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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
tween her teeth and then / can get in
the stem OF the pump"

tween her teeth and then / can get in
the stem OF the pump
Mr.. P. in spite of his wife's appealing
looks and half-artieulate cries for mer-
cy, fixed the stopper between her teeth
and the doctor inserted the stomach
pump and began to work away. Streams
OF soapsuds poured out, but no signs
appeared of any poisonous substance.
By the time the pump sucked Mrs. P.
was exhausted. but few spoonsful of
whisky revived her.
30, George" she said to her hus-
band, who stood tanning her, III never
Go such a thing again. / did it only to
alarm YOU didn't take any poison
at all. l had an empty laudanum bot
tie and laid it rear me. Then shout
ed for Bridget and pretended I'd taken
poison. o, George, if you'll forgive me
this time I'll never, never do such a
thing again
ut is II o'clock" said Mr.. Pickletop,
and you must excuse me a few min
utes, Mrs. Piekletop, while attend to
little affair which l set down for this
hour
And he did attend to it, and after the
young man and his traps were safely
transferred to the other side of the
door he returned to the doctor and said:
Doctor, my wife is evidently little
out of her mind. Don't you think that
it will be well to shave her head and
put her through a regular course Of
treatment?"
20, George-dear George!" his wife
exclaimed, forgive me only this once,
and I'll never more be so foolish as to
pretend to commit suicide, or Toto"
Go contrary to the agreement we
made at marriage" said George. "All
right. Now get up and look after the
lunch"
And the wretch actually lighted
cigar and walked out Of the room with
out word OF comfort.-Brooklyn
Citizen
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hunted around for a man whose face
betrayed a yearning for the ancient,
and when l found him I unloaded that
De Soto on him at ten per cent. profit
and save him written guaranty that
it was kings grant to about half the
land in Louisiana.
In my trips to Boston never ran on
to any books or manuscripts over about
200 years old, but one day in Philadel-
phia my heart stopped beating for a mo-
ment as an old book store man brought
out letter which dated back a thou
sand years. There were only two lines
of writing and signature-just about
what the husband of to-day would send
his wife if he wasn't going to be home
to dinner-and nobody had yet been
able to make out the signature. That
added to the value of the parchment.
of course. AS to the two lines, there
were various opinions. Some trans
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
QUEBECs LOCATION.

Most people are accustomed 10 think Of
Quebec as being on the very edge OF the
Arctic circle. AS a matter OF fact most
OF the great capitals Of Europe are fur
Their north.
London. for instance is S25 miles to
the north Of the Canadian city. while Glas-
COW Is 675 miles and ST. Petersburg Los
mics nearer the North Pole. Even Paris,
which every one considers as essentially
southern city, is $50 miles further north
than Quebec.
Going westward from Quebec the same
parallel passes near Duluth and just
touches the mouth OF the Columbia RIVER
crossing the Pacific II rests on the north
ern part Of Japan and the more soutneriy
points in Siberia. Following the same
parallel TO the eastward. II passes near
Lyons in France. and close to the bouR-
dairy lire between Switzerland and Italy-
going far to the south OF the German
Empire. and across the southern part
of Hungary.
The difference In Climate IN Europe and
Canada is. OF course. matter for which
the gulf stream is responsible.
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without exchanging words with his
wife. At o'clock the next morning he
went to business, saying to Bridget,
the servant:
"Tell Mrs. Pickletop I'll be back
punctually at 1915 to attend to the
business of which she knows
At 1920 Bridget rushed into the yard
and reused up the next door neighbor,
old Capt. Cathead, and his nephew,
who was just home from long voy-
age.
20, captain" cried Bridget, "Missus
has committed suicide and the Lord
knows what! Do go for the doctor and
come/in and help!"
Poison, eh?' said the captain. Have
you got any hot soapsuds?"
Lord, yes, sir! 1 was jest washin'
the bed linen"
Charley" said the captain to his
nephew, run across and call DR..
Slasher and tell him to bring his
llSul away.
The next minute Capt. Cathead was
in the Pickletop dwelling. Mrs. P. was
lying on a couch in her bedroom groan-
ing, with an empty bottle marked lau-
danum near by.
Hurry up with the soapsuds," said
the captain to Bridget; sit is the finest
emetic in the world
Mrs. Pickletop's eyes were rolling
and showing the whites, and the SLAYER
was at her lips.
What have you done this for?" ask
ed the captain, shaking her.
Co." she moaned, my husband, my
husband! He has lost confidence in
me. He has cruelty suspected me, and
1 wish to die-to die" and she drew I'D
her legs and clinched her fists and made
a gurgling sound in her throat, to in
dictate that the grim monster was ap-
preaching to end things.
Now, Bridget" said the captain, I'll
hold the missus and you pour down the
coap suds. First of all, take the jack
knife, and, as | grip her arms, you put
the knife between her teeth to keep her
jaws open, SO as to get in the swizzle
Then straddle across and keep down
her legs and pour in the stuff
These directions were followed and,
in spite Of Mrs. Pickletop's struggles
and bowls, and her frightful attempts
at displacing Bridget, a quart of hot
soapsuds fresh from the washtub was
poured down the woman's throat. Just
at this juncture the doctor and Charley
arrived, ard very soon afterwards Mr..
Pickletop entered the house.
whats the matter?" he asked as he
saw Bridget coming stumbling down
stairs with a big jug.
20, sir, your wife has poisoned her
self, sir and all, sir, for your sake, sir;
and I've been giving her an emetic,"
Bridget said.
Mr.. P. assembled the stairs and went
into the bedroom. He found his wife
in the grip of the captain and his
nephew, and DR.. Slasher trying to jam
an old-fashioned stomach pump down
her throat
"Ah, now you've come" said the doc
tor, Gust you thrust this stopper be-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

the signature what l would providing
took the parchment at $4,000. 1t was
a high figure, with coal going up every
week and snow to be shoveled off the
sidewalk every day, but l felt that I
must have that souvenir. AS l was
feeling for the money, however. a
stranger who had got a pointer came
rushing in and added $500 to the price
and bore the treasure away. A ner-
miss big thing like that, and I might
have been wholly Frustrated but for
what was published in the newspapers
a week later. Three or four professors
who were on to all the little jokes clear
back to the days of the Ark took that
parchment in hand and let daylight
it in a dozen different places
in less than an hour. The material
was pig-skin right enough, but it
hadn't been tanned over two years,
They were divided as to whether the
signature was tom Collins" or BILLY
Patterson" and while they were toss
ing up heads or tails to settle the
question the man who got ahead of me
threw himself out Of the window and
was killed.
CHARLES B. LEWIS.
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lators had said they referred to bus
mess DEAL others to a political gath
ering; others yet to a wedding or a
funeral. The book man said | could
translate it any way pleased, and call
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
BLUFFS DIDN'T GO.

Mrs. Pickletop Pretended She Had Taken
Poison--She Had No Idea What Was in
Store for Her at the Time.
Mrs. Pickletop kept a boarding house
and Mr.. Pickletop was in the insurance
business. 1t was only on the widow
Griff's promising to exclude all female
boarders and to have only staid, Sc
date elderly male boarders, that Mr..
Pickletop consented to become her nus
band. Things went ON very pleasantly
for some time, until one day Mr.. Pickle
top discovered stylish young man
among the boarders, and saw of course
that he was cycling Mrs. Pickletop as
she made the rounds of the dining
room to see that everything was going
on all right. AS soon as Mr.. Pickle
top and his wife retired to their private
apartment Mr.. Pickletop said:
"Corinne, who is that pert young
man that dined here this EVENING""
30, that is a friend of my oldest
boarder, Mr.. Finfox,' was the. reply.
}"Why don't you light your cigar,
! George?"
How long has this young man been
dining here?" Mr.. P. asked, still chew
ing the end OF his cigar.
"A few times. dear" Mrs. P. an
swered. Here's a light"
She took a match and drew it along
the scratch my-back on the wall.
Mr. P. did not reach for the match,
or even look at it, but kept his eye
fixed on his spouse, as he questioned
her further.
''Is the young man an inmate of this
house, Mrs. Pickletop?" he asked.
why, yes, dear, he stays at home all
day and writes"
Did I not say, Mrs. Pickletop, that
I would have no young men as board
ers in this house as long as 1 was in
it?"
But you see, love, it is only until
his sister returns from the country"
Its not another day, Mrs. Pickletop
That young man must be out of this
house by II o'clock tomorrow. or I'll
pitch him out, bag and baggage"
Mr.. Pickletop walked out OF the room
and out of the house, and didn't return
[ until the small hours. when he retired
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

for a speech. I rose, glass in hand.
Just as / got to my feet the clock in
the hall chimed out midnight was
80 years old. l tried to raise my glass
on high, but it fell with crash to the
table. The lights danced In front of
me, the mems faces faded away, big,
black pail came down and blotted
everything. and l felt myself falling,
falling, falling-and when l woke with
start.
II looked up at the clock on the
mantel. 1t marked i've minutes after
seven-I had been asleep five minutes
and had lived five years"
That was the mans story-you can
believe him or not, just as it best suits
you.
He merely told the tale as illustrat-
ing how short a time as computed by
human reckoning it may take to live
cycle of dream life.
And maybe that's what's meant by
the scriptural phrase: "a thousand
years in thy sight are but as yesterday
when it is past"
Well, it's worth thinking over
whether you believe it or noti-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

There's hero, a heroine, villain and
at least one cruel father. The adven-
lures will make your hair stand on
end, and the historic illustrations are
more valuable than than a dozen ency-
clopedias. Only $3.50 for book which
would bring $4,000 if the public only
knew Of it,"
/ wanted that book for the beginning
CT a rare old library, and | closed the
deal at once, but l hadn't even got on
to the plot when the family druggist
threw doubts on its genuineness. He
had his reasons for believing that Ju-
Illus Caesar never wrote a book, and in
the end it turned out that I had been
swindled. The volume had been pub
lished by some one in Hamburg, and
though it was probably better mover
that Caesar could have turned out, l
have never got over feeling edgewise
towards that old book store man. He
at first seemed somewhat conscience
stricken, but as he only offered me SIS
for the book to sell again, I decided
that it was not conscience. De Soto
discovered the Mississippi river, and
what more likely place to come across
his manuscripts than in New Orleans?
All he had to do was to float EN- down
TO market. l was not a bit surprised
when | entered an old book store in
the Crescent City enc day and was
shown a dozen parchments with De
Sotos signature at the bottom of them.
They were for sale at $3.50 per page,
and when hesitated the old bool1man
grew angry and demanded:
Whats the matter with you? Have
you come around here at this late day
to question the genuineness of name
written out as big as a pie-plate? Let
me tell you that if wasn't out of meat
and Eaters at the house you couldn't
buy one Of these parchments for cent
less than $500. That's always been the
figure, and they have been considered
dogcheap at that"
l had long been looking for some
thing left behind by De Soto, and be-
ng convinced that l had discovered a
good thing l bought one of the parch-
nents. Then l went aronud trying to
find one TO translate the writing. One
man looked it over and stroked his
him and said it was sort CT military
report, a second looked still wiser and
3aid it was poetry; third called it a
owe letter, and a fourth pronounced |
/ an address OF welcome and added |
hat the signature was that of the Mis-
;issippi river instead OF De Soto's. I |
soon realized that l had been victimized |
1Ut l didn't go back to jaw with the |
I'D book store man. They never pay |
my attention to that sort of thing. l |
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
oLUMBUs WRITING HIS NOVEL.

The man who stopped short must
have kicked himself all over his library
hundred times over during the last
eight or ten years, but time and sew
eral other things have brought him re-
venge He has read that the old book
is a forgery, and that the man who
outbid him has gone to law to recover
the price he paid. After Christopher
to discover America he sat down to
write a novel about it. As there was
no love in it-no love, no heroine, no
villain-he didn't have to fish around
Tor plot, nor to figure on how many
of his characters he must kill off to
have things come out to the satisfac-
ton of the readers. 1t was an easy job
he had ON hand, even for those old
days when every man who could handle
a pen at all made such hard work of it
that he had to hold cork in his mouth
to keep from biting his tongue.
There is no record as to whether Co.
lumbus wrote his book in the family
garnet or the family parlor. For all
any one can say at this late day he
may have sat down to the kitchen table
and had some of the pages splashed
with dishwater as his good wife went
about her work. He certainly had big
a Anna vio Int -
to writing book he decided that four
pages ought to make a seller He
didn't even number them at that, and
the world may learn any day that the
printer chucked them in any old way
and made the end the beginning. Just
how many copies he hoped his pub
Usher might sell is not known, but as
only three or four were printed it is
evident that somebody got tired and
cut it off again. Nobody rushed to buy
those few copies until hundred years
had passed, and then the price went up
and somebody who thought himself
just as good "a man as Columbus went
to writing and publishing and putting
his dates back. He has been furnish
ing the public a pretty good thing, and
holding his prices SO high that the
average family has been barred out
and forced to take up with dollar his
tories, but the. discovery of the fact that
he wasn't the real, genuine Columbus
himself has raised rev and will hurt
his business in the future.
| don't remember the exact date
when began to hang about old book
stores and have laundering for old
manuscripts, but it was years ago, and
MIR. Brayton Ives must not regard him
self as the only man in America who
has been buncoed out of his dollars.
The first rare old book offered me at
bargain was a chunky, well bound
volume which purported to be the first
and only work from the pen of Julius
Caesar. AS it wasn't in the English
Language couldn't make out just what
the author was driving at, but the old
book store man had digested it fSom
start to finish.
There's love in it, he assured me
As he taumbed the leaves" such love
as we don't hear Of in these days.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
TALE OF OLD BOOKS.
It's Best to Beware Of Ancient Manuscripts Signed by
Columbus De Soto and julius Caesar

/ When Mr. Brayton Ives paid $4,374
for book written by Christopher Co.
lumbus in 1893 he bad perfect right
to sit down and feel a bit sorry for
the fellow who had bid the price up
to s4,373 and refused to add another
hundred cents. When a man gets after
and old relic like that the trifiing sum
of one dollar should not stand in his
way.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
A CHEAP COUNTRY.

ct was taken down with fever while
travelling in China sad a returned tour
ist, "and had 20 cal in native doctor
He had come q distance Of three niles,
and he furnished his own medicines and
pad me eleven visits. When was ready
TO depart he presented his bill. II figured
up about six ard half cents In our
money. and paid 1t with a laugh I was
q mile or more on my road when / was
overtaken by lawyer. who declared that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

I had been overcharged by two and half
cents, and for something less than a cent
he offered to bring AN action and have the
doctor sent to jail for six months for
swindling met
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

Matthew Larking. the oldest living bell-
ringer in England, has retired TO Grims-
by after ringing the bells OF Tetney
Church for % years without break, lie
is 81 years of age.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10

Vapor baths Gramling's, Al N. Main.
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That IS the Much M00ted Cues
tiOn in the Larkin Case.
SOME SAY HE HAD 'EM BAD
While others Say He Was Sane and
Shrewd--Today's Testimony
Was Very Dry,

At this mornings session of the Larkin
hearing Henry Palmer, an old time asso-
state of James Larkin, was on the stand.
Larkin's intimates.
From your observation of him what
was your opinion of him with reference
to being sane or %insane?' asked Mr.. For
bis.
The witness replied that he considered
Larkin sane.
What is your opinion with reference
to his being able to attend to his bust
ness?"
1T was all right"
What was his condition before 1898 ?
Would you say he was sane or %insane?"
Il would say that ne was sane"
You noticed no change in him?"
"None whatever"
During the crOss-examination the wit
ness said he saw Larkin about two weeks
before he was sent to Wells hospital.
Witness said he met him in McGovern's
saloon, talked with him a few minutes
and noticed no change in him. Larkin
answered him nationally. Did not OBJ
serve him carefully.
What was his appearance at that
timer asked Mr.. Corbett.
He appeared to be under the influence
of liquor. He was somewhat nervous"
said the witness.
Witness sal he had no business with
as a business man.
Did Doc Larkin ever tell you of his
troubles?" queried the attorney.
Witness replied that he had had vari-
Gus conversations with Larkin with
reference to his affairs. Witness could
not remember ever having taken a drink
with Larkin.
Are you a drinking man YOURSELF
asked the attorney.
Il am"
Moderately, I SUPPOSE"
Yes, and sometimes immoderately,'
replied the witness.
"Larkin considered his mining inter.
ests around Butte very valuable, did hi
not?"
Yes, sir: he seemed to think he hat
some very good claims" replied the wit
ness.
Did Larkin not sell an interest in tn,
Mountain View for s37.000?'
Witness was not sure whether he kney
about the Mountain View deal, but sal,
he had heard something about it.
Witness considered himself one of Lar
kin's intimate friends. but did not knov
where he lived. I.arkin was a peculia
man. He would go to certain place
where some other men would not CO."
Then followed a, long series of Ques
lions and answers relative to who wer
the friends and associates of Larkil
Witness said Larkin would sometime
become impudent without any apparen
reason.
did you not say to some men wit
whom you were talking in front of a sa
loon, near where Lange's saloon no,
stands, in the latter part of March, 1881
that Doc Larkin was OFF," asked Nj
Corbett.
II might have said that if he was Graz
he had always been crazy"
The question was put again, the coul
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~instructing the witness to answer ''yes'
or mo- and the witness replied that he
might have said IF he was crazy at all.
he was always crazy"
The witness was excused.
Henry T. Themes was the mex witness.
He said he had resided in Butte "a years.
Knew Larkin, and in 1887 and 1888 work.
ed for him about his mines. Larkin
superintendent the operations. Witness
considered himself fairly well acquaint-
ed with Larkin. Met Larkin frequently
during 1893.
What was his mental condition during
1892" asked Mr.. Forbis.
Il thought he was all right"
was James Larkin a man Of intelli-
gence and sh~rewdness?"
II don't know. l never considered him
a fool"
What would you say of his capacity
TO handle his own affairs?"
well so far as l know I would con-
slider that he was all right"
Inc cross-eXamination then began.
witness said he knew Larlkin we'll but
MS acquaintance was limited to meeting
him casually on the street, and where
he saw him at work. He noticed no
popularity in the man.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10
A TRAVELLING
GIVES LIGHT PRAISE TO THE
COOKS ON THE ROAD.

Soon after the Symns Grocery Co. of
Atchison, kans., for whom / travel,
put Postum Cereal Food Coffee in stock,
I was attracted to it and left off the use
of coffee and began using Postum.
OF course l had trouble to get it prop
erly made, for most cooks make coffee in
a slipshOd kind of a way, and Postum
is good only when it has been boiled a
long time, for it don't nave the right taste
unless it is properly boiled, then any n
who knows anything bou a good cup
of Postum, recognizes it's flavor.
l was formerly very seriously troubled
with indigestion and frequent attacks
of sick headache. I had thought for a
long time that the trouble was caused by
coffee. but never could exactly bring my
self to get away from it. However, the
Postum takes it's place so beautifully
that I never have missed the coffee, but
have been very glad to miss the troubles
I am delighted to say / have not had a
spell Of sick headache since I began using
Postum. and have naturally talked it
hard to my customers and others whom
l meet on the road l.. H. Thompson,
Pratt, Kans.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10

Latest improvements for Turkish baths
Al N. Main.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10
Lots
From
500 Up
To Rent

! large corner store, South Wyom-
ng......... . $50. 90
{ room furnished house, w side 49,. As 90
1 room house, e. side ......... 49,. q. so
5 room house, South Butte ....... -. 10. 90
G room brick house, E side ........... 300
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10

The contempt proceedings having been
settled, the defendants bill of exceptions
to the action Of the court in appointing
a receiver for the property OF the COM
pany was taken up and argued by Attor-
ney Dewitt for the defendant and John
j. Mediation for the other side. At the
conclusion the Judge took the matter
under advisement.
There were several things in the tes-
timony to which the defendant excepted.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10
SHORT LINE EXCURSION TO SAN
FRANCISCO, CAL.

May 18th. 18th, 18th and goth the Ore
eOn Short Lin will sell tickets Butte,
Helena, Anaconda and intermediate
points to San Francisco and return for
s55. %, going limit May 25th, good for re-
turn any time within final limit. June
Goth, with stop-over privileges. Route
via either Ogden or P~Ortland.'
Make YOU sleeping car reservations
early at ticket office, No. 10 East Broad
way, Butte, Montana. Fl. o Wilson, Cen
eral Agent.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10

Gold filings Lowest rates. DIR. Wix
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-10
WILL Be HUNG TODAY.

DR.. Rinehart, dentist, Hennessy bio