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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-30

CIRCUIT COURT-In this Court yester-
day Jonas ~Crumbacker, charged with
%assaulting and attempting prob Edward
ClatcT, on John street in East Wheeling,
IA few months ago. renewed his recogni-
lance Of $500 fol his appearance at the
October term Of Court
The decree in the case of Michael Herr,
e., Creditors was reversed, and the pork
house property ordered TO be sold for the
benefit of the creditors The property
Is now valued at about $4,000, which
amount or the sun the property sells for
will go to the Belmont Branch Bank of
Ohio, James ID. Lehman & Co, Depuh
n Fordyce, and Crispin Oglebay, the
creditors of the concern.
Rich JOKE.-About the middle of last
week a number of sporting men left this
city Oh a steamer, bound for Parkers-
burg, to witness q series of races to come
off on the track near that place. When
they arrived there the weather was de-
cidedly juicy, and hotel accommodations
being scarce, the party concluded to avail
themselves of the berths on the steamer
Eagle. Whether Parkersburg whiskey
was impregnated with laudanum We
cannot state, but when the party awoke
they we're ''homeward bound" by at least
twenty miles from the race track. They
did not see Saturday'srac and we sup
nose that bets were off"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-30

ALMOST every day We observe large
numbers OF children, from four to seven
years of age, who are amusing them
selves by putting small stones and such
things on the track of the Hempield
Railroad, and jumping on and off of the
train as it is coming into and departing
from the city This is a very dangerous
kind of sport, and if parents do not take
care of their children we fear we shall
have to chronicle the death of some of
the thoughtless and reckless youngsters.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-30

PosTPoNED.-Tbe meeting called for
tomorrow evening to organize a CON.
pany for Mexico, has been postponed I'M
til further notice. For the benefit of the
in~credulous we may state that not only
''emigrants' are engaged in the move
ment, bnt manypersons who do not bear
any marks" except wounds received
while fighting in defence of their country.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-30

or those you wish to become your customers II
7uur wares are Of that sort that are used by
everybody, you cannot well make your business
too public. or draw too many into your store 10
sea what YOU have to offer.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-09-22
No. so.

QUAKER MopE OF WARFARE The Port
land Press describes n rich scene which
took place on lot in that city recent
ly.-A Quaker and deacon had n
dispute about the erection OF fence,
the latter denying the Friends right
to put it up. The Quaker ,orked
away, gravely of course, digging post
holes, which the deacon with the aid
of ctowbar, as industriously filed
mp. We regret to say the police in
terfercd at last ard dismissed the
twain with the promise to put mp the
fence themselves, if necessary"
Adopting the language Of the Port
land Press, we must say that eve re-
greet" that it should "regret" the
bloodless termination OF the conflict.
o, Press, whenever you find the po-
lice inclined to pacific measures, let
'em go it. You won't be troubled that
way, often. Our compliments to the
Portland police. Believing that fill
ing up holes is easier work, than dig
cling them, we should have gone our
pile on the deacon.
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ONE OF THE BoYs.-The Long Branch
COZ respondent of the New York Times
thus chronicles the feat of a marvellous
boy who sat opposite to him at table:
| was greatly amused at dinner by an
exhibition of the peculiarities of a
shoddy family. That the hotel regis
ter showed the name OF Shoddy in
connection with this group, / do not
assert. / scorn registers. That the
head of that family was entitled by di-
vine right the name of Cecias I. Shod-
dy, do assert. He was well enough
shoveed his food into his mouth with
his knife, it is true, but so does many
an honest man. Mrs Shoddy was
Respondent with diamonds, and her
stubby, red fingers ghttered with ma
ny-colored Jewels; and she was fat and
not fair, and past forty But with nei-
Their of these was "wrapt up" 1t
was with that boy" Between the
parents he sat, directly opposite me at
the table, and if | concealed with my
napkin the visible struggle that went
on within me, trust no one observed
it, He was feeble urchin, with wa
terry white eyes and freckled face
who ate his food with the voracity OF
a starved spaniel, and blinked contin-
rally, like toad in a rain storm. He
gobbled, he gnawed and he clawed
His fingers We're alternately in every
thing within his reach, including his
hair, his coffee and his plate. He
scorned knives and forks; or when he
did use them it was with the energy
of despair He would seize bit OF
/ fricassecd chicken in both hands, and
as he removed the edible portion Will
his teeth, he tossed the rejected parts
over his shoulder upon the floor. He
got butter upon his coat-sleeve, and
he wiped it off upon his pantaloons
he spilled everything within his reach
he thrust his hands behind him t.
grab the walters by the coat and Civ,
his order; and when anything wal
brought him, he would scratch his heaC
thoughtfully and stare at it while col
Letting his energies for the attack
He had an eye for everything on the
table, and the dessert completely non
plussed him MAR, what's that p h,
cried, as gaily colored blanc mango
greeted his vision. That's puddin,
Mar made answer, and Gimme lot,
the young hopeful responded. Onl,
when appealed to, however, did Mrs
Shoddy observe her child; so also, Mr.
Shoddy The parental unconscious
ness of that child was something al
most sublime. He might have stood
on his head, | think, and they won il
not have wayered.
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GENTLEMEN. Perhaps these srar-
err personages than some of us think
for. Which of us can point out many
such in his circle? Men whose aims
are generous, whose truth is constant,
and not only constant in kind but
elevated in degree; whose want Of
meanness makes them simple; who
can look the world honestly in the
face with an equal, manly sympathy
for the great and small f? We alb
know hundred whose coats are very
well made, and score who have eX-
cellent manners, and one or two hap
Ply beings who are what they call in
the inner circles, and have shot into
the very center and bull,seye OF fash
ion; but. of gentlemen how many ?
Let us take little scrap of paper and
each make out his list.
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notice thnt artists have none of il
about them. In our constant reading,
the eyesight is much tired by The
white paper. / hope that the tinted
paper, with still deeper color, may
become fashionable Avoid reading
by artificial light when you can. We
read too much. We read as we eat
pell-mell, hdtchity-potch; no masti-
cation. no digestion. If, as n people,
we read less, we might know more.
Few indications are more unpromis
ing in a child than remarkable pas
sion for books. l doubt if good la
dy, who called on me the other day
with her son, will ever forgive me for
what | said to her. Her boy was of
the regular Boston type great head
and eyes, with small and narrow chest.
She said in a mournful voice, but with
evident pride, "Ah, doctor, he has
such a passion for books. AS soon
as he is out of bed, he is down at some
great book, and scarcely leaves it but
! for his meals. He never plays like
other children" | told her. among
all things, that unless she could break
up that habit, her son would very
likely turn out bolt. She left very
soon, with the belief that did not I'M
derstand her sons case. | should
have about as much hope of q man
who gave himself up to childish
sports, as / should of child who gave
himself up to the habits and life of
man. The newspapers have much to
answer for in the way of small type
and imperfect printing. ] would
cheerfully give two hundred dollars q
year to support newspaper which
would give us, morning and evening,
a half-column of the readily reliable
news, instead of fifteen columns Of
diluted speculations and tricky can
ards, the reading of which hurts our
eyes and wastes our precious time.
bio LelCts.
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'rle moss was springiug at my feet
.rI branches budding overhead,
T,s brook was pnrlug low and sweet
-topped TO Inst 10 what they said.
r,vhat they ala yes they said
rsu many q word of import deep,
That brought me memories of the dead,
N .n0ries that made me pause and weep.
Thov stirred oblivion in my heart,
And breaking from its long couiinc,
II .morg came forth TO do it, part
In torturiug this poor heart Of mine.
n brought me shining locks and fair
Brown locks and raven each gem,
Fafh found voice and through che air,
IN, tones of loved ones spoke ut them.
an .prneing moss and bursting bud
.ftip moss and buds Of that long May.
Nbpn hand u hand, through tins ola wood,
Wo esudered. culiug ali the day
Zach mossy uft with c'er smile,
In basket depth WAS duly stored.
telthcaug happiness the while
Snort hut then abundant horde.
th mumuring stream. thy voice was then
Vh, sweetest music 20 our cars
ISL, art th1n singing a.cr again
ratmtloly 0f other wears
0riftb0u Witt thy sad refrain,
d. give mo from thy mirror face,
lilo loved ones features back again,
Reelected there in other days. ]. l..
q rl HsrD w.
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New Year Present.

Never, Mrs Lawson " exclaimed
Judge Carlton, in a voice quiyering
with passion; 81 viii never leave one
dollar of my estate to Lelan De
lacys children. I said it on the New
Years day, twenty years ago, when
she left me q desolate, childless old
man, to become the wife of a low-born
artist
wen, Judge Carlton, Of course you
can dispose Of yonr property as YOU
deem best still it appears to me that
when You arc conscious that your life
is drawing to close, that You had bet
ter lay down all cnmities that had
feelings this side Of the grave, as they
viii be a sorrow and burden to car
ny beyond She spoke without fear,
The brave, noble-heartcd woman, as
sho looked the proud stern old man
steadily in the face Judge Carlton
WINGED a little. The words she spoke
were facts, which there was no laying
aside, and they confronted him now
with terrible earnestness. He gazed
upon the calmly beautiful face of the
old doctors wife, the only human be
ng who would so fearlessly have told
him the truth. For once the proud
spirit Of the old man recoiled, and
when he spoke again there was {
change in the tone which told that tn,
words had struck home.
Il settled my mind upon that sub
jet years ago, Mrs. Lawson. and
shall not alter my will, made in per
feet health and strength, because am
as you say, near the grave"
q donot know that you are correct
IN thus deciding, Judge Carlton; it il
my opinion that our eyes are mor'
iuily opened when we draw near th'
end Of our journey, and We see man.
actions Of our past lives in a diAeren
light
Judge Carlton did not reply. II
leaned his weary head back amonl
the soft damask cushions, gazing wit
pardonable pride upon the Lowell
scene before him. The first mornin
Of the New Year was peeping forth
modestly clad in somber-hued gray
nut as he advanced he rapidly change
ms hues, each being richer and NOR
beautiful than that which preceded il
'he ample grounds which surrounde
lAe family mansion were embellishe
with the works of art, and all the ell,
sances and luxuries that wealth coul
procure. The foaming river, fe
yards distant, rushing and leapin
over It's rocky bed into the abyss b'
low like a sea of molten silver, wit
noble lakes in their calm repose, IL
vast forest land and beautiful valley
ana the blue hills in the distance, q
combined to make Carlton Hall
scene OF enchanting loneliness.
thought the owner of all this veal
OF beauty, as he sat at the window c
loying the fresh air of the Southel
morning, and, as the cool wind fame
the Old mans brow, it brought oy
''S soul a wind stealing up and dow
cue dark, silent pathways of his heal
'i'S' Lawson saw the change that W
p''Slhg IN his mind; and, woman-lih
Sne had the quick, sympathetic
'unets which a good heart and natl
deliGacy bestow.
Judge, your little girl was |,
D''herless very young, was she not
" was years since any one h
Jared mention the name of I,eli
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A Coon JOKE. One of our citizens.
who has just returned from California,
and has brought with him (if rumor
be correct) q handsome pile, was very
singularly mistaken for n beggar III
New York The party, whom we will
call Mr. Weekly Gas we do not recol-
lect his rea, name) had some drafts
on bank in New York, and as he
could not get paid without being iden-
titled, hunted up, after several days
trouble, firm with which he had for
merly had some business transactions,
and to one Of whom he was personal
w known. We should here state thas
Mr. Weekly had, just before leaving
California, the misfortune to break
one of his legs, and in New York was
walking around on crutches While
waiting at the store of the person who
was to identify him, for him to accom-
pany Mr.. Weekly, the latter sat down
near the door, laid his crutches on
both sides of him, and the day being
warm. took off his hat and laid it up
on his knee.
Just then ono of tho clerks hap
pened to spy him, and surprising him
to be an applicant for relief said
peremptorily, Cant do anything for
you to- day, sir; move on Mr.:
Weekly didn't see it in that light ex-
actly, and retained his seat hhdis-
turbed by the fellows laughable mis-
take.
BY and by another clerk came
along, and being more generous than
No. 1, dropped ten cents into Mr..
Weekly's hat, which that parsonage,
with the composure of stole, co0lly
picked up, and sailed in his vest peck
ct.
The Joke was carried on 50 admira.
bly, that clerk No. also deceived by
the pantomime, likewise threw n ten
cent fractional currency into the hat
Not to be outdone by his store mates,
clerk No paid the same tribute to
the supposed lame beggar. The
thirty cents were duly sailed away,
and no one was the wiser for the joke.
) just then the merchant for whom
Mr. Weekly was waiting, and who,
from his counting-room, had been an
amused witness of the whole thing,
! came out, and MIR. Weekly accompa-
, MED him to the bank. II believe my
boys actually took you for beggar.
said the merchant scarcely able to
sustain himself. II don't care q straw
! what they took me for said Mr..
) Weekly, with 'unruffled composure,
= ''but | know that have made 30
cents by the operation" which 30
f; cents was forthwith consumed in the
; lbation to the health of the three I'M
} sophisticated clerks who mistook ST.
Paul capitalist for New York mcndi-
s cant.
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Dun DISQUALIFICATION is the prin-
cipal source of weak eyes. Reading
in the cars oftens seriously disturbs
the vision. A delicate and wonderful
apparatus within the eye is constantly
busy in adapting it to the varying To-
cal distances The jerking motion OF
the cars compels an exhaustive effort
to maintain the required adaptation.
Thou sands of eyes are spoiled by read
ing in ears and other vehicles. Re
Gently, l was consulted by a railway
expressman, who had become totally
blind 10y reading the newspapers in
the cars. Thousands, who have new
er consciously suffered any inconyen-
fence from the habit, are obliged tc
wear glasses prematurely, to correct
an unsteadiness Of vision produced in
tins way. Reading with the gas-light
before YOU is another cause Of veal
ewes. The light should always hang
quite high and behind you, and al
lowed to shine over the shoulder. /
convenient, it should be over the lef
shoulder. If using Kerosene, 1t Is bes
to employ the lamps which hang OF
the wall Neither should you rea'
with your face toward the window
Reading by twilight is dangerous
Gradually accommodating itself to th'
receding light, the eye is unconscious
ly strained. / have seen more thar
one case of grave disease Of the eye
produced by an undue effort to us
the vision too long at twilight. Whit
paint is another mischief to the eyes
, White paint outside, white paint IN
side, white paint everywhere. Dun
ING the season of brightest sunshine
the glare hurts the eye. l wonder
r il is not in bad taste, likewise?
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-09-22

say- A young lady, while walking
with a gentleman, stumbled, and when
her companion, TO prevent her fall,
grasped her hand somewhat tightly,
ooh, sir" she simpered, ''if it comes
to that, you must ask my pa"
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-09-22

Boy An old criminal was once asked
what was the first step that led him
TO his ruin, when he answered; "The
first step was cheating printer out
of two years subscription When
had done that, the devil had got such
a grip on me that j could never shake
him of,
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r,,s mn lDVERTrsING

.r...srryr ADVERTISEMENTS Per square of u
o, b.-. Ut this type. for first insertion 10
in f,r zach subsequent insertion, - cents,
~. number of Insertions must be marked on
Oh .1.rod ont Transient advertisements to
f. raii for IN advance.
liberal discount viii be made on the
pc rtt.a to those advertising by tho year
r.+,t Norrcrs will hc inserted at ~ cents per
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was like frown came and went over
his marble brow, but in moment he
answered:
"She was two weeks old when l re-
ceived her from her mothers dying
arms !"
"And she was your only child; the
second Mrs Carlton had no children,
| understand p
"She was my only one"
"NIy old friend, Mrs. Manners,
passed a day at orr house last week,
resumed the clear, steady voice Of the
doctors wife Perhaps You remem-
Der that she nursed your child through
long fever when she was very young.
Eyes, remember her said the
Judge, with no show of interest
"Well, she was inquiring for your
family, and spoke a great deal Of your
little daughter, as she was at that
time. She must lave been very
lively child, as she described her; I
lancleo ! couio almost see Her WIN
the thick, glossy curls Of golden-hrown
floating over her dimpled shoulders,
ana hef great oiuo eyes i'l,i o. '"'i'N'
ner very ups anu ''''o"' 'i@o '''' '"-
nation 10 wonder you were 50 ioild-
" proud of her"
ne ''s' ii.' '0 ,'"''''''9 7" MS
chair, ana lar Oh n 'he e"''iaho OF
BIS NE ne sa" standing 'ne Slnan nH-
u'e ana bright iaee' OF ms Oeauti' ~
chlla' Ana over an me years Oh p'lue
ana bitterness "llch Jay oe'"eei'' ms
memory sweep 'o' d i''ii''''' anu ne
i0rgo' al inc anger 'l'"B u''p ''' ms
heart as ne S"l'i i.S' i-''l"i w az
remarkably handsome
Sne was very llAe ner mo'her' SO
'he ga l"oy ''lu' pursue" 1iIs' Ia"
SON. ! was very l''''n 'o'o"eo ,e'i
sue 'oln me 'nl'' ONE iio' i,'5 y 81
e niue Any s'ailoD 'o' se"ool ,ii7 n'S
une, Sne s"'u sue 'o'''' see '''q ''''''
one luS' as sue was 'ieN s'''''''''s y"
inc great "i'''e STEP, n'' oio"" my
! le's clustering ..l 'ou,'' i'' ie''9 '''''''
"no her NIUE manu- S"Ppe' ~ 9o'i
ana now |nen she Ie"cNeu 'le sac
she turned ana calied out oon Oe
L lonesome papa Li'y won &c 'on4
t gone. II is uile TO SPEAK Oh, ou'
e 1t touched me 20 near OF 'ne ci'''u
= sweet pattie' ana IL Is peasant ''
4 bring the old days sometimes 70 ou'
remembrance
ne o'u man ie'neo ioi war" Q i''''
+, and drank IN every word tha' cropped
S from the 5000 woman npS' ne loI
n got That sixty years haa olosNolleu H.
n hs gray mars ana oufdened ms steps
e he was once more young husoah'
g standing by the SIDE OF ms ofiae
" The doors IN hs heart creased ol
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BsD- Two hard things: First, to talk
of yourself without being vain; sec
ond, to talk of others without SANDER.
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psS- Hot, fiery fellows are our sell
diers-peppered while in the service
and mustered out Of it.
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p9- When you offer oats to horse
he may say neigh, but he does not.
mean it.
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
HENRY A. CUTLER,
. s oE stRsCRIPTION

r i'nsc receiving the paper through the Post
J" usS on nor aunim 70 Village subscribers
once ..1, the paper by the carrier, 90 cents in
it,tion will be charged
a1 ,ll'si, cDnts wear viii be added when payment
d5yci beyond s i n9n nnii al, orreorogos are
70 paper nt ot tbe option Of tho Publisher
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your grandtatner 90 you owe I'LL Ihau
has come to you
The December night had let down
its dark curtains about them long be-
fore this. Mrs Lawson could not see
the happy young faces, but their
voices, soft and tremulous with graft
tude, reached her.
"To God and to you, dear friend,
we owe our New Years gift.
DREss AS A TASTE OR A PASSION
There are two sorts of love of dress, in
the full sense of the word-one taste,
the other passion; and these act on
precisely opposite principles. The
passion for dress, which is at once the
expression of end stimulus to vanity,
tends to all manner of illustrations
pervading all classes; in the first place
to preposterious faith in its efficacy.
Passion for dress leads to the ignoring
of all unpalatable truths; it blinds
woman to her own defects, and con
sequently betrays her into betraying
them; it deadens her to the harmony
of things, and tempts the old and
plain into humiliating self comparison
with youth and grace, deluding them
into the notion that dress makes beau
ty-that the cowl does make the
monk. This is it that tempts the
poor into rivalry with the rich; into
frippery content with the barest
seeming and rudest imitation; into
spending their small means on the
: merest outside show. And in all
. cases passion for dress of this nature
3 Is excited and kept alive by mistake
en- view, often fatally mistaken, as to
the objects to be pleased and attracted
by the display, SO that we might al
: most say that no woman will be too
fine or in any marked degee unsuita-
j bly, attired who is right in the eyes
+ she wishes to satisfy, and who confines
herself to her legitimate sphere OF at
traction. Taste, on the contrary, can
scarcely lead its possessor astray, and
: is indeed q moral guide. 1t is full ofre-
mnders and admonitions; nor can n wo-
man dress herself in perfect taste with
out distinct knowledge of her per
n sonal defects. A hundred fashions
3 are pretty and charming in them
| selves, but she knows these are no
for her, and resists them. These arr
forbidden by something in figure
It complexion, station, age or character
> which, though not fattering to he
{, vanity, she does not permit herself t.
forget. Passion for dress is profant
v and extravagant; taste in dress is full
4 of wise philosophical economies, know
l. ing that the merit of decoration is no
q in its elaborate richness or expense
e but in its adaptation. Taste in dress
e is essentially moderate and seli-col
: lected; never forgetting that the oh
iect Of dress is not to exhibit itself
but its wearer; that all the most splen
d did toilet has to do is to set off a no
bic, graceful and winning presence
1T and itself be lost in pleasing or eff
is fective, or, it may be, dazzling gen
eral impression. Passion for dress i
% always intent on what others vii
n think-on taking some new eye b.
t. storm; taste has self-respect, and, be
n fore all things, must satisfy its owl
d notion Of propriety and grace.