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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
MILL
NO.

into him, and too much candy, and a
bad temper, why, her husband tells her
that che does wish she'd try and quiet
her babyw And he says it just as if
he believed that she alone was respon-
sible for its existence, and as if he
thought she was considerably TO blame
for it, too.
And when he has headache nobody
thinks of minding IL. A womau is al
ways having the headache. And if she
is nervous enough to fly" nobody
shuts the door any easier on that ac-
count, or tucks her up on the loC7nge
with shawl over her, or coddles hen to
death, like a man has to be coddled in
such circumstances.
We might go on indefinitely with the
troubles q woman brings; and if there
is a man in the world who thinks q
woman has an easy time Of it, why,
just let him put Ona pound of false hsNr,
and get inside a new pair of cOrsets, al
put on pullback OyerSkirt, and be a
woman himself, and see how be likes IL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
CLAIMING HER RIGHTS.

\ girl walked into an elevated rail-
road train last night at about Is O'clock,
while / was going up town says a
writer in The Brooklyn Eagle, and
went from one end of the car To the
other glancing sharply at the faces OF
the men who monOpOlized all the seats.
She was evidently factory or shop
girl, and looked weary. She had q
clear cut and reSOlute face and was
dressed prettily. The men stared at
her as she walked down the car and
watched her eovertlv when she turned
around and started back. She stopped
i'm front ofan elderly man with rather
good-naturetf face and said to him
Clearly and with quiet firmness:
"That seat was intended for wo-
man. Give it to me-"
He looked into her clear, if some
what tired, eyes and SAID as he moved
slightly.
AZ don't see-er-hOw you"
"Give me that seat" the girl SAID
quietly, and he rose and gave II 10 her
with some embarrassment. she sat
down and began to read BOOK sue
carried with her lunch basket, and paiu
not the smallest attention TO anyone III
the car. Inc HUE luCluSht OiSo0SN VIZ
greatest sensation imaginable, and men
talked Of it to each other so long that
woman with a baby stood awkwardiy
holding on by the strap for some time
and no one offered her seat. then the
ISL with fhe-elsar-cut and resolute lace
esllell her and coihpslled the woman 10
take her seat. The men in the car gag,
"a s,eadhstiy out tbs Windows and
tried 10 look nncqncerned. I've ~
doabt whatevert hat they were wiliing g
Give rJp their seats b her. ! know tnas
I was. but Somehow is1t fnatl .vula
look rather foolish IL I did, 30 I Al SAL
in selfish stolfdfty The girt glanced
about once more, crossed the esr, toucn,
Oh n small man on the shoulder anu
said. in the same low tone of voice: -,
tT,l trouble you for that seat, please
"Oh, certainly, madam" cried the
man. nervously, and sprang away. All
Of which strikes me as being decidedly
droll now, though it was quite serious
then. 1t suggests an idea. why
don't women form themselves INTO a
Seat-Seeking Protective union anu
carry the war into every car?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
HOLIDAY AND FASHION NOTES.

Skin rugs grow in popularity.
A late fancy covers lounges with Dag
hestan rugs.
Bronze and crimson IS a fashionable
combination.
Crystal chandeliers and pendants are
coming into use again.
The favoIite color for undressed
kids for street wear is darlStan.
Very high standing collars, enclosing
\ ruche, are much worn.
The widest latitude in wraps is per-
mitted as the season advance.
Barnum's Jumbo circus comes among
the ninety-five cent toys this season.
Barnum's Menagerie enrrouts for dis
tant lands can be brought for dollar
this year.
White tulle is used in the place of an
invisible hair net to keep the front hair
in good shape.
Telegraph wires that bear real mes
sages are among the instructive toys
for little folks this year.
Silk cardigan jackets, IN various col
ers, are worn under cloaks that are not
warm enough for the coolest weather.
ParlOr bagatelle is an interesting game
for indoor amusement, and board Is q
gest holiday gilt forss boy or girl-rv:zE,
.Thecorsaae bouquet. or how, 10 worn
high on, the LEFT sid5s Of .netbo4io& neaR
the shoulder, and. lSst ar froni the
neekssi 80 q ri EAR saV 3g8i 3no 9tenuh
"A novelty inths wAy OF an infant,s
chair 68tfanB aerInea intoai perarn-
bulator, rocker, ora high chair fef the
table. baisS ff lEll g o.
Beautiful Americas bronze card re :
ceivers, with fine antique and classic
designs, sell at prices ranging tom 70
cents to $3.50.
The jardinierss displayed in the win
dows of the Parisian Flower Company
suggest the uses that can be made Oh
them in the holiday season.
Ribbed knit mittens of silk, in al
colors, are worn in the coolest weather,
either over kid gloves or alone, eithsr
with a mutfOr under fur,lined clrCl-
lar.
A pretty fancy is to wear corsage
bow instead of a bouquet, the satin nb-
bons of which are of several shades OF
strawberry red and few loops OF ss-
thetic green.
Some of the hand-painted fans shown
by Stern Brothers are beautifully dec
grated with lace flowers and designs IN
applique forming the frames of the
paintings.
The favorite decoration for plush COW
ers for sofa tables and chair scars in en-
broidery of arrasene for the leaves and
puffs Of ribbon for the petals OF flowers.
| The effect is wonderfully artistic when
the work is we'll dpne.
Among other goods offered fnH holt
day presents are fine fans with shell
ivory, and mother of pearl sticks and
tins of ostrich and other fAe feathers
and also of silk aud satin, on which art
hand paintings by artists OF merit.
The largest novelty in building block:
is the Gothic Cathedral. 1t is built O
blocks entirely. Each Of the blocks
contains a Scripture text, and on th'
inside of the roof is printed the L2rd'
Prayer and the Ten Commandments
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
ET STREET,

that a clergyman, on selecting a chap
ter of the bible to preach from in
church, first looks at the end of the last
verse to make sure that no patent med
icihe advertisement is hitched on.
"What kind ola picture would you
prefer, miss ?" inquired photographer
of young lady customer. "Weil,"
was the reply, take me with an sX-
preston as if were writing a poem on
love-
A South end woman keeps only one
servant to do her work instead of twot
The says help is always leaving, and
when you are left alone it's much easier
to do the work of one servant than OF
two.
The editor of Texas greenback news
paper adrertises for a wife who knows
less thaphe does. He is probably iOk-
ing. Nobody can possibly know less
than the editor of q Greenback paper.
When rain falls, if she gets the bigger
half of the umbrella. they are lovers; if
he takes the bigger half, they are mar
ried.
Time works wonders,' rs the wO-
man said when she got married after y
thirteen years cOurtShip.
The shorterthe tunnel she sweeter
the kiss
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
cHH-CHAT.

The, Comtesse de c., who regrets her
young days, eonceals her age as much
as possible. Not only does she have re-
course to all the contrivanoes OF art, but
each winter she calls herself one year
younger than the proceeding year. She
betrayed herself, however, At the opera
the other evening by one of those eX-
pressions which are so common. Meet
ing Dime. b, the cOmtesse said % her:
"Ah, how are you? ID is a century
since have seen YOU" "You see"
said one of her friends. 10 anosher in q
low tune, ,hShe. acknO Wedges her age
TIE Springfield Relnbliean tells how
a gentleman tsris ffon hfs peelzSt affer
tiinner 4 pair Of solitaires end passadi
than 10 HIS wife. stdumph, z she SAID,
Uprize baekage, / suppose ''aua passed
them ON to her son. tDoIlan store, ehgf
commented the youth. Papa smiled
and silently replaced the card in his
pocket. A few DAYS later mamma
said: "Where did you get those ear
rings YOU showed us?' "Well, q man
submitted them to me, at the store.
They were only 1850, bat you are such
pOor Judge of gems that 1 thought it
wasn't worth while to give them to
you"
When Mrs. gave package of
natent French coffee to Bridget, the
cook, she said: Remember, Bridget,
that two boils are necessary to- make 1t
right" Bridget retired to the kitchen,
but came again within a few minutes
to Mrs. M in an apparently hlgn
state of excitement. sure, man,,
She said, ''an' it's insulted L am! L
never had a boil in my life, and don't
intend TO have two ivry Rornin', Jlst
bekase wees wants yer patent french
coffeew
From singing school the lover come,
His girl upon his arm,
And sitteth by her fathers hre'
And waiteth TO get warm.
A foot at halt-past one Is hesru'
The swain doth quickly seoo1, sd
For fear OF being too wen Warineu
Ry her fond parents ooot'
An old lady in the country had q
dandy from the city to dine. with her
on certain occasion. FOR dessert tuere
happened to be an enormous apple PIE.
ala, ma'amw said he, "how 90 you
manage TO handle such pieT Easy
enough" was the reply; I'VE MAKE
the crust up in wheelbarrow, wheel 1t
under the apple-tree, and then snake
the fruit down into 1t"
TWhy John, where have you been
all night ?" was the greeting, as he stum-
bled upstairs. "Comet party, my dear,
that's all" "Comet party? Why, it
ought not to take all night to see the
comet" "If you zhee as many comets
ash did, t'would take you, poor, weak
women, whole week. Yesh it would"
Cloaks lined with ostrich feathers are
are now in style, but the worst OF the
fashion is that if a woman leaves 1t I'M
buttoned she is accounted . shoddyite
more anxious for vulgar display than
comfort, while, ifshe keeps 1t hnttoned,
il might Just as we'll be lined with red
flannel, for no one can see 1T.
A very pretty girl in Missouri pre-
vented a collision by waving her apron
Had she remained out of sight the re
suit world have been the same, how
ever, IS then the engineers would hay
beer. watching the track instead OF LOOK
irg at the pretty girl.
| 1t is during thsse,u days OF bushes
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
BUNKO IN NEW YORK.
How a Flaurishing Merchant Won
ThOnSand Dollars Which He Did Not
Nc,n lnrE TrilLRHs.

Nctc York Tribz1e.
Room No. q, on the second floor of
No. Ill Broad street was vacant until
about week ago, when it became ten
anted. Who the occupants were the
other tenants did not know until to-day.
All that was known was that handsome
furniture had been taken in there q
week ago by some men. A reporter
who looked into the room Ous Thursday
found the floor carpeted, a small cylin-
der stove on one side with the DIOR
open and bright fire burning half
dozen cane-bOttom chairs, two small
office desks, waste paper basket and'a
cloth covered library table about eight
feet long Shortly after 3 o'clock, Mr.,
Brush, an elder member of the pro-
duce exchange, and one of the most
prominent dealers in lard, went into
the exchange, and said to some of the
brother members of the produce that
there was a "banko" game in the vicnt-
tv, and that he had won $1,000 which
the GAMBLERS refused to give him. \
number of the lard dealers went with
Mr.. Brush back to No. Ill Broad stree5
but found the door locked aad the
window curtains drawn.
NJ. Brush said afterward TO
Triblne reporter: was walking along
the street, after Change, when l. was
approached by young man, who in
troduPed himselftO me as the son OF q
man who is q director in the institu-
ton where keep my ACCOUNT ana
who is.a director in another institution
of which am also q director. lie was
surprised thatI didn't remember him.
After the usual compliments, he asked
me when / saw his father last. lBaid
that l had met him day before
at the directors meeting. After
a few moments familiar cenver>
sation. he remarked that'
ouphdto congratulate him. l asked
him what for, when he replied:
"Bseause Of my good luck"
t'That, have you been getting mar
ried ~ / asked.
'GH,tter than THAT; / have been EN-
ga yed in q speculation that has brought
me at least 100000" he replied.
Then / congratulated him, and he
finally induced me to go around to, has
O, fice, which proved to be room Is ut LII
ErOad street. While in there pack OF
cards was brought out, and he asked
Inc TO draw one and Try my luck Why
,yca've drawn card that entities Us to
81 900 each. | became indignant and
demanded why he had brought me
thee, saying that z wanted him to let
me olt 80 once. He said: "Weli, il
Ebrtgo out you'll forfeit your right to
thA&loe0n told him that L didn't
want to make 81 Geo in any such way;
that + wanted to be let out ct once. 4
then went out and concluded to take
tie boys around and raid the place, but
ne birds had TOWN. They. evidently
saw rs and escsned, fcaring:the conse-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
MRS. LANeTRY's OPINION.

Hare ia a fragment of an lnterVie rev
IN; t1eT Ms - Ianctry just before she lett
Ns tTt has been rumOred that you lnten -
70 Lave s U the stage before very long, Is
this true?" ,b,o .,rsadv mad g
ongagements for next season IN
my TlSyo,en5 and / intend to remain on tne
EngaAnIT6R have adopted it as profession,
ana %Do ' YOU think American women are
beautifnl?i lovely
I, ~ here, particularly at Deimonl-
Wo ,l h,,t + wonder ut their wearing
s Sonnets in IN ening. think they
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

PRESIDENT ARTHUR appears TO be
fairly aching for a chance TO sign civil
service reform bill. Congress, however,
doesn't appear half so anxious to pass
one. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, Dor
MAN b. EATON, and Mr.. DAWES are
not likely to be thrown out of business
Immediately.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
The CIGARETTE YOUNG MAN TALKS.

A cigarette young man writes to the
Philadelphia Times about the girls;
':As for their not kissing a fellow be-
cause he smokes cigarettes, let lie give
as NY opinion that the girls are about
as ready and eager to kiss cookbook
ins: young man, cigarette or
no cigarette, as the young man
is to have them. If the
young men would stop the kissing until
allowed to smoke anything, from q
rank pipe to first-class cigar, they
would not have to wait very long
until the girls would say: 'SmSke,
do anything bad yOu choose, only kiss
llS -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

WHILE the State press, OF Georgia,
Is laden with glowing accounts OF sec
ond crops Of apples, blushing plums
delicious strawberries and the palat-
able p arsimmon, an alarming cry goes
up as to the scarcity of eggs Christ
mas 'Sithout egg-nog would be as tame
as eng nog without eggs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

!, An old gentleman residing. = SIM
n1ons' Gap, ins Georgia, has, about .
vide, varied and frll an expeience OF
domesticity as any man sises Ne days
of King Augustus III. of Poland. 4hh
happy man, who has attained the patrt.
archal age of, four score years has hs.d
the supreme felicity of being married
nine times and it is the ninth wife VINO
is at present solacing-one can't say MS
declining years, because there Is no
knowing what are the petentialities OF
man who has displayedisueh hardihood
but who is at present the reigning mis-
tress of Simmons Gap. Nor IN wives
alone has this fine old gentleman been
well and extremely. endowed. Fifty
three persons are entitled to call him
"pips, y and at q recent family gather
ing three hundred Of his descendants
were present.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

Among the new card games for little
neople are "The House that Jack Built, I"
hCock- Robin" Little Red Riding
Hood. ~ "ComieaI Chit Chat, ""Yankee
Peddler,n snd "The Bugle Horn; OF,
Robin Hood.n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
NOT .saaRY AND HER LAMB" RtT-

Lily had little Fred.
Who wasn't white as snow.
And every where taAt Lily went
Freddy was sure 20 90.
He followed her 70 Boston town.
Which INSIDE great TODD,
Why even the newspapers seaap
Quite hulishaloo.
He went to Iilys box one night,
Which was against the rule,
1t made the people talk and say
''send thai fresh youth to school,
So Mt. Mendum turned him out,
Rot still he fingered near.
And waited patiently about,
For Lily TO appear.
uwhat makes Lily love Freddy sosn
The jealous bachelors cry; -
why. Ess3lE s's rtRe cesl's yru
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

Medical advice: Country doctor to
Tomkins-"Nov, with regard to that
Gun on the top of your head L don't
think it will he serious, but you must
Keep your ey on it." And Tomkins,
who has the slightest suspicion OF a
sqHint, goes away and dis-reeommeads
that doctor .-Noonshine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

In heaven, by loving the Lord is not
understood TO love him rs to his person,
but to love the Good which proceeds
,fsam him; and g lofe good . e III
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
We ask , 'ou to consider these things.

What Is your money good fort
How ill 1t bring the most?
How o farthest aud last longest?
How upply your wants and have some
left?
1t is ev cry ones duty to work, 10 earn, to
make, to lay up, 10 take care OF what they
have, to incr ease and grow prosperous. Con
slant So ccess comes through vigilance and
carefuln ess. We do not believe In Dragging
about OF lr goods, but we do believe In letting
the peoJ lie know what we have and what we
goods s,nd letting the people know what
shrewd ness, hard work and money can do In
produc ing the finest, largest and cheapest
want y GU to come and see our large line Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
Over coats, Suits,
Goods for Merchant Tailoring.

In fact We want you TO look into every do.
part ment OF our store, and. we are sur e that
Won that we are better prepared 70 serv your
war It's Il an any one else IN the city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

Having on previous occa
to meet with the public appro
goods which we guarantee to
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-09-08
ARYAN TRADITION OF EDEN.

Sunday Magazine,
Let us take our first Aryan traditions:
That Of the Indian or Hindoo places the
cradleof the race towards the north OF
the Himalaya mountains Mount Meru,
where rises the sacred river, the Ganges.
On this mountain there is an enchanted
garden, in which grows the Diambu, or
''Tree OF Life" and the Kalpataru, or
"Tree of the Desires = The divine Gan.
ges feeds four celestial lakes, and these
lakes, in their turn feed four terrestrial
rivers which flow from the central Mt
Meru 10 the cardinal points of the COM
pass. Here on this beautiful mountain,
''from the glittering snrfase of whose
peaks the sun diffuses light into the far
off regions" /" was man created. Brahma,
the supreme God, crested from his sub
stance Heb. in bis image the first man,
or Mann Swayambhura. and the first
woman. or Satarnpa. 1t is not difficult,
says Professor Wilson, to detect through
ali their embellishments and corruptions
the descent Of mankind from single
pair.
After this tradition Of Creation. we find
one Of the Fall. TO try Mann. silva
the Supreme Being-drops from heaven
a blossom Of the sacred vATA, or Indian
fiR. Caught by its beauty, the first mar
is determined to possess it. He thinks
1t will entitle him to hold converse with
the Infinite, and on taking up the bios
som he is intoxicated with delight, think.
ing himself divine. While he is vel
flushed with excitement, God appears il
His awful majesty, the culprit is stricl-
en- with the curse Of heaven. banished
from the garden, and consigned to {
place Of ofdegradation and sorrow.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-09-08
vIcKsBURG, MISS.
STIRRING UP a HoRNET--A oRIMtNAE AND
CIVIL SUIT FOR Libel, IN WHICH
NEW ORLEANS FIRM Is INVOLVED
ANEW PApERTo BE STARTED.
Special 70 tho Times -Dcmocrat,I

Special to the Times Dcmocrat.I
VroKsBuRG, Aug. %. The editor and
proprietor Of the weekly Hornet Of this
city, m aggressive journal that has been
in existence here for a couple Of months,
is to be arrested aud prosecuted for libel.
Several prominent newsdealers whoaold
the Hornet over their counters aud
thereby aided in the circulation Of tile
alleged libelous matter contained in them
and others who contributed to the main
tainnnce Of the paper, together with Mes.
srs. L. Graham 4 Son, OF New Orleans.
who are publishers of the Hornet, will
be inclnded in the prosecution for libel
Messrs. Graham & Son will be brought
here by requisition on the Governor Of
Louisiana.
Mr.. Geo, NJ. Klein, the lending bank
er in the city, is the complainant in tho
case against the Hornet and Gen. w. +
Fitzgerald. one Of the most powerful
criminal lawyers in Mississippi, will
prosecute the case. The necessary pa.
pers for tile case are now in course of
preparation, and suit will be instituted
by Wednesday.
Much excitement prevails here regard
ing the contemplated suit, as il threat
ems seriously to involve many interests:
and, apropos Of the Hornet, it might be
stated that 5000 circulars have been dis
trihuted throughout this city and ontire
section, announcing the appearance here
Of another newspaper, to be styled the
Scorpion.
The proprietors and editors Of the
Scorpion are not as yet known, but the
circnlnrs say they will have fine talent
and fear no nun or set Of men, The cir
culars announce TINT the Scorpion will
tell the truth and the whole truth, rep.
resent all interests, and show mp preach-
er as well as beggar. Vicksburg, in Is
newspaper sense, is liye town just now.
The proprietorsn and editors Of the Hof-
net, booksellers who sold 1t, aud pub
ishers Of IL; are to be prosecuted civily
and crimInally, Graham h Son Of New
Orleans, are to be sued for $25, GOO dam
ages in addition to criminal prosecutions.
The Magnolia gazette., 1882-09-08

this, not as laggald. but earnestly and
cheerfully, neither hoping nor desiring
reward in any way except, the approval
Of my own Judgment, and to meet the ex
pectatIons Of my friends, whose good
opirions prize above all price. l de-
sire to be counted among those who will
rescue the country from the desoation
and poverty at which our enemies exulf,
and would fasten upon us forever. l
desire to assist in removing from the
throat Of the South the hand that would
throttle her prosperity. desire TO as
sist in beating back the wave of oppres-
sion that has kept out Of sight for fifteen
years the finest country in the world. I
desire to see full and complete reconcile.
alton, SO that the blessings as well as
the 'burthens OF the government will
reach MS; so that immigration, not of
Mongolians and Chinese, but of honest,
law abiding christian people and educa-
tion loving people, who will build church
es and schoolhouses in every neighbor-
hood, erect all over the State and build
mills aud machinery all along those mag
nifcent streams In the eastern counties
SO that the venom that impels the domi
nant party to heap all the burthens ol
government on the South, including rev
i
enue to pay the armies aud enlist troops
from her people; and while it is permit
ted to the colored population, to deny tc
such men as Gen. Martin and his com
peers the right to command them.
TO these ends / desire to see in tht
! halls Of Congress men OF ability and dig
nifty OF character whose influence will 40
complish these ends There need lie nC
fear that / will hesitate with heartburn
ings. The gentlemen Of the convention
doutless acted with their best Judgments
As to the few fellows that came and vol
untee-ed as menials in the dusting lie
partment, I have nothing to forgive
they worked me no injury.
accept the result cheerfully, aut
will act promptly to carry out the decis
ion to the best Of my ability.