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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
Neuralgia.
The Prayer Of a Nerve for
More Blood.

Neuralgia may attack any part Of the body
but most frequently occurs where the nerves
are most abundant.
In the head,
In the face.
Sometimes the heart nerves seem to twist
Twineing rheumatic pains OF the extremi-
ties
Sharp and intense at times
In the intervals dull and heavy.
Neuralgia is the result of impoverished
blood caused by impairment Of the nerves
q lack Of nerve force.
1t is q disease of the nerve ~centers. and
the pains accompanying it are q prayer Tor
better nourishment. They are the danger
signals which warn you against q total COL
lapse Of the nervous system.
Liniments and all external applications
can only give temporary relief. Permanent
cure n possibly ON until the nerve
centers are Thoroughly revitalized and reinvlg-
Grated by Or. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills.
The beneficial effects Of this great nerve re-
~s.orative are felt thrilling through the nerve
hbres as week by week and month by month
the nerve force Of the body Is restored.
Women afflicted with diseases peculiar to
their sex are frequently great sufferers from
neuralgia. DR.. Chase's Nerve Pulls positively
cures both these disorders by filing the
nervous system with new vigor and life. so
cents a box at all dealers. or DR.. A. w. Chase
Medicine Co., Buffalo. N Y. The genuine
has portrait and signature Of Dr.. A. w
Chase on each package.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
TOOK AN OVERDOSE.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, March 12.-
A young colored woman. known as Rose
Mellentree, was found lead in her bed
to-day at the resort of Louise Russell, a
colored woman, in the tenderloin district.
The Mellentree woman had been sick and
had a physician prescribe for her, but to
ease her pain she had taken last night
six morphine pills. This morning she was
found suffering a good deal and at noon
when one of the women about the place
went to the door of her room she was
dead. Squire Thomas a jury
and held an inquest in the room where
the dead woman lay, the facts being clio
tied as above.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
GAINED 50 POUNDS.

was a burden to me, and after spending
hundreds of dollars under numerous doc
tors l was dying by inches. I weighed
only I3I pounds. In twenty days after
I commenced your treatment I was well
of both troubles, and in six months I
weighed 10 pounds and was in perfect
health. l have never felt the slightest
symptom of either since. Am now sixty
FIVE years old and in perfect health, and
weigh 100 pounds. No money could re-
pay you for what you did for me. l would
not return to the condition / was in, in
October, 1872, for Rockefeller's wealth"
There is no alcohol in "Golden Med
ical Discovery" and it is free from
opium, cocaine and all other narcotics.
Accept no substitute for the rDiscov-
cry" Speaking by the record Of the
medicine, there is nothing else rjust as
goodn for those who cough o. have
weak lungs.
Persons who are suffering from disease
DR.. Pierce, by letter, free. All CORE
spondence is held as strictly private.
Address DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce is chief consulting ply
stefan to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, N. ", He is assisted
by a staff of nearly a score of expert
enced physicians, and the success of his
methods may be gathered from the fact
that in a practise OF over thirty years, and
the treatment Of hundreds of thousands
of sick men and women, % per cent. have
been perfectly and permanently cured.
A BIG BOOK FREE.
Big in its scope as in its size, DR..
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser, containing 1908 large pages and
over 100 illustrations, is sent free on
receipt of stamps to pay expense Of
mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the cloth-bound volume, Of only 81
stamps if content to have the book in
paper covers. Address DR.. R. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
4 DARK OUTLOOK
FOR THE YOUNG MAN WITH
WEAK LUNGS.

Time and again we see young men
Just arriving at their legal majority,
or having barely passed it. suddenly
stopped in a career full of promise.
Disease has laid its hand on the lungs!
He who never took a thought for him
self must be careful now. He must be
careful about food and drink, careful
about his clothing and his exercise. No
more late hours o night air. No more
athletics. His lungs are WEAK" He
has an ominous cough. He has fallen
away in flesh.
When that cloud of consumption falls
on a young mans life it darkens every
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
MUSIC WOULD PLAY

When the Crank was Turned, But
Miss Banker Did Not Turn 1t.
PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-Fred-
erick Miller, a young man, is under
arrest there on the charge of send
Ing an internal machine to Miss Flo
renee Banker, a young woman, who
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
DR0UTH BR0KEN-ASsIGNMENT
Special to the Restster.

Special to the Register.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va. March 12-T.
T. Lemen. who for several years has been
doing a large retail grocery business in
this city. has made an assignment, with
H. H Emmert az trustee, for the bene-
fit of his creditors.
The long continued drouth in this section
was broken last night by q c0pious fall
Of rain Many streams were dry, md the
winter wheat and timothy has suffered
greatly
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
sHEPHERDST0WN DRY.
Anti-SaIoon People Win by a Major
ity of Fifty-Four.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va, March u.
The annual corporation election resulted
in the election of the following officers:
Mayor, Robert G. Miller; recorder, Jas.
s. Rightskine; councilmen, NJ. B. Baker,
G.. T. Hodges, VIM. NJ. Sheetz, E. Hess
Rinehart and l.. w. P~offinberger. There
was no opposition to the above ticket but
there was a fight over the ques-
ton of license or no license for liquor
~saloons. The temperance advocates work
ed hard at the polls all day, while the
saloon men and their friend were active
also. The temperance men won by a mo-
pority of "a. the vote being IS for license
and 149 against license. This is the great
est majority that has ever been given
against the saloons. The temperance peo-
pie are jubilant tonight.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
HELD TO q. S. COURT.
Three Men Charged With Attempting
TO Rob the Pruntytown PostoHice.

Special TO the Register
FAIRMONT. w. Va, March 12.-Harry
Love, Edward Goodwin and c. H. Harris
were brought here by L. 9. Deputy Mar
shall Dan Jackson. before u. s. Commits
sioner T. T. Martin to-day. for attempt
ing TO rob the Pruntytown postoffice. At
ter the hearing they were held for court
and were taken to Wheeling this evening.
Jackson suggested to the deputy sheriff
that the prisoners. who were kept confined
in the county Jail until train time, be
taken on the outside and handcuffed.
Harris e~ndeavored to escape; shots were
fred at him and he was recaptured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
BOY DRAGGED TO DEATH
became Entan2led In the Lines Of a
Run-Away Horse.

SpeCIdI 10 inc FtSIsttT.
KEYSER, W. Va, March PA shock
ing accident happened at Greenland, Grant
county yesterday, in which the six-year-
old son of Wilbur Secrist was literally
torn to pieces. With an elder brother the
little fellow was driving a horse attached
to a sled. to mill. Then the horse became
frightened. ran away and threw the elder
boy to the ground, but the ounge be-
coming entangled In the lines. was drag
ged a mile. Between the cutting stones
and the horses kicks, he was horribly
mangled, and was picked up ~lifeless. The
elder Secrist is a brother to Rev. A. ].
Secrist. a prominent United Brethren
preacher.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
Condition of the TREASURY.

Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-To-day's
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund exclusive of the $780,
600, 600 gold reserve in the division of
redemption shows:
Available cash balance $149, ass, 152;
gold SIS, 339, 555.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
NEW BOARD OF TRADE.

Special to the Register.
HARRISBURG, w. Va, March PA
board Of trade was organized here to-
night with forty members. Constitution
and bylaws were adopted and adjourn
ment taken until Thursday night, when
officers will be elected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
.NR Natures Athlete
Natures peissns.

is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison
Ivy. and all n%oxious plants. 1t is COM
posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now
Is the time to get the poison out of your
system, as delay makes your condition
worse. Don't experiment longer with
salves, washes and soaps-they never cure.
Mr.. S. NJ. Marshall. bookkeeper Of the Atlanta
(Ga.) Gas Light Co. was poisoned with Poison
Oak. He took Sulphur, Arsenic and various
other drugs, and applied externally numerous
lotions and saves with no benefit. At times the
swelling and Inflammation was so severe he was
almost blind. For eight years the poison would
break out every season. His condition was much
improved after taking one bottle of S. s. S., and
. few bottles cleared his blood of the poison. and
all evidences of the disease disappeared.
People are often poisoned without
knowing when or how. Explain your case
fully to our physicians, and they will
cheerfully give such information aud adj
vice q you require, without charge, and
We will send at the same time an Interest,"
Ing book on Blood and Skin Diseases.
Jng ysIfT SPECIFIC Co. Atlanta, GA.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
BUD" MAUCK ARRESTED.
Special to the Regfster.

Special % the REGISTER.
KEYSER. W. Va. March 12.-Deputy
Sheriff John A.. Kimble, of Grant county,
has arrested Bud" Mauck, on a charge
of selling liquor without a license. An
indictment was found against Mauck more
thar year ago. but he had successfully
eluded the officers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13


sixty-three acres 7 miles east Of city:
good buildings and variety OF choice
fruit; part bottom land. cheap. on very
easy terms.
Forty acres. with good buildings. y
acres OF same rich river bottom Land:
good manufacturing site; south OF West
Wheeling: cheap.
Sinety.six acres on Bethany Pike. s
miles from city; contains two houses ana
All minerals: has variety Of fruit
Fourteen acres most all rich bottom
land. 8 miles from city.
Sixteen acres with 5 acres Of same rich
bottom. with good house and variety %
c1oice fruits: north OF city. very cheap.
Two hundred and sixty acres, with good
buildings and all minerals. or viii sell 10
or 10 acres Of same: about 8 miles east
Of city: cheap.
Ten acres. Z miles from city, with t-room
house; good place for poultry raising on
easy terms.
six acres about 4 mile from West Alex
ander, with 5-room hosse and variety OF
fruit: cheap.
About z Of an acre, with variety Of
fruit: 5-ro0rn house and good outbuildings.
about l mile east Of city: very cheap.
S. EESBITT. JR
Tel. s43. 1875 Market st., Wheeling. w. Va
.oissh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13

COvery. look Two Oollies
and was cured, and have
stayed cured.
vWhen I think of the
great pain I had to endure,
and the terrible cough 1
had, it seems almost a
miracle that I was so soon
relieved.
That God may spare
you many years and abund-
antly bless you is the prayer
of your grateful friend"
There Is one striking evil
dence in almost all these
testimonials, both to the
actual diseased condition
and its positive cure. That
evidence is found in the
loss OF flesh, marking the
wasting character of the
disease, and in the gain Of
flesh which marks the cure
by the use of HGolden Med
ical Discovery"
GAINED 50 POUNDS.
while living in Char
lotte, N. c., your medicine
cured me of asthma and
nasal catarrh of ten years
standing" writes J. L.
Lumsden. Esq, Of 27r
Whitehall Street, Atlanta,
Ca Vat that time life
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13

FOR SALE-s-room house. . acres ground,
bearing fruit of all kinds: gas and water
in the house. and stable; 3-minute walk
to motor. Inquire of MIR. PETER DER
NIGER, at Edgington Lane. Terms easy.
mhTevdq
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
[. A. ROLF,
FARMS FOR SALE.

No. 30 Fourteenth Street. Phon. sn
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
FOR RENT.

TO ET-Of rooms now occupied by
Caldwell & Caldwell, attorneys-at-law. in
Mutual Bank building, 1921 Market street.
mh5e&dh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-13
FOR sALm-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-Farm of 26 acres on National
Road, eight miles from Wheeling. good
G.. s. TERRIIsL. Triadei-
phia, w. Va. fe2ie&db
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
Houston S Library.

Now that the curtain begins TO rise and
we catch glimpse az the back ground;
now that our Library association has
taken the first step towards matcrializing
Its organization IN the selection OF an ne
reptahle place for library building many
suggestions Of thought push themselves
npon us. Outside Of the emotion Of proper
pride, comes the plain. practical question
after ALL what good Will II do? What
advantage to place and people will II beg
For the busy man this will he place or
rest and recreation. Here for one hour he
may forego his study of the map of busy
llfc, It's fluctuations and Its vast con
Germs" and flnd surceasc 70 temper
the overwrought machinery Of mind hurry
ing him on by the ceaseless momentum OF
It's high pressure Here the bread winner
may And food to snrlsfy the hunger that
the hard lines az life Of toll will give
him neither time nor opportunity to earn.
Here the student may lind companions and
Instructors In the shelves that the limta-
tions OF domestic life will not permit
in a private library. Here the lectura
hall. the lyceum, the club room, the parlor
Of music and art and, after a while-who
knows-''noctes nmhrodianae" that may
call back the classic shades Of the "l1l
trick Shepherd" Mrs jamie" Charles
Lamb and others who sweetened and soft
ened the life OF tired men Of letters In
years long ago gone.
Our boys ana girls Of the schools Will
catch the inspiration, and the routine of
their sessions very much lightcned and
frightened And the home and family will
feel the new and good order of things
Nor Will the library stay rs organized
and made possible by the munlhoence of
Mr. Carnegie, but other henefnctors VIII
be found to contribute to It's perfection.
Already, while barely In It's embryo we
have indications Of this Hon v o. King
Of Austin gentleman Of culture. writes
the Beard Of trustees: ~ AIN contcmplat
Ing an offer of my collection Of Texas
books to such public library In the State
az in a given time can show the best rec
ord OF activity and general usefulness In
the encouragement OF literary and scicn-
tfc reading among the masses This col
lection is the result Of an nnremttcd
search Of twenty-five years and an outlay
Of no insignificant amount nf money. II
comprises nearly everrthing ever pub
lIshed in book form relating TO Texas. and
owing TO certain unique and rare books
can not possibly he duplicated hy any
cost or labor. IL contains about 400 vol
uhehi hhoul hiNNN lhups OF inherent Pf-
RODS and a large number ot original man
uscripts Such an accession to any Texas
library would greatly augment its value
and add to its importance. ms the custo
dian Of the States almost unbrokep
photography"
Equipping It when ready for occupancy
with proper managerial talent, such as viii
commend the institution by virtue Of
scholarship refinement as wen as executive
ability, no doubt this rare collection Of
DR., Kings as well as other highly val
liable books may be contributed
JPG
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
About MatfLde Serao.

Matilde Seraos novel, THE Land OF
cockayne' CHarper's,. * attracting so
much attention at present that some bio.
graphical account OF the author may lie
found interesting. In private life she
is known as the wife of Edward Scarfoglio,
a Neapolitan journalist and the proprietor
of the Mattino di Napoll, on whose stan
she herself is an industrious collaboration.
Her talent seems to be inherited from her
father who was also journalist one
OF that unfortunate group who suffered
exile during the closing years of Bourbon
sway In Southern Italy. II was during
this exile that Signora Serao was born
at Patras Greece, in 1857. For upwards
Of quarter Of century she has had an
active experience In journalism. both IN
Rome and In Naples and TO this journals
tie training no doubt. much of her vivid
and graphic style is due, as well as the
fact that she is the only one Of the proml-
nent living uovelsts In Italy who has
equalled the writer's Of fiction in other
countries in the prolific output of her liter
nry production. Her recent visit to the
Holy Land has resulted in n volume, en-
titled "Tbe Land OF Jesus" signora
serao leads an idyllIc life in her charm
Ing home in Naples dividing her time be.
tween her pen, her four children and her
yacht. Fantazlo, which takes It's name
from one OF her early novels.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
1.-The Woman Who Trusted. =

"The Woman who Trusted" a story Of
literary life IN New York, by win ~ Har-
ben, tells Of Southern young man who.
after studying law, gives up the profes-
sion to devote his life to literature. for
which his family and neighbors condemn
him. only one young lady. his sweetheart
encourages hin and trusts 10 his future
She stands true and unwayerlng Ia her
faith ln him, Through all the trials he
meets with after he goes to New York to
take up literary life. At times the way
looks very dark, troubles come that threat
en- the happiness Of the lovers and we are
filled with great desire 70 zee bow fate
Is going to manage their llves
Love plays q strong part in the book
and the hero's mistaken Idea OF honor
causes Us much anxiety as 70 the result OF
II. All who read the book viii be Intense
~ Interested and literary people especial
~ win enter into sympathy With Il, for
II so wildly pictures their own lives There
are noble characters in It that we can not
The volume IL nicely bound and printed
and hss portrait OF the author Tor Its
Martha shsprd LlppineOIt.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
As TO Hill Top Tales.

J. is curious how some cntchword for a
title will. by n strange coincidence, occur
10 several writer's almost simultaneously.
Almost In quick succession we have had
"The Heaven I1i sslng Hill,' by Julia Ma
grinder; jewellers In the Hills, be- Mel.
Wig ID. Post; "A Princess OF the HIS
nv Mrs. Burton Harrison; and now Messrs
Uarper & Bros. announce as the septemhe'
novel I'm their American Contemporary
Novels Series 1.-THE Strength Of the Hiils'
he Florence Wilkinson. Miss Wilkinson
was more original In the title OF her hIst
hook published by Herbert stone 4 Co.
two years ago. and called 'The Lady OF
the Flag Flowers yet no better title FOR
novel whose scenes are laid In the
la,rnndaeks could probably be found for
her second book than The Strength OF the
Huls, While engaged during the past
Gov, veara I'm writing "The Strength OF the
HIS" Miss Wilkinson has eAperinleh'cn
ritb the AdIrondacks lumber life IN sew
orsI stories that have appeared or VIII
soon annear in several leading magazines
-. rit,ie Christ at swanson's' appeared
.s.,a tins ago In the Atlantic. 'rhe ~.
Is,dore Contract and Pierre Is te appear
ehar,i, An that magazine, and another story
a,,.a ..Ieremv's WIFE viii be published
soon In Harper's Magazine she mas az, 40
been 4 frequent contributor ~ verse hni
49, ~ her longer pusnshed poems hal e
some nonhished In the Century and In .the
been p rasnt aJsnik and Genevieve. a
,..sirk BRETON tale In verse, appears W Tue
current number OF serlpnert Assa@i@s'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

riet 81 All, buttan entirely different ner.
sonage. sally Dawsons mother. who Al,
along mas pursued westerfeit With an nm.
re'entlns hate, "gets religion" and Cor.
gives him. The sun comes out From, ~
mind the clouds and things Seuerallv sro
as merry as marriage bell.
~
there Ia the story. II is simple and !.
toio simply. II has many plcturesouely
unique features and It is well written Il
seems pity that Mr.. Harden did not
turn MS talents to more inviting sub.
lect. His hero Is not strong character
In any way and circumstances. aided some.
what, perhaps. by bis innate goodness Of
neart' are responsible for the happiness
which comes to him.
AS cieverly drawn picture OF rural
IRE In Georgia 'westerfeit" is no doubt
all that It should be.
Mr Harden, by the way, is known in
Texas having resided in the northern
part Of the State some years ago.
a ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

the Union have compulsory educational
laws upon their statute books. Close, con
slant. expert supervision Of schools IL i'm.
peratively demanded. not only on account
Of the large financial interests involved,
hut also on account OF the supreme innn.
ence Of the teachers and the lack Of well
rounded preparation on the part Of many
teachers"
II emphasizes the support and control OF
normal institutions whose object Is the
preparation OF teachers for their work,
such institutions being recognized as an alb
solute necessity In perfected system OF
education.
II then projects a strong protest against
employing uncuiturcd teachers and the prac.
tiee Of issuing low grade certificates TO
teachers year after year as at best make
shift and urging It's discontinuance
And further, to leave no factor out that
may be OF use in the solution Of the school
problem, It ayers that the standards for
school architecture should he as definite as
standards for teaching. The law should
ix the dimensions and all other require
ments Of school buildings, as well az the
size and character of school grounds"
Withal, II is n mastery, well considered
platform, built high and OF sound timber.
One that does honor to the thoughtful men
who devised & and one that will he boon
Of good TO the State that adopts It's theories
in practice. }. Il. G..
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

Z, hsyc been ruggedly serious. As the
ratification Of the paper progressed he FREE
ouentiy published hits Of verse and miscei.
lany and at all times his copy" appears
TO have been carefully selected and well
edited.
In one Issue Mr. Gotten Informed his
readers that he had heard nothing new
~ rhrdIng the "coasting trade from the
rort Of Galvcztown and Vera Cruz"
-
As the paper grew and hourlshed. Mt.
cotton changed some of his rules. The
transcription price went from 50 70 SIS, "
pAld in advance. aud to S. II not paid until
the. end Of the year AT this latter rate
each Issue OF the paper cost little over
IL cents. Agencies for the publication were
established at Brazoria. Harrisburg. Trim.
It's. Gonzales Nacogdccncs New Orleans,
Alexandria 1bervlle and Attakaps
The last issue. IN the volume loaned The
Post hears date Of January 10 1891, With
this Issue apparently. Mr. Gotten severed
his connection with the paper A por-
tlnn Of tho editorial page Is gone, but from
the remaining fragments It Is Inferred that
tho founder OF the Gazette disposed OF
Il 70 man named Williamson, In the
same number is an article telling Of the
tepredauons Of the Indians along the Dor
dcrs
nc one Interested in Texas History the
old volume Is Of especial value.