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lines of his lips. That visits past the
retiring age"
And then another peal Of merrtment from
the adjoining tent put a stop to CONVERSE
ton.
They don't lack for entertainers"
hazarded a staff officer as soon as he could
make himself heard. THE solemn looking
Gothamite who came with them must have
slipped out"
at seems he knows Colonel Armstrong
said the chief thoughtfully. Il sent for
him an hour ago, and he may be plotting
Mr.. Prime around camp, looking up the
runaway"
Another case?' asked a brigade COM
mander with a shrug of his shoulders.
Another case" answered the general,
with a sigh. 1T isn't always home troubles
that drive them to 1t. This boy had every
thing a doting father could give him.
What on earth could make him bolt and
enlist for the war;"
No one answered for a moment. Then
the officer with the humorous twinkle about
the eyes and the twitch at the lip corners,
bent forward, placed his elbows OF his
knees, his fingers tip to tip, gazed dreamily
at the floor, and sententiously said:
Girl"
Whereupon his next neighbor, a stocky,
thickset man in the uniform of a briga-
der, never moving eye, head or hand, man
aged to bring a stable foot in heavy riding
boot almost savagely upon the slim gaiter
of the humorist, who suddenly started and
flushed to the temples, glanced quickly at
the chief, and then as quickly back to the
floor, his blue eyes clouded in genuine dis
tress.
The generals gray fp"e had seemed to
grow grayer IN the gloom. Again there
came, like a ripping echo, the chorus of
merry laughter from the adjoining tent, only
IL seemed & trifle subdued, possibly as though
one or two Of the m~errymakers had Joined
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3|ffEa5 y III THE:
2lQ1|IXIRHILlPP1NEs.
pNWN BY Ger. chasKing'
BY Ger. Chas.Kno6.
soprstnnr 9 nY ErpNaysoN nesLE.

at headquarters unload them on us In less
than no time, but a brace of pretty girls
Why, they double the gate guards so that
no outsider can so much as see them. Billy,
here, knows 'em. Ask him"
BY this time the youngster had ranged up
alongside the a~djutant and was %laughingly
enjoying the latest arrivals TRADE at the
expense of the headquarters staff, but at
his closing words Lieutenant Billy's grin Of
amusement suddenly left his face. giving
way to a look of blank amaze.
81 know EN-! / haven't been east Of the
Big Muddy since l was a kid"
They asked for you all the same, just
after you started. Least one of 'em did
for What's-his-name?-the chiefs military
legal adviser, came out bareheaded and
called after you, but you were out Of hear
ing. He said the cousin, the ~prettlest one,
recognized you as you skipped away from
the generals tent and pointed you out to
her friend. Somebody explained you were
running an errand for one of those aides too
lazy to go himself and that you'd be back
presently"
Then go at once, young man" said the
adjutant, laying a mighty hand on the
juniors square shoulder. Stand not upon
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less heartily. with sudden movement the
general rose. well, I've kept you long
enough he said. Let the three regiments
be got in readiness at once, but relax no
effort in-that other matter. Find the
guilty parties II a possible thing"
And then the group dissolved. One or
two Of the number looked back, half hest
tating, at the entrance of the tent, but the
chief had turned again to the Uttered table
before him, and, seating himself, rested his
gray head in the hand nearest his visitors.
IL was as though he wished to conceal his
face. One Of the last to go-the thin-faced
soldier with the twinkling blue eyee-hung
irresolutely behind the chief a moment as
though he had 1t in his mind to speak, then
turned and fairly tip-toed out, leaving the
camp commander to the society OF a single
staff officer and to the gathering darkness.
KINDLY say to MIR. Prime, or his friends,
that l will join them in a moment" said
the former, presently, without so much as
uplifting head or eye, and the aide de
camp left as noiselessly as his predecessor,
the humorist. But when he was gtLe
and THE Chief" sat alone, the sound
of merry chat and chatter still drlfted
in with the mist at the half-orened
entrance. Shadowy forms fitted to and fro
between the official tent and the lights be-
gan to twinkle at brigade headquarters
across the wide roadway. An orderly
scratched at the tent flap, but got no an
swer. The lone occupant sat we'll back in
the gloomy interior and could barely be
distinguished. The waiting soldier hesitated
a moment. then entered and stamped once
upon the wooden floor, then turned and
noiselessly stepped out, for, anticipating his
question, the general spoke:
mo light Just yet, orderly. I'll call you-
In a moment. Just close the tent"
At his hand, he needed no light to find It,
lay a little packet that had been passed In to
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all but two. juniors OF the staff, men who
stood on the shady side OF forty, four OF the
number wearing on their shoulders the silver
stars OF generals OF division or brigade, and
among their thinning crops Of hair the sill
yer strands that told Of years Of service.
One man alone, the commanding general,
was speaking; all the others listened In
respectful silence. In the gloom Of that
late, fog-shrouded afternoon a lantern or
two would have been welcome, but the con
ference had begun while It was still light
enough for the chief to read the memoranda
on his desk, and now he was talking without
notes, In the array Of grave, thoughtful
faces, some actually somber and severe in
expression, a smile would have seemed out
of place, yet, all on a sudden, grim features
relaxed, deep-set eyes twinkled and glanced
quickly about in search of kindred sympa-
thetic spirits, and more than half the
bearded faces broadened into a grin of mer-
riment and as many heads were suddenly
uplifted, for just as the gray-haired chief
ended an impressive period with the words:
1T will be no laughing matter II l can lay
hold of them" there burst upon the sur
prised ears of the group a peal of the
merriest laughter imaginable-the ripping,
joyous, musical laughter of happy g~irlhood
mingling with the hearty, wholesome, II
somewhat boyish, outburst of jollity Of
healthful youth.
"Merciful powers!" exclaimed the chief.
II had forgotten all about those people.
They must have been here twenty minutes
"Sixty-five, sir, by the WATCH said a
saturnine-looking soldier, tall and stalwart,
and wearing the shield of the adjutant gen.
erals department on the collar of his sack
coat.
They ought to go, then" was the placid
suggestion Of a third officer, a man with
keen eyes, thin, almost ~ascetic, face. but
there twitched a quaint humor about the
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him with the mail while the council was
still In session. 1t was stoutly wrapped,
tightly corded and profusely sealed, but
with the sharp point of an eraser the gen.
eral slit the fastenings, tore off the wrap
per, and felt rather than saw that a bundle
Of letters. rolled in tissue paper and tied
with ribbon, ribbon long since faded and
wrinkled, lay within. This he carefully
placed in a large-sized military letter en-
velope, moistened and pressed tight the
gummed flap, slowed it in the inner pocket
of the overcoat that hung at the rear tent
pole, reduced the wrapper and its super
scription to minute fragments, and dropped
them Into the waste basket, all as carefully
and methodically as though life knew
neither hurry nor worry; then bowed his
lined face in both hands a moment in utter
silence and in unmistakable sadness. Pres
emily his lips moved: Can you look down
and see that 1 have kept my word. Agnes?"
he God help me to find him
and save him-yet."
Once again the laughter. the gay young
voices. rang from the other tent. All over
camp. far and near. from the limits of the
park to the very slope OF the height at the
north, the evening bugles were calling by
thousands the thronging soldiery to mess or
roll call. Slowly the general rose, drew on
his overcoat, and in another moment, under
the sloping visor of his forage cap, with eyes
that winkled behind their glasses, with a
genial smile s%oftening every feature. his fine
soldierly face peered in on the scene Of light,
of merriment and laughter under the canvas
roof of the only home he knew in the world
the soldier home of one whose life had
been spent following the flag through biV-
ouac, camp o. garrison, through many a
march, battle and campaign all over the
broad lands of the United States. until now,
at the hour when most men turned for the
placid joys OF the freside. the love OF de-
voted and faithful wife, the homage and
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CHApTER LII.

The little party Of visitors in the gen
erals personal tent made a striking con-
trast to that assembled under the official
canvas. In the latter, seated on camp
stools and candle boxes or braced against
the tent pores were nearly a dozen officers,
all in the sombre dark blue regulation uni
form. several in riding boots and spurs, some
even wearing the heavy, frogged oyereoat;
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-03

An improvement in combination locks has
been patented by a Missourian, consisting
OF an elastic cap, which can be slipped over
the end of the knob, with a handle on one
side of the cap by which the knoll is re-
volved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
SUNDAY REGISTER CITY AGENTS.

The Sunday Register is on sale at the
following named Drug Stores and News
Stands in Wheeling and vicinity
EBERLING'S DRUG STORE, No. H35
Market street.
MENKEMELLER'S DRUG STORE, cor.
Twenty-second and Market streets.
IRWIN'S DRUG STORE, cor. Twenty
fourth and Chapline streets.
COLEMAN'S DRUG STORE, cor Twenty
fifth and Chapline streets.
YAHN'S CIGAR STORE, cor. Twenty
sixth and Chapline streets.
CANADIANS DRUG STORE, cor Twenty
seventh and Chapline streets,
STUART'S DRUG STORE, cor. Thirty
sixth and Jacob streets.
ARKLE'S CONFECTIONERY, No. 3613
Jacob street.
COATES NEWS DEPOT, No. S543 Jacob
street.
ARMBRECHT'S DRUG STORE, No. 1911
Jacob street.
McELROY'S DRUG STORE, No. S746
Jacob street.
EHRLE'S DRUG STORE. No. 4S15 Jacob
street.
ST. GLARS DRUG STORE, cor Forty
seventh and Jacob streets
LANTRY BROS OLD STAND. No. 4421
Jacob street.
HAGUE'S DRUG STORE, No. III Six
teenth street.
EXLEY BROS DRUG STORE, cor. Zane
and Penn streets
BURT'S DRUG STORE, cor. Virginia and
South Penn streets.
FREESES NEWS STAND, No. 1859
Market street.
QUIMBY'S NEWS STAND, No. 1414 Mar
ket street
GAUSS DRUG STORE, cor. Zane and
North York streets
OSWALD SCHICK, Bridgeport, Ohio
HOTEL WINDSOR NEWS STAND
McLURE HOUSE NEWS STAND
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
TWO WALL STREET STORIES.

The story of young Talcott, the
Wall Street broker. who has made a
million dollars out of the rise in
stocks in the past six months, and
who is going to retire-perhaps-is
full of encouragement to the ambi-
tious and the enthusiastic.
Any man can make money in Wall
street if he will only buy stocks when
they are down and sell them when
they are up. All that is needed is to
know, as Mr.. Talcott did, when to be-
gin and when to quit.
There is, however, another Wall
street story of the man who boasted
that he had known when to quit, and
that was when he had enough money
left to pay his railroad fare home and
so cents TO give the porter for carry
ing his trunk up to his father-in-law's
house.
Both stories are true, only the latter
story is true a hundred times where
the Talcott story is true once.-New
York World
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
JOHN *. BOTSFORD-ARCHIB w.
CAMPBELL

Yesterday departed this life two of
; Wheeling's Oldest and most respected
citizens, John K. Botsford, in the
ninety-second year of his age, and
Archibald w Campbell who was in
his sixty-sixth year. In their different
ways and respective walks of life no
two men in Wheeling were better
known or more universally respected.
The one an honored citizen and bust
ness man in the private walks of life,
the other man of affairs, editor and
statesman and more or less prominent
in the public eye, both were successful
and may be said to have rounded out
to the full their long and useful
careers.
The interesting and varied lives of
these two citizens, sketches of which
will be found elsewhere, furnish in
teresting and profitable subjects for the
contemplation of the rising generation.
The conditions under which the de-
successful careers were, especially in
the case of John K. Botsford, very diff
ferent and much harder than those
with which the young man of to-day
has to deal. Both were men of a sim
pier, sterner generation and graduated
largely in the rough but efficient school
of practical experience in the days
when that meant chiefly strict disci-
pline and hard knocks, much work and
little play-the sort of schooling calcu-
lated to rapidly develop and strengthen
character.
Mr.. Botsford began life while the
present century was yet in its infancy;
he lived to see the remarkable devel-
opments of this most remarkable and
progressive period of history and wit
messed the growth of the greatest coun-
try on earth almost from its infancy,
the Nineteenth century outlasting him
but brief space.
Mr.. Campbell was Mr.. Botsford' S
Junior by twenty-six years, but quite
as closely identified with the growth
and progress of this city and State,
which he helped to usher into State
hood. A member of the convention
that nominated Abraham Lincoln for
President, Mr.. Campbell had from his
early manhood been more or less
prominently identified with the politics
and public affairs of West Virginia and
the nation. Never bitter paNtisan,
his judgment and wisdom was weAghty
with all men, who accepted his utter
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

ances as voicing his deep-seated and
honest convictions. He was never a
politician and scorned the arts, methods
and the petty ambitions of politicians.
Modest to an extreme, time after time
he declined high honors which might
easily have been his. AS editor Of the
Intelligencer and prominent in public
affairs, he was one of the leaders of
his party, especially beloved and trust
ed by the rank and file, who had i'm
piicit faith in his honesty and single
ness of purpose. AS a private citizen
or as an editor he never hesitated to
criticise his party when he felt it was
wrong. On many matters of State and
national policy Mr.. Campbell declined
to go the full lengths prescribed by his
party leaders. His last exhibition of
the fact that "he carried his sovereign
ty under his hat" according to his
famous ultimatum to the convention
that nominated Garfield over Grant,
was upon the announcement of the
present Imperial policy of his party
His good sense, mature judgment and
sterling Americanism united to create
in him the strongest opposition to that
policy.
Each of these eminent citizens, whose
long and honorable earthly careers
were closed the same day, was simple
and homely in his tastes as in life, con-
sistent and true in faith and works,
kindly and genial in disposition, and
each leaves host of warm memories
and true and lifelong friendships be-
hind
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
ENTITLED TO WHOLESALE RATES

She had haggled with the tombstone
man for half an hour over the price of
a stone, and was turning away when
he said:
you see, madam, the price of marble
is up, and l really couldn't sell that
for less and come out even.'
But this is only my first ORDER" she
replied.
81 know-you have lost your hus-
band
And do you think I'm going to stop
at that" she demanded. mot much!
The chances are that in the next ten
years l shall order at least three more
tombstones, and in view of that"
ooh. that's altogether different,
ma'am. In that case you are entitled
to wholesale rates, and you shall have
the stone at a discount of Is per cent. -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
DIED.

1899, at S:45 o'clock p, m, Charles schu-
mann, in his eighteenth year.
Funeral notice hereafter
CAMPBELL-At the residence of his
sister, Mrs. Jane G. Dawson, Webster
Groves, Mo, on Monday, February Is,
1898. at 1880 a. m. Archibald w Camp
bell in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
Funeral notice hereafter.
MANION-At Garrett, Indiana. Monday,
February 18th, 1899, at $50 o'clock p. M,
Mary, wife of NJ. ]. Manion, aged forty
three years
Interment at Garrett.
REED-On Monday, February 18th. 1899,
al $40 o'clock a. m, Ellen widow of the
late Thomas A. Reed, aged ffty-seven
years.
Funeral from her late residence. No. 1885
Chapline street Wednesday morning at
$50 O'Clock. Requiem high mass at St
Joseph's cathedral at o'clock. Friends
of the family respectfully invited to at
DAWSON Monday February 18th,
1899 at 5:15 p m, Mary T. Davis, in the
eighty-hrSt year of her age.
Funeral from her late residence, No. 3645
Jacob street Wednesday, February 18th,
at go p. m. Friends OF the family are
respectfully invited to attend. Interment
private, at Greenwood cemetery.
please omit fowers)
BOTSFORD-Monday morning. Febru-
airy 18th. 1899, John K. Botsford, in the
ninety-second year of his age.
Funeral services Wednesday afternoon
at O'Clock from his late residence on
Thirteenth street. Friends of the family
invited to attend. Tnterment private. at
Greenwood cemetery.
CONANT-Sunday, February 18th. 1899.
at 10 O'Clock a. m. Mary, daughter of
George and Lott:e Conant, aged years.
6 months ond days.
Funeral from residence of Mr.. Adam
Elig. No 612 Main street. Tuesday, Feb
ruary 14th, 1889, at o'clock D. m. Inter-
ment at Mt. Wood cemetery
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
IelPERIALISM'S PROP.
Complete Version of Labouchere's Biting
Parody of Kudyard kipling's Latest Use
of His s.Jingo STOP

Complete Version of Labouchere's Biting
Parody OF Rudyard Kipling's Latest Use
of His .'Jingo STOP"
London, February 13.-The verses in
Labouchere's Truth parodying Kip
ling's "The White Mans Burden" are
as follows
Pile on the brown mans burden to crafty
your greed.
Go clear away the niggers" who pro-
gress would impede;
Be very stern for truly It's useless to be
mild
With new-caught, sullen peoples, half
devil and half child
Pile on the brown mans burden, and if We
rouse his hate,
Meet his old-fashioned reasons, with Max
inns up TO date;
With shells and dum-dum bullets, hum
dred times make plain,
The brown mans loss must ever imply
the white mans gain.
Pile on the brown man5s burden, compel
him TO be free;
Let all your manifestos reek with philan-
thropy
And, if with heather folly he dares your
will dispute,
Then in the name of freedom, don't hesi-
tate to shoot.
Pile on the brown mans burden, and, if
his cry be sore,
That surely need not irk you, we've driven
slaves before.
Seize on his ports and pastures, the fields
his people tread;
Go make from them your living, and
mark them with his dead.
Pile on the brown mans burden, nor do
not deem it hard,
If you should earn the rancOur OF those
We yearn TO guard:
The screa ming of your eagle Will drown
the victims sob
Go on, through fire and slaughter, there's
dollars in the job.
Pile on the brown mans burden, and
through the world proclaim
That you yet are freedoms agents
there's no more paying game,
And should your own past history straight
in your teeth be thrown,
Retort that independence is good for
whites alone.
Pile on the brown mans burden, with
equity have done,
Weak. antiquated scruples, their squeam-
ish course have run.
And though It's freedoms banner you're
waving in the van,
Reserve for home consumption, the sacred
rights of man."
And if. by chance We falter, or lag along
the course,
If, as the blood flows freely, We feel some
slight remorSe,
HE We to Rudyard Kipling, Imperialism $
prop,
And bid him. for your comfort. turn on
his lingo stop.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale all OF
the stock of goods, wares, merchandlse
and fix ures of every description, and the
awning and all book accounts heretofore
owned by NJ. B. Bailey, and used by him
in connection with the grocery business
run at No. 2339 Chapline street, Wheehns,
w. Va All propositions for purchasing
the same should be made promptly to the
undersigned. Any one buying the above
described stock of goods and personal
property can make arrangements with the
landlord to rent the same store room at a
very reasonable rent.
JAMES MCKINLEY,
Assignee of NJ. B. Bailey.
City Address Cor Twenty-ninth and Eon
streets fe9et, cod
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
IT'S BETTER so.

why do the roses fade slowly away?'
she inquired POLITICALLY
Well" replied the baldheaded man with
red ears, when you think It over it's all
for the best It's more comfortable 10
have them fade slowly away than to go
off all of a sudden like a torpedo. Wash
ington Star
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

If the wife of a king is queen and
the wife of count is a countess, it is
certainly true that the wife of a viceroy
is a vicereine, yet some sticklers for
etiquette dispute the right to the title
of the wife of the Viceroy of India,
Lady Curzon, who was Mary Letter,
of Chicago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

The Agrarian leader in the German
Reichstag limited that a tariff war with
the United States should be begun.
When Germany tackles Uncle Sam at
outclassed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
STUCK-UP THING.

No woman who drives up in front of a
store in her buggy, and compels clerks to
come out. is popular. though she may be
only sixteen and have dimples and money.
-Atchison Globe
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
Judge Tuley, of Chicago, has decided

Judge TuIey, Of Chicago, has decided
that all stockholders in trusts have a
right to examine the corporation
books. The decision will be fought
tooth and nail, since it naturally opens
the trusts books to the world, it being
easy to become a stakeholder by pur-
chasing a share of stock, which may
be easily disposed of afterwards.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

Speaking of 1.-The white mans bur-
den,' Rudyard Kipling has just had
trifle added to his own in the shape of
a $4,000 damage suit for false arrest
brought by his brother-in-law
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

1t is the patriotic duty of Democrats
in Council to lend every aid to the
minority Republicans in their efforts
to smash the ring slate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
A MAORI MONUMENT.

That peculiar New Zealand race known
as the Maoris is a remarkably intelligent
tribe of barbarians, who are, it is held.
of a kindred stock to the south sea
islanders. That they have artistic talent
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

We will go so far as to declare our
selves in favor of the annexation of a
large chunk of the Philippine climate
for present use at home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14
A MAN TO BE ENvIED.

The Mother-Somehow feel that I can
trust my daughter TO you
me Accepted One-You can indeed, ma
dam. Everybody trusts me.-Brooklyn
Life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

Fifteen degrees below zero down in
Alabama! Verify this Winter is
revelation as to the possibilities of our
great climate.