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The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
GRANULAR EYELIDS.
A Disease That May Be Easily Con.
 tracted Through Contagion, and How,

This is a very distressing and often serious form of conjunctivitis, or in- aammation of the mucous membrane covering the eyeball and the lids. As it's name implies, it is usually confined to the membrane which lines the lids; but it may also creep on to the eye portion, and even when it does not it often excites other troubles there which may endanger the sight. The disease is much less common than it used to be. At one time it was almost constantly to be found in orphan asylums, schools, armies, and wherever numbers of people lived together in more or less intimate contact, and often in such places extensive epidem- ics of the disease occurred.
 We now know, says Youths Compan- ion, that the trouble is contagious, and may be spread from one person to an- other through the common use of tow els, pillows and so forth; and this knowl- edge has led to marked reduction in the prevalence of the affection, through the enforcement of isolation and the observance of greater cleanli- ness.
 The disease usually begins in acute form with redness of the eyballs, swell- ing of the lids, itching and watering of the eyes, and an extreme intoleratioH of light. The eyes feel hot and tender, and there is usually slight glairy discharge.
 At this stage the symptoms are the same as those. of an ordinary conjunc- tivitis or cold in the eye, but when the acute stage begins to subside, the eyes do not get we'll. The under surface of the lids becomes covered with little granules of deep red color. After awhile these granulations may ulcer ate, and then the discharge from the eye increases and becomes thick and yellowish. -.
 Following this stage, which is some times very slight in degree, the mem- brane lining the lids becomes dry and parchment-like, and contracts, rolling the lids inward, so that the lashes rub against the eyeball. This rubbing causes irritation. blood vessels grosy down over the upper part, and fieshy mass forms which remains as perma- nent disagreement, as we'll as an im- pediment to vision when it encroaches upon the pupil.
 The treatment of granular lids is very difficult, for the disease is exceedingly obstinate. For this reason prevention is a matter ofathe utmost importance. A child who suffers from this. or any eye affection, should have his own wash basin, soap, towels, napkins and handkerchiefs. He should sleep alone. and in every possible way should be prevented from coming in close contact with others, so long at least as there is any discharge from the eyes.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
A TEST OF OPPORTUNITY.
One Standard by Which We May Measure the Opportunities God
 Places Before Us.

The opportunities of life are not to be measured simply by the facilities they offer for making money, or attaining knowledge, or reaching position. They are also to be estimated by the avenues they open for self-expression. Each of us has his own endowments, ideas and personal force. We do not realize the. best ideal of life unless there is oppor- tunity for us to exert these powers and to create our impression upon the world, and do our own work in the world through them. We know col lege professor who made fortune in five years. He deliberately turned his back on his opportunity of adding largely to it, and gave up his business career to take a college position on a small salary. The reason was that he did not believe that his money-making faculty was his highest endowment. He felt that he had capacity for in- >vestigation and for teaching that should have expression. Already his name is quoted as one of the principal authorities in his department. That is an extreme case, but it illustrates the truth that the opportunity that gives you chance for doing the particular work that you are best fitted to do, and to exert your personal force upon the world through it, may be cboicer opening than one that seems to carry with it the prizes of money and position that men soegreatly prize. A man is
 never hanpier or more useful than when he is felfilling his distinctive mis- sion through the exercise of his dis tinctive powers.-Boston Watchman:
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
FAILURE OF PHILANTHRoPHY.
Poor Results of Government Provt- sions for the BettermeHt of
 the Indians.

Under the advice of the best and most courageous of the friends of the Indian, an act for the allotment of their tribal lands in severalty 10 the Indians, under certain conditions, was passed by con- gress in 1884. Since that time many of the tribes have apportioned their lands to their individual members, and have given up the tribal life, says Youths Companion.
 AS the Indians to whom lands were so allotted were forbidden to sell or other wise alienate their land under 20 years, and as steps were taken to start them as farmers, it was supposed that the measure would do more to civilize and make them self-supporting under ex- isting conditions, than anything else has done. Fifteen years have goneby since the first allotment of lands, and the public men who were the authors and most earnest advocates of the severalty law have lately expressed deep Encouragement with the result.
 Although the Indians cannot yet sell, they can and do lease their allotted lands to white men. There are reserva-
 
 tions in the west where practically all the farms are rented to white men, while their owners and their families retire to unassigned parts of the reser- vation and live in the old wild way. Meantime the vices of the white men are communicated to them more read fly than ever before, and they are with out the tribal government and the re- straint of strong men of their own race which often went with it.
 As a whole, the condition of the In- dians is undoubtedly improving, but there are some cases in which, under the allotment system, they have actual ly retrograded. The fact is now ap- parent that it is difficult to make a self supporting farmer of the Indian in one generation. The Indian still needs safe guards against corruption, and above all he needs practical and simple in- struction, at his home, in the few in- dustrial occupations which he may bs able to follow.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
POWER.

Have you seen the locomotive as she strug>
 gles up the slope, Painting. blowing. shrieking onward Ike a
 traveller spurned by hope. Onward. upward. ever pressing. like be-
 ing with a soul? But the power that propels her Is a shovel
 full of coal Tin, at last, she's reached the summit, then
 adown the hillside flies. Where another mighty mountain starts It's
 journey 10 the skies; Now no effort. swiftly downward. gently
 OCT each grassy knoll. Stin she now and then Is calling for
 shovelfu of coal So in life we upward Journey, up Hfs's
 troublesome ascent, To the Mecca we are seeking. earnestly our
 feet are bent, But the Journey would be lighter; sooner
 we would reach the goal. If, as fiercely onward pressing, we would
 shovel in the coal True some early struggle upward, till they
 reach the mountain height. Then. perhaps. He idly waiting where the
 tourney IS more light: Till again they reach the bottom, but the
 fellow on the roll Of the mighty Is the fellow who keeps
 shoveIing the coal Omaha World-Herald-
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
NOTES OF A TRAVELLER.
It takes $175 a year to keep a railway rr;a oro ;o xx-orkip r order

It takes $175 a year to keep railway carriage in working order.
 In the past 70 years over 4O0,C GOO miles of railway has been completed in the British empire.
 Employees of the Lehigh Valley rail- hoad have been ordered to speak of wrecks as "derailments" or ''acci- dents."
 Chicago has more miles of street rail- way than any other city in the world. The total length of single track, ele- vated railroads included, is over 1000 miles.
 The Italian government now issues a new kind of travellers passes" good on all railways and steamboat lines, and including hotel expenses, first or second-class, on payment of certain lump sum, varying according to class and time.
 The new street cars to be used on the interurban line between St. Paul and Saltwater have will have compressed air brakes and whistles. The air whistles will be used in the country, where the cars will be run at high rate of speed.
 The Kashmir railway is to be con- structed over 186 miles in the most mountainous part of India. It will be operated by electricity, water power being used. This permits of a much lighter motor for drawing the same load, and also permits of grades which steam engine could not climb without recourse to the rack system.
 The trains of the trans-Siberian rail- road are to be ferried across Lake Bai- kal on a steamboat which, it is said, will possess the most powerful engines employed in any vessel afoat. They are of 4o,o0O horsepower, and large share of their immense energy will be re- quired to break a way for boat through the thick ice which covers the lake in the winter. The engines of the great steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse are of only 2s,0oo horsepower.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
TO THE PUBLIC.

My age Is fourteen months or so; I've taught myself to walk, But I am now concerned to know
 How I shall learn to talk: Tn fact, how any babe who lives ; Both day and night among His idiotic relatives i Can learn the English tongue. And therefore I would make it clear
 (Sor deem the act amiss)- What chance have we when all we near Is language such as this: '.Ze pecious sing." "Of wootsy wootsr' s.His muzzers tUnnin' petv' ''Ze Ifty, pity. witty tooIs!'
 Now what does danma detT' They tell me that drinks 'dink::"
 My fingers "hrgies" are: That think is sink or also 'nnk:'
 And that a cars a ''tar." With "tumpty jump" and Dow WOW WOW" " And "diddly. didcly, dee,'' And other phrases that. I VOW. ! Are useless, quite. to me. =. So when from mother. aunt and all
 I've gained a moments grace. With none to clutch me lest fall.
 Or stare me in the face, I've printed out this statement rude
 CThe letters learned with pain From cans of patent baby food).
 And hope 'tis not in vain. Edwin L. Sabin. in Woman'g Home Com
 panion.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
A ASTARTLING REMEDY
Dr. McKim Would Kill Off Imbeciles
 and Criminals.
The Doctor Believes 1t Is the Duty of Society to Thus Hid Itself of Serious
 Burdens. =

Dr. ". Duncan McKim would bet ter the condition of society in this country by slaughtering half mil lion people. Dr. McKim believes it is not only the right but the duty of so- ciety to put to death its criminal and dependent classes, embracing the con- 6rmed criminal, the epileptic and hysterical criminal. the incurable insane criminal, idiots and imbeciles, and moral imbeciles.
 Dr. McKim's startling remedy is set forth in his book: "Heredity and Hu- man Progress" He says:
 "For the rejuvenation of the race we need to multiply those individuals whose dominant craving is the altru- istic sense, and to eliminate those whose lives are ruled by the baser selfishness. It is among the many de- tectives thrown upon the state for maintenance and the many vicious 1eld in restraint by the state on ac- count of their crimes that system ,f elimination seems practicable; and through it there would be given ever increasing opportunity for the expan- sion of such lives as tend to advance the standard of the race.
 'The essential feature of the plan is the gentle removal from this life of such idiotic, imbecile, and otherwise grossly defective persons as are now dependent for maintenance upon the state, and of such criminals as com init the most heinous crimes or show by the frequent repetition of crimes less grave, by their bodily and mental characters, and by their ancestry: that they are hopslessly incorrigible Each individual of these classes would undergo thorough examination, ane only by due process of law would his life be taken from him.
 "The painless extinction of these lives would present no practical diff. culty; in carbonic acid gas we have an agent which would instantaneous ly fulfill the need" .; zi
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
No Tim. nnrn.r-n-..m.-

The persistent man never stops to consider whetSer he is succeeding or not. The only question with him is how to push ahead, to get little further along. little nearer his goal. Whether it lead over mountains, riv- CTS or morasses, he must reach it. Every other consideration is sacrificed to this one dominant purposa.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
Judstng by Appearances.

Tommy-Say, Jimmie, wot is classic al music?
 Jimmie-It's the kind you can't un- derstand unless you wear long hair.-- N. r. Journal ,A
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
Their Uaa.

Knox-As fire escapes are conducted to-day can't for the life of me see what use they are.
 Fox-You can't? Why, they are dse- ful in permitting the escape of the fire that is not utilized in consuming the building.-Boston Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
The Average.
.verage man z"

"Pa, what's an average man ?"
 "One who thinks his employers busi- ness would be run a good deal better ii he could have more to say about 1t himself" f."-Chicago Times-Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-02
nne Man,s Yiewn.

She-It's a woman's privilege to change her mind, you know.
 He-Yes, and her age, too, but she takes her time in doing it. - Chicago Record.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03

not only gets his price, but = tenant
THAT - In every way to his Hiking. Thus
Is the demand for houses great IN
Warrington.
b. has been given out that another
cooperative window glass company IL
seeking q location for a factory in the
West Virginia glass field. A letter has
been received in this city making in
QulrIes as to the advantages of Man
nington. The factory is to be a thirty
blower continuous tank and will give
employment to about $50 workmen.
Miss Ada johnson, city editor of the
Advocate, was passenger on the train
on, the Monongah division OF the B.
O.. Wednesday, which ran over and
killed an unknown Slav lea Shinns-
ton. Miss johnson says that the wo-
men aboard turned sick at the sight
Of the mangled body.
Ed. Lynch, who jumped from the Eec-
ond floor of his burning dwelling q
week ago this morning, sustaining a
broken leg and other serious injuries,
died yesterday. Mr.. Lynch was well
known and highly respected, and news
of his death was received with general
regre.
The Calendar Coterie will hold an
important meeting next Thursday ey-
ening.
The teachers of the public schools
gave a reception at the school house
last evening. Work of the different
rooms was placed on exhibition and
refreshments were served.
Ed. Hermans, the we'll known news
paper man from Morgantown, was in
the city yesterday on business.
The Excelsior Clothing House, the
largest mercantile establishment in the
city, will DE enlarged. The firm name
will be changed from H. & A. Macht
to that of Macht Bros. The firm has
established a factory in Baltimore and
will engage in the manufacture OF
clothing. -,
Ollie Leggett, of Wadestown, will
enter a Ruchannon seminary Monday.
Miss Helen kirkland has returned
from a p~rotracted visit to relatives IN
Wheeling.
The members of the Presbyterian
church will present the Scottish Re
formation" in the neal future.
The younge members of the Metho-
dist church will give an entertainment
next Friday night.
Miss Anna Coffman has returned to
her home in Clarksburg.
RarIow's Ministries will give a per-
Torrance at the Opera House to-
night.
Mrs. E. J. Thomas visited friends IN
Allegheny. Pa, this week.
Mrs. M. J. Arnett left to-day for BAL
timore and Washington. She Will at
tend the inauguration of the president
and yice-president.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03

Martinsville, are the guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Cyrus Lutes, Of Fifth street.
Captain II. It. Anshutz has accepted
a position as salesman in r. g. ROBERTS,
store, on Jefferson venue.
Michael Hobright, of Wheeling, was
the guest of friends here yesterday.
Yesterday was pay day at the coal
mine and glass house. 1t was the larS-
est pay since the holidays, as the I'M
ployes at the glass house all made good
time the past week.
Local Union No. 10, A. r. g. w. IT,,
held their regular monthly meeting
yesterday and transacted the routine
business.
Ex-Sheriff Mathews. who was seri-
ously injured by falling on the pave
ment a short time ago. was able to be
out yesterday.
County Clerk Lewis issued a mar
rage license yesterday to emil Peter
sen, and Alice King, OF Wheeling
George simpson. an employee OF the
Fostoria Glass Company. has been III
at W~eilsburg since January 2ith.
The musical and literary e~ntertaln(
ment given FRIDAY evening under TN
auspices of the Epworth League was q
decided success. The entire programme
was good and the different performers
were repeatedly encored. The fifth
and last number OF the entertainment
course will be a concert by the oxford
Musical Club, of Boston, Mass, on
Thursday evening. March 21st.
}. NJ. Seal has purchased the restaur-
ant and confectionery OF Newt. McGill.
in the Central House, and took charge
Of the place yesterday.
w. A. Burwell and Bert NcConeughy
were ~pardoned from the penltentiary
yesterday.
Mrs. Hugh Bissett and daughter, Miss
Agnes, have returned from visiting
friends at Woodland.
The County Board of Health viii
hold an important meeting here ta-
morrow.
A great many teachers OF cou'Atry
schools we're in the city YESTERDAY but
very few of them attended the me etingi
of the Teachers Association.
Miss Jane SkilAner will retur a 10 hol
home In Cincin sati to-day aner being
the guest of her grandma Aher. Mrs
Jane Lockwood, foI several. wee1a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03
MANNINGTON.

MANNINGTON, w. Va, March g.
Some insight into the prosperity of
Warrington may be gained from the
recent action of the landlords in rails
ing the rentals of private and public
buildings. 1t is understood that a on
oerted TO- on the part of property
owners was made to bring the rentals
charged to a uniform basis. Tenants
have been notified that rents would be
increased on the first of this month.
Houses WAlch have therefore, rented
for s12 a month may now be had for
SIS, and those bringing SIG will be Of
fered for 500. A suit Of four rooms in
a new two-story brick structure has
been offered, it is said. for $50 a month.
These rooms are situated over a room
which is to be occupied by a black
smith. Houses and rooms throughout
the city rent at these high prices usu-
ally. For example, if a landlord has
a few Dom to rent. he advertises them
and receives a great many calls. The
6rst applicants do not get the rooms.
TOR the landlord holds then until he
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03

burg Business College, arrived home
yesterday and will remain here over
Sunday.
Mrs. Kathryn Christly, of Water and
Charles streets, is confined TO her home
with what seems to be an attack OF
typhoid fever, and her condition, while
not serious yet, seems to be getting
worse every day.
Mrs. Will Wetzel, of the North End,
left yesterday for her former home at
Newport. o.. where she will be the
guest of friends and relatives for a
short time.
Misses Pearl and Emma Wheeler and
Mr.. Charles Barrett and sister. who
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Fitzgerald at their pleasant home on
Pike street for several days during the
week, left yesterday for their home at
New Matamoras, o.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03
MOUNDSVJLLE.
Events Yesterday in the Marshall
Coant5 Town.
Notes of the Churches.

va AhS
The usual services will be held In
the M. e. Church to-day at 1890 a. m.
and ZOO p. m. The revival services
which have been in progress for several
weeks will be continued this week.
There have been over forty CONVEX
sions during the meeting. Next Sun
day the third quarterly meeting will 3e
held. The Rev. A. Moore, the presid-
ing elder, will conduct the services.
The Rev. J. T. Williams, of Fair
mont, will preach in the Christian
Church this morning from the subject
"The Model Church." At Z p. m. his
subject will be THE Seven Unities."
Services will he held in the Cath
Ollie Church at 8 and 1873 a. m. to-
day. On Tuesday evening a Lenten
service sermon will be preached by
Rev. P. A. Boyce, Of Sistersvile. Next
Friday evening at 1880 p. m. the SER
vice will be THE Way of the Cross"
Baptist Church, DR.. Bond, pastor,
services will be held at 1890 a. IN. and
Z D. m. Morning text, lst Cor. lis;
evening text. Phil. 8, 1914.
Brief News Notes.
James Baker and family, of New
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03

Ne1Jeor; u Jnznea b Waexoner ana
Catherine Robey: to william Henry Dam
lei Kroner. colored. and Fanny johnson.
colored: TO George Morgan Frush and
Lillian ". Peppler; and to Abel Mills n
Rose P. Campbell.
An effort has been made this week to
identify the capitol Hill Siugger'' who
gives his name as AL. Cowan. and says
he formerly lived here. Reports Of his
attacks upon women of Catholic faith in
Denver, Colorado. lave appeared in the
large dailies for several days past. The
records do not show that he ever lived
here. and old residenters have no ~recollec-
ton of such a man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

same spirit and care that characterized it's production Wednesday evening.
 While each of the principals were good. too much praise cannot be ac" corded Mir. J. J. Pierce for his excel lent work as Poo Bah. For a young man wholly unacquainted with stage methods, his comedy work was marvel ous Too often amateur actors are over zealous MT. Pierce held himself iu check and played the part like a veteran actor.
 Alt pgether the production nf "The Mikado" was about the best thing which has been done by Montgomery amateurs in many years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
The Time to Practice.

It has been said that spring weather is conducive to musical conception and The young ladies have already begun to hie themselves tc the music store and select their fancies in song and piano work. The most ac- ceptable music and the largest variety in the State of Alabama is found at E. E. For o4s's Music Store, 26 Dexter Avenue. the place where the teachers get their music. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Clous in the Garter Case.

Washington, May 25.-Gen. B. w. Clous, who has just been retired as Judge Advocate General of the army, has been retained by the Department of Justice to assist the Government in the case of O. M. Carter formerly of the Engineer Corps of the army, whose attorneys are endeavoring to secure his release from the military penitentiary at LeaVenworth. General Clous is fa- mliar with the case. as he had it under consideration during his active service in the army.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
DAYS OF THE WEEK.

May 2s is Whit Sunday, or Pentecost; an annual feast in the Eestern anu Western churches instituted in com memoration of the day upon which the Holy Ghost descended upon the apos- ties and when the 5000 were baptizeo
 It occurs fifty days after Easter; The entire fifty days. known as Whitsun, tide. or Pentecost. was an especiai season in the early church for the ad- ministration of adult baptism. The name Whit comes from abs. or white garments. worn by those who were to be baptized Pentecost means hftietn' In Rome the day is celebrated with 1reat efrect, and It is varIoussy ana peculiarly celebrated In different eeun- tries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Second Performance Yesterday |,
 Blind Tom.

A good sized audience witnessed the performance of Blind Tom at matinee at NcDonald's s Theatre yesterday, which closed his engagement in Mont gomery. -.a,, five years and many persons thought the negr, was dead, but his clever per formances in Montgomery gave ample evidence that he is the original Georgia negro who created a sensation many years ago by his remarkable musical
 The company went from Montgomery to Union springs.