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night after night, sgathered in groups,
some on horseback, Others ION foot,
punctual in all weathers, taking up
their nightly stations, is constrained
to bow before the superior power which
can transform lives 80 free as theirs
and mould them to the needs Of war
like discipline. ....
"The rain is often heavy, night falls,
but they press stoically forward with
out noticing it, and until the hour OF
dawn, crouching among the rocks
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Cycling Notes. J.

Corning (N. - telegraph messenger
bows are buying chulniess bicycles.
The professional raclng season will be-
Gin about ths second weok Ia April.
Tho prstsdf OF Police OF Paris has orsan-
ICED a corpSot $40 bicycle policemen.
The wh2slnen OF England arc taking to
khaki cIotiIfor cycling costumes. but tae
fad is not1fkeiy to extend to this country.
Tn the stske Of New York alone nearly
5000 900 have been oolsected 10: tue side
path building, and much OF It has already
been expended.
Touring gives promise OF becoming more
popular than ever in the coming season.,
and mnny riders are planntnS 70 spenu'
their summer Vacations In THIS way
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r.u,or,. R,1ht to Pardon.

FRANKFORT, KY. Especially. .-Iu conneo-
ton with the pardons Issued by Governor
Taylor to State officers and others before
their arrest as suspects statement Is
ronda that it has been the custom for years
and is legal for Governors to pardon men
ia advance of trials. In some cases par
dons have been issued to snve what were
cepted as cases Of useless expense.
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Flood OF Bids For War Loan.

There was stream OF applicants Sat-
rrday at the Bank OF England IN London
for subscription forms to the new $780,
600 900 war loan. The applications from.
the provinces alone aggregated thres
times the amount OF tue issue. It Is un-
derstood that the American subscriptions
ntone exceeded the. amount. which Is eN-
pected to bo covered ten or twenty times
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6usslA's DESIGNS CN INDIA.
Preparing to Strike n Blow AT Enslanu
Supremacy in the East.

Indications arc accommodating that hIssi1
Is preparing to strike tho long expected
blow ut English supremacy In India. sue
i, mobiiizing an army In Central Asia
using the Truns- Caspian Raiiroad. That
Russia intends to seiZ, Hernt IS generally
conceded. She has pushed ,he frontier OF
Turkestan nearly two hundred miles solth
- the Nerve and within sixty miles OF the
coveted city OF Western AfghaE!stau. otcs
IA nosaession OF lirrar, Russia viii ior:ify
It. connect il by rail with the assabaJ
line. n, the Nerve, AMI nuke 1t tho great
buss OF supplies lor the Invasion OF British
India
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Judging u Dog.

There are only few men who are
capable of awarding the prizes at the
annual bench shows because so few
have made study OF the points about
a dog which must be taken into con-
alteration. The following diagram
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understand that they are a people
apart, these extraordinary Beers
sure of their eye as of their nerve, Of
their resolution as of their endur-
ance."
George Lynch. artist OF the Illus
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Be,khann Calls For Troops.

FnANKroaT, Ky.S (SpecIsl).-The ar3t
move on the purt OF Governor Becklams
followers toward the formation OF state
Guard under his administration was taken
here Sunday. City CLERK Bon Masshall cir-
culated piper and enlisted the requisite
number Of men, who are to compose hrs no.
heen nroyided by cltizons here, most or
them being either needle guns or Wincaes-
<u.ro
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Ifw we saw man standing by the shore
and iinging gold coins and diamonds in toe
sea We would say he must be insane. Yet
many young people fling into the worlds
dark waters coins and gems OF tine-days,
weeks, months, years Weshould not waste
moment. God wants all our life, from in-
fancy 10 the last hour. We rob Him when
we delay becoming 1, Christian. Let us sur
render ourselves to Christ now, today, anu
begin to live for Him. in Him, with Him
and to Him. Then wa shall make 1900
trul? 2 beautiful yedT.-WelIs2ring.
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Wagner, ha d q
sst tormy you n
hich seemed to
pro esy the mis-
fortunes of hi 8
later years. In her
account Of the ro-
nance of his life,
Frances Gerard re-
lates these charac-
teristic incidents:
On one occasion
Prince Otto, his
younger brother,
had made himself
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field cornet serves as q club for any
one who likes. The life of the chiefs
is for me mystery of physical and in
tellectual endurance in the midst OF
this continuous invasion.
There are no pnnishments. no rec
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p,e,ds In BE Hanged.

Archibald Corley, sentenced to serve
twenty-five years for murder committed
IN Chicago, has acknowledged his guilt.
md asks thut he be hanged, not sent to
nrison. It is not likely that his peculiar
piea will have any effect In changing Cor
Laws sentence.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

During an influenza epidemic in the
North Of England, the curious fact
has been noted that only the men
working in very high temperatures
have escaped infection.
A calendar month varies from
twenty-eight to thirty-one days. A
mean lunar month is twenty mine days,
twelve hours, forty-four minutes, two
seconds and small fraction. A solar
year, or the transition from one vernal
equinoxto to another, consists Of 365.2i-
PA solar days, or 365 days, five hours,
forty eight minutes and 49.58G Sec
onds. A Julian year is 365 days,
Gregorian year is 365. 2425 days.
Every fourth year or leap year has $50
days.
William A. Eddy, at Bayonne, n.
J., recently made some interesting
tests with kite, his object being to
make an electrical test Of a snow
storm. A six-foot single plane kite
was used, and it was attached to O
steel wire. The brush discharge could
5e plainly heard followed by . one
inch spark. The electrical activity
with the kite at so moderate an alti-
iude was the greatest that had ever
oeen experienced, the effect being
about the same as if a thunderstorm
had been near.
;
e It has usually been assumed that
the;atoms of which all matter consists
are indivisible, but Professor j. J.
Thomson, of the Royal Society OF
Great Britain, thinks that he has
:ound evidence OF the divisibility Of
atoms: Experiments with cathode
rays indicate, he says that the stream
II, electrified PARTICLES projected from
she negative plate consists Of corpus
,les torn from the atoms composing
ihe electrode, and not OF the whole
Homs themselves. These corpuscles
ire very small portions OF the atoms
rom which they Gomez. Sss
At the recent scientific conference
3itiMunich, Professor Chun exhibited
;heresults of the German Deep.Sea
Expedition. Some of the fish found
1t a depth OF about 10000 feet resern-
|,led she SAID, the fossil species in the,
cocks OF the Mesozoic era, when the
sarth's atmosphere was dense with
carbon. These fish, in many cases,
aad special means OF collecting light. )
Some possessed enormous eyes, oe.
,upying nearly the whole side Of the
1ead, and some were supplied with
;elescopic organs. Others carried
sheir light on their heads in manner
similar to that OF the glow -worm.,s
Professor James E. Keeler, Director 4
Of the Lick Observatory, reports that
;he Crossley rejecting telescope of6
that institution hos made about seventy
photographs of nebule during the past
gear, showing many now features from
which highly interesting conclusions
may be drawn. On nearly every pho
;ographic plate exposed, from one to
sixteen new nebula have been found,
and Professor Keeler estimates that
;he number of nebule in the sky
within reach of the Crossley telescope
nay be as great as 100000, How the
Imagination is stimulated by such a
picture of the heavens, srrinkled over
with half.visible, misty specks, more
delicate than thistle down in appear
ance, yet capable by condemnation OF
forming worlds and suns-the flmy
embroyos of future stars!
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Builer's FrleDdship For IT,. Kr

Bnller's Friendship For th~ Krugers.
It is recalled that General Sir Red
vers Butler was, prior to the South
African war, on terms Of friendship
with the Kruger family, and that they
were won't to exchange cards of good
wishes every Christmas, their friend
ship dating from twenty years ago,
when Butler had regiment OF sBSeEs
under liscommand in the war against
the Zdlus. .
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Two-thirds Of the surface OF New
Zealand is suitable for agriculture
and grazing, and the total area under
crops is 10000 acres
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A Klng,s BoylIood.

Ludwig II. Of Bavaria, the Snnfor--
tunate crazy king, whose name is
best known to Americans as that OF
the friend and patron ssof Richard
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i.ar:aly arithmetic says, "Givc aAh want.
Heavenly arithmetic say, Give aaH grow
rirh. ''-Schauf1ler.
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las come from the Boer side.
Of the foreigners within the Boer
ranks, the most picturesque ana one
of the ablest is Count de FlL'eools'
Mareuil, who won fame in the Foreign
Legion, French Army, and who' IL IS
said, threw up his commission and
Joined the Beers because he was noV
riven the rank of Brigadier- General,
which he felt he deserved.
But it appears that it was not per
.sopal ambition but genuine sympathy
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Troops In Philippines to Como Home.
General Otis has been ordered 70 begin
sending home those troops which have
been in the Philippines two years.
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A HOUSE THAT IS UNIQUE.
The Peculiar Architecture of an OKLA
homa Mans Dwelling.

Charles Babcock, Guthrie Alder
man, is building the most remarkable
house in Oklahoma. Babcook's house
is three stories high and as round as
a silver dollar just from the mint. The
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The faith. Christ with me- can ni"ka the
pcn-est and hardest life luminous. Joyous.
elo:icus.-WaylanL Hoyt.
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; WITHIN The B0ER LINES. ;
: The Burghers in Camp and on
the Field of Battle.
5 TOUCHING RELIdIO Us CEREMONIES. {

OTHING has been more e1'
traor dinary in connection
with the South African war
-
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During an influenza epidemic in the
North Of England, the curious fact
has been noted that only the men
working in very high temperatures
have escaped infection.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
TOUGH JOB CUT OUT.


Chairman HernIy Thinks Republic
cans Can Carry Indiana.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, January H.
Chairman Hernly. of the Republican
State Committee, said to-day:
With the plan of organization I
have in mind, we can carry this State,
but it can only be carried by the most
thorough organization. This is going
to be the hardest campaign in many
years, and it is the most important
one we have had since 1864. We fire.
quently hear it said that this is an i'm
portant campaign, but when We think
Of the questions presented to the u
try, we can readily see the Importance
Of continuing President Mckinley in
Office.
"All eyes are turned to Indiana. The
financial bill that has been introduced
in Congress by Mr.. Overstreet. the
work that has been done by the mon
etary commission in Indiana, together
with the speech of Jul Junior Senator,
bring Indiana into prominence. Indi-
ana shall be organized this year as
she has never been before"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
OBITUARY.

ROME. January 14-Prince A1fieri, COM
mander Of the papal guard Of Mobiles, died
to-day.
NEW YORK, January 14-Gen. George
Henry Sharpe of Kingston, n. Y. died yes
terday in this city Of shock following an
operation, aged p years. He was brevetted
major general for distinguished services
during the civil war.
DES MONIES, Ia. January III. ".
Camp died here to-day, aged 50 years. He
was born in Tennessee. He was appointed
by President Lincoln consul at Kingston,
Jamaica. in 1851, where ne was connected
with important matters during the war,
and was appointed collector of internal
revenue at Galveston, Texas. in 1870. ard in
1888 was supervisor-general Of customs In
Texas. Later he was editor OF the Des
Moines Daily News. He married Miss
Lizzie Hitchin. of Kingston. Jamaica, who
survives him with three sons.
SIOUX CITY. Ia. January 1.-THE re-
mains Of DR.. Gustave Maize, whose body
two wives claimed, was buried to-day by
wife No. 2 Although wife No. / in San
Francisco demanded custody Of the re-
mains, the local officials decided to issue
a burial permit to wife No. 2, and she had
charge of the ceremonies
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
STILL A QUESTION
AS TO THE IDENTITY OF THE
SHIP LOST IN ST. MARY'S BAY.
The Sea Too Rough to Allow Boats
to Go Out-Many Bodies Seen-A
Photograph Affords a Clue.

ST. JOHNS. N. F.. January IA
The gale has not yet blown itself out
and the sea is still too rough to allow
boats to get near the wreck in st.
Mary's bay. AS yet there is nothing
to show the name Of the vessel. Ten
bodies have been located among the
rocks, and others can be seen floating
about. Plans have been made for re-
covering these tomorrow, or as soon
as the weather permits. and 1t may
then be possible to get at the name Of
the steamer from pieces of boats wedg-
ed in the cleEs of the rocks.
The Roman Catholic priest of the
district, while holding a service at
Hollywood to-day, was given by a vii
lager a photograph which had been
washed ashore. apparently from the
wreck. This represents a seaman
wearing a cap upon which are the let
tiers IS. M. S.. Fake" The priest was
also told that the ship had slipped off
the rocks into deep water and had dis
appeared, except for the top of one
mast, and that a guernsey, with the
letters IS. NJ. S." had also been pick
ed up near the wreck.
1t appears that the ships funnel was
banded red. white and black. with a
white diamond. This funnel could not
be that of the Fake, as she, being a
North German Lloyd liner, would have
a yellow funnel. 1t is also thought
that the photograph might be OF a
seaman on the German warship Fake
or one taken while its owner was on
the other Fake.
The tunnels most closely resembling
that of the wreck are those of the
| American Petroleum Company, which
are banded black, red, white and black,
and the vessel certainly had a lot of
| petroleum on board. as the ocean is
| covered with it, causing hundreds of
birds to perish.
The Warren line, of Boston, is known
as the White Diamond line, and al
though the tunnels of its vessel are
black, the wreck may have been a
| chartered steamer with a white dia-
mond PAINTED over the regular signal
| to show her as a Warren liner.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
IN LONDON.
Failure in Buffers Movement to the
West Will Seal the Fate of Lady

Failure in Buffers Movement to the
West Will Seal the Fate of Lady
smith.
LONDON, January Is, 4:30 a. M
Lord Roberts enigmatical announce
ment, mo change in the situation"
does nothing to allay public anxiety, or
to explain the mystery surrounding
Gen. Buffers movements on the Tugela,
and, although there is a disposition to
regard the dispatch as disposing of Sat
urday's adverse rumors, the week has
opened In a state of suspense almost
equal to that of last week, because 1t Is
recognized that failure In Gen. Buffers
present attempt would seal the fate of
Ladysmith.
Presumably "No change in the situa-
ton" refers to previous dispatches
sent to the wal office, which have not
yet been revealed to the public. Ex-
cept the announcement of the seizure
of Potgieters Drift and the advance
Of Gen. Warren. there has been no
news from the Tugela for a week. A
ray Of hope is In the fact that the same
silence prevails from the Boer side.
Thus u may. perhaps. be fairly inferred
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
A BOER ACCOUNT
OF the Assault Upon Ladysmith on
the 9th Inst.

OF the Assault Upon Ladysmith on
the 9Th Inst.
LONDON, January ia special de-
spatch from the Hoofd Lager, at
Ladysmith, dated January 9, via Lou
renzo Marques, describing the assault
on January 6 upon Ladysmith, says:
"The British made no attempt to hold
the first line of breastworks, but made
an exceedingly stubborn resistance at
the next row. Every.inch was stub
bornly contested, and conspicuous
bravery was displayed On both sides.
AFTER ten o'clock the British artil-
lery fire ~slackened and a terrible in
dividual contest ensued among the rifle
men for the possession of Plat-Rand
Ridge. At noon a heavy thunder storm
interrupted the battle, lasting for two
hours.
Although the Burghers succeeded in
ultimately gaining possession of most
of the British positions on the western
plQC VI LlC 1 ldI -ISdnO, IuOy WCAO hAidlly
obliged to retire from most of the
ground they occupied. The British
were most strongly ~entrenched, their
redoubts being skilfully loop-holed,
and the combat was so close that rifles
were frequently fred at arms length.
II was a hand to hand encounter. The
men on both sides fought like demons,
and the horror and bewilderment of
the scene could scarcely be paralleled.
1.-THE operations were continued the
next day Sunday on a smaller scale,
but it is reported that as a result of
one of the forlorn hopes one gun and
two ammunition wagons were cap
tured.
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An interesting suit Promised.

Special to tire Register.
MARIETTA, o., January 14.-Aman-
da NJ. Brown against John T. Shelter,
is the title OF a $4,000 breach of prom
Use suit which has been filed in Com
mon Pleas Court here and which prom
Uses a sensational trial. The plaintiff.
who places such a high figure On her
injured affections, Is a handsome young
widow, and the defendant is a we'll
known and prosperous oil man. Mrs.
Brown claims that the couple were to
have been married with the advent Of
the new year, but that Notwithstanding
the fact that she a ready and the
guests invited, he failed to appear on
schedule time. and has since refused
point blank To enter into the state OF
welded bliss with her as his partner.
Her petition ascribes no reason for the
prospective groom's change Of heart.
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o 49, WHEELING. W. VA MONDAY, JANUARY 49, 1900

and are from every country in Europe
and the States. The Americans are
mostly husky young fellows from the
middle West who have served in the
Spanish war and in regular army, and
we have quite a few from Boston, New
York and Philadelphia. All these fell
lows, Irish, German and Yank, get in
to our brigade, for they feel at
home with US, under officers and men
who have followed the old flag, and they
are giving the Red Necks,' as the
Beers call them, plenty OF fun.
1T was our brigade-we had about
1,200 on the firing line that day-that
scooped in the Irish Fusileers at Dun
dee, and had the Boer contingent had
more experience in military matters
we could have got the whole of Yule's
bunch, horse, foot and wagons, for I
never saw a worse beaten, demoralized
They are mostly pushing the Scotch
and Irish regiments against us, and we
are able to take care of them. They
may have English regiments, but they
keep them back in reserve, for we hav-
emit seen them, though we are red hot
to get a crack at them.
Gen. Joubert is a foxy old chap, and
refuses to let US take any chances that
are uncertain, and he is dead against
any military grand staad tactics. He
won't allow any charges or attacks on
fortified places; he makes the British
do that business, and then he soaks
them. The consequence is that the
English lose five men killed and wound
ed where we lose only one.
"The English artillery is fairly good,
but their infantry and cavalry can't
hit a flock Of barns. We are now in
trenched around L~adysmith, with a
strong force down at the fords of the
Tugela, intrenching and waiting for
that advance of the British we are
promised; and we have lots of com
mandos chasing down through Natal
to keep the flies off the enemy"
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that Gen. Butler has not yet met a
serious check.

that Gen. Butler has not yet met a
serious check.
If the announcement Of Gen. War
ren's movement be correct, it is evident
that Gen. Buffers forces are spread
over a very wide front-perhaps TWEEN
ty-five miles-and in the event of a
sudden fall of the. river, his operations
might be full of danger 1t is believed
that Gen. Butler has no good survey
maps Of the district. This will add
to his difficulties.
Sir Charles Warren's advance prob
ably means an attempt to seize Hang
wane hill, the main post of the Beers
south of the Tugela. Upon the success
or failure of these operations depends
the whole future of the campaign. I'm
til the result is known Lord Roberts
will be unable to decide how to dis
pose of the two divisions and the re-
Inducements now arriving.
The news from other points is OF no
great importance. Boer accounts tell
of another sortie from Kimberley on
January 9th in the direction Of Kam-
fer's Dam with a brisk exchange Of
firing, but no result. A heavy deton-
alton was heard on January 9Th within
Kimberley.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Modder river, dated January 10th. gives
a rumor that Kimberley was being
bombarded.
Bastards Mex, mentioned in Lord
Roberts dispatch as the locality OF
a reconnaissance, is northwest of Coles
berg.
Doubts are beginning to be raised
whether it will be possible to get to-
gether anything like 10000 yeomanry
Only a very small percentage of the
applicants satisfy the standard of rid
ing and shooting.
A large number of officers from the
Egyptian army have just Left Cairo
for South Africa, to replace those kill
ed and wounded.