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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
STEWARDS MARBLE PALACE.

How like tomb Is the great marble
house that Is never open, save for ono
lone and childless woman to come and
90. like CHEST! People speak OF 1t rs
the dead mans tomb. Indeed, / know
other way to avoid 1t as they return
from school, for 1t Is not . comely
building at Lest. Cold, land bleak,
and lonely 1t klIstsns there 10 the moon
or run; night or day, alike desolste. |
never see it without recalling that cold
and snowy night when the ghouls
burst upon the tomb, tore the silver
plate and gold handles from the costly
coffin, and splitting II OPEN. dragged
the merchant prince forth and over the
frozen ground to wagon that ratified
away over the stones In the night, and
POSSIBLY past this ghostly mansion.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
Can't Please 'Em.

care these fish fresh ?" asked q gentle
man of a negro dealer.
"Yas, sir, jest cotcb,"
"Wbat makes them smell so badm
IDA doan smell bad, boss. Dese Is de
perfume fish, an sides dat, your system
Is Outen order. De longer desc fish
stays ooteff de water de less da smells,
an sab, when On is fust cotch your
halter hole yer nose"
"Well, as they don't smell very bad /
don't believe that | want any,"
Oats der way it goes. White folks
'specks yer to lie, an when yer does it
yer can't please 'em."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
sAluE cRAle's TWO LOVERS.


A ainasy Eaeeaates. Dustag
which Ose Or ste Rivals - sisia-
SiouI City Josr.sl
About . year ago . young Womaa
named Sallie Craig, living between
IoveIand and Honey Creek, was the
sweetheart and prom sed bride OF VIII.
liam Moss, Q young inrmer, who Resided
I'm Loyeland. ln . NV months II Wa
agreed that they should be married.
before the wedding day arrived, how.
ever. trouble arose between the lovers
over the somewhat too attentive pres
ence OF JOhu PAuts, Also . young
farmer. who resided near Honey Greek.
Mos and the girl Qusrreled aud sept.
r,,ted and she was therefore for tune
a ieau of the rival. Subsequent y the
fint lover aud the girl met sgsiu and
nartially made up their diterenoeA
This enIaged Poinls, who had came V
regard her M his own, anu liz sought 70
pick Q quarrel with Moss anu Ia some
way get an excuse for putting his hated
rival out Of the way. The meu meteor
two occasions during the past three
months and each time had quarrel
and would have fought. but We're pre-
vented from doing much damage by
he circumstances and parties WAC sep.
AT a dance about ten days ago the
rivals again met aud came TO blows
They were again separated and the
xjrl was appea ed to " determlne the
question by choosing the one she liked
bent. She was unwilling 10 do no. but
laid that sire would 60 With the one
who pruyed the best man. 1t was &c.
cordinyly agreed that time and plAas
IN, uld B. a xed and there the men should
fight Il out, the one who was whipped
70 forever relinquish oil claims TO the
hand of the cause Of the trouble. The
dIslute by this time hsd been 20 widely
talked OF by the people OF both LOvelAal
and Honey Creek that natural leAl-
Ously between the two places easily
csused tie citizens OF each to take sides
The place Of the fight was agreed upaa
AZ half. way between the respective res
idepts and tie time Thursday afternoon.
A man from Il0veland seconded MsN
and Points brother acted ~ his second.
TIE fipht was not to DO conducted 90.
cordinR TO any specified rules, but II
the most approved rough.and.tumble
style.
When Thursday afternoon arrived
HbOut sixty people were on the ground,
among whom WAS the girl over whom
the contest was caused, to witness the
brutal affair. The seconds stood with
cooked revolvers In hand and warned
no one to interfere. The men Dom.
menc.d fighting fierceIy. They u|ej
fits, heels and teeth, aud In clinchug
and tumbling about rolled over large
area Of ground. The light lasted any.
five minutes, and throughout was one
of the most brutal character. II wss
brought to n fatal conclusion by Points
strength entir .Iy giving away, and then
Moes, with the last efforts Of bis mad.
ness, stamped upon his PROSTATE fse
Hpd cru,hef In bis breast aud kicked 10
his hesd. The spectators at this over.
powered the seconds and dragged the
men apart. Points was dying when
picked up and expired soon afterwards.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
NEW YORK FASHION NOTES.
Short mantles are revived.
Very little false hair Is Is worn.
All dressY mantles are short.

Short nantes are revived.
Very little false hair 10 Is worn.
All dressy mantles are short.
The chignon Is, de rigueur, small
Red in all sbades will be much worn.
Shoes to match dresses grow In favor.
The simpler the hairdresslng the bet.
ter.
Gliding in wall papers is more sub.
dutd.
Dsdos in wall papers are going out of
use.
White kids are revived for evening
dress.
High shoulders are the rule In spring
wraps.
Embroidered pongee robes will be
much worn.
Cotton fabrics will be much worn this
GUNNER.
I'll g ugly fashion of red wells has not
yet gone by.
When false hair Is worn 1t must not
be perceptible.
Bangs and crimps are worn further
from the eyebrows.
Old rose or ashes OF roses Is the rival
Of strawberry pink.
Lace and embroidery are equally
fashionable for trimming.
Gloves and mitts contrast with In.
lead Of matching costumes.
CoIored NANTES are not in good taste
for any but carriage wear.
Pongees are selling rapidly for sea-
side and watering place wear.
Chine effects appear In many OF the
new wool and silk dress goods.
The spider is the ornamental bonnet
and scarf pin Of the moment.
Geptlemen's scarrs show oil the new
colors aud designs OF the season.
The silliest use to make Of cashmere
'hawl Is to cut 1t up for . wrap.
A dash OF grass green In . spring toilet
the latest fancy In decoration.
The preferred gloves are In cool shades
II gray and tan, channels aud buff.
Yokes Of children's dresses are square
r round, high or deep, according to
ancy.
The taste for mahogany red, terra
ota, and brick colored gloves La on tho
aane.
The exaggerated styles Of the court Of
Marie Antoinnette are very popular In
Paris.
Olive shades combine well With the
new shades Of strawberry, terra Gotta,
md shrimp pink.
Gold. silver, and colored spotted nets
are occasionally worn for wells, but they
are not becoming.
The only colored wrap worn by wo-
men Of taste for walking Costume u the
Cashmere or India shawl.
The infinite variety In white dress
goods bid fair to make white the festi.
vsl dress OF the coming summer.
Pearl or smoke gray yelveteen trim
med with black lace makes an elegant
dress for cool days In spring and sum.
mer.
New wall papers shows the vanishing
Effects, Chine patterns, and new blues,
pinks, and other eolon brought out this
spriDG
The cheapest portIere, and ono ofthe
prettiest, 10 made Of buriaps, With .
bottom border Of apX, ornamental kind
shat matches tue fufniture-the simplsc
the better.
China grapes In nj the new colon and
shades, In white and black, come With
the brocaded or embroidered palm leaf
and other Oriental designs In Oriental
colors and vanishing effects.
Blues, tn all shades Of paler blue
from corn to electric, form The bro
csded designs on many handsome Otts-
nan silks, with grounds In such colors
ss pale terra Gotta, old rose, olive, ablin-
the, and stawberry pink.
FROM THE SCRAP BOOK.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22

paragraphs indiscrlminately, aud DO
tieyes every word Of them. After eae
hss road ali sbe wants she lays the
,e sn down with an air Of disappotn!-
m.nt as she observes "thst there y
-..l.I.. In II
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
A YOUNG woMANs STRATEGY.
How . Beaten Girl Drove . starisJ
Yssth fyS0 = sssses Gar.
Ftutn the BOstOn Journal


Y0atb Gyon y Htsaet CsP.
Flun pe Boston Journal
Ladies' who have been vSxed by the
.tsring Of young men In horse cars viii
tie pleased tO learn OF plan that has
Teen invented for abstins the nuisance
spd Of the result Of its irst public trial.
The dkcoverer h young lady Of ~.
tractive personal appearance, who. per.
ceIvipg that the oulhs who hsd FROM
time TO time annoyed her were scrupu-
lously careful about their attire, oon.
ctivtd the Idea OF giving them the no.
ton that something was wrong there
with. Accordingly, the other day,
when she had borne for ten iniEItes The
unyielding stare OF one who at upon
the opposite side OF the car, she besas
10 gaze intently at . point upon biz
coat situated: midway between bis mock
and shoulder. Her look, st nrst care.
Ie-s, soon became intent; then . trace
OF apprehension crept Into IL; hiAily
IL wss reinforced by amusement sal Q
slight smile animated her features. The
youth, who bad at hr1I responded y
her evident Interest by 40 engaging
grin, began to look sober wnen ne sav
hCb uroAuN5p oAu WuCu SbO Dus'-
be made frantic efforts ~ look d0Us
his hack and ~ his cs,at collar, Ia which
ebdeAvor he made inssnius cont0ftioas
but was unable to rec what wAs the
matter with him. The young Isdy's
attention, however, becams moro cSs'
ceptrated and her amusement moro
marked; he wss sure he he'd rua
against some paint somewhere o. that
Q saieT bug or other Interesting speci.
men was climbing up bis pess0n; be
withdrew bis interest from the lady SD
concentrated it upon biniself snd feIt
the humid dexs Of temptation comisg
out oil over him.
At length human endurance could -
LONGER Feslst the Suspense and no hvr.
riedly left the car, followed by . gea1e.
nIsn VINO hsd observed the Incideat
He then beio0k himself 70 = nslghbos.
ing barro0m and called waiter SD
stked him what the deuce vs. 90 his
neck. "Nuf1n. sah," responded the %.
bic servifor. THANK goodness" ssA
the youth, With sslKi, Of rslisf; "ths
blamed thing must have fallen o.
spd when last seen he Was resteri.s
the vanished roses 70 his chesk'
through che agency Of thseSweet bo1s
to humanity, . whisky aOur.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
FROM THE SCRAP BOOK.

GsIAen Gpaiss Of Wlalsa GsshsreA
from Every Bssree.
The nature Of bad news Infects the
teller.-Shakspere. -
Pam never merry when I hear sweet
music.-Shakspere.
Jealousy 10 . secret ayowal of our in.
feriority.-Massjllon.
The only rose without thogns Is friend
ship-Mme. Scuderi.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
THE MARCH OF PROPHECY.

Read Before the New Canaan. Conn,
Lyeeum. Tuesday Evening. March 81,
1858, by W. q, Brow nsOn. II. ID.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22

light, and which I had never heard
before to-day, whispered softly, "Give
me the MS"
No sooner said than done. The
white band was withdrawn, the door
swung noiselessly back, and in q mo-
ment more I stood in the waiting room,
and cheerfully turned out my pockets
before the printers men. or course no
Ms. was forthcoming, and 1 quickly
left them. the one looking perfect pio-
ture Of stupid establishment, and the
other muttering curses upon the lost
Ms.
Hurrying along the gasllt street, I
soon came up with Miss Miller, who,
bashful and shy, was slowly making her
way homeward. Now that the excite
ment was all over, she seemed to shrink
from seeing ME, and instantly recog-
nized and appreciated her modesty.
81 have To thank you, Miss Miller,
very heartily for your kind held to-day.
Without you I should never had sue
ceeded, and not the least Of that help
was the service you rendered M just
now. To what happy circu instance AN
i indebted for your presenter
"I-I bad to come out to buy some
coffee for mamma. She always likes it
from one shop, and-and-as the way
led me near here-I-felt so anxious TO
know how you succeeded" she fsltered,
"because, you see, ! am known here
bsi ter than you, and l could help You
ifanything went wrong; aud | am glad
| was OF use at last. But how came
they to suspect you had it?'
This question was speedily answered,
and soon after this we parted NJ the
door of Miss Miller's lodgings. -
That night slept with my lost Ms.
under my pillow, and next moruins it
was duly delivered to Messrs. HAitoPp
Co.
In process Of time the book was pub.
lished; and although some thousands OF
copies were sold, not one of its nantr-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
Thoughts About Pottery.

Verify. the potter hath power over the
clay. Therefore. the clay is the pot.
aud the man who makes 1t the potter.
Ergo, potest. Refined and scholarly
joke. This style six for dollar. For
~ an explanation of this superlative
joke and the HaWkeye for one year will
be sent to any part Of the United States
or Canada.
Pottery is the oldest industry in the
world. Adam was made Of clay. But
he acted as though he was only half
baked. His son Cain did ths first kiln
in the country.
The potter works in the mud, hence
we admire his work. His life is one
long act of mudder. but he Is never
hanged for it, though sometimes he is
broken at the wheel.
All his work, however good, goes to
the fire. What he bakes you cannot
eat, although you eat what the other
baker sets on It.
The potter 10 an aristocrat by nature.
and always belongs to set. To sew
eral sets. in fact.
He is independent. and ,urns his own
He III . base ball star. sed makes q
better pitcher than the only Nolan
he Is no deacon, but he passes the
plate regularly. A rigid temperance
man. he Is fond Of his bowl And he
always makes it go round. too.
There never was but one fluid potter,
and he did not stay tidid long, for he
made cup and saw. sir.
He Is always hopeful, for it is his nat
ure to look cup.
He Is a generous fellow, and what Is
his IL ewers.
He believes In human equality, and
thinks the law should make claymen
the equals Of the clergy.
''Who breaks, pays" must have been
originated by tho potter. Although in
these perilous times 1t Is more likely to
read "Who pays. breaks. "-Burttngton
HatCk<ue.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
A Somnambulist's Freak.

The usual attendants at the police sta
ton of Providence, r. l., the other
night, when tho clock was striking
twelve, and the thermometer below
zero, were sitting about the roaring fire.
A lady entered. She evidently had just
rizen from her bed, as she was clad
only in her night clothes. Walking up
to the sergeant at his desk. she laid
down some money and asked for Q
ticket to Boston. He asked her If she
was crazy, and she threatened to report
him to his superior officers for his inso-
lence. He advanced toward her and
laying his hand upon her was about
committing her as disorderly charac-
ter when. uttering piercing shrek. she
stared about her. Where am IP What
am doing herer' she exclaimed. as she
began realizing the situation. Then she
blushed and turned pale; asked them to
clothe her and take her home. She was
q sleep-walker and had dreamed that
she was taking the train for Boston.
Under this delusion she walked into the
police, instead Of the railroad. station.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
W0man's Voice.
by EDWIN ARNOLD.

Not In the swaying of tho Summer trees.
when evening breezes sing their vesper
hymn
Not the nin.trel's mighty symphonies
Nor rlppes breaking on tho rivers briu,
Is earth's bost music; ihes. may leave awhile
High thoughts in happy hearts, and carkinE
cares beguiic.
Bur even IA the swallows siIkcn w,n,s
Swimming the water OF the sleeping lake,
Sur the still silver with hundred rings
- SO doth one sound the sleeping spirit wake
10 brave the danger and Ia bear the harm
a low and gentle yoice-dear woman's chief
est charm.
An excellent thing Il isl aud ever lent
To truth, and love, and mcckness: they who
own
This gift. by the all-grecious Givcr sent.
. EVER By quiet step and smile are known;
py KIND eye. that have wept, hearts that have
sorrow'd
An excellent thing Il is-when hr.t I'm eladnass
n mother looks into her infants ewes
smiles To its smiles, and saddcns at It's sadness
Pa!es at ITS paencss, sorrows ut its cries;
its lood and sleep. AMI smiles and little joys
All these come ever blcnt with one low, gentle
voice.
An excellent thing IL is when life II leaving
Leaving with gloom anG gladness, Joys and
The strong heart failing, and the high SOU
grievtng
With strongest thoughts, and wild, uuwont-
I'd fears:
Then, then, u woman's low, soft sympathy
Comes like an angels voice Ia teach us how Il
die.
But most excellent thing Il Is in youth,
When the fond lover hears the loved ones
tone.
That fears. but longs, TO syllable the truth
How their two hearts are one, and she his
own;
IL makes sweet human music-oh! the spells
That haunt the trembling tale bright-eyed
maiden tells
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
Ready-Made Novels

Any one ambitious Of produ ne. o
work Of fiction has only 70 re&ds the
newspapers to find in their columns The
most thrilling plots. which. with due ex-
pshsion. can be developed into novels
quito Is good as those Of Miss Braddon
or Mr.. Wilkie Collins. This, nj least, IL
what one Ii given to understand by
newspapers themselves, In whichit Is
no rare thing TO $50 y quarter OF col
uuan, or 81. headed "a Ready-Made
Novel, or Stranger than F;ction.'1
which We are assured is as wonderful us
anything the ingenious authors before
named have done in devising strange
complications of human affairs.
When Twas young. and my first great
work Of fiction, was In view--a point at
which IL has persistently rem..ned--I
made An extensive collection ~. elir-
pings OF this sort, believing they :. I'D
at least stimulate O lnggarj fagina-
ton. Unjust confess that have found
this method of writing fiction n failure.
! have tried the excerpts tot novels and
for plays, but have never got o salts
factory plot out Ut them. They have
retained, through all processes Of liter
ary treatment Q certain inherent jour-
nalistic stamp. which somehow has
been fatal to nv story. have thus
come to disbelieve in tho s.ready made
novels" OF the newspapers, and To think
that narrative of fact, however curl
Gus It may be, is Of little help. except
for the germ it may contain. unless it
is translated aud reshaped by the imagi-
nation. Miss Braddon and Mr.. Collins
do not owe their success to the reporter;
and no ono can think for amoment that
newspaper clippings have substantially
helped the author Of The Cloister and
the Hearth" Nevertheless. it is Mr..
Charles Reade's hobby to preach the
utility q the hard. unrounded fact as a
potent ingredient of fiction; and it is
his delight to confound tho critics of
any seeming improbabilityin his stories
with . reference to some occurrence in
''real life." Of which he has an account.
carefully preserved with clove-scented
gum tragscanth Ia . scrap-book. -Ja,s-
Hary atlantic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
Women as Bank Officers.

Miss Jennie Jackson, daughter OF
Collector of Internal Revenue Jackson,
Of the Twenty-third district of Penn
sylvania, is assistant cashier of the
Apollo Savings bank, of Apollo, Pr.
She is one of the very few ladies of this
country who have found such employ.
ment, and the first. it is believed. to be
honored with an official title. A lady,
daughter of the president, formerly Of
ficiated behind the counter of an AL
toona national bank, but married
the cashier and retired. In the Peoples
Savings bank, ut Newcastle, Pa, a
comedy damsel can be seen at any time
during business hours, with pen behind
ear. dishing out lucre or making entries
in the books. A lady used to be en-
ployed in bank at Foxburg, but
whether there now the writer is not in
formed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
The Sofa Seemed To Be a Little uneasy.

The Sofa Seemed To Be Little uneasy.
\ sad catastrophe took place in Coul-
tervillc last week, which illustrates the
baleful effects of advanced literature
upon the young. Little George Skibly
had been reading "The Boy Detective,
or The Doomed Nurse" and in emula-
ton of the deeds of the hero, George
carefully disemboweled the sitting-room
sofa of its stufling and secreted himself
among the springs early on Sunday
evening last. His idea was TO Overhear
the dark secrets of his big sisters young
man aud thereafter track him like a
''sleuth hound" which he understood
was the correct caper for detectives.
From the evidence elected by the Cor
ouer's jury, the next day, it appeared
that both the big sister heretofore men,
toned, and the young man previously
referred TO, had occupied one end of
said sofa the evening before, from eight
p. m. until half past one a. M, more
or less. As Georges head was directly
beneath, it was fair TO suppose that he
had been smothered by said parties Of
the second and third parts. The sister
testified that the sofa seemed to be a
little uneasy, as it were, but as the gas
was turned down and earthquakes had
been so frequent of late. she hadn't no
ticed it particularly. The young man
has contributed some obituary verses to
the Coulterville Gazette, and altogether
the occurrence has cast gloom over
the entire community francisco
Post.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
A Muscular Christian.

A company of roughs were once dis
lurbing camp-meeting, when stalwart
Methodist minister. coming forward on
the preachers stand. said. in the quietest
of tones,-
my friends wish to inform you
that number of our brethren are, un-
fortunately, but imperfectly sanctified.
II. by reason of your disturbance, the
old Adam should get the better of
them, there will be such casting out
of devils as you never saw, and you will
get punishment that will teach you TO
behave yourselves when you are where
God is worshipped."
The minister smiled blandly when he
went back to his seat amid chorus Of
"Amens," and there was no further an
noyance from those lewd fellows.
One of this sort of muscular chris
tians'' was Timothy Thomas. a Welsh
nreacher and 4 gentleman % fortune.
Once, when travelling with his wife. he
was attacked by four rOushs. who had
been enraged by his sermons.
With his single stick, he knocked
down two of the rnilians. but broke it
in the act. Rushing TO the wayside
hedge, he tore up stake and ran back
to find the scOundrels fleeing for their
lives.
Mr.. Thomas was Baptist. and by
appointment was expected to admins
ter the ordinance of baptism in the
stream of district in which he was not
generally known. A mob had assem-
blcd to boot the candidates and insult
the minister. Suddenly, q wcll-dressed
gentleman, mounted on noble horse,
rode over the bridge. Alighting and
giving his bride to a bystander, he
walked briskly to the bank Of the
stream. Taking the nearest candidate
by the hand, he walked into the water,
booted and spurred as he was. and
there baptized him.
Before the gaping mob had recovered
from their amazement at seeing 4 gen.
tleman administer the ordinance. he
had finished. Then, standing on the
streams brink, he preached an eloquent
sermon.
Not an insulting word was said, and
though the roughs' hands were full of
sticks and stones, not a missile was
thrown. The splendid courage of the
man had conquered them. AS they de-
parted. they were heard saying to each
other
We'll, the clippers 1.-THE name then
given to Baptists have one brave gen.
tleman among them"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-02
A Husband with Poetical Heels.

A lady who had married q dancing
master was discussing the subject Of
matrimony with female friend. The
latter, spinster in whose heart the
frost of forty winters had not withered
the tender flowers of sentiment, declar-
ed that nothing but a poet for husband
would satisfy her, and added:
81 could never have married as you
did"
.You forget there is poetry of mo.
tion," returned the other; my hus.
band writes poetry with his heels" :.