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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-29

Miss Flora Wilson. OF North Main
street. Is the house CUES; of her broth
er. Mr.. William Paanell Wilson, ut his
country home In Pleasant Valley,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-29

knees nor enthusiasm. Next time we
plan to get admission tickets and stand.
To tell the truth, I WAS too busy to
worry much over intricate develop
ments OF Wagnerian motives. Don't
let any one stay away for fear OF them
they are no Inconvenience at ALL"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-29

Mrs. Marion Harper and her son. Mr..
samuel Harper. and her daughter, Miss
henrietta Harper. have given up their
f!Lteenia street residence and are now
al nome IN Pleasant Valley, having pur-
CHASED the Horkhelmer residence, built
for Mr.. Pearson. formerly of Wheeling,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-29

Mr.. and Mrs. +. ". Banner beauti-
fully. entertained the leland whist Club
evening. at their home on the
Island.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-29

The Twentieth Century Girls have ar
large dancing party for next
evening In the barn at Echo
Point Place.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
STORY OF QUEEN LII.
A Moment of Embarrassment at .
Reception After She Lost
Her Crown.

Young AL Berry, son of Congress-
man Al Berry, of Kentucky, said .
naval officer who was in Honolulu
when the Hawaiian flag was replaced
by the stars and stripes, was in Homo
lulu in some kind of official capacity
when l was there once, and was on
particularly good terms with Queen
Liliuokalani and her entire court.
And / may say that in this regard
he was about the only American who
was. How he got there l don't know,
but he was one of your irresistible
kind of Kentuckians who conquer ad-
miration in spite of all obstacles. He
could say anything he pleased and do
all manner of startling things, but
that only seemed to make the queens
people fonder of him, and whom he
offered to take me to call on her ma
jesty, at little reception she gave
in the afternoon after the flag cere-
monies were over, l felt that 1 was
safe in accepting. 1t was very in
formal affair and we were soon in the
royal presence and l was duly intro
duced. Then the young man suddenly
upset me in II places at once and gave
me a fit of. the nervous embarrass-
ments.
"Well, your majesty" he said in
that boyish and breezy manner of his,
not less at home in a queens palace
than on blue grass farm, chow does
it feel to be out of job?"
1 felt like going through the floor,
but Berry never turned hair, and
the crownless queen in quite the same
spirit greatly relieved my embarrass-
ment by responding:
"oh, Mr. Berry. you are such a jol-
lier."
1t was slightly slangy, perhaps, for
royalty, but it was the right thing to
say, and l read the riot act to Berry
on my own behalf when got home.-
N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
PLAIN SWEEPING CAP.

ter, and cut like the design shown. Cut
the yoke from the piece that comes out
of the body of the cap, Gather the cap
from b to c, having it plain from C to d.
Sew on the yoke, which must, of course,
be double; hem the cap; make but
tonhole and put a button on the yoke.
A narrow edge of lace makes a neat
trimming. The measurements are:
From A to b 25 inches; from
C TO F, IA inches; from d to E,
ten inches; from C to ID, four inches:
from b to C, 15 inches. The length of
the yoke is 25 inches; the depth is an
inch and three-quarters. OF course, the
yoke must be made larger or smaller
to fit the head.
This cap is intended to cover all the
hair. Let the band come down on the
forehead and then fasten it securely un-
der the hair at the back of the head
Ladies' Home Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

crooned and swung their charges up
and down gently until there was quiet
again. The little ones were dressed
in much finery. The dresses were of
satin or of husa cloth, frilled and
with little bows of blue ribbon.
The priest did not wait for the wall
ing to cease. The ceremony went on,
and he repeated his questions and ad-
monitions, going around the half cir
Gle in front of the stone font. One at
a time the mothers then came forward
with their babies. In every case there
was a notable contrast between the
beribboned baby and its long dress of
lace and the coarse cloth of the spon-
sor with her headgear of hand
kerchief and her crimson scarf. The
baby squirmed when the priest poured
water on its head and gasped and
gulped in surprise. The reading of
the Latin words was repeated and
each sponsor bowed her head in nc
acknowledgement of the trust as she
turned the dripping head of her
charge to the attendant, who carefully
wiped the little squirmer's hair on
pure linen towel, bleached and
whitened for the occasion. Then came
the oil. The priest dipped his fingers
into vessel which was carried by an
attendant and touched the baby's
temples.
An attendant then stepped forward
with an armful of plain white hoods.
Each child was hooded. and not one
protested against the operation. An
other attendant then lighted long cru-
dies. Again the priest made the
rounds, this time placing in the hands
of each sponsor a lighted candle and
reading from his book until he had
come to the last. Then he gathered
the hoods and candles and all turned
away toward the entrance. The wom-
en- lighted their cigars, frightened their
skirts and slowly moved away. There
were congratulations and exchanges of
cigarettes as the crowd dispersed,
while the tonsured padre still stood
at the font.-Harry A. Armstrong, in
Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
FAvoRs DRAINAGE BOARD.
Injunction to Stop the Removal of
Damns In Illinois River lis
Denied.

Peoria, Ill.,, Dec. 12.-Judge Thomp-
son rendered his decision in the
drainage canal case Monday at Lewis
ton. The suit was on the injunction
issued against the trustees restrain
ing them from removing the dams
from the Illinois river at Copperas
creek and Henry. In his decision he
held:
1.-That the action was properly COM
menced in the name of the canal commits
sion.
2.-That the allegations of the bill were
insufficiently specific.
3.-That the sentence in section % con-
ferring upon the sanitary trustees the
power to remove these dams entitled them
to do so.
Attorney Chipperfield states it as
his belief that there will be no appeal
from this decision and that the par
ties to the suit will abide by the find
ing of the court.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
CARE OF THE HANDS.
a Number of Recipes Which Have
Never Failed to Help Those Who
Have Tried Them.

Hands which easily become rough
and red, says The Lady, may be great
ly benefited by washing them two or
three times a day in oatmeal water.
Take some good fine oatmeal and boil
1T in water for an hour, strain and use
the liquid for the hands. 1t should
be made fresh every day in summer
and every other day in winter, as it
soon becomes sour and smells unpleas-
ant. For hands which are unusually
red and coarse this treatment will
hardly suffice. In such cases a few
grains of chloride of lime should be
added to the warm and soft water
used for washing. Soap containing
chloride of lime may be prepared
thus: White powdered CASTLE soap,
one-half pound; dry chloride of lime,
three-quarters of an ounce; mix and
beat up in a mortar to stiff mass
with rectitfed spirits of wine as much
as necessary. Divide the mass into
tablets and envelop each closely with
oilskin. You may scent this soap by
adding to the mass two drachms of oil
of yerbena. Before using chloride soap
or lotion all rings or bracelets must
be removed, or they will be tarnished.
Cacao cream is frequently used for
softening and whitening the hands. It
is composed of cacao butter, oil of
sweet almonds and refined white wax
in equal parts. Melt them together
and stir until cool.-N. Y. Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Materials That Are n la Mode.

Crepeles are very fashionable. Some
of them are extremely variegated and
original. The shades most worn are
mordore, violet-prelat, blue-gray, We
netian red, emerald and violine. The
same fabrics are made in silk and wool,
the warp being of silk and the weft
OF some bright color in wool. This
produces transparent and very pretty
effect. White cgepons with spots or
stripes and fancy patterns are also
extremely pretty for evening wear.
For fancy bodices there is very light
texture silk, called Manon. 1t has been
offered in imitation of accordion
plaids, but very small. 1t is generally
made with broad stripes of two shades,
pink and cream, blue and cream or
yellow and cream, over which are pat.
terms of small garlands of Pompadouv
flowers
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Reese ReIeased.

Fort Scott, Kan, Dec. 12.-John 2.
Reese, national executive committee
man of the United Mine Workers, who
has been in Jail here under commitment
from the federal court for contempt,
was released Monday under the writ
of habeas corpus recently issued in
ST. Louis by Judge Thayer. The nee
essary $4,000 bonds was provided by
Topeka bankers. Mr.. Reese returned
at once to the coal fields, where he
was arrested, declaring that he would
pursue the course which he was pursu-
ing when Judge Williams ordered his
arrest for contempt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
FILIPINO INFANTS
American Correspondent DcscFibes
n Christening He Witnessed'in
Town Nenr Manila.

Twelve little Filipino babies were
baptized the other day in the bap-
tistry of the Santa Cruz church, in the
Santa Cruz district of Manila. 1t was
after the ten o'clock mass, and all the
finely-dressed personages who knelt
on the marble floor of the great
church and faced the altar of white
and gold were gone. Only a few peni-
tents knelt around the outer edge of
the nave beside the great pillars and
groaned aloud.
The baptistry, at the left of the en-
trance, was crowded, however, chiefly
by women, who stood in a semicircle
about a young priest, whose tonsure
was the size of a. silver dollar and
whose hands were as delicate as a
woman's. The padre wore theivest-
ments of the church and read from n
Latin book, passing from left to right
of the line, and repeating each phrase
until he had said the words 12 times
one for each of the candidates for
baptism.
These candidates at first cried with
all the strength of their week-old
lungs and grew as red as it is possible
for a dusky Filipino baby to grow.
They puckered their mouths and
screwed up their eyes and struck out
with fists and feet. But the mothers
and the women who stood as sponsors
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Food for an InynIid.

For delicate child or an invalid
there is simple preparation of meat
which contains a great quantity of
nourishment and yet is most easily di-
gested. A half pound of round steak
Is Laid on the board and scraped in the
way of the grain with strong silver
spoon. The pulp readily comes off
from the white stingy muscles, and
IN a few moments enough has been Sc
cured for two cakes. These are salted
and laid for an instant in n very hot,
deep frying pan. They cook at once,
and are most appetizing, and can be
digested by the weakest stomach.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Weight of some queens.

The queen of Italy is still very
handsome woman, and certainly most
sympathetic in manner and speech.
But she is growing too heavy. Her
majesty is heavier than any other
queen in Europe, her weight being 1Y6
pounds, while Queen Victoria does not
weigh more than III pounds. Next in
weight comes the queen of Spain, who
weighs lat pounds, and then the queen
of the Belgians, who weighs 143
pounds. The empress of Russia docs
not weigh more than 120 pounds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Buy. a Historic mn.

Peoria, Ill.,, Dec. 12.-~Dan McCook's
brigade of the federal army has pur-
chased Cheathams Hill, south of Chick
amauga. Here ii was that the great
fighting brigade had the fiercest strug-
gle in its entire war history. Capt. L..
j. Dawdy, of Peoria, a deputy in the in
ternal revenue office, purchased the bat
tlefield, and holds it in trust for the
brigade. In due season it will be turned
over to the brigade, and it will be used
as a national park.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
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EFFECT OF GoSSIPING.
Mines. Gossip and Grundy Are Two
IIlitcrnte Pcrsonnges without
Any Self-Respect.

"Every opinion reacts upon him who
utters it," said Emerson, which is wise
precept TO be remembered by those
people who ever stand in awe of those
two illiterate and ill-bred personages,
Mines. Gossip and Grundy. No doubt
it is better, as the old saying has it, to
have the good will than the i'll will of a
dog, but there are some dogs whose will
counts for little either way. Unkind
comment was supposed to have partly
caused the early death of Keats, and
yet the poet wrote in regard to this:
MY own criticism has given me pain
without comparison beyond what
Blackwood or the Quarterly could pos
sibly intlict; and, also, when i feel
am right, no external praise can give
me such glow as my solitary roper
ception and ratification of what is fine"
These solitary glows are not to be ex-
tinguished by the chilly blankets that
Mrs. Grundy always carries with her.
OF course, the person who always has
good word to say of everybody" and
who has kind excuse for all trans
gressors is tiresome creature and cal
culated to cause one to exclaim with
DIR. Johnson: "Give me a good hater!"
1t is not so much excuses and milk-and-
water kfndliness that must be brought
to bear upon transgressors, but intelli-
gence and charity. These are quail
ties that are not usually found in the
Gossip and Grundy Chicago Trib-
nOp
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
shoes for the Children.

Children's shoes should be entirely
fiat in the sole, but pliable enough to
give slightly with the motion of the
foot. What is known as the spring
heel is suitable for children. Heels.
whether low or high, cause many nc
cidents. and are more or less injurious
otherwise, because they throw the
whole. body out of correct balance.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
CAP FOR SWEEPING.
Description of One That VIII Protect
the Hair without In the Least
DIsarrnnging 1t.

A sweeping cap which will protect
the hair and yet not disarrange it,
should be part of the equipment of
every housekeeper. A satisfactory one
which 1 have used for years is made
with three-quarters of yard of muslin.
or cambria a yard or more wide. Fold
the goods lengthwise through the CEN
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
NEARLY STAMPEDED.
British Retreat at Stormberg Be-
gins in Wild Disorder.
Checked, However, by Admirable
Work of the Arti1Iery-Bocrs Cap
ture 6T2 Prisoncrs-Fifty More
Taken mt Modder River.

London, Dec. 12.-Later details re-
garding the disaster to Gen. Gatacre's
column show that but for the mag
nificent work of the British artillery
the disaster would have been far more
extensive, as the incessant Boer shell
fire in the midst of the repulsed in
fantry ultimately led to disorder,
which only escaped developing into a
rout through the batteries of artil-
lcry, occupying successive positions,
covering the retreat, thus drawing a
portion of the Beers CALLING fire.
Apparently, the British were set an
impossible task, and were treacherous-
ly guided. After trying march, and
being under arms 16 hours, they at
tackled the wrong part of the Boer po-
sition, where the hill was impregnable,
and the burghers were estimated to
number 5000 men. instead of 2,5O0 as
the spies had reported.
The affair has caused the most de-
pressing influence everywhere, not eX-
cepting the stock exchange, where
consols were at the lowest price in
many years and South African secur-
SluhlpCu, loU 81 OH dCCOunU
of the military reverse, which is re-
trievable, but owing to the profound
apprehension as to its political eff
feet. No great surprise would now
be left if Gen. Gatacre's reverses re-
suited in Cape Colony becoming aflame
from end to end.
Artillery Duel.
Modder River, Cape Colony, Dec. 10.
The naval 4,7-inch gun again took up
a position north of the camp this
afternoon, while the howitzer battery
was posted southeast on the left of the
Beers. Both opened hot fire with
lyddite shells and shrapnel, to which
the Beers sharply replied with dozen
guns, thus unmasking their position,
which was the object of the British
maneuver. After an hours firing the
Boer guns were silenced, the howitzers
searched the trenches and then threw
shell after she'll upon the hills, the ex-
plosion of the lyddite causing the
whole ground over an extensive area to
rise in the air in dense, brown clouds.
A Boer long gun was dismantled.
1t now appears that the Beers in
tend that the next fight is to take place
at Magersfontein.
Apparently Spytfontein is not de-
Tended or the Beers are unwilling to un-
mask their position there, as the re-
plies to the British artillery were all
from guns at Magersfontein.
Many Prisoners Taken.
Pretoria, Dec. 12.-SiX hundred and
seventytwo British prisoners were
taken at Stormberg. In the fighting at
Modder river Sunday evening Gen.
Cronje maintained his position and cap
tured so British soldiers.
The Beers captured three British
guns in the engagement with Gen. Cat
acres force at Stormberg.
The sortie at Kimberley last Satur-
day was an attempt to take the Boer
position at Kamperdam and to secure
the waterworks. All the British shots
fell short.
Has Been DISASTROUS.
London, Dec. 12.-It is just two
months since the Transvaal ultimatum
was delivered. Nine engagements have
been fought and the British have lost
566 killed, 2,o27 wounded and 1877
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

Washington, Dec. 12.-The estimated
crop of cotton is 100000 bales.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Has Been Disastrous.

London, Dec. 12.-1t is just two
months since the Transvaal ultimatum
was delivered. Nine engagements have
been fought and the British have lost
566 killed, 2,O27 wounded and 1877
missing or prisoners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
LETTERS TO MAIL.
The Aforementioned Man Discovers q New
Way of Forgetting Them.

-The folks at home, with blind trustiuness
that l cannot understand" said the absent minded
man, still give me letters TO mail, though they
know II may be days before get EN- into the
postoffice. Time and again, carrying letter in
my hand so not TO forget it, have walked
right past lamp-post letter boxes and toted the
letter right up TO the ticket Office OF elevated
station, forgetting that was carrying It until
wanted to reach Tor money 10 buy ticket with.
Then I'd put the letter In my pocket and
that was good-by letter, perhaps for days
But this morning l did something different;
I started out before breakfast with letter that
l was to mail, and two cents with which to buy
stamp for IT, the letter in hand and the
money in the other reached n substation OF
the posoice that is in our neighborhood in safety
and bought the stamp all right and stuck II on
the letter looking as did so, at curious and yet
tamiiar-looking tall red box with rounded top,
that stood there by the desk.
Still holding the letter in my hand not to
forget 1t, carried it into store where l had an
set the letter down onthe counter where couldn't
tail to see 1t while reached in my pocket money
When walked up the steps OF my house little
later with my appetite improved, II anything, by
the breath OF fresh air II suddenly came TO me
that had lett that letter in the store and turned
OF course and went back tor It When came TO
the corner nearest the store found the young
man who had waited on me, lust dropping my letter
in the letter box there
Now, in this case, my iorgetiuness resulted
in the prompt mailing OF the letter but while
am, OF course, pleased over this | am at the same
time disturbed by the thought that may now
develop my 1orgetrulness In some other new form
that may not work out so happily"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10

Men Behind Things.

oh. we've heard about the man behind the man be
hind the bat
And the girl behind the man behind the gun,
And the boy behind the man behind the miss be-
hind her hat
And We glorisd in the triumphs OF each one.
Why not write about the man behind tho man be-.
hind his rent
That's the landlord, whose remarks often raw
Or the man behind the man behind you asking for .
cent
In q darkened street. CThe minion Of the iawJ
Or the man behind the man behind the loaded golf.
ing stick
That poor chap who thinks he never walks astray.
Or the behind the who tries to do par
Tor trick"
And to manufacture rabbits does essay.
why not write about the man behind the man be-
hind the bar.
He who makes your change. but will not give you
trust"
why not tell about the man behind the man behind
tho "star,"-
But for whose Tong green" tho show would surely
bust"
FRANCIS W. srHRSs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
RIDING ON A SAFE.
Ono Feature of Safe Hosting That Always
Excites Interest.

The hosting or lowering OF a safe never fails
to attract attention. but there is one oc-
casionally added feature Of this work that
always excites additional interest. and that is
found in the riding down with 4 safe that is
lowered. "a man who stands on top OF the safe
to keep it clear of the building. AS might be
done in the case OF large. heavy safe. The
safe is slung and hostsd out clear OF the
window. say on the fifth floor OF the building.
which is pretty high up 1t 10 big
safe. and it would make q tremendous
smash il it should fall; and it tugs and strains
with great weight at the rope by
which it IL suspended but when everything 10
ready to lower away. one OF the men steps out
fearlessly from the window to the top OF the
safe hanging there in the air. adding his own
weight to the great weight OF the safe. He
grasps that part OF the fall that 10 attached at
it's lower end to the lower block OF the tackle.
and holding on by that he prepares to fsnd off.
When all is ready the men on the truck below
There are guy ropesattached to the safe In
lowering. Just as there are In hosting, and by
c GSs%" of q the SsS but cger HHs
down, TO take up on these guy ropes with a
strain aud tension SO true and uniform as alb
more or less. In one OF these swlngings the
big safe might chip window, cap or a sill. or
III the wall and mar that l. and t6s man rides
It looks iikea psriIous feat. and the spects,
down ali right He holds on by that
rope rising from the lower block which.
with the strain brought upon 1t. 10 as
GRADUALLY lower away he keeps the safe clear OF
all projections. II the safe swings roun
itself and so more likely to hit something, he
awnings 1t round back again. and whenever
there's danger of its hitting anything he
pushes II clear.
And thus the safe with the man on top comes
stomy unti az a.x n Ts,ch PAR the se
There. the man springs lightly to ground.
cool as can lie. and then the people who have
been watching him turn and go on their sew
erAl WayA