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Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
Who Has C0tdpIh?
A COMMON SEMSE CURE

WO those who know what Catarrh
really is. the old-fashioned way
& of treating it. still used by
thousands who cling to old
methods, seems a woeful waste of
good energy.
Catarrh is Inflammation of the
mucous membranes of the nostrils,
throat and air passages.
1t needs soothing. not irritating.
The constant hawking, the chok-
ing, plugged-up, disagreeable SEN
sation of tightness = troublesome
especially in the early morning.
when the cold air contracts the air
passages and irritates the infamed
membranes-is relieved immediate
ly by the simple application of
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
COULD ONE BLAME HIM?

DO You know why Mr.. Smart has
such hatred for women?"
We'll, he used To be behind the bar
gain counter of a large dry goods
ore.'-Judy
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
THE REPUBLICANS
SELF=CULTURE COURSES
COPYRIGHT, ANDREws)
DIRECTED BY E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, D. D., L. D.,

OF he
Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
PARABLE OF THE TEN TALENT:

Pifcafilly-Has your wife, Henpeck,
any talents to speak Of?
Il should say so-ten."
What talents has she?"
20, talents? l thought you said tai
ons. kansas City Star.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

Miss Agnes Huston. of Waynesburg,
Pa, have arrived in the city, called
here on account of the death of their
brother, DR.. w. 0. Huston.
A Portertield. the local agent for the
Register, had a narrow escape from being
drowned early yesterday morning. Mr..
Porterfield was in the act of walking
across a plank suspended between the
ferry boat and the Benwood landing,
when he stepped off the plank on to
portion of apparently solid ice which had
gorged near the landing. However. the
appearance of the ice was deeeiving and
he went through. The water was up to
his knees when he was taken out by two
mill men. who were on the boat at the
time, and who ran to his assistance inn
mediately.
The employees of the Rockenhausen coal
mines. south of this city. held a meeting
on Wednesday night and organized a
union The meeting was presided over
by Alexander Smith, of Mineral Point.
president of the sub-district. Forty-flve
men are employed at the mines and
every one became member OF the or
ganization. The management of the
mines intend to have extensive improves
ments made at the banks during the
coming spring. Electrical mining machin-
cry is to be put in and electrical hauling
machinery is to be set up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

secretary of the Bellaire Stove Com
pany, is able TO be out again. after a
three weeks confinement to his home
with grip.
Miss Matte Heatherington is con-
fined to her home in South Bellaire,
quite sick.
Miss Clara O'Toole, of the Third
ward, will leave to-day far Wellsville,
where she will be the guest of friends
Charles E. Curtis, special agent for
the Palentine Fire Insurance Com
pany, of Chicago, arrived in the city
yesterday from St. Clairsville. where
he has been engaged in adjusting his
share of the loss on the goods and
property damaged and destroyed by
the fire at the Troll building. which
occurred on Thursday of last week
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Sherry, of the
Third ward. and doc" Conner, the
day clerk at the Globe, attended the
reception given last night by the
Ancient Order Of Hibernians at Zanes-
vile, Ohio
There were no cases arraigned be-
fore Mayor Freese yesterday morning
Mrs. E. NJ. Huston and daughter,
Miss Catherine, of West Fairfield, Pa.
have arrived in the city, having been
called here to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Illusions son, DR.. w. O. Huston
t. M. Huston, of Boston, Mass; H.
R. Huston. of New Castle, Pa, and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
ELECTION OF OFFICES.

The result of the election of officers
of the Woman's Hospital Association
was as follows:
Mrs. W. F. Butler, president; vice
presidents, Mrs. Alfred Paul. First
ward; Miss Kate Hazlett, Second
ward; Mrs. ]. F. Merriman, Third
ward; Mrs. Charles Killmyer, Fourth
ward; Miss M. C. Wilson, Fifth ward !;
Mrs. Charles A. Reil, Sixth ward; Miss
Lucy Kyle, Seventh ward; Mrs. Re
becca Wheat, Eighth ward; Mrs. w.
A. Herman, country district; Miss
Martha j. Hare. secretary; Mrs. JOS
eph A., Metcalf, treasurer.
The executive committee is as fol-
lows, together with the president, sec
rotary and treasurer: Mesdames
julius Pollock, Howard Hazlett, Rob
ert Dalzell, J. F. Merriman. R. H.
List, Alfred PAUL, VIM. F. Stifel,
James Cummins, w. A. Herman, L. J.
Bayha, Charles Killmyer, Misses Jen-
ME Bailey, Mary Vance, Hettie List,
Lucy M. Kyle, and Mrs. Margaret A.
Woodward, an honorary member.
Miss w. C. Wilson president of the
Sewing Guild
Mrs. w. ]. w. Cowden secretary of
the Sewing Guild.
Although the building is somewhat
torn up, owing to the recent improve
ments in the interior, and the placing
of the elevator, the ladies decided TO
observe February 9th, as usual, as Do
nation day anniversary, as further
improvements, both inside and outside,
will be commenced in about two
weeks. The ingathering of the Sewing
Guild will also be held on that date.
The public is invited. In reviewing
the past years work, everything was
found very satisfactory.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
BRIEF BELLAIRE ITEMS.

The Duquesne Club have issued
unique invitations for a masquerade
ball to be given on Thursday night,
February 9Th, at the City Hall.
The Mercantile Club, composed of
a number of young society people of
this city, are making preparations for
a select hop to be given at Armory
hall, on the night Of the oath inst.
H. Roemer, Of the Fourth ward,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
Mid-winter Excnrsions to washinet,

Mid-Winter Excursions to Washington.
Very Low Rates, baltimore s. Ohio Rail-
road
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
made arrangements for a series OF
popular mld-winter excursions to
Washington at $1,000 for the round
trip, allowing ten day limit on tickets
including date of sale. These excur-
sions will be run on February 21st,
March I'd and April 18th, 1899. Tickets
will be good going on regular trains
of the above dates and good TO return
on regular trains within ten days, in
Guiding date of sale.
Do not miss these splendid oppor-
tunities to visit the National Capital
during the session of Congress. Call
on 7. c. Burke, passenger and ticket
agent B. & o. R. R., Wheeling, W. Va,
for full information.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
CERTIFICATE RECORDED.

The certificate of incorporation of the
Suburban Brick Company was left for
record at Clerk Robertsons office yes
terday. The incOrporators are: Geo.
o. Robinson, of Bellaire; B. F. Hodge
man, of MOundsville; S. H. Carpenter,
of Martins Ferry, and Geo. X. Wheat
and E. B. Bowie, of Wheeling, each
holding one share.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
ASSIGNMENT YESTERDAY.

Mrs. Jessie McAdams, who has been
conducting a millinery business at No
1145 Main street, yesterday made an
assignment to B. S. Allison, for the
benefit of her creditors.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03
Dbeelin9 Re9ister

Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Music
Boxes, and Spectacles repaired at
McNAMEE'S, 1907 Market Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

Excursion to New Orleans ID obiIe and Bir-
ming ham-Account Hsrdi Gras Via b. &
q.
February 9th to 18th inclusive. the
B. & o. will sell excursion tickets to
the above points at rate of one fare for
the round trip, valid for return pass
age until February 2Sth inclusive. For
tickets and full information, apply to
T. C. BURKE,
City Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-03

Mrs. Alkaline Babel died Wednesday
evening at five o'clock at her home,
No. 41S1 Jefferson street, from
epilepsy. The deceased was sixty-five
years old and was we'll known and
highly esteemed throughout the city.
She was a devoted member of the
First NJ. z. church The arrangements
for the funeral had not been COM
pleted yesterday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04

him to go through the motions, and
thing but gigantic success
Go ahead with your banjo said
the manager, only look out that the
strings don't stiffen up and turn out
spiel when it isn't wanted
1T didn't take me long to get that
instrument rugged, looked like the real
thing, too. but you couldn't get any
more racket out of the strings than out
of a lump of putty. They were sort
of hemp arrangement, stiffened up to
all being on the quiet the bridge and
ali being on the quqiet the bridge and
tail piece were plugged with felt. At
first Stub was kind of sore; said he'd
rather be a tailor's dummy and make
an honest living. But after I'd taught
him the motions he took to it all right
and used to come to rehearsals regular
ly, so he'd know when to leave off his
picking and when to begin On it again.
When we got started on the trip we
made him usher every night and he'd
had so much about him in the news
papers that every place we struck the
girls would wait in line for him to take
them UP the aisle. At the receptions
after the show, too. Stub was a hot
tamale; but it didn't get him stuck on
himself, for he wasn't that kind. He
was an easy kingpin till We struck New
Orleans, and there he made the break of
his life
''It was Sunday evening when we
landed in that resort of Mardi Gras and
other large and healthy joys, and we
sort of scattered around to get bird s.
to viewing town Stub was bird
with eyes all over him, and | guess he
saw enough to write book about, only
| haven't heard that he ever wrote it.
Anyway, he stayed out so late that
night that he forgot his name, and
when he showed up on Monday noon he
tried to make the gang believe that he
was the father of his country, and his
first name was George. He couldn't
remember the other one. and it made
no difference anyway, as he intended
to make his debut as soloist that
very night under the alias of Signor
Stubbini. 1t was in order to get Stub
out of that frame of mind, so we treat
ed him Internally and externally with
ammonia cocktails and cold baths un-
til he rounded to = pitch Of humility
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04

give him S. if he would deputize me to
arrest the colonel if l caught him vio-
lating the game law.
Il took another man and went up the
mountain. When we sighted Shafter he
had just shot large buck. l sprang
forward and, pulling my revolver, in
formed him that he was under arrest
for violating the game law and ordered
MIN to drop his rifle. My assistant
started forward with the handouts, but
| wanted all the fun to be gotten out of
the affair, and taking the irons, snapped
them on the wrists of the protesting
and indignant colonel.
the colonel to commence his march to
the town.
"'What, he exclaimed, you don't in
tend to march me IA miles through this
scorching sun, do your
Il informed him that we intended to
do just that and that he had better
start unless he wanted us to lead him.
He turned at this and marched off down
the trail. He had hopes that the party
would miss him and follow the trail,
but we reached the town without seeing
any of his friends. | entertained the
colonel with a discussion of his ability
to march in such a sun He frequently
interrupted me to swear vengeance, al
ways closing with a choice lot of cpl
thets.
I'VE reached the town just at sunset,
and the inhabitants, all of whom knew
the story of my wrongs at the hands
of the colonel. had assembled to wit
ness the procession. The colonel evinc-
ed desire to take the sidewalk through
town, but l marched him through the
streets to the Jail.
Here he easily secured his release,
as | knew he would, by executing a
small bond for his appearance. He
cooled down after a time and went to
his headquarters. He realized that in
revenging myself on him | had kept
within the letter of the law and was
safe. l was very well satisfied with the
way accounts stood between us."-New
York Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04
ON CONDITIONS.

Just for JOKE" said the Buffalo
man as he laid down his newspaper
L advertised in a Chicago daily that
| had lost $4,000 in cash and would
literally reward the finder.
And the advertisement was an
swered?" was asked.
by three different parties, sir. Yes
they came one after another, each one
claiming to have found my lost mon
ey, and you can imagine that l was
rather knocked OUT
But were they willing to turn over
$4,000 to your
They were, but on conditions. Two
OF them wanted $4,000 apiece, and the
third wanted $500 better. They said
they charged that much for their hon
esty, and the one who wanted s12. 500
for restoring $4,000 went away saying
he would make it hot for me for taking
up his time. shau't try any more
jokes on the Chicago people. They
seem to take a serious view of life ont
there"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04

was doing war-dance ana whispering 50
that you could feel the wind OF it rustiing
through your hair.
Stub, You bank fool, don't pick those
strings. Put that bridge down! Keep
your hands of. Wait for the rest
1T was too late. Stub had his ar
engagements ali made and just as the MAN.
dolins were twitterfng their last twinks
before they came to the jumping of place,
where the whole bunch of US came in with
a crash. Stub came out on his banjo:
Boom /. Plinkety plunkety plark |!
Plankty- plunkty- whang!'
oh it was heart-breaking. The man
dolins stopped as if brick wall had fall
en- on EN- The leader smiled a sickly kind
of smile and the manager just stood and
naturally choked himself to keep from
yelling. The audience was kind of sur
pr.sed, but a smoker ran round. Stub ex-
ecuted few more pllnks before he dis
covered that he was playing a solo. Then
he got up and started for the front. lean
ing a little forward under the weight of
his hangover. He had only Corley to
pass before reaching open space. Jerry
did his best, but he was a little chap, and
Stub tramped over him, remarking:
g Jerry. you've got more legs than a
centipede. Take 'em away
Just as Stub gained the open floor
Jerry had a great idea. He made a swift
pass at the banjo and knocked down the
bridge. 1t made considerable snap but
Stub didn't seem to notice it, On he went,
and when he got to the front. he said:
This is my first chance at real ban
jo. Shut up, you fellows. I won't sit
down. You're jealous. I've been doing a
thinking part IN this concert too long. My
friend back there has now got my noise
less cheese box and I've got his banjo.
will now play tune of my own selection.
(Morosely, if you PUT a hand on me, I'll
throw you up into the wings)'
by that time hasf the club was in a cold
sweat and the other half was making a
sneak for the exits. The glee club in the
wings was living up to its name. 1t didn' t
feel the responsibility and there were
snorts and whoops all over the place. Stub
called for silence. Then he began to pick
at his banjo. Maybe you never tried to
play a banjo with the bridge down. 1t
makes about as much noise as a fly walk
ing across a window pane. Stub picked
away a couple of times, then he looked at
the banjo, and l never saw such sad,
woe-begbne, dead-broke, homesick layout
of features as he presented He held out
the banjo at arms length.
9 Ladies and gentlemen he said, as our
long dead friend. George Washington IT.
wing. sang:
IT'S harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed.
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls
AS II that sou. We're dead,
boom decay!
Tara
"Ee got as far as that, and then the
manager and half a dozen of the glee club
made a rush and fell on him and drag
ged him off. But the audience was in hys-
terics. l never saw an audience behave
Ike that one did. 1t was hke a foot ball
crowd when the first touchdown is made.
1t was a hard fight to keep Stub from go
ing out to respond to an encore. He said
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04

"You see," said the Princeton man,
"Stub ellis was such an all-around
white man that it didn't seem square to
leave him out of anything that was
going on. 1t wasn't just that he was
the best half-back in all the colleges
that gave him such a hold, but he was
just the squarest kind of chap. and
there wasn't more popular man in
college. Well, we rang him in on the
winter theatricals, though he didn't
have enough dramatic gumption to
shift scenes, and he waddled through
his part like duck across hot stove.
But that was all right; everybody
wanted to see Stub ellis, the famous
half-back, and he was drawing card.
Then came the prop. to run him in on
the Glee and Banjo Club winter trip.
l was assistant manager, and | pushed
it along all knew, for Stub and / were
great old pals. Just the same, knew
he was dead one on the tune racket
"Well, the manager went up against
him and asked him if he could sing.
Stub didn't have any false ambitions
about him.
:" Sing what?' says he.
Sing tunes said the manager.
"I can sing the class song, says
Stub, but I'm the only one that can
tell what it is I'm singing AS a tril-
Ter l don't strike a very lofty aver
age.
well, can you stand up and make
your mouth go without letting any
sound out of it?' says the manager.
I'd hate to trust myself Stub said
That put him out of the glee clul
business, but there was still the banj,
club. All sorts of instruments got into
that, but the only thing the candidate
had ever even tried to play was jews
harp, and he wouldn't back himself for
any record-Dreaking oratorios On that.
1t looked pretty dark, and Stub felt
wuzzy, for he was roofing deep to go
along. l put in some thinks about it
and dug up an idea.
Look here said to the manager,
I'll rig UP banjo for Stub with fake
strings and we'll put him in the second
row, where he won't be mark for all
the spyglasses in the house, and teach
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04
BROKE Up THE BANJO CLUB.
Stub Made Awful Mess Of the ConcerCoudnt Play Note
But Insisted on Appearing in SoIo-His Finish

that made him sad enough to bring
tears to the eyes of an instructor in
math. He said he was crawling
worm and he'd like to go out and dig
holes in the garden. After that he had
a big dinner. 1t braced him up to beat
the band. The manager and put him
through the alphabet and the multiple
cation table and the shorter catechism
and decided that he was all right to
show up that night. That's where we
sprinkled our record with hayseed.
do you know what hangover is?
Well, a hangover is one of those jags
that takes nap way in the back of your
brain and leaves you feeling pretty
solid with yourself until it wakes up
again. When it gets walked up it's
time for your friends to tie ropes
around you and lock you in a room.
That's what the manager and / ought
to have done with Stub, for he had a
hangover like the caves of house. If
he'd only shown it little more-but he
didn't. l tackled him an hour before
concert time when he was getting into
his dress clothes.
Feel all right?' l asked him.
Feel like a bird, he said. Say, if
l had the real thing in banjo tonight
instead of that fake cheese-box you
rugged for me | could tear the eternal
soul of music right out of it. Let's
have a cocktail
Never a one I said. It's up to
you to drink ice water
No. said he, 1T would put out the
fires Of genius. l feel the spirit of
Beethoven and Wagner and Mozart and
the man that wrote Johnny, Get Your
Gun" all stirring within me. Great
song, Johnny, Get Your Gun" is.
Yes, but you don't need to sing it,
l said, for Stub had taken long
breath and opened his mouth. Sure
you're all right?
Truly rural says Stub. Six slick,
slim, small saplings. Think I could
do those stunts if l wasn't?. Watch
me tie my tie
Now, it's really something of trick
for man to put up in a dress tie in
a neat bow unless he's pretty steady,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04

amander's wool. DR.. Plot saturated
the handkerchief with oil and threw ID
into fierce charcoal fire. The oil
burned off, but the handkerchief re-
manned intact The Fellows OF the so-
ciety we're much interested and were
not greatly surprised when the price of
asbestos in Chinese Tartary was quoted
at 500 a Chinese ell, which isn't much
more than an English yard. It's like
y that the price had risen since the
days of the ancients, for these old fell
lows had big sheets of asbestos, which
they wound around corpses before cre-
mating them"
That's a long time ago." said the IL.
tie man, sententiously.
WELL" continued the elderly man,
eff you want to come down to later
years, there was book published in
London forty years ago giving &C.
counts, among other things, of re-
markable experiments previously made
in Milan, by the Chevalier Aldini, who
had used asbestos in the construction of
a suit of fire-proof armor. The cover
ings for arms, legs and body were OF
heavy cloth which had been soaked in
strong solution of alum. The hell
met, gauntlet and stockings were of
asbestos. Then there was an over
dress covering the body, thighs and
feet, of wire gauze, 20 meshes to the
inch. With this armor on men stood
on a big gridiron over blazing fire
for ten minutes and buried their heads
in piles of burning hay and shavings,
but, nevertheless, they came out un-
harmed. They also handled bars CT
white hot iron, and did other things
which seemed quite miraculous. That
was over forty years ago."
"Well," said the little man, "it's hard
to believe that for several hundreds of
thousands of years the world was so
full of chumps that there wasn't room
for man smart enough to utilize as
bestos. On the whole, guess III go on
doubling"
"All right" returned the elderly man.
"I've got $1,000 that says I'm righ5.
Perhaps your doubts are strong enough
to uphold a bet of $40 against it?"
But the little man wouldn't bet
New York Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04
REFoRMEk is GIVEN A REBUFE.
Ono Case where His Arguments DID Not
Apply

Ono Case where His Arguments Did Not
Apply.
To a young man who stood smoking
a cigar on a downtown corner the
other day there approached the elderly
and impertinent reformer of imme-
mortal legend.
How many cigars day do you
smoker" asked the licensed meddler
in other peoples affairs.
Three" replied the youth as pa
tiently as he could.
Then the inquisition continued. How
much do you pay for them?'
"Ten cents eaeh,' confessed the
young man.
Don't you know. sir" continued the
sage, that If you would save that
money by the time you are as old as
am you would own that big building en-
the corner?"
do you own it?" inquired the smok-
er.
NO" replied the old man.
"Well, do" said the young man.