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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

old time "reciprocating motion" or the
backward and forward motion in a
straight line of the piston and piston
rod, is absent, the steam acting directly
upon a motor attached to the shaft to
be rotated. The Parsons steam turbine,
or rotary engine, which has caused this
revolution in marine locomotion was
first applied to ordinary dynamics
in 1884. The Turbina was the first yes
sci to be fitted with these turbine en-
gines and excited the admiration of
the British admiralty to such an extent
that a torpedo boat destroyer was in
stantly ordered to be constructed along
the same lines, and the result was the
Viper, which far exceeded all expecta-
ton.
The Viper is somewhat shorter than
the average torpedo boat destroyer, be-
ing only 210 feet in length, with a
breadth of q feet and an extreme depth
of IL feet 9 inches. She has the custom
airy gun and torpedo armament of YES
sells of her kind and carries two dis
tinct sets of engines on each side, di-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
LIGHTNING EXPRESS or THE SEA,
THE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER.

Spurred on by the necessities of
modern warfare, naval engineering has
progressed by leaps and bounds, find
ing it's eliminating triumph in that
wonderful torpedo boat destroyer the
Viper. recently launched from an Eng
lish shipyard. On her trial trip she
made the remarkable speed of 43 miles
an hour. This speed is higher by five
or six knots than that attained by any
craft ever built and marks the Viper
as the fatsest boat af1oat. The nearest
approach to it was by . sister vessel.
the Turbina, by the same designer and
of the same type, which, when tested
three years Ago., held the then unpre-
cedented record of 40 miles an hour.
These ships are engined on the "tur-
bine principle" so called by it's in
ventor, the Hon. G. A. Parsons. The
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

Drop.
come of it except TO make his position
more solid. A day or two after the
above conversation and while he was
going around the palace with a molas-
ses grin on his face the bell jingled,
and he was called into the presence OF
his master.
"By the way, Remshen, do you re-
member our little conversation the 9TH
= sr day?' queried the Abound.
"Can a slave forget his masters
words?" asked Remshen as he lifted
his hands in protest.
1--WE been thinking. I'm a heap of a
Teller, and you know it, and | know 1t,
but there may be a man or two on the
outside who differs with us. I want to
do something big to knock EN- all out.
"Will it please thee to behead a
thousand men?"
well, yes, it would, but as it is just
about tax time we'd better leave their
heads on their shoulders until they
have paid in the sugar. | think III go
for the moon, Remshen. She'll be tull
tonight, and I'll order her to come
down to earth.
"But, o ruler, she might be damaged
in the fall" protested Remshen, begin
ming to quake with fear.
"Ill look out for that. Well spread
a feather bed for her to light Il. Just
issue a proclamation for the people 10
gather on the east side of my palace at
10 O'Clock tonight"
s.The moon, o ruler, is sometimes op-
~stinate.' suggested Remshen as he felt
a pain. .She has even been known 10
disobey mighty potentates.
sBut she'll tumble for me, or III
know the reason why! Is it not in my
title that | am owner of all the planets
above? Get along, old boy, and issue
that proclamation. When my suplects
discover that l can wallop old Luna
around at will, thereh be no more
kicking about high taxes.
C1d Remshen was boxed up n
couldn't say another word. He went
away and issued his proclamation n
then beseeched the grave of his father,
the bones of his mother and his lucky
stars to send a dark night to knock the
experiment on the head. He was 0
ing bilious when night came and the
old York state cheese arose In all her
glory. Everybody in town was our,
and the odds were five to n that the
Akound would win. At he hour named
he appeared on the steps of his palace
and lifted his hands and cried out for
the moon to take a drop. 1t was a
deed failure. He cried out again II
again, but the moon continued her
gait.
ssRemshen," said the boss of earth
when he realized that he was knocked
out dismiss the populace and come
with me-"
The populace went away with their
tongues in their cheeks, and when the
Abound had reached his library he
said:
How is this, Remshen? Why didn't
the moon come down."
20 ruler" replied the old sycophant
as his heart tunked his ribs, there is a
difference between theory and fact"
81 see. Theoretically l am owner of
the planets. Practically / an an ass.
/ ought to have got on to this, but
being SO busy it never occurred TO me.
Remshen. old boy, come GU in the
back yard with me-
20 mighty ruler, but what would
your"
I'm going to give another illustra-
ton of theory versus fact. Theoretical
ly you are my grand secretary and one
of the most eminent men in the king
dom. AS a matter of fact you are a
head shorter, and our bones will go
to enrich my gooseberry busiest"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
CHINESE BARBER AT WORK,

The Chinese barber has important
duties to perform, and If conscientious
he is Obliged to ne attentive TO busl-
ness. Having little, II any, beard, the
Chinese males, do not have TO shave the
face; but they make up for this by
shaving almost every other portion OF
the head except the spot from which
the pigtall grows.
The barber is supposed 10 trim the
eyebrows, remove all hair from the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

head except at the crown even
shave within the nostrils, 40 the one
in the illustration is doing. It Is by a
strange contrariety OF ideas that the
Chinaman prefers to have removed
what most civilized men desire 20 ie-
tain and cherishes the pigtaii, that dis
tinguishing sign Of ssrvitude 10 bis
Mantchoo conqnerors, VINO forced him
to adopt II.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
ARIZONA KICKLETS.

Copyright, 1900, by C.. B. Lewis.)
There is a scheme before the common
council to condemn our private editorial
GRAVEYARD and then buy il in for a public
park. We will wager . to l that we plant
half the aldermen there before the scheme
is put through.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

The editor of The Lone Jack Recorder
threatens to pull our nose the first time
we strike his town. We shall show up
there Sunday, and it's 5 to L that The
Recorder man makes a break for the
hills, as usual.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
Battle With a Deer In a Lake.

We would start out early of a morn
ing with the dogs-Sooner and 1.-THE old
gal"-running on ahead. We all knew
that Sooner was liable to err at times,
and our interest was never greatly
aroused until "the old gal" added her
treble TO Sooner's deeper bass. BUT this
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

rectly coupled to the screw shafts.
which are four in number, with two
propelIers on each shaft. or eight in all.
Since the Viper was sent out another
rotary engine vessel-the Cobra-has
been launched and accepted by the
British admiralty, the two being des-
tined TO form the nucleus OF a twen-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

On Tuesday evening a stranger named
Duke shot six bullets into the 5000 mirror
of the Governor saloon and poker room
and then planked down the money and
walked out. He had probably never shot
anything before.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

compel all the powers of the world to
revise their naval lists and discount
the potential performances of their
cruisers and battleships. With a feet
of swift steaming destroyers cruising
after them, capable of doubling their
speed and darling like lightning upon
the latest cruisers and torpedo boats
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
UNIQUE SQUIRREL HUNTING.

J. E. Robertson. of the Paducah (Ky.)
Daily Herald, a Democrat, and a strong
opponent Of the Goebel methods of run
ming elections In his state, is also a good
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

Some heroic critter flung a brickbat
through one of the editorial windows of
The Kicker office Wednesday night and
got away before we could get to the door
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

and bring our gun to bear. If he will call
some other evening, Wen make it pleas
ant for him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

1t gives us pleasure to announce that
Major George Harper has left town for
Utah. The major is a bore and a dead
beat, and If the folks over there ever hang
him We'll guarantee a headstone costing
at least s25.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

1t has been all of three months since our
esteemed contemporary has charged us
with plotting his assassination, and we are
beginning to wonder if he hasn't struck a
camp meeting somewhere and been made
to see the error of his ways.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

King Eatemraw-Look here. II you
don't send ny suramer SCOT dis berry
night. I'll hab you sriiied. How do you
'speet me to walk about in desc heavy
winter cio'ss In dis warm wedder. ehs--
Ally slooer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

There are people in this town who criti-
else us for riding our mule In races and
are seeking to make it a point against us
with the postmaster general. If the P. G..
is the sort of man to bounce us for win
ming a $50 race by three lengths, We are
willing to let this old postofice go to
smash.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

Mr.. George Hobson, our popular drug
gist. put up morphine for quinine the
other day and caused the death of a team
ster named Buck. We are not among
those who seem inclined to raise a fuss
about 1t. 1t was a sad mistake, of course.
but the deceased, Mr.. Buck. took his
chances when he asked for quinine and
has doubtless gone to a better world.
Yesterday we counted $50 bullets i'm
bedded inu the front door of the city hall.
These have all been fired within a month.
1t is well to have something around for a
target when a half drunken man hanke
to pull trigger, and the bullets give the
door a sort of Santiago appearance.
A subscriber writes us to ask who
In = we are supporting politically, as
he failed to solve the problem by reading
our editorial. We answer that We are
supporting Jim Hellso, which is us just
now but may take to Mckinley or Bryan
later on If there is any glory in it. After
we have been personally provided for it
will be time to help boost somebody else.
We rernnning this paper just as a man
runs a Sindstone auarry-for our W
profit. y Mint used to be so cold heart
ed, but I'd e of very thin soup cured
us.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

SdcrfnC10g, InOuSnL /, 10 openly REFUSE
the poor fellows attentions. so twas
then, with a sort of pity for The Widow.
| think. that | oegan to take her driv-
ing occasionally myself.
We had such a delightful time to-
gether, her every mood answering mine
and my soul gradually grew so like hers
in every way that | began to know |
could not 90 without her. She encour-
aged ME in liking her, and this like
blossomed into something more, until
The Widow was my life. One evening
| will always remember. The sun was
just going down in a blaze of glory as
we started for a drive, its jagged splin-
tiers answering the glints of happiness
in my heart. l turned and saw The
Golfer talking dejectedly to The Colonel,
whose gentle eyes gazed reproachfully
at me, and felt like a whipped child
as | thought how much happiness was
to be mine that this poor Golfer could
not have. But | forgot everything in
company with my lady, and the breezes
of the night came like dream scented
vapors, and the shadowy mantle of the
dusk EMBODIED us as | longed to enfold
her, and tangled me in its draperies un-
til I thought my heart would burst with
a desire to tell the Wow, the dear in
nocent little Widow, how | loved her
beyond anything eve before created.
Then just as the great round moon
arose in pale sad beauty | told her the
old old story. And then in a sort Of
unbelief / heard her answer:
"0h, my dear Mr.. Carter You pain
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01

The lower coast below New Or
leans is shipping oysters at the rate Of
5000 barrels day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
The Siege Of Peking.

The world has never known more
dramatic situation than that present.
ed by the foreign community within
the walls of Peking while cut off
from communication with their
countrymen. During these long,
doubtful weeks, the most interesting
figure in this international tragedy
was Sir Robert Hart, who for more
than twenty-five years has been as
far, as European might, the states
man guiding the affairs of the Chinese
Empire. Those familiar in any degree
with Eastern conditions hoped, after
the relief of Peking, that Sir Robert
would break his long rule OF silence
and give to the world his story of the
events which led to the closing of the
gates of the British Legation, and his
views as to the policies which should
prevail in the settlement of the difficult
questions which had arisen. On the
18th of October, the following cable
message from Sir Roberts London
representative to the Editor of The
Cosmopolitan was received: "Sir
Robert Hart has sent for November
number Fortnightly, London and
Cosmopolitan, New York, an impor-
tant article on the siege of Peking,
about fifteen thousand words, which
! will post you tomorrow The
article will appear in the December
issue.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
Burned At the Stake.

Limon, Col.-Chained to q rail.
road rail, set firmly in the grouud,
on the exact spot where his fiendish
crime was committed, Preston Porter,
Jr., or, as he was familiarly known,
John Porter, paid terrible penalty
for his deed, the murder of Susie
Frost. The girl was the eleven year
old daughter Of a ranchman living
four miles from Limon and attending
school IN toWn, driving back and
forth. On Wednesday last while on
her way home, she was waylaid,
assaulted and murdered, her body
showing no less than fourteen knife
wounds. The father of the murdered
girl touched the match to the fuel
which had been piled around the
negro and twenty minutes later last
convulslve shudder told. that life was
extinct. What agony the doomed
boy suffered while the flames shrivel-
ed up his flesh could only be guessed
from the terrible contortions Of his
face and the cries he gave from time
to time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
Must Pay For Style.

Rev. Father Thibault, who is we'll
and, pleasantly remembered by many
of our citizens as vicar to Father
Mehanlt in 1891 and 90, is now
parish priest at st Martinsyilles He
believes that people who want to put
on style should be made to pay for it.
So he has fixed tariff for marriages.
Speaking of this the Messenger says:
Rev. Father Thibault has exploded
a bomb among the young fellows who
contemplate matrimony, when he an
ouneed that hereafter there would be
three classes of marriages, the first at
forty dollars, the second at twenty
five and the third at ten dollars.
Heretofore there was but one class,
at ten dollars. Now, of course when
young fellow gets married he wants
TO play rich, and bleeds out his last
cent to show up big, he wants all the
double teams Of town, drivers dressed
in black, horses with their ears CO.
vered with white netting, and the
dust has to fly when they go full
speed in the town, but now, Of course
they will have to show up first class,
and that means an expenditure of
thirty dollars more, which is quite an
item, and it has caused great deal
of talk among those who are subject
to the forty dollars marriage tax.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01

Perhaps on the whole The best
maxim of the late Collins P. Hunting
ton was: "Don't watch the clock. !"
No matter how hard man may work
no matter how prompt and diligent
ne may be success is not fo1 him if
he make of his labor task. And the
fact that most men do make a task
of their labor is the explanation of
the vast preponderance of partiaiand
complete failures. How often is a
mans success due fully as much to
the neglect and carelessness and in
capacity of his fellow-workers as to
his own assiduity and intelligent
persistence?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
Agents w anted

We want live, active representative
in your territory at once to engage in
tive profitable business. General and
local agents wanted. Most liberal
commissions. Advancement rapid.
Good references required. Those out
of employment or wishing to better
themselves addrss, Department KY,
Cor. Perkins & Union streets, :.
,r Akron, Ohio.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
persistence?

WANTED-Active man OF good charac-
ter to deliver and collect III Louisiana
for old establishment manufacturing
wholesale house, 5000 year, SIRE pay.
Honesty more than experience eqnired
close self-addressed stamped envelope
Manufacturers, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn
Us, Chicago,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
A New Record.

A Brechner claims to have, estab-
lished a new record for deep well
construction. This week he sank,
cased, tested and turned over COM
pleted three deep wells on the farm Of
E. S. Abbott, two miles southeast Of
Welsh. Two of the wells were r.
inch and one 8-inch. -Jennings
Times.
One of the most rapid Jobs OF
threshing that the Times has heard OF
was done this week on the Mcclure
farm near Keystone. The Unkle
boys run out Ala sacks Of rice one
day. The next day, starting ~ late
as 8 a. M, they cleaned up 480
sacks.-Jennings Times.
We have received the sOlive and
Blue" a neatly printed publication
issued by the students Of the celebrat-
ed Tulane University Of New Orleans.
The paper rs well filed with appro-
pirate reading on educational matters
in general and Tulane interests in
particular.
After holding out for years to the
old practice, the New Orleans board
of trade has finally dropped into line
with the Southwest Louisiana rice
millers, and hereafter will report
sales of clean rice in pockets Of
100 pounds each.
The four-cent stamp in the new
seriessto be issued and sold next year
in commemoration OF the Pan -Ameri-
can exposition at Buffalo will have az
central picture motor vehicle, rep
resenting the latest form OF trans
portation.
Hypolite Trahan was arrested az
Abbeville last Saturday charged with
selling "watered cotton" We've
heard OF watered stock, watered corr
porations and watered whiskey but
this is the first time we have heard Of
rvatarad ,.otton.-Rayne Tribune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-12-01
s /:

DIRECTORS
/ M. LICHTENsTFIN, of H, Litchensten Son. New Or
leans.
D. NJ. LICHTENSTEIN, Of Licbensten & Son. n O.
T. M. HECHINGEI, of s. Gumble & Co, N. G.
A. KAPLAN of Crowley.
This is the best built-al brick mill IN the State
Has the latest and improved rice machinery and will
be managed by thoroughly competent and experienced rice
No charges for Storage on rice to be miled
Charges for milling and selling rice will be reasonable
Prompt and quick settlements of Account Sales will
be made.
Liberal Cash advances will be made all rough rice sent
to be milled.
IA You are cordially invited to call and see the mill
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-09-05
D=lin4 ,ent Taxes and Delin-
ouent Tax Notice

To the following named persons and
al! owners or claimants to the D~rsnrai
property and real estate, and ls,. .,n-
proven.ents thereon, or Improvements
when assessed separately, hereinafter de-
scribed. known or unknown:
Mrs : \ Siade aa.: the following de-
scribe1 property: The Va cog feet of lots
/ ! and lG, = :; ) Div. dwelling, S!o0. The
| Inf of h.; ). t;,e : 10 # elliot and II il it
! Of lot T. Ink -. = T & 5 Div. tin shop, $40
! The 10 # If lot :, and Il IT. of !ot ,, blk
/ 6. r Il P's ,,,v, adobe dwelling $500. Lots
! and 4, blk H. ; T 4 Div, dwelling, 800
! Total value SlG.j0.
, Second iu>t..lnent ia SIS o.; 10 per cent
! delinquency s. 0sl; est of adv 81; to-
tai So s
! 6 w : : via ani The following de-
: serpe,i :, ':>"rtv: TIL. lots ;, s, II and II,
! blk = Cf.~ tl.S DIV, dwelling $500; f,lrni-
ture ST.: ,>atc.,c~ ani jnwelry 500: total
value 5. ,r0 Soro';f! inSt,,,ment tax ST.;
! 10 per ca;. lcino'."n,: 81 20: cost Of adv
/ s.. To:ai so 20
Mrs !; i I.eaise anG the following de-
scribed property: l. Is and :, blk S
! Chedic's Div. d~-.;tn-. $50: the e hf OF
/ blk 8, Cned.c's D!s, tsrt,nt, SO; furniture
/ $50; piano 500; total value $3.50. Second
in >ialiment tax 81 q; 10 per cent deiin.
! quency 695 cents; cost of advertising s.
Total S. G65.
You. and each Of you, are hereby mott
fec tb { the fax ,I''~r your property ful
tie yea 1879. s-ec. M in~taiment, is
now d,ii -. u ,,ii,, soi are farther noti
fed tn! un!,.ss -. &c, are pa. "a on OF
l,efore i-,+- ,IIi:l >ontiav in July, 1850
: (towit: July 10. 1850. your property
will nc 80. a, III t'n:irt House door, ir
Carson City. Or:n>Dy .uuIty, State o
Nevada. 1T = n'ci,rk p. m. OF said day, tC
pay SAL taxes, lrc' ther with the ten 90
per cent del no nel:cy and the cost of ad
Vertisi:.. and you are further notified
that si:'-h sic v il! - subject to redemp
ton within SIX months after the date o
sale, hv par,n-rt of all said sums to
gether with three u, per cent per month
thereo" from The date of sale until paid
GEO. w. CowING,
County Treasurer aud ex Oiticio Tax
r, c.lvcr OF Or n,by County, New.
Office OF The County Recorder and
tx-Otficio Auditor of Ormsby
County, Nevada.
Carson City, June IL, 1899.
Not &c is ..c!e'y .,i:en that the f".ego
ing list contain the names of all delin
qncu' Npty"r-, 4 description Of tn
prope. uprn w,i.'n the taxes are de
iinlu -, toge,h", nth the n"unt "
taxes due upon said property, as show
by the delinquent tax list for the yea
1899, as returned 10 this office by tn
COUNTY Treasurer and ex-Officio Tax Re
ceiver of O"m>by County, State of Ne
vada, AM - Il trlr copy of said delir
quent X list now unpaid.
J. \. WALL,
Cou nty Recorder aud ex-Ot.icio Aud
ito al; Orm>hy County, State Of
Ne.aia