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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10

North Pole, sure enough. On top of it
was a weather vane, and whichever
way it pointed it always pointed
south.
Andy was puzzled, then his eyes
Frightened. Why, of counsel" he
said to himself. No matter which
way you start off from the North Pole
you are bound to go south. There's
no other way to 60" Did that ever
occur to you. dear reader?
Andy went up to a huge pile of what
he took for snow. He tasted of it and
found it was the most delicious lemon
ice. Then he made another discovery;
a large silver spoon was already stick
ing into the tempting mess.
The King will knight me for this
grand discovery of the Pole!" remark
ed the lion, swelling out his chest 81
may even be made a baronet."
What did the baron eat?" cried the
giraffe, who had Just arrived upon
the scene.
You make me sicki" cried the lion
in disgust Il wish, to goodness you'd
go away and eat lemon ice till you
freeze yourself"
Murray" suddenly shouted Andy.
Come on, fellows; the Pole is made of
peppermint candy and it tastes bully!"
(To be Continued.)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10

~Entomologists have been recently
examining the genealogical records of
this cockroach and find him a direct
descendant of the great black beetles
that walked the earth before refrig-
orators, kitchen shelves, sinks" or
water pipes were ever dreamed of. or
before there was ever a human being
or ever a monkey to dream of them.
In those distant days. away back
in the Silurian period, he was alone,
the only insect without a human lard
er to prey on, but patient and hope
full, with full faith that evolution
would bring a race of beings into ex-
istence for the express purpose Of sup
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10
ADVENTURES IN A NOAti'S ARK.

They came with such speed that before
the poor tin soldier had finished
reading the candy heart they had run
into him and knocked him down.
AS he scrambled to his feet he re-
marked to Andy. proudly: This aer-
i'll telegram system is a great thing,
isn't it? 7 always know just when TO
expect the ark"
Andy couldn't help laughing at that.
Whats the use of only knowing
two seconds beforehand? Ii you could
know an hour beforehand It would be
worth while
But an hour is such a long time to
wait for anything replied the tin sol
der. Take dinner, for instance. If
you knew It a an hour late you
would nearly starve just thinking
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10

At the tin soldiers cry of Iceland
everybody hoped off the ark on to a
great ice foe against which the boat
was moored. The tin soldier, who
seemed to be a sort of station master,
wa smaching stif1y up and down in
front Of a little sentry box, and every
now and then he would haul out a
huge pair of opera glasses and gaze
up at the sky.
THE North Pole ark is late to-
day. Andy heard him mutter ner-
vously.
why do you look up At the sky for
the ark?' inquired Andy, politely.
'.You don't expect to see it sailing
through the air, do your
"You cant III what it'll do" was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10

about it, but if you thought it would
be ready the next minute, why the six
tieth next minute would be there be-
fore you knew it and your appetite
would be as sharp as a razor.."
Well said Andy, slowly, Il SUP
pose there is something in that
The ark just arrived was on run.
ners to take it over the ice straight
to tne North Pole. Captain links hell
the reins and the polar bear went
ahead as a guide. The cold air fairly
made him junp FOR 10Y.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10

the answer: There's no depending
on it." Just then there was a whirr
I'm the air and a great shadow fell up
ON the ground and then disappeared.
at was a great eagle, who in passing
%dropped something at the soldiers
fleet. Andy saw that it was a candy
Eheart, and written on it in red icing
Ewere the words: Ark due in two
Fseconds.' Almost before Andy had
finished reading this there was a rush
land a roar and a loud barking, and
up dashed a big ark. drawn by four
stuffed dogs with shoe-button eyes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10
likely to bite each other"

IAN ark is an ark" the lion was
saying loudly, whether it's on the
water or on Any hippopota-
mus knows an ark is a boat. Well,
then. when you want to start the old
tub the proper thing to say is Ali
a%board!'"
"Fiddlesticks and drumsticks, like
wise rats" yelled the tin soldier, who
was becoming very excitsd. WHO
ever heard of a boat that travelled on
land? This here outfit Is a railway
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-10

plying his far distant descendants
with food for their hungry stomachs
and warm pipes for their cold feet,
He died in this well founded faith;
and to teach those beings the fact OF
his existence. left portions Of his
wings in the lower Silurian deposits OF
Sweden. where they were recently dis
covered.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

William j.. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Kaiser. of Wood street, East End,
died Friday at the age Of IS months.
Death was due 10 membraneous Group.
An operation performed upon the little
sufferer revealed the fact that he also
had diphtheria The remains were
laid at rest al four o'clock the same
afternoon in Mt Calvary cemetery.
The boy was bright, and was loved
and admired. His parents have the
heartfelt sympathy CT the CON nunity
in their sad affection.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
A Big RuaincEs.

From this statement it appears tina
the total receipts of the Gas Board 70
ten years have been 81, 033, 8S2.55, out {
which $40, $50 have been paid on az
count Of city loans, s4.805.51 on az
count Of erecting the electric plan
SIS, 206.30 for lighting the streets wit
gas. in 1891. and s237,656.96 IF light
ing the streets with electrlfy. These
items make a gross tot Of $3.50 .217.79,
to wh:6 must Be added about s65, 900
reprsented by free gas furnished the
c,y hail. market houses, hose and en-
Zine houses and various religious and
charitable institutions, which makes a
grand total OF S345,217.79 of public
benefits, against which must be set the
item of ST, 200 from the city treasury,
on coal account, in 1893, and s3.273.10
on overdraft account in 1896, total
Of $40, 273.10. Deducting this sum,
there remains net profit Of 1925 ,044.69
for the ten years, or an average Of
s32, 504.46 per year on an average gross
income Of 3,382.25, or about thirty
per cent.
The BENEFITS.
These figures are eloquent What
might they not have been had the city
not foolishly and deliberately given
away for nothing under the sun in the
way Of compensation or recompense,
franchises which were calculated and
intended to cut the ground from under
one Of its best paying institutions
The gas works did not only furnish the
~ in he h1 .
was a good thing, but only part Of
the public service this department per-
forms. For many years before the in
PRODUCTION Of the electric street light
ing plant the works Illuminated the
streets with gas. oil or, gasoline. after
the manner OF the day, and also pro-
vided light for all public buildings OF
whatever sort, free OF all charges 10
the taxpayers. When the municipal
light plant was projected and built. the
city provided $4,000 in bonds, and the
considerable rest" it was, and since ii
has gone steadily on, lighting the
streets in a manner not to be sur
passed or even equalled by any city
in the country. and has continued 10
provide light for public buildings and
free gas practically to all institutions
asking for il. and to-day is able 10
continue TO do these things and pay
its way. When it is remembered that
in no other city in the United States
is public illumination furnished free
Of cost, without a dollar OF charge or
the city treasury from one decade to
another, it would seem that we Of
Wheeling ought TO more thoroughly
appreciate the opportunity We have
and that there should be an universal
sentiment in the direction OF gathering
back those rights We have throw
away and reap FOR the common benefit
the profits which now go into pri-
vate pockets.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
''Liternture of All Nations md All
Ages"

AS its name indicates. this an epitone
OF the worlds literature fom the earliest
known writings to the resent time. Elk
tracts from the writirs Of great authors
in all lands and ofalI times have been
carefully selected nd compiled into ten
volumes, puoisha under the editorship
Of Julian Hawi6rne, John Russell Young
ana John Per Lamberton. To gather
together ar compress into ten volumes
even a snopsis OF the worlds literature
has retired genius.
lts,ian. in brief is TO give under a clas-
sifItion partly chronological and partly
nIonal. groups of extracts from the
writings of the masters, and to preface
these with such biogra phical and critical
notes as may be essential TO intelligent
reading. To exemplify the skill with which
the selection of extracts has been made,
IL may not be amiss TO cite one author,
and perhaps none is more popular, and
hence none better adapted for this ex-
ample than Longfellow. After short
biography Of the poet, the ninth volume
gives the following from his writings.
The Open Window. p" Pegasus in Pound"
The Cumberland" Paul Revere's Ride"
Hawthorne" two scenes from "Evange-
line"-that between Evangeline and the
Indian Woman. and her discovery of her
lover-an extract from the introduction Of
"Hiawatha." and one of the Tales of
Wayside Inn"
One Of the most important considera-
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ties afforded for its use, and this collec-
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contains well arranged table OF con-
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the contents arranged by nations. and
large general index Of subjects. authors.
and extracts from their works.
ANY notice would be inadequate which
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Another thing deserving Of mention Is
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
THE CITY GAS PLANT.
HOW A MAGNIFICENT PUBLIC PR3s
PERTY HAS BEEN CRIPPLED
AND PLACED IN JEOPARDY
BY COUNCIL
DESPITE GOOD MANAGEMENT.

1t Has Earned Nearly S35O,O0O for
the Good of the Public During the
Last Ten Years, yet Might Have
Done Twice as Well Had Not TIE
Electric Lighting Franchises Bean
Given Away-How Improvfdeut
Legislators Can Knock the Lire
Out of n Good ThinE-Facts an d
Figures Showing the Earning Pow
err of the City Gas Plant Under yely
Adverse Conditions-With the Right
to Sell Electricity 1T Would Be q
Gold Mine for the People.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Mr. J. 3. Mullan. Of Baltimore, paid
visit to the city yesterday to consult
with the Cathedral clergy about the
new affairs in contemplation He took
all the necessary measurements and
submitted photographs and sketches,
from which a selection will doubtless
be made The affairs viii be n marble
and of the bes. style in art.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
LANDRETH'S GARDEN SEEDS.

Just received six tons Of 1900 crop
selected recleaned seeds, one car SYRIA
cuse Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, etc.
Planet Junior Garden Tools, Mann's
Green Bone Cutter, Pratt's Celebrated
Food for animals, Red Glover, White
Clover, Timothy, Blue Grass, Lawn
Grass and Red Top
Lawn Mowers, Harness, Buggies,
Wagons, etc. Hay, Corn, Oats and
Mill Feed. We handle the best only
Your patronage respectfully solicited
C. D. KYLE.
Phone 532. 1854 Markets.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

When one contemplates the past aid
present of Wheelings municipal gas
plant there is an almost irresistible
desire to go out and inffict corporal
punishment upon a number of mea,
who, chosen to the Office of Council
man, deliberately and in opposition 70
the interests of the people of Wheeling,
handicapped an institution belonging
to the tax payers, run and main
tanned by the consumers of gas, ard
which pays larger net return to TIE
people than any other department of
the city government, not excepting TIE
water works.
The city gas works has since its in
ception been good thing for the peo-
pie of WheSling. Up to the time the
Wheeling Electrical Company was Civ
en-, without recompense to the city, a
FRANCHISE 20 cut the threats of the citi-
zens by competition in lighting, the
city had a magnificent property In
more respects than one. Not only w3s
II a paying institution, but through a
series of years
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
& o. Mid-Winter Excursions to
Wazbfurfon and RnIfinora

February 7th and April 18th. the B.
& O. will sell excursion tickets TO
Washington and Baltimore at the low
rate of $1,000, valid for return passage
ten days including date of sale For
full information apply to T. c. Burke,
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Wheeling.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

ONCE, have. nevertheless, endeavored
to WELD what influence had for the
best interests Of the city. ana Cannot
but feel the present situation to be one
calling for the greatest care and judg-
ment in determining the questions at
ISSUE
This was wen, but too late. unfortu-
nately. The mischief had been already
zone by Council, and to-day and for
many year to come the public will
feel the effects of hasty legislation. y
The Record.
Let US see just what lie city gas
works has been doing for ten years, TO
go no farther back. The figures are Ia
ken from the Official records:
This table gives in condenses form
lue receipts and expenditures of the
Gas Board for ten years, with the cost
of operating both the gas and electric
street lighting plant given separately
by years. There is also appended a
summary of the total expenditures and
receipts for the period of time covered:
Statement of January, 1872
Receipts ...-...-.--.--.-....-s NO. 81 IS
ION account of city loans. 81, $50; on ac-
count of electric light plant construction,
s4so5.51: for street light (gas. etc)
SIS, 206. 30.
Statement of January. 1885,
Receipts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sIoe. 10y ~
hapsnditus sso paid on acdoas :ss Of of
electric light plant. Net. cost OF gas
works $6S, 4S7.59, profit of almost 80 per
cent.
Statement of January. 1884,
Receipts ....-.......-........s lSi'Ce e4 II.
.Aiigwahee Of $1,000 from city treasury
on ''cGal account"
balance on hand. s991559
Cost of electric light plant, sS1.A3.So.
Statement of January, 1856
Receipts - 4 sS6 % %.
Cost of electric light plant, s3o,sSs.53.
Statement Of January. 1886
Eeceipts 20 90 o ast %
Cost of electric light plant, s21.7ls.5s.
Statement of January, 1857
Receipts 's Io5 6 osz o. 81
.s k 572 n fro ,t 70 + bsn AZ
overdrsft.
Cost of electric light plant, s235741s.
Statement of January, 1885,
KeGelP5i itr ,.;..'......'.' siS ~ q
46S street lamps in use. Cost of electric
light plant, So, 033 SO.
Statement OF January, 1S99:-
Receipts 90 90 - %
Expenditures .................. S2,lH IS
'Overdraft of s5.95275 reduced to
| SO, So4.60
Cost of electric light plant, s23, 1913
Statement Of January, 1900
receipts ..-..-...-.-........... .SlVv,oeo "a
Expenditures Neutrality-suspicious.. 9S,7lS 49S
~Overdraft cut to sl.S4295.
Cost Of electric light plant, $22,1lO64
Statement Of January, 1901
INtCtipL5 siDOO-s1 Il
Expenditures .................. 105 $50 4Ss
| fOyerdraft reduced to 1858 q
SO street lights In use. Cost of electric
| light DIaDt S23 747 ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement Of January, 1900
Receipts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 800 $50 IA
expenditures 20, tlS ~
*Overdraft cut to $l.s42.95.
Cost of electric light plant, S22, 1904.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
wbeelin9 Re9ister
C. HESS & SONS

WINTER SUGGESTIONS.
Jaros Underwear.
Dent and Adler Gloves.
Wool Knit Jackets.
Wool Office Coats.
Wool Gloves, 25c and soc.
Wool and Cashmere Half Hose; a
leader, 25c pair.
Suit of Clothes. Overcoat and Pants
made to order OF short notice.
c. TESS & SONS,
FasiorabIes Tailors, Fine Furnish
r-s, 1321-1323 Market Street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

II your hands and face are rough
use Kuram. GEO. VI. SHOOK & co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement of January, 1885,
Receipts .....-..................S sos. lO9 Sd
Expenditures ........ 1853 %
'Including 1880 paid on accouEt o
city loans, and s35, 265 So for operating
| electric light plant. Net cost of ga
| works $6S, 1873, profit of almost 50 pc
cent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement Of January, 1901
Receipts OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 6, 525 p
Expenditures .................. l05 $50 As
fOyerdraft reduced to 1858 %
oG3 street lights In use. Cost Of electri
light plant s23,74702.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Cost Of electric light plant, 81, 49, a..
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement of January, 1885,
Receipts ........................s9 81, O5I %
expenditures -..-....-.--....-. 5l,lSt 80
ass street lamps in use. Cost of electric
light plant, So, 033. SO.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement OF January, 1Ss9:-
| Receipts ........................s9 IS 425 56
| Expenditures .................. 92147 75'
! 'Overdraft of s6.952.75 reduced to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement of January, 1884,
Receipts .......................S 1874. oo4 II
Expenditures .................. 12i,0S -
on "ctal account"
balance on hand, s9,91559.
Cost of electric light plant, s31. 1880.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement of January, 1887
Receipts Observation-Disclosures 3. 1872 6l'
Expenditures ................! 100. 094 AZ
s3,27S. 10 from city treasury to help pay
overdraft.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement Of January. 1856
Receipts .......................s 1914 81
expenditures ....--...---..--.. Jf.S9l "
Cost of electric light plant, s2l,1l6.53.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

Statement of January, 1856
Receipts ........................$ 81, 1876
Expenditures .................. u.s. 439
start of deficit.
Cost of electric light plant, $50, 63s53.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-07
Mrs. stanford's Observations.

New York. Sept Mrs. Leland
Stanford who has just returned TO this
country from a trip Of fifteen months
through Europe, Egypt and Palestine
has been studying the religious side Of
life In the east. In an interview last
night she said:
"The degradation Of women in Egypt,
who are kept down in AFFECT slavery,
living in horrible filth, Swallowed for
me the grandeur OF the temples. the
glorious sunsets, the clear atmosphere
and the natural beauties Of that won
derful land. only Christianity, / be-
lieve will save that country and ele-
yate its womanhood as II has other ma
lions OF the world"
When asked II she had any new plans
for the Leland Stanford University,
Mrs. Stanford said.
"For the university ] desire that il
shall be great. not In numbers but so
far as possible, in the mental develop
ment OF it's students. ] want Is plane
so broad that the men and women who
go out from il shall all make a mark
for themselves as high moral citizens
Above all things, / do not want any
student to receive a goddess education
there | desire that all shall realize
10 the fullest extent that they will be
Judged by their actions and lives. not
by words. | am not In favor of any
theological teaching OF any kind, but
simply OF the beautiful precepts that
our Savior gave TO US when He lived
on earth. This Christian influence
will OF course. have to come from the
professors"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-07
PERMANENT CURES COUNT.
Mr. J. N, Coisx San Francisco, California,
Says He Has Been Permanently Cured
For Over Year.

Mr.. Colfax says Early in the sos I
became almost a helpless invalid
through the rayagcs Of Catarrh My
head and throat were constantly trou-
bling me, and finally my stomach be-
came affected so | could scarcely eat
anything, ! gradually grew thinner and
weaker, until my home doctors gave me
up. Specialists treated me for cancer
other Doctors for indigestion, but |
steadily grew worse Finally a friend
spoke Of Drs. Shores & Shores and
their great work ~ Utah, California
and Colorado, and / consulted them.
These Doctors seemed to know at once
what allied me and went to work on me
with the result that inside OF four
months l was well and sound to all APP
pearances, but | wanted to SEE If 1T
WAS PERMANENT before growing too
much--so / have waited now over
year and find no sign Of return Of my
trouble. | give my testimony to Drs,
Shores as a duty TO the world and a
slight acknowledgment Of my CRATE
fulness to them, My cIre Is permanent
10 all appearances and | owe my life
signed, j. NJ. coLFAx."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-07

sowed or planted 20 vegetables or flow.
ers one crop is no sooner removed
than the ground Is again plowed anu
made ready for the next crop.
The ground looks as light ana loamy
as n Il had an been shaken through
coarse sieve, or gone over win
coarse comb. Yet these smooth helds
are mostly cultivated hy Jokes ol
clumsy oxen or single COWS that aiaW
their loads By ropes and feathers at
tached Co broad bands iashel 10 H'h''
driven often by women. 40
German farming implements are ava
FAR inferior Go ours The scyihr Us
straight stick with two suhhandles AZ
tached. The general fork ana rake
combined Is wooden and clumsy WIN
three tines wide apart Farming u'eH-
sis are very costly. too. ln GERMANY
No rugged scars of gashrt eaflh &c
anywhere seen in Germany b9I sino',H,
white hichroads. horiere1 ON ooih woes
bv annie trees These trees belong 10
the government. 90 which they Flell .
considerable revenue by the safe OF
their fruit t1 the peasants who se' l''
I'm turn. and at o. pr0nt 20 toWnsreo-
PIE ,.... g.. -.,s-
ants themselves rather man n'INs
ave beasts Of burden Nearly every
man. woman and child of them caiiue5
[" isrgs bsspei STRAPPED over th tack
y, each shoulder. in which they carry
manure. grass or grain 10 ah' ii''"
the felds-Farm journal