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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
CRISP AND CASUAL.

A good definition of flirting is attention,
without Intention
noston had a cat show last week at which
Ij00 prizes were offered.
Pittsburgh has organized a society to sup
press pernicious literature.
A Georgia boy Of eleven years is serving
a term in prison for murder.
The leading hotel keeper in Central Mex
ico IS named Jesus Christ Gonzales
There are marketed in New York during
he season 80 100000 clans.
An average of 100 thimbles are annu-
aly swallowed by the babies Of America.
pes Moines, Iowa, has been offered the
eiit Of sixty acres Of land to be used AS a
public park.
The entire length of the capitol building
; Isl feet and inches, ard the greatest
depth is - feet.
There are more than $4,000 volumes in
he Congressional library, besides about
10000 pamphlets
1t is estimated that when the Washington
monument is completed its total cost will
be 81, 10000.
Sabine Pass Tex, is the great alligator
market of the South. Last week 800 hides
we're sold at that place.
By actual count 2lO omnibuses an hour
passed the Aston House, New York City, in
the busy part OF the day.
In England and on the continent break.
fast is served without meat, except By special
order and at extra charge
One hundred clipping couples from Ohio
ana Indiana have been married at COving'
on, Ky, during the past year.
A silver star marks the spot in the Balti-
more and Potomac railroad depot, in Wash
iugton, where Garfield fell when shot down
Nv Guiteau.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
Bin Nye's Advice to Parents.

DO not constantly tell your boy "hov
tall he is-thst ne grows like a weed"
and finally make him think that he is a
giratf you keep it up you will finally
make round shouldered, awkward, bash
ful bean pole out Of mighty good-looking
boz. Ifevory tall boy in this country will
agree to lick every woodenheaded man who
tells him how he does grow" | will agree
to hold the coat of said tall boy. am now
dealing with subject of which / happen to
be informed. The same rule applies to
girls as well. If you want to make your
daughter fall over the piano and yearn to
climb tree whenever she sees anyone
come toward the house, tell her what q
great swslloping tom-bOy she is getting to
be" In this wayif her parents act judicioa-
sly and in concert, we can soon have a
nation of young men and women whose
manners and carriage vii be as beautiful
and symmetrical as the plaster cast of
sore tOn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
CHEAP POSTAGE 4 SUCCESS.

Just prior to the reduction Of the rate Of
letter hostage from three to two cents, ab0at
a year ago, the PostolFiee Department had
reached, for the first time in tue history Of
the country, q paving basis. Indeed, the
business Of the preceding year showed a
slight balance in favor Of the department
AS the sentiment Of the country has always
been opposed to allowing this department
10 be- money-msking machine, thereyenue
was promptly cut down BY the reduction of
letter postage With this understanding OF
the matter i; IS no disappointment to learn
that the books Of the department for tho
past year show considerable deficiency in
the revenues as E result OF the reduction.
The people demand a cheap postage, sni
insist that the rates shall be placed at the
minimum. That the deficiency now ap-
parent will not long remain appears prob
able from the fact that the percentage of
increase Of the sale of stamps since the re-
duction has been made much larger than
the average annual increase, full letter
Dostare supplanting to q large extent the
asa oI postal cards. We may safely sur
mise that the department viii rapidly reessab-
lhh itself upon q paying basis. and it is not
:. all improbable that ordinary letter post
ave NAV vet be reduced to one cent be-
tween any two points Withis the limits Of
oar country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
rpr Gas pUzzIn Is NEW roRK.


New York Is just beginning TO get new
light on the benefits to gas consumers from
setting up, competing gas companies. a
week ago there were seven companies sup
plying gas to the city, six of which were
started for the purpose ofcompetition. With
the establishment of nearly every successive
company, there was short gas war, which
was followed by some sort of agreement be-
ween the companies, and return to higher
prices. Five years ago pooling arrange
ment was made, and the price of gas was
put up to 1925. That arrangement is
about to expire; and last Wednesday six
of the seven companies voted to consolidate
into a single corporation. According to
the figures given in the New York papers,
those companies have an aggregate capital
and bonded Indebtedness Of trihe over
$4,000, GOO, which is TO be represented by
new capital of triHc over S39, 900, 600.
In other words, the New York gas consam.
ers will have to pay dividends on s2O, Geo.
OOO Of watered stock. The remaining COM
papy, With a capital and bonded indebted
ness Of $1,000 600, has not yet voted to
unite with the consolidated company. Why
it hung back at the last moment is not
stated; but probably the piece of cake
awarded to it was not thought to be large
enough. \ gas capital once planted ia
planted to stay; and sooner or later,
through some sort of en- agreement between
tie competing companies the consumer has
to make good the losses and pay dividends
on the consolidated capitals.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
y,.,tCJDI,S CYNNIsrICS,

Ia San Francisco it is said ;hata new in
rU.:ou has been discovered for the in.
crtasc of;he reveaues Of church fairs With
cat recourse 10 gambling Ii has long been
u popular plan for young woman to deal
cut kisses az ten cents or a quarter APIECE;
but this California genius has invented
something far better young woman,
prudeutly attircd in a gymnasium suit,
makes money for the good case by chsrg-
ing : for the privilege Of seeing her stand
on her head. This is certainly less harm
full to the rising generation, whom the pres
ence OF the gymnasium suit is considered,
than the grab-box or the wheel of fortune
for one Is certain OF receiving something in
return for the money invested. 1t is not
often that the Staid and sober-minded have
the privilege of seeing young woman
stand on her head, except upon those Oc-
casions when they visit the circus or the
variety show, for the sake of seeing the evil
ofthem that they NAV warn others against
them. When. therefore, such an entertain
ment may be seen in The cause Of religion,
it should be largely Patroniled, and the ex-
ample should be widely followed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16

4 TAN is proposed on bachelors IN the
mex, French budget. The preamble reads,
Considering the growing decrease in the
population in France, ii has become neces-
sary TO impose a tax on all single persons
over - wears of age of the male sex.
Some of the causes Of this decrease are that
no Frenchman under twenty-five can marry
without the consent Ct his parents. This
consent is invariably withheld if the girl is
portioulcss. On the other hand, if the girl
he well provided for, her hipsfolk will not
only not let ker marry unless the man 5
marriage portion 6e in proportion to hers,
but they viii effectually prevent all posi-
biEty Of her making the acquaintance of a
poor man. In France an invitation to q
private dinner or ball Is generally preceded
BY an inquiry into the financial position Of
the recipient Of ,ach an invitation, which,
for thoroughness, will beat anything and
everything detectives in London or Paris
cOull accOmUNSh
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
OUR RNHROR DEFENCE~

General NEwrox. Chief of Engineers, in
his annual report to the Secretary Of War,
suggests the great need Of better har6or de,
fences for our seaboard cities than at pres
ent afforded General NEWTON estimates
that 100000 would amply provide for
notifications and armament at Portland,
Boston, New York Philadelphia, and all the
other large cities on our coast, and hint
S thrown out that portion of the much
talked OF surplus in the Treasury might be
used in securing these defenccs The conn
Try needs the improvements urged by Gen
eral NgwroS. In case of.war with foreign
power, something not probable, but always
possible, as at present situated our seabosrd
cities would be at the mercy of the enemy,
and great loss Of property be entailed upon
The people. Congress should weigh care,
fail, the advice given by General NEwroN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
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PRISON REFORM,

There is now a movement in France to
abolish the penalty of solitary confinement
This punishment does not appear to have
been attended with happy resultS-eSpeciaily
since the penalty Of iroraUr forces (hard
labor for life in chain gangs Of the bag"e,
which long retained its medieval name,
the 'galleys," after galleys had ceased to
EXIST has been practically abolished. All
those wonderful and terrible books about
peuiteutiary life, in which we read Of men
chained together for life, two by two, aud
compelled to work in Quarr.es. on pubic
roads, upon military fOrtiGcahons ETC.,
describe conditions that have passed away.
The republic is more humane than the
empire in theory, but were criminals a.
owed to choose between the old-tashiOned
hn;Hc and the modern m0i$9H dc rcciUstcH,
here can De little doubt they would choose
be iormer. Nominally there are three
treat penalties inflicted by the French law
death, i"rauy Torres II pcIpei"H" lhar4
abor FOR liie) and ''recluSiou. The latter
: considered the least penalty, and yet II
must be almost worse than death. 1t is
not exactly solitary confinement, because
he criminals can see one another, but it is
more horrible. The prisoner must nege'
~ en- his lips from the time of entering the
rriSonr he cannot even talk to himself; he
must work in perpetual silence, shut out
srom the sun and air in a great hideous
room, behind gates aud gratings Of ircn.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
RrnaRx.nIE BRITISH nopEsrn

A somewhat remarkable despatch has
been received from London to the effect
that Earl DERBY, Secretary ofStste for the
colonies. has formally notified depatatiOR
Of South African merchants that Great
Britain has no intention of extending her
boundaries in that region beyond the pres
emit limits. This is. indeed, wonderful, since
England has been commonly believed to de-
sire to control all the land lying adjacent to
her dominicns. That she shond deliberate
" decide that the ancient idea Of conquest
should be laid aside. even temporarily, is
almost past belief. and indicative of a grow
ing modesty for which England has never
beea given credit
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
CURRENT CURIOS.

Vermont has two women acting as mail
carriers.
Wild game is reported very abundant in
Virginia his season.
A piueton lump Of coal claimed as the
largest ever mined, will represent the coal
interests of Birmingham, Ala at the New
Orleans Exhibition.
A curious statistican figures it up that
the cost of the various t6rchlight parades
and other open air demonstrations in New
York will foot up not less than $4,000.
Four hundred and fifteen new one-dollar
United States notes, from actual test, are
equivalent in weight TO one pound avoirdu-
pois, and the number Of notes should be the
same OF any denomination 1t is not, how
ever, perfectly reliable, as the paper upon
which the notes are printed often varies in
thickness to the extent Of one hundred notes
package of one thousand.
4 vote IN one Of the uptown New York
Districts on being opened was found to have
sad all the electors names erased, and to
contain the following: For President
Grover Cleveland; Tor Vice President
James & Blaine, and damn the electoral
,ystem.'
4 scientist saws i; is water and not food
that makes people tat.
Erglishmen are, it would seem, becoming
less aud less cigar-loving nation.
A paper chimney fifty feet high has been
erected in a mandatory at Breslau.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16

FRuV the Railroad Gazette it is learned
that fO- the year ending with September
there was a total Of l.293 accidents, in
which 2SS persons were killed and 1883 in
iured. The total for The same months in
1929 was 81 accidents, 476 killed aud
l.SOI injured; in lSSl-s2. 1882 accidents
$50 killed and iG7 injured; and in lSS0-
81, l,isl accidents, IGj killed AMI 1851
Injured. The yearly average Cor the tou7
years vas -. accidents. III killed and
l,T33 injured Last year WAS below the
average. except in the number injured,
whish has been large in nearly every month
in tho yp9r
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
shake .pearc and the Sweet Singer.

All ofus have TO struggle before we can
catch the eye of the speaker Milton didn't
get onc-Gftieth as much for Paradise
Lost as got for my f-s, book, and yet you
will find people today who claim that il
Milton had lived he could have knocked
tue socks of Of me with one hand tied he.
bind him. Recoliect, however, that | am
lot here to open discussion on this mat.
ter Every one is entitled to his own
opinion in relation TO authors. People can.
not agree on the relative merits OF litcra'
ture. Now, for instance, last summer ]
met q nan over in South Park Col who
could repeat page after page OF Shakes
pcare, and yet, when ] asked him If he was
familiar with the poems of the Sweet
Singer of Michigan lie turned upon me a
look OF stClid vacancy, and admitted that he
had never heard Of her in his life.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
nolusr AIHos.
4 Tow. whsrs no birth Or Marriage kvsr
fakes Place

= J. = ,
Taxes Place
"Hsggion 0ros' the holy mountain Of
all who peofess the Greek faith, occupies .
most commanding position on the weetern
shore Of the Egean Sea. Rising abruptly
from the wafer to height Of $500 feet, at
the extremity Of long, narrow peninsula,
it seems to be keeping watch and ward over
the sea path to and from Salouica and the
approach to the Dardanelles, much as Gil
raltar does over the straits leading to the
Mediterranean The peninsula is about
forty miles long and has an average breadth
Of six. 1t is connected with the great
Cba!cedodian Peninsula by narrow neck
of sand, through which the Persian mon
arch Xerxes cut canal for vessels Of light
draueht ves,iges of which yet remain.
Besides "Haggion Oros' is Mount Athos.
Even before the days of Christianity Mount
Athos had It's recluses, for the solemn grand.
eur of the great bare peak and the weird
sapec, of. It's surroundings are well cal
culsted To harmonize with minds given up
to Wild and mystic thoughts. The new
doctrines gave a great impulse to this desire
10 withdraw from the world. and in the
course OF time the whole peninsula came to
Ue occupied bv Greek monks, who, under
tie Byzantine emperors, enjoyed the priv
lele OF governing themselves aud their
possessions without the interference of any
secular control whatever. There was thus
formed a sort of ecclesiastical autonomy that
he's endured TO the present day. The only
indication of Turkish authority ia Mount
Athos is the presence OF "caimakam, who,
however, enjoys not the slightest power, his
functions being limited 10 that OF mere
observer. This official has two "zaptiehs
(gendarmes) under his orders, but they are
more TO do honor to his position than to
represent any force at hts command, the
com muni,y having its own police in the
shape of body Of stout Albanian guards.
The administration is carried on by conn-
Gil of representatives, presided over by one
of their number, who is termed "Pro'eroS,
or The first mau Of Athos." This office is
held by each Of tie members OF the council
in succession for a period OF three months,
The months follow the rule OF Basins.
No women is allowed, on any pretence
whatever, to set foot in the district The
prohibition extends even to female creatures
Of every kind, so that not hen, COW, she
goat, or any other animal capable OF giving
birth 10 lis kind, is to be found at Mount
Athos. There is but one village, where a
calculating body Of seculars reside. who as,
.ist the monks in their agricultural and
other labors 1t is the only place IN the
world resembling town in which no mar
risee or birth ever takes place.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
III. The Moonlight Bridge.

oW in the west the half-mOon's dusky bark
Glides slowly down the ornamental ceps;
On either hand the dark green water sleeps,
Crossed by boating bridge Of bronze 10 mark
A strange highway along the weltering dark,
Where row snake-like conToiution creeps,
Black -glitteTing in the Ungeamed gulf. and keeps
A moments life, then sinks unmoved ard stark.
Into what wonder-reslm Of holy night,
What WOrldol mystery vision never saw,
May lead that pSlid path OF golden light
So liz with beauty and " giOomed with ave.
As drops the pale moon in the misty sea,
There seems CAGght back clew from other worlds
10 me-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
NA.IORITIES OF THE OCTOBER ELEC-
TON IN WEST VIRGINIA.

From S'i"r,iTyS Register.
There is so much interest from all sec
,;ons ofthe State to know the exact ma or-
ity at the October election, for Governor
elect WILSON, and as the official vote can
not be made public until the first day Of the
session Of the incoming Legislature, which
will not occur untl the 10Th day Of January
next. that the REGISTER has undertaken the
compilation of the following table from the
hest attainable sources, which will not vary
fifteen votes one way or the other when the
oflicial vote is counted.
This tabulated statement, it must be held
in mind includes Fayette county, which
gave Republican majority Of lib. There
is contest in that county as to the legality
of the vote, raised by some Of the candi-
dates. The matter has been carried to the
supreme Court Of the State, and whatever
way it may be decided there is small like
iihood orthe Governors vote being changed,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
An Firht.Year-Old Murderer.


The ReyGl Gazette gives ~ account OF a
preliminary investigation in which a little
.i,l aged only : years was charged with
having murdered another little companion
only years old by stabbng her with a
knife, which was found to have pa sed down
ward through the lungs aud penetrated the
ntaIt. The circumstances seemed to point
o prcm.ditatiou The day before the
elder girl wanted TO obtain piece of gay
coloIed clo;h which the other had in her
POSSESSION but refused to give it up. SO
the elder threatened to kill her unless she
surrendered it next day. This threat was
made in the presence Of her own sister.
Next day she repeated her demand for the
coveted piece of cloth, and upon being
again refused she instantly stabbed the
little one.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
SEA SOME
1.-The PCbblcd beach.

Ecut Ike sickle lies the sheltered shore,
With its huge wall Of polished nebbles. Oalt
Against the charging billOSS' heTCcst tilt,
Through patient centuries, tramplng on. they wore
The sharp rOc&-Shards 70 symmetry, before
These shining Jewels could adOrn the hilt
~ old Morse Odins scimi,ar that split
The very feeds that TOund the ridges pour
But ocean cha!cs against the bounds he made;
Farup the wall his frantic waters climb,
ClntChng With thousand hands, in wrath sub
lime.
The myriad courses that his fingers laid.
And ever he drags ;hcm down aud hurls them
:, titles Ion. ike some gigantic maniac
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
IY.-Sea Flowers.

Far down the rocky chambers OF the deep
That turn 10 emerald IRE the suns red gold
UnI numbered glorieS that no ser hath told
Adorn the gardens OF bright bloom that keep
Perennial beauty where the loud waves leap,
Earring the rlcks TO which thsir 1.-THE limbs hold.
Their bowers OF living gossamer unfold
With every hue that Iris shecs 70 steep
The summer clouds In splerdor; Jet are these
OF all fair forests the alternate dream,
Musings OF tempest and OF Wreihfui seas;
Lest TO the longing so1l their wealth might seem
Till, what tne Gains hsve hidden, angry storms
Fling, Escrniul, ut our t>ct in bright disheyeled
fuTres.
-G>p-y, 8 BSrg.iSk.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16

DO You keep this ssmc-cr-cor.,
through tie play asked yola, "a
pretty ballet girl in rcd ugas s,Gl
scenes tie Other night
ooh, NJ! In the next act lanes,
disguised. lou wouIdn recogalI, =,
How do you alter your apposrAus,'
Il wear blue tights in thS, nc,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
All About Hounrts aud Hs,,,

Women do not do much talking to
selves outside. They 10 an srial
thinking. though. ] only n,o'l,s
woman overheard soliliquiring Ani y
heard saying: Three yaris-so
won't be enough. Did yoa eru u
catch the conversation Of tao va.
they pass? Well, you needn't h,r
interesting.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
AMERICANS MUST RE NaruRaLuzED.

A somewhat important decision has been
made By the Supreme Court Of the United
States touching the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution. This is
to The effect that the Indian tribes of the
West so far as the question of citizenship is
concerned, are TO be regarded in the light
ef foreign nations, and that members of
those tribes who separate themselves there
from and associate themselves with the
whites. with the intent Of becoming citizens
Of the United States are required to become
uaturalized. It would be interesting to
know whether the requirement Of Eve years
residence in the couEtry, which is demand.
ed Of ci,izeus OF other countries. would be
enforced likewise upon original native
Americana
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
IA Morni,fx Picture.

SCar,eIy the <sSn air Jusiles in the trees.
Rut, sharply tfsah against the paiid sky,
Blue as damascus steel the waters lie,
Touched 10y the pencii Of the morning breeze.
Far misty headlAnds, severed from the seas
by a pale HlimmeT, cheat the uncertain eye
Seeming 10 lOat and blend their darker dye
With the blanched heavens, till lost by faint de-
gTees.
The spectral barQues are waits OF shiYering win
lowering, but touS hing not, or file twist
on dissolVing yapor still reviewed.;
The sea denies u EN- a. IL alio1 things.
The sea accepts them ss its own dia mist
And dreamcrs greet In them their fair simTitude
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
A Simple Kennedy,
TfTnI Strings.

Il have read every book in my husbands
library. really don't know what 10 do for
something TO read" said newly married
woman 10 friend.
Why don't you get another husbaniy'
xas the reply Of the other party, who hal
come eX perience. The above is said {,
have occurred in Boston.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
The RoRd to PcrLition,

a New York man who married a wife
Sfh bad temper and who lives in the
ninth story Of an apartment house, was
bee I'd 10 remark:
Il uted to believe that the road to
pcrdition was downward. but don't think
so any more. On the contrary, the higher
up 90 ;be nearer | get TO the hot place"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16

TuE serious outbreak ci cholera in Paris,
and he discovery Of a number Of cases in
BRUSHES and in &acnos Ayres has excited
some alarm in the seabosrd cities lest the
scosrge lie introduced into this country by
immigrants returning travellers or by iu-
tected baggage or freight, and the sanitary
and quarantine authorities are taking
measures accordinpiy