or not he will so to Eng
land to meet the champion British
pugS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

Kunkle, the st. Clairsville rider, has
been doing some very hard practice
work in order to get himself into shape
for the races during the coming sum
mer. Kunhle expects to make d better
showing than ever before, and will
probably retire from the racing ranks
at the close of the season.
Monday night, in prominent South
Side resort, a potter living in that sec
ton who is very handy with the nit
tens, viii go against Jimmy Fogarty
for six rounds, for decision.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

The occasional bright days have
brought out the wheelmen, and al
ready there has been reorganization
of several Of the clubs. Last week
there was wheel opening" new
departure made by Jason c. Stamp.
He displayed the new models and also
a big lot of bicycle sundries and tne
exhibition was not only interesting but
instructive as well to the crowd which
th1onged his store.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22
SOME ROAD FIGURES
Compiled b. Joha u. stahl, EAsee,
aoa Secretary o4 the Faen.
ers' National Coageess. -5y

Jonn 81. Stohl, editor OF the Farmery'
Call and secretary of the Farmers Ma
tionl congress. has investigated the cost
of wagon transportation in the United
States. and the savings that would be
effected by good roads. His investiga-
tions were made in the fall of 1891, and
were probably the first inquiries into
the subject ever conducted on a large
scale. As to the results of these inquir-
les Mr.. Stahl writes: n. qp'l f.r7tss1
II could find no previous effort that
gave me any real aid; there were guess
es in abundance. but only guesses. The
reports of the interstate commerce COM
mission and of the department of ag-
riculture furnished basis from which
! could work, as well as the bulletins
then being issued by the census office,
covering the railroad, lake and river
transportation Of the United States,
and giving, in detail. the amount of
freight of each class. From the various
statistics contained in these reports,
and estimates based thereon, was
forced to the conclusion that the annual
cost of wagon transportation of the
country was $9oo,ooo,oO0, and that If
all the road Improvements were made
that could be made profitably, the an
nual saving in wagon transportation
would be $50o,0oO,co0. These figures
were SO large, SO astounding, in fact,
that held them for some months, veri-
flying them as best could before L
made them public. Convinced that they
were substantially correct, used them
in an address at the meeting that or
ganized the Illinois Highway Improve
ment association, March 30, 1892. That
address was published and widely cir
culated by the League of American
Wheelmen. used these figures in an
article in Current Topics for March,
1892, entitled. How to Save Five Hun
dred Millions Year. The figures were
at once stoutly disputed. but they have
never been successfully assailed. They
have often been quoted in good roads
meetings and publications, and have
been frequently verified, notably by the
United States Office of road inquiry. !
made the same statements before the
Farmers National congress in the fall
of 1892, at Lincoln, Nebraska. At that
meeting the good roads resolution in
troduced by me was debated more than
all other resolutions put together, but
was finally adopted by good majority.
This was the first time such resolutions
were adopted by such a representative
agricultural body. The congress has
given its hearty support to the good
roads movement ever since, and is ia
vorably disposed to state aid-the only
way in which good roads can be equita-
bly, paid for"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22
WIDE TIRES BEST.
They Possess Many Advantages
Which should Make Their In.
PRODUCTION Popular.

a few years ago a number of peo-
pie in this district. says Canadian
writer in the Advocate, got their old
narrow-tired wagons cut down and
three-inch tires put on, making very
nice farm wagon, but now there is get
ting to be lot of 2H-inch tires, and
these make track that the three-inch
tire just wedges into and in the spring
and fall when the roads are freezing
and thawing it makes the three-inch
wagons go very badly. I wish you
would point out the selfishness of get
ting the 21a-inch tires. believe it is
to great extent nothing but selfish
ness and blind Indifference and in some
cases mulish ignorance. have proven
by my own experience. conclusively to
my own satisfaction, that three-inch
tire runs easier than two-inch on our
roads most of the time and very much
better on the farm. We drew some
stone to town last summer in June
My man who did the teaming was in
favor of the narrow two-inch tire
wagon, but we used the three-inch for
n week, and then he took a load on the
two-inch wagon. We loaded about
1000 to 5000 pounds, and he said he
could draw 5000 pounds on tho three
inch tires as easily as 1000 pounds on
the two-inch tire. am in favor of
four-inch tires on our gravel roads, and
If we cannot get the wide tires any
other way, we will have to try to edu-
cate the people to them.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22
A singular Co1ncidence. %

One day lately party of women were
being shown about various buildings OF
the University of Chicago. The prin-
cipal parsonage in the party was an
American woman who lives in Berlin
Germany. She had been visiting friends
in. Chicago for week, and ever since
her arrival she had been trying to re-
member the name of a Chicago woman
whom she had met in Berlin. She was
anxious to see this woman, but her
name and address had totally escaped
her memory. AS the party entered Cobb
hall something stirred the right chord
and she came to q full stop in the door
way, saying: ''There! That name has
come to me. It's Mrs. ---- - Scarcely
had she said the words when the door
Of one of the offices opened and the
woman in question walkedinto the hall.
way, not ten feet from the visitor from
Berlin. The party marveled much over
the coincidence. The general opinion
was that the presence of the woman in
the building made itself known in some
mysterious way to the visitors subject.
i've mind. But no one attempted to ex.
plain it-Chicago Inter Ocean. GOA.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22

ENGINEERS LITTLE DAUGHTER,

Where far away the two long tracks
Seem running into one, p"
watch, and watch for fathers train,
At setting Of the sun. G CiI
I seem q giant as stand.
My shadow at my side:
The engine just tiny dot.
Upon the prairie wide.
But, oh, 1t grows. and grows, and growa
Into q monster high,
Flying silver banner out;
Against the eastern sky.
My father tits the engine drives.
He looks out sharp for me. y
And whistles by the willow trees.
To let me know tits he.
He takes me on the engine tall,
I ride while 1t goes slow,
Backing about from track to track
Taking on freight. you know.
love my father very much.
And when he kisses me, ~
never mind that he Is black,
And leaves the black on me.
When go home my mother dear
Speaks soft and sweet to me,
And kisses mel wonder why
Just where the black spots be.
Grace Hubbard, in Youth s Companion.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22
Machine Road Member.

In spite of the constant advance in
mechanical contrivances there are GER
tain occupations which must still de-
pend upon handiwork. Such we as
sumo to be the business of picking up
with the piclax the stones of mac
adamized road before fresh metal could
be laid and rolled upon it. But mu-
chine called Kutty's patent macadam
road scarifier may now be seen at work
in London. and possibly elsewhere.
tearing up the street roadway in the
most satisfactory manner. It's of the
nature of a plow. the plowshare being
represented by thick spikes OF chilled
iron. which, set at an angle. tear up
the roadway as the machine is dragged
behind a steam roller.-Chambers'
Journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22
THE ROAD MOVEMENT.
There Are Several Ase.cies at Work
Witch May Make lt q Great
Political Issue.

Readers who see mentions Of the
good roads movement" do not realize
that in this there may be one of the
great national issues of our politics at
some time in the future, possibly with
In q comparatively short time. This
movement was started by the wheel
men through their national organize
ton, the League Of American Wheel
men, and hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars have been spent by it in the agita-
ton. y.
The principle Of the movement, as
advocated by the wheelmen, is that the
common roads of the country are as i'm
portant as the railway systems. the
statement being made by them, and be-
ing easily understood, that there is not
an ounce of any commodity hauled over
the railroads that is not first transport
ed by wagons over country roads OF
city streets. It does not matter if the
commodity is manufactured articles
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22
HANDY FARM GATE.

horizontal .crosspieces of the gate are
made of any wire which may be at
hand. Two wooden stays. b, are
placed five feet from each end of the
gate. The method of hanging the gate
is shown in the sketch, the particular
feature being the weight. e. This must
be just heavy enough to almost, but not
quite, balance. The post at the rear
must be of wood with an iron pin at the
top for supporting the gate, or can be
of iron. The gate hangs from the top
pole. d, on which rests the weight and
from the lower corner. g. The forward
end of the hanger or pole is attached to
the gate by means of strong wire. c,
which extends from the lower cross
piece up through the gate. The latch 10
at f.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22

his name, secured 1000, hoping and be-
lieving that I should be able to prevent
my crime becoming KNOWN" Smith be-
gan.
''The more pondered upon the mat
ter, the more fearful was that my
crime would find me out" he continued.
''To prevent this, attempted more
heinous one, having no fear that the
latter would be detected because, as
you have intimated, brucine and it's eff
fects are unknown to most physicians.
intended, but forgot to take care of
the bottle into which put the poison
and expected the colone1.s death would
be attributed to natural causes. I cal
culated incorrectly, but I am prepared
for the emergency in which I find my
self. Please let her know nothing about
| the affair.""
AS he uttered these last words he
drew vial from his pocket, placed it to
his lips, fell from his seat-a corpse.
The vial had contained prussic acid.
For his services in behalf of Col.
Barnes, DIR. Woodson was by him lib
orally rewarded. Only to the persons
above specified-not including Miss
Barnes, who was nearly crazed by the
| untimely death of her affianced-have
the facts of the case hitherto been
known.
Miss Barnes gradually recovered from
the effects upon her system of the
shock, and, fully realizing her indebted
ness to the doctor for saving her IA
theirs life, began to entertain for him a
warmer regard than had been hers,
though she had ever held him in high
esteem from the time when they had
romped together as children.
The colonel was more than willing to
intrust his daughters future welfare to
the doctors keeping, and a happier cou-
pie than DR.. Woodson and his wife it
would be difficult to find.-Boston
Globe.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22

my doing 20. I am going to analysis
what wine remains in the bottle and
learn the kind of poison used"
II am incapable of performing such
an analysis and shall be glad to have
you do it. Butt cannot comprehend
why anyone should desire Col. Barnes
DEATH"
1--WE will investigate that later on, if
my opinion proves to have been cor
rect"
The fourth evening afterward DIR.
Woodson was seated in his Office con-
versing with middle-aged man. when
fine-looking and neatly-attired man
put in an appearance, saying:
II came here as soon as possible after
receiving your note requesting me to do
so, Frank smilingly adding: "Please
excuse me for thus Familiarity address
ing you, but it is more natural to do 90
than to address you as doctor"
"That is all right, William" was the
response. "Have a seat"
The newcomer, William Smith, ex-
changed ''Good evening" with the
other man, and then sat down.
During Col. Barnes recent illness
you assisted considerably in caring Kr
him, did you not?" the doctor presently
inquired, addressing Mr.. Smith.
II did" was the reply; and the speak,
er's face slightly crimsoned, probably
because he was the colonel's prospective
son-in-law. 7e
"You know the extremely critical
condition in which he was when was
summoned to attend him?"'
II do," was the tremulous response.
"a qualitative analysis of the wine
revealed an alkaloid in it known as
brucine. This poisonous substance fig
ures so slightly in materia medica that
it is procurable at scarcely any drug
store save wholesale concern, and 1
wondered where and by whom it could
have been obtained.
cat length" the doctor continued, sit
flashed into my mind that you, whose
vocation is that of head clerk in drug
store, would know where to obtain it,
and could easily place it in the wine
without being suspected, though could
conceive no motive that would induce
you to do such thing.
'"The next day after completing my
analysis, 1 casually learned that you
had been engaged in disastrous specnla-
lions, and it at once suggested itself to
me that the brucine might, in some
way, be connected herewith; indeed
that"
The doctor hesitated, and Smith said:
''That I administered the poison to
Col. Barnes"
Hadn't I reason for so thinking?"
'And you invited me here that Mr..
Fox might arrest meg"
ut grieved me to pursue such
course against an old friend, but I
wished to make no publicity of the af-
fair if you could explain away the cir
cumstantial evidence of your guilt
"In order to pay my margins, I, famil.
lar with Col. Barnes chirography, by
means of check to which had affixed
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-22

that are loaded on cars at the factory;
the raw material has first to be hauled
to the factory. But the greatest haul
ing is done in the farming districts and
there it is that good highways are most
needed.
The subject has not been given the
attention and support it deserves. as
yet, for the simple reason that private
capital cannot become interested in the
building of common roads since there
would be no income from the invest
ment such us there is in railways.
Municipal, county, state and the ma
tional government have not had the is
sue brought directly before them in it's
full significance because it is necessary
to first educate the people to the neces-
sites of the movement. This is what is
being done by the wheelmen at the
present time, and it must be said to
their credit that they have enlisted the
sympathy and support of all the prom
inent farmers organizations in the
movement. With the two classes work.
ing together it is only question of
time until the movement will be made
political issue and then will come the
desired improvements. ~ s.
The argument offered in favor of the
improved roads is, that they lessen the
cost of repairs, make it possible to haul
the largest amount of goods with the
smallest animal power, save time and
increase property valuations. No rail-
road company would expect to do bust
ness if it's tracks and roadbeds were in
such condition as to make it either i'm
possible to use the tracks at long sea-
sons of the year, or in using them have
to lose a great deal of time and have inn
mense repairs to make; and yet that is
what the farmers and others using the
common roads are doing in a compare
tive way every day in the year.
They make the most impracticable
attempts ut road building and repair
ing, and then wonder why there is no
profit in their products, which have
been hauled over bad roads at the great
est expense. 1t has been estimated that
in the states where the stone roads have
been built the cost of transporta-
ton has been decreased to 20 per cent.
of the former figures, and that the
roads pay for themselves within few
years. 1t has been further shown that
the amount lost in the different ways
mentioned VIA more than pay for the
building ana repairs of these roads on
the annual assessments made for them,
or that it costs no more each year to
have good roads than it does to have
bad ones.