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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-16
LEGAL NOTICES.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The State of West Virginia, Ohio
County, IS:
In the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West
Virginia, August Rules, 1899.
IN CHANCERY.
HANSINE NJ LARSON, Administrative Of
the estate of Bengb. e. Larson,
VS..
LEON LARSON and Others.
The object of this suit is subject the real
estate of Bengt E. Larson, deceased, 70
the payment OF his debts.
And it appearing from an AFFIDAVIT hled
in said cause, at these Rules, that the de-
PENDANTS. The Pittsburg Supply Co. Rel
neke, Wilson & Co. The Atlantic Refining
Co. H. w Letkemeyer & Sons. The Ken
nedy Co. The Bishop & Babcock Co, and
Svante p. Larson. are not residents of the
State of West Virginia, and they not nav
ing been served with process in said suit
on motion of the complainant, by her
attorney this order of publication is en-
tered against them, and it is ordered that
the said defendants, above named. be and
are hereby required 10 appear within one
month after the date of the first publica-
ton of this order and do what is necessary
to protect their interests. 1t is further or
posted as required by law.
witness c. H. HENNING. Clerk Of our
said Court at the Court House of said
County. this Sth day Of August. 1888, to-
wit: August Rules 1899.
c. H. HENNING, Clerk
Published the first time August 9th. 1893
Attest: c. II. HENNING, Clerk
HOWARD & HANDLAN, Counsel for
Complainant. aaseoaWL
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DEMANDS FOR STEEL.

LONDON, August 15.-The Pail Mall
Gazette this afternoon, noting the Amer
lean inquiries for Scotch steel. says
a Lanarksnire firm has secured an or
der for ten thousand tons for shipment
to the United States.
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DEWEY STILL INDISPOSED.

LEGHORN, Italy, August 15.-Adml-
raj Dewey is still indisposed. Various
officials visited the Olympia to-day.
The admirals departure for Florence
has been postponed.
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Last Excursion to the Seashore Via Penn
syiyania Lines

Thursday, August 18th. $40 from
Wheeling to Atlantic City, Cape May,
or other desirable cities along the
ocean. Tickets good returning fifteen
days. Ask Jno. G. Tomlinson. ticket
agent, Wheeling, about details. 10-12-16
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Niagara Falls & Return $500.
From Bridgeport, c., L. & w. Ry.
Through sleepers, through coaches,
Aug 10Th. Good Is days.
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Toronto Ont and Return 5000
From Bridgeport, via c., L. & w. Ry.
Aug. 10Th, good Is days.
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Alexandria Bay and Return &1I,5O
From Bridgeport, via c., L. & w. Ry.
Aug. 18th, good Is days.
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WETZEL COUNTY FAIR.
A Fine Lot of Exhibits and Entries Made
that Insure Good Racing.

that Insure Good Racing.
Special to the Register.
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W. Va, August
15.-The Wetzel County Fair opened this
morning with an excellent attendance.
There are 1903 horses entered in the nine
races, which will come off during the Fair.
The following is a list of the horses which
will go tomorrow:
2:27 trot purse $50:
Wilquette, by Strader's Hambletonian-L.
O. Kell, Ravenswood, w. Va.
Red Flag, br. s., by Red Wilkes-P. B.
Conn, Steubenyille:. Ohio.
Yara br s.. by stranger-W. G. Bennett,
Guarantor. b. g-s. r. hurry, St Glars
vile. Ohio.
Baron Bill, b. s, by Baron wilkes-Reese
Blizzard, Grantsville. W. Va.
Antero, br. g.-J. L. McMechen, McMechen,
Noriie, b. M, by Norval-H. C Liter, Key
ser, w Va
2:27 pace purse, $50:
Minna Irving. CHI M. by Dominion-W. G.
Bennett Weston. w. Va.
Grantsville, W Va.
Billy Earl, b. &c. B. Woodcock New
Martinsville, w Va.
HLluGi I<dhlIl, VI MS ny CltlHeil-J ISluo
Eakin. New Martinsville, W. Va.
P: B. Conn. b. $, Eglor-P. B. Conn, steu-
benville. Ohio.
Bud WAser, b. ED Morris, Athens,
WhirIwind, blk. h, by Blackmore-Ed.
Morris. Athens, Ohio.
Billy Green, b. g., by VIM. Green-John
Star Onward. b. h., by onward-Ray &
Waddell. Wheeling.
Blasa, b. g.-Loomis Bros, Wheeling.
Maud c.. b. NV. J. Nelson, Marietta,
Ohio.
Jack Orioles b johnson, Jeddy, Ohio
q mile run, 2 in 3. purse SIPS:
DENIM. Gallipols, Ohio.
Melvin Kemp. by Pontal-Stoney Duffy,
Scio, Ohio
Jewsharp b. g.-wm. Stephens. New Mar
tinsville.
Stephens New Martinsville
Glen Back-Wheeling Stable, Wheeling.
Or. Warden--Wheeling Stable: Wheeling.
Highwayman-Hal. Kennedy, Wheeling,
w Va
Dent Know, by L:ncon-John Quinn,
Moundsville
Queen Beauty, by Tournament-H Mad
den, Augusta, Ga.
Julia Marlowe, by Ventelator-J. II. Cliff
ford. Clarksburg.
Taunton. b. g. by Inspector B.-J. Ander-
son, Lancaster, Pa.
Forbearance. sr. M, Imp Order-Mace Nc
COnnell, Chillicothe. Ohio.
Palmyra. by Johnington-Frank Walsh.
MCGOWAN. b. g, by Bishop-Wise & Car
sey Point Pleasant
DUPLICATE, br, m, Hindoo-E. Bullock,
Chillicothe Ohio.
There is a fine exhibit of live stock, and
Floral Hall is decked out in elegant style.
The third and fourth days will be noted
for the fast horses which Will go, especi-
ally the q mile dash. Is entries, and the
2:19 pace. and in this race will be the
PAGER Frost Berg of Kiser and ''Whirl-
wind" of Athens, Ohio. On the fourth
day the z mile run will come off with Il
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VOLCANO AGAIN AT REST.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 15.-Ad-
vices from Honolulu say that the vol
canic action of Mauna Loa has entirely
ceased.
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au2wed, satb
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

The strong conclusion of every rea-
sonable man and woman is that Chris
tianity, producing such grand results.
cannot be a Gelusion. A lie. a cheat,
swindle, a hallucination cannot
launch such a glory of the centuries.
Your logic and your common sense
convince you that bad cause canno.
produce an illustrious result; out OF
the womb Of such a monster no such
angel can be born. There are many
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
SERUM FROM SERPENTS
Said to Be An Absolute Cure for Hitherto
Incurable Leprosy.

said to Be An Absolute Cure for Hitherto
Incurable Leprosy.
New Orleans Special to New York
Tribune: DR.. Isidore Dyar, a we'll
known physician and an expert on
leprosy, has reached some remarkable
results regarding that terrible disease,
and has effected two positive cures.
The antidote to the leprous poison Dr..
Dyar found in a serum compounded
by DR.. Calmette, a French chemist.
The serum was made by the French
man from the venom of serpents and
was designed solely as cure for snake
poison, which it did accomplish. The
serum is now in wide use in India. DR..
Dyar visited DR.. Calmettes laboratory
in Paris, and brought away some OF
the serum, having even then a vague
clew to his recent discovery. 1t ap-
pears that among the traditions of the
leper colony in Louisiana was one that
several lepers who had been bitten by
venomous snakes were cured. DR..
Dyar applied the serum to five cases OF
leprosy in New Orleans, and in two of
the cases absolute cures were effected.
In two other cases there was marked
Improvement, and the cases were lost
sight of, so that the final result was
not known. In the fifth case the mans
system proved repellent to the poison,
and the change was for the worse rath-
er than the better. DR.. Dyar has been
consulted, it is reported, by the United
States government as to the establish
ment on one of the Sandwich islands
of a national leper hospital, to which
all the lepers of Louisiana and other
states will be sent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
TRICK CAMERA.
Disguised a Wicker Basket Used to
Photograph Notifications.


New Orleans Times-Democrat: "A
travelling photo salesman showed me
very ingenious trick camera the other
day." said a local dealer. 1T was
box about six inches square, set inside
Of what seemed to be an ordinary
wicker lunch basket. When desired
the box could be pushed down through
the basket, so that its top was on
level with the wicker bottom. The
top of the box was also covered with
wicker, and the basket would then ap-
pear to be perfectly empty, the cam
era protruding meanwhile from the
under side. An upward push would
restore it to its original position and
the lens worked through a small hole
near the end The contrivance was
evidently of foreign manufactures, and
the salesman told me it had been made
especially for an agent who was sent
to take pictures of Notifications on the
French frontier. According to his
story, which is a little romantic, but
which l have no reason to doubt, the
spy would saunter out, dressed as a
tourist and carrying the lunch basket
on his arm. When an officer came
along he would push down the box and
show him that the basket was perfect
ly empty. 1t never occurred to the,
guards to turn the thing upside down,
or it would have been promptly confis-
Gated. The present owner carries it
around as a curio, and it is certainly
the oldest little machine l ever laid
eyes on. AS far as l know, it is the
only camera in the world that is
mounted on disappearing carriage"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

Chicago Record: Postmaster Cor
don has presented to the Chicago post
office collection of photographs of
the postmasters of Chicago, accompa-
MED by a biographical sketch OF each.
The only photograph missing is that
of Jonathan Nash Bailey. Chicago's
first postmaster, who, as Car as can be
learned, never sat for a picture. The
pictures are thirteen by eleven inches
in size. and, with the sketches. fill
frame five and one-half by seventeen
feet. The art work is sepia, and the
frame is made of mahogany from the
old postoffice. The first postmaster OF
Chicago was appointed in 1881. In the
6S years since % men have filed
the place. including the present in
cumbent. A majority Of them have
been military men. and several promi-
nently identified with the newspaper
business.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

who began with thinking that the
Christian religion was a stupid farce
who have come to the conclusion that
IL is a reality. Why are you in the
Lords house today? Why did you
cling this song? Why did you bow
yonr head in the opening prayer? Why
did you bring your family with you?
Why, when l tell you of the ending OF
all trials in the bosom Of God, do there
stand tears in your eyes-not tears OF
grief, but tears of joy such as stand in
the eyes of homesick children far away
at school when some one talks to them
about going home? Why is it that you
can be so calmly submissive to the
death Of your loved one, about whose
departure you once were so angry and
so rebellious? There is something the
matter with you. All your friends
have found out there is great change.
And II some of you would give your
experience you would give it in schol-
arly style, and others giving their e.
perience would give it in broken style.
but the one experience would be juss
as good as the other. Some of you
have read everything. You are scien-
tific and you are scholarly, and yet II
I should ask you, What is the most
sensible thing you ever did," you
would say: "The most sensible thing
I ever did was to give my heart to
God"
But there may be others who have
not had early advantages, and If they
were asked to give their experience
they might rise and give such testf-
mony as the man gave in prayer
meeting when he said: ION my way
here tonight I met man who asked
me where l was going. I said, I am
going to a prayer meeting. He said,
There are good many religions, and
I think the most Of them are delu-
sions; as to the Christian religion, that
is only notion-that is a mere notion,
the Christian religion 1 said to him:
stranger, you see that tavern over
there?' Yes he said, L see it, Don't
you see me?' Yes, of course l see
you Now, the time was when every
body in this town knows IL l had a
quarter of a dollar in my pocket I
could not pass that tavern without 60
ing in and getting a drink; all the
people of Jefferson could not keep me
out Of that place; but God has changed
my heart, and the Lord Jesus Christ
has destroyed my thirst for strong
drink, and there is my whole weeks
wages, and / have no temptation to
go in there; and, stranger, if this Is a
notion, want to tell you it is mighty
powerful notion; it is a notion that
has put clothes on my children's backs,
and it is a notion that has put good
food on our table, and it is notion
that has filled my mouth with thanks
giving to God. And, stranger, you lad
better go along with me; you might
get religion, too; lots of people are
getting religion now"
Well, we will soon understand it all.
Your life and mine will soon be over.
We will soon come to the last bar Of
the music, to the lact act OF the trag-
edy, to the last page Of the book-yea,
to the last line and to the last word,
and to you and to me it will either be
midnoon or midnight!
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
cit MUST BE A Ho Ax-IT CAN'T BE TRUE"

was laughing at me or not. The lat
ter part of the time 1 think he really
was interested"
Talking of LAUREL beg his par
don, Viscount Thornheath," said Mary,
there's another letter from him for
you on the mantelpiece, Bernard"
ooh, Bruno, it's to entreat you to
go! You must go!" cried Marguerite.
"Hand it to me, there's good pa
ter" said Bernard.
Here's a business-like document as
WELL" observed the doctor, with his
spectacles on, as he took another en-
yelope from the mantelpiece.
ooh. take it away-I know it's a
bill-it makes me feel faint" said
Bernard, feebly.
"Why, to whom do you owe money
in Lincoln's Inn?" demanded the doc
tor, turning over the blue envelope.
"Messrs. Blade and Skinner, solicitors.
Who are they, Bernardo"
"Never heard of them. Give 1t to
me-" said Bernard.
The doctor tossed over the letter. 1t
missed Bernard, and alighted on Mar
guerite's lap. Without promonition
of what was to come, she lifted it, and
laid 1t on Demands knee.
He was absorbed in the viscounts
letter; but in a minute or two he gave
1t to Marguerite. and casually opened
the blue envelope.
Marguerite, who was watching him,
saw a burning flush spread over his
face. He stared at the paper as II
stupefied, then uttered smothered
cry.
my boyi" exclaimed his mother,
looking up.
The color had left his face now-he
was pale indeed.
at must be a hoax-it can't be
true" he said, hurriedly. as If he did
not know what he was saying. Spring
ing from his seat, he strobe to the
window, stood there a minute. reading
the communication once more straight
through. Then the paper fell from
his fingers; he turned, leaned his arms
on the window frame, and rested his
head on them. Mary picked up the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

arms-"do you hear? Do you under
stand what has happened to me?
Twenty thousand year! l simply
can't believe it." He released her and
went over to his mother again. ooh,
they'll discover a later will, or some
thing" he cried. 81 shall wake up to
find that this is all a delusion. 1t
can't be true! Madge, do you remem-
Der what we talked of as we came
home today?"
Eyes, Bruno" she said, tremblingly;
her head was Keeling with the shock
of the news The words of the letter
seemed burnt on her brain. She forced
her quivering lips into smiles Of con-
graduation, but could hardly COM
mand her voice; and she stole away at
the earliest opportunity into her own
little room TO cry. She had swiftly
realized what this change would mean.
Twenty thousand year!
at is cruel" she cried. zone thou
sand would have more than contented
him-have made him rich! But this
this-it lifts him out of our reach al
together! 1 know it, feel it. At
first he will be unchanged-he will
load us all with presents, he will
share his good fortune so generously
with us. But afterwards there will
come a lie when he Will look upon
all the beautiful distinguished women
who will smile upon him, and he will
think in bitter sadness-'I am bound
in honor to Marguerite-poor, name
less, homeless Marguerite!" He will
wonder whether all his grand friends
will visit his obscure wife. Wife
oh, that dreadful world Am l wife
already? 1t hardly matters now, for l
will never be Demands. No; that
money-that fatal money-means our
last goodbye. l will say nothing to
him. / would not grieve him-not for
worlds. But l feel better now that /
have realized i"
She sat up. pushed back her hair.
and rested her clasped hands on her
knee.
why did l go to the lawyers to-
day." she sighed. ''If l had only
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
letter, and Marguerite read it over her
oh a.LI

letter. and Marguerite read 1t over her
shoulder:
"Lincoln's Inn, Tuesday.
Bernard Selwyn SIZZLING, Esq:
Strive have to announce to you
the death of Miss Letitia Clara Selwyn
of Selwyn Court, Hants, on the Sth
inst, and to inform you that, with the
exception of several legacies to old
friends and servants, you inherit the
whole of her personal and landed prop
erty, and all her money, invested In
securities which represent an annual
income of about twenty thousand
pounds, together with the estate and
house of Selwyn Court, the whole be-
ing bequeathed to you on the sole con-
dition that you add the surname OF
Selwyn Sizzling Selwyn.
eve have the honor, sir, to remain,
your obedient servants,
BLADE G. Skinner, Solicitors"
The silence in the drawing room
lasted for many minutes. At last Ber-
nard reused himself.
What coward l am" he said, with
a laugh, "to be so upset! Mary, give
me that paper. Pater, do you think
It's a genuine thing?"
at certainly seems So" answered
the doctor, glancing at the paper. Il
remember now that Blade C Skinner
were Miss Selwyn's solicitors. 1t must
be genuine"
II always said she would do some
thing for you, Bernard, my darling"
said his mother the tears rolling down
her cheers.
"Mother-my beloved old mater,
don't cry" pleaded Bernard. now him
self again. at was knock-down
kind of announcement, wasn't 1t? But
1 took it like fool! There is no
need to cry. If this letter be true,
this is your last week in this dingy
hole! A fortnight more sees US
where? In Ell Dorado, think"
The reaction had come.
"Marguerite"-he caught her in his
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
CHAPTER vi.

From the drawing room as they as
cended the stairs came pleasant clat-
ter of teacups, and when they entered
they found the family assembled
Mary was pouring out tea; DR.. Stell-
ing, wonderful to relate, had found
time to join the cosy circle; Mrs
SIZZLING sat with her usual pile of
clothing for the poor beside her.
There was a cheerful little family
chorus.
"Oh, here you are!"-"Well?"
well? What have you done,
Madge?"
"A cup of tea first, in mercy!" cried
Marguerite, sinking on to the hearth
rug and tossing aside her hat.
Five o'clock tea is the time for chat
ting. All Marguerite's adventures were
related, with comments and annota-
lions from Bernard
"And so Mr.. Martineau will let me
know when he finds the WILL" she con-
,cluded. "And now 1 must tell you the
bright suggestion which Bruno has
just made. One does occasionally get
flashes Of inspiration, even from
great bear"
do you want flash OF hot tea on
your nose?" demanded Bernard, who
was towering above her..
She laughingly averted her face,
holding up her little hands.
The suggestion of advertising in the
local papers met with general approval
and 1t was decided that Bernard should
insert the advertisement without con-
sulting Mr. Marteau.
"By the way" he said, what sort of
fellow Is Martineau? Laurie used to
know a Martineau-a tall fellow with
fair complexion, and slow way of
talking"
"Yes, that is very like this man."
said Marguerite. "He was nice to talk
to. He gave you the idea that he pos
sessed great deal of character, but l
was sometimes not sure whether he
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
What the Minister said.

Jingso-"What did the minister say
when the plate came up?" Hingso-
''He said he wouldn't mind so much If
the buttons we're all alike. Syracuse
Herald.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

The strongest sentiment Of the Turk
is his reverence for his mother. He
always stands in her presence until
invited to sit down-a compliment he
pays to no one else.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18
The Smallest Dwarf.

The smallest man who ever lived was
the dwarf Bebe. born in France in 1740.
He was just twenty inches high and
eight pounds in weight when fun
grown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

waited few short hours might have
kept my money in my pocket. What
does 1t matter to me who I am? l
only know that shall never be Ber-
nard's Wife!"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-18

More depends on your inlsttIsg than
on Gods outpouring.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-12-06
MYSTERY
Surrounds the Death of Squire
Ballard Creemens.

Surrounds the Death of Squire
Ballard Creemens.
A telegram to the prosecuting
attorney, form Glenwood, Wednes-
day morning last. announced that
Squire Ballard Cremeens, of Bryan
postofice, had been found dead in
bed.
Immediately Coroner DR.. Hugh
Barbee, Prosecuting j. l.. Whitten,
Constable Monroe and Marshal
Foglesong secured conveyanoes and
drove down to the home of the de.
ceased. Afterward a jury was i'm
panelled and testimony taken down
in writing to discover, if possible,
the causes that led to his death,
and if murder had been commit
ted to unravel it and bring the
murderer to justice.
Everybody looked upon it as a
cold. blooded murder, and many
are of the same opinion still.
After thorough investigation by
the coroner's jnry, the verdict was
"that Ballard Cremeens came to
his death by pistol ball fired from
a 38-oalibre revolver, in tho hands
of some person unknown to the
jury"
When Mr.. Cremeens was discov-
cred, it was found that he had been
shot through the right side of the
head, just over the ear, passing
through the brain and coming out
on the opposite side. Whoever
fred tho revolver was 30 close to
him that his head was badly powder
burned, and the flash had set fire
to the pillow-oase on which his
head had been resting.
Some profess to believe that it
was suicide for when he was
found he had clutched in his death
grip revolver, with one chambe
empty.
Far from us to charge any one
with murder, but we do say it is
a mysterious case, and should be
thoroughly investigated by our
authorities, even if it is necessary
to employ detectives.
We believe he was murdered,
and tho jury seems to be of the
s,mo opinion Thore are many
circumstances surrounding his
death that n thorough investigation
would bring to light and form
chain that would ultimately lead to
conviction.
Too many crimes have been COW
cred up and smothered in Mason
county, and if things are permitted
to go on in this way it will not be
long until no mans life or prop
erty will be safe in the county.
Do your duty, officers, no matter
whom it hurts, without fear or
favor.
How many pigs feet does it take
for set2