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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-26
EXTEND A HEARTY WELCOME

Have just opened large lot of narrow, medium
and wide PURPLE RIBBONS, which are not
only suitable for Ties, but for Badges and Deco
rations as well!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-26

lHdl TIE uSIeSdIeS dIe WllHuTdWu
because opinions and principals appear
to be incapable of amicable associa-
ton.
A vote was then taken and the propo-
sition carried unanimously. A COM
mittee composed of H. J. Cecil, Alex.
Dunlap, and Ed. Parsons was appointed
to communicate the action 10 the
Wheeling body.
Representative of the local union of
B., B. & NJ. T. street railway employees
reiterated the statement that the COM
pany is willing to treat with their or
ganization, to pay 1715 cents an hour
and not run cars over the Wheeling
division of the street car line AS was
the custom prior to the strike, the
first two cars in the morning will be
run around the loop at Martins Ferry.
Delegates from Flint Glassworkers'
Union No. SO were present and present.
ed arguments in favor of the cars be-
ing started.
At this point Delegate T. L. Lewis
took up the signed statement of the
o. V. T. & L. A. published in the
Sunday Register. and dissected it SEN
telNe by sentence. The clause stating
that the Belmont Union purchased the
right to settle this strike from the
Wheeling Street Railway Company,
was dwelt upon. Said Mr. Lewis
Presently we will know if there is
any law for libel in these United
States'
The matter of lifting the boycott was
then referred to a committee, which re-
portd as per statement given below
The action of the committee was en-
dorsed unanimously, with the exception
of one vote-thaI of T. V. Salisbury
fraternal delegate, who emphatically
protested in the name of the Ohio Val
ley Trades and Labor Assembly.
THE STATEMENT
The Belmont Central Trades and
Labor Union, realizing that a division
in our ranks has a tendency to weaken
the object for which trades unions are
organized, we regret that there seems
to be a conflict OF opinion between the
two central bodies in the Ohio Valley.
and for this reason We feel that it is
our duty to orgapized labor. to the
Ohio Valley Trades Assembly. and to
the public generally land in justice TO
our selves to make 4 pVblie statement
The Coconino sun., 1899-09-16
A BEAUTIFUL CAVE.
Lost for Many Years, Re>Discovered in
 Oak Creek Canyon.

Some years ago man named Warner took up claim on Oak Creek, situated at the falls on that beautiful water, about five miles below the Thomas place. He was of a rowing disposition and made many excursions into the adjacent country. He reported to his friends that he had discovered wonderful cave which could contain "a hundred horses" As Warner had u habit of exaggerating everything that came within his ken. the neighboring settlers gave the story but little thought. It is true that after the man abandoned his claim many of them tried to locate the cavern, but none of them succeeded.
 Warner abandoned the claim and several others followed him in progress sion. Water could not be gotten on the land without great expense, and there fore it was abandoned in turn.
 But now comes young school teacher from the east by name Els worth Schnebly. He started in Oak Creek Canyon on fishing trip with a companion, but becoming impressed with the place at the falls, decided to file on it as u homestead. In the mean time he was secured as the teacher of the little school that is located near his claim.
 Having heard of the cave near his place, he travelled over the mountains, resolved to find the cave if it existed. Day after day went by without result, and few weeks ago he resolved to
The Coconino sun., 1899-09-16

make last attempt. He scaled the mighty cliffs rising from 1,6O0 to 1000 feet above his cabin, and after long search finally located the cave at place easily accessible from his home at the falls.
 For 1000 feet above his cabin the walls of the canyon rise in a perpen- dicular cliff. Midway shows a grand monument of red sandstone with a smaller rock of the same stone in front, standing as a sentinel before prehis- tOric castle. At the base of this sem tinel the cave is located.
 A representative of THE SUN was the first visitor to view its wonders.
 The cave has an entrance fully twenty feet high and extends into the rock a distance of sixty feet. At the entrance the width is about fifteen feet, which widens to thirty feet near the center, then gradually closes in until it comes to sharp point, resembling an immense. rowboat turned upside down. Dust and leaves have filled in the entrance, making q gradual slope to the rear of the cave.
 The wonder of the place is its walls. Water seeping through the crevices of the rocks for ages has caused the sides of the cave to present corrugated ap- pearance, ribbons projecting from one to three inches from the walls. Some are as delicate as rose leaves, some rough and prickly, others polished as ivory, some gleaming with iridescent colors, others pure white. all glisten- ing with soft tints, like the shades Of silk and satin.
 It is well worth anyone's time and trouble to enjoy the beauties Of this cave. and do doubt the many visitors to
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The Stature of Rulers.

In point of stature the rulers of to-
day compare very unfavorably with
their predecessors. Christian l., King
of Denmark, was seven feet high. The
present Danish king, Christian 1A.,
barely reaches five feet eleven inches,
and his son, King George OF Greece,
is four inches shorter. The same
physical decline seems to mark the
Car of Russia. Peter the Great was
a giant of six feet ten inches. The
Czar of to-day barely reaches five feet
six inches. The late German En-
peror, William l., was six feet high,
and his brother, Prince Charles, was
but an iuch shorter. The present
Kaiser cannot stretch himself beyond
FIVE feet eight inches. The King OF
the Belgians, with six feet four inches
of stature, is the tallest of the ruling
monarchs, and Queen Victoria, with
four feet ten inches, two inches less
even than the present Chinese En-
peror, is the shortest. .~--.~
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Fire Drill In Boston.

We met with single adventure the
other night. Our friend Sonberger
lives in the well-known apartment
house, the Despondia. This house ia
one of long block, and Sonberger'a
fiat is on the top floor. There was
some delay about answering the bell.
Finally questioning voice was reas.
sured and the door was opened. TO
our amazementw we found Sonberger in
pajamas, his charming wife in some.
thing soft, fluffy, bewitching, and little
Harold in his night shirt and with a
tin horn in his hand. 1--WE have known
the Sonbergers for years.) "For
heavens sake, old man, are you crazy?"
we asked, with voice toward husband
and appreciative, respectful eyes to.
ward wife. Sonberger smiled feeble
smile. 'You see, we practice the fire
drill every night. We were just going
out on the roof. Ever since those
fires in New York we have been more
or less timid, and Monday deter
mined that we should be in state OF
constant readiness. Each night we
pretend to be in bed. I turn on the
light suddenly, shrek, Get up thea
we rush to the back door, unlock it.
climb the flight of stairs to the roof,
and run to the end of the block. ~
Boston Journal.
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Horses That Sleep Upstairs.

It is not unusual to see bedding
placed on the window sill of upper
stories Of houses to air; there were
seen the other day projecting over
window sill in the second story of o
building some fragments of bedding of
another kind, these being wisps of
straw from a horses stall close by.
These wisps had not been placed there
to air; they had just happened to get
there, but they served to bring TO
mind the fact that.human beings are
not the only creatures that sleep in
rooms upstairs. In city like Chi
cago, where ground is Of high value,
great numbers of horses sleep upstairs,
too; only, OF course, they don't 60 up
stairs as humane do, bu. up an in
clined plane called runway, leading
from ole story to another and covered
with leather scraps or tanbark, Oh
sometimes with discarded rubber hose
cut in suitable lengths and laid cross:
wise and close together up the slope
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Remarkable Statues Discovered In Egypt.
Two of the most remarkable statues
ever found were recently unearthed
by NJ. Georges Legrain, a French
Egyptologist. from the ruins of the
temple at Karnak on the Upper Nile,
in Egypt. One of these is in alabas-
ter, and represents the great Theban
god Ammon.
This alabaster god is eighteen feet
high, and was originally made from
one solid block of stone, the largest
alabaster statue in the world. It was
found in three pieces, which were
easily put together. The artistic fin
ish is perfect.
The second statue is one that was
set up by King Usertesen I, in honor
of his father back in the days OF
Abraham. On the lap of this efigy is
a slab upon which are carved inscrip'
tions proving the works antiquity.
Accompanying NJ. Legrain when he
made the discovery was Charles n.
Crewdson, corresponding secretary of
the Chicago Society of Egyptian Re-
search, who is touring Egypt in the
interest of the society he represents.
-Chicaoo Times-Herald.
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Paper Collars in the COS.

In the late COS the enormous con :
sumption of paper collars was not re-
stricted to the United States. E1-
porting them to Canada and Central
and South America added hundreds
of thousands to the annual revenues
of the paper collar manufacturers.
An American firm erected a plant at
the Paris Exposition of 1857 and
manufactured collars before the eyes
of astonished visitors. Immediately,
and as result Of this exhibition,
orders were received in this country
for the necessary machinery, and
paper collar manufactures were estab'
lished in Germany, where a tremeR-
dous business fourished for time,
that country supplying nearly oil
Europe with paper neckwear. The
first plant was established in Leipsic,
and is still operating, although all the
others have ceased to exist.
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The Uses of Zinc.

The largest consumers Of zinc are
the manufacturers of galvanized iron
work. Then come the brass founders,
for zinc is an important element in
brass alloys, and large quantities are
used in the sheet form and as an ele-
ment in galvanic batteries. Zinc is
put under stoves and is used to line
bathtubs.
Great quantities Of the ore are used
also to make zinc white, or zino oxide,
for paint, but this is made direct from
the ores and is not materially affected
by the present rise of values, the zinc
oxide having gone up only about half
q cent pound in price. OF this the
United States imported at one time
about 80, 1000 barrels year. Now we
can export it as we do the metal and
ore. Our exports of the ore were
only $4,000 pounds in 1895, but last
year rose to 21, ,04O, 900 pounds, while
our exports of pig rose in the same
period from about 100000 pounds
to 81, 600, ,000.-New York Sun.
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Old-Time Words.

Old words survive to remarkable
degree in north Derbyshire, and the
country districts of Lancashire. Per-
haps the most interesting is "Yah, "
which the rustics of the Peak freq quent.
ly use for eyes," and which they en-.
ployod exclusively thirty years ago,
when many of them had never seen a
railway. Sounded exactly like the
German "Jah," it is evidently &c.
scendant of the Anglo-Saxon "Gen, "
and must, therefore, be more than a
thousand years old. In Lancashire
the commonest antiquity in speech is
"Gradeley," the meaning whereof is
Greatly, genuinely, thoroughly" Both
counties are happy in the use OF
Mesh" (Anglo-Saxon: Nesc), an I'D.
mirable word. which ought to be rein
stated in polite speech, for modern
English contains no exact equivalent.
1t means unduly sensitive to cold, and
is correctly represented by the French,
"Frileux. London News.
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Origin of the Elevator.

The elevator originated in central
Europe. The earliest mention OF the
elevator is made in letter of Napo-
leon l., addressed to his wife, the
Archduchess Maria Louise. He writes
to her that, when in Schoenbrunn,
then the summer residence of the
Austrian emperor, near Vienna he
used the "chaise volante" flying
chair in that castle, which had been
constructed for Empress Maria Their
esa. It consisted of small, square
room, sumptuously furnished with
hangings of red silk, and suspended
by strong ropes with CONFERENCE.-The,
70 that it could be pulled up or let
down with great ease in shaft built
for the purpose about 1850.
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Wounds Which Heal Rapidly.

Wounds caused by Mauser bullets
healed with wonderful and unexpected
rapidity. The small frontage ofthese
bullets caused LESSONS in the soft
tissue almost subcutaneous in their
nature and the wounds healed quickly
and kindly. Frequently repair went
on under scab. In many cases it
was found unnecessary even to change
the first-aid dressings. Not over
three per cent. of the wounds went on
TO suppuration. In these results
antisepsis and surgical skill played an
important part, rejecting great credit
Oh the medical department of the
army, which observed every require
ment of modern aqtiseptic surgery in
the fase of serious obstacles. Nor
tality among the wounded is con-
sidered almost entirely dependent
upon antlseptic treatment, and this.
even more than the humane modern
missile, has mitigated the horrors of
warfare.
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BLONDE FoUN0LlNcs IN DEMAND
Nine Out of Ten Foster Parents Selec
Golden-Haired Infants.

Golden-Haired Infants.
All those little children who hap
pen to possess other than light hail
aud blue eyes are destined to stay
long time in the Home for tine Friendi
less mt No. 80 East Twenty-nintE
street, says the New York Telegram.
This home is filled with nice little
girls who have brown hair and black
eyes and black hair and brown eyes,
but they are all passed by when the
elegant women come to search for
child to adopt.
Why it is that childless women
must have only the blonde variety Of
youngster the managers at the home
are unable to say, but they declare
this to be the case. Nine out Of ten
of the requests for children stipulate
that the little one must be about "two
years old, with curly blonde hair and
blue eyes"
Perhaps it is because angels and
cupids and all the light and airy Great
ures of fancy are usually pictured as
being fuzzy blondes with sky blue
eyes. And, of course, woman who
has never had any children is always
looking for the ideal in this line.
y Blonde children, however, as is well
known by the experienced, are rs
prone to evil as the darker varieties.
In fact, blonde youngster can per-
form as much mischief in a minute as
some brunettes can think of in a
week. The little sanity blonde, with
its wide eyes and open countenance,
readily disarms suspicion and while
you are engaged in praising and pet
ting it, it is secretly planning an as
sault upon the raspberry jam or tigur-
ing out how it is going to break into
the cupboard and carry of the custard
pie.
Blonde youngsters are more sly
than brunettes, and though light oil
countenance they are dark plotters
and schemers.
They will eat all the oranges in tho
cellar and make you think the rats
have carried them Of. They will
DEShh GuG UIlCsd'D1 dC S-lit iuy ~ w eho
cat. They will dig up the garden and
ruin the flower beds and SO arrange
matters that you Twill swear the neig h
boris hens have been guilty of the
depredations.
It is strange thing how every
mother is partial to her golden-haired
darling. Such a mother may be
brunette and she may hate blonde
woman with all the dark intensity of
her nature, but she will swear by that
haired kid of hers and trust it
to the limit.
Only the neighbors can see the
faults of the golden-haired darlings
and these see them magnified thou
sand times.
This is particularly sad inasmuch
as the majority of homeless children
are brunettes. In the home in Twen-
ty-ninth street are 140 children, all
nice little tots who would be glad of
good home and a foster mothers love,
but they arc destined to grow up with
out these blessings, for every woman
wants a golden-haired darling and
these are not such.
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The Moccasin in the Forest.

In autumn, when all the leaves and
twigs are dry as tinder, man wearing
shoes makes a noise in the forest like
troop of cavalry; but in moccasins
he can move swiftly through the
woods with the stealth of a panther.
The feet are not bruised, fer, after en-
ioying for a time the freedom of
natural covering, these hitherto blum
dering members become like hands,
and feel their way through the dark
like those of a cat, avoiding obstacles
as though gifted with special sense.
Best of all, the moccasin is light. In
experienced sportsmen and soldiers
affect high-topped lace boots with
heavy soles and hohnails, imagining
that these are the most serviceab]e for
rough wear. But these boots weigh
between four and five pounds, while
pair of thick moose hide moccasins
weigh only eleven ounces. In march
ing ten miles man wearing the
clumsy boots lifts twenty tons more
shoe leather than if he wore mocca-
sins.-Harper's Magazine.
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Did Not Have to Lay Eggs.

A young woman of Sheffield, Eng.
land, came into fortune and promptly
hunted up = country house, where
she played the role of chatelaine to
the manner born according to her
own ideas of the part. One day some
of her old-time friends came to see
her, and she condescended to show
them all over the place.
"What beautiful chickens" e1'
claimed the visitors when they came
to the poultry yard.
eyes. All prize birds!" haughtily
explained the hostess.
"Do they lay every day."
"Oh, they could, of course; but"
grandiloquently, Gin our position it
isn't necessary for them to do so."
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Great Britain IS fourishing. The
sure test is the marriage record shown
in the Registrar Generals annual re-
port just issued, in which it appears
that the rate is higher than it has been
in twenty-one years. The Registrar
points out that marriage rate usual
ly keepsi in close touch with the value
of British exports and imports. and
the price of wheat. Up goes trade,
and up goes the marriage rate! Not
exactly romantic, but eminently prac-
tical. 1t seems that widowers have
been in greater demand than widows,
for SO ont 100 of the men married in
the course of the year were widowers,
whereas only SO out of 1000 of the
women who married were widows.
Nearly half of the bachelors and
spinsters were married between the
ages of 81 and 25. The favored age
for the re-marriage of widows and
widowers was between 35 and 40. In
one out of every 100 of the marriages,
husband and wife could neither read
nor write, and signed the certificate
with their mark. New York Press.
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A Great Autograph Collection.

The owner of probably the greatest
private collection of autographs in the
world, Alexander Polonyi, has died in
Vienna. His collection was so large
that it filed the entire upper story of
his house. Polonyi possessed the
autographs of over 10000 persons,
not only of moderns, but of medieval
and renaissance persons as well. He
was not particular as to age, religion,
profession. All he stood out for was
that the autograph wss to be that OF O
person of certain historical impor-
tance. He possessed original writ
ings which have not yet been printed
of Michael Angelo and Marie An
toinette, letters by Calvin and Luther,
Schiller and Goethe, pages of music
by Wagner and Beethoven, original
documents from the eleventh century,
private letters of Canovas, old He.
brew scrolls, and sermons by famous
Hussites. It was Polonyi's greatest
pleasure to show his treasures to
scholars and to bewilder them with
the wealth and variety Of the ma
terials which he placed before them in
the calculated disorder we have at
tempted to describe. He began life
as an apprentice to a Leipzig book
seller. His greatest success was with
a magnificent collection of Durer's
drawings, which he happened on quite
accidentally and sold to the Royal
Gallery in Berlin for prodigious sum
of money. Polonyi had no scientific
Or historical knowledge, but he had
genius for collecting, and it was as a
collector he was known throughout
the world.-Leisure Hours.
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Cycling Beneficial to Health.

A physician who was asked why he
recommended cycling to a patient
said: "The benefit Of physical culture
which delays the decline of bodily and
mental vigor. The debility and i'll.
health which beset young men and
women of the day is generally due to
a stagnation of energy indulged by n
desire to take things easily, and cycling
has been found to alter this state of
things in comparatively short time"
New York Tribune.
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An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa'
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laXa'
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently vet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
maneutly. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and SUBJ
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities OF the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA F1e SYRUI
Co. only. In order ta get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name Of the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. 2.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
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Americas greatest physicians have con.
quered La Grippe and its after effects.
Their treatment has been thoroughly
tested in the hospitals of Europe and OF
this country, and is embodied in D.. Kay's
Lung Balm.
Rev. 81. B. Dye, OF Morrison, Iowa, writes:
"Mrs. Dye bad bad attack Of La Grippe
which settled on her lungs. She used DR..
Kay's Lung Balm, with most decided good
effects, which is q repetition OF past ex.
perlence with her. Nothing is so prompt
and positive in its effects on her lungs"
You should write for free advice and a
copy of DR.. Hays Home Treatment, an
illustrated book OF 116 pages OF receipts,
etc. DR.. B. J. Kay Medical Co., Saratoga
Springs, Ny.
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Bohemia's Strange Minerals.

Not far from Trebitsch, in Bohemia,
are found many glassy.looking OBJ.
jects, of q bottle-green color, and
tending. when unbroken, to an egg
shape, to which the name moldavites
has been given. Doctor Suess, OF
Vienna, from a recent study OF these
curious minerals, concludes that they
are really meteorites, and should be
added to the list of foreign bodies that
have found their way to the earth's
surface by falling from space.