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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
FRYING THE FAT.

The protected trusts having been
mulcted in a preliminary way to the
tune of six millions, it is now up to
1.-THE federal oficeholders, and the post
masters, who number about one hun
dred thousand, are being called upon
for a preliminary horizontal assess
ment of five dollars each, the amount
aggregating half a million. This call
for cash is not made in the name of the
Republican managers. Not at ALL
That will come later The hold-up is
under the pretense of party organiza-
tion,' and is made by the National and
Industrial League, headquarters in
New York City, George ]. Corey, a
close friend of Mark Hanna, President,
John Van Wormer Treasurer, and B.
F. Cronkrite Secretary.
This is only the first call for funds
There will be others later on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
LESSON AND A NAMING.

The city debt of Chicago is s32,6SS,-
699.0S. 1t Is a debt which will never
be paid. The constitutional limit is
five per cent, or s17,259, S20.95. The
taxable value of The city is only $685.
l96,419, and the lawful debt limit is
thus nearly doubled The debt
is really about 915 per cent. The
city's credit is gone, while there is
burden upon the taxpayers greater
than can be borne. New York and Pitts
burg are in about equally bad shape.
Their public debts can never be paid,
and yet the tendency is to go still
further into debt. The inevitable re-
suit will be bankruptcy and repudia-
ton. 1t is good policy for cities, as
for individuals, to liquidate indebted
ness, even If improvements" have to
be postponed. A man in a ragged
suit and square with the world is
richer than he who owes for the dress
coat he wears.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
George Philip Blessing Dead.

Special to the Register
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June Ii
Mr.. George Philip Blessing died at his
home in this city yesterday evening Of
neuralgia of the heart at the age of
76. Mr.. Blessing was an estimable and
we'll known citizen. He was born in
Frederick county, Maryland, and re-
moved to this city fifty-three years ago,
wnen he embarked in the dry goods
and notion business. Afterwards he
went into the hardware business, and
after accommodating quite a fortune re-
tired. He was for years member OF
the Reformed Church, and was identi-
fed with various business enterprises.
He Is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Minerva Homrich, of this city,
and two sisters. Miss Lydia Blessing
and Mrs. Mary Peters, of townsville,
Md. The funeral will take place to-
morrow
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
BELLAIRE.
budget of News From Our Belmont
County NeiEhbor.

A force of men yesterday were at work
taking up the old wooden water main on
Central avenue and replacing it with a
new iron main. which the water board
hopes TO soon be able to have all over
the city. This old main was laid in 1s73.
and when taken out yesterday showed
but little decay. although in service
twenty-seven years. This is certainly a
remarkable record and shows how long
wood will remain in good condition after
receiving coat Of paint. The wooden
main was made of the best pine The
new main will likely give much better
service than the old.
Conductor Green. Of the c. s. p, Is OF
duty on account OF sickness
A large band Of gypsies arrived in the
city yesterday and went into camp south
OF the city. The aggregations amounted
TO about sixteen wagons, with the usual
number Of dogs. which always add much
to the dignity Of such people.
James H Patterson, Of ST. CIairsville,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
The Arrogance of Imperialism.

Atlanta Journal
President Mckinley recently nominated
for the United States judgship a man in
Buffalo named Hazel, who is said to be
conspicuously unfit both by character
and attachments for that high office.
The nomination is condemned severely by
many New York newspapers. Republican
and independent, as well as Democratic
And now arises the oracular Depew to
illuminate against all who criticize this
appointment. He declares that they are
committing the objectionable sin of lin
sulting the President" If the President
wants this man Hazel, a notorious bench
man of Tom Plat, to be a federal judge,
nobody must object, nobody can object
without being guilty of insulting the
President" The imperialists are consist
ent even in this assertion of their AFRO
gance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
RecklessIy ExtravaEant.

Savannah, Ca, News
1t will not be possible for the Repub-
licans in the Presidential campaign to
pretend that there has been economy ex-
ercised by the Mckinley administration.
AS a matter of fact, outside of the debt
created for purposes of the Spanish
American war, the Mckinley administra-
ton has cost about 1854, 100000 year more
than either the Harrison or the Cleveland
administrations. Such reckless extrava-
gance in the use of the public money
should be sufficient to condemn the ad-
ministration and the Republican party.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

Even the Quakers are abandoning
old and hallowed customs, and conform
ing to the spirit of change now per-
sading the world as never before. The
Convention Of the two sects of Friends,
lust held in New York. has resulted in
determination to abandon the dis
tinctive garb for both men and wo-
men, and also to drop the use of thee"
and thou"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

age OF thirty, has led some WRITER'S to
speculate as to what his literary career
would have been had he lived to,a ripper
age. 1t is an old conjecture, and a
fruitless one. What might Mozart
have done had he lived beyond thirty
five, or Byron if beyond thsrty-six, or
Caesar. or Chatterton, or Keats, or
Beethoven, or Alexander, if they had
not died? 1t is idle to speculate upon
W hat might have been.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12


From All Parts of the Country Gath
cred In Cleyeland-An Independent
Convention.
CLEVELAND, o., June n.-Tele-
phone men from every section of the
country arrived here to-day to attend
the fourth annual convention of the In
dependent Telephone Association of the
United States of America 1t is esti
mated that one thousand delegates and
visitors, representing forty States. have
already arrived. To-day was largely
devoted to preliminary meetings and,
the inspection of the electrical exhibits
installed by leading telephone and
switchboard manufacturers in the
electric building on Prospect street.
The first session of the convention
will be held tomorrow morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Tried and Found Wanting.

Detroit Journal.
1t is the dead of night. That is not an
other story, understand.
With straining ears the woman listens
She hears her husband enter the house
and walk swiftly through the parlor
"Ah. me'r' she signs He has knock
ed nothing over. The room is not yet ar
tistically furnished"
She cries softly 10 herself awhile. and
then resolves upon the morrow to buy
few additional loads of bric-a-brac and
try anew
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
JUDGE HOLT AT HOME.

A Hearty Reception rendered the
Democratic Candidate for Cover
nor Upon His Return to Hunting
ton.
Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. June IL
Judge Holt returned home this morn
ing at 7:15 and was given a rousing re-
ception by the citizens, irrespective of
party. Fifteen hundred people with
lie Second Regiment band gathered at
the depot and escorted Mr.. Holt to the
Florentine Hotel, where the crowd had
swelled to twenty-five hundred people.
At the hotel Mr.. Holt made an address
from his carriage touching the issues OF
the coming campaign, and was cheered
many times to the echo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

on account of Cuba, and the resulting
complications, as the administration
puts it, will be $4S2, 562, 033 on the Both
day of this month. The estimated cost
for the next fiscal year is $131 PAT, 155,
OF total at the end of the next fiscal
year of $613, 809,238 And about quar-
ater of this is directly chargeable to the
. Philippine assininity. It's a stiff
price.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Finances bothered Him.

Special to the Register
ELIZABETH, w. Va, June IL
Charles Hackle, a prominent farmer
of this county, committed suicide by
hanging himself Sunday afternoon He
had been respondent over financial OBJ
legations. When farm hand went to
the stable last night he found the body
of Mr.. Hackle hanging by a rope from
the rafterS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
An Incendiary's work.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON. W. Va, June IL
The general store of Wat S. Oxley, at
st. Adams, was destroyed by fire early
this morning. 1t is thought to have
been the work of an incendiary. The
stock and building were valued at s10,-
600, parity covered by insurance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Four Criminals sentenced.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, June IL
In the Criminal Court to-day four
prisoners got an aggregate of thirteen
years in the penitentiary: James Nay,
three years for horse stealing; James
Lee, three years for grand larceny;
Guy Hollinger, three years for unlaw-
full cutting, and VIM. Richie, four
years for burglary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Broke the State Record.
Special m the Register.

Special m tho Register.
BUCKHANNON, w Va, June IL
w. H. Sanford, student, broke the
State record in the 100 yard dash at
the field day exercises of the West Vir-
ginia Conference Seminary. Sanford's
time was :1015.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Half Rates to Chicago, Ill. Via Bal
timore g. Ohio Railroad.

On June 18th and 9th the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company will sell ex-
eursion tickets from all local stations
to Chicago, H., at rate of one fare for
the round trip, account National Pro-
hibition Convention. Tickets will be
good for return until July 4, 1900.
For further information, call on or
address T. C. Burke. passenger ana
ticket agent, Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

SPECIAL 70 tNe ReEIster
BUCKHANNON, w. Va, June IL
Hoff. Howell, of this county. was ia
tally hurt in the cavern of a coal mine
in Barbour. Howell had been in the
employ of the company but two hours.
He was taken to a hospital at Cum
berland, Md, where he is still uncon-
SciOuS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Kings Dnuchters' Convention.

Special to the Register
PARKERSBURG. w. Va. June H.
The State convention of the Kings
Daugters viii be held here this week.
Mrs. ]. H. Littell, of Wheeling, the
State Secretary, will preside.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

Chicago Journal
Everything being relative in this world
old Bill Tweed is beginning TO appear re-
spectacle when compared with some of
his successors in New York politics.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

Our present government appears to
be one of the people for the benefit of
the trusts. And ''the people" are the
Republican machine managers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

Wonder if the allied troops now in
Pekin will have any of the rich pill
lage enjoyed there by the French and
English in the summer of 1860?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Oil Market.

OIL CITY, Pa. June n.-Credit ball
ances, SIPS; certificates. no bids. Ship
ments. three days 1884 bbls average,
So, 515 bbls Runs. three days, 1852 bbls
average, 1888 bbls.
NEW YORK, June n.-Standard oil
stock 5441545
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
Republican National Convention
philadelphia, June 10th.

For the accommodation of delegates
and others to the convention, a sleep
ing car will be attached to train No. 4,
leaving Wheeling at p. M, Saturday,
June 10th. For space in this sleeper,
apply to T. G. BURKE,
Passenger and Ticket Agent B. & o.
r. R., Wheeling, w. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

If you are of a speculative turn of
mind go little shy of the boom in
wheat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
DIED.

KELLY-On Monday, June 18th, 1900 at
4:20 o'clock p. M, Mary Rose, daughter of
Thomas NJ and Elizabeth I. Kelly, aged
/ year. months and days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12

Greene County Turtle Soup this even
ing at John Corcoran's saloon, 1853
Sixteenth street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
HOW TO REMIT.

Send all remittances by Registered
Letter, Exprens Order, Cheek or
Postal Note. Patrons ruin a risk
of losing remfttances sent ira nny
other way. All amounts for $500
or less can be tent by postal order
Cor three cents. Address
THE REGISTER,
Wheeling, w. Wa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-12
AGENTS WANTED.

WANTED-Agents to handle our line Of
inst9llment goods highest commissions
paid. payable every Saturday. reference
required. c. f. ADAMS Il co, No $50
Market street. juliet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

At a pretty calendar party given recently
by a young woman to her college friends
each of the girls wore a costume repre-
sentIng one of the twelve months Of the
years, says a writer in the New York Trib-
une.
January was attired in combination silk
and wool gown trimmed with white fur,
and from her left arm, suspended by a rib
bon, hung pair of small silver skates.
February's costume was of sheer stuff
dotted here and there with pink paper
hearts. March wore a gown of the palest
green, embroidered in crocus design. April
was respondent in a soft green and wore
a testers cap and carried his bells. May
wore a gown Of profusely POWERED or
candle and carried a small Maypole, with
floating ribbons. Around her head was .
circlet OF flowers. June's dress was Powered
with roses and she carried a huge bunch in
her hand. The national colors were con-
spicuous in July's costume and tiny flags
decorated her coiffure. August wore yellow
and white, and carried a tiny sheaf of
wheat September's gown was decorated
with a design of grapes. October's was
covered with autumn leaves. November
was brown edged with tiny bands of white
fur, and DEFENDERS was red, with silver
bells. She wore in her hair holly and mistle-
toe.
a small monthly calendar was passed
among the men, and each tore off slip
and took to dinner the girl representing
the month that had fallen to him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

The rudeness OF many young men at So
cial gatherings, and their disregard OF the
courtesy due their hostesses, is often a
subject OF remark. The following incident
bearing on the matter is related by the
New York Evening Sun:
There's a girl here want you TO meet
said a hostess TO man at her ball the
other evening. Let me take you to her
now and present you" "Oh-er-after this
next dance" said the man. I'm engaged
Tor Il. but as soon as it's over I'll be
around" The next dance passed, but the
man failed to turn up. Later In the even
ing the hostess by accident met him again.
"Oh, / want you to meet a GIRL" she said.
s'Cone with me now and be presented"
come then, L promise you" mo, you
won't either" said the hostess, turning on
him suddenly, you'll put on your coat and
hat and you'll go home right away, never
10 enter my house again. Do you under
stand2'
The above incident. which actually hap
pened, every word of tiff the man won't
vOuch for its accuracy, the hostess will
occasioned a deal of comment among those
who witnessed it. Some thought the hos
tess did just right; others thought her too
hard upon the chap. MY sympathies are
always with the man in such cases." said
a woman. Heaven knows he has a hard
enough time at a ball without his hostess
taking umbrage at what he may have been
forced TO do and making il that much
harder for him. The worst thing that can
befall girl at a dance is lack of part
ners. and in these new women days, when
the spirit of radicalism has pervaded even
society, the lack of partners is no longer
such a calamity. Many girls now prefer
10 dance stag at a cotillon and take out
what partners they choose when required.
II is more independent they say. But
there's no such respite, nor relief for men.
They, poor things, are obliged TO have part
ola t,Aa
gets the partners he wants. There are the
women who have entertained him, and
there are the women whom he should like
10 entertain him, and there are the daugh-
tiers OF his mothers dear old friends, and
there are the friends OF his sisters and
the sisters Of the men he wants to dance
with his own sisters. Last, but not least,
there is his hostess, who regards all dane
ing men as simply so many pieces of
mechanism, to be wound up and distributed
as she wills among her dancing young
women / tell you, man has hard time
Of II at q ball. Would this hostess, who
dismissed the man so summarily, have
liked IL better had he done she wished,
but by so doing been guilty of unpardon-
able rudeness to whoever of her guests he
was engaged to for the next dance? A
wallflowers misery is merely negative;
has had touch of positive misery" mot
a bit of il" retorted a man. 81 know men
and their ability to take care of them
selves, even in the perils of the may
dance That chap with his threadbare ex-
cuse OF a next dance simply wanted to
get out of meeting more girls. His hostess
served him Just right"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
Club Notes.

The Fortnightly Literary Club will cele-
brate its fifteenth anniversary March Is.
The Bezique Clubs seventh dance will
be given at Brenneke's Academy Tuesday
evening.
The Inter Nos Club will meet with Mrs.
Lynn Hopkins, 1903 Olive street, Wednes-
day afternoon.
The Priscilla Club will meet Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. C. w. Tinsley. on
East South street.
The Friday Afternoon Club will be en-
tertained by Mrs. Woodward, 2204 Central
avenue, instead of by Mrs. Rice.
The Liberal Arts Club will meet with
Mrs. 7. Z. Somerville Thursday afternoon
at her home, 1895 Fletcher avenue.
The Quo Vadis Club was entertained
Thursday afternoon at cards by Mrs.
Leonard S. Sargent. 24l0 North Meridian
street.
Next Tuesday night will be guests night
at the Century Club. Miss Elizabeth Dye
will read a story, and Mr.. V. II. Lock-
wood will present a paper. Subject: 1.-The
Elements That All Religions Have in Com
mon."
The anniversary of the Monday After
noon Club will be celebrated tomorrow
evening at the Propylaeum: Or. Quayle will
make an address on Robert Burns, and Ida
Gray Scott will sing two groups of Scotch
ballads.
John Fox, jr, the author of :The Ken
tuckians," will address the Contemporary
Club Wednesday evening. The reception
committee is composed of Mr.. and Mrs.
John L. Griffiths, Mrs. Spruance. Miss
Shipp and Mr.. Booth Harrington.
The S. E. C.'s Club will meet Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Alexander Isgrigg,
1919 North Illinois street. This Is club
newly formed among the women of ILL
nois street Miss Mary Bedecker and Miss
Bertha Hammerly will assist Mrs. 1sgrigg
in dispensing hospitality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

Lawrence vinnedge. Mrs. F. G. Kline. Mrs.
John Grfhey, Mrs. J. II. Woodruff. Mrs.
Homer Pierce and Misses Carrie Fisher.
Maude Moore, Sallie Chandler and Sada
Jones, Of Columbus
Miss May Eaton entertained a number OF
young people at her home North Capt.
toll avenue Friday evening. The rooms
were decorated In flags and palms and the
national colors- The ices were in flag form
and the favors were small hatchets, tied
with red. white and blue ribbons. Miss
Eaton was assisted in entertaining by Miss
Franklin, Miss Cochrane and Miss Richard
son. Miss Hattie Schad presided at the
punch bowl
Mr.. Charles Beard, of Oxford, England,
who lectured last Tuesday evening before
the Century Club, will lecture next Thurs
day before the University Of Indianapolis.
AT the chapel exercises in the morning he
Will speak of undergraduate Life at Ok
ford" and the literary classes in the after
noon will hear him on principles of Lit Lit;
lecture before the faculty on 1.-The New
School of Historians
The colonial party at the Tabernacle
Church Friday evening was brilliant
function. The decorations were in palms.
plants and the national colors. The receiv-
ing women were in dark, heavy silks and
satins with white neckerchiefs and caps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles =. Ford were Gen.
eral and Mrs. Martha Washington. Mrs.
j. Cumming Smith was charming in de-
mure gray costume of a colonial Quakeress.
The silverware used on the tables were
pieces OF rare old workmanship and some
OF the silver trays were heirlooms.
Mrs. William z. Stevenson gave a large
reception yesterday afternoon in honor
of Mrs. Charles Figg of Chicago The
front drawing room was in palms and
Easter lilies, the south parlor in pink roses
and carnations, the music room in yell
low and the dining room in pink. The
punch bowl in the hall was in front of a
background of palms and plants. Miss Edith
Griffith, Miss Sue Chambers, Miss Edna
Shramp, Miss Lucille Perrin and Miss
Stevenson served the punch. In the din
ing room were Miss Nell Mcintosh, Miss
Edna Shramp, Miss Maud Henderson and
Miss Sadie Mcintosh. The assisting ladies
were Mrs. George w. Bliss, Mrs. Harry b.
Smith Mrs. Andrew L. Locksmith, Mrs.
Dwight c. Blizzard, Mrs. Thaddeus Hous-
ton, Mrs Andrew Mcintosh, Mrs. David
b. Hill, Mrs. John w. Cooper, Mrs. Henry
Stevenson, Mrs. Scion L. Goode and Mrs.
David Goode.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
Phyllis.

In powdered wig and silken hose,
Young COrydOn as sutton kneels
To offer Phyllis fair the
That in It's tender tint reveals
The color of his beating heart
Which Cupid shivered with q dart.
But Phyllis coyly hesitates:
she may-she can't-she won't-she will,
The while her patient lover waits.
With all his heart a-beating still,
For doubt itself suggests a chance
OF waking up the rare romance.
His face H. fair: his eyes are blue;
He kneels a suppliant at her feet:
And surely must his heart be true,
Thus with a smile serene and sweet,
She gently takes the proffered rose
And ends his hopes and fears and woes
Then Corydon pursues his suit
With tender touch and facile phrase,
While Phyllis for the moment mute,
With eyes cast down before his gaze,
Lists to the tale OF love lifelong.
To echo the immortal song.
How often Vatican limned the pair.
And Won the praise OF many pensi
But disillusfon's in the air.
Yet Phyllis in her rich brocade
Is Phyllis still-in tailor-made.
Be sure we love her just the same
AS In the days OF yore. when we
Were won't to play the wooing game
In buckled shoon, on Bonded knee.
The heart that loves IS still heart
The Sketch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
Helps Over
the hill.
Got lots of
Brain Work?
Use
Grape-Nuts.

Il find Grape-Nuts very helpful to man
troubled with the cares and worrirlent Of
business" says Louis Fink. jr., OF SO South
Fourth street. Philadelphia
AT the time 1 commenced using the
food / was very weak from want OF prop
erly selected food. The help I received
from the powerful food elements In
orape-Nuts was indeed wonderful. have
come 10 use the food regularly and do not
think breakfast complete without it,
II suggest you to mention In your adver-
tisenents that Grape-Nuts are nothing like
Oatmeal, for many OF my friends express
themselves as weary OF the mushes and
such will find delightful change I'm taste
and results by using Urape-Nuts.
There's a reason why this food gives one
the feeling OF new vitality and yigor. Ac-
tual use proves the proposition.
All gFoc<fs sell Grape-Nuts- and the
pure-food factories OF the Postum Cereal
Co. Ltd. at Battle Greek. Mich. produce
them