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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

Governor Whites appointments, so
lar, nave not been such as to win him
very many friends in addition to those
he already had. He has taken the De-
mocratic members of the boards. for
the most part, from that element Of the
party whose fealty has been under a.
cloud at one time or another, though of
course all are not of that class. He
has socked the knife into his opponents
In his own party and turned it around
and he has demonstrated his contempt
for the Atkinson regime by throwing
out, neck and crop, almost every man
found encumbering an appointive place
to which he had been elevated by that
governmental misfit. What better sup
porting testimony TO the unf1tness of
the entire Atkinson gang could the
Democrats have than is furnished by
a succeeding administration which
sweeps the whole throng away? The
appointment of one board has been
awaited with more than ordinary in
terest. 1t is the directory of the Hos
pita1 for the Insane at Weston. It has
been generally believed that White
would appoint board that will con-
tinue in place and power the inexpres-
sible Stathers, yet there are those who
still have hope that a streak of de-
cency has overtaken the Governor and
that he will blot the Stathers episode
with its filth and stencil from the
States record forever. The board just
named is claimed both for and against
Stathers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

DIR. L. V. Guthrie, superintendent of
the insane Asylum at Spencer, has
Deen IN this city during part of the
week on business with the State Off
clals IN connection with his office. He
gives a gratifying report of the work
lnss OF the institution under his charge
Wnlch, by the way, he says is now as
lull as II will hold of the unfortunate
Grass committed to its care Work on
the new water works is being rushed
toward completion as rapidly as pos
slDle, with the purpose to have a boun-
tltul supply OF water on hand by the
time OF the arrival of the usual drought
season. Other important improvements
and additions are being made to that
institution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08
n 9 GRESSANc

Corporal Co. H, Twelfth U. s. 1.
Tarlac, Luzon, P. l., March %, 1901.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

A large number of people are of the
opinion that the county is wrong in its
determination to continue to collect
tolls on the National pike.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

Judge John Jay Jackson, of the Fed
eral Court, is holding the last term OF
his court Tat will be held in this city
The act creating the new federal dis
trict goes into effect July 1st. and the
courts held here in future will be pre-
sided over by the new judge, whoever
he may De In charging the grand
jury upon the frst dHy Of the present
tarm J16ee Jno1Doa lfRopoo6 1900
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

Inc appointment of the board of di-
reetors OF the Home for Incurables
made by Governor White is like to
Drlng such a buzzing about his ears as
VIII make them Jingle. He made a
clean sweep of the old board-many
OF whom had not only put in much
time and work in bringing that insti-
tuition up to as high standard as nos
slble, but who had long before made
records for themselves in charitable
ana humane work-and appointed in
their places individuals who have no
experience in such matters, who have
no knowledge of the workings of such
institutions, and who must, in their
green and untried state, take charge
OF an institution that needs to be car
ried along, without a moments inter
ruptlon, In the most careful and pains
taking manner. 1t is limited that His
Excellency has not shown a really pa
trlotic spirit in this matter but that,
on the contrary he has exercised the
smallest kind of peanut politics. 1t is
charged that he even went so far as to
go before President Mckinley and urge
as a reason why Taylor Vinson should
not be appointed judge of the new fed
eral district the fact that Mr. Vinson
opposed before the Legislature a bill
that he, White, desired to have passed
defining the kind of persons eligible to
entrance in the Home for Incurables
He put it on the ground that it was a
Republican caucus measure, and that
Vlnson should, therefore, not have op-
posed it; but the fact was it had not
been agreed to by the caucus
Ut is pretty hard lines, though
that a State institution of such
Importance, and one appealing SC
strongly to the better side of human
nature, should be thrown into the DO
htical arena for the ravening wolves OF
a small partisanship to growl and fight
over and DESTROY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

The new district attorney. Hon.
Reece Blizzard, is here attending to the
duties OF his office, the only time he
will have such duties to attend in
charleston, as he will go with Judge
Jacksons court to Parkersburg, and
Ex-Governor Atkinson will be the at
torney for this district. Majah Charles
ID. Elliott is also here, taking pointers
on how to run a marshal's office, so
that he may be properly next when he
takes charge of the northern district.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-08

what from the usual manner of such
charges, and spoke of the fact that this
was 10 be his last term of court here.
lie referred to the fact that he had held
MS first term here almost forty wears
ago-October 10, 1S61-and that from,
tnat time to this he had never missed
term. One was interrupted for
Time, IN 1852, when the Confederates
unaer General Loring had possession
OF the town, but that interruption was
very snort, for the federals soon drove
them away, and the term of court was
only little delayed. Judge Jackson
spoke IN a feeling manner of the men
VINO were practicing at this bar when
ne nrst came here, and who had since
passed aWay-Hon. BENJAMIN III.
smith, Hon. George w. Summers. Hon
James. Brown and others-and also of
many VINO had come and gone since.
Tie paid a high tribute TO .aa worth of
these men as citizens and lawyers, and
many of his hearers were greatly NOV
ed by his very touching words.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
A Good Snake Story,

Mrs. Isabel Savory tells in her book "A
Sportswo1nan in India this story about q
man she knew: He had a hen-house ana
a. hen that was sitting, but uniuckliy LOT
her Matching operations a cobra got
through a ,hink in the hen-house. Inc
cot,rs. made a fine meal of weli-Warmed
eggs, but when 1t essayed to retire by
the same hole through which 1t had enter
ed it found those eggs In the way. II
was much too large to get out, SO II
stuck in the hole. half in the hen-aoose
and half outside. There 1T was discovered
the next morning in a surfeited conoitloh-
1t paid for it's greediness with IT'S NE,
and then it paid back the eggs IL mao
stolen; for when the body OF the snake
was opened the eggs were all found tiii,
broken and warm. They were replaced
under the hen, and in due time were
Matched, none the worse for their pec'-
liar incubat ton. The strange fact that
the cobra could swallow whole an egg
much larger than its own head is ac-
counted for by the peculiar construction
of that head. The head and jaws or the
cobra are loose. and can be enormously
stretched and distorted
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
"FaH" in English Usage,

Tailors in the Strand and IN Regent
Street, in order to secure the custom OF
our visitors from across the Atlantic,
are paying them the compliment OF
learning the American language. In
windows along both streets one may
read that fall goods are now ready" or
that '.all the winter Sutings may now
be seen. 1t is delicate attention, and
undoubtedly attracts the notice of custo-
mers. But one wonders whether the
tradesmen thought they must write
fall" in order to be understood. 1t is
true that three-quarters of the time
Americans say fall" but the remaining
quarter when they call the season ''au-
tumn,' should count for something.
'FaIr' is, many people think, rather
pretty descriptive word. Are the talors
Of London likely to bring it into common
use?
The word fall" with the meaning OF
autumn, now being used by tailors in
London, is very far indeed from uncom-
mon in this country. writes q CORE
spondent. Although becoming somewhat
rare in literary use, 1t is frequently met
with in a number of dialects both in the
North and South of England. In fact.
many of the peasantry, who still retain
a love for Saxon words. rarely use the
word autunn-a word OF doubtful ETY.
molosy and the only name of the four
seasons not derived from Anglo-Saxon-
fall being the favorite expression.
Though usually regarded as Of American
origin. it is in truth, but q survival Of
an English usage of good repute. The
word was Frequently used by writer's in
the sixteenth century. and by Carlyle,
Cardinal Newman and othcrs IN the
nineteenth.-Ilondon Chronicle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Curious Hybrid Lily.

Two curious and beautiful specimens or
a hybrid lily were exhibited at me Sun
office Saturday by Mr. E. b. DliEal, OF
Walbrook The flowers were raised in
Mr.. D,1vars garGen at his home, henton.
on Second Street, and sprung from seeds
which came from cross OF the common
yellow or white lily with the jamestown
weed commonly called the "Jiinson. or
"Jimpson,'' weed. The flower is ABOUT
eight inches long and six inches across
the corolla, which is, in reality, a coroii1
within a corolla, the inner one being pure
white and the outer one of deep purple
color, streaked with white, The corol-
Ia is supported by a green caiyN cup.
while the layers of fesh-coiored pe'ais
joined form the blossoms. The leaves Oh
this strange plant are like large o.hA
leaves. which. when pressed. emit tile et us
agreeable .Jinson', odor-Baitimore sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Mere Opinion.


Many a man who glories in his oirtfo'
right and thanks God for his inGepeno-
ence IS afraid to wear cheap clothes.
An old man who goes babbl!ns OF love
is not half as ridiculous as an old worla"
who limps because her shoes are too
snail.
Say a man is honest and people pas
no attention: say ne is rich and they eS-
plain "Ohr'-but say he is both and they
think you lie.
Love was the first victim of an optica1
Illusion
EVER fat woman expects to be syipfs~
Ire when she gets TO be an angel
The lady who eloped always hopes her
children have not inherited a tendency tor
co likewise.
has 80 wives He IS probably the worst
liar on earth.
1t always tickles woman to be abs
to send word down to callers that she IS
in her bath
When a girl asks a widower If she, is
th. only one he ever loved she doesn't
necessarily call his honor into Questions
Frequently it is just her nerve
II men were always as great as sheir
regulations the world wouldn't be DIG
enough TO hold half OF us.-ChicaSo
Times-Herald-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
oAnarchists Elected in Rome.

The Camera di Lavoro, a body entirely
composed of workingmen, but recognized
officially by the municipality OF Rome,
from which it receives 500 lire subsidy
per month, might be translated into
English as trades union It has be-
tween 5000 and 5000 members on its rolls
but only some $500 took part in their
elections last week. The battle was be-
tween the Socialists. single-handed. and
an alliance Of Republicans and Anar-
ch1sts. and the result was the complete
victory Of the coalition. Five Republi-
cans and three Anarchists headed the
list; the beaten Socialists obtained only
the three seats allotted to the minority.
The fact has Its Importance. for It sig
nails the first appearance Of the ~Anar-
chists in the public life Of Rome-less
than two years since an international.
congress, was held here to devise meas
8ures for their suppression. and just. a
year after one. Of their party assassi-s
mated the King OF Italy.-London Tablet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Pointed Paragraphs.

One drawback to stage realism is its
unrealness.
Chronic kickers give tho world many
upward boost.
a man doesn't mind being fool so long
as he doesn't know it.
Some men are SO liberal they are con-
tinually giving themselves away.
An imaginative writer is one who
boasts of the prices he gets for his ar
tcleS.
1t is the unconventional woman who
has a mania for attending conventions.
The average man doesn't seem to think
it counts when he breaks a promise made
to himself.
Sometimes mans appearance suits
a woman, and there are times when his
disappearance would please her more.
There is no pleasure in loafiing unless
You have something 70 do.
The mill Of to-day Erinds with the wa
ter that has passed-into stream.
a baseball game is merely a contest
between two mines and an umpire.
We read Of the seven ages Of man, but
man.
Unless a. man really loves a girl he is
unable to tell the color of her eyes.
The wise girl always rearranges the
parlor furniture Immediately after
young man has called.
A difference of opinion between a, man
and his wife is often the result of her
thinking one way when he thinks she
thinks another.
Some women take up music for the
purpose of beating time.
A practical joke is one that manages to
dodge the aste-basket.
The best feeders in a printing estab-
lishment seldom have dyspepsia
When a girls education is complete her
diploma is a marriage license.
After a man reaches thirty he ceases
to believe in platonic friendships.
Some men resemble Holsters, they turn
red when they find themselves III hot
water.
The man who has too much regard for
the feelings of his neighbors would I'M
doubtedly get mad if he knew what the
aforesaid neighbors thought of his weak
ness.
Some men are like donkeys-ttey lack
horse sense.
a deaf and dumb man is apt to talk
straight out from the shoulder.
When q. dog succeeds in capturing his
tail his end is accomplished.
It's a hard matrimonial knot that the
divorce Judge can't unite.
AS the chip of the old block is inclined
so Is the family tree bent.
TIE motive of the average play seems
to be to make men thirsty between the
acts.
All is fair In love and war-or, in other
words. during courtship and after mar
riage.
When a man takes unto himself an
heiress for helpmate he probably needs
her to help meet his bills.
Some girls are decided blondes and some
are decides brunettes-but either kind are
apt to make decided wives.
The camel can go two weeks without
taking n drink, but it would make some
men hump themselves to abstain for two
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Gruesome Scenes in Hyde Park.

Hyde Park is no longer aEaiiaote iof
the use or delectation of self-respecting
people
We have taken the pains to make q
personal study of it. and at noon one day
we counted thirty-two cases OF drunken
ness among women and forty-t1ve among
men, all of whom We're lying upon the
grass, some only partially dressed. soi'ie
using fearful imprecatlons ana obscene
language of the foulest kind, while others
we're actually changing their underwear
in broad daylight The lowest type on
the west coast of Africa would blush
to act as they did, but London apparent
" must submit TO such gruesome exhi-
billions. for the Metropolitan Police on
duty in Hyde Park have no power to in
terfere with the type of savage who mo-
nopolizes and dafies the fairest OF our
omen soaces-I<ondon Saturday Review.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
In Round Figures.

Not long ago a lady was giving a lee
tire Her subject was the human figure,
and the requirements in the way OF pro-
portion, for beauty. She herself was OF
generous-one may say unwieldly-slze,
and her manner was supercillous ana
lofty She was trying to demonstrate
the relative sizes Of the limbs as they
really ought to be.
For example" said she, t"ics round
nv thumb"-she held it up--"once round
nv wrist: twice round my wrist. once
round my neck; twice round my neck,
once round my waist.
Here she paused, and a shrill voice
from the audience exclaimed:
."rwice round your waist, once round
Hyde Park
The lecturer hastily passed on to an
other branch of the subject.-London
Answers
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Some Tyrolesu EpitcphS.

a German traveller has discovered soma
quaint epitaphs in a Tyroieap cemetery
On a tombstone in a valley OF lux was
this inscription. In pious remembrance
Of The honest widow Anna kriedi. forty
years long"
\ miller is thus. remembered: I'm Chris
tian memory of H, who departed tnia
life without human assistance.
\ farmer whose initials only are given,
ana who appears to have been the au-
thor OF his own eptaph- has this memo
rial: Here rests in God, F. X He lived
twenty-six years as Il man and thirty
seven years as husband"
On the tomb of a man who fell from q
roof and was killed are these words:
Here fell Jacob Hosennkoof from the
roof into eternity
This vail of a desolate husband caps
the climax: Tears cannot bring Thea
back to life. therefore L weep. House
hold Words
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
MODERN FABLES.
BY GEORGE AIDE.
The Modern Fable of the Young Woman Who Had
to Have EVERYTHING lust So.
Copyright, 1901, by Robert Howard Rus

Copyright, 1901, by Robert Howard Rus
sell.)
faStidiouS Fannie was the name OF
Girl who had her Pencil out and marked
down an Error the Minute it was made.
She knew the Rules and Regulations by
Heart. She slept with the Handbook OF
Etiquette under her Pillow and worked
the Eagle Eye whenever she was in COM
pa.ny, looking for N1isplays. Fan was. so
Grammatical that she made nearly every
one tired, and she was SO Touchy that
those who took long Chances and started
III TO Chat with her had to weigh every
Word.
AT least dozen Young Men came fool
Ing around at different Times. attracted
by her cold Beauty and the fact that she
was the Only Child of a National Bank.
Fan put the Blue Tag on them one by
one. The first was six hours late in maxi
ing his Party Call, and when he came
around he. found the Gate nailed up. The
second wore his Dinner Jacket and a
Black Tie one Evening when he should
have worn his long Henry Miller. so Fan
wrote to him that he was 80 per cent
Pilky doodle and belonged in g. Lumber
Camp Another was careless enough to
strike a Match and light his Students
Lamp one evening when he was seeing
her Home She screamed and called for
a. Cab, for she held that no True Gentle
man would Smoke a Cigarette while
walking with a Lady. a fourth As
pirant wrote to her on the wrong kind OF
Paper and put the Date at the Top in
stead of the Bottom and the Answer that
he longed for never came. A fifth got
the wrong Clutch on her, while they were
Waiting, and after that she couldn't see
him. not even with Spy-Glass.
Thus she threw them into the Discard
as fast as they bodied up. One parted
his Hair on the wrong side and another
Kept his Hands in his Pockets and an-
other walked on the off side of her, when
they went up Street.
at last she had checked up the whole
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Could Stand the Loss.

A moneyed man of Detroit was sur
prised to receive a call from rather
seedy-looking chap-an entire stranger
the other day. Having satisfied the
guards that he was not a book agent.
he was allowed to enter and state his
business, which he had insisted, in order
to gain adn1t1rance, was important.
well, sir?" said the wealthy man.
expectantly, as the worthy stepped in. ).
like you to indorse this note for me-
5 The man of money. examined the note
critically, as he observed: why do you
come to me? don't know you from
Adam. Why don'tyou go to some one.
you know p, $50.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Don t Be Afraid

To express your opinion when you SEQ
a case Of oppression.
To say no when asked to do some
thing not entirely to your liking.
To show your appreciation OF a favcs
extended you.
TO meet your creditors and tell them
the true conditions OF affair.
To tell your mother all about tie stEf
you love.
To go to your father and ask advtcs
when you face a serious problem.
To acknowledge your incapactty 70
grant financial favor.
To decline to participate II an expes,dA
ture you cannot afford
To show regard for the feelings Of &
person who does not agree with YOU IN
religion.
To tell the boys you are going honz1
early so as to make good promise -
your wife,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
A Good Snake Story Curious Hybrid Lily.
Growth OF Children-Some Tyrolean
Epitaphs- Gruesome Scenes
in HYDE Park.
in Hyde Park.

been discussed in every family circle. at
five years of age the boys are mainly
taller than the girls. but at seven years
the girls catch up, and eithar outstrip
the boys or hold their own until n'ns.
after which the boys take fresh start
and maintain a good lead for two years
At about twelve years the girls sudden
" become taller than the boys, continu-
ing so until their fifteenth years, when
the boys finally regain their superiority
in stature and hold it permanent!y--Ne"
York Press
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
OUT OF THE BEATEN TRACK.
Hotel Detectives Abroad Tunnel Beneath
the Sea-Words Man Utters-Un
making History-Jag Cars.

and would join the Belfast and Northern
Counties Rairway.
The total distance rom Stranraer to
Belfast was 81 2 miles. OF this "a L..
miles would be tunnel. % of which would
be under the sea. The top of the tunnel
was proposed to be placed $50 feet below
the sea bottom and the tunnel was to
be for double line
Il he working OF the railway was to be
by electric motors from installations near
the main shafts, one being at each side
Of the channel and it was intended that
trains should be run at a speed OF from
60 to 30 miles an hour. so that the time
in the tunnel WOUND be little over half
an hour, the whole distance from Stran-
raer to Belfast being traversed under an
hour rains could run from Glasgow
to Belfast in three and a half or four
hours The ventilation of the tunnel
would be rendered easy by the use of
electric power. a current of fresh air
would be sent in by q, fan at one enc
and drawn out at the other.
The cost of the tunnel was estimated
by the engineers and by a contractor at
$5G.Co5.O00. exclusive o. interest during
construction. and this left a considerable
margin for contingencies. The finance of
the project was the present difficulty. the
prospect as a speculation not being
su,..ciently good
Mr.. Leonard Bell. Of London. suggest
ed that there should be two single tunnels
instead OF one wide tunnel: that would
obviate any difficulty as to water
Sir Douglas Fox said that he would
face this tunnel with more compos,lre
than either OF. those under the Mersey or
the Severn. Tie great point was the
financial one which they could not 20
into. The scheme did not Brighten en-
slneers; 1t was quite practicable"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Brother Dfckey's Sayings.

I never did go into politics kase I
wuz bon en- raised ter work fer my
livir.
Dey is so much sunshine in dis OF worl'
dat you can't look at it wioout goin'
half blind.
De reason I don't fine no fault wild dis
WORT is kase hits de onliest one knows
anything erbout-
1T may be de rich mems hez hard time
glttin' into heaven, but dey sartinly reaps
lots er roses long de way-Atlanta Con-
StitutiOn.