Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20

yestigats tie Aooesty Of The sale. Taking
the pains 10 correctly time the actual start
Of the races, I found that the announce
mstits IN the poolroom were invariably sew
eral minutes behind. With equal regular
itY. somebody at the last moment purchased
some tickets 90 the winning horse, The IN
weston. Of course. was an employe Of the es-
tsblishment guided BY the delayed news
from the tracks; and his operations lessened
the chances Of the genuine wagers while
adding to the gains Of the swindlers.
But was going to describe the occa
sional attrition down there between good
ness and badness. The Rev. DR.. Newman
breaches on the beach every Sunday. tie
Is toe clergynaa who became famous as
General Grants Chaplain.
and is remaining before the public in conse-
uueuce Of the fight for and against him IN
bis congregation. He Ii physically big anac
iacislly besming. When be stroiled along
the shore. after his sermon last Sunday ne
could not possibly have looked like any.
thing else than . doctor of divinity. except
for the pair Of the colored eye glasses
which he wore 10 protect his eyes from the.
glare Of LIGHT reflected from the water The
fact needs be started for cOmPlet uader
standing of the circumstances that probes
s;ouaI swindlers of the thrce-card monte
and bunko kind commonly cover their ewes
with dark spectaeles as disguise than
which none is more effective. Well. DR.
Newman lell in conversation with a young
stranger whose verdancy recommended
him 10 religious consideration as fellow
who ought TO be saved from the 6astemehtS
of SaS6ath-breaking on the island. An IN
/ yitayion 10 an afternoon Prayermeeung was
what the clergyman began 10 utter.
nv FREUD" he said, If you Will
come 10 room So in the Manhattan Beach
Hotel in an hour
At that point ne Was was briskiy inter
rupred oy the alert ruralist who based has
estimate Of Newinan's character on the
blue glasses. and scornfully remarked
TO him "lUu cant steer me into no nunko
game. lm posted. am.
The doctor told the story oacc, To hmdout
what the Young Men Meant,
and he keeps Oh telling it. because he
thinks it is very funny.
Dime museums are numerous on tOney
Island. Most Of them are merely covers Tor
/ the petty swindleS common 10 s'de shows
especially unfair games Of chance The
| human cUriosities are usually small giants
/ bio dwarfS and hand made CircaSSian girls.
| An execution WAS the OkonOcEee wild girl,
/ who. as seen on the OUTER banner, was .
/ cross between isabOun aud a human being,
| but ON personal Inspection proved to o. a
| very vOung person. save that her knees bent
/ I'm the wrong direction, making her legs IN
/ their action like the hind ones ct quad
/ ruped. She sat on a platform, and occSS'
[ ionally ran 20 and fro, or up and down
/ staircase ON all fours. Her case is one
( which shows the art of the Showmen in eN-
aggcrating malfOrinations TO produce IN
tercsting O5irct, Tor exhibition. The most
I superficial exhibition BY an anatomist dem
/ unStratId that her deinrmity consisted in q
lack Of knee caps ,he absence Of which
. permitted her scgS to swing forward IRON
he kueg-ioiut She made no objection to
the inspection thus tar, but became sud
denly and pcremptorily modest when an at
: tempt was made to examine the surface at
the rear OF The knee. But Il mOmcntarv
! grasp OF the Stockiused limb revealed The
secret. 4 stiff. Hat encaSement, 81 jointed
! toprCvcnt her 'vu'n bcudiug the leg in the
! normal manner.
served to Enhance Her Peculiarly.
Tb,re seemed no reason, therefore. to mar,
,el when subsequently, saw her promo
aiding the beach in ordinary attire and
it, Probably a simple shifting of the at
,chmeut to the front of the knees rendered
| hfr a conventional walker
Well. shOWmen down there are not both
! cred bv difficulty which the managers of
the Ellen Musee have encountered here in
town The Eden is museum Of wax
works The temperature has been nigh to
hundred every dsy for p week That
-uftcns the material of the exhibits, and de
-trovs the iikenessrS But that does not
necessarily spoil THAR utility. 1t only ne
I cessitatpd the alteration Of labels Pr"Si-
! dent Arthur face elongated OF itself like Il
/ gos Of mOlaSseS candy still warm. They
| did not throw it away, but transferred it to
the chamber OF horrors, where it serves for
the evil and nisanthropic yiSage Of muir
derer The dumping Of Patti used TO
stand in group Of stage personaGes in the
main hall Her round. rosy face was an
excellent portrait until this months heat
gradually narrowed IT, Now she is a
woman who atrociously slaughtered her -four
rhihlrru and committed suicide.
Nav YOGSER