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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
SEEN AND HEARD
IN MANY PLACES.

Apropos of the story told you the
other day about Col Chesney's ac-
count of the fictitious Battle of
Dorking," supposed to have taken
place in 1925 and which forever end
ed British rule even in Great Britain,
a Lancaster correspondent sends
newspaper story, the author of which
is supposed to be the once inimitaDie
Max Adeler-who is better known to
his Philadelphia friends as Charles
Heber Clark, but who some years since,
for some unscrutable reason abandon
ed the merry paths of humor for the
arid desert of tariff discussions-and
which, if the narrator is not mistaken,
originally appeared in the Philadel-
phia Sunday Dispatch, more than a
quarter of century ago. He must De
witless who will not read it with keen
delight Thus writes our Lancaster
friend:
Dear Seen and Heard:
Your reference to the Battle OF
Dorking'' in "Seen and Heard" re-
minded me of a clipping which made
when a printers devil in the Office of
the Lancaster Examiner. think in
1872, and which enclose herewith.
You can perhaps make use Of it. 1t is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

ty before marriage, they suddenly house
themselves up afterwards, go out no more,
care nothing for other girls and other men,
and with thoughts on home alone, cater,
and serve, and wait upon, and worship the
man to whom they have said 81 will
That is the way with the subjects of this
sketch.
And now another beautiful Southern girl
has come up from the South. Her name
is Phyllis. She has blue eyes put in tine
smutty finger of Ireland; under those low
dark brows those eyes play furiously. Her
hair is beautifully glistening, her figure
Junoesque. Though visiting her Intense
ly domestic sister, Mrs. Gibson, and the two
babies, Miss Langhorne escapes to ride
with the Meadowbrooke Hounds, 20 go
coasting. to golf on Long Island, to attend
the great balls. to be petted and ccddled
by the AGO. New York has few such girls
The Langhorne family has long been
known in the South. OF the IF. f. VS.
First Families of Virginia-they have been
leaders. In horsewomansh:p, that sine
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

on about the same lines as the Bat
tle." Yours, etc,
]. A. E. CARPENTER.
Lancaster, Pa, January 20, 1900.
Here is the story:
The following is supposed to have
been written in 1892 by Max Adeier,
who was witness of the terrible
scenes which occurred at the time OF
which the story tells. The English
satire, THE Battle of Dorking," sup
piled the suggestion for this prophetic
tale. We do not think any one will
enjoy the ridiculous humbuggery OF
the article more than Mr.. Greeley 1t
is strong satire upon the usual style
in which Mr.. Greeley is criticised by
his fellow editors.
"You ask me to tell you, my chill
dren, of the events which Immediately
preceded the destruction of the great
American Union and the capture OF the
country by its present European rulers,
and to say something, also. of the
causes which led to these deplorable
results. I undertake the task with
heavy heart, for whenever l revert to
that terrible time l cannot help con-
trasting our proud condition up to that
fatal year with the hurniliating posi-
ton occupied now by the American
people. The story is short one. In
the fall of 1872 Horace Greeley, tae
editor of a newspaper in New York,
was elected President OF the United
States. The people voted for him be-
cause they believed him to be an hon
est man. And SO he was. But he was
also vain and weak, and he entertained
certain fanatical and preposterous no
| tions-about agricultural matters, for
| instance-which he was determined TO
! force upon the people at all hazards
and despite all opposition. He be-
| lieved, among other things, that every
man ought to go to the West to earn
his bread, and long before he was
| chosen President he used TO advise
everybody to move to that region as
cure for all the disasters which could
befail the human race. AS soon as ne
reached the Executive Mansion, which
We used to call the White House, Pres
ident Greedy organized an army of two
hundred thousand men, and proceeded
to force the entire population Of the
seaboard States westward at the point
of the bayonet- The utmost violence
was used. Those who resisted were
shot down. and their dead bodies were
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

carried off to a national factory which
the President had established for maxi
ing some kind of a fantastical fertil-
izer. All the large cities of the East
we're depopulated, and the towns were
entirely empty. The army swept be-
fore it millions OF men, women and
children, until the vast plains west OF
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

Kansas were reached, when the pursuit
ceased. and the army was drawn up In
a continuous line, with orders to shoot
any person who attempted to visit the
East. OF course, hundreds OF thous-
ands of these poor creatures perished
from starvation. This seemed to fright
en- President Greeley, and he sent a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

II is much 10 bskf-arsd tina,
is an apprenticeN hand a. prd
Poor Greeley dtsd OF . broken
cause ne was not naade Preside
But It's mighty funny all the
adelphia Tines.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
DIR Fl RsT NAVAL HERO. JOHN PAUL JONES.

as be en- discovered Paris and that his remains arr
ennar revival of popular interest IN Johh rau '
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
THE USES OF CACAO.
A Nutritious Article of Food and q
Good Fodder for AMI
mails.

Cacao is the principal element in
chocolate and various kinds of confec-
tionery. As an article of food it is very
nutritious, hcalthful and stimulating.
The "butter' Of cacao is well known in
medicine, and is used in the cure OF
skin diseases of all kinds with good
results. The shells of the seed, roast
ed and ground, are used for cocoa
drink well known in the countries of
the temperate zone, but used here only
by the poorer classes.
The pulp of the pod is used as fodder
for ANIMALS. The popularity of cacao
rapidly increases wherever it is once
introduced, and neither fluctuations in
prices nor attempts to substitute other
products, supposed to have the same or
better qualities, have affected its use
in localities where it is once well
known. The active principle of cacao
is theobroma, powerful organic
reagent.
The possibilities of tho cacao market
are vast. The consumption has not yet
begun, or at least made any Roadway,
in the Asiatic countries, among which
Japan, Persia and British India may
some day become important customers.
Chocolate is scarcely known in
Oceanica, the British colonies or la-
wall. Even Russia, Turkey and Greece
are but recently becoming familiar
with the product. As there has always
been a ready market, no special effort
has been made to extend the demand to
new countries.
While some progress has been made
in the utilization of the shell and pulp,
no attempt of importance has been
made to manufacture the product for
export, although there is plenty OF
vanilla and sugar available for the
preparation, and the profits would be
considerable. Ecuadorian cacao, being
somewhat bitter, has an advantage
over that of ether countries in assimi-
lating "A larger amount of sugar in the
manufacture of chocolate. thereby re-
ducing the cost of the product.
The consumption of cacao is increas-
ing at the rate of five or six per cent. an
nually, and inside of eight or ten years
the demand win be greater than the
supply. The attempts to introduce
cacao on n large scale in various other
tropical countries have not been at
tended with favorable results. In no
other part of the world can its cultiya-
ton be brought to the flourishing con-
dition which prevails in Ecuador,
where there is still a vast extent of
land suitable for new and productive
estates. All that is necessary are cap
ital and energy, which will be wei
coined, and which will surely come
when the railway to Quito is built, for
no line of agriculture shows such
tempting returns.-South American
InnrnnI
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
PORTO RICO'S PNEUMATIC FISH
the Young People Hasten
to Marry.

With two horns on the front of it's
head, feather on its back and de-
cidedly bovine expression of face, the
coming of the cowfish is welcomed in
Porto Rico 1t is migrating, usually
appearing in May in schools of great
er or less extent. While ii fingers on
the coast it emits a sort of "mooing"
sound, because CT which visitors often
call it a drumfish. Anyhow, it drums
up the native population, who run
to the beach to see if the schools are
large, in which case they say: There
is milk in the cocoanut"-an express
sion equivalent to the promise of q
fruitful season.
When there is this expectation of
abundance of food many of the young
people get married at once. A fam
lily can live on the fruit of the wild
banana, which is twice the size of
those exported and of coarser grain
but roasted in ashes it is not bad eat
ing. Science has yet to determine
what the coming of the cowfish has
to do with the fruitfulness of cocoa
nuts and bananas, but with its two
black horns and the music it makes,
and the little feather, which is rides
cent, as it moves through the water
it is very engaging. The preserved
specimens are stuffed with air only.
The manatee of the Caribbean sea
is sometimes called the cowfish be-
cause it comes on shore and eats
hn Oh
tinct, and is oftener found on the
coast of Cuba and keys south of Flor
ida than in Porto Rico.
1t is entirely distinct from the
Porto Rico variety, which is true
fish, running in schools, whereas the
manatee is n mammal, nursing it's
young. This latter is hunted for it's
hide, which is manufactured into
canes that look like tortoise shell.
These canes are so elastic and power
full that they are regarded as deadly
weapons, and by the Cuban laws n
fine of $50 is imposed upon anyone
who strikes another with manatee
cane. They cost from $40 to $25 each
in Havana stores. The Porto Rico
cowfish has quite n tough little hide
also, but as it is seldom caught weigh
ing more than pound or two, it has
no commercial value in Porto Rico,
where there are such variety and
abundance of fish.
The present specimen has almost
balloon-like appearance when in the
water and the mooing musical sound
it makes is supposed to be owing to
the distention and contraction of the
skin while inhaling and emitting air.
philadelphia Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
DIARY OF AN EMPRESS.
A Few Daily NOtati0ns Made by tho
DowcGer of the FIowery
Kingdom.

Monday-Wrotc to the viceroy OF
Wongho to insist upon his declaring
war with the French demons. | will
teach the bonnet women of Paris to
introduce a color that does not suit
my complexion!
Wired to the governor Of
Bang Wang Woo to attack the car.
Hear that the emperor of Russia in
augurated a council of peace. AS il
women could ever be at peace! a
direct insult to the sex.
Wednesday-Deposed my grandson
and upset for the fifth time the Chi
nese constitution.
Thursday-Ordered everything for
eign to be excluded from my dornin-
ions, with the exception of poudre
de roi.
Friday-Telephoned in all direc-
tons to proclaim war against the
world. / will let them know what it
is for an empress to be in a bad tenn
per!
Saturday-Nhy don't / order the
viceroy of Wongho to be boiled in oil,
the governor of Bang Wang Woo
to be cut into cubes and my grandson
to be converted into human mince-
meat? Why don't do all this? The
answer is simple enough. | feel that
| am too much of Chinese lady!-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
APPRAISING OLD BOOKS.
A TOilsomc Task That Book Owners
Have to Pay n Good Price
For.

"Can you tell me whether this is a
valuable book" or How much is this
book WORTH are questions often
asked at the chief second hand book
stores by persons who think they have
picked up some rare old edition, or
who think they can perhaps dispose
to advantage of some volume which
they own and believe to be priced by
collectors. If the book is obviously
worthless, their inquiries can be an
swered shortly and positively, but in
a great number of cases the informa-
ton they seek is such that no book
dealer, however well informed, can
give il correctly offhand. And just be-
cause investigation is necessary to de-
termine it, such information is worth
money. The owner of the book will
not in most instances, obtain the mar
ket quotation on his property or even
perhaps find out whether there is any
considerable value in it without pay
ing for the knowledge.
Not all dealers will or can appraise
books in this way for patrons, for the
work requires that they shall have
large facilities in the line Of catalogues
to consult, ana shall be able to spare
the time of one man for hours, days, or
perhaps weeks, to search carefully
through all thc lists. All catalogues
of auctions OF rare books which have
been held in recent years in various
parts of the world are valuable in as
sisting in such work, and the last one
examined might be the only source of
the desired statistics.
The prices charged for the work vary
greatly, as might be expected. accord
ing to the amount of time which has
to be spent. One dealer who does a
good deal of this appraising seldom I'M
dertales to look up a book for less than
two dollars, and his charges may run
from this up TO $50 in rare cases, when
the edition is a particularly hard one
to trace. The charges are not necessa-
rily based, however, upon the value of
the book, for frequently one worth
comparatively little requires just as
much labor in the search as one which
proves to be rare prize. The patron
takes the risk of this, and when it hap
pens he is obliged to pay for the work
and stand the loss.-N Y. Tribune,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
A HUMAN LIFE.

A ship that throbs along in dire distress
Till lost in oceans of forgetfulness.
A tangle of sweet flowers, whose petals
turn
To ash of unfulfillment in an urn.
A wisp of tangled threads, whose parted
ends
No deft hand joins. no endless effort mends.
A play whose tickle players merely greet
And go and leave the story incomplete.
A bud that opens brilliant at the dawn,
Filings sweet perfume moment and is
gone.
breath between cradle and bier,
The blending of a smile, a sob, a tear.
A book whose pages turn with each new
day
Till time has read the tale and cast away.
A mask worn till passing play is done,
To cloak wrath and hide skeleton.
A lie, whose ghostly semblance is concealed
Till in shroud it's untTuth lies revealed.
A thing that shapes the sod for brief day
And dies and leaves it's faithful slave mere
clay.
A story that is told ere tits begun,
A song that only whispers and is done.
A thing that chains the lightnings and that
stirs
The deep-the elements it's messengers.
Lord of the sea and sky, ruler proud
That quakes at storms and trembles at
cloud.
That comes and goes on wings unseen
a germ
That grows to fill a grave and feed worm.
James Foley, Jr., in Bismarck Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Wolverhampton (England) Con-
gregational church has eight
branches, three assistant pastors, and
GO lay preachers.
A clergyman at Milford, Pa, has
purchased for one dollar the release
of little girl from her father and
step-mother, who abused her.
The National Council of Free Evan
gelican Churches in England has Or
ganized an evangelistic mission for
the whole of England and Wales.
The Paulist Fathers in New York
have opened a clubhouse for poor
boys. 1t is furnished on scale COM
pairing favorably with the best of
clubs.
Bishop Bowman said recently that
he had been in the ministry Al years,
and during all that time he had been
too busy to take even weeks vaca-
ton.
Hamburg proposes to set up uni
versity of its own. The nucleus will
be the observatory and the scientific
laboratories and natural history col
lections already existing in the city.
The first academic course in land
scape architecture at an American col
lege will be inaugurated at Harvard
college at the beginning of the next
collegiate year. The course will cover
four years, and will include architec-
ture, landscape gardening, fine arts,
botany, agriculture and chemistry.
The casts of a section of the frieze,
two narrow groups of the keystone of
the Arch of Trajan are being placed
in the art museum of the University
of Michigan above the sections which
were mounted last year. The casts
were presented to the university by
the literary class of 1896 as me-
mortal.
There is church in a Wisconsin
town which has not had steeple
since 1862. In that year n violent
wind took the steeple off the church.
1t crashed into nearby house, and
the owner of the house asked the
courts to restrain the church people
from building another spire. His APP
plication was granted, and the order
has held for 80 years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
An Embarrassing Alternative.

A lady whose Christian name is Jane,
and whose lit;lc daughter is named aft
er her, engaged a housekeeper, who is
also named Jane.
Thinking that three James in one
household might occasion confusion,
the lady said to the newcomer, who
was tall, angular woman, with rigid
air and an uncompromising cast Of
countenance: 81 think, Jane, it will be
better for me 10 call you by your last
name IL you have no objection
'No'm; | have no objection" said
the housekeeper, standing stiilly erect,
yalise in hand.
"Call me Darling ma'am. IL you
prefer. That's my name."-Memphls
Scimitar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
Got what lie Asked For.

$50 you are looking for position?"
said the merchant to the youth with
the high collar and noisy necktie.
"What can you do?"
ooh, any old thing" replied the
young man. "Of course, / don't ex-
pect the junior partnership at the
start, but | want to be sure Of an
early rise"
VERY we'll" replied the merchant,
"I'll make you assistant ianitor. You
will rise at four o'clock every morn
ing and sweep the tloors.'-Chicago
Evening News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05

Some men will buy two or three
black derby hats n season, and these
will always look rusty and old. Other
men will not buy more than one a
year, and that will never lose its deep
and brilliant gloss. "I'll tell you why
1t is" said the best dresser in Ger
mantown the other day. at is be-
cause one man brushes his hat with
a stiff bristled whisk, and the other
rubs his softly with a woolen cloth.
The felt of a hat is such delicate
stuff that a stiff whisk applied to it
has pretty much the effect that cur
rycomb or a rake would have on n
suit of clothes. 1t wears the nap off,
in short order. A piece of woollen
cloth, rubbed over a hat with cir
cular motion that conforms to the
grain, doesn't rub off the nap at all,
but keeps it lustrous and firm and of
good color, / buy one two-an a-half
hat year, and rub it each morning
with n bit of flannel. / guarantee
that it outlasts three tivc-dollar hats
that are raked and scraped with
whisks every day."-Philadclphia Rec
ord
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05

In a certain continental hospital a
camera has been adopted to record
infinitely the action of patients in
epileptic fits and similar Affections,
and many Giving pictures" have been
taken showing the movements in
walking Of persons afflicted with To-
comotor ataXia. They are produced
slowly on the screen. so that physi-
clans are enabled to study the symp-
toms carefully. Moving pictures
have been taken in Vienna showing
operations being performed by great
surgeons.-S Science Siftipgs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
The IufnIIiblc Preliminary.

Nell-Do you know, | really think
will marry Harry. lie is good-looking.
rich, and | am rather fond OF him!
Belle didn't know you were en-
gagged.
"Oh. it's not formal yet; but he has
told me | seem different from other
girls Puck.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05
Tit-Dits for Ostriches.

A gimlet was once dcvoured by nm
ostrich in captivity and another is
said to have swallowed lighted pipe
without experiencing any apparent
discomfort or injury. Indianapolis
News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-05

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests
that many of the jokers will probably
get gay over the new grave-diggers
union.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-27
INTERESTING RELIC
Taken from Spanish War Ship
Maria Theresa.
sent to Major Burr.gs By Capt Wise OF
o.. s. Navy.

Not long since Major Burrage, recorder
OF the Maine Commandery Military
Order OF the Loyal Legion, recsived let
ter from Captain William u. Wise, In
command OF the U. s. receiving ship
franklin now stationed at Norfolk, Va,
asking II the oommandery would like to
receive q memento of the Spanish
American war in the shape Of 10 GEN.
tinfetre shell and case which was Ia ken
from the Maria Theresa. A favorable re-
Spouse being sent by Major Burrage. the
she'll was forwarded, and IL now In the
office Of the recorder for the inspection OF
the members of the commandery. The
case Is Of brass. and Is about five feet
long. while tine shell which Is attached is
over foot long, and the total weight is
something like one hundred and thirty
five pounds. 1t win be remembered that
Capt. Wise commanded the st. Paul In
the Spanish war. and his thoughtfulness
in sending the relic 60 the Maine Com
mandery. of which, by the way, he is a
member, will be much appreciated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-27
NOT MUCH COAL HERE.
Dealers would he Glad 20 See the
weather Continue Warm.

The coal dealers will be sorry to see IL
become cold within the next few days.
They have been having about all they
can do to supply the demand for coal
during the warm weather of the past few
weeks, and IL cold weather comes In the
next few days this position will be very
embarrassing one. Although since the
settlement of the coal strike the mines
have been constantly 10 operation very
little coal has come to the sea coast cities
The coal mining companies have been
rushing almost all the coal produced to
the West, as fast as they could get cars to
haul 1t, in an endeavor to supply the
Western demand before navigation on the
Great Lakes is suspended for the winter.
and before the sewers weather intsrferes
with coal delivery in the interior. The
sea coast cities have thus been kept short
of coal, ana the dealers here have not
very much on hand. OF course coal is
coming along In small quantities, but
none OF the big dealers have a large sup
ply at hand. 1t Is believed that in the
course OF a few weeks the situation will
bs much relieved.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-27
THE JACKSON DAY BANQUET.

The Maine Democratic club Will hold
Its annual meeting at Thomaston on
Tuesday, January Sth. The business
meeting will be held at 8 p. m, and at
night beginning at $50, the club VIII
be entertained by the jackson club of
Thomaston with q reception and ban
gust.
Alfred W. Levansaler will preside and
deliver an address OF welcome In behalf
OF the Democrats OF Thomaston. Fol-
lowing Is a partial list of speakers: DIR.
q. Il. Crockett OF Thomaston, member
elect of the Democratic state committee,
responding to the toast, 1.-The Knox
County Democracy"
Hon. Robert Treat Paine OF Boston,
recently Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Massachusetts. Will deliver the
principal address OF the evening, subject
to be announced later.
Col. Edward g. Plummer of Bath, re-
spending to the toast. 'Ihe Shipbuild-
ing Interests of Maine.
Miss Edith May Miller of Camden, re-
spending to the toast, Andrew Jack
son "
Hon. Cyrus Il. Davis of WatsrvilIe.
representative elsct TO the legisla ture, re-
snondlng to the toast, "The Future
Policy of the. Democratic Party of
Maine.
Other speakers have been invited, and
will be announced as their letters OF ac-
ceptanoe are recsived.