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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-26

A melodrama in Augustin Days
temple of high art on Broadway, cor
ner of Thirtieth street, is enough of
episodes of what has come to be known
as the realistic" sort the fact is ad-
ditionally startling.
In my humble opinion there is no
chance whatever fer 1.-The Great Ruby"
to become success, for, while the
stage management is better than any
thing ever seen in this country in melo-
drama, and while the production is
more elaborate, more magnificent, more
complete and more refined than any
thing of its kind ever offered to the
alter patrons in New York, there is not
that in the play which will interest
people who are given to attending this
form of entertainment. On the other
nand, the piece is sufficiently aggres-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-26

Special features Of w. H. Powers
ivy Leaf, which will be seen at the
Grand next Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, will be the carrying away in
its talons by a monster eagle a live
child who is rescued from an almost
inaccessible cliff by the hero. The Ivy
Tower, which by a clever mechanical
device, revolves, showing both the in
terror and the exterior, is a most thrill
ing scene.
The speeialties of singing and dane
ing introduce such we'll known artists
as Mr.. Charles Lloyd, in a wonderful
dancing specially Miss Leah Starr, in
buck and wing dancing, Little Ivy, in
her charming specialties, Mr.. Thomas
J. Smith, in gems of Irish melody,
Geo. w. Graham, in songs, William
Gaffney. the champion bell dancer.
Everything up to date.
The sterling attraction. Uncle Josh
Spruceby," will appear at the Grand
Opera House for three nights, com
mencing Thursday. March Cd. The pop
ularity Of this celebrated New England
comedy is phenomenal. 1t is now in
its eighth successful season and its
drawing powers arc SIAil oh the III
crease. A very large cast is necessary
for the proper production Of the play
and 80 people are in the company. The
manager, Mr.. Lewis. has secured re-
markably strong company OF acting
people. All the scenery IS new and
many new mechanical effects are in
troduced. The sensational saw mill
scene is used. and as a press critic
says: 1T is so realistic that it is almost
painful" New and bright specialties
are introduced. A big orchestra OF
twelve soloists is carried by the com
pany, and the splendid programme Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-26

1.-The Great Ruby" by Cecil Ra-
leigh and Henry Hamilton, originally
produced at the Drury Lane Theater,
London, is the current attraction at
Days Theater in New York. is in
terpreted by the following cast OF un-
usual excellence:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

The empress of China is said to carry
with her 5000 dresses when she travels
These fill 600 boxes, and are taken care
of by 1900 coolies.
Among the noted men who could use
both hands with equal power and skill
were Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vim
ci and S. f. Is. Morse.
Mile. Rosa Bonheur, who adopts mas.
culine attire and wears her hair
cropped close to the head, explains
that she first did so in order to pass as
a man when visiting horse and cattle
fairs for the purpose of studying her
animal subjects. =
A colored girl was graduated recently
from the high school in Petersburg.
Ind. The other seven members of the
class, all boys, refused two months age
to be graduated with the colored girl.
but the trustees stood by her and the
boys backed down.
Some of the variety actors wear "elec.
trio" diamonds in their shirt fronts.
The dazzling glare is caused by an in.
candescent lamp about one-siNth tc
one-quarter of an inch in diameter.
The electricity is supplied by little
storage battery carried in the pocket.
A story is going round that Pade.
rewslli, while in America, having had
an eye-tooth extracted, a wealthy
widow paid the dentist large sum foI
the precious particle of the pianist's
anatomy. Set in gold, it now bangles
as charm from the watch chain of the
maestro's infatuated admirer.
A glass eye figures in suit for di.
vorce brought by a Cincinnati gentle.
man. Shortly after the bridal trip the
wife had the misfortune to crush her
glass eye, and the first the husband
knew of the false eye was when bill
was presented to him by the artisan
who made new one. The husband de-
clares that he has been deceived, and
therefore seeks divorce.
\ poor Irishwoman who had son Of
whom she was very proud unintention-
ally paid him very bad compliment.
Speaking of her boy to the priest, she
said: There isn't in the barony, yeI
reverence, cleverer lad nor Tom.
Look at thim"-pointing to two small
chairs in the cabin. ''He made thin
out of his own head, and, fair, he has
enough wood left to make me a big arm
chair
To dogs fidelity a six-year-old
Pennsylvania boy owes his life. Stray.
ing together in the hills the pair were
caught in a storm and lost their way,
For two days the child lived on berries.
The dog had nothing, but refused tc
leave his little master. Warmed and
sheltered by the body of the animal the
child slept unframed. When the couple
were found by search party the dog
declined to eat anything until the child
offered him food, presumably fearing
that if he ate any of the relief pro-
visions the boy might have to go hun.
CRY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
HOW HE LOS
He Struck Out and She Gave Her.
self to the Young Man Who
Didn't Play Ball.

A bright flush overspread the face of the
young girl in the pink shirt waist, who sat
in the grand stand, as the stalwart young
man who had played in the field in the first
half of the inning stepped to the plate, bat
in hand.
hit" Good boy!" "Home rum" "Hit it
in de nose!' ''Swat it good an hard!"
sung out the cranks.
The stalwart young man carelessly lifted
his cap, replaced it, grasped his bat with a
frmer hold, moved it in graceful circles over
his shoulder, while the pitcher was doing
the preliminary mysterious juggling with
and as the leather sphere-it is the correct
form to call it a leather sphere-came
toward him like a rife shot he swung his bat.
"Ah!" groaned the crowd.
He had famed the air.
This phrase is also the correct form.
Again the highpriced pitcher juggled the
ball mysteriously, again it came like rifle
swung his bat
And again the crowd groaned:
"Ah!"
The hgh-priced catcher rolled the ball
carelessly down to third, put on his mask,
came close behind the bat, spread his high
priced legs apart, placed his hands on his
knees, leaned forward, and made an i'm
perceptible signal to the high priced pitcher
The vast crowd held its breath.
Which is also the correct thing to do at a
critical moment like this.
Like shot the ball sped toward the plate
With a mighty lunge the young athlete
swung his bat third time.
1t smote only the air.
Another groan burst from the crowd.
He had not only struck out, but put the
side out
"Mr. Spoonamore," said the young WON.
an in the pink shirt waist, turning with pale
cheeks and flashing eyes to the pimply faced
young man who sat by her side. Il said mo-
to you the other day. l say yes now. will
marry you whenever you like!''-Chicago
Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
WILD GAME NEARLY EXTINCT.
The Work of determination in Swift
zerland Is WelI-Nigh Com
plete.

Switzerland will soon be entirely free
of wild animals if the rate of extinction
that has prevailed of late is maintained.
In the official archives in Zurich are
records of the various kinds of beasts
that once existed in the land of the red
cross. Evidences of beaver life have
been found on the shores of Lake Morat,
the bones and skeletons being fully
six centuries old. One of the tributary
streams which feed the lake is called
Beaver brook, the title being due to
its former inhabitants. That the name
is old is shown by the fact that no
beavers have lived in Switzerland since
the twelfth or thirteenth century.
Brown bears were plentiful in the
mountain lands until the seventeenth
century. The last one killed of which
there is any official knowledge came
to his end in 1898 in Barbereche Now
adays the bears that are raised in Berne
for various show purposes are i'm
ported young from other countries.
Deer were more than plentiful in the
highlands in olden times, but they were
cleaned out pretty well in 174S to 1850.
There is a record in the Swiss archives
that a deer was seen in the woods III
1871, but it was apparently far from its
own stamping ground.
Up to the seventeenth century wolves
were such plaques that several cantons
offered substantial premiums for their
heads and skins. 1t took ages to chase
them off the plains, and fully 100 years
more to clean them out of the high
lands. Not live wolf has been seen in
Switzerland since 1887. The lynx dis
appeared about the same time. Wild
boars were numerous in the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, but none has
been encountered since 1900. A few
wildcats are reported to have been shot
since 1891, but the authorities doubt the
authenticity of the reports.
Not less than seven prominent kinds
of quadrupeds have been exterminated
in Switzerland in five centuries, not to
mention the world-famous wild goat,
or chamois. A few of these beautiful
animals are raised and kept by the land
lords of some of the leading resorts to
maintain the impression that chamois
are part and parcel of the Swiss mount
aims. But they are domesticated and
are vastly different from the timid lit
tie animals that nobility used to hunt
and poets raved about.-N. Y. Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
Was in the Wrong Office.

Agent-My dear sir, do you know how
much time you lose dipping pen into the
ink? Ten dips minute means 600 dips an
hour, or 5000 dips in ten hours, and each
dip consumes
Business Man-Yes, I know; I have
worked it all out.
"And yet l find you still writing in the
old way"
eyes, am using the fountain pen you sold
me about month ACCUSING it in the old
way because it won't write any other way
beg pardon; I'm in the wrong office,
Good-day. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

SEvENTY-EIGHT new labor organize
tions were formed in New York state
in 1898.
THE Federal Steel Co. is to build two
modern blast furnaces at South Chi
cago, Ill.
THE Roane Iron Co., of Chattanooga,
Tenn, is to build a new blast furnace
at lockwood, Tenn.
THE immigration laws of the United
States have been extended to Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
LONDoN's record of deaths by violence
was 1914 last year, being 124 above the
average of the preceding 10 years.
Work began the other day on the
foundation for the new buildings for
the naval academy, Annapolis, Md.
QUEEN VICTORIA has ordered Sir John
Lubbock's 100 best books. They were
sent by special messenger to Osborne.
TWENTY-FIVE MILLION bottles of cham
payne are drunk annually in the world.
A Rheims dealer keeps 5000, 900 in re-
serve.
A LIVE lizard was found comfortably
settled in a cash register which had
been shipped from the United States to
London.
FRAU EMBDEN HEINE sister of the
poet, was some time ago offered $1,000
for one of her brothers unpu blished
manuscripts.
MARY DICKENS, granddaughter Of
duce a new book, which will deal with
theatrical life.
CLOTH is now being made successfully
from wood, and is said to be as flexible,
soft, durable and susceptible to dyes
as other fabrics.
HAVANA municipal taxes are to here
after be collected in American currency
or its legal equivalent in Spanish or
foreign gold coin.
A SYNDICATE, headed by Warner
Miller, has obtained an option at ST.
900, 900 on the famous Candelarra mine
at San Dimas, Mex.
The fierce crusade against tobacco
cigarettes in London has developed the
tea cigarette, which is particularly pat
ronized by woman.
FIRM of glass dealers at Cincinnati
brought suit under the antitrust law
against the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
for $50, 900 damages.
NINE tons of pennies are taken from
the London slot machines each week,
the firm which runs the ''mutoscope"
averaging So, 500 alone.
PARITo, believed to be the last Yaqui
Indian in California, is dead. He was
1OS years of age, according to the rec
ord kept in pioneer days.
Col. Fusion, who recently distin-
guished himself with the 18th Kansas,
is one of the lightest men in the army.
He weighs but 50 pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
AUTOGRAPH FIENDS.
Devices to Which They VIII Resort
to Secure the Signature of
Reigning Celebrity.

Every time we have a celebrity with
US" said the chief clerk at one of the lead.
ing hotels, Il am certain to be deluged with
autograph albums. They are left by people
who calmly request me to waylay the nota-
BILE and get his or her signature, preceded
If possible by some neat and appropriate
sentiment, verse preferred. 1t would be a
pretty ticklish task if it were not for the
fact that the celebrities themselves are
broken in to that sort of thing and have
ceased to regard it with any surprise. As a
rule, no explanation is necessary and all
have to do is to hand over the little books.
The autograph hunters are particularly keen
after theatrical stars, and there is one we'll
Known manager who derives a good deal of
amusement in acting as proxy. Last time
he was here he was with an eminent actress
and | had been intrusted with no less than
dozen autograph albums. l received
specific injunctions from the owner of each
to get something characteristic and |
turned the bunch over to my managerial
friend. Here's where 1 make a hit!' he
exclaimed enthusiastically, and, grabbing a
pen, proceeded to inscribe an enigmatical
sentiment of his own manufacture in
every volume. | remember one, which ran
like this, is not the expression of emotion
merely the emotion of expression? Truly
yours, Miss So-and-So.' The others were
equally incoherent, but somehow they had
wise sound and the autograph chasers
were perfectly delighted. SO deep!' so
thoughtful were the comments they made
as they studied the gibbersh after the books
were returned, and am willing to bet they
are still wrestling with the inner meaning
of their prizes. The star herself has the
she knew of the little joke that was per
petrated in her name 1 am inclined to be-
lieve she would get after her manager with
club. N. 0. Times Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

The service of the Nickel Plate Road to
New York City and Boston is demonstrat.
ed success. The demands of the travelling
fast express trains in each direction daily
These trains are composed of modern, first
class day coaches, elegant vestibuled sleep.
ing cars between Chicago, New York and
Boston, and unexcelled dining cars. Solid
through trains between Chicago and New
York have uniformed colored porters in
charge of day coaches, whose services are
placed at the disposal of passengers. If you
want to travel comfortably economically
the Nickel Plate Road.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
A NIisft.

The young man who prefers to owe tailor
rather than to wear suit which has been
taken from the counters of a clothing store,
says that he never cared for a counter fit
anyway.-Boston Advertiser.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

A Kansas medical student recently shot
patient The mere fact that he resorted to
firearms proves conclusively that he wasn't
a ull-fedged doctor.-Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

The man who tells you a secret, and asks
you not to tell doesn't treat you right; he
enjoys telling it, and forbids you having a
good time.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

keep going or lose their place.
To these Mrs. Pinkham's help is
offered. A letter to her at Lynn,
Mass. will bring her advice free
of all charge.
Miss NANCIE SHoBE, Florence,
COL, writes letter to Mrs. Pink
ham from which we Quote.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

"Pa," said little Willie, asking his six
teenth question. "Well, my SOM" "Pa,
how'd the man who named the first bicycle
know it was a bicycle ?"-Answers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

Alabastine can be used over paint or
paper; paint or paper can be used over
Alabastine. Buy only in five pound pack
ages properly labeled; take no substitute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

We cling to our faults with frmer grasp
than we do to our virtues.-L. A. w. Bull
letin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

People would undoubtedly be more law.
ess if there were less law.-Chicago Daily
News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

Every church and schoolhouse should be
coated only with Alabastine. Hundreds
Of tons used yearly for this work. Genu-
inc Alabastine does not rub and scale off,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
WOMEN
WHO EARW
1HEXR LIVING

Il had been health for time my troubles hav
ing been brought by standing physician said
ing serious womb trouble had give up work. was
just bundle of and would fantng spells at
monthly periods docored various medicines but
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

CALESWOMEN understand what torture is.
Constantly on their feet whether we'll or ILL., Compelled
to smile and be agreeable to customers while dragged
down with feminine weakness Backaches and head
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

Nursing your anger is nursing a viper
Rams Horn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
Chance for Her.

"She says her face is her fortune"
swell, she certainly ought to take adj
vantage of the new bankruptcy w."-Chi-
cago Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

Alabastine, the only durable wall coat
ing, takes the place of scaling kalsomines.
wall paper and paint for walls. 1t can be
used on plaster, brick, wood or canvas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10
A. N. K.-G

Alabastine packages have full direc-
tions. Anyone can brush it on. Ask paint
dealer for tint card. "Alabastine Era"
free. Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-10

OF no relief, and when l wrote to you
could not walk more than four blocks
t time. I followed your advice, talk
ng Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier
/ connection with the Vegetable Com
ound and began to gain in strength
rom the first. l am getting to be
tranger to pain and owe it all to your
Medicine. There IS none equal to it,
-,o for I have tried many others be-
q hi fore using yours. Words cannot
D RI be said too strong in praise of it."
n Miss Polly FRAME, Meade,
VI Kan, writes:
. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I feel it
l1s my duty to write you in regard to
lzkE gA what your medicine has done for
)N- me. I cannot praise it
~ enough. Since my girlhood
Nv I had been troubled with IL
W regular and painful
wv ~ periods and for nearly
Rsa@A&sS& five years had suffered
7s.s#t8AFwith falling of the
HISS womb, and whites: Also
VI y had ovarian trouble, the
ol1en and sore that could not move
anks to your wonderful medicine, that
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-26
x-RAY AND INSANITY.
Chicago PhysIc ans T. cate Tumnrs in In-
ticuts Brain by the Aid "f SlSIn graphs.

Chicago Physicians f. cate Tumnrs in In
ticnrs Brnin by tn. Aid nf Ssla graphs.
Chicago. Jan. 25.-.is the results of
number of experiments with N.rays in
this city. 1t is asserted that the rays
are TO become II medium through which
reason may be restored 10 insane per-
sons.
II has been found that by the rays
brain tumurs. responsible for many
cases of alienation Of mind. can be 10.
Gated. Preparations are being made
by several eminent physicians for a test
operation IN what has been considered
an incurabc disease.
The patient will be Il wealthy young
man. who. for several years. has been
confined in the asylum mt Kankalicc.
The patient has already been examined
by the N-ray process. Those who con-
Quoted the experiment say that the
sliiagraph plainly showed a tumor
pressing on the brain. The physicians
claim that the removal Of the tumor
will not be dangerous and that they en-
pect the young mans mind will be fully
restored.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-26
Automobile. In Rocky Mountains.

Chicago. Jan. 2j.-The Santa Fe rail-
road has made contract with Il local
manufacturing company for the con-
struction of n number of automobile
stnge coaches to be used In transport
ing sightscers from its station at Flag
stafI, Arizona. to the neigEboring can
ons.
The coaches will have n capacity Of
eighteen passengers each. A fourteen
horse power gasoline engine will furnish
the motive power aud 1t is claimed will
propel the vehicles up the steep noun
tain grades with ease.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-22
To Assist In the Welcoming Of
the Oregon Volunteers
From Manila.
GO ON A PRACTICE MARCH
In July the Guards Will Take a Long
March With Full AceoutSe-
ments.

PORTLAND. June a-Eyerything
hinges now on the home coming Of the
oregon volunteers and now 10 welcome
them. and Consequently the encampment
OF the new national guard. which was TO
begin at the Salem fairgrounds, and con-
tlnue for 10 days. from July 10, IS now
practically abandoned and all plans are
modified At the time 'he encampment
was arranged f)r. Il was no, known just
when the Oreg.u volunteers would return
home. but now that THAI important event
has been pretty definitely ascer,ained- a
change has been decided upon that will
adj the full strength Of the new nstional
guard TO the hosts who will welcome
home the volunteers. The new plan is TO
bring 70 Portland all the outside com-
panles OF the guard about the time the
volunteers arrive and to have them camp
here for several DAYS. The full force
viii total over ,O1 men IT, new uniforms,
and they Will make a fine feature OF the
welcoming parade. Late in July the
Portland companies Of the national guard
will start away on a practice march Of
severed days, carrying with them all
their munitions o. war and bivouac
camp equipment
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-22
PORTO RIco's GRIEVANCE,
Commission OF Leading Porto Ricans
Prepare u Protcs, 10 the Manner In
in Which They Are Treated.

NEW YORK, June I.-rhe commis-
sioners from Porto Rico to the United
States feel, according to DR.. Juio Henna,
one OF their number, that they and their
adherents in Porto Rico have been treai'
cd scAndalously by the United States
government, and so they have prepared
protest which DR.. Henna, after cons
suliatlon with Mr.. Sena Gambia, another
commissioner, has given out The pro
test says;
Porto Rico finds itself at this moment
in an extraordinary situation. The is.-
and is d, facto by virtue of actual oc-
cupancy and de jure by virtue of the
treaty OF peace between the United
States and Spain, concluded at Paris
on December 10, 1899, Nevertheless, its
soil, its ports, its commerce and It's IN
habitants are not for any practical pur-
pose COnsueCtu AHltAiVaA" Inc AS
ths United States floats over the soil
Of Porto Rico but It does not make
American even the children who are
born under it's shade. Ships coming
from the ports Of the United States and
entering a port of Porto Rico, do not
enter an American, but foreign port
and are subject to pay customs duties
tonnage dues, etc. The commerce or
Porto Rico. with the U. S, instead OF
being free, as the commerce between
Massachusetts and Florida, or New
York and Louisiana, is burdened by a
tariff. heavier and more obnoxious than
that which was in force when Porto
Rico was Spanish, and although Porto
Rico Is American and its government
Is vested in American officials from the
governor general to the health officers,
no protection Is given to any Porto Rican
except upon condition that 1t be care
fully expressed that he is protected as
a native Porto Rican, but not as an
American.
"of liberty and self government, the
Porto Rican people have not had as yet
a taste They are subject in all things
to the supreme will Of a military ruler
subject to no one else; though in tint
of peace the commander in chief OF tn,
army Of the United States, through tn
channels OF the war department.