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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
LOCAL "cATERwAuL.,

Commenting upon a telegram from
this city, published in the New York
Sun, wherein the fact that even in the
chief city of the State hundreds of vot-
ers couldn't mark their ballots prop
erly, and thus lost their votes, the
Washington Post fires a hot shot into
a certain political camp when it says,
anent the suggestion to abolish the
Australian ballot and return to the old
time party ticket:
Why, certainly! Abolish the Aus
tralian ballot law by all means. 1t is
already evident that neither the Demo-
cratic nor the Republican leaders of
the South want an election law which
will prevent them from utilizing the
poor whites, the sand-hillers, crackers,
&c, whom they handle with as much
precision and ease as the carpet-baggers
in the Seventies used to handle the
benighted negro The Australian bal
lot, honestly administered, assures at
least an intelligent, though not always
pure vote; it constitutes a long step
in the direction of integrity in politics;
DuL II WUu L uO IOI WCSI FIISluld, we
fear, if this Wheeling caterwaul is to
taken seriously.
The Register will remark, as it has
before, that our resident and lawful
voters have very little trouble with the
Australian ballot, although there is
some reason to complain of the made
quate booth facilities. Probably not
one-quarter Of one per cent of>the legal
voters OF Ohio county are incapable Of
an intelligent expression of opinion at
the polls. The trouble comes from the
horde of illegal voters run in upon us
at the last two national campaigns.
AT the last election sixty-nine votes
were thrown out on the Island alone,
although that locality probably
contains as high an average of in
telligence as any in the city-Clay dis
trict for example, On the face of the
vote cast one voter in every twenty on
the Island didn't know how to vote.
No one will believe that for one mo-
ment, any more than he will believe
that there are five hundred men in Ohio
county so lacking in intelligence that
they cannot vote as they wish. What
is needed in West Virginia is not a
modification of the ballot law so much
as a means of preventing colonization,
with its manifold attendant evils
smallpox, for example.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

From Robert Orange"
She told herself that she was deepIv
anxious about his soul but in a crowd
she watched for his broad shoulders
and his handsome face
Those who can be disilluaioned have
no convictions. Disillusion is the fail
ure OF a half-bellef
They managed an appearance OF in
tamacy by discussing with great free
dom the private affairs of their friends.
The very book in which the vanity
OF all things is most insisted on has
lived itself nearly three thousand
years.
She is not clever enough TO feel
bored; she is too we'll brought up to
be fascinating, too handsome to insist
on homage.
| find a great campaign Is being
waged everywhere against the soul. II
is universal movement--the only
things considered now are the pocket
and the liver.
1t is an anecdote 10 be told in the
Boccaccio gracefully. with
humor, with much indulgence-other-
wise it might be the sort OF story they
tell in hell.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

1.-THE negative that Philip was particu-
Harry interested.
He carried it with him when he
called upon Gertrude the following
evening. The Brewers were orthodox
people and he feared to try his plan
on Sunday. Gertrude fell in with II
as delightfully."- as innocently and ran
upstairs TO her own little dark room
to develop the plate Immediately.
Philip had explained that he thought
she would understand the new expert
ment he wanted TO share with her
most clearly if she herself developed
the negative. His heart gave a wild
jump when Benjamin announced that
he wanted to watch the development
also. But once more Gertrude came
to the rescue nobly, although quite I'M
conscious of any need for so doing.
mo, Bonnie, you can't, she told
him, shutting the darkroom door
with gentle decision; you make me
too nervous when l let you come In.
I'll tell you all about the experiment
afterward.'
Philip really doubted that she would
keep her word, but he said nothing.
1t 06eQeu all his oell-COutlOt anu pa
thence to talk commonplaces calmly
with Mrs. Brewer until Gertrude re-
turned.
The girl, meanwhile. had received
startling shock.
"Metol-hydrol / suggest as a deyel-
oper," Philip had told her as she ran
up stairs with the plate holder con-
tanning the experimental negative,
and this agent she had accordingly pre-
pared. She rocked the little tray back
and forth for two or three minutes.
then exposed it to the rays of the red
lamp Black and white values" are
also reversed upon Photographic neg
alive so the message which stared up
at her was outlined in cleaning white
letters upon an ebony background
And this was the message:
'My dearest Girl: Will you marry
me? Philip Maintenon."
The girl grew white and pink as she
read it. Then she laughed merrily and
sat down to consider. Ten minutes
later she went down 70 the parlor and
explained that she had broken the
precious negative Whether by acct
dent or design she did not say.
Philip colored hotly, and Mrs. Brew
er. plying his fancied disappointment
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
THE CHiPMUSK.

lie makes a highway Of the old stone
Or on the fallen tree-brown as a leaf
Fall stripes with russet-gambols down
the dense
Green twilight Of the woods We see not
he comes. nor whlther-'us time too
He goes: quaint courier Of some Ell or fay.
Some fairy steed-that haunts our child
A goblin glimpse. from woodland way to
what harlequin mood Of nature MED
with happiness and brimmed his body
Such young activity as breezes know,
or waters dancing on the rocks below.
or warmth that packs the trees with
Yet made him. TOO. a thing that doth
In darksness-nke a gnorne. a moonlight
Iairing his lsbyrinths Of the under night.
Here BY this rock. beneath this moss.
Leads TO his home. the den wherein he
sleeps.
Lulied By near noises Of cautious mole
Tunneling his mine-iike some ungainly
or BY the ceaseiess cricket there that
keeps
Tuning above him its rnonotonous lutte;
Or slower sounds Of grass that creeps
and creeps,
And trees unrolling mighty root on root
Such is the music Of his sleeping hours.
Day hath another. It's melody
He trips 10. made by the assembled now-
ers,
And hight and fragrance laughing through
And ripensss busy with the acorn tree.
Such strains. perhaps. as allied with muts
amaze
The silent music Of earth's ecstacy-
The safyrss soul the faun of classic days.
--Madison cawein In Harper's MagaxiuA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

has been to nerve the Filipinos to a
still more desperate struggle. with It's
inevitable demand for more troops,
more money and more bloodshed, and
these demands the people must meet
while sleek and well groomed Office hold
ers, from President down, work
out the policies which bring anguish to
the humble home, extort from the tax
payer the dollars he needs for himself
and family, and prostitute to base ends
that true but now discredited declara-
ton that all men were created free and
equal and endowed with certain I'M
alienable rights.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

and if it's really love between them
the waiting will do no harm"
After a time. however, Philip became
so deadly tired of waiting that he gave
up the idea of going out west and de-
cided TO change his tactics entirely
He had promised to write or speak no
word of love to Gertrude. certainly, but
proposing had never been mentioned
Surely it was possible to make pro-
posal of marriage without uttering
love-sick speeches, Yes, he would GER
tainly propose, and that as soon as the
opportunity offered.
But the opportunity was long in COM
ing. Mrs Brewer had a nose for
news" which would have made the for
tune of a metropolitan newspaper re-
porter. and while she did not exactly
suspect Philip of endeayoring to break
ms compact, so she gave her husband
TO understand. still she meant him to
have no temptation of that order. The
bones of her opposition were too nicely
clothed in the flesh of conventional
courtesy for Philip or any other man
to discover them. but he stroye against
them in vain Never a moment alone
with Gertrude could he find or obtain.
EVEN W LtH AuES upO44 RAlCtC6k al
ing expeditions together-6oth being
enthusiastic Photographic amateurs
they were invariably accompanied by
Gertrude's brother Benjamin, spoiled
youth OF fourteen. his mothers darling
and also badly afflicted with the pic
ture taking craze. And yet it was
through a Photographic process that
Philip finally carried out his will in
regard to his inamorata and circum-
vented her mothers care.
The bright idea occurred to him
one Sunday afternoon, as he worked
over his newest lens. and he lost no
time in trying it. Carefully printing
a certain legend upon transparent
white paper. he pinned the paper up
against the window pane and went
over it again, more boldly and on the
wrong side. with charcoal crayon-
Then he attached the paper. still wrong
side outwards, to the wall and photo
graphed the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This
be did because characters Of this kind
photographed in the ordinary manner.
are always reversed upon the negative.
II is only in the printing that matters
become straigh again. and It was in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
THE NEWPORT BANK CASE.

The surprising thing about the New
port, KY, Bank defalcation, and one
which savors even more of criminal
ity than the stealing of Assistant
Cashier Frank N. Brown. is contained
in the public statements of the Dr.
rectors and officers of the bank that
they positively knew that it wasn't
All during last week, and even as late
as Saturday morning, these custodians
of the money of depositors published
over their own signatures a false and
misleading declaration, knowing it to
be false. They did this in the hope of
husning up the affair. of controverting
the rumors afoat, of holding public
confidence, and of inducing people to
continue to keep and add to cash in
an institution which had been robbed
OF its entire capital stock, its surplus
and the value Of its real estate besides,
and 1t was only because newspaper
with determination TO tell the truth,
published the actual facts upon Sun
day morning that Bank Examiner
Tucker who must have known the
situation for some time before. as
sumed charge of the bank ON the Sab
bath and posted notice that no bust
ness would be transacted the follow
ing day.
1t is one OF the most astonishing
cases of attempted deception on record.
That the assistant cashier should have
stolen money is not so very surpris-
ing; that the bank examiner didnx
examine is not astonishing in the light
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

Tomorrow the ninth annual session
OF the National Irrigation Cogress will
assemble in Chicago, while the Ma
ticnal Good Roads, Good Streets and
Improvement Association convened
yesterday. These two bodies are en-
gagged in a most important work. The
motto of the Irrigation Congress, Save
the forests and store the floods" con-
cisely indicates the purpose of the or
ganization.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
A PHOTOGRAPHIC PROPOSAL
BY Ethel Colson.

~ AAA.ACA SOASOAs
copyrighted. 1900. Daily Story Publishing
Company
Old Mr.. Brewer believed himself TO
be acting in a manner most broad and
liberal-minded indeed when he told
young Philip Maintenon that he might
call on his daughter Gertrude as often
as he liked provided he spoke or wrote
no word of love to the young woman.
This embargo was to last until Ger
truAe, who had just passed her eigh-
teenth birthday, was twenty and Philip
correSpondingly older The young
man accepted its conditions unwilling
ly but with a moderate degree of cheer
fulness in the beginning; he smarted
under them considerably as they be-
came more familiar.
1t was delightful to see Gertrude as
often as he liked, certainly, especially
after the long weeks in which he had
wondered how much longer he would
be a welcome visitor at the Brewer
mansion, but he soon found that the
permission to see her often meant far
less than it had appeared to do at first
sight. He was not the only young man
who saw her frequently. TO begin with
Gertrude was pretty girl bright and
popular in the bargain; Philip began
to live in chronic state of fear lest
some other fellow wise enough to
speak to the girl first and then the
father afterward, should step in ahead
of him. The girl herself did not seem,
to his excited fancy, to take nearly so
much interest in his attentions as she
had done heretofore. Sometimes he
was on the point of throwing up the
whole thing for year or two and 60
ing west All of which was precisely
what Mrs. Brewer had counted upon
when she had consulted her husband
to make terms.
Gertrude is both headstrong and i'm
questionable, my dear" she had said
when Mr.. Brewer had spoken of for
bidding Philip the house for the time
being, land if you do that she will i'm
mediately fancy herself deeply in love
with him. whether she is or not. Mere
" tell Philip that she rs altogethr too
young and too incompletely educated,
as yet, to think OF such things, and that
he must not dream of telling her that
he loves her-or thinks that he does
for some time. Ten chances to one
they'll both tire of the fancy shortly,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

A number of big Chicago business
concerns have set aside fund from
which employees in need can borrow.
Heretofore these people, often in press
ing need of few dollars, have been
compelled to resort to the money shark
or the pawnbroker. The innovation
appears to have considerable merit.
The man on a salary is sometimes in
financial distress, and his opportunities
for short accommodation are very
small.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

The State of Iowa is in whole lot of
trouble as a result Of the late election.
The people ratified at the polls Con-
stitutional amendment extending by
one year the terms of officials elected
on November 9Th. At least that was
the intention. But the law was so
badly drawn that the plain interpreta-
ton of it is to extend for one year the
terms of those holding Office on No
vember 9th. There are thus rival
claimants for about two thousand State,
county and township offices, and there
will be no end Of litigation, for those
in Office will naturally wish to hold on
for another year, while those claiming
to be elected want what's coming to
tnem
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
sPRAGUE BISHOP DEAD.

Special to the Register
MARTINSBURG. w. Va, November
1s.-Mr. Sprague Bishop. one of Mar
tinsburg's most prominent business
men, died at his home here this even,
ing at the age OF twenty-eight years,
of typhoid fever.
Since the death of his father. the late
John w. Bishop young Mr.. Bishop has
carried on the large milling, whole
sale grocery and general jobbing bust
ness at the old stand established and
carried on for many years by his father.
His death is esteemed great loss to the
community. He is survived by wife
and one child
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
OF THE HAYES FACTION.

PITTSBURG. Pa, November Ia
1t was announced officially to-day that
Simon Burns, president of the Window
Glass Workers Association. l.. A. 500
was elected general master workman
of the Hayes faction of the X. OF l.. at
its recent general assembly held in
Birmingham, Ala. he other officers
chosen are:
General Worthy Foreman-Leslie
Mcconnell, of Alabama.
General y-Treasurer--John
". Hayes.
Executive Board-Thomas O'Reilly,
New York; l.. d. Chamberlain. Pueblo.
Colo, and Isaac II. Sanderson, Toron-
to, Canada.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

Judge Atkinson, of Port Huron,
Mich, has given new judicial inter-
probation of drunkenness. Recently a
man was brought before him charged
with that offense. The court discharg-
ed him, and laid down the maxim that
no man is really drunk until he is I'M
conscious. Here is renewed hope for
the boozer AS long as any one bibu-
lousy inclined has wit enough left to
open an umbrella or go in out of the
rain he is immune from punishment in
Judge Atkinsons bailiwick.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

OF recent events; that the officers Of
the bank were lax in their duties is
a matter which has ceased to excite
anything more than languid comment
but that these officers should en-
deavor, even to the extent of news
paper publications, to conceal the true
state Of affairs, is step in advanced
rascality which will impress the pub
lie very decidedly. Assistant Cashier
Brown, if caught, ought to be punished.
but the greater punishment should be
melted out to the men whose careless
ness first made his stealing possible,
and who subsequently made false state
ments and signed their names to them.
Whoever weighs the two crimes will
find the bank officers guilty of the
greater wrong, and theirs should be
the greater punishment.
Here is. false statement Of the
bank directors, published last Friday
morning:
Newport, KY, Nov. Is.
Eve, the undersigned, directors OF
the German National Bank, desire to
correct an unfounded runor that Mr..
F. M. Brown, bookkeeper of the above
bank, is short in his accounts. We
desire to state that we have had his
books examined and find the same
absolutely and positively correct.
HENRY WEIDNER,
J. NJ. SOUTHGATE,
E. C. REMME,
ZURICH BAUER,
j. P. WECKMAN,
THOMAS FOSTER,
JOHN FREIS,
M. WINSTEL,
LOUIS X. MARTY"
What can be adequately said of that
sort of thing?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

The navy department is about
ready to let contracts for fourteen new
war ships, several of $4,000 tons bur-
den and others of $4,000 tons. This
work will keep the shipbuild1ng yards
busy for the next three years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

over the lost negative, took Gertrude
gently to task.
Il don't see how you could be so
careless, my daughter" she remon-
strated. Nobody knows how much
trouble Mr.. Maintenon may have taken
to secure the negative you have de-
stroyed. Can't you make it up to him
in some way"
81 don't know, Mamsie," answered
Gertrude, smiling and blushing ador-
ably as she turned her face away from
her mother and toward Philip. Il
don't know. l shouldn't care TO repeat
the experiment myself. even If ! knew
how to do so, which do not. But we
might possibly present him with some
other work of art, II you think best.
Suppose we try"
A sudden thought made her cheeks
burn yet more brilliantly. and she took
from the mantle small plaster figure
of the conventionaHzed Chicago and
offered it to Philip. And-whether by
accident or design, again, It would be
difficult to say-her small forefinger
pointed to the inscription: Il Will"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
SMALLPOX AT CLARKsBURG.

One case of the Disease In That City.
stores Marrow Escape FROM
Fire.
Special to the Register
HARRISBURG, w. Va, November
19.-One case of smallpox has broken
out in Clarksburg at Frank Smiths. 1 ne
name of the patient is ]. w. Deison. The
house is quarantined
This morning the store OF W. P. HOl-
den narrowly escaped destruction by
fire, caused by natural gas explosion.
The fire was extinguished after half an
hours hard work.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
we read that when the America

We read that when the American
troops left Tien Tsin the commission
ed officers were allowed to take a few
relics" Doubtless, and 1t may be in
ferred that good many of the non
commissioned officers and privates also
brought away souvenirs. There1l be
many a piece of Chinese personal prop
erty in America before many days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune
Il was the first time Miss Pertie
Goodwin had ever seen the inside Of a
sculptor's studio.
She noted his clay-stained blouse
and soiled hands and glanced briefly
at the figure of horse he was model
ling.
~Gracious." she said to the friends
who was showing her about What
won't some people do 70 make . Iiv-
ins!"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
The vote for Congressional candi-
For Governor it was:

These figures show that Holt for
Governor ran 1876 ahead of Bryan, that
White for Governor was rs behind Nc
Kinley, that Doyener, for Congress,
was q behind Mckinley, that White
was As less than Dovener. Judge
Bennett appears to be high man on
the Democratic ticket with 1856
votes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

with the doubtless congenial work of
discriminating the Beers, burning their
farm houses, laying waste their viii
lagos and shooting their cattle. If
some invading enemy should inaugur-
ate this policy in England, what a row
there would be. It's all right to work
havoc among the Dutch, however.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
DESP0NDENT OVER SISTERS
DEATH.
spe.,ial to the RegIster.

Special to the Register
STEUBENyILLE, O., November 10.
Because she was respondent over her
sisters death, Miss Annie Dowland.
aged 80, of Saline township, went to
her bed room. and pressing a 80 cali
bre revolver TO her breast fired 1t OF.
The bullet passed under the heart but
is fatal
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

The Atlanta Constitution remarks
that 1.-The strong race will never sub
NIT to the tainting of lis blood by the
inferior" And this in the face of the
fact that strong" races now and ever
have been perfectly willing TO COM
mingle with the weaker. The Consti-
tution's theory won't hold good in
practice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

Just before Saturday nights police
inspection of the New York dives
somebody kindly warned the dive
keepers to close up. OF course the
warning could not have come from the
police.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

There are decided indications that
the United States will be permanently
established in China before another
year rolls around, all promises and
declarations to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

Brooklyn Heights is to be ornament
ed by twenty three story hotel build
ing, designed for two hundred and
fifty families and to cost $2,5O0,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
A BeIated Roorback.

Washington Post.
Mark Hanna is accused % writing
poetry. Some people don't seem to know
that the campaign Is over.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

The new battleship Illinois will be
ready for her trial trip about the first
of the coming month. The main bat
terry 10 composed Of four 1S-inch breech
leaders and fourteen 6-ineh.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
FINE LOT. OF GAME.

Special 10 the Register.
FAIRMoNT, w. Va, November 10.
DR.. j. 0. McNeely, George Lilly and J.
F. Phillips returned this evening after
several days hunting tour on the
Gauley They brought home six large
deer besides lot Of smaller game.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20

not please the masses. The majority
of the people hold tenaciously to the
notion that they have something to
say-and some of these days they'll
say it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-20
one woman.s wisdom.

Chicago News.
You are said the young man as he
finished his proposal. the only girl 1 ever
loved
That may be-" replied the knowing
maid. but what I want to know is. am 1
the only girl you ever intend to lover