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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
DAYTON WANTS IT.

Special to the Register.
MARTINsBURG, W. Va. December g..
1t has leaked out here through the per
sonal and party friends Of Congressman
A. G. Dayton that he win be ain appli-
cant for the judgeship Of the new Federal
Judicial district in West Virginia should
the bill introduced by him I'm Congress
pass and become a Law, and that he
claims that he ought 10 have the job
because he is the father Of the scheme
creating the place There are a number
Of congressional aspirants in the district
who would doubtless be glad to give
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

The products Of Mother Earth are the
foundation for good times and the sole
source of wealth. Without Gods
bounty in the form of crops the great
producing masses have not the where
with to purchase the products of in
dustry, which then must anguish,
cause enforced idleness and poverty
and stagnation of all commerce and
trade-in other words, hard times"
The country has long enjoyed an era
of high prices and activity. Let us
hope that speculation and imitation
may not blow too big bubble. There
is an end to all things, and judging by
the Wall street gauge, the safety limit
is about reached. In stocks there has
been a prolonged bull speculation and
those who dabble in this dangerous
game should be prepared to stand from
under. There is top to every mar
ket, and it is a long way from the bot
tom.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
AN AFTER SONG.

Out of the storm and strife of it
The rude, the reckless life of it,
One song TO Thee.
A song from one who in the glare
Saw beautifully outlined there
y holy hin called Calvary.
Ii.
A song from one who knelt afar,
Beholding in heaven star
Of stars the gem
Who lost in lonely lands of Night
Was led, as by its perfect light,
Where dreamed the Babe in Bethlehem.
HI.
What gifts were Thine in that bright day
Are sweet to dream Of far away
Where strange gifts throng;
Bur mine is that Thou gaVest me
Lad at Thy f00tstool reverently-
The simple, grief-bOrn gift of song.
~.
Now, as Thy day in clamor dies,
Look pityingly from the skies
[ pom Thine own;
That, being. wounded, still forgives,
Comfort the broken hearts and lone!
Y.
Where earthly love forgot to lay
The hand of healing, on Thy day,
Speak Th2u some word
Some WORD that shall the blind restore
And bid the weary weep no more
In Silence OF Darkness heard!
vi.
Speak to the wandering souls that need
The Light of Thy great Love TO lead
To perfect day!
Where any falter on Thy sod
Lift them like broken reeds to God
Be Thou their wisdom and their wayl
VII.
Out of LIES storm and bitter strife
Be still the sweetest song of life
One song to Thee!
Until we see, DER earth's despair,
All beautifully outlined there,
A holy hill called Calvary!
Frank l.. stanton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
POVERTY.
John G. Gittin ss.

If four blank walls be mine, and every
wind
That goes careening through the vasts of
sky
Shows but a feeble flame, and the rough
floor
Has but the dust for carpet. am / poor?
Nay, l am very CroeSus! that and more!
For no sweet MeGe can rob me OF the
dreams
Wherewith I hang rapt Madonna
there
A face Murillo painted-drape rich folds
OF gold-shot damask round yon oriel,
And heap about me rugs of velvet pile
Deft- wrought upon the looms of herman
shah,
Poor Is he poor who has Gods gift of
dreams?
Clinton ScoIIard, in "New'' Lippin-
colt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
.UpRrsrNG AGAINST VICE.

Tammany and reform are not, as a
rule. considered synonymous terms yet
1t is a fact that the present spasm of
virtue in New York city and the clos
ing up of dives in the red light dis
trict by the police were inspired by
Boss Croker himself, who gave the or
der that Tammany's influence should
he exerted to that end. Result: a sud-
den and marked diminution Of the
practice of vice and crime in the metro
polls. Whatever Tammany's motives,
whether it is really sincere, or simply
DESTROYS Of heading Off the contem-
plated crusade of ministers, the fact
remains,
1t will be remembered that the
threatened crusade of ministers was to
be national in scope and in this con-
nection it is interesting to note that ST.
Louis also has been seized with a
spasm of virtue, while Chicago like
wise has simultaneously had moral
seizure.
But this is not all. The somnolent
city Of brotherly love, Philadelphia,
has awakened and "uprisen against
vice" The rest of the country had not
supposed that the Quaker City was
fast enough to have attained promin-
ence in this line, but the old city of
Penn can hold its own with the best,
or worst, of American municipalities
in the modern Sodom business. Phila-
delphia is bad-yeEy bad-in cool,
deliberate, quiet way that sUrpasses
the hurried, heated wickedness Of New
York, or the uproarious vice of Chi
eago, or the loose dayiltry of ST. Louis.
And now the law and order society
has got after wicked Philadelphia. And
80 it goes.
Whether all this is q spontaneous
uprising all along the line against vice
. OF is in the nature OF a tub thrown to
the moral whale, j. e., the contem-
plated crusade by 100000 ministers
throughout the country. it is hard to
say, and probably it doesn't matter so
long as law and order and decency
have the upper hand if only for a
breathing spell.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
The 9IoGcrn Fable of The Old Mer-
chant, tae SleItn and the

AaTs5cc5.
one Day q hsh-pr,oed Detective was
sitting IN his Lair. trying to look
Mysterious. when there came TO him
gray muzzled old Business Man who had
his Name in Gil, Letters along the
Front OF Six Numbers. He was noted
for his Probity, his Keenness and the
Fact That he never Thawed. In the
Commercial Agencies he was Rated AA
Plus Al, which meant that he had it in
Bales, and was going to Freeze on to it.
Are you in search of Plain Separ-
alton OF shall We go in for full-blown
Divorce and side-step the Alimony?"
asked the bright Superintendent OF the
Bureau, surmlsing that it must be a
Family Break-Up, because he had seen
the Name in the Scandal Department of
the Weekly Tattle-Tale.
MY Wife has lived in Europe so long
that there is no Chance of our having
any Trouble of that Sort" said the
Great Merchant 81 wish to enlist your
Services in different Kind of Case.
A Young Man who lately has come into
the World of Money desires to be adj
mitted to Partnership in our Large
Business. We are an Old and Reputable
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
NEW YEAR MEDITATIoNs.

NEW YEAR MEDIFATIONS.
For the Register.
Upon the threshold Of the year
EXpectanty we stand,
And, as old Janus did Of yOre,
O'eriCOk the year at hand,
And wonder what its joys will be
It's sorrows, pain and care.
That it will bring us pleasure great
is eer our earnest prayer
Then gazing back Ger vanished years,
To which We say goodbye,
We think of all the joys now flown
And give a longing sigh.
While wondering if future years
VIII bring 50 many joys,
We will not be so light of heart,
As happy girls ana boys
Although, perchance, some deeper joys
VIII come into our hearts;
Perhaps it may be loves sweet charm,
Which Ter sweet peace imparts.
1t may be, oh! 50 many things,
In which we may rejoice,
And anXiOusly we pray and wait
70 hear the prophets voice
To tell us whether grief or JOY,
To u.s. the year will bring,
And whether we shall weep and sigh
Or thankful praises sing.
FAREWELL farewell. OH IleetiDg year,
We never will forget
The happy days thou hast bestowed,
And we Will love thee yet.
And though reluctantly we part,
AS thou must so away,
The memory Of thy joyous hours
Within oar minds VIII STAY.
And oh, approaching New Year, please
Sweet blessings c'eT bestoW.
And let us. if it be Gods will.
No pain or sorrow know.
Martha Shepard Lippiacott.
Moorestown, n j.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
THE GOLDEN HARVEST.

The production OF over 522,OOO,000
bushels Of wheat and over 2,105, 100000
Bushels OF corn in the United States
for 1900 Is not record breaking, but is
q long was from bad showing. It is
the basis for the prosperous condition
Of the country without which our pros
perity could not stand nor exist at all.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

The guarded statements of the
cadets in the Booz case as to the char
Deter Of the dead cadet, especially
whether he was coward and a Ounce,
or not, and as regards his general
health, are fatty contradicted by the
relatives of the deceased. The West
Point code Of honor" is said to be
particularly punctilIious on the score
of truthfulness, which is highly COM
mendable in the code. But there is
evidently some tall Justification being
done BY one side OF the other in this
Investigation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

If the mysterious Pat Grove of Cud
ahy Kidnapping fame is on the ocean
bound for Liverpool he is not as sharp
a rascal as generally supposed. The
suspect who attempts escape by taking
berth for a foreign port puts himself
in trap. Nothing is easier for the
police than to spot their man among
the few steamship arrivals. Grove
might as well gazette himself as at
tempt to escape in this manner. He
would be infinitely safer in the heart
of Omaha than on the ocean.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
Sketches and Stories by John G. Git
tings, of Glarksburg, he writes:
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

Sketches and Stcrless-by Jonn u Git
tings, Of Glarksburg, he writes:
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
My Dear Sir
Engagements which have called me
away from home and many duties which
have crowded my days with work. have
caused a longer delay than l wished or
intended in the acknowledgment of your
kindness in sending me your interesting
book
Let me now thank you very sincerely
for gift so welcome.
The picture which you draw of that
great soldier and noble Christian. Stone
wall jackson, is very vivid and inspiring.
/ have derived much pleasure also from
the glimpses of the life and spirit of old
Virginia which appear throughout the
book.
1t would be a great pity. an :rreparable
loss, If the ideals which adorned that life
should ever fade away. And one of the
functions of literature is to revive them
and make them permonent
With sincere good wishes 70 you at this
Chrstmastide. and thanks for the pleas
ant words of your letter. | remain
Faithfully yours,
HENRY VAN DYKE.
Dec. %. 1900.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
HIGH APPROVAL.
DR.. Van Dykes Appreciation of a
Meh. Nirminin ANriter.


DR.. Henry Van Dyke, Of the Chair of
Literature Of Pr.aceton University has,
without doubt, nice discrimination, and
the most delicate touch. ia all matters
pertaining TO English literature. In his
comments upon the work Of West Vir-
siniaar-"Ltfe OF Stonewall Jackson;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

The demise Of the Nineteenth Cen
fury witnesses also the passing of the
train-boy on several western roads and
also on the Erie. On these lines no
more does his stentorian tones and
dusty apples and stale confections dis
tur5 travel and life is said to be qui-
eter and sweeter to the passengers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

Surely we can't complain of the
treatment of the weather clerk these
days. This line Of goods is highly ac-
ceptable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

Jimmy What time 90 yer have ter
get ter work?'
Johnny-"Oh. any time like as long
as / amt later than seven o'clock
Harper's Bazaar.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

Kentucky is publishing $4,000 CO.
pies of her new election law. Let us
hope that the people down there will
abide by it next time, leave their
shooting-irons at home election day
and comport themselves as should a
civilized community at the advent of
the twentieth Century.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

What's this? Paderewski in a duel!
Horrible thought, If one of the nu-
merous blond and fluffy hairs OF the
ethereal pianist should come to grief
we shudder in apprehension of serious
weather disturbances from the com
b;ned signs Of adoring matinee girls
that worshipped at his shrine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

And now Adjutant General Corbin,
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn and
other officials are accused of a scheme
to control the hemp industry of the
Philippines. Is there no end to the
rottenness or to the scandals growing
out of our conquests? First it was
fraud in Cuba before the war was well
over; now it's plumber in the Philip
pines. Is this a foretaste of govern
ment outside" the Constitution?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

1t was not Sam Goios daughter who
was fatally burned Friday afternoon.
A mistake was made Ia the name.
Mr.. Gold is an unmarried man. The
little girl was a daughter Of Joseph
Goldman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

We can easily believe the statement
of Miss Relyea, a missionary just re
turned from China, that the boxers
were no more cruel than the Russian
troops. When it comes to the bloody
work of war the troops of civilization
too often have little the better of the
heather. And he Russians don't
stand alone in this respect.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

The last day but one of the Nine
teenth Century,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

A large bottle in the pocket Of
Steubenville sportsmans coat saved his
life on the occasion of the accidental
discharge Of his gun. Heretofore this
has been the special role of the pocket
Bible. Is the Good Book to be super
ceded by the Large Bottle? Perish the
thought!
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30

Dayton their best support to get him out
Of their Mav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01

THE MANGLED BODY FOUND BESIDE
RAILROAD TRACK.
Nothing Found to Establish Identity
Unfortunate Man Supposed to Have
been Stealing Q Ride.

Mr.. w. n. Spices was this morning at
o'clock walking on the Washington and
Baltimore railroad near Branchville, Nd,
when hASdiscovered on the side OF the rail-
road the headlesss body of a young man,
presumably twenty-five years of age, with
his bowels partly protruding and his whole
left side horribly mutilated. It is presumed
he was stealing ride on a freight car
which was switched at Branchvlle shortly
before midnight, and when he alighted and
stepped from the car on which he was rid
Ing he stepped directly in front of the mid
night express, which was running at the
rate of sixty miles an hour the noise of one
train preventing him from hearing the
other
The express was approaching at such
rapid rate of speed that when 1t struck
him 1t completely severed his head from his
body and hurled him with violent force
against telegraph pole, fifty yards away.
His body was crushed into such mass that
1t was hardly able to realize that he was a
human being. The head has not yet been
discovered. as 1t was doubtless hurled into
the high weeds and growth of vines and
underwood which grows in the marsh along
Inc track. about seventy yards distant.
IL IS said a man was seen earlier In the
evening passing through Branchville on the
way toward Washington. He was dressed in
ilght striped pants, blue serge coat yellow
IoW-quarter shoes and new black derby
hat-a description which applies to the
BODY found. There was nothing upon the
person of the dead man by which he could
be identified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01
Army Orders.

BY direction Of the Secretary Of War, q
board Of officers to consist Of Majors Henry
S. Kilbourne, surgeon, United States army
William L. Marshall. Corps Of Engineers
Z. s. A.; Samuel r. Jones. quartermaster.
u. 8. ", and First Lieutenant George G.
Galley, has been appointed to meet at Army
building. New York city, on the 9Th Of next
month for the purpose Of preparing plans
and estimates for the location Of new build
ings roads and walks at Fort Hamilton, N.
Y. The buildings erected since 1895 will be
absorbed in the proposed plans in such a
way as to avoid the necessity of demolition
or removal to a different site.
Capt. James E. Brett, United States army,
upon his own application. has been detailed
as professor of military science and tactics
at the Nevada State University, Reno, New.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas G.
Holmes, United States army. has been re-
lieved from duty at Fort Wright, Washing
ton, and ordered to report to the command
ing officer of Companies B and M, oath
United States Infantry, at that post for
duty with those troops destined for service
in the Philippines.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Henry r. Car
ter, jr., United States army. has been re-
lieyed from duty in the department of the
Columbia and ordered to report to the COM
handing general, department of California,
for duty with troops destined for foreign
service.
Maj. David B. Wilson, 25th United States
Infantry, upon the completion of duties at
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont Is ordered to
proceed to Omaha. Neb., and report to the
commanding general. department of Mis-
souri,, for duty as acting chief commissary
of that department to relieve Capt. Bar
rington K. West, commisSary of subsist-
ence. United States army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01
CARD SYSTEM FOR PENSION ROLLS.
Improvement Introduced in Auditor
YOunEblOOd's ONCE.

Improvement Introduced in Auditor
YOunEblOOd's Office.
The annual report Of VIM. Youngblood.
auditor for the Interior Department, shows
that the work Of his office for the fiscal
year was well done. and that a creditaple
record was made. There were 2,2S5 ac-
counts or hand July 1. 1899: during the
fiscal year 20.206 were received, 90 94 were
settled, leaving 1897 on hand. Mr.. Young
blood says:
IA change was made during the year in
the method of keeping the rolls of pension
ers. Heretofore the rolls have been kept in
large roll books, in which were inscribed
the names Of all pensioners. with neces-
sary data as to rates of pensions, &C. These
roll books, however, were cumbersome, and
1t has been found impossible to keep in
them alphabetical index OF pensioners,
because Of the numerous changes in and
additions to the rolls. A card system tor
keeping the rolls has been devised and is
now being installed. On the face of small
card three by five inches the name OF
pensioner is inscribed, with all necessary
data as to the number and date of his PEN
sion certificate, the law under which he Is
pensiored. the class. rate and date of COM
mencement of his pension &c.
Each pensioner Is given an Individual
card, and the cards after being written and
compared with the record are arranged ac-
COrOlnS tO d pcT1eCl
and filed in small drawers holding 1000
each and made especially to hold them. On
the reverse side of the cards are ruled
spaces for the entry of payments to the
pensioners for twenty years. Already the
value Of the system is being attested by
the east with which pensioners name can
be found and the rapidity with which the
entries of payments can be made. The
names of and data relating to 247, 1873 in
valid pensioners were written on cards be-
tween March 5. the date when the work
was begun. and the close of the fiscal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01

Democratic Demonstration With Capt
O'FarreII AS Principal Speaker.

Democratic Demonstration With Capt.
O'Farrell Principal Speaker.
The banner of the Georgetown Bryan
Association was hung across NJ street, just
west of sd street, yesterday afternoon,
with appropriate ceremonies, attracting a
crowd of fully 1000 people. The banner,
which contains portraits Of William j. Bry-
an and Adlai Stevenson, was a gift to the
association by the democrats of George
town. the purchase price being raised by
popular subscription. The banner itself was
put in place early in the afternoon, and at
6:30 In the evening the regular program
was given.
A platform was built around the front
entrance leading to Sullivan's Hotel, and
on this were seated the speakers Of the
evening. Mr.. George Killeen. the presi-
dent of the association. presided at the
meeting, and made an address. in which he
detailed the history of the banner erection
and thanked the democrats of Georgetown
for their donation. He spoke Of the aims
and objects of the association and made a
number of telling hits which received plenty
of applause.
Capt Patrick O'Farrell, who had just re-
turned from the Grand Army encampment
at Chicago, made the address Of the even
ing, In which he spoke Of the bright out
look for democracy the coming election
He gave an account OF the political situa-
ton in Illinois. and stated that many old
soldiers would vote for the democratic
nominees this fall, having deserted the re-
publican camp. Mr.. r. A. Mattingly fol-
lowed with speech in which he dwelt
upon the combination OF trusts and the
proposed formation of an alliance with
England. contrast between Hawaii, as
colony, and Porto Rico, as an annexed
province, was presented by Mr.. Fred
Schade. Mr. William NJ. Bride was the
concluding speaker, the text of his remarks
being the deSertion of the democratic cause
by Senator Stewart, and the reasons which
caused the change.
1t was announced by President Ktlleen
that some time next week a monster mass
meeting will be held in Georgetown-an out
door affair, where the spectators will not
be obliged to stand out in the middle of
the street and blockade traffic.