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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-20
NOT KNOWN IN VIENNA.

VIENNA. February 19.-Nothing is
known in press circles in Vienna that
would indicate, as reported in the
United States that the expected ac-
couchment of the Queen of Servia has
occurred
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A GOLDEN WEDDING.
Special to the Register.

optNId4 90 tII6 1NtSIsltF-
TORONTO, O.. February 19-Mr. and
Mrs James Mcconnell. of this place to-
niversary at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs Samuel Boone Goucher, Mrs
Goucher being daughter of the cele-
brantS. The function was an elaborate
one, consistent with the high social posi-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. Mcconnell and their
large connections. A large company was
present and the presents elegant.
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DIED IN THE ASYLUM.
special to the Register.

SpeCIaI 10 me REGISTER.
PARKERSBURG. w Va. February 10.
Mrs. Anna Keeps. who had until re-
Gently resided here. died yesterday at the
insane asylum at Athens, O.. where she
had been for about two weeks Some
time ago her son. who is a bell boy at q
hotel here, attempted to kill himself be-
cause of an infatuation for a chamber
maid. This so proved upon the mothers
mind that it is thought it was the cause
of her INSANITY
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A NEW GAS COMPANY.
specIal ID the Reglster.

Special to the ReRlster.
MARIETTA. O.. February 1s-The Ma
rietta Fuel Gas Company. with capital
stock OF s1o9 90 will be incorporated un-
der the laws Of West Virginia. to pipe gas
TO Marietta from the big wells recently
struck five miles west OF the city. They
will supply manufacturing plants with
fuel iii competition with the River Gas
Company. A. A. Schnaufer ard Carl y.
Jacob are leading promoters, backed b.
PENNSYLVANIA rauItaIfstS
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THE .sEATHER.

WASHINGTON. February 19-For Ohio
Fair and continued cold Wednesday and
Thursday. northwesteriy winds.
For West Eirgfnia-Fair Wednesday,
with colder in eastern portion. Thursday.
fair and continued cold; northwesteriy
winds.
For Western Pennsylvania-Fair and
continued cold Wednesday and Thursday:
brisk northwesterIy winds.
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Christ Schnepf. the Opera House drug
gIst made the following observations OF
the temperature yesterday: Z a. m, 3d.. 3
a: m: 8: y m, 10; . ,. m, 8; y. m, -
Weather fair.
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Story of Kipling's Child.

This tale has to do with Kipling's
little lost Josephine. Once the poet
was driving up Arundel street in Lon
kon toward the Strand when, all of O
sudden, the hand of the "bobby"
ahead was raised. The word was
passed down the street that Her Ma
jesty was coming along the Strand on
an official visit to the Lord Mayor at
the Mansion House. Josephine had
never seen the Queen and Kiplin9
thought it was a good opportunity to
instil little reverence in her. lie
raised the child high in his arms that
she might see Victoria. The outriders
pranced by, followed by the royal car
riage. When it was all over, and the
finger of the law was lowered, Kip
ling put down the child. He said,
"Well, Josephine, what did you think
of it?"
Much to his amazement, the child
replied, "Papa, did you see the
funny red soldiers on horseback"
Thereafter Kipling never exerted
himself to point out Her Majesty to
any member of his family.
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member wondering dimly how long it
would be before theyrwould find my
body, and when and how my mother
would hear the news. I felt vague
feeling of pity for her. Ibid not seem
to think of myself; I seemed to be a
thing of the past. Practically was,
in my own eyes, dead man, and still
I had not given up hope, for every
faculty was on the alert, ready to seize
on anything which might offer a
chance to escape. 1t was the instinc-
tive physical fight for life of man
trained in athletic sports, with every
muscle under perfect control and ready
to obey the order of the brain.
While these thoughts were fitting
through my mind-and they could not
have occupied more than afew seconds
the boat reached the timber and shot
under it. Involuntarily I jumped ove1
the big stick, landing safely in the
boat on the other side, like circus
rider jumping over banner.
Then my nerves took their revengs
for the strain they had been under fol
the long period of about minute and
half. Nv trembling knees gave way
and I sank down onto the boards and
burst into a wild peal of laughter,
which seemed to be unable ocheck
until long after I had passed the sec.
tion-house at the foot of the grade.
The Aume-tender who saw me go by
told me afterward that he thought ]
was q crazy man. -.
From that point down to Chico it
was all plain sailing, and by the time
had finished my long slide down-hill,
my nerves had renewed their tone,
and I was able to telegraph back to the
fume men to remove the dangerous
timber. But never after that fol,
lowed big timber downa flume. Ihad
received my lesson.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Names of Weird Maladies.


"I have been looking over one ol
the blanks for the regular monthly
mortality report of the Board of
HEALTH" said citizen who admits
that he likes to pry and prowl, "and
I was amazed at the weird diseases
which I found enumerated. I had no
idea that humanity had such variety
of things with"eer names to select
from in the matter of shuffling off.
Science has certainly made a great ad-
vance in that particular. A few years
ago appendicitis was about the only
fancy disease on the market, and that
vas beyond the reach of people Of
limited means. It was confined en-
tirely to aristocracy.
"Here are few sample maladies
from the last Board of Health cata-
loguo: Hemetemesis, apthous, phleg
masia, doleno, cachexia, lympha-
denoma, ca-pictonom, spina-
bifdia and mollities. ossium. I'd
like to see the man who would dare
to assert, after reading that little
list, that medicine has been at
standstill during the last decade.
Altogether there are 302 different
ways of getting out of the world set
dowr on the blank, and the chap who
couldn't find something to suit him
in the lot would certainly be ultra
fastidious. The document looks at
first glance like the classified ad-
vertisement of big bargain sale. 1t
Is magnificent monument of patho-
logical perseverance. New Orleans
Picayune.
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onions,> cultivated roots and herbage
were unknown in Britain OF the Mid
die Ages. What vegetables were re-
quired were imported from Holland.
The introduction of the potato and its
general cultivation from about 1919
form the most important event of its
kind. Not until the time of the Com
monwealth did the pudding obtain
popularity, and even now it is role.
gated in the nursery. That essential
" British dish, plum-pudding, has
only assumed its present solid form
during the last hundred years. 1t
was originally soup, thickened with
brown bread, ,plums and raisins. It
was abhorred by the Puritans, and
not until Sir Roger de Coverley had
seen Dissenter enjoying plum-broth
in his hall at Christmas had the worthy
knight any hope for his moral and
social condition.
Mince-pies, another Christmas
dainty, were likewise religiously
banned. Treatises and sermons were
gravely written proving and disprov
ing that clergymen should not ea'
mince-pies! Through all the change,
OF gastronomic fashion John Bulls
taste remains but little altered. BE
eschews kick-shaws and delights in
substantial solid dishes. His preju'
dice for beef-eating is very character
istic
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Dentha From ConsuM ption.

Owing to the mortality from con-
sumption in the French Army, which
has been for some time very heavy
and has much exceeded that arising
from the same cause in the German
Army, return showing the rates of
mortality from this disease prevailing
in different European countries has
been compiled by the French military
authorities. Russia heads the list with
a mortality of four per thousand OF its
population; France and Austria
Hungary come next with three deaths
per one thousand of population; Ger.
many, Switzerland and Ireland stand
in the third rank, with two deaths per
thousand, while England, Scotland
and Italy come last with one per thou
sand. But consumption is not the
only disease prevalent in the French
Army; enteric is a scourge, the NOR
tality from which amounts to twenty
eight per every 10000; whereas, in
the German Army the death rate is
about twelve per O,00O.-Army and
Navy Journal.
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PRECIOUS METALS IN THE ARTS.
Enormous Quantities Consumed in II
Various Industries.

Enormous Quantities Consumed in the
Various Industries.
It is easy to ascertain how much gold
and silver ore absorbed in the coinage
of the various nations, but the most
careful estimates as to the quantities
of these metals used in the arts and
industries are only approximate. Sta,
ttisticians in the Treasury Department
of the French Government recently
undertook the considerable task OF
compiling the best information on this
subject, and the figures they have
reached are probably as accurate as
any that have yet been published.
Most of the gold used in the arts lie
for .ornam entation, though it is also
employed to large extent for the
most practical purposes, as in den.
tistry. It is doubtful if even jewelry
consumes larger quantity of gold
than some other ways in which 1T is
used. The consumption for gliding
alone is very large. The films of gold
leaf are very thin, but enormous nnm.
bers of them are applied to consid.
erable variety of manufactures, such
as signs, iewelry, books, frames, fur.
niture, pottery and other articles, and
the aggregate value of the gold thus
used is very large. The consumption
of gold for gliding has considerably
increased since electro-gilding came
into vogue, but because more gliding
is done and also because the new pro.
cess wastes g considerable quantity OF
the metal. According to the French
figures the United States consumes in
the arts about thirty-one thousand
pounds of gold in year, which
amounts in value to $10,000,000 il
round numbers. France, however,
with her preeminent manufactures Of
jewelry and other articles of luxury,
heads the list with an annual con
sumption of about thirty-fve thou.
sand two hundred pounds a year.
Great Britain also surpasses the Uni.
ted States with "a, 100 pounds, Ger
many consumes 29, 04O pounds, Switz-
erland $4,000, Italy 11,OO0, Russis
5000, Austria Hungary 6175, and Bel
GUM and Holland $500.
Perhaps one reason why the United
States consumes in the arts q good
deal more silver than any other coun.
try is because photography here, with
itssamateur branch, is far more extern
sively in use than in any other land.
The chief industrial uses of silver are
for solid silver plate and silver plating,
mountings for harnesses and other
ornamentation, and photography. The
silver industries in the United States
consume over five hundred and fifty.
five thousand pounds year, Germany
and France about three hundred and
thirty thousand pounds eachs Russia
209, 900 and Great Britain 2Os, ,000.-
New York Sun.
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A coMIcAu WORLD.

"such a comicaI world" said the Funnys
Man,
And he laughed, 'sHa-hal He-hel -
How people can keep from Laughing aloud
Is really mystery to me.
"Now the sun arises in early morn.
And that Is 80 funny to me;
Why 1t doesn't wait till people are up
Is funny as funny can be.
"And the moon and the stars prowl around,
at night
When the people are all in bad;"
And he laughed, "aa-ha! He-hel'
And shook from his toes to his head.
"Why. the brooks are always runnings
down hill,
And (Which seems so funny to me),
They never climb back, yet never run dry;
Which Is funny as funny can be.
"Aud another thing that Is comical, too, s.
The rivers run into the sen; z
But 1t never runs DER or fuller gets,
Which also seems funny to me.
"And the higher you climb up the moun-
And the nearer the sum-" said he,
"The colder 1t grows, and that, too, Pm
sure,
Is funny as funny can be.
"such a comlcal world!' said the Funny
And he laughed, "Ha-ha! He.hel
how people can keep from laughing aloud
Is really mystery to me-" r.
Detroit Free Press,
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How They Arranged It.

During the Civil War the law school
at Cambridge was presided over by
Professors Parsons, Parker and Wash
burn. They were divided in theil
political views and each did his best
to maintain his opinion. Professor
Parker was one day asked: "How dc
you get along on politics at the low
school" Nicely" he answered:
Eve are equally divided" " But how
can that be-" continued the inquirer,
"since there ore three of you?" Easy
enough" replied the professor; "Par
sons writes on one side and l on tn
other. and Washburn-he speaks on
one side and votes Cd the other. -
ArGonant.
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Snake In o Cows Ear.

A farmer living near Whitland, Car
marthenshire, lost valuable two.
year old heifer couple OF days ago
from an extraordinary cause. The
beast showed evident signs OF suffer-
ing as far back as early last spring,
and these continued with increased
severity until her death. Several
farmers we'll versed in cattle diseases
and one professional vet. visited her,
but oil quite failed to diagnose her
malady. When, after death, the car
cass was skinned, the flesh appeared
perfectly healthy, but large abcess
the size of mans fist and filled with
matter, was discovered in the glands
of the neck, about ten inches from
the butt of the left ear, and in the
abcess were the head and part of the
body of snake, coiled up, the tip Of
its tail being just visible through the
outer part of the ear. London Globe.
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Carving Logs Across q Chasm.

Eurore's unique transportation way
is the Forst Rope Road. In the can
ton of Grisons, OH the 'dizzy..preci.
pice of Via Mala (the bad way).
deep de6le OF Switzerland along the
upper Rhine, walled in by precipices
in some places 1000 feet high, it is so
difficult to get the feIlcd trees across
the valley that wire rope railway
hangs from the mountain top across
the valley down to Rougellen. To
this cable are fastened big logs by
rope and pulley, which slowly are
carried across the valley. When Sc
we're storms sweep down from the
mountain passes, frequently the sys-
tenn gets tangled, and then it is neces-
sary for some one to make the perilous
journey out on the rope to unravel
the mass,
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JINGIeS AND JESTS.
Sillicus-'sA woman's troubles are
always extreme" Cynicus-"Yes;.
shoes and hats"

Sillicus-"A woman's troubles are
always extreme. Cynicus-"Yes;.;
shoes and hats" #
There is a chance for some genius
To spend his days in clover
By inventing cloth for overcoats
That will fade alike all over.
Chicago News.
ct may have Wheels" said the,
driver of the van, "but I move in they1
best society. ."-Philadelphia Eveninaa
Bulletin.
Salary been reduced, eh?
That's hard luck. Made you feel
mad, didn't it?" Joax-"No, but it.
made me feel cheap"
fear he will not rise to fame;
He has indeed studious bent; "
But all with ease may read his name 4
Whene'er he signs document.
80 Washington Star. rs
Maude-"H "Have. Bella and Jack had
q new quarrel?" Lena-"Oh, NOS
but they've patched up their old ones
till it's about as good as new. -
Puck. ~ !.
The Amiable Plutocrat but
riches do not bring happiness" The
Unamiable Pauper - "But ]. amt
lookin' for happiness. All I want is
comfort. indianapolis Journal.
Judge-"Have you anything to say
before the court passes sentence?"
Prisoner-"Well, all I've got to say
is, T hope you'll consider the extreme
youth of my lawyer, and let me of
easy" s.
Little Edgar-'Pa, what's a lineal
iescendant?" Pa-"He'is generally y
some one who is tryingsto get through,
the world on a reputation somebody
made before he was born. Chicago
Times-Herald.
"I see by the newspapers" re-
marked Reeder, "that the miners in
the Klondike are sending out appeals
for wives" "Is that so?" CALCULATED
Hennypeck, in an eager whispers
'They can have mine"
"You are not Opaque. are you?"
sarcastically asked one man of another
who was standing in front of him at
the theatre. "Faith, an Dim not, !"
replied the other. ''It's 0Brien thot
Oh am Chicago News. Il.
Each man is apt to deem, we're told,
That fellowman his friend,
Who never asks to borrow gold,
But bus some he will lend.
--Elliott's Magazine.
They were engaged. "Life," shs
said, as she arose from the pisno
stool, "will be one long, sweet song
after we are married." THAT settles
it, then," firmly responded her lover,
as he picked up his hat and took his
departure.-Ohio State Journal.
GAS I understand it," says Mrs.
Gazzam, "by the wireless telegraph: z
system the messages go right through 2
the air we breathe" "Yes, that's cor
rect" assented Mr.. Gazzem. 'Then
a person who has just filed message
in the telegraph Office may swallow
his own words on his way home. -
Harper's Bazaar.
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A KNOWING SHEEP.
Fond Of Hunting and Constant COmpan'
iouship With Her Mistress.

ioushtp With Her Mistress.
"Sheepish" is a reproachful adiec'
tive, and of the many people whose
faces are like sleeps faces have not
good word to say. The sheep-faced
human is generally cowardly, dull and
uninteresting. But real sheep can
be loving, lovable, companionable.
Here is life-story of one such woolly
pet, told by writer in the London
News.
"Percini" was brought up by hand.
When about a year old she changed
owners, but was regarded at once as 8
privileged person in her new home.
She attached herself Immediately to
the lady of the house, and behaved
like one of the inner circle of dogs
mot the mere outdoor csnines). Per-
cini particularly liked going out rab-
bit-shooting. There was spot at the
warren where Percini's friend, with
her rifle, used to take up her position.
"Ben," the retriever, sat down there
too, and watched for the rabbits. ("A
hundred might come out, but Ben
never moves till shot is fred" says
the sportswoman.) And Percini used
to lie beside Ben-calm and happy,
and often chewing the cud. When
shot had been fred Percini would
jump up, not because she was startled,
but evidently because she was inter
ested in the result. If Percini heard
a shot anywhere she would scamper
off, thinking, by finding the gun, to
join her friend.
The sheep had two enemies; one,
dairymaid, who used to chivvy Per.
cini, who was addicted to eating the
poultry food, and another, a tame
deer, who often bit the sleeps back
in kind of rough play. To escape
either enemy Percini would rush for
help and protection to her attached
owner and would force her fat, woolly'
body through the narrowest paling 80
as to enjoy the coveted human COM
panionship. She has run couple OF
miles after trotting horse and she al
ways followed her mistress when max
ing calls on foot in the country. The
sheep and the dogs waited at the
stranger doorstep for an hour some
times in amity and patien =. Percini
was exceedingly affectionate, took an
interest in all sorts of unlikely things
rabbit shooting to wit, and when
she died at the early age of two years
she was deeply mourned by her de
voted human friend.
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Tell all we ever meant to say
Before they went their lonely way;
Obi surely fools are we and worse,
To add unto our primal curse,
BY steadfast striving to conceal
The love that in our hearts We feel.
Like rivers running to the sea,
Remorse's stream flows ceaselessly.
Not like the cooling waters flow,
That gladden. wheresoe'er they go,
But like the lava streams that pour
From mountain tops to oceans shore,
Turning the region where men dwell
Into the counterpart OF hell.
Thus, thus 1t Is remorse doth run
In endless stream from sire to son,
Leaving Its black and deadly trace
On every soul OF all our race.
O God In heaven, make us bear,
Like heroes here, our load OF cure,
And. most Of all, we Thee .:beseech,
Grant US the use of.gentle speech,
So fhat remorse and her dark road
Shall starve and die for lack OF food.
s.. G..
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REMORSE.

How many cheeks are daily wet
With tears that spring from old regret;
How like taunt unto our ears
Come far across the waste OF years
Remembrances OF cruel speech
That swiftly went beyond our reach,
Infiicting wounds such as no art
Could ever make the pain depart;
And not alone the words we said,
Come haunting like the ghostly dead
The gentle speech, the loving word,
That were by rs too long deferred
Oh! how their cheerless echoes roll
Along the chambers Of the soul;
Oh! what a world we'd give five
Had lived with larger charity,
And had with open hearts expressed
Our love to those We loved the best;
II we could break these prison bars
And press far up beyond the stars,
Far, far above, to place unknown,
Where spirits OF the dead are flown.
Woii}d we not seek our loved ones side,
And casting old reserve aside,
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The Secret Of His Popularlty.

Dean Hole, of Rochester, England,
tells of very. innocent and gentle
curate who went'to Yorkshire par
ish where the parishioners bred horses
and sometimes raced them. He was
asked to invitetAe prayers of the con-
gregstion for Lucy Grey. He did so.
They prayed three Sundays for Lucy
Grey. On the fourth the clerk told
the curate he need not do it any more.
"Why," said the curate, ''ls she
dead?" "No," said. the clerk, "she's
won the steeplechase." The curate
became quite power in the parish.
--Argonaut.
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Starving In Silk.

A lady who is taking an active part
in the relief work ut East London
writes that there are hundreds of
destitute refugee women in the town.
Some of them, penniless and home-
less, come for help wearing silk
blouses and silk dresses. London
Daily Mail.
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Hey are but sorry
individuals " b o
treat with scorn
and contumely all
t b a t pertains to
til e inn er man
and physical de-
mands of human
nature. To them
hunger is a deg
radiation, food a
constant r g m in
der that they are
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RC UL A RS re-
Gently issued by
the Department of
Agriculture d E.
scribe with some
detail a German
g ar d 9 n school.
Most of the COM
m on schools in
small German vii.
lagos, it says, have
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-10-23
An Emncror's Magnificent Crown.

The Austrian Emperor's crown was
recently photographed in order to
correct imperfect representations of
it on coins and official documents.
The crown is regarded as one of the
finest works of European gollsmiths.
The material alone is worth $500. .00ps
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Pine Tree 700 Years Old.

A well-known scientist furnishes
some information in regard to the
ages Of trees. He assigns to the pine
tree 500 10 700 years as the maximum,
425 years to the silver fir and ITO to
the ash.