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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-02-23

When Minister WI Ting-fang was
in New York recently, man who
served III the congress that passed the
Chinese exclusion act told him a story
about ii coruayman OF his which
pleased him greatly. Shortly after the
act was pessed the secretary of state
received IA letter from Pennsylvania
signed by Chinamar. The writer
said that he had been interested in
this legislation and that he fell within
the conditions of this act He had
come to this country under false pre-
tcnces and hence he should be deport
ed to China Immediately. The request
was 50 strange that the secretary Of
state ordered an Investigation. The
agent reported IL few days later that
the Chinaman's statement about the
way in which he entered this country
was correct and tnat he should be de-
ported. There was just one drawback
to this program, however. The China
man had been convicted OF murder and
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-02-23

New York woman who became a
drcssmaker after she had lost her hus.
band and her fortune simultaneously
decided to follow the English fashion
and do business under name easily
recalled and short. Business did not
increase at the rate she thought il
ought to. She was at loss to account
for this Indifference until somebody ad-
vised her to resume her own name,
calling attention to the amount OF ad.
,ertising she lost by concealing her
well.known identity under an assumed
name. She had never thought of the
matter in that light. and as the advice
semed reasonable she decided to use
her own name. The former sign came
down and new one went up in its
place bearing her family name. Bust.
ness increased so rapidly afterward
that the woman abandoned her half.
formed decision to retire from bust.
ness and is now in charge Of a -four.
tshing establishm mt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-02-23

No one went to the morgue to claim
the body of old Timothy McGrath, the
b2ggar who used to grind a hand or
gan at night along Broadway in the
Tenderlon, with little skye TERROR,
money basket in mouth. seated on top
OF the organ. The old man is said to
have a nephew and niece living
somewhere in the city. and the nephew
is reported to be letter carrier; but
although the old mans death was
printed in all the newspapers. together
with the fact that he had left some
real estate and n fair sum in cash. no
inquiry has been made about him at
the corOner's office. McGrath lived with
no companion but his little dog. At
his stand on Broadway the dog served
TO attract attention and arouse SYM
pathy and the old man rarely had a
bad night. None knew 1t. but he slow
ly grew rich. About 10 days ago the
dog died Of old age, it is thought. Less
than week later his master followed
him. 1t was only when the police
searched the room that it was found
that he mad several thousand dollars in
savings banks. y life insurance policy,
a deed to n house and lot in Fortieth
street. near Sixth avenue. and deed
to a lot in Calvary cemetery 1t IS all
waiting for the nephew and niece to
appear.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
BENWOOD.
News Notes of Interest From the City
of Mills.

VI Wtshs
C. E. Vance left Saturday evening
for Quincy, Illinois.
The carpenters have begun work on
the new school building at the juno
ton.
Miss Tone Stone, of Columbus. Ohio,
is here to attend the Wharton-Dixon
nuptials.
J. F. Jones and wife have returned
from Warrington where they spent the
past two weeks.
DR.. Eskey was at Aliens Grove last
evening where he was one of the judges
in the Demorest contest.
Miss Carrie Wilson of the Fourth
Ward left yesterday for Buffalo and
Evening Star Lodge, knights OF
Pythias held an important business
meeting in their lodge room last even
ing.
Mrs. Marion Byard, or the Fourth
Ward, has returned from New Mar
oinsville where she has been for some
time past.
Bard Eskey returned yesterday from
visiting the Pastime Fishing Club en-
camped at Duval's landing near Pow
hatan, Ohio.
The wedding of Miss Mary Dixon, an
accomplished young lady of this city,
and Mr.. Homer F. Wharton, of Wash
ington, Pa. will occur at the brides
home this evening.
Col. Robert White will deliver his
lecture, The Passion Play" at the
NJ. E. church on Thursday evening.
The lecture is given under the auspices
of the Epworth League.
The remains of Fireman T. w. Mar
lowe, who lost his life in the wreck at
Burton yesterday morning, were
brought here yesterday evening and
prepared for burial at Becker's under
taking establishment.
Before Squire Riddle yesterday oc-
Cured the hearing of Myrtle Yost,
charged with assault upon Emma Lu-
bic. The defendant was discharged.
The man Vincent who accompanied
Myrtle at the time of the alleged as
sault and who, it is said, choked Miss
Lubic. has not yet been apprehended
by the officers.
Car No. 2 on the Moundsville line
broke down near the Wheeling steel
works Sunday afternoon and was not
gotten out of the way until some time
yesterday morning. The cars only ran
to the transfer station at Dugan's and
many persons waited an hour or more
at the end of the line at Seventh
street before some one happened along
and tod them of the accident and Their
they were obliged to walk to Dugan's
place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
t, N.KNLEy,s CONDITION.

The news from the bedside OF the
President is decidedly encouraging.
The latest is the best of all n at
this writing the physicians entertain
strong hopes of his recovery.
Heretofore shot-wounds in the stom-
ach mostinvariably have proven fatal,
the nature and function of tina organ
presenting almost insurmountable bar
riers to treatment and to the process
of healing. So rapidly has surgical
science progressed of late, that these
obstacles have been largely removed
and the knife of the surgeon o Is
used with comparative freedom in the
stomach. Indeed, there have been
csses of recent record of the entire
elimination of that important organ
without fatal consequences.
The greatest danger in the Presi-
dents case Is from septic poisoning,
or peritonitis. The gravest period OF
apprehension, however, seems to have
been tided over, although there is still
much danger.
What probably will be the most i'm
portant factor in his recovery, should
that happily occur, will be that Mr..
Mckinley has Away led a temperate
life and at the time of his attempted
assassination was in perfect and Wig
ofrHs health.
At this hour, with temperature nor
NAL and pulse and respiration near
the same condition all the symptoms
are decidedly favorable to the Presi-
dents complete recovery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
TIVE rOyJy OF ANaRCHysM.

The would-be assassin of President
Mckinley explained his action on the
ground that the form of government
of the United States was all wrong and
that the only remedy was to kill the
President.
1t is difficult to believe that any
one entertaining such absurd views
can be sane. It is evidence of the utter
ignorance of such fanatics OF the
conditions they wish to reform
The most rudimentary knowledge of
the Constitution of the United States
and of our political system would suf-
fee to dissipate SO absurd a theory as
that the killing of the President would
alter the system of government.
Should Mr.. Mckinley die the form
of government in the United States
would not be changed in the slightest
degree. Another President would in
stantly succeed Mr.. Mckinley and al
though anarchy nigh kill off in rapid
succession every man legally designa-
ted to succeed the President the form
of government would in no wise be
changed.
In the case of an absolute despotism
there might be a possibility Of work
ing a revolution in the government by
killing its head but there has been no
such instance in the present era. In
Russia. whose government nearest APP
proaches absolute despotism, the
assassination of the Car has never
effected any change, One Car has sue
ceeded another and the Russian gov
eminent remains the same.
Even in France, whose government
Z is probably the most unstable of any
OF the great powers. the assassination
OF President Carnot made no change
whatever. The government continued
on the same lines under the new presi-
dent.
The assassin Of King Humbert, of
Italy. accomplished nothing but a das-
tardly murder. The Italian govern
ment is conducted as before.
The murder of President Lincoln al
the close Of the greatest civil war in
history made no change in our gov
eminent. When President Garfield
was shot his words: God reigns and
the government at Washington still
lives" expressed the futility Of the
sssassin's effort.
Nothing ever was or can be gained
for the "cause" which Anarchist
claim to have at heart, by murder. On
man killed in Office is at once succeed
cd by another. The only effect o
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
w N OF GIRLS.
The Gibson Girls investigation of
an extinct Type"

The Gibson Girls investigation of
an "Extinct Type"
Atlantic Monthly.
The Steel Engraving Lady sat by the
open easement, upon which rested one
slender arm. Her drapery sleeve fell back
revealing the alabaster wilderness of her
hand and wrist. Her glossy, abundant
hair was smoothly drawn over her ears,
and one rose nestled in the coil of her
dark locks.
Suddenly a heavy step was heard upon
the stair. A slight blush mantled the
Steel Engraving Lady's cheek.
''Can that be Reginald?' she said.
The door flew open and on the threshold
stood the Gibson Girl.
Excuse me for dropping in upon you,
she said with a silent nod, tossing a golf
club down upon the sofa near by. You
see. I've been appointed to write a paper
IN Extinct Types and 1 am anxious to
scrape acquaintance with you"
The Steel Engraving Lady bowed atrifle
stiffly.
won't you be seated?'' she said with
dignity.
The Gibson Girl dropped into a low chair
and crossed one knee over the other; then
she proceeded to inspect the room, whist
ling meanwhile a snatch from the last
comic opera. She wore a short skirt and
heavy, square toed shoes, a mannlsh col
lar crayat and vest, and a broad brimmed
felt hat tipped jauntily upon n side.
. She stared quite fixedly at the fair oc-
cupant of the apartment. who could with
dtfecultv conceal her evident annoyance.
pear me. you're Just as slender and
| ethereal as any of your pictures" she re-
marked, speculatively. you need fresh
air and exercise; and see the color of my
hands and face beside your own
The Steel Engraving Lady glanced at
her vis-a-vis and shrugged her shoulders
When the sun set the Steel Engraving
| Lady might have been seen again seated
beside the open easement. Her taper nm
gers lightly touched the strings of a
guitar as she hummed a low lullaby. n
more she heard a step upon the stair, and
once more the color mantled her damask
check. and she murmured Reginald" A
tall and ardent figure came swiftly toward
her. He dropped upon one knee, as If to
pay due homage to his fair one. and
raising her white hand to his lips. whis-
| pered: my queen, my lady love!"
Al this moment the Gibson Girl was
seated upon a fence swinging her heavy
| boots, while an athletic youth beside hel
| busted himself with filing a corn cob pipe
ct say. Joe." he said with a friendly ac-
emit, 'just you hop down and stand in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10

and after he'd arrived and said he was
sorry, Eben said to him:
"Silas, how far is it to Dobb's Ferry?
Its jest ten miles, Eben-jest ten"
"But I'm a dyin man."
Eyes. l know, but it's jest ten miles"
Its only nine and a. half. Silas, and
you are as big a fool as you was twenty
years ago"
Its ten, Eben."
Mine and a half"
Silas went away, and Eben died, and
a year later Silas was called to go.
When he realized it, he said to his wife:
Martha, don't let anybody bluff you
when I'm gone. It's ten miles to Dobb's
Ferry, and you stick to it if you have
to live on cold taters."
.I'H do it, Silag," she answered.
81 don't know whether III meet Eben
where I'm goin, but / rather expect to,
and durn my buttons if l don't stick out
for nine and a half"
In a day or two he was dead and bur-
Jed, and as the usual crowd met at the
postoffice in the evening the talk was
all about the two men and their life
I long dispute. Some said one was right
and some said the other. There was a
stranger present, and by and by he
pricked up his ears and asked:
"Was you folks talking about the dis
lance to Dobb's Ferry?N
1--WE was" says Moses Campbell. And
he goes on to explain about Eben and
| Silas.
why. they was both blamed idiots"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
to curl.

begun to curl.
Il amt a big huff fool to call it
nine miles and a half to Dobb's Fer
ry!" yells Silas in reply.
They jawed about it for half an hour
longer, and they parted bad friends.
In the course of two or three days
Eben put up a sign on the corner read
ing, 'Dobb's ~Ferry-Nine and a Half
Miles" and as soon as Silas heard of it
he put UP another reading, "Dobb's
Ferry-Ten Long Miles" That made
things worse, and a half a dozen fami-
lies were mixed up in the quarrel. Al
most every night in the year the two
men met at the p~ostofice, and, though
they wouldn't notice each other, they
had their ways or hurting each others
feelings. Silas would look around to
Ezra Billings and giggle and chuckle
and say:
did you hear that Dobb's Ferry had
moved inland half a mile, Ezra? She
used to be ten miles from Jericho, but
she's moved up to nine and a half to
| accommodate sartin smart folks
Eben would be hurt and want to get
even, and he'd look at Jabez White and
say:
Heard about that escaped lunatic,
Jabez? They say he's measurin' the
road from here to Dobb's Ferry with a
tow strong and that 1t keeps him crazy
| because he can't make out nine and a
| half miles Of It,"
The two men never come to blows,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10

1t is with profound sorrow, that the
directors of this company learn of the
death of one of their fellow members,
Mr.. John Frew.
Mr.. Frew was a nan that always
took great interest in anything for the
welfare of the city of Wheeling, and
the advancing of it's manufacturing in
t%erestS, and when the proposition to
reopen this factory, after it had been
closed for years vas brought up, he
anne forward and assisted by taking
stock, and encouraging others to 40 SO.
Mr.. Frew vas a man among men.
He filled many places of public and
private trusts, with honor and abb
ity. :.s
His life was without a blemish, and
above r%eproach, therefore be it,
Resolved. That in the death of Mr..
Frew, this company has lost a wise
councillor and a valuable member of
it's board, and the City of Wheeling,
one of its honored citizens, and be It
further.
Resolved, That the sympathy of this
board be rendered to the bereaved
family of the deceased. That these
resolutions be made a part of the
records of this company. DE published
in the daily papers, and a copy be sent
to the family, and the board attend
the funeral in a body.
CENTRAL GLASS WORKS,
N. B. SCOTT, Pres.
A. F. MEDER, Secy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10

but they never met without trying TO
hurt each others feelings. If n ia
vored anything, the other opposed 1t,
and they were contrary in politics, re
ligion and all pubic Improvements.
One day Eben got buried IN his well by
a cave in, and, though Silas helped to
dig him out. the chance was one to say:
"Mebbe this narrer escape from
death will make him turn to the truth
in the future and admit that it's ten
miles to Dobb's Ferry"
1t wasn't four weeks after that when
silas had a saw log roll over him, and
as he lay there fattened out Eben
came UP and looked on him and said:
"He seems to be a goner, but if the
Lords lets him recover 1t will be that
he may take half a mile off the dis
lance to Dobb's Ferry and save his soul
from perdition."
Folks thought the dispute might wear
itself out in a year or two, but 1t
didn't. 1t kept right on for 20 long
years and never grew cold. Eben would
have gone to Indiana to live, but he
didn't want to leave Silas behind to
crow over him, and Silas wouldn't go
to Syracuse to run a sawmill for the
same reason. AT length Eben lay on
his dying bed, and just the minute the
doctor told him his case was hopeless
he said:
"Then | want you to SEND for Silas
Tompkins. I've got somethin | want to
sa yto him before / die"
Silas didn't hang back about coming,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
NOTICE.

The undersigned will entertain proposl.
tions for the leasing of their. presen,
premises, Nos. 1225 and 1927 Market street
for a term of years.
Propositions covering the payment Of all
taxes and keeping the Improvements IN
order will receive the most favorable
consideration.
The property IS known to be the most
eligible in the city for retail purposes.
The company expects to occupy It's new
premises. the Opera House building. cor.
ner Market and Fourteenth streets. with
all its plants. about October /, 1902.
Address all correspondence to
WEST VIRGINIA PRINTING co
au29e&dh Charles II. fancy, See.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
THE JERICHO PosToFFIcE.
Pap Perkins. Postmaster, Tells of n
Twenty Year Dispute.


Copyright, 1901, by c. y. Lewis.)
II was when Uncle Ebenezer Davi-
son was postmaster of Jericho that
Silas Tompkins and Ben Goodheart
met al the p~ostoffice one evening, and
as they sat around and Whitfield and
waited for the mail to come in Silas
lazily queried:
"Eben, you've been to Dobb's Ferry
a hundred times, | reckon, and just
how fur do you call it from Jericho?'
Just as fur as 1t is" Eben
after thinking it over for awhile.
And that's ten miles?"
Who said it was?"
81 say so. | carried the mail over
that road for three years, and | reckon
| know the distance purity well. |
asked you because some one said you
called it only nine and a half"
And that's what I'm sayin this
mint. it's nine miles and a half to
an inch"
Say, Eben, didn't you measu it
with a purity short ta%peline?" asked 81
las as he whites away.
tits jest nine and a half" answers
Eben in a logged way.
Its exactly ten" -,
Not an inch over nine and a half"
mot an inche under ten"
'Silas Tompkins, are you crazy or a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
GENERAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.

To Whom II May Concern:
The undersigned who have heretofo-s
peen carrying on the wholesale grocer
business at No. 1901 Main street. Whaei.
ing. W. Va. under the name of IA,
Grocer Company. having as indIvi8t. +,
together with others, formed a corDo-l
ton named Baer Grocer Company a rr-.
ma concern, that the undersigned baya
on the 3lst day of August, A. D. 1870. sofa
and delivered to the said Baer Grors-
company. a corporation, all the right. tina
and interest Of the undersigned In ana =
SAID wholesale grocery business aforesaid
MORRIS HORKHEIMER
BERNARD HORKHEIMER
LOUIS HORKHEIMER
JULIUS HORKHEIMER
sepfe&d to IA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
The Pastime Fishing CIuD.

The Pastime Fishing Club composed
of Benwood boys, is encamped at Du-
walls landing above Powhatan and
the boys are having a grand time.
They catch lots of fish and entertain
all visitors in royal style. The Of
ficers of the club are: Dutch" Hen
ry, captain; Green Sans. President
Mike Luke, turnkey, and Shine Girls
we'll, cook.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
Foot Bridge Broke Down.

Roy Covington, a youth of Lot, W.
Va, was brought to the Haskins hos
pital yesterday to receive surgical at
tention. Sunday the boy, with others,
was crossing a foot bridge neal his
home when it broke, throwing the
boys to the ground and the C%ovingtor
leg was broken.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10

says the stranger when he had the facts
in hand. 81 am the man who opened
and surveyed that road. and it's just
exactly eight and three-quarters of a
mile long!"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
KING EDWARDS TROUBLE.

King Edwards earnest recommended
ton to the tuberculosis Congress,
which recently assembled in London,
that medical men urn their attention
to that other terrible disease-can-
GER" has caused a revival of the rum
ors SO often cabled from London con-
corning the condition of the Kings
throat. The recent death of the En-
press Frederick shows that the royal
family has reason to fear this af1ic-
ton. Her husband also died of can
GER of the throat.
While there has been some advance
ment in the study of cancer its com
parative rarity and obscurity have
prevented opportunity for wide exper-
iment owing to the difficulty of secur-
ing subjects.
A medical authority points out that
for years cancer was considered a
local disease, usually hereditary. 1t
was thought that an irritation would
cause the fatal eruption. Physicians
and patients despaired. This view
has been modified in a great degree
through the advances made in the
study of b~aeteriology. There is a
gradual spread of the belief that can
Ger is not greatly different from ty-
phoid, smallpox and other diseases
that have a germ as a foundation.
The liability of attack depends in a
large measure upon the resistive abil-
ity of the individual constitution.
Professor H. r. Gaylord of the New
York State Pathological Laboratory,
said in the Journal of the Medical
Sciences last spring that he had dis
covered and isolated the cancer germ.
He claimed that he had inoculated
guinea pigs with the parasite, the dis
ease making its due appearance. He
practically argued that the surgeons
knife was useless, as the patients
DlOOG Ndc Tie ltdl Stdt VI liz dIcN-
ton, He prophesied a seoul neat
nlent.
There tas been no verifcation IF
Professor Gaylord's theory, and the
medical profession has not as yet &C
cepted it finally. 1t is still generally
held that the cause of the eruption is
local. Surgery is the practical relief
that is offered. This is acknowledged
to be inadequate. 1t fails ven in
some cases where every vestige of the
affected part has been removed at an
early stage of the disease. There is a
demand for further investigation. Pro-
fessor Gaylord seems to have laid
down the lines along which expert
ments must be made" =
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10

Vice President Roosevelt announced
the other day hat he had received
two thousand invitations to deliver
addresses since Jan. /. And, the Il
ty fair season being on and lively at
fractions in demand. the invitations
are still flowing in upon him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
to the coal company.-McDowell Re-

Rev. Hartman Lester. at the advanc-
ed age of SO years, died at his home on
Indian creek, Wyoming county, last
week, after a brief illness Of a few
weeks, surrounded by members OF the
family and many friends of a life time.
Mr.. Hartman has been preaching the
gospel of salvation as a member of the
Primitive Baptist church. for nearly a
half century, and in all the years that
have come and gone has been a char
acter Of local Importance.
Prosecuting Attorney Hoover has
received notice from Mingo county Of
ficials that Dave Prater, who shot and
killed Tom Conley near Camden-on-
Gauley about two years ago, has been
arrested and Is now in Jail at William
son, that county, and would be
Brought to Addison in a few days. a
reward of $3.50 was offered by the
County Court of this county for his ar
rest and delivery here. Joe and Lui
Prater, father and brother. are now in
jail here for completely in the killing.
Webster Echo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10

The daring individual who daily
takes his life in his hands over on the
Fair Grounds by being shot out of a
cannon attached tt a balloon at a
height of 5000 feet above the earth,
making his descent to terra firma in
a parachute which is shot out with
him. earns his money in lodging the
fool-killer. -~.: '.:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-10
PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. o.
Prayers for the recovery of President
Mckinley were offered in the churches
here yesterday.