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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-19

Special TO the Register.
LITTLET0N, W. Va, August 49,
I. D. Morgan. OF Grant district. wetzel
county. was to-day nominated for State
Senator By acciamatjou-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-19

The balance OF the lots remaining
unsold of the ]. Berger estate, Island
will be offered for sale. on Saturday,
September 1st, at the Court House, By
Mrs. e. Hunter. Administrative.
Is. -. %. 2s. ~. 20. a.
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Low Rates to the Mountain Chan.
tauqua.

Commencing July Both and continu-
ing until August Both inclusive. the 3.
& O. will sell excursion tickets to Mt.
Lake Park, Md, and return at the low
rate of one fare for the round trip.
Tickets good returning until August
31st inclusive.
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Hay Fever.

We can cite you number of cures
we have made in cases of Hay Fever,
but not one failure. Tri-State Osteo-
pathic Institute, Tenth and Main SITS.
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TIL. CAMP MEETING
YESTERDAY WAS THE THIRD DAY
AND THE EXERCISES WE'RE
VERY INTERESTING.
NOTED SPEAKERS PRESENT.

The Cottages Are Nearly All occu-
pied and the Hotel is Well Filled.
Election of Officers of the wom-
ans Camp Ground Association.
Sermon by MIR. Graham-The Pro-
gramme for the First sunday.
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NHEEL|NG'S OPPORTUNITY.
A CHANCE FOR THE BOARD OF
TRADE TO SPEEDILY AC-
C0MPLISH RESULTS.
THE GAS BELT OF INDIANA

Ia Filled with Factsries Which Are
Face to Face With the Problem of
Expensive Fuel, Says q Glass
Manufacturer-Owne Could Be
Induced to Come Here-The Sue
cess of the New Movement.
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/ THE STEENR()D: BR|D|IE.
AN APPARENT MISREPRESENTATION
OVER AWARDING THE
CONTRACT.
BIDS OR ESTIMATES ASKED

Two Months Ago-1he Riverside
Bridge Company and Members of
the Board Do Not Agree In Their
Answer-The Contract Has Not Yet
Been Awarded-The Jail Improve
ment SquabbIe.
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wheeling Park this afternoon
Concert and songs by Charles Zu-
Iauf. Evening Band Concert.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
OLD POWDER HOUSE.
A Revolutionary Relic of More
Than Ordinary Interest.
Originally the Quaint Structure Was
Windmill. But in 17f7 1t Was
Converted Into Ware
house for War Stores.

Samuel Adams Drake says in one of
the most remarkable object to be
seen in the vicinity of Boston is the
old powder house standing on a little
eminence on the road to Arlington.
1t is certainly one of the most curious
and antique ruins in New England,
and it has long been an object of
great interest to the antiquar an.
1t is certain that the old powder
house was originally erected for a
windmill. That it was a well-built
structure of solid masonry is evi-
denced by the fact that it shows lit
tie sign of crumbling to the ground,
and it is Likely to be standing where
it is when all of those who may read
this are no more.
The old mill was built, it is sup
posed, in 1903 by a settler named John
Mallet. It's walls are fully two feet
in thickness, and while the rough
outer wall is of stone the inner wall
is of brick. In its original state the
old mill had three lofts about six feet
apart, supported by heavy hewn tim
bers. 1t is about 30 feet high, with a
diameter of about Is feet at the base.
In the year 1747 the mill was trans
ferred by the builders heirs to the
province of the Massachusetts Bay,
in New England, and it was never
used as a windmill after that time,
but it became instead a powder maga-
zine for the storing of powder belong
ing to the province.
In September, 1774, when the old
mill contained 25O half barrels of pow
der, it was raided by Gen. Gage and
emptied of its precious store. When
the news of this seizure was circu-
lated it created the most intense ex-
The Republican., 1900-12-27

much for me, and | sat down on a chair
in the hall to regain my equilibrium.
In the few minutes l rested there 1
must have dozed for the next thing of
which was conscious was succession
of blood-curdling feminine screams
from somewhere in the upper regions.
Then | realized that something terrible
was taking place, but, lacking both wit
and strength to mount the stairs and
offer assistance, l left the chair in the
hall and stepped into the parlor and
stood there wondering vaguely what
would happen next. l had been stand
ing there only a few seconds when a
mans figure stole softly down the
stairway and out at the front door. 1
understood, in a dull way, that ought
to try to stop the man, but my limbs
and tongue were paralyzed, and 1 re-
mained an inert. lifeless lump, think
ing and hearing nothing but the wild
shrieks of the woman above.
"In the meantime other inmates of
the house were out. Donley, on the
fourth floor, happened to have in his
trunk weapon that he had brought
down from the country only a few
weeks before. 1t was an old army re-
volver of AS caliber and foot and
half long. He was about to fire when
he remembered that as a man and
Christian he ought to give even bur-
glar chance for his life, and he leaned
over the balustrade and asked: Who
are your
II heard his words distinctly and re-
allied that he was speaking to me, but
for the life of me couldn't reply. Pres
emily he said again: who are you?'
really tried to speak then, but no sound
escaped my lips.
"'Pll give you one more chance
said Donley. If you don't answer me
this time I'll blow you into the middle
of Kingdom Come as quick as wink.
Who are you?
''What l suffered in those few mo-
ments no mortal can tell. understood
that my time had come if didn't tell
my name, but 1 was so thoroughly
drunk that the enunciation of even one
~ li@plC was an uClCI llllpOSSlDlllly MY
legs were more pliable than my tongue
however, and as Donley fired they gave
way beneath me and / sank to the floor
just in time to escape the budget of
ammunition stored away in the capa-
cious revolver. heard the bullet crash
into the big mirror behind me, and
then found my voice.
"'Don't shoot again!' cried. 1T is
l, Donald Websteri'
81 was sick for two weeks after that.
When | recovered they threatened to
arrest me as an accomplice of the mys-
terious burglar; but as Miss Chapman
and Elsie and the diamonds had disap-
peared there was nobody to push the
suit, except the landlady, and she con-
siderately agreed to let me off if l
would pay for the mirror which Donley
had shot into smithereens. / gladly
paid with the determination never to
pay for another under like circum-
stances. And that resolution have re-
ligiously adhered to, for had enough
of jamboree that night to last me q
lifetime. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.
The Ascribing of Food Properties to
1t Considered n Grave Scien-
tific Error.

The well-known Viennese clinician,
Prof. Max Kassowitz, asserts that the
dogma concerning the nourishing and
strengthening character of alcohol is
one of the fatal errors of science. He
holds the view that the majority of
physicians take up an inconsistent
position with regard to the use of
alcohol, for the reason that while they
are well aware of it's dangerous and
poisonous qualities, they nevertheless
contribute to making permanent the
false ideas concerning the value and
effects of alcohol which are so gener-
ally disseminated. Kassowitz explains
these Inconsistencies on the ground
that the teaching which considers al
cohol food, because it is burned in
the organism, has held its ground in
spite of many disregarded newer in
Vestigations which have shown it's in
defensibility. He is, therefore, of the
opinion that the assumption ascrib-
Ing food properties to alcohol based
OH simple theoretical consideration is
a grave scientific error the removal
of which is the most important pre-
iiminary condition to an effectual
battle against alcoholism.
DR.. Hermann Blocher, of Basle,
Switzerland, comments upon Prof
Kassowitz' utterances, and discusses
the matter from the standpoint of
physiological experiment. He refers
to the Investigations of Miura, which
indicate that alcohol belongs to the
same group of substances as glycerin,
Tactic acid, butyric acid, and so forth,
which are, indeed, burned in the ami
NAL body, but which, nevertheless,
are not fit, even to the smallest ex-
tent, to take the place of. necessary
food in the preservation of the body
Miura found that the addition of al
cohol to the food before it's being
taken not only causes no diminution
of the nitrogen output, but does not
prevent the loss of body MATERIAL
Medical Record.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
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THE CIGARETTE PLAGUE.
why the Little Roll of Paper and To.
baccO Is So DemOraIizing
and Deadly.

Cigarette smoking was almost un-
known in this country before the
centennial exposition, in 1876 when it
was made familiar to American eyes
by exhibitors and visitors to the ex-
position from France, Italy and coun-
tries farther east. With the spontane-
GUS and pernicious activity of most
vicious habits, the practice of cigar
cite smoking took cot, and developed
in this country with marvellous rapid
ity, and within the last IL or Is years,
especially, has reached the proper
tions of veritable plague, which is
rapidly burning out the constitutions
of the American people.
The idea has been widely propagat-
ed that the cigarette contains so lit
tie tobacco and such pure tobacco
that its effects cannot be extremely
harmful, and that it may be used
with impunity when the pipe, the
cigar, or the quid would almost GER
tainly induce disease. A recent de-
fender of the cigarette maintains
that it is harmless because the to-
bacco of which cigarettes are gener-
ally made contains only one and one
half per cent. of nicotine, while the
tobacco used in the strongest cigars
shows a proportion of nicotine
amounting to eight per cent, or five
times as much.
This argument is wholly delusive
The cigarette is the most injurious
form of tobacco not because of the
amount of nicotine it contains, but
because of the enormous quantity
which it introduces into the body.
Nicotine does no one any harm so
long as it remains in the cigar or the
pipe or the cigarette; but when it is
introduced into the blood and circu-
lated through the system its mis-
chievous work begins. The user of
the pipe and the cigar smoker receive
into the system but a small proper
tion of the nicotine contained in the
original tobacco. In the use of the
cigarette the conditions are such that
probably almost the entire amount of
nicotine contained in the wrapper is
Rbsorbed.-Good Health.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
SWORD AND REVOLVER.

Mexico. An officer in battle is always
expected to carry his sword in one
hand, and if his horse is at all frac-
tious or hard to guide he has very lit
tie opportunity to defend himself with
his pistol, and there has been in
stances when if a revolver was within
easy reach an officer could have saved
his life instead of watching an enemy
i'm his gun and fire before the doomed
man could reach the pistol. The ad-
vantage of this combination weapon
will therefore be easily understood, as
the officer could easily swing the point
of the sword toward the enemy in a
shorter time than gun could be
raised and fired. The arrangement of
the two weapons is such that the
trigger of the revolver can be easily
manipulated while the hand is closed
over the sword grip.-Cincinnati Com
merc;al Tribune.
The Republican., 1900-12-27

element and several thousand of the
inhabitants of Boston and other
towns assembled on the common at
Cambridge to give expression to their
resentment of this act. This is said
to have been the first time that the
provincials had assembled in arms for
the avowed purpose of opposing the
kings forces. Thus it was that the
old mill contained some of the pow
der used in the war of the revolution.
1t is certain that Washington visited
the old mill more than once, and it
holds an honored place in the history
of the war of the revolution.
One of the stories told in connec-
tion with the old mill, says the De-
troit Free Press, is that of an Acadian
peasant girl who was among the girls
of this class who were separated from
their homes and parceled out among
the different towns by the cruel and
unjust policy of their conquerors.
This girls name was Claudine. Dis
guising herself in boys clothing she
ran away from cruel master. Reach.
ing the home of Mallet, the miller, at
nightfall she asked permission to stay
all night and begged to be allowed to
sleep in the mill. This permission
was granted, and the disguised r'~.
sleep on the grain bags she found
there. In the dead of night her mas
ter arrived in pursuit of her. Arous.
ing the miller, the pursuer demanded
that the mill be opened and the girl
given up to him. The frightened run.
away was aroused from her sleep by
the voice of her master commanding
her to descend. When she refused to
come down the enraged man, whose
name was Richard Wynne, climbed
the ladder to bring her down by
force. When her pursuer had reached
her hiding place the girl tried tc
escape down the ladder. The man
sprang after her, stumbled and fell
headlong through the opening at the
head of the ladder. He caught at a
rope in his descent, and clung to il
needless of the miller's wild cry fol-
him to let go or he would soon be a
dead man. The mans weight on the
rope had set the mill in motion, the
great arms began to revolve, the man
was caught in the machinery, and be.
fore the mill could be stopped and
the victim rescued he was injured be.
yond recovery, and he died in a few
hours. So runs the tale, which is said
to be entirely true, and other tales
of other days might be told by the
old mill if it could but speak of all
that silent past Of which it has been
a part.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
1t Sounded AwfuI-

A temperance lecturer was preach
ing on his favorite theme. ''Now,
boys, when l ask you question you
must not be afraid to speak up and
answer me. When you look around
and see all those fine houses, farms
and cattle, do you ever think who
owns them all now? Your fathers
own them, do they not?"
"Yes, SIR" shouted a hundred
voices.
"Where will your fathers be in 20
years?'
Dead" shouted the boys.
That's right. And who will own
this property then?"
''Us boys" shouted the urchins.
fright. Now tell me, did you ever
in going along the street notice the
drunkards lounging around the pub
lie house door waiting for some one
to treat them?"
"Yes, sir; lots of them
swell, where will they be in 20
years from now?"
"Dead," exclaimed the boys.
"And who will be the drunkards
then?"
''Us boys"
Everybody was thunderstruck. II
sounded awfully! 1t was awful, but
II was trus.-National Advocate.
The Republican., 1900-12-27

accidents, a safety anchorage has been
invented by George c. Stanley, of
Portsmouth, Va Says Marine Engin-
eering in brief account of this de-
vice:
ut consists of cable counter
weight, buoy and anchor. In its oper-
alton, as wind or wave moves the YES
sci from the charted position, the
cable and counterweight are lifted;
the weight of cable and counter
weight is then suspended from the
vessel to the buoy. AS the strain in
creases the buoy is submerged and
forms an elastic loop of the cable with
continuous strain throughout the
movement. This allows the vessel to
gradually recede with the wave, and
as the tension is increased on the
cable the vessel comes through the
wave in an easy manner and presses
forward to buffet the next wave with
out any sudden stress being placed up
on its tastenings. The forces called
The Republican., 1900-12-27
Thrive Well on Vegetables.

Peasants of Russia live mainly upon
thin vegetable soup, sauer kraut, rye
bread and oil. The Scotch highlander,
whose courage and hardihood are pro-
verbal, seldom touches meat. living
mainly upon oatmeal, vegetables and
buttermilk. Among the most active
and vital people of the world are the
Irish peasants, whose diet consists al
most entirely of potatoes and butter
milk The farmers of Corsica live all
winter upon dried fruit, mainly dates
and polenta (chestnuD meal. During
the middle ages the Moors used to pro-
vision their fortified cities with chest
nuts and olive oil.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
THE ART OF BREATHING.
But Few People Understand the Es-
sential Principles of the Phil
OsOphy of Respiration.

ut may seem strange enough" said
doctor the other day, but really
over 80 per cent. of the population do
not know how to breathe. Nature kind
ly enough adapts herself to imperfect
methods of respiration, as she adapts
herself to the unnatural quantities of
tea, coffee or alcohol a man floods his
system with during his lifetime, but all
the same she does. not approve. Why,
one of the first things an actor or Il
singer has to do is to begin to learn
how to breathe before they can learn
how to produce the voice properly. The
first point is to fill the lungs. Very
few people take the trouble to do that.
AS a rule they distend them until the
lungs are about three-quarters full,
and then stop, leaving the base of the
lungs unemployed, and naturally ready
for any mischief, like most idle things
or persons.
"If people would only take the
trouble to breathe properly, consump-
tion would no longer be heard of. Why
is exercise so beneficial? Simply be-
cause in running, rowing or cycling
people are obliged to fill their lungs
to their utmost capacity to breathe
in short, as nature meant them to
breathe. 1 have frequently recon-
mended those whose business will not
permit of any outdoor exercise to prac-
tice breathing for an hour in the morn
ing and at night; exercise is not a ne
cessity-breathing properly is. How
to go about it: Watch an infant on it's
back if you want to see breathing done
as it ought to be; or if you have got
out of the habit of proper respiration,
one of the first points to remember in
learning to breathe is to keep your
shoulders down; they are inclined to
go up long before the lungs are filled.
Another part is to get control over
your lungs; fill slowly, lying on your
back if possible and feeling them fill; :;
then empty them at will-sometimes
quickly sometimes slowly. Unless the
mind has control of the muscles which
distend and empty the lungs. then it
1T is no use trying to breathe. An
hours practice daily will do you more
good than all the gymnasiums in the
world. Yet, breathing is undoubtedly
lost art, and, if we are to remain a
healthy nation, it must be recovered" "
Boston Transcript.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
RETURN OF VESSEL FROM WAVE.

into play by this anchorage are OPP
posed to one anchor-the buoyancy of
the float and the gravity of cable and
counterweight. This method, the in
ventor believes, makes an elastic and
safe anchorage, and allows the vessel
to be moored with short cable in a
heavy sea, with the counterweight and
buoy almost under the forefoot. The
present method of anchorage requires
a very heavy cable with many fathoms
played out to relieve it from the sud-
den shock produced by each succeed
ing wave. Fig. shows the light ves-
sci upon the crest of wave. with the
greatest stress upon its cable and an
chor, and the counterweight lifted
from the bottom and buoy partly sub
merged. Fig. ? shows the return of
the vessel from the receding wave and
its readiness for the next wave on ac-
count of the elastic tension placed on
the cable by the float rising on the
wave
The Republican., 1900-12-27
SHOT AT FOR A BURGLAR.
Experience of the Reformed Inebri-
ate That SObered Him
for Life.

"If l should ever appear on the plat
form as temperance lecturer" said
the man with the red mustache, 81
could preach my most effective sermon
on text derived from my own expert
ence. You wouldn't think, to look at
me now. that | had ever been a tippler,
but | have been, and it was the incident
that turned my appetite away from
the seductive bowl that | should
work up as the strong point of my lee
ture.
Il was quite young fellow then,
and | was living in a boarding house,
and four of the boarders | have special
cause for remembering. These four
were man named Donley, who occu-
pied a room on the fourth floor; a Miss
Chapman and her maid, Elsie, who had
a suite on the third floor. and a young
dentist named Maverick, who had the
rooms directly beneath Miss Chap
mans. Although she lived in the house
six months, the only thing any of US
knew about Miss Chapman was that
she had magnificent diamonds.
"One night in those days l got in
about two a. M, more befuddled than
usual. l stood on the steps while fun
bling with the door key, which I was
unable to fit into the lock, and while
thus engaged a man hurried up the
steps and addressed me.
'Hello!' he said. How fortunate I
am to find somebody else coming in at
this time-and somebody with a key,
too. l went out without mine, and I
feared 1 should have to awaken every
body by ringing the bell
"Stupefied as 1 was, I didn't notice
the mans appearance. Understanding
him to say something about the key,
I unquestionably took him for board
er, and when the door finally yielded
to my great endeavors l made no pro-
test against his entering the house. He
pushed in close behind me and went di-
rectly up the stairs. As for me, the eff
fort of unlocking the door had been too
The Republican., 1900-12-27
Sodium from Sea Weeds,

A method of obtaining sodium from
seaweed and saving numerous by
products has been patented in Nor.
way by Prof. Willie. The sodium is
extracted through the aid of acids
aud it is claimed that the quantity
yielded is greater than is secured
through the burning process, which
wastes much. From the offal can be
obtained a'cheap substitute for Ice
land moss for use in making so-calleG
size paint. Other products are:
finish for use in cloth mills and as q
glue for paper; kind of leather fol
binding books; a coating for making
sheeting into a kind of oilcloth; &
pulp that, mixed with silex, forms 1
good insulator Tor piping, and mate
rial for soapmakers.
The Republican., 1900-12-27
PLANTS LIKE MUSIC.
New York Musician Advances the
Theory That Flowers Are Sem
sitiVe to DiscOrds.

Prof, Hans Teitgen, musician of
New York, advances the novel theory
that plants love music. He says:
Il have come to see clearly that
plants love music as well as sunshine,
that they grow more luXuriant in a
studio where there is music and that
the tender buds break more quickly
into beautiful blossoms than they do
in silence or in discord of sounds" In
answer to the question on what he
based his theory, the professor said:
Il believe in the first place that Dar-
win was right. All flesh is grass. The
animal creations came up through the
vegetable kingdom. We are descended
in our turn from some rare and beau
tiful Towering plant. We all have
nerves.
Gas the animals grow more and more
perfect they have finer nervous sys-
TENS. Mankind is growing in this way
all the time, and even the lower an
imals have nerves. Who, then, shall
say with authority that sope of the
higher plants do not possess them?
There is the sensitive plant. 1t is not
very far, it seems to me, from low ami
NAL life. A Boston musician l know
says that when he plays harmonies his
sensitive plant opens and stretches
abroad, drinking in the music like sur
shine. But the minute he strikes a dis
cord the plant trembles and closes.
Harmonious vibrations of the air thrill
through and through the fibers of
plants, stirring the sluggish juices in
the same way that they stir the blood
of the animal to greater and nobler i'm
Dulses"
The Republican., 1900-12-27
ANCHOR FOR LIGHTSHIPS.
a New Safety Device Whose Intro<
ductiOn Is Advocated by Many
Marine Engineers.

The difficulty in keeping lightship
on her station in stormy weather and
the danger to navigation when she is
shifted are recognized by all seafar-
ing men. Buoys, also, often drift away
from their stations. and so deceive the
ally to the parting of the cable of
light vessel or buoy in heavy sea or
to the lifting of their anchors from
the bottom as they ride, moving the
vessel or buoy little by little far from
its original location. To prevent such