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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05

Pittsburg or Montana coal and soft
coke for family use. Phone 800.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05
The Haziett Quotations.

Inc following quotations were received
YESTERDAY by Howard Hazlett & Son, Ma
uohal Exchange Bank Building:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05
.EoR sALm.

mrs on Lambs residence at Ef 5o2a Po'"''
Ten-room frame dwelling. IN G.enidaie'
WI. exchange for dwelling In Nnee ing,
Nos 1915 and 1921 McC0iI}ch street S sonth
Chapline street
"A desirable residence and unlmpFovea
lots in Leatheryvood
No; 40l7 jacob street desiFao.e nnouSih
dwelling. very cheap. ,o4.
A number If desirahle bulIaln,g t1'"
along the line II the Elga Grove FaliIo@0
FOR RfNT- ,.o ,.,tr CT
Desirable dwsiiinr - Lsatherwood.
SIMPSON g. TATUM.
Room 4. City Bank Building. Phone 81.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05
1 BARGAIN.

49, Eighty-fve acres on Little Grave Sre sd1,;
Is acres bottom land: fye-rOomed new
house; new barn: all III splendid condiioh'
- minutes. walk from street cars
Price, So 500 on quick sale
j. {. DEVINE & 60.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
CURED HIS WIFE OF "GADDlN O.
Connecticut Husband Locked Her In q
Room for Six Weeks.

Connecticut Husband Locked Her In q
Room for Six Weeks.
Husbands in New Haven, Conn,
have a very effective method of curing
wives of the habit of "gadding
around" One man named Bates, who
was afflicted with a gadding wife, es-
sayed to cure her by locking her up in
a room. He was driven to this act
because his helpmeet was rarely home
when she was wanted, and in Nconse-
quence he seldom had a Well-cooked
meal orr a tidy house to come home to-.
Instead Of having family row he
thought he would lock her up SO that
he would know where to find her when
wanted He fitted up an iron barred
and padlocked door, and every day be-
fore leaving the house he locked his
wife in. This was done day after day.
Soon the enighbors began to miss
Mrs. Bates, and there was much spec
ulation as to the cause. When the
neighbors went to the door to call
there was no response to their raps
and the house seemed deserted. This
seemed remarkable. for there was, a
time when Mrs. Bates was seen abroad
every day. Finally the mystery was
explained. The neighborhood was
startled one. day at the sight of Mrs.
Bates leaning out of third-story win
dow Of her house shouting for help.
Soon group of neighbors gathered
and to them the woman related a start
ling story. She claimed that for six
weeks her husband had kept her lock-
ed up in the house, and under no cir
cumstanees would so much as give
her the liberty of stepping outside the
door in his absence She had stood
the treatment as long as she could and
had decided to rebel The excited
neighbors told the police the story, and
in a few minutes an officer was sent to
investigate He found the woman,s
story true The door of her room was
fastened with a huge iron bar pad
locked to the door casing. The police
sent at once for the woman's husband
and made him unlock the door and
remove the bar and paddock.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
Cbristmas Long Hgo.

Along the country roads the trees
wrung their hands in frightful agony,
and there was no sect or nobility be-
yond the reach and comfort of the
plebeian earmuff. A veil across the
nose didn't go so bad teariy in the
on the way to the turkey raf-
fie. The Christmas shooting match
was reached through banks Of ethereal
frosts, and before 10 o'clock in the
morning the snow had been swept
from the mill pond The beeches pop
ped like the ring Of a patrolman's S
mace against a metal lamp post. On
either side of Old Sol sat sun dog"
and the stalactite was a fixture be-
meath Grandfather's mustache. No
man stood in danger of losing his life
by asking his neighbor if it was cold
enough for him. for it was pleasure
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
Dri1i1f Oar .E0il One. = =.

The Japanese little folks know moth
ing of the mysterious joys Of Christ
mastide, but the name Of Hotel, a
celebrated priest who was kind to
children, signifies to the japanese boys
and girls, in a measure what Santa
Claus does to young America. Hotel
is represented with an immense sack,
gathering good things for his young
friends. He is said to have eyes in
to see around corners, thus finding out
whether the little ones are good or
naughty.
The Japanese New Year was form
erly a movable festival like that Of
the Chinese, but it is now celebrated
on date corresponding to our first
of January. This is day Of universal
rejoicing with both old and young.
The ceremony of mame-maki, bean
throwing, is a leading feature in the
preparation for this holiday. There
{ is superstition prevalent among the
Japanese that there may be evil spir-
its in the house which must be driven
out before the dawn OF the new year.
Accordingly, on the last night Of
the old year the house is swept and
cleaned and the windows and doors are
hung with ferns. Then the house ia
ther, arrayed in his very best clothes,
goes through all the rooms, the little
ones of the family, undismayed at the
thought of possible hobgoblins, skip
ping gayly after him. He has provided
himself with a quantity of dried beans
and these he throws into the corners
and recesses, crying aloud: .Oni wa
soto, fuku wa uchi.' demons depart,
good luck enter.) The young folks
join joyfully in the cry. frolicking and
laughing till the tour of the house is
completed, and the horned demons
and other evil spirits who are sup
posed to have a great aversion to
bea1is-have made their escape
through the open door.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

czKzl ever have said or done to you
that you should treat me like this?
Z have loved you all my life, just as
love you now, but there is no crime In
that, surely? BY writing and asking
you to be my wife. certainly never
meant to insult you, and yet you seem
TO think have done you some deadly
wrong to offer you what most men
consider the highest compliment they.
can pay to any woman. The idea OF
your talking of my rights here, when
your aunt is still lying in tho house,
is too cruel, too unkind. / am not an
interioper, who cheated my friend out
OF her dues: on the contrary, saved
sler from all the unpleasantness and
the expense of exposure. She never
looked upon me as you do now.
don't think, Dorothy" he ended re-
proachfully. that have deserved this
Errnm you.
Dorothy had hidden her face upon
the chimney-shelf 81 am very mis-
erabIe." she said, in choking voice.
Tim very sorry"
David Stevenson drew his own con-
cIusions from the admission; then af-
ter minute or two Of silence, he said,
+ There il one thing should like to
tell you before / go. Dorothy"
~sYes," very meekly.
ssfE is-don't think I am trying to
force myself on you when you are in
trouble, for it Is because you are alone
and in trouble that must tell you. 1t
ss chat l think now about you as al
happens, one pair Of arms will be al
ways have thought. and as believe
always shall think. And want you
to remember, Dorothy. that If ever you
feel any differently toward me than
you have done lately, you have only
to send line and say, David, want
you' Or If you choose to go away into
the world altogether, to marry, to do
anything. you know that, whatever
ways open for you one lover always
, ready to call you mistress, one man al
ways ready to lie down under your
fest That was what | came to say
to-day.
There was death. like silence.
Dorothy struggled to speak, but could
mot Then she put out her hand in a
blind sort of way toward him, and
David bent down and kissed it,
Neither of them said word more,
and after moment or so he released
her hand, and went out Of the room,
knowing as surely as if she said it in
plain words, that Dorothy Strobe had
given her heart away, and that she
would never send for him in this
world; chat it was all over, and at an
end between them forever.
So he went home to his own hand
sone, lonely house, and looked around
as condemned man may look around
the cell which is to be his while life
lasts. He was quietly and utterly
Eriserable, for until few months ago
Saorothy had been the life and main
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
fyHapTER VII Continued

CHAPTER Wit (Continued.)
~T know 1t. But then you must re-
member that she had always been ac-
cust0med to live up to her full IN
cometo keep her carriage ana pair.
her gardener and her maids. lndeea,
Miss Dimsdale never had any money
to spare, and it was in the hope OF
making more of the loose money that
she had, money that was apart from ON
her estate and her settled annuity, that
she unfortunately bought, among otn-
er things, two shares in bank whlcn
was mot safe, which, indeed, failed ana
LETT her liable for nearly as much
money as the Hall and the lands were
worth"
.sThen was my aunt a pensioner on
your bounty?" Dorothy cried, her race
all afiame at the idea.
Certainly not, with a bitter smile Lie
at the pride on the soft little face u
was not to take possession until her
death. and she had always her an an
niity; but after that loss she never
kANCu4 Ill luG Sallle SoihAciI ie.AS055
she had done before.
81 never noticed it." Dorothy put In.
perhaps not She was most anx-
: fous that you should not do SO.
.ssThen this is your house?' said
Dorothy, rising. aStay, let me speak
I will not keep you out Of your
rights. The day after she voice
trembling lis taken away, !, too. Will
go." and then she turned away, 10
hide alike her anger and her tears.
David Stevenson rose also, his face
hard and set in response to the bitter
ness OF the girls tones. his hands
trembling, and his heart as heavy as
lead. A sharp reply rose to his tongue,
nut it went no further, for all at once INC
the sight Of Dorothy's grief touched
and softened him.
Dorothy! Dorothyw he said, what
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

In those days to be plain and perpetu-
ate both the virtues and the estap-
lished wit OF the human family. By
this time OF the year the cattle had
been comfortably weathered in, the
poultry had been housed and the win
ter wood was beyond the reach OF the
trusts. The nude form OF the rabbit
lay frozen upon the woodshed. and
the spelling bee as well as the husking
fete were not to be despised. "A wool
en- comfort around the neck was bet
ter than rope, and fire crackers were
a luxury not to be scoffed at.
In those olden golden days a red
candy fish couldn't get SO near the foot
Of the Christmas stocking as to make
It's digestion difficult, while the jack
in-the-box never failed to please. That
was long before a toy railroad train
ora moving universe in miniature were
necessary to stir up the sentiments OF
the gllded urchin. 1t was not so hard
then to get up and milk half dozen
cows, carry fodder to them, feed the
rest OF the stock. and split cord OF
wood before breakfast, as it is now to
get into the bath tub, Notwithstanding
it was. bitter cold. So cold, in fact, that
every potato in the hole was frozen,
as well as the apples in the celler.
The weather forced the grease from
the pores Of, the boots, and before noon
many an ear came up magnif1ed by the
frost While it takes a facile imagina-s
3tion to realize it those were the days
before underclothes were consideredt
Indispensable. A pair Of jeans trous-
sers. properly ventilated, were good
enough, and the boy that had new
pair was the possessor of lucky NUM-
Der in the lottery OF life. ls ssa
Every bush was an etching, and
every woodland scene a phantasy OF
beauteous shapes and eolors. The deep
snow deiad the sun and held UP Q I
world Of glittering crystals to his earli-H
est courtesies. Jack Frost was a big
boss in those days Christmas came
when the patient toilers who had
tanned the forest lands sent upward
their last prayer, and found a resting
place on the sloping side Of the little
graveyard still in sight, though tears
dimmed the eyes of the old cold Christ
mas.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

IT have lost my head over all this
business he said, with grim laugh
to himself; .tand she, poor little girl
is probably worrying herself to know
whether she can afford to buy herself
black gown. 4 must send her a line
down at once. y
Dorothy therefore, in something less
than an hours time. received the fol-
lowing note:
My Dear Dorothy: / quite forgot
this morning TO mention several mat
ters of Importance just now. First, to
tell you that when everything is set
tied there will be at least a thousand
pounds for you. Your aunt has left
you everything. Therefore have sent
into Colchester for Mawson to come
out and seesyou about the funeral,
which will be, Of course, in every re-
spect as you wish to have it. May I
suggest to you that you shall carry
out Miss Dimsdale's often expressed
views on this subject plain and good
and without ostentation? With regard
to your mourning, it will be best for
you to employ your regular dress peo-
pie. I am Obliged to mention this, as,
not being of age, you cannot legally
pay for necessary bills. After next
month you will be the absolute mis-
tress of whatever the property will
realize. Always your true friend,
DAVID "
This Dorothy received soon after
four in the afternoon, just after Bar
bara had lighted the lamps in the
drawing-room and drawn the crimson
curtains closely over the windows.
There is letter, Miss Dorothy,
dear. she said, glad Of anything that
would help to break the loneliness and
monotony Of that awful day. .'and
while you read 1t I'll go and see il
your cup of tea isn't ready: you have
had nothing this day, and a cup Of
tea and a bit of hot buttered toastll
be better than nothing for YOU
Thanks, Barbara said Dorothy,
| listlessly.
| Poor child! she cried a little over
| the note, because the subject brought
back the remembrance Of her sorrow
| again but her tears did not last long;
| indeed, she had wept so violently dur
| ing most Of the day that her tears
seemed to be almost exhausted now.
| And then she put it back on the lit
tie table at her elbow. Poor David!'
she said, softly, 'it is too bad for him.
wish ! could have liked him; Auntie
wished it too. Dear Auntie! But !
can't, can't, and Auntie liked Dick
best afterward. 1t made her SO peace
ful and happy to know that ] was go
ing to. be Dicks wife--that Dick was
going to take care of me always. And
yet, poor David! Oh! wish he would
marry someone else. Elsie Caring
/ ton likes him so muchElsie always
thought David was perfect. wonder
when I am safely out Of the way and
married to Dick. whether David could
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

a miserable day yesterday she an,
swered mournfully. II sat here alone
all day crying and thinking about
Auntie, except when"
yes? When"
When David. Stevenson came to
see me-"
Dick could not help frowning a lit
tie. David Stevenson? Why did he
Gomez"
Well, because he is Auntie's execu-
tor--he sas to do everything; and OH.
Dick. everything belongs to him now
the very house is his. .
His, this house! Why, what do
you mean?'
II will tell you,' she said. "You
know; but no, Of course you don't
know. but i will tell you You see,6
Auntie had this house and all the farm.
and SO on. and also an annuity OF eight,
hundred year, which was bought for
her by very queer old aunt OF hers.
Well, David told me yesterday. that
Auntie had also what he called some
loose money, and with this she spec
ulated little. and did pretty well with
1t. dare say she was thinking of me-.
poor darling. Well, two years ago a.
bank in which she had a couple of
shares failed, and she had to pay up
a great deal more money than she had,
so she sold the Hall to David, for they
both thought then that / should end
by marrying him, and they thought
nobody would ever know anything
about it. David says, he gave her much
more than any body else would have
done, and that she was never to be
disturbed while she lived. But it is
llDavid s. now, and he says that there
will be only about a thousand pounds
for me when everything Is settled. But
| I never knew a word till yesterday"
And the fellow came and told all
this!" cried Dick. in disgust. ".Why,
.'pon my word, it isn't decent. Can't
he even let the mistress be carried out
of the house before he claims it,"
| "No, Dick, it wasn't like that"
Dorothy protested meekly, anxious to
do even David justice. But, you see,
he is executor, and nobody can do any,
thing without him. So he was
obliged to tell me that, and then I in
sisted on hearing everything else"
oh, see," somewhat modified.
Then you didn't tell him anything
about me?" 54s8
We never mentioned you, Dick. she
answered quickly. 5.=,s
He did not speak for a minute, but
sat holding one Of her hands In his.
and tugging at his mustache with the
other. Darling" he burst out at last,
'I'ye got such a lot to tell you, and a
good deal to confess to YOU, that /
don't know where to begin. But you
will hear all I've got to say-you won't
be frightened or angry, will your"
Dick she said, beginning to oftrem-
Bile, ''you are not going to throw me
| over?"
Throw you over" he repeated, half
amused. 'My dear, worship the very
ground you tread on. Throw you
over! no. more likel-' you will be the
one to do that.
Ito be continued.)
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
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spring Of his life. If he had made any
Improvement In his house. 1t had been
for Dorothy. II he had planted a
shrub or a young tree, 1t had been for
Dorothy He had bought smart lit
tie village cart, thinking that 1t was
Just what Dorothy would like to drive
herself about the lanes in-but 1t had
all been for nothing; and in that bit
ter hour Of realization he knew that
ne would live out his life alone, and
that Dorothy Strobe would never come,
except in dreams, vain, hopeless
dreams, to be the mistress of Holroyd.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

Directly opposite, and on the same
level with Wilkins apartments, were
the central Offices of the telephone
company, and as he looked across
he saw the harnessed heads Of half a
hundred or more of the hello girls.
With his own room dark he felt
justified in boldly studying the busy
picture before him. AS he looked, he
thought Of the dividends he received
regularly from the telephone stock he
owned and then reached the conclu-
sion that he was entitled to know
something of the details of the busi-
ness. And SO, forgetting his resolu-
tion to make night of it, he won
dered as to the wages paid to the
girls, and then, dreamily tapping his
I fingers against the pane, he reached
the conclusion that the world is liv-
ing altogether too fast, our impetus
4 is too great; We have no time to be
even decent toward each other; we
grind ourselves and crush others
and" J" t ss t'5 333:
The sentence was never finished,
because Wilkins walked slowly back
to his bed, and within ten minutes
was sleeping peacefully.
Early the following morning the
bachelor millionaire and cynic visited
the office of the telephone company
and was busy for nearly, an hour with
the managers and stenographer.
Then, taking a coupe, he was driven
to- the markets, the dry goods stores,
and department stores and elsewhere,
and on the morning of Christmas
every one OF the girls in the service
Of the telephone company received the
Compliments OF the Telephone Co. :"
attached to a large turkey which
rested across two large boxes, the one
being filled with groceries and the
other containing fine four-button
I coat and various smaller articles, such
as gloves, handkerchiefs and the like.
On the day following Christmas,
Wilkins entered the reading room at
the Ego club just in time to hear
one Of the members reading from the
morning paper: Among the many
benefactions Of a public character.
which were bestowed yesterday. were
liberal and useful gifts to every girl
employed by the telephone company
Strange to say that while the girls
believe the gifts were made by, the
company the manager Of the company
says this belief is incorrect and that
the company hasn't spent a cent for
such a purpose.
And among the comments made on
this item Of news was one by Wilkins,
who said, as he lighted a cigar:
That's a pretty newspaper romance
all right, but I'll bet the company
bestowed the gifts. I've got no faith
in these mysterious, unknown bene7
factors"
.s And the other members OF the club
were Of the same opinion Detroit
Free Press.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
y
A NiNiOndiR'S Christmas. !

X x x :: X x * * * \: y: * * * * * X
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

Now, my DEAR said Barbara, COM
ing in, here is a nice cup OF tea and
plate of toast. Try to eat 1t, my
dear; 1t will help you I'd bear it."
Eyes, Barbara said Dorothy, her
eyes filing with tears again.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27

be brought to think Of Elsie little.
1t would be such.a good thing for her,
and she is pretty and good, and OH
so fond of him. wonder if / We're to
give David just a little hint, just q
suspicion of hint that Elsie has al
ways liked him, If he wouldn' why,
Elsie would never know that [ had
said anything, and then if he knew
he might soon get to like her better
than me. am sure if Dick had not
cared for me as he does, and had mar
ried somebody else, would marry
David at once, and Auntie would be
glad, too, If she knew. David used
to be her favorite, and she always
liked Elsie, always
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
CHAPTER VIII.

COUPLE OF hours
passed before he
remembered that
he had ever men-
toned the subject.
Of Miss DiInsdale's.
funeral to Doro-
thy, or actually
told her in what
precise circum-
stances she had
- W #.s4s2l = ~ atifth nE&t +FEa7I II /, II
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-27
CHAPTER TX,

II = following
morning Dick sAyl-
mer made his ap-
pearance at the
Hall quite early.
How have you
been getting on,
my darling?'' he
said, when Dorothy
fairly ran into his
arms.
"Oh! it was such