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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1901-10-12
CUEILLETTEs.

Au Club.
Obi monsieur, l'amusante his
toire que vous nous avez contee hier
sur Get ane, vous savez bien...
-Etait- ce 81 drole, en- verit6?
-Oui, desopilanti
"A tel point que je ne peux plus
voir un ane sans penser vous.
Declin de la lune de miel.
Elle.-Amilcar. apras six semai-
mes de marriage, je remarque quo tn
ne m'aimes plus.
Movement d'epaules dc rAmil-
car refroidi.
Ellie. reprenant-Ohi CO nest pas
10 peine de nier: pour soutenir le
contraire, il t'edt fallu trouver une
femme plus bate que moii
Lui, navre. Que veux-tu? Je
men ai pas trouv6e, helasi
= 3 =
Chez le boucher.
Lapuree.-C Comment CO Sc fait-il,
monsieur Battard. que dana 10 COM
mencement vous me faisiex payer
compliant parce que vons ne me
connaiseiez pas. ct maintenant vous
me faites encore payer compliant?
LIE boucher. -Cest que maints-
tenant ie vous connaiA
II Il II
Mile K. est nns jeune flle char
mantle, mais qui commeucs : faire
un pen parler dele.
L'autre jour. On de ces d6smuvr6s
qui ne trouvent d'attrait qu'au fruit
defendn IL de6nissait ainsi :
Ellie n'a plus le duvet de la
peche. mails ellie n'a pas encore eelni
du p6chel
Vie de menage.
Madame.Ca e'est fortl Impos-
sible dc me rappeler on j'ai fourre
mon chapeau bleul
Monsieur.-Tu . si pen de tste
ct tant de chapeauxl
= =
On medecin encourage an blesse.
Allons, mon ami, IN pen de
courage. Ce no sera rien-.. Le
temps de vous conper les jambes. ct
avant an mois vous serez sur pieds.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1901-10-12
DE PART ET D'AUTRE.

DE PART ET D'AUTRE.
CEsr en- Europe que SO trouve au-
jourd'hui b plus tongue ligne tsls-
phonique du monde. Cette iigne
est cells qui " de Berlin ! Bor-
desux et don't Il longueur nest pas
noias de l. 900 miles.
LIZ president Roosevelt nomms
iaee de l. cour de district du nord
et du centre de l'Alabama rex-gou-
vsrneur Jones. de Get etat. I'M de-
mocrate modsrs. Cette nomination
6ts bien aceueiIlie de toutes parts
81 des teleerammes dc fsIicitation
ont Sc eavoyss au president par
des rspublieains blancs ct noirs.
UxE negresse : donne naissance.
! lHopitsi de Charlie dc ID Nou-
yelle. Orleans. ssmedi matin. 1 IN
snfant ! deux tetes. L'enfant, IN
garcon. EST ne mort. mails les deux
tstes etaient parfaitement formees.
Cest IN ph6nomsne excessivement
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1901-10-12

ID peau etait redevenue blanche.
Le cercueil etc referme ct ne sera
iamais plus ouvert. ia tombe etant
formee de pierres de taille dificiles
! deplacer.
UNE femme. soupconnse d'avoir
commits quatorze meurtres. q etc
arret6e ! Dayton. O. C'est une
veuve. agse de quarante-sept ans,
Nine A. ]. Witwer, ct ses victimes
sont quatrs maris, cinq enfants. une
snur ct quatre membres de diffe-
rentes families chez lesquelles ellie
: etc employee. Sc dernisre victi-
mo est a. sosur. qui eat morts il y :
quelques jonrs dams des circonstan-
Cos myst6rieuses. Une entopsie.
faife ! l. requste de Il more de Nine
Witwer. aurait revels Il presence
d'arsenic dams les intestine de Ia
defunte. ct ce poison jou6 IN role
dams toutes les morris qu'on attribute
! cette femme Seulement on ne
conprend pas quel aurait pu stre le
mobile de ces crimes.
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1901-10-12
Fos. Sale.

A PLEYEL PIANO. Apply to
J. P. ELMORE, Edgard P. O., La.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1901-10-12

bls operation. il = quatorze ems,
ct 1 ce moment le cadavre du de-
funt etait devenu complement
noir. Cette fois, i la surprise ge-
neraie. il en- q ets tout autrement et
ID peau etait redevenue blanche.
Le cercueil ete referme ct ne sera
iamais plus ouvert. la tombe etant
formee de pierres de taille dif6ciles
1 deplacer.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1901-10-12

CEsr en- Europe que Sc trouve au-
jourd'hui b plus tongue ligne tels-
phonique da monde. Cette iigne
est eelle qui " de Berlin ! Bor-
desux et don't ID longueur est pas
noias de /. 900 miles.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
Municipal Corporations.

The establishment of a board of po-
lice commissioners for the city OF
Newport, Rhode Island, is held. in
Newport VS.. Horton (R. ID SO l.. r.
A. 800, not to be an unconstitutional
interference with the right Of that
city to local self-government SO far
as the appointment by them of a chief
of police is concerned, for the reason
that a police officer does not perform
a purely municipal, but a State, duty.
An ordinance providing that it shall
saloon or place where intoxicating Ii
quor are sold, his clerks, agents, or
employees, to enter such place for any
purpose on Sunday without first OBJ
tanning a written permission from the
mayor or recorder of the town. stat
ing the length of time he may remain
in the saloon, is held, In Newbern VS..
Mccain (Tenn.) so l.. R.A. 476, to be
void for unreasonablepess, and be-
cause it vests an arbitrary discretion
in the mayor Or recorder.
An ordinance imposing a license tax
on persons who lend money on house
hold or kitchen furniture and wearing
apparel, when the tax is made SO large
to be prohibitory, Is held, in Morton
VS.. Macon (Ga.) SO l.. R. A. 485, to be
illegal under a charter authorizing Ii
cense taxes upon professions, trades,
or callings, since this does not author
ize a prohibtory tax upon any useful
and legitimate business.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
Incompetent Persons.

A person who has no decisions, and
is more than ordinary intelligent, with
memory unimpaired, and who %appreci-
ates exactly the nature of a criminal
charge against him, and his relations
to the proceeding, and who, so far as
mental operations are concerned, is as
sane as men are ordinarily, although
on account of a serious illness result
ing from indulgence in the excessive
use of intoxicating drink, his brain is
so affected so Is to change his charac-
ter, whereby he has lost ambition, be-
ONE aimless and trifing, and has de-
Perforated in moral character, so that,
if at liberty, he will inevitably take
to drinking, and when under the in
1uence of intoxicants will be danger
Gus, is held, in re Buchanan (Cal.) so
L. R. A. 37S, not to be insane within
the meaning of statutes providing for
the suspension of proceedings against
insane criminals, and, If he has been
committed to an insane hospital pend
ing the prosecution, he Is entitled to
be returned to the sheriff for trial.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE DECIDED
TO BE GAMBLING.

Judge A. w. Fife, of the Superior
Court of Georgia, is a jurist after the
hearts of he sensational preachers Of
New York. He has just decided that
the playing of progressive euchre for
prizes is gambling and has so charged
a jury in his court at Townsville, Ca,
which is the winter home of hundreds
of wealthy Northern people, who play
progressive euchre frequently for prizes
Of great value.
Il ann aware" said the Judge in max
ing his charge, that progressive euchre
playing is very popular in society cir
cles and is played in the houses of some
of the most prominent citizens and by
some Of the most estimable ladies of
your acquaintance, but that does not
excus it. The law specifies that when
ever playing with cards is INDUCED in
for a consideration, whether it be
money or prizes of intrinsic value, the
same is gambling, illegal and punish
able with as little mercy as that ex-
tended to the most hardened criminal"
Technically Judge Fife may be right,
but to a man up a tree it looks as if the
majesty of the law might with profit
to society at large be directed against
more crying and more heinous crimes
than this social diversion. A faithful
grand jury need not wear out its probe
to find that society is suffering from
more serious evils than progressive
euchre. Straining at gnats by author
titles who daily swallow great illegal
camels is not calculated to increase
popular respect for the courts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
AS TO AN IRON AND STEEL
STRIKE.

While it is improbable that a general
strike in all the mills of the United
States Steel Corporation will be called
because of the refusal of one concern
to recognize the union, it is not impos-
sible under the circumstances.
After a long and extraordinarily busy
season a shutdown and vacation for
the summer might strike neither en-
ployes nor employers u~nfavorably. Be-
sides it would nelp stiffen up prices.
On the other hand there is still a
whole lot of money to be made in iron
and steel with all the mills running 10
their full capacity for some time TO
come, while the big fellows in Wall
street may not be quite ready for the
disastrous slump in the stock market
SO gigantic a strike would cause. For
the latter reasons the misunderstanding
at McKeesport is likely to be settled
amicably or at least a general strike
held in allegiance for some time yet.
The trust magnates know pretty we'll
how to handle these little matters so
that their own interests will not suffer
overmuch.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
A FEW MARRIAGE DoNTs.

Rev. Jacob Schlegel, of the German
Evangelical Church, Of New York, who
has married 3,012 couples during his
twenty-four years as pastor, and who
was quoted the other day as declaring
that marriage is a failure and as ad-
vising young men not to marry, says
he has been ~misquoted. He does not
believe that marriage is a failure. EN-
phatically no." says he. IF marriage
were a failure I would not go on marry
ing couples. The idea that I meant to
convey Is that marriages are failures
when the young man is under twenty
and the girl younger" And he gives
this practical advice, which is from the
observation of a man who has launched
over 5000 barks on the sea of matri-
mony:
About twenty-five hundred of the mar
riages I nave performed LAY been very
happy. But trouble has resulted from
marrying too young and not understanding
the responsibility of the married state.
Happy marriages are the rule where
the wife knows how to cook, does her
washing and sewing and helps her hus-
band to save money.
II have found that in many cases the
tendency is to fix up a nice fiat of six or
seven rooms when two or three rooms
would be amply sufficient. This is very
bad.
"A couple should not marry until they
have known each other at least six months
or a year. They will then know each 9TH
er's temperaments.
MY advice to girls is, do not marry
until you are sure that the man of your
choice is able to support you.
ITO the young men 1 would say, don't
marry a girl who does not know how to
cook, wash and mend your clothes"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
they go abroad after topics for sermon.
izing.

The albion dollar steel trust mag
mates are said to have a locomotive
trust In view. Beginning with the
Cooke Locomotive Works OF Patterson,
N. J., for the purchase OF which Nor
gan, Rockefeller and others r nego-
tiating, the plan is to absorb all the
MISUNDERSTANDING companies east OF
the Mississippi. Negotiations are in
progress for the purchase of the Bald
win Locomotive Works at Philadelphia,
the Schenectady Locomotive Works and
the Portland Locomotive Works, Of
Maine. The new trust will be allied to
the U. S. Steel Corporation, which then
will have a f1rmer grip than ever on
the railroads of the country.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
THE PRESIDENTS PART.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE COM
mfttee on ceremonies of the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition saw the President TO-
day. They arranged the details of his
part i'm the opening of the exposition
May 1st. On that day the Presidential
party will be at Vicksburg, Miss. A
dispatch will be sent to the President
by the management of the exposition
to which he will send a suitable reply
and at 2 O'Clock he will press a but
ton which will transmit the electric i'm
pulse necessary to set the machinery of
the exposition in motion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
"ANOTHER FIVE"
Case and Comment.

Case and Comment.
A story is told OF an old attorney
in southern Illinois during the war
times, who, when all the younger law
yers were at the front, was engaged
one day by an old planter to draw
some affidavits Of loyalty by which to
obtain the release of cotton that had
been seized for coniscation. The old
attorney drew the afidavits, and the
planter succeeded in getting his cot
ton, ~whereupon, with great satisfac-
ton, he told the attorney to meet him
on the levee the next morning at 8
o'clock and he would pay him. The
attorney, who was sadly in need of
funds, lay awake all night trying to
decide what charge he should make,
wondering if $50 would be too much,
and if possibly 800 would be willing
ly paid by the old planter, who had
succeeded in getting very valuable cot
ton by his aid. With feverish head
and parched lips, the old mar went
down to the levee at the appointed
time and met the planter, not yet able
to decide what charge he should make.
Without asking him for his bill, the
old planter said: "Sit down, sah," and
as he took out a huge roll of bills, ad-
ded: Nov, sab. I'll just count out
about what I think, sab, would be a
fair amount, sab, and then. sab, I'll
see what you have to say about it,
sab" Then. picking off a $500 bill
from the roll, the planter laid it on
his knee. and added another and an
other until there were five of them.
and, looking up, said, Now, sab, that
is about what / thought was right.
sab. and what have you to say about
it. sah?" The old attorney, bursting
with suppressed emotion as he saw
the bills laid out, nevertheless strug-
gled to be equal to the occasion. He
strove to speak, but did so with diff
fculty. At last his lips parted and
he said with dignity: well, ] think,
perhaps you had better make It an
other i've"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
ARGUMENTS IN RIPLEY CASE
Will Begin To-Day-Ffnal Wit
nesses Examined and Instruc-
tiOns Argued yesterday.

tIOnb ueu ehtSruay
FRANKFORT. KY, April 1.-THE ar
gument in the Ripley case will begin to-
morrow. The testimony closed to-day.
Judge Cantrill heard arguments this after
noon on two sets Of instructions presented
by the attorneys on ach side, but will not
decide upon the instructions until to-mor-
row. The grand jury adjourned to-day
without bringing in n new indictments
In connection with the Goebel murder.
The Ripley case is not likely to go to the
jury before Friday.
When the trial was esumed to-day only
two witnesses remained to be examined
by the defense. 1t is stated that the pros
ecution wiuld call ex-Assistant Secretary
of State ]. ID. Matthews and his wife in
rebuttal.
Former Adjutant General Castleman and
John Reading, a member of the national
guard, testified 1t was customary to fur
nish military companies with cartridges
as well as guns. The prosecution had laid
street on the point that Ripley's company
had been furnished ammunition when It
was equipped.
The defense then rested.
Ex-Assistant Secretary of State J. f..
SSsAhS ~ IhO SAUhcAASHAS "
legged to have been made to him by Ripley
to him in April of last year, in which Rip
ley was said to ave declared he knew
enough to clear Powers. Mrs. Matthews
corroborated the testimony of her hus-
band.
Ripley. she added, denounced Gov. Tay-
Tor as "a coward for running of and leav-
ing his family"
Capt. Julian Kersey. who was the last
witness in rebuttal, completed testimony
and court adjourned until afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
PREcEDENTs FOR FUNSTON.

PRECEDENTs FOR FUNSTON.
In the eyes Of the people Gen. Funs-
ton does not need apologists for his
methods of capturing A~guinaldo,
though they may have involved decep-
ton and even forgery. But for the ben
eft OF those bureaucrats at Washing
ton who declare that Funston in TAX
ing Aguinaldo did nothing worthy of
the promotion he has received and 9TH
ers who go so far as to declare his act
in deceiving Aguinaldo wa something
that the country ought to be ashamed
OF, it may be well to quote a few pre-
cedents furnished by a New York con-
temporary.
George Washington came near being
the victim OF a plot of this. nature.
During the early part OF the war, at the
instigation OF the British, some of his
bodyguard became involved in a
scheme to turn the American General
over to the enemy. If the plan had
been successful an entirely different
face might have been put on the Rev.
dictionary struggle. AS it happened, a
woman overheard the plotters and in
formed Washington. The ringleader
was hanged.
After General Arnold had deserted.
Sergeant Champe attempted to kidnap
the traitor and bring him back to JUS
tice. By a mere accident the scheme
failed, as Arnold moved from his house
only a few hours before the attempt
was made. Champe's failure was re-
GREETED among all the patriots. How
ever, the British General Prescott was
captured by practically the same means
near Newport in 1777.
More recently the capture of General
Stoughton by General Mosby is
another a in point. MOsby
with twenty-nine C~onfecerates went in
to the Union camp at Fairfax Court
house and escaped identification. He
found General Stoughton asleep in a
house used as headquarters. The Union
General awoke when he heard the name
of Mosby uttered. Raising himself In
bed he said: Have you got him?"
He's got you," was the reply from
Mosby. Stoughton was successfully
carried through the lines to General
Fitzhugh Lees camp before any alarm
was given.
Funston may direct the attention Of
his belittlers to these facts of history
and declare with pride: There are
Others"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
ASSASSINATED.

A M e m u h Physician sho
Through h Head While Re-
turning from a Professiena
Call.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 17.-Dr. II.
S. Scruggs, Jr., who resided at Aulona,
a surburb Of this city, was found sit
ting upright in his buggy near his
home early to-day. A bullet hole be-
hind the left ear showed that he un-
doubtedly had been assassinated by
some person who climbed upon the back
of the vehicle as the physician was re-
turning from visiting a patient. The
horse wandered along the roadway for
several hours before the crime was dis
covered. There is no clue to the MUIR
derers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
"outside tho Constitution. Is not feel
ing SO brash-
SOME LEGAL MATTERS.
Common Law Marriages.

Common Law Marr1ages.
Case and Comment.
The policy of recognizing as valid
a marriage by private contract OF the
parties without any formal solemnlza-
ton either by clergyman or magis-
trate, is one which seems to invite Pc
rennial discussion. In the State OF
New York, where such marriages are
now held valid. there is an attempt 10
outlaw them. Opinions on this subject
differ widely, and are held tenacious
ly. The advocates of either policy
must in fairness recognize that the
advantages are not all on one SIDE.
Serious evils may, and will, attend
either policy. The question is, BY
which will they be made least?
When one observes the hardshlps
that result to a mans family by The
appearance after his death OF n who
claims to have been his common law
wife, it is easy to be impressed with
the evils Of a situation in which that
is possible. Besides this, it is probable
that the line of demarcation between
lawful marriage and mere
age is made somewhat less distinct by
the recognition of the validity or a
merely consensual marriage. But, on
the other hand, it is clear that a law
abolishing such marriages, especially IN
a state where there ds no legal punish
ment for adultery, would permit the
maintenance of illicit relations with
--l-x--L.J f~o-o onu local
penalty. The possible result on pub
lie morals of such a situation is ser1-
Gus enough to require the most careful
consideration before such a change in
the law is made.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
ALL CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

PARIS, April 1.-THE foreign office con-
firms the dispatch from Washington say
ing France will take charge of the Catho-
lie claims against China, explaining hat
this act is in accordance with her tradi-
tonal protectorate over the Catholic mis-
sions in the Far East. But. France does
not intend to press the claims Of other
Catholics thar the French unless request
ed by them to do so. 1t is expected, how
ever. that all the Catholics of Latin Dun
tries will place their claims in her hands.
The German missions in Shan Tung rely
on their own government.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
FEMININE

When a New York minister wanders
abroad among the people these days he
is apt to find his sphere Of holiness up
against contamination. Thus the Rev.
DIR. A.ainsford found food for a sermon
the other day. I'm dozens of restaur-
ants Of the better class" says he, may
be found women, ladies, if you will,
drinking high balls Manhattan cock
tails and brandy and Soda In the
hotel in which l live l recently saw two
young and pretty women, evidently OF
entire responsibility, enter the restaur-
ant where I vas taking luncheon, and
seat themselves at an adjoining table.
They had just come from some enter
tainment at Carnegie Hall.
"As soon as they were seated one or
dered a high ball and the other a
Manhattan cocktail After having dis
posed Of these they each ordered an
other drink Of the same kind.
From their conversation l gathered
that they lived In a neighboring city
and were only visiting New York. They
evidently were copying the custom OF
many women who live in New York,
and who think nothing of drinking in
public places"
If the Doctor is right as to the class
to which these female imbibers belong
matters are in a sad way, indeed. He
Is right in declaring that twenty years
ago a woman who thus drank in public
would have been ~ostracised. The trou-
BILE Is, the evidence thus gathered by
ministers in their rare wanderings
about town is too apt to be inaccurate
and misleading. The divines them
selves live so ~circumscribed in so close
n narrow an atmosphere that their
theories OF life and people are apt to
be sadly at sea when brought in con-
tact with actual life itself, because OF
their utter lack of practical knowledge
and personal experience. 1t is alto
gether improbable that DR.. Rainsford
has ever seen any respectable women
guzzling cocktails" and high balls
in public places in the manner describ-
ed by him. The excellent divine has
doubtless been misled by running across
fair denizens of the tenderloin.
It might be well to protect Vie repu.
tation Of the respectable women Of the
metropolis BY appointing guardians fe1
certain minister's Of the gospel when
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
POSTPONED TILL JUNE.

NEW YORK, April 17.-Surrogate
Fitzgerald to-day, on motion of VIM.
w. Cantwell, of the law firm of Can't
we'll and Moore, counsel of Albert T.
Patrick, granted an adjournment in
the William Marsh Rice will contest
until the first Monday in June.
Patrick was held yesterday by JUS
tice Jerome for the grand jury on the
charge that he murdered Rice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
DIR. Seamon, a New Yorker just re
turned from China, says:

THE Chinese were guilty of outrages
upon the legations and foreigners. Yes.
but these nave been repaid with cruelties
that mak ones blood rise, atrocities that
are unspeakable. In one of the punitive
expeditions 1900 people were slaughtered
in one day, every one innocent, every one
unarmed. Hundreds of miles of territory
nave been devastated and the peoples
homes ruined"
Minister WI is doubtless we'll within
the truth in declaring that China's
losses from Christianity's raids since
last summer is at least double the ex-
orbitant bill of expenses the powers
put in.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
~BIRMINGHAM'S BIG FIRE.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 17.-Fire
to-day destroyed the a barn of the
Birmingham Railway, Light & Power
Company, together with thirty-five troll
ley cars. The Third Presbyterian
Church and parsonage and half a block
of cottages adjoining were also burned.
Rev. j. A. Bryan and family narrow
ly escaped with their lives. The total
loss is estimated at s135, 900.