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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-02-27
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Agricultural department, and the Marko
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
Cooking n Girl.

4. ". Johnston, IN Popular SsicNo".
Earle, who wrote very readable, intel
igent, and but littls known account OF the
gentle manners and kindly ways ola New
Zealand chief, whom afterward he dis
covered to be an inveterate cannibal. lie
lclaIes that he visited the place where was
cooking the body of young slave girl
hat his friend had killed for the purpose.
The head was severed from the body; the
fcur quarters, with the principal bones re
moved, were compressed and packed into
small oven in the ground, and covered with
Earth. 1t was case of unjustl6able can.
uibalism. No revenge was gratifed by the
deed. and no excuse could be made that
The body was eaten to perfect their triumph
Earle Gays that he learned that the flesh
!akes many hours to cook, that it is very
Tough if not Thoroughly cooked, but that 1t
: pulls in pieces, like bit Of plotting paper,
II we'll done lie continues that the victim
was hsndsom pleasant-looking girl of six.
teen, and one that he used frequently to see
about the pah To Fuote his own words:
While listening to this frighttul detail,
We felt sick almost to fainting We LEFT
Atoi" 1.-THE chief who had killed the girD,
and again s1rolled toward The spot where
this disgusting feast was cooking. Not
native Was now near it. hot steam kept
occasionally bursting from the smothereo
rass, and the same dog that We had seen
axe the head Of the girl now crept from
Icnea,h the bushe. and sneaked toward tn
ilage; to add to the glcominess OF the
hole, large hawk rose heavily from the
cry spot where the poor victim had been
-ut in pieces. Ny friend and ! sat. gazing
:. this melancholy place; it was lowering
:usty day, and the moaning Of the vino
Tough the bushes, as it swept round the
Ill on which VIC were, seemed in unison
18th Cur feelings"
Earle goes on 10 relate how he and three
,,her cOmpatriois whom he summoned
i ON the beach for the purpose, with the
Euglishmsn's usual impertinent interference
md intolerance Of customs differing from
MS own, determined TO Illustrate Atois in
,Cntion. They together visited the hill
Ahere the flesh was cooking, and, destroy
ng the oven, buried the remains in the
arth. They found the heart put on one
4de for the special delectation of their con-
,taut friend and companion. Atoi Earle
vas afterward good ,humoredly told by the
hief that their interference had been of no
avail, as they had found the grave where
he flesh had been buried, and opening it
.oon after he and his friends had left, had
finished cooking il aud eaten 1t all.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
Tne WIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Their Lives, with Hardly an Exception,
Full OF Sorrow.
BassoR Herald

Boston Herald
The misfortune of woman who have been
the wives Of our later Presidents is remark
able. Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs.
Lincoln and Mrs. Garfield all became
widows while at tie White House, the last
Two under the most terrible circumstances
The first Mrs. Tyler died while he husband
VAS President, and the second Mrs. Tyler,
Who is now living at Georgetown, p. C.,
was compelled to ask Congress for pension
in 1879. Ex.PreSiden1 John Tyler died a.
Richmond in January, 1862, and mis- pro
perry was destroyed by the war. Mrs
James K. Polk, who is yet living at Nash
vile at the advanced age OF 81, had for
tune left her and has long enjoyed tine so
ciety of rare circle Of devoted friends, but
re last DAYS OF her life have been much
el,bi,tered By The disgraeeful defaleatiou
AID subsequent Imprisonment OF her
ufphew, who IVES Stale treasurer Tennes-
zee. Mrs Tyler was not only a second wife
ont married at the age of Is. She is the
plly presidential wife who had the honor
of giving a wedding reception at the White
House There are at least two people II
New York who danced at that reception
Henry Bergh ard his wife.
The mistortunes of Mrs. Lincoln aud Mrs
Garfield are well known to all the world
Mrs. Lincoln survived her husband dozen
years or more, but she never survived the
hook that his death gave her, and the latter
laws of her lie we're clouded BY disordered
mind Few and far between we're the
appy moments that fell TO her lot from the
urbulent hour that her husband becam'
President
The story Of Ms. Andre" johnson i
most as pathetic, but il is not so vel
;rown. She was nearly GO years old wher
,r husband became President and had
zen married over forty years. She wss
most as little known at Washington dur
ng the Presidential career Of Andrew John
on as if she had not lived at all, and tn
american people know less about her thar
1T tie wives OF any Of the chief executives o.
heir country. She died in 1876, six
months after her husband. Mrs. Grant is
~ no means a happy woman, though she
as the satisfaction Of knowing that the
American people will always hold her hus,
hand in the highest esteem for his great
military services.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
AMONG THE GRASSES.

o the sweet sweet grasses growing in the fed,
And all the lovely veed-nowers that such faint
fragrance yield
lie and watch them lending beneath the breeze
thSt blows
Across the rolling river aud gardens Of the rose.
o the sweet, Puress grasses that ask not rns ssr
Just lutte place to grow each sunnsr-tins the
A shOssT Ofrain, breath Of wind scented By the
bi, q Sisssed sunshine to warm them a, the roo.
the sveet sweet grasses, let them have their usyI
Nothing makes more beautiful than taeJ the SUM
The buttercGps and clover, the sky-bIue ehiocory-
VI hen an laid away at last may these grow over
me.
setm to hear their singing weed flowers and grass
hhen hefs come TO rest me and vsteh the white
They've brought me peace and courage BY their IN
conscious grase
wAcn sorrOEs hand Vas on my heart, 10 tssr-drops
on nv face.
o the sweet grasses and ueed-aOvers iu the mead.
Wei they know hOS best 10 ease the spirit In IT,
What wonder that the bird is glad to make his mes,
The ,snsieS stems and blossoms when hi, H,i,h.
song IN sangl
o the sweet graSsesi amid them here I rest
With all the sunset splendor a-burninz In the west
when on the tired heart my hands are
Good friends. pray you, bring me here To sleep
ouRide the toEn.
--yazes Berry Bcasei q BsSo. TSrsss;ps.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
cuslous pRIrkIne cusToMs.
way We or Some of Us-Ciink Glasses On
Coavival Occasisas.

WHY We or Some or Ue-Cstnk oAaeses ".
Coavival Occasisas.
Imdc. BresruS Grerdisn.
The custom Of touching glasses prior to
drinking healths is common in England and
other countries, and especially in Germany.
Il ia curious to trace how this custom has
prevailed and still exist, even among savage
tribes.
To drunk ont of the same cup and to eat
of the same plate was one Of the ways In
which the ancients celebrated marriage,
and the wedding feast continues to be not
the least important of the marriage cere-
monies of the present day.
The Indians of Brazil retain custou OF
drinking together little brandy as sign
that the marriage is concluded. In China
similar customs are met with.
In the medieval banquets OF Germany 1t
was the custom to pass loving cup from
hand TO hand, but this gradually necess'-
,s,ed that the cup should be OF enormous
.ize. and thus smaller cups or glasses were
adopted, and the old custom was conformed
20 il BY the drinkers touching their glasses
before drinking II The ceremony attending
the passing and drinking out of the loving
cup" as practiced at our great city fest-
yais, and at some Of our college halls Is
said TO have arisen from the assassination
Of King Edward.
TWAS then the custom of the Anglo
Saxons to pass around large cup from
which each guest drank. Who thus drank
stood up. aud, as he lifted up the cup with
both hands. his body was exposed without
any defense to a blow, and the occasion was
often seized by an enemy to murder him
10 prevent this the following plan was
adopted: When one Of the company stood
up TO drink he required the companion Who
"a, next to him to be his pledge-that is, to
be responsible for protecting him against
any body who should attempt to take sd-
vantage of his defenseless position. This
companion stood up also, and raised his
.irawn sword in bis hand to defend the
drinker while drinking.
I his practice, in somewhat altered form,
continued long after the condition OF soci
e,v had ceased to require it, and was the
origin of the modern practice Of pledging
~ drinking. In drinking from the loving
eup" as now practised, each person rises and
axes the cup in his hand to drink, aud, at
he same time, the. person seated next TO
him rises also, and when the latter takes
he cup in his turn, the individual next TO
him does the same.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
The Boston Girl Felt No Thrill.


During the first appearance OF Henry
Irving as I,ouisXly. in Boston, lady found
herself seated next 10 q party Of three in
tsnsely typical Boston girls, who observed
the development of the play with that re-
served serene and critical aspect for which
their class is noted. The lady was more
enthusiastic then they, and at various points
which the actor made vas not chary Of up.
plause. At last, when q particularly strong
situation had been met and mastered she
exclaimed soto voice: "Ah, he is, indeed,
great" The three young women who sat
beside her Immediately put up their eye
glasses and looked at her in quite. but
superior way, and the nearest OF the party,
in calm and very distinct voice, said:
Pardon me, but have not yet experienced
any thrill" Aiterward, in relating this in
cident the lady said; Il had in my dress
at bhe time long shawlpin, and | was
awfully tempted TO jab it into the cold
creatures arm, 10 see IL she would feel any
thrill at that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
A Baby-stsaling Fsx.
n-Ss~


Considerable excitement has been eansed
lately 1t Kslase. village vel known to
foreigner. BY the doing ofa fox. A yoeas
veIl+sdo farmer and his wife. who have .
child two moaths old, ere oecupying .
small wooden structure during the rebuild
ing Of their former premises. On Septen-
Der Is the wife, Is usual, vent to sleep with
the little one, but waking during the night
was surprised to find that it had left her side.
She At once called her husband. when i
was discovered that one of the frame wood
en- doors had been broken open. The sup
position naturally followed that some one
had entered and stolen the infant. conse-
oueptly the father started with the intention
of rousing the neighbers. He had, however,
only Just stepped outside when he perceived
large fox run from under the veranda OF
the house opposite. Suspectng that hey.
nard was the cu'prit, lights were procured
snd search made. which. to the delight Of
The parents, resulted in the discovery Of the
baby, who, strange to say, had received no
injury beyond few scratches
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
Keeping Up Appearance
a.. IT, a..

Lsrd Lyt;on tells story Of groom mar
ried to a rich lady aud in constant trePidat-
ion Of being ridiculed BY the guests in his
new home. An Oxford clergyman gave
this advice: Wear black coat and hold
your tongue" The groom was soon con-
sidered the most gentlemsnly person in the
country. There is often considerable diff.
ference of opinion as to the best mode OF
keeping up appearances. A bricklsyer
once came into a witness-box 10 give
evidence in his shirtsleeves. Really, wit
ness" said the Judge. you ought to have
made yourself more respectable looking be-
tone coming into court. You might at
east lave put OH coat My Lord, was
the ready answer, If it comes to that ! am
il ST as properly dressed as yourself You
came into court with gown and wig, which
are your working clothes and | have come
r mine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
She Had Confidence,


Mrs. II. C. Hsrshbsrger, Manor Hill
Huntington county, Ps., writes: "DR. 8
b. HARTxAS 4 Co. Columbus, o.: have
been afflicted for three years, caused By
oyerwork too soon after confinement. ny
kidneys became seriously affected, could not
retain my urine day nor night II wa
high colored. thick and bloody. Ny month.
iies had left altogether for fourteen months
during which time was confined to my bed
.ith beating in right ovsries The dis
barge from the womb was so offensive no
me could stay in the room. The urine con.
rinued bloody. with pain in avoiding il, and
sben in bed, would pass from me in my
Hep. ] have had three doctors attend
ne me regularly, one for four months, one
# the others one whole summer, and the
bird all winter. We had two others in
consultation with them, aud used twenty
ottles Of different kinds Of patent med.
mes. all TO no good ] then got a bottle
PERrSA, and before ] had three.fourths
f the bottle taken quit wetiing the bed
md could retain the urine sufficient To At
end church, which | had not done ia three
yesrs. and my monthlies came back as natural
IS ever; indeed. i considered myself we'll
woman again. Since that time have had
pneumonia. Ny confidence in PEausa was
% great that ] did not send for doctor.
followed the directions in your Ills Of Iife'
snd AIN over it. as well as can be expected
oi one 20 delicate as have been. Others
my Deigbborhood bad the same disease.
and among them we're strong men. and
had the best physicians, and vel died. Will.
] sailed through in safety on PgaryI and
AASALIs. ] sincerely believe, and would
-, to oil the afflicted in the wide world
that PEk,sA and MAsALrs are the opl, two
medicines that ANY one needs in auy dis
ease. IL used as difeeted in your book en-.
iiled. The Ills OF Lie" IS
J. 4. Fleming. pnbishef Of the New Do
miDion, MOrganion, West Virgins, writss:
Some months since I received some Of
your medicine in exchange for sdyertisin1
Ny wife has taken three bottles Of Il and
has derived great benefit from it,
Mr.. NJ c. Pershing Brsdsav;lte p.
writes: my wife has been using Pssrr.
for some time for weak lungs and iiyer and
kidney complaint and think it Is doing her
great good. Has used only one bot,l.
as yet Please send your book on ths IlIs
o. Life, as ve can't Get any from Our drug.
Mr.; John Denny. Nj Vernon, O.. vr;t,..
We ha,e largo sale in PERuxA. Il 1;vs.
sstisfsction-'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
LoBgfellow's Eldest Daughter.
Hnrinnf1iH RTpnhliodn.

Among the tidbits Of gossip that reach
here hear this: Miss Annie Longfello~
daughter Of the poet, is to marry Mrs. Ole
Bulls brother, young Mr., Thorpe, a mem
Ger Of the Boston bar. She =: !. a. you
know, very wealthy. Her father left her
baadsome property. and then within few
months the Longfellow children have fallen
principal heirs to the large estate left b.
Tom" Appleton, whose death caused %
much .alk in Boston society because of his
Wit. culture and wealth Thorpe has been
for come time DESTROYS Of marrying Mis-
Lonefellov. This summer she was one o.
q charming party Of Massachusetts, yoang
ladies who spent several months in Earop..
mostly in Norway, as the guest Of Mrs. Ole
Bull The happy bridegroom-elect went
over to escort them home, and soon after
their return the engagement was made
known to intimate friends Mr.. Thorpe j.
also rich. but further than that nothing 10
known Of him By those who have been
quietly informed Of the facts have given
lou.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
How PaganIni Played.

tt0rh hd'pihs buutT -TFNVHH'
How did Paganini play? Now like an
nigel, now ike demon-never like
- orlal man. Such sounds assuredly have
rver yet been drawn from violin. la
let, there were no real violin sounds; they
sounded like the roaring Of the storm, like
lie surging Of the sea, like the ringing OF
lie trombone, like the thunder Of battle
Ike the chimes Of bell or the song Of q
I'D, like the anguish and despair Of man
ike meaning, and signing, and whining,
nd weeping. And when his G string
allied then tears came through the eyes
ON the listening hearts Of inen-tears o!
,dnCss and delight, His performance hal
C eject of flashes Of lightning on a DARK
usLt. While he played nervous tremor
mt through his whole frame, shaking it
rin snd spectre-like as IL was, and from hi
'oomy eyes there flashed a deeply. seated
aging FIRE. With the last stroke Of thu
ow the player sank completely exhausted
Jcu his chair. His technique is the purest
yhromatic roulades, his wonderfully clear
n.onstion, even in numerous bizarreries
lie broken accords across all the four strings
rom the lowest depths up to the giddies'
height, bis fsgeolet passages, his enraptur
ing pizzicsto play, while the bow was stimuli
rsneously playing wonderful melodies, his
rapid octave playing upon the G string, his
silvery chime of bells. his fortissimo which
drowned the whole Of the orchestra, follow
ed Immediately Inv the sweetest. most
charming pianissimo, all that was incon-
ceivable or incomprehensible, and, there
fore, also Understandable. Even the best vic
linists Of Vienna shook their heads sud
said: I'VE do not comprehend it; that is
superhuman. If we had not heard aud
seen this performance we should not be
lieve it" And yet Pagsnini died poor
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
south American Antiouities.

The chronological Museum at Berlin has
been lately enriched BY fine collection OF
South American antiquities. which had
been gathered during n any years BY Herr
Mehring, German resident of Brazil. The
collection is almost wholly composed Of OBJ
iers which have been disinterred from
burial mounds and similar places, and in.
cludes axes, arrow heads, lance heads, all Of
.tone and generally Of most perfect work
manship; monumental stones, earthenware
utensils, and some painted pottery. There
are two pipes, evidently used for smoking,
made OF baked clay, the bowls representing
caricature faces. Besides these ancient OBJ
jecis, Herr Mehring has also presented To
he museum a very numerou, collection Of
modern utensils weapons and ornaments
obtained from South American Indians.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
Never SHES Now.
IrSGESGE TrVr,fifr

Now, this horse" said gentleman, who
vas about to purchase the animal from an
honest old farmer. SIS gentle, / under
,tand?'
Gentle as dog"
Never runs away
Never"
Never sees anything in the road TO shy
atT'
Not thing"
Well, I'll take him."
When the gentleman walked away lead.
ing the horse, some one remarked:
"Ain'tthat the horse you used to drive to
town.
Same horse"
well. he used to shy at everything he
sawY'
Yes"
We'll. doesent he do II nowy'
"Yes. SHES at everything he sees, but he
don't see anything nov. Hes blind in
both eyes"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
A woman the Equal OF q Peer.

Before Queen Charlotte honoeed rs BY al
lying herself with our royal family the idea
was that q woman. no matter what her birth
might be, was the equal Of peer or king.
Louis Quatorze held this theory. and was
prevented only by Madame de Maintenon
from publicly acknowledging his marriage
with her. He never met q housemsid on
the back stairs Of the palace without taking
of his hat to her. To show his courtiers
that it was not alone to youthful bloom or
beauty he paid homage he one day gave
his hand to hunchbaeked wench to help
her over q muddy place in the Park. 1t is
for the interest Of caste that its msle
members should only have wives who are
born" II is TOR the interest Of the race
that men should marry out Of the caste to
which they belong.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
How He Bought His Freedom.


1t has always been thought that ears Of
corn have an even number Of rows, and that
one with an odd number OF rows would be
an impossibility. In slavery times this
question was discussed, and negro in
kentucky claimed that he had seen ears OF
hat kind. His master told him he would
give him his Uhe negros) freedom for an
rar with an odd number Of rows. This
was in the early spring, but in the fall, dur
.ng corn gathering time. the negro came
With sound ear Of corn with thirteen rows.
lie got his free papers. A long time after
ward the negro said that in roasting ear
ime he took sharp knife cut out the one
row Of grains, bound the ear together, and
knew Just where 20 find it when gathering
ime came
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
Telspathy. ,
Bsfu Hvuif.

8. L. n. Barlow. lawyer Of local reno~n
and taste for antiquities, owns . lot Of
Mexican curiosities, which be has loaned 10
the Metropolitan Museum Of AT A girl
apostle of telepatby picked up one Of the
objects, an embroidered cap. and put il on
her head.
"Oh." che instantly exclaimed. I'D be
shot in ar hour il wore this"
She declared that abe knew Of no reason
for the impression. but that il vas vivid and
startling. That cap was enc which
MAMMALIAN wore within an hour of his
execution. You may take her wsrd for it
ifyou have mind TO. that she did not know
or guess at the caps history before the
thought flashed into her bead With its con-
tact.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
Winter.

winter thoa art not that hasgard Lear,
With sts rmJ beard and counteuance Of voc.
Raying amain. or dumbly erouchjng lov,
In hosry desolation Knocked With lear.
10 me tho1 art the white queen Of the year.
A stately virgin in her robes Of snow,
With royal lilies crowned, and all sgioE
With holy charms and gems celestial clear.
Nor dost thor come In larren mAje<ty,
Thou hast thy dover Of sGnbeams thrice refined;
Nor soneless, bus viii cheerful minstrslsy
Rung from the singing h1rp-strings OF the wind;
And sh. with such sweet dreams-such vision,
bright,
OF flowers, and birds and loves divine delight!
20. c. A1ringer in the December Oentary.