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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-24

For sale cheap. One lot of large
French plate mirrors.
GEO. L. BURST, 1919 Market st.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-24

For a good time go to Pleasant VAL
ley Park tonight. Admission free.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-24

established.
E. H. Rollins & Son, Boston-Don't
think a 3 per cent bond can be floated
at par; we would not bid on such
bond. Serial bond advocated, indicat-
ing clearly what time each bond is due;
we think this better than providing a
sinking fund. 1t might be better for
your municipality to make them re-
twenty-five, but it would reduce their
saleable value. In the event of an is
sue of 1924 bonds it would be advis-
able TO begin at once to create a sink
ing fund: although, as we stated, it is
altogether better to make your bonds
serial and pay them up, rather than to
have sinking fund.
Seasongood & Mayer. Cincinnati-A
8 per cent. Wheeling bond issue could
not be f1oated, but we believe Wheel
ing can float a 31s per cent. bond, and
if no unusual disturbance occurs in
financial matters, in all probability re-
ceive a premium for same. Advocate
a serial bond. becoming due at definite
periods in series of $4,000 or $4,000 in
ten years, and like amount annually
thereafter. Or, it would be quite de-
sirable to have the bonds mature, say,
one-fifth in ten years, one-fifth in fif-
teen years. one-fifth in twenty years.
one-fifth in twenty-five years. and one
fifth in thirty years. but by all means
avoid having an optional right OF re-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
They Are Reliable.

The American Farmer Is sincere in
what it says and whenever it endorses
an article, be it machinery, proprietary
medicine, or a man individually, we
want our readers to believe that what
we say we have good reason to under
stand Is true. For a year or more
there have been endorsements of the
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company, of
167 Dearborn street, Chicago, by this
paper. People have written us to
know If this company is responsible,
and If its remarkable remedies, for the
cure of rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspep-
STA, catarrh, kidney troubles, etc., real
ly had merit. We have therefore been
at extra pains to investigate, and once
again we add emphasis to our former
endorsement of that company. There
may be isolated cases here and there
which, probably through neglect in fol-
lowing directions, or from exposure or
some unexplainable reason, the won
derful Five Drops remedy does not do
the work. But it is a case where the
exception proves the rule. Mr.. Swan
son Is a gentleman Of character and
personal integrity, and, we believe,
would no more attempt to deceive the
public than the writer of this article.
They still offer to send a sample bot
tie of "5 Drops" for 25c or a large
bottle, 800 doses, for 81, prepaid by
mail or express. Address as above.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
HELD IN CHECK.

In 1888 a man named Tappan moved
with his family from New York to the
remote west, said family consisting,
besides himself, of a wife and six chill
dren. He had failed in business; was
broken in spirit; his children, he
thought, needed fresh air; so he accept
ed as a gift from his brother a large
tract of land upon the edge of the will
derness and settled thereon.
Soon e~nterprising people began to
settle beyond him, and there came to
be much travel past his door; and as
an act of humanity he frequently en-
tertained w~ayfarers. AS these calls
upon his hospitality became more and
more frequent he enlarged his house
and put up an innkeeper's sign.
Not long after this a party Of young
men, eight or ten in number, we'll
mounted, were returning by a round
about way from an electioneering ex-
petition. Toward the middle of the
afternoon they refined up before Tap
pans door, pretty well under the in
fuence of various kinds of fiery fluid,
and, having ~dismounted and secured
their horses, they entered the house
and noisily demanded whisky.
1t SO happened that Mr.. Tappan and
his wife were both away, and only his
daughters were in charge; and it also
happened that the host had never kept
any liquors in the house. Of this fact
the visitors were informed by the eld-
est daughter, a handsome, intelligent
girl of IS.
But the riotously inclined invaders
still demanded whisky, and when they
had become assured that they could
not have it they resolved that they
would cut down the sign before the
door, and the leader so informed the
young lady.
"You must do as you please, gentle
men," she said, shrinking, while her
little sisters gathered around her for
protection, Il cannot prevent you"
Three or four of the party made a
rush for the woodpile, cursing as they
went, while the leader of the gang, q
young man who would have been de-
cidedly handsome if he had been him.
self, with others of his companions
took a notion to overhaul the house,
insisting that there must be "a drop oil
something" somewhere.
In a small, well furnished apart
ment, apart from the guests room, was
found a pianoforte.
"Hello!" cried the leader, "who plays
on this? Can your"
at Is mine, sir" answered the girl
thus addressed.
"And you car play?"
eyes, sir"
Can you sing?"
81 sing sometimes, SIR"
"Will you play and sing for us?"
She opened the piano, and sat down
and played and sang. Her voice was
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
knowledge of Holiness.

While an Inconsistencies of sin may
not be proof Of absolute freedom from
its in-being, yet it is a blessed evidence
of some gracious fact. when n who
has long and oft been conscious OF up
rlsings, disturbances, inward friction
and division in the realm Of the tenn
pers, the affections, the desires Of the
will, Is no longer conscious of such
facts, even under circumstances OF
dreadful occasion and temptation, but
10, on the other hand, conscious of q
deep, all ~pervading peace, purity, pa
thence and a forgiving. tender spirit.
We say the Inconsistencies Of sin and
the consciousness of something very
different from sin and from ourselves
in times OF trial and at all times GER
tainly evidences, at least, the expul-
sive power of a new affection.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Winter Use for Bathh ouses.

Boston is again to the fore In philan-
thropic e%ndeavor, and acting upon the
suggestion of Mayor Quincy, the public
lighthouses are to be metamorphosed
into laundries for the winter. The in
ception of this novel arrangement was
the placing Of a mangle in the Dover
street bath-house last summer, when It
was kept on the jump preparing clean
towels for the bathers at the rate OF
80, 900 towels a day. The details of the
experiment are not yet fully decided
upon, but 1t is expected that laundry
work for merely a nominal sum can be
done for the worthy poor at a rate Of
100 families a day.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
PATTI LOOKS YOUNGER.
Diva In Her Old Age objects to Bohe-
milan Wnys.

Diva In Her Old Age objects to Bohe-
milan Ways.
1t is said by those much with her that
the great Patti is looking younger and
better than ever just now. At the pres
emit time she is entertaining no less than
"a guests-Epglish, French and Ameri-
can-indeed, a most cosmopolitan as
sembly. Life at Craig-y-Nos is very
pleasant. Nine. Patti objects much to
bohemian ways, and a grand teune Is
always kept up, beautiful dresses
worn, and more state observed than
is customary in English country
houses. The diya's guests fall imme-
diately into her ways under the spell
OF her kindness, her merriments, and
natural good breeding. Her wonderful
Jewels are, Of course, the great sight
to see at Craig-y-nos. The latest ad-
dition to these. is a diamond bow
brooch, presented to her by Alfred
Rothschild when she sung at his house
one June evening during the season.
The Rothschilds are the Oldest friends
Patti possesses, and she shows her at
tachmNzt 10 them by refusing to sing
in any private house that is not q
Rothschiid's!
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
IN GARDEN.

n Plants He Loved Still Fight for
Existence.
Gordon has become a legend with
hts countrymen, and they all but defy
him dead who would never have heard
of him had he lived, says G. w. Stevens
in the London Mail. But in this gar
den you somehow came to know Cor
don, the man, not the myth, and to feel
near to him. Here was az English
man doing his duty, alone, and at the
instant peril of his life; yet still he
loved his garden. The garden was a
yet more pathetic ruin than the palace.
The palace accepted its doom mutely;
the garden strove against 1t. I'm
trimmed, unwatered, the oranges and
citrons still struggled to bear their
little hard green knobs, as If they had
been full ripe fruit. The pomegran-
ates put out their vermilion star-flow-
ers, but the fruit was small and woody
and juiceless. The figs bore better,
but they, too, were small and without
vigor. Rankly overgrown with dhurra,
a vine still trained over a low roof Its
dwarfed leaves and limp tendrils, but
yielded not a sign of grapes. 1t was
sl green, and so far vivid and re-
freshing after Omdurman. But it was
the green of nature, not OF cultivation;
leaves grew large and fruit grew small
and dwindled away. Reluctantly, de-
spairipgly, Gordon's garden was drop
ping back to wilderness. And in the
middle of the defeated fruit trees
grew rankly the hateful Sudan apple,
the poisonous herald Of desolation.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

w. H. Wheeler, who has devoted
many years to the study of such mat
tiers, says that in the Bay of Biscay,
frequently during the autumn and win
ter in calm weather, a heavy sea gets
up and rolls in on the coast four and
twenty hours before the gale which
causes it arrives, and of which it is the
prelude. In this case the w~ave-action,
generated on the other side of the At
lantic by the wind, travels at a much
greater rate than that of the body OF
disturbed air, and this gives warning
of the coming storm. Upon the great
lakes of North America fishermen and
boatmen have learned to forecast
storms by observations of the undula-
lions to which the water of the lakes
are subject, and a direct inquiry into
the matter, by means of self~-recording
gauges to show the fluctuations Of level
of the surface of the water, has now
proved that these undulations provide
earlier and more distinct indications
of approaching storms than are given
by the barometer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
PRINCE OF WALES THEArER.
old-Time Fashionable London Playhouse
to He Demolished.

W DO
The coming demolition Of the old
Prince of Wales theater, off Tottenham
Court road tits proper address is q
Tottenham street,, may be mourned by
those who remember the days when it
was n of the most fashionable and
rowded playhouses in London, but
the majority of the people will hear of
Its disappearance without a pang OF
regret, says London Graphic. Even
In its palmy days, when the Bancrofts
had 1t in hand, the theater could never
lay claim to much external beauty, and
nowadays, with it's walls a patchwork
or ugly posters, and it's dirty and
squalid surroundings, it is really a
most deplorable looking object. AS a
playhouse it was closed a decade or so
ago, and since then its only attempt at
notoriety was when the Salvation army
took it over for a time. Originally 1t
was the concert room Of Sig. F. Pas
quail; then the directors of the con-
certs of ancient music bought and en-
larged it and built a magnificent royal
box for George III. and Queen Char
lotte. Next, it became the home OF
THE Picnics," a body of amateur play
ers, whose celebrity" writes Mr..
limbs, rendered them objects OF
alarm to the professional actors of the
day and exposed them to the attacks
of the caricaturist Gilray." About
1907 it was transformed into a sort OF
circus, but it could never be compared
in this line with Astley's. Converted
into a theater, it passed through many
hands and under almost as many IT,
ties. Among it's earlier names were
the Regency, the New theater, the
Theater of Varieties, the West London,
the Queens and the Fitzroy. 1t was
a dingy, dirty enough theater in those
days, so much so, indeed, that it was
popularity known as the dusthole.
When, however, the house was taken
over by Miss Marie Wilton (afterward
Mrs. Bancroft), who improved the con-
struction of the building and gave it
its name as the Prince of Wales, the
tide in it's fortunes took a decided turn
for the better and the days of its pros
perity began. During the fifteen years
in which it was under the management
Of the Bancrofts it lived up to The best
traditions of the English stage and
was associated with the names of Fan
ny Brough, Madge Robertson Mrs.
KendaD, John Hare, Charles Coghlan,
and a good many others. When the
Bancrofts gave up the management the
house was taken owe by Edgar Bruce,
but it was finally closed as a theater
sixteen years ago. It's name, how
ever, has been handed down to what
was formerly the Princes theater, in
Coventry street west.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
ONE OF THE NEW LOCOMOTIVES.

vice between st. Louis and Cleveland,
on the fastest and heaviest trains, max
ing the time and doing 1t easier than
was ever accomplished before on this
run. In designing these engines 1t was
necessary to make a machine combin-
ing great power with high speed and
easy running avoiding all jerk to the
train, an unnecessary strain on the
track. This has been accomplished TO
such an ex"nt that both engine and
tender, while at the highest speed, ride
with the greatest st%eadiness and so
soft and easy a motion that the en-
gineers claim not to be at all tired at
the end Of their run. These noble ma
chimes stand Is feet high from top of
rail to top of cab and 8 feet 9h inches
to center Of boiler, which, with driv-
ing wheels rs inches and truck and
tender wheels SO inches in diameter,
show trim and powerful, without an
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
MOSTLY DEMANDED WHISKY.

clear, musical, and rich, and the &C
compartment was played with skill
and grace. The little sisters gathered
In o semicircle close around the in
strument, and the heretofore riotous
men-but riotous no more-drew neal
err and nearer up on the outside.
Some of them had never heard a pi-
ano before, and not one of them had
ave heard sweeter music. After a
pause at the conclusion Of a piece, the
leader spoke again, but in a strangely
subdued tone:
Twill you sing for us another song?"
And she played and sang "The Old
House."
Other songs were sung. Their sym
pathies were aroused, their hearts OPP
ened. and the best part of their natures
brought to the surface, and when they
had taxed the fair songstress so far
that they felt ashamed to tax her more,
they thanked her and withdrew with as
much decorum as might have been ex-
hibited had they been retiring from
before the throne of a monarch.
n yCdl dlICi Lille CNCLI MI. ldppdu
CHANGED to be in Jacksonville on bust
ness, where he was introduced to Phil
ip st. Clair, a rising young lawyer of
the place.
is this the Mr.. Tappan who a year
ago kept a public house or the Cloud
Hill road?" asked st. Clair.
1.-The same, SIR"
"And l, sir" pursued the lawyer,
twas the leader of that party of riotous
young men who so shamefully fright
ened your daughters. I suppose they
told you of the circumstances"
Eyes, sir"
"Well, Mr.. Tappan, from that day l
have not touched intoxicating drink. !
would like to see your eldest daughter
and tell her of the blessing her music
bestowed upon me-"
st. Clair once more visited the way
side inn, the result of which was that
in less than another year the sweet
songstress had become his wife.-Ex.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
RUFFIANlsM IN PARIS.
Unsafe Ncighborhoods Where Rows Seem
to End Every Festivity.


to End Every Festivity.
Cases of ruffianism continue to occur
in the streets and suburbs of Paris,
says a Paris correspondent of the Lon
ion Times. Proceedings open with
more or less brutal horse play. Unof-
Tending victims resent the treatment
and retaliate. Their prosecutors warm
to the fray. Bullying is carried on
with renewed energy and a general
melee usually ensues. Scenes of this
description form part of the daily pro-
gram, particularly in suburban pleas
ure resorts. In these places, where
m~erry-making is the order Of the day,
the proceedings appear to include a
fight at the finish as a matter of course.
The exhilaration of the ballroom
seems particularly conducive TO pug
naciousness. Dancing, with h ac-
companying pleasures of Irritation and
refreshments, has, for example, result
ed in a serious ARRAY in a public ball
room on the picturesque riverside or
the Marine. The dance music was cap
ital, the tunes lively, and couples were
"eAbAAb ~ ~ SS"h~A
a party of partnerless youths made a
sudden inroad upon the ballroom, out
of spite, 10 doubt, at having had to
act the part of masculine walllowers.
They proceeded to smash chairs and
tables and behave generally after the
r~ufianly Founders accustomed man
ner. Having been turned out, they
made a second onslaught later on. The
victimized dancers showed fight and a
battle royal ensued. Tables, chairs
stools, glasses and settler bottles were
the awkward and dangerous weapons
employed. When after a half hours
engagement order was restored the
casualties on both sides were found to
reach a total of three. One of the
wounded men was so badly injured in
the head that his life is despaired of.
Similar riots have taken place in other
localities. The inhabitants of two con-
tiguous and equally unsafe neighbor-
hoods-La Glaciere and GeHtilly-haYe
a long-standing feud. They fight pitch
ed battles among themselves en- ordl-
nary occasions. When a third fee turns
up, however, in the shape Of any OIL
cial whose duty it is to see that the
public peace is not disturbed they bury
the Ratchet for a time and band to-
gether to set upon the common enemy
One unfortunate gendarme has thus
lately been assaulted in this manner,
A police official found him 10 the
clutches Of some twenty ruffians. Other
%gendarmes were summoned to the res
cue and succored their unlucky com
rade none too soon. His aggressora
were provided with knuckle-dusters
revolvers and knives, all of which they
knew how to use with effect. Seven
of the men have been arrested. They
have been found to belong to an or
ganized army of evildoers, called the
Banda de La Glaciere." Among them
Is the ~ringleader, who goes by tn
name of the Terror of La Glaciere.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

wagon top with taber back, 62 inches
diameter at smallest ring and rs
inches diameter at the throat built to
carry a wagon pressure of 200 pounds
per square inch. Among the special
articles are Richardson's balance
valves, Jerome metallic packing, Coale
muller, Kunkle open pops, air oper-
ated bell ringer, French springs, Leach
pneumatic sanding device, gold steam
heat, monitor injector, Janney couplers
and Fox pressed steel tender truck
frames. Some of the principal dimen-
sions are as follows: Weight 100, 900
pounds; cylinders 20x26 inches; boiler
diameter CO inches; tubes diameter 2
inches; tubes number Of 800; fire box
width Al inches; fire box length 108
inches; working pressure 200 pounds;
heating tender water capacity 5000
gallons: tender coal capacity 10 tons;
tender trucks, pressed steel.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Horse with q Sombrero.

A good deal Of amused comment has
been excited on the business end of
Tchoupitoulas street during the last
few days by the peculiar headgear
worn by a big bay dray horse. 1t is an
extremely tall straw hat, shaped some
thing like a Mexican sombrero, with a
couple of holes in the brim for the
animals ears. The hat is rather rakish
and jaunty in appearance, and as the
horse happens to possess a peculiarly
sedate and solemn expression the COM
bination is enough to draw a grin from
a wooden Indian. One of the shippers
in the neighborhood declares that the
beast is the living image of an old sea
captain who used to be a popular char
acter on the street, and who wore just
such another queer hat winter and
summer. "They look so much alike"
he said the other day, that it wouldn't
surprise me in the least If the horse
spoke to me any time it went by" The
driver Of the dray is a German and
proud of the contrivance. He says the
crown contains a sponge soaked in
vinegar.-New Orleans Times-Demos
crat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

unnecessary pipe or rod to mar their
symmetry. The material used In the
construction OF these machines Ia the
finest of It's kind, and the greatest
care vas exercised in both the tests
and workmanship to insure every part
being perfect. The driving wheel CEN
ters, steam chest and covers, cylinder
heads, foot plates, auxiliary dome,
driving boxes and spring seats are all
of cast steel, while the dome castings
stack base, boiler front, cylinder cast
ings and tender truck frames are
pressed steel. The boiler is extended
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
FAST TIME TO CHICAGO
Via Rio Grande Western Railway.

Commencing February 3, the new time
card of the Rio Grande Western goes into
effect. The Atlantic Express leaves Salt
Lake City at Q a. M, arriving ut Denver
at $50 a, m. the following morning ana
Chicago at 2:15 p. m. the third day; max
ing connections with limited trains from
Chicago to New York. The evening Train
leaves at 7:4O p. m, arrives at Denver al
9:15 D. m. the following night and Chicago
at 8 a. m. he third day, making close con-
nections with the fast morning trains Tor
New York and Boston. Both Of these
through trains are ~splendidly equipped
with all latest appliances and c~onvsniences
and carry Pullman Palace and Puuman
Tourist sleeping cars as we'll as free Re
clining Chair Cars. Ticket Office No. 1os
West Second South street. CPostoface
~corner.)
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
BIG FOUR GIANT LOCOMOTIVES

The Big Four railroad has recently
received from the builders four g.
wheel passenger locomotives to haul
their fast trains. These engines are,
in every respect, models OF their kind,
and are probably the largest, fastest,
most powerful and best looking pas
senger engines in any part OF the
country. and are a credit to the man
agement and their designer, Mr., VIM.
Garstang, superintendent Of motive
power Of the Big Four, and the Sche-
nectady Locomotive Works, their
builders. The engines are now in SER
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Calling tho B. Z. Names.

"George!" she screamed, my neckl"
whats the matter?" There's a pill
Iacatter-" "a what?" "a taper
killer" what in the world do
you mean?" ooh, dear!" she moaned,
as she clutched him frantically. "A
k%itterpaller! You know, George! A
patterkiller!" "On!' said George, with
evident relief, and he proceeded to
brush the future butterfly away.-Ex-
change.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
You Know This Man.

Whats all this excitement about?"
Nothing worth mentioning. Man got
knocked down" "Accident?" mot
exactly. One Of these men who always
catch hold of you and push you out
of their way when you happen to meet
them at a crowded orr grabbed the
wrong man Just now. That's ALL
Chicago Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21

The dials on the Philadelphia city hall
clock, In process Of construction, will be
90 feet in diameter. The clock will be
run by electricity and will run other
clocks about the building. 1t will require
winding only once a month.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-21
Helps Evil works.

It is now understood clearly that
there is no evil thing among US that
the drink habit does not aggravate and
no good thing that it does not antag-
onize. More than everything else the
saloon fosters and sustains the drink
habit. 1t is now mere commonplace to
say, ''The saloon is a standing menace
10 civilization. "-Atticus G. Haywood,
d D.