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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-15
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MEssRs. T!FMITG BE-:
Sr',-T,nr nj, cr"rc ~ .....', a:' an say
they arc a good b.. 90, ,,... ! a..,r used .erit
many pills, but | en- -, ". I. N,iIuc'S Pills,
manufactured hy -ia..s - 'l.!s. a'r genuine.
And, gen.Cm, Il, roT hHsr nv 'sIUk> o.. ending
trial. Ono OF my ne's - - three Pulls. lie
said they did help liam. IL fiji tie neat lay like
new man. lie wishes IN" T. Nrr.H 'or n:'y cents
worth for him: So, ger u'w,"; vii! 20 all can
featured by Fleming B:oihrrs. You will md
enclosed one. dollar, fnr more Ut your good pills.
l wish you could send INC ample Of YOUR Yer
mifuge by mail. | think II Wall take we'll here.
Yours, with rcsptct.
WM II. DrGAH.
Please scnd soon.
Heot >hftItf. v. J.
October 50, 1854
S7emin1 Brothers:
Dear Sirs.-Enclosod Won will find one dollar,
for which YOU will pleas end me more of youf
Dr.. {. McLane's Liver Pills, thrust YOU have re.
ceivcd the pay for the last Nv boxes ordered
and received. would only say. they have done
me more good than could express. licel much
better now than have for two years past. Send
them soon. More here after.
\ our truly,
RryT PIn- SpArrH.
w Sand!ake, y. Y.
THE ONLY GENUINE
MCLANE'S PILLS,
Are the DR.. c. MeL1ae's LIveG PILE,
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THEIR CHOICE.

married my wife Tor ner beauty:
She married me for my--wft.
That got the best of the bargain
I'm candid enough 10 admit.
Wit often subsidies into drivel,
That beauty soon fades" is all bosh;
Ny wife is to-day At the wash.tub,
So I'm certain that beauty will wash.
Buffalo Ns,rs.
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70 SALE.
Public Sale OF Valuable Real
ESfnta

Public Sale OF Valuable Real
by virtue OF the authority rostci In them
by y decree Of the Circuit Court Of OHIO
county. West Virginia, entei I'd ON the III day
prLdIIg, wherein j. IL. Cox. executor, 40.
was plaintiff and James wayt and Others
were defendants, the undersigned special
commissioners will. on
saturday. AWgust -. 1858,
CONNIE nclr nj 10 o'clock .. IN, on the premi,
>.s 10 tie toid, sell at public auction the real
UstHie mrnIi ned IN tie I'LL IL Maid cAubc,
hat IL TO say: tract OF land situated on
creek, In ohio county aforesaid, known -
tie home farm of james Nayt. and on which
the sEid James Wnyt has for many years ~.
sided. containing one hundred and seventy
i've acres, more or less, and hon nded ON The
south by lsuds ~ Martin ConIry. samuel
smith and Robert Gif'in. on the east by lands
OF James Rinp, on IN. north 10y LANDS at John
wayt, and on the west by lnndsof j. J. Jacob
and Josiah Chaplins. but the ssid real estate
will be sold subject Ia = lease made by tho
special receiver In tAid cause Ia Eobsr H.
WEyt, for term ending with the 5lkt day OF
March. IN, which lease Is on fils among tho
papers az said cnuse. and In which the said
Robert agrees, among other things, a. fol.
lows: THAT he Will mol ploW or break any
portion ~ the said farm which IL nov In
meadow: thai In tn. fall Of the year 1883 he
Will seed In wheat all 81 the stubble land ON
said farm, and not less Than one half OF the
land which shall have been plantc<t In corn
curing lie last nancl yeas, having Tue Hkhti
nevertheless, should he no. he the tenant OF
| said farm after the Sist day 81 March. 1854
teithcr ecnuhc the said fan shall have been
sold. or he auss IL shall have les u leased To
some other perkonI. TO have one half ~ tho
crops produced from the seed M 10 be sown
by him as Aforesaid. upon his paying one
bali Of the expenses 81 harvesting tie said
crops. the division Ia be m ads In the shock"
Terms Of Sale-ODetbird Of the purchase
money, orso much more a. the purchaAcr
may elect, cash on the day az sale. aud tho
mi Ind nF n VI
respectively In one and two years after thu
DAY Of sElr, with interest from that day, the
payment ~ the deferred instaln ents to ba
secured by q deed Of trust upon the said real
estate, or by tie retaiuing Of the tlus.
DANIEL PECK,
ROBERT WHITE,
HENRY ". RUSSELL.
thereby certify that bond has been giysn
In the above entitled cause, ~ required by
law. Juiy II, 1881.
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HE HAD READ THE PAPERS.
How u COuntryman Surprised TIVE
confidence Men.

A thrifty-looking countryman, proba-
bly, GO years of age, bent on seeing all
that was on view i'll the shop windows
and the streets, attracted large crowd
when he reached Murray street and
Broadway. New York, Saturday morning.
A young man, dressed in the height OF
fashion and wearing tall silk hat, walk
ed up to the countryman, and putting out
his hand in n friendly manner, said
"IIow'do, Mr.. Davis glad to see you.
How's the folks at home?"
The countryman looked over the young
man carefully and, being satisfied that he
could take care of himself, made move.
ment as if he was about to take the young
mans hand, but instead OF so doing he
took him by the coat collar, faced hin
around 80 that he looked upon the City
Hall Park, held him firmly in position
and then gave him kick which sent hin
sprawling into the street, Another young
man, evidently friend of the ASSAULTED
youth, rushed up and demanded to know
the trouble. The countryman had be
come warmed up by this time and en-
deavored to inhict punishment on No. 2
but he escaped. The countryman thei
quietly walked away, muttering to him
self, 81 haint been reading the paper
nigh onto forty years for narthing, an,
them confidence men must try ne,
game when they scoop in this old sinner,
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VOL. LvI NEW SERIES, VOL. xxx.

in peace, rendered this out of possibility.
The food everywhere is the universal
soup of onions, cabbage, lard, or 'ua plat
dc tegumcs an lard, aUec Mne petite fri
andise teilo qu'mc saladc, or black rad
ishes sliced. The roads were so bad that
we never got beyond the circle within
which the peasants sent produce into the
towns, but the doctor told us that the
poverty and barbarism in the higher vii
| lagos were excessive Wherever the
peasants depended on the land alone, the
poverty and low standard were at the
lowest, we heard in all parts OF France
| Wherever there was some induStrte going
on by which they could gain wages, the
standard Of civilization rose, the ignor-
ance was less, and the wants of the popu-
lation greater. We never saw the small
est flower near or in any house of all the
many we visited not even the wallhower
and nasturtiums, which abound even in
ragged novels in England not white
jessamine or china rose against the wall.
Flowers are considered MS things to sell,
like onions, and in the nursery gardens
near Royat and Clermont, where the
roses are hawked in lunches about the
streets, few are grown between the hari-
cots and the carrots. Not book or n
paper were ever to be found not print
or picture against any wall, in the house
where there were walls (of course in the
stables there were only rough partitions),
not bit of china, not an ornament, not q
piece of good furniture or clock, the
pride of an English cottage; 1t was i'm
possible to conceive life SO absolutely
bare of interest, or amusement, or COM
fort, or refinement of any kind. There is so
great jealousy of any man rising above
the rest that the equality in the villages
is nearly absolute, and the level of taste
and civilization sinks to the capacity of
the lowest ; any advance on this is re-
garded as pride and absurdity. There
was absolutely no house in any of the vii
lagos where the chief farmers, the lawyer,
the doctor and the clergyman showed n
higher standard of refinement, informa-
tion and comfort all was squalor and ig-
norance alike-even the priest was a
peasant like the rest"
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Some Current Odditie.

\ California board Of supervisors apprO-
priated sum to give citizen wooden leg
ane charged the amount to permanent re-
pairs and Improvements.
\ man of Santa Rosa, Cal, has u hen with
n very progressive turn of mind. She has
scratched around and laid for her master
pair of eggs of entirely new design. One
egg contains the yolks, the other the whites
Both are joined together by igamentous
mem1ranc, something after the style of the
Siamese twins.
An impatient Kentucky coroner did not
wait 10 examine the body of the man whom
he supposed D be dead, but Immediately
implncled jury and began proceedings
which came to a sudden end when the
corpse sat up and said MAY it please your
in these proceedings
Governor Cleveland put an unusual con-
dition in the pardon he granted TO Park
Wheeler OF Onondoga County, who was sen
fenced 20 Auburn prison for fifteen Years for
forgery in 1871. He fell from very re.
spectacle standing through continual iutelr-
pcrancc, and the Governor has RENTED the
est of his sentence on the condition that he
does nj touch intoxicating liquor OF any
kind for five years
An electrician of Germantown, Pa, has Il
most perfect bGrsllr-proof show case. TIE
metal frame is so highly charged that when
the burglar touches il he receives u shock
that fels him like an OK. The current can
be made strong enough to kill.
\ Columbus paper says the mode! of
the Garfield statue which Ohio is to have
made by a Cincinnati worker for the ma
tional gallery represents the president as
bow-legGed, sway backed and stoop-shoul-
dered, and doubts whether the State will
accept it,
Last December Paris man let loose toy
balloon to which he had a card attached in
scribed with his addres and the promise that
the finder of the balloon would be rewarded
by letting the writer know of his discovery
The balloon alishted in Russia, at point
1000 miles from Paris
Probably the largest kite in the world was
recently made near Rochester, N. y. The
frame WAS of lumber two inches wide by
half an inch in thickness and was covered
with MANILA paper, The surface contained
nearly 25O square feet. The string by which
the kite was flown was of three-cighth-inch
rope, and 5000 feet in length. 1t shot into
the air like balloon, and after floating a
mile high for two hours was only brought
down by means of a pulley and team.
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PROFESSIONAL BEGGING,
The Way Warm-Hcartcd Pedestrians
are SWindicd by Street Ncndicamts.


Almost every night on the corner Of
Fourteenth street and Fourth avenue sit
ting in the shadow of lamp post, is n
woman whose haggard face and bent form
would indicate person Of 10 or 80 years
of age. She crouches at the foot OF the
lamp post, clad externally in faded, torn,
iiimsy shawl and q wretched calico dress,
her head capped by the most extraordin-
AIRY bonnet think l ever saw. On the
ground rests a miniature hand organ, two
feet long and about six inches high, from
which the old dame grinds the feeblest
suggestions of old time tunes. Her hands
are long and skinny ; her fingers those of
skeleton. Crouching i'll the dark, fee
bly, turning this little crank, the old lady
presents picture of desolation and desti-
tuition beside which Lazarus was very
king. On the top of the little organ rests
tin cup, battered and worn. l had n
curiosity last night to watch this party,
and, taking my scat in n bootblack' $ chair
near by, l absorbed the situation. 1t
was about half-past ten the street was
filed with promenaders. Hundreds pass
ed without even noticing her, but every
now and then happy go lucky fellow
would throw her coin and in the course
of my observation fifteen people gave her
each something. A respectfully dressed
man, apparently 40 years of age, wearing
a noticeably long ulster and stovepipe
hat, took particular pains to see that his
contribution reached the cup and did not
fall upon the ground or upon the box, as
that of many others did The half hour
had about passed, when the same man
approached her again. As he leaned over,
apparently to put something in the cup,
he spoke to her, and then, in an indiffer-
ent manner, crossed the street and stood
in front of liquor store on the corner.
Presently the old woman emptied the
contents Of the cup into her hand, looked
at it carefully and put it into her pocket.
Rising cautiously she took the organ un-
der her arm. crossed the street, and then
as the man moved off toward Third ave-
nue., followed him. With Que boot pol
ished and the other simply blacked, l
handed the boy his dime, and at safe
distance on the other side of the way, fol-
lowed the pair. They passed Third ave-
nue. and along Fourteenth street to Sec
ond avenue, she some Is or 90 feet be-
hind him. As they turned into Second
avenue he stopped, waited for her, took
the instrument, said something in n
laughing tone, and together they walked
up Second avenue until they reached Six.
teenth street, when they turned off toward
the river. There was no one else in the
street at the time, and | did not care tc
investigate further for obvious reasons
My own judgment is that the woman is
the mans wife that her feeble and ema
ciated appearance is simply n profession
al makeup, and that together they reap
very satisfactory harvest from the good
natured people to whom nickel or
dime is of little consequence.
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Miss Nora Perry wites to the Philadel-
phia Press, under date of Feb. 10:
In the literary world there is nothing
doing, but there is interesting news of the
great success of the new edition of Haw-
thorne's works, and this brings out a good
deal of interesting talk concerning Haw-
thones life and work. A literary man
told me that another literary man told
him that during Hawthorne's lifetime he
never realized but Sl700 on his books,
but that for some years since his death
the copy right has increased to S2400 per
year. l spoke Of this limit of Sl700 to n
prominent publisher, and he thought
there was some mistake, that the amount
must have been more. 1t was not large,
however, and the fact of its limit as
compared with the present realization, is
certain.
The whole matter Is comment full OF
significance upon the tastes of genera
tion and the meaning and value of that
curious thing-reputation Only day
or two ago ! heard of the most astonish-
ing prices being paid to writer who made
one hit fifteen or sixteen years ago. On
the strength of that n reputation has been
made which has brought n golden harvest,
though nothing subsequent has been
either original or striking, as every critic
has allowed. One book published with
out theprestige Of the name of the author
fell flat, thus proving the critics not far
from right. But have something furth-
er to relate of Hawthorne interest. Messrs.
A. Williams d Co., who occupy the old
corner bookstore, which, in old days, was
the Tickor Il Field stand, where tho At
lantic Monthly first saw the light, and
where, in their prime, Emerson and Long
fellow and Whittier and Hawthorne used
to meet, have got hold of an old picture
of Hawthorne which they are going to
have photographed in cabinet size and
put on sale. 1t is picture of Hawthorne
at his best, and that was not to be better
ed, for his worst was by no means tran
script of ugliness, for never handsomei
or a more satisfactorily handsome author
lived than Hawthorne. / was shown at
Williams & Co. 3 very interesting letter
from Hawthorne to Boston publisher
which was permitted to copy for my
readers. 1t is dated Salem, Nov. T.
= 1888.
Dear Sir Il thank you foryour PROPOSE
tion respecting the Twice-Told Tales, and
am willing to put them into yonr hands
: If mistake not, however, the remaining
. copies ut sixty-two and half cents would
q not balance my demand against the sta
!, TONERS CO, Instead of power 10 settle
all accounts, it will, perhaps, be better t.
give you merely an order to receive til,
books You have been misinformed n're
gard to my having new work in prepare
ton. have been advised by some of IN,
e friends to prepare another volume o
Tales, but have as yet taken no steps to
wards it, nor given the matter any seriou
consideration.
This, after n social family inquiry, il
signed "Nathaniel Hawthorne" Ho,
- odd and interesting this seems in view O
. the fame that followed. The sixty-tw
and half cents referred to- instead Of
royalty, isexplained by the fact that Haw
thorne owned the plates OF his books IL
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Karl Marx,

Kari Marx, VIII ,sc death in London is an
nounced, was born in Treyes, and, after uni
vcrsity studies, he5ln in 1912 AZ the age of
twcnly-our the publication of the ReAisehe
Zatung at Cologne. lie was less than thirty
when he found himself at the head of great
revolution, which his journal has done more
than my other tn incilr and organize. One
of the irst acts of the piussitu Government,
when Friedrich Wilh,ln finally decided to
hsht for his "divlnc right" was to suppress
Marks paper, aud exile the editor lie fled
to Paris, and there with Dr. Rugc, who
died not long ago, established "A vast and
efficient propaganda Of revolutionary teach
ings. AT the request of Prussia, Louis
Philippe ordered .im out of France, and he
went to Brussels. The outbreak of the rev.
olution in Paris was the signal for his return
TO Paris, and the revolt In Germany, the lol-
lowing year, permitted him to rc-establish
his Cologne paper, which he did with marked
vigor and effect The bloody overthrow of
the revolt once more cOniiscated his Journal
and sent him out of the country, this tiClc to
London, which he hencpforth made his chief
place OF residence In the belief that moth
ing could ever b. accomplished against
monarChcal icsnClisM uitil the brotherhood
of kings was antagoniZcd by n brotherhoCd Il
of subjects, he eorgauizcd in his London home
a little society of kindred spirils-mainly
like himself cxies-and from this little be
ginning grew with mysterious rapidity the
wonderful International Association, which
for score OF years was the most powerful
organization Europe eve. saw. 1t reached
its climax of strength in the French Com
munc, which was purely its work 1t is
still in existence, for Prince Krapotkine was
condemned at Lyons only u few weeks ago
for belonging 10 il, and we from time to
time see shadOwy traces Of its connection
with Nihllisic demonstrations, Partisan
emeutes, Fenian outrages, and the like.
Marx was close thinker and "a clear writer.
The best of his uooks, Capital" Is one Of
the most striking of economical works.
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A NEW ORLEANS LEGEND.
The Weird story OF Mime. La-Laurel,s -
Home In the Old French Town.

New Orleans Cor. Nashville Americana
There is no portion of New Orleans so
| full of interest to strangers or resident ms
that which stranger prettily called "the
New Orleans of George w. Cable" Its
old red-tiled cottage houses, some with
great overhanging roofs that serve as a
sort of awning, some with high balustrade
of tiles set on end, forming an odd decor
ton around the edge of the roof, are pret.
ty to look upon. Time has softened the
angrlarities in these small houses, the
winds of many years have blown a rich
soil upon their tops, as witness-1 passed
q cottage on Bourbon street the other day
upon the tiled roof of which grew, in lux
urious profusion, golden rod, each stalk
at least four feet high
Far down npon the corner Of Royal and
another street stands n big square house
built in old French style. 1t is five stor-
les high, and although there are great
scars upon the gray stone walls, and the
ornate carvings over the peaked tops Of
the small paned windows are beginning
to crumble off, it is building whose ar
chitectural features attract the attention
of all the sight-hunting strangers. About
fortyfve years ago this house belonged
to wealthy old French woman whom one
may call Nine. La-Laurel She owned
many slaves, ana when she went to live
IN her Royal street residence she furnish
eu some OF the rooms Ill grand style.
lhat tue Madame was she-devil, who
tortured her slaves oil the town was be.
ginning to know. There was deep well
IN her back yard, IN which 1t was said she
hung the negroes, even to the little ba-
pies, suspendlng them by the arm 30 that
the BLACK. cold, foul smelling water came
up to their llps, and there they hung till
almost dead. If they died in the water,
especially the babies, who could not ma
turally endure much OF such treatment,
the BODY was weighed, the rope cut, and
the poor freed darkey sunk swiftly out OF
SIGHT.
In room on the lower floor OF the
house Nine. La-iaurel had built sort
OF dungeon-a brick room inside OF q
brick room. 1t has one window, with
IRON CRAVINGS across 1t, and Is as black and
awful looking as any dungeon you can
imagine The floors IN this echoing old
building are full OF murderous looking
stains, and to-day, If water is thrown up
on them, they come out blood-red. II
was mp IN the garret, though, that the
worst tortnring, was done. Here this
blood-thirsty old woman, SO they say,
upon the least provocation, used to take
her negroes, tie them to the walls or nail
them by the hands down to .he floors,
and then amuse herself by tting of
their ears, tearing out their nails and cut
tln8 OIL their tongues. One night there
came hoarse roar blowing down the
narrow length OF Royal street, and tow
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SnoN-Flnkcs.

Through the chilly winter morning,
Tnluugh the gloomy ven OF mist
Game the snow-nnkcs thickly fililhgi
Hiding everything they Kissed
Every wlnlow-sil and doorstep
Nni 'hc stones hcnCath the icct,
TN u pail of perfect whlleness
covered all the silent street.
soon the feet of busy people,
Passing To their daily toll, .
1ruI the whIicncss Out, and marredu II
WIN Tho grimy stain OF soil;
Illl the tramplcd mass presented
llu sad and painful sight
Painful IN its wrctchcd contrast
with ,he snow Of yesternlght.
In the chilly winter morning
Came n little soul one day,
sweet rs any mountain daisy
Growing in its bed OF clay.
Fair the face that shonc above II,
l'gnt the limbs that made its prison;
II was iairer than the snow-nakes
Ere the morning sun had risen.
Soon The hasting feet of Passion
TrOd The soul and beat 1t down.
An q sinful hand dehlcd II
In the markets of the town:
TIL the face had lost its beauty,
Aud the limbs grown worn and thin
With the wrctChcdncss that follows
In the deadly track of sin.
Sulilcl snow Is never whItenel
Never can he fair again;
BUt there is uriying
For the sinful souls Of men:
And the print uf evil footsteps
In The downward path We trod,
May be hlotted out forever
lt The mercy Of our God.
j. r. Burton Woiidstoa.
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The SpnrroMs, Hrenk fn It.

When to the birds their morning meal threw,
Beside one pretty candidate for bread
There flashed and wnked u tiny drop of dew;
But while gaZed, lost them, both had ncd
HIS careless Tread had struck the blade hung tear,
Aud all It's silent beauty fell away.
aud lcil sole relic Oi the lwlnkllng sphere,
A sparrow dabbled foot upon spray;
Bold bird that didst efface Il lovely thing
Before picis eyes I've half a mind.
Could hut single thee from out lhy KIND,
TO mUlc thee N a Crumb a cIuinb 10 thee
l. not more sweet than that fair drop TO me;
Fir IN Thy little foo and thrummlnI wing!
-Chdri', Tenn gSon tYUrH,rJ
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When thou and are parted, presently,
This dead days ghost with white accusing face
Shall walk among our harsh Implying days,
Saying, "For tenderness love fashioned me,
And 10 ye did defaine my deity,
Reft me OF sweetness, took away my grace,
And set horror In my fair self's place
That self no tears can make again to be-"
But when, for one OF US, vain days go by,
The while the other sleeps beneath the flowers
Needless OF sunshine or soft April showers,
"LOok ever IN my eyes" this day shall cry,
Wherein, as In deep streams, reelected lie
koye's murdered irrecoyerable hours.
Philip Burks AaTstOa.