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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03

THE news that Judge HOADLY Is
getting better is making Mr.. FORAKER
very sick.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03
EOR SALE. = ONE OF HE FINEST

EOR SALE. - ONE OF HE FINEST
farms in the county, with nice two story
dwelling house, tine and large ba n, stable,
Sheep.shed, spring house and other out.
building s, and two good orchards. About 1870
scres in tn farm and of the richest SOIL aud
all can he titled. This farm l. within one
naf mile OF Il. & D. K. r., al d National pike
ard Just east OF the town OF Triadeiphia.
Price reasonable. ENQUIRE OF
ALEX. BONE,
Real Estate Agent,
Sep3l cd ae Cor. Market and Twelfth st.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed administrator of the
eS; ate Of VIM. Gilligan, deceased. All per
sons having claims against said estate are
hereby notified TO present them TO the under
signed for settlement, and all who are in
debied 10 the estate are notified to make pay
ment at once to the subscriber. az such ad.
ministrator. P.J. GGLLlGAN,
Administrator.
No. 1918 Elizabeth street, Wheeling, W.
W. Oc2S
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03
A Valuable Farm For Sala,

THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
i sale his farm situated three miles east sf
81. Clairsville, Ohio, and one mile south OF
the National road, containing 100 acres, l35
under cultivation, has plenty Of good timber,
Is we'll v altered, lies very favorably, is easy 10
cultivate, and is one of the best farms in
that part OF the country. Has on 1t one good
DIV elling house and one tenant house, with
ample and convenient out-buildngS. Has
three good orchards OF choice fruit, together
with lot OF other fruit, such as pears, cher.
rieS, ounces, sc. For particulars enquire OF
the undersigned n the premises, or address
at ST. Clairsville, o.
ocleSgh SAMUEL r. FISSEY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03
NOTICE 10 SuBSCRLsGRS.

NOTICE To DUbDCISLob4'o'
Ire date printed on The 'rapper o.
s=e6 paper denotes ths time ,OheH the sub
scrSption expires.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03

HENRY ]. ARBENZ, GRADUATE OF
IL the celebrated Royal Conservatory Of
Music at stuttgart) thorough Instruction In
piano and organ playing, Stuttgart methodl
Harmony, Composition, Instrumentatiop
and Chorus Singing. Orders can be left al
any OF the MUSIC stores In the city, or at INV
roam lbiS Market street, oyer the German
HA@Ai euN5h
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
The Roy becomes an Artist and Paints
AGimuIs-IIis Fathers Poor Pigs.

"Hello, Hcnnery," said the grocery
man to the bad boy, as he came in hold
ing his sides to keep them from bursting
with suppressed laughter, ''what has oc-
CURED to cause a young man like you to
laugh in that manner? Has your pa
joined the police force? I saw him
driving lot of hogs to the pound yes
terday."
"That's what [ am laughing about. :"
said the boy, rs he put an apple on the
stove to bake it. "Pa has gone to the
pound after the hogs this morning. You
see, I have been taking lessons in paint
ing and drawing and the other day [ sur
pused pa by showing him picture OF Il
blue COW, with a green tail and old gold
horns, and he told me he never saw any
thing moro natural, and he advised me
to turn my attention entirely to animal
painting.
''Pa keeps four hogs in pen in the
back lot, and every day he turns them
out in the alley and lets them run, and
takes them up when they come home.
The hogs are large white ones, regular
beauties, and pa thinks about as much
of them as he does of me.
"Weu, pa told me to go and turn the
i
brush along and before turning them
out 1 painted black spots all over the
hogs. You never see a lot of speckIed
hogs, where the spots were put on any
better. The hogs looked at each other
kind of astonished, and [ turned them
out
''In the afternoon, pa went out to
the pen and began to call, 'pOig, poig,
and the pigs came running up the alley.
Pa saw the strange hogs coming, and he
got mad and drove them ont Of the alley,
and then called again, i'll a muscular
tone Of voice, and the specklcd hogs
came again, little slower, and seeming
to wonder what allied pa. They acted
as though they felt hurt at being received
IN such Il violent manner. Pa met the
speckled hogs with Il broom, and he run
them down the alley again, and the hogs
stood off and looked at him as though
he had gone crazy. You'd dide to see
pa drive his own hogs away, and talk
sassy. He got pail of swill and called
the hogs again, aud they came on gal
Top, and then pa called Il policeman and
they drove the hogs to the pound.
q didn't see pa last night, but the first
thing this morning | told him | had
taken his advice and turned my attention
to animal painting, and that [ had
painted spots on our white hogs, and
made speckled hogs of them, and that
speckled hogs were worth a cent pound
more than white hogs Well, pa didn't
faint away, but when it all came over
him, that he had drove his own hogs to
the pound, he was so cross he could
have bit q nail. But he didn't say any.
, anything to me cause l 'spose he didn't
want to discourage my artistic ambi-
lions. but he has gone down to the pound
after the hogs May be the rain has
washed the spots off, and the man that
| keeps the pound will not let pa have
white hogs when he left speckIgd ones
there. However, L didn't warrant the
hogs to he fast colors, anyway. DO you
think it was wrong to put spots on the
/ hogs ?"-PccL'S Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
breaking ERR Up.

The breaking up of a negro political
meeting in Maryland, the other day, by
the appearance of some dancing bears,
reminds an ex-army officer of a similar
experience which befeIl him while serv-
ing as bureau officer in South Carolina
and he relates the incident in the Phila-
delphia Record. He was looked up to
by the coIored people for all purposes,
and was expected to take the place OF
the cole master" the Judge, the doctor
and the parson. In the latter capacity
he was called upon to read the service
at the funeral of a picaninny. The pro-
cession had moved, in solemn order, to
a grove on the plantation used as a
burial place, the mOurners singing in a
dOleful strain as they moved along.
While rendering the burial service he
happened to look up and was astOnished
to find that the bulk of the congregation
was streaming across the open field to-
ward a tall tree at whose foot a couple
of dogs were barking. One by one the
mOurners were departing. AS he stood
there, wondering what it all might mean,
the Borrowing father turned to him and
remarked "Dar. dat MungO has freed
anudder coon. He's de best doom dog
on dis yere ribber." The subsequent
proceedings were very short.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
How to Grease a Wagon Wheel.

The Coach Makers Nogazine in
lorses the statement that few people
are aware that they do wagons and car
ringes more injury by greasing too
plentifulIy than in any other way. A
well made wheel will endure constant
wear from ten to twenty-five years if
care is taken to use the right kind and
proper amount of grease; but if this
matter is not attended to, it will be
used up in five or six years. Lard
should never be Uscd on a wagon, for it
will penetrate the hub and work its way
ont around the lemons of the spoIles,
thus spelling the wheel. TailOw is the
best lubricator for wooden axletrees, and
castor oil for iron hubs, but many of the
patent axle greases are also excellent,
and have the merit of being cheaper and
more convenient to handle just grease
enough should be applied to the spindle
of a wagon to give it slight coating.
This is better fE7T17 more, for the surplus
put on will WORK out at the ends, and
be forced by the shoulder bands and nut
washer into the hub around the outside
of the boxes. 10 oil an iron axletree,
first wipe the spindle clean, wet with
spirits OF turpeutine, and then apply Il
few drops of castor oil near the shoulder
and end. One tablespoon is sufficient
for the whole.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
THE TWO HEARTS.
sad Romance Connected with the I" Little
White House - in Washington.

The old Thompson mansion, known
as the Little White House, situated
at the junction of NJ and Twenty-first
streets. Washington, has Just been sold
to an English gentleman of wealth, who
will remodel and occupy it, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. The house is
one of the most noted in Washington.
1t is built of brick, plastered on the in
terror, and is Il counterpart of the White
House, except that it is not so large. 1t
had its Z" East room, Blue room and
Red room" and is very handsome and
imposing. 1t has been the scene OF
many brilliant social events.
Colonel James Thompson married a
daughter of Colonel Burroughs, then
commander of the Marine corps. They
were blessed with IN only child, a
daughter who was noted for her grace
and beauty, rs well as for her brilIiancy
of mind. She was married at an early
ACE to NJ Hersout, Il member Of the
French legation. They resided for some
years at the old home with the parents
of the beautiful child-wife, and were
the center of a very brilliant social
circle, their fetes and outdoor entertain
mentS, given IN the spacious and elegant
grounds of the "LittIe White House."
being the feature OF society. Shortly
after the marriage Hersout was ordered
to South America, and he took with him
when he went his wife. While there
she died in childbirth. For some
reason Mrs. Thompson, her mother,
who still resided at the old mansion,
would not believe that her daughter was
dead but became possessed of an idea
that her husband had placed her in
some convent in South America that he
might he free to pay his addresses to
some dark-eyed beauty of the Spanish
American court.
In order to satisfy the mother of the
truth OF his assertions and that her child
was not pining in the captivity OF a
South American convent, HersOut re-
sorted to an expedient as horrible and
novel as 1t was successful. He had the
heart Of his dead wife and that of her
babe removed from their bodies, pre-
served III spirits, and, after proper GER
titicatiOn by the Spanish authorities at
the city where the death occurred, for
warded them to the parents without
preliminary notice. They arrived, and
the package was opened III the presence
of the mother, without Il word of warm
ing or even suspicion OF It's contents.
The shock was so great that it unset
tied her reason, and she was never her
self again. She shut herself up i'll the
great house, aud her cries and means
resounded through its beautiful rooms,
and at night was often seen wandering
about the grounds, dressed sometimes
only in her night-cIothes, with DISNEY
cIed hair, moaning and muttering her
sorrows. The jar containing the hearts
was retained for a time, and then placed
in the hands of an undertaken. who kept
it until Mrs. ThompsOn's death, when it
was placed III the grave with her re
mains. To-day a marble shaft in Oak
Hill cemetery, Washington, bearing two
hearts, marks the resting place Of the
fond mother and all that this lands holds
of the remains of her loved daughter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
A $ Smatter,, rs q Witness.

"What is your name? ?" asked the
United States Attorney of an old sqaut-
ter" who had been summoned before
the court as q witness ?"
(Which name, Squire"
Your right name, of course.
81 amt got none"
"What, you mean to say that you
haven't got name?"
% Oh, no, sir. :"
s'This summons says that your name
is Ananias Peters. Is that 500"
''Reckin it is. d"
"Thought you didn't have a right
name?"
81 amt"
"Look here, sir. Don't trife with
this court Your prevarlcation will not
be tolerated here. Why did you say
that Ananias Peters was not your right
name?"
Cease it wasn't right to name a boy
Ananias, therefore it amt a right name.
The Bible, [ believe, sorter called
Ananias a liar"
Which" interposed the Judge,
"maHes it peculiarly applicable to your
case ?"
Look-a-here, Jedge, I don't want to
prOgic with you, case you've got the
upper hand of me, but don want you
to hit me with the Bible. A mans in a
bad enough fix when you fling the law
at him, but when you fling the law and
the Gospel both, he amt got no show. y
"Where do you live ?" asked the
attorney.
CAT home"
'E But where is vOIIr home 2"
"In the neighbOrhood O where !
live"
The Judge turned away to conceal q
smile, and the attorney, giving the
"squatter" a look Of extreme severity
said: edo you know where you are,
sir?"
Yes, sir, Tn here"
'You won't be here much longer nm
less you answer my questions.
81 am answerin' your questions
Squire. Go on with your rat KILN.
F"Where were You when Mr.. Jason, the
defendant, cut timber from government
land ?"
''When did he do the cuttin' ?''
'"That's what [ want to find out.
think it was some time in October"
''Wall, some times in October I was n
one place an some times I was a
luther"
"Did you ever see him cutting gov
eminent timber?"
81 believe [ did"
"When ?"
"Durin' the war, when he was in til,
army"
'None of your foolishness now. Die
not you come along the road one day il
! October and talk to the defendant Will
he was chopping down tree?"
ono, sir"
''Remember that you are under oath
SO you didn't see him while he wa
chopping down a tree %
Didn't say that, Squire, fur di'
see him chopin the tree"
did you stop and talk to him?"
eyes, sir. D."
Thought you sad you didn'ts stop ant
talk to him ?''
"Didn't say it."
"You did"
''Didn't say it.
"What did you say?"
"Said I didn't talk to him while h
was chopin, fur when [ come up an
spoke, he quit chopin. Eff thar's any
thing else yol wanter know, fire away.
ArkanSa1U Zr0UeIcr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
Entertaining a Guest.

81 don't altogether like this young
man NilIikin who comes to see YOU so
often. [ hear he is nothing but a Door
dry-goOds clerk, is what the head of the
family said to his daughter one day at
the dining table.
''He is a very nice young gentleman, :"
replied the daughter, 'besidcs he is
something more than poor dry-goods
clerk He gets a large salary and is
manager of one Of the departments, and
expects some day to have an interest III
the business"
81 hope he may" responded the old
man, "but he strikes me as a very flip
pant, impertinent young person, and in
my opinion he should be sat downupon. -
"Well, | have invited him to take tea
with us this evening" said the daughter,
"and [ hope you will treat him politely
at least. You will find him very diff
ferent person from what you suppose
him to be. >"
ooh, I'll treat him politely enough, .
he said
That evening Mr.. NIilIikin appeared
at supper, and made a most favorable
impression on the Old gentleman. HE
Is a clever young fellow, after all" he
thought. Il lave done him an injus-
tice."
1t was Just here that Bobby spoke
out. Bobby was a well-mcauing little
boy, but too talkativc.
''Papa," lie ventyred, ''you know
what you said to-day at dinner about
Mr.. NIilikin; that lie was an imperti-
nent young man and ought to be sat
down upon
"Silence, sir" shouted the father,
swallowing a mouthtul Of hot potato.
But the little boy wouldn't silence.
cts al right, lie continued, couliden-
TALLY, but in a whisper loud enough to
be heard ont Of doors, che has been sat
down upon. Sister sat down on him
last night for two hours.
Aft this the dinner went on more
quietly, owing to Boby's sudden and
very jerky departure. -PhHadclphia
CttW
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
Business Rivalry.

The rivalry between Chicago and St.
Louis is growing i'll intensity. Recently
both cities sent agents down to Chihua-
hua, Mexico, to work up business and
arrange for an excursion of Mexican
merchants to the respective commercial
centres Of the Great West. The ST.
Louis man arrived on the ground first
and organized his party. The following
story from the st. Louis Post Dispatch
shows how near he came to being out
witted by the cheeky Chicago people
It will be remembered that when
John I. CaLill went to chihuahua to
arrange the excursion, he anticipated
Chicago parties only one week. The
city by the lake was determined to have
the visitors at all hazards. A shrewd
committee was appointed to go to
Kansas City and see what could be done
An elaborate plan was laid. When the
train hauling the special car arrived at
the Union Depot, switch engine was
to be ready. just as the Chicago and
Alton train was about to pull out the
switch engine was to back down, hitch
on t. the car. switch it on to the Chi
cago and Alton track, and before the
passengers knew what was going on
they would be bowling toward Chicago
at the rate OF forty miles per hour in
stead Of St. Louis. Some OF the Kansas
CITY railroad officials, however, I'M
earthed the plot and thwarted it ana our
Mexican visitors will learn for the first
time how narrow was their escape.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
MARRNGEABLE GIRLS BEWARE
How Titled Recommendations of the Ameri-
can Hog Treat Their American " ives.

Joseph f. Potter, the American
Counsel at Crefeld, Germany, has been
making investigations in regard to
matter of great interest to our fair cOun-
try-wOmen, and the result Of his labors
is to be found III report full OfinfOrma-
ton of the most vital interest. He has
been inquiring into the results of mar
riagcs between American girls and Ger
man mobiles, and what he tells us is most
startling.
In thirty-three marriages cited there
has not only not been single happy
union, but either divorce or abandon
ment has speedily followed the wedding.
Hefnds the reason for this unhappy state
of affairs to be that the American wives
have in every instance been brutality
treated, and III some cases absolute YiO-
lence has been NED. The brides were ex-
pected to perform the most meuial offices.
In one instance, the husband, who is an
officer of rank in the German army, de-
mauded that his aaife perform the service
usually cNpGCtG~7IrOm servant of the
thunderstorm, and one of the things she
WIS ordered to do was to supcrintend
the cleaning of his boots. This lady was
the daughter of leading railroad mag
nate in a Western State, and the story
she tells is a most pitiable one.
Her hard-hea(ied father took the pre-
caution at her marriage to settle his
daughters fortune upon her, and tied it
up in such a way that she could not re-
Iinquish its control even if she desired
to do so. After many humilialing tasks
had been given this lady, the boot
cleaning was required. Then she re
beIled. She drew the line there, and
with her American blood at the boiling
point she fatty refused. Her warrior
husband, who, besides his military rank,
has the title of Count, attempted to en-
force discipline in his family by using
his riding whip upon his recaIcitrant
bride, and after Il serious time of it she
evadcd the tloggmg and left the bed and
board of the krightly Uhlan for her
native land. Der husband could not
prevent her departure, but tried to com
pei the payment Of a certain sum of
money by way of salve to the wounds
his sensibiIity received by her abrupt de-
parture. He did not succeed, for the
lady had no property in the Province
that could be held, 50 she got away with
out further loss Of time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
CaUlinOWeT Sauce.

Carefully free a small cauliflower from
sand and the little insects which often
imfest it by letting it lny for an hour
with the fowcrets down in plenty of
cold sailed water then put it over the
fire in sailed boiling water and boil it
for twenty minutes wash one small head
of celery, chop the white stalks fine ard
put it over the fire Ill another saucepan
of sailed boiling water peel and chop
one small onion. and boil it with the
celery if the celery and onion are put
to cook at the same time with the cauli-
flower they will be done when they are
required fifteen minutes after putting
the cauliflOwcr to cook mix in another
saucepan over the fire one tablespoon
full each of butter and flour until they
bubble, then gradually stir with them
one pint of milk, and when the sauce
thus made IS smooth, season it palatabIy
with salt, white pepper, and Il very little
powdered nutmeg or mace; drain the
onion and celery, and add them to the
sauce also drain and chop the caUli-
flower, put il INTO the sauce, Jet it boil
for Il moment, and then serve il with
the boiled lunb. If it is done before
the meat is ready, set the saucepan con
tanning it III pan of boiling water, to
keep hot until it is required for use.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-13
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A Little Plain Talk in Behalf of the Rising
Generation.


Parents and teachers ought to be
mighty patient with children. Some
have more capacity and some more mem
DRY. Some are slow and some are quick
1t is not the SmarteSt child that makes the
smartest man or woman. 1t Is a power
full strain on some of 'em to keep up,
and the dull ones oughtn't to be crowded
until they hate books and dread the time
of going to school. Some folks send
their children to school to get rid of EN-,
but my opinion Is the parent ought to
help the teacher every night. 1t shows
the children how much interest they feel
III their education. 1t is a sign of a
good teacher when the children get am
bilious to keep up and get head marks,
and bring their books home at night
and want to go to school if 1t is raining
n little. Wrap 'em up and let 'em go.
There is nothing that demoralizes a
school boy like staying at home every
few days and getting behind the class.
We used to walk three miles to school
and never minded it at all 1t was a frOlic
all the way there and all the way back
and We did have the best dinners in the
world. DelmOnicO never had as good
things as our mother used to fix up for
us. 1t seems to me so now. 4 child's
life is full of romance and fun-the best
sort of fun. A child's dreams are splen-
did, but we don't dream now, hardly
ever. [ used to read Robinson CrusOe
and dream it all over again. How l did
long to be shipwrecked on an island and
raise monkeys and goats and parrots.
Slow children are generally sure children,
but they don't show off much. Daniel
Webster was almost always foot in his
class, but when he learned anything he
never forgot it. Some boys are wild and
restless and have no love for books, but
they oughtn't to be given up or hacked
and abused continually. If they have
good parents they will come to them
selves after a while. They will SOW their
wild oats and gather the crop and get
tired of that sort of farming. / was
reading the other day about Oliver Gold
smith, who l reckon was the worst vaga-
bond in all England, and was kicked
about and abused by everybody, and got
i'll Jail, and sometimes slept in the corner
of the fence and liked to have persisted
tOdeath, but he came to himself at last and
made one Of England's best and greatest
men. The three worst boys that ever
lived in Rome are now good men, sDlen-
did men, and are hOnOred and respected.
They had good parents. Give dog a
bad name and everybody wants to kick
him. Good men ought to notice the bad
boys specially, and speak kindly to 'em
and offer to help 'em and make 'em feel
that they are not Ishmaelites. Some
boys get so much abuse at home and
abroad that they are astonished when Il
la1aO+ man E1NRolyG 10 'n1O Soma folks