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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
FASHIONABLE FANCIEs.

Brown furs are the popular choice.
The Terry bonnet, a picturesque poke,
finds great favor.
Sealskin ~viSites, with fur fringe for gsrni-
ture, are very handsome.
Grape .OlOr, a bright, yet soft purplish
red, is the newest shade Of the season.
Full Moliere plastrons, both adjustable
and fastened to the dress, are exceedingly
fashionable.
A shoulder cape of fur, with muf to
match, makes a cloth suit warm enough for
wear in the coolest weather.
A fine palm leaf fan with u bouquet Of
natural flowers fastened on one side is pretty
for evening costume.
Gloves aud stockings match costumes, or
are black tan eOlOred gloves. however, may
be worn ~nh 3 eos;ame Ofsny color.
Ermine is gradually coming back into
fsshion. Il IS used for handsome cloak
trimmings and as borders for opera wraps
An English paper says that striped stock
ingS are worn only 5y American women,
One must 60 abroad to hear news OF home.
Cream white and pale rose color are the
colors preferred for Young ladies' evening
dresses; lark green and chestnut colors are
fashionable shades for walking costumes.
Worth is making evening dresses of white
Ottoman velvet very simply, without any
paniers, The tuuic is very simply draped
AT the back, and the trimming consists of
gold or silver braids.
The tea gown is the fashionable afternoon
dress ioT ladies at home in England. An
elegant model is Of dark red Sicillisuue
with Vatican plat at the back and cascade
OF Valenciennes lace in front.
The new travelling costume for ladies who
travel southwark at the present season is
the gray carrier pigeon costume. 1t is of
thick gray cloth, with two large plea.s, each
five times double at the back.
A novel notion Is q card case covered
With q portion Of a silk pocket hsndker-
chief with two corners. This is thrust into
the dress in front, so that the ends look ike
those belonging to . pocket handkerchief.
A pretty way TO make a plaid dress is
with part cut on the bias part straight
Thus the skirt may be on the diagonal with
the draperies straight, and the bodice cut
straight with diagonal vest, cuffs and col
L.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
Another Story of the Custer Massacre.

hAoNAANA 80
Sebastian Beck an old German risident
O s.. Louis, who left that city ten years ago
TO 20 to Dakota, has returned and gives q
different version of the Custer massacre
from those already given. Beck claims to
have been a captive in the Indian camp
on the Little Big Horn, and to have wit
messed the entire fight. he says the Indians
saw Clusters column approaching, aud ex-
pected an interview, but were evidently
fred upon. Fastening out Of range they
proceeded to their camp and made their six
hundred prisoners build fires in and around
he bark tents to deceive the enemy, and
hen marched in Custer rear 10 await day
light. Next morning, when the troops AZ
lacked the camp. Sitting Bull Law 10 ambash
and when the soldiers discovered their mis-
axe and retained to the canon the Indians
swooped down upon them from al sides
Having expended nearly all their smmlni.
ZION the troops were in a comparatively de
enceless condition, and every avenue Of
escape being cut of, were easily mastered
Custer was slain by Chief Rain in-the Face,
and was one of the last men killed. Rain
in-the- Face reached Casters side and beg.
ped him to surrender. Custer refusing.
Raidln.the-F Face, pointing to Clusters dead
comrades, said, See your men lying there
all killed. Yoa must surrender or die;
give me your arms" Custer, Beck says.
drew his sword with = sudden fash, Kissing
between his teeth, II will never surrender to
such al you" AS the general raised
his weapon to strike, a ball from Rain,iu.
ihe-Face's revolver crashed through his fore,
head and he fell dead.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11

I1zdo4 E4t1>
The great chimneyspiece in the Sale dss
Maniagtsa in The Town Hall ut Antwerp
stands unrivaled AZ q piece Of Renaisssn e
sculpture. It rises from the floor TO tie
ceiling in three tiers. the center panel rep
r~esenting "The Marriage Of Cana, and the
three Compartments above containing The
Raising of the Serpent" The Crucihxion,
and eAbraham's Sacrifice" separated BY
caryatides. This chimney-piece originally
belonged to the Monks Of Tongerlon, whose
abbey was one Of the richest ecclesiastical
establishments in Flanders, until the French
invaders in 1889 despoiled it OF It's art
treasures, and stole the masterpieces OF a
Eyek, Vandyek aud Rubens as well as tn
famous library.
THE Tale de Ia Refine Blanche the
Hall de Cluny, Paris, contains a ine chin
~ney.pieee in the later Renaissance style.
On the mantel-shelf stands an obloug panel
with 8 basrelief representing the Infant
Christ blessing the world, admirably carved
in wood, BY a Flemish sculptor. The
sculptured medallions, Mars and Diana, on
both sides Of the m~anteLpieee, are at
tributed to Jean GOujon, and and are o
marvellous execution. The tall newer on the
pedestal in front is one of the celebrated
pair which are considered the masterpieces
Of Francois Briot, the Benvenute Cellini OF
France. Many other remarkable relics OF
ancient art are exhibited in this saloon,
which preserved It's name from the days
when the widow Of Louis XII. inh Ioitej
the Hotel de Cluny, clad in white mourning
robes, &C was customary with the Quee IS Of
France.
The late Hans Markart's atelier Is
divided into three compartments. Inc
original STUDIO, in which he worked Tor
several years, now serves as an entrance
hall. II is in connection with the spacious
painting saloon, which Makart had built
IRON his own plans. Opposite the entrance
70 tie large atelier an ornamental staircase
leads to tn" third room, which the arttsi
furnished with artistically refined comfort
for private use.
The walls are covered with paintings on
which Makart was engaged when death
overlook him Furniture Of the choices
kind, carvings in marble and wood, marble
bGsis, rare china and pottery, and a multi
tude of smaller articles Of yertu stand about
in picturesque disorder; bronze candeiabras
and quaint lamps are suspended from the
ceiling; gobelins tapestry, Indian embroider
les and hangings fall in graceful folds from
elaborate c~oruices and other points oil van,
tage. Persian carpets cover the floor, and
last, but not least, the dried palm fronts,
grasses and reeds, a decoration which was
o specially OF the great master, attract the
eye of the visitor. No other artist under,
stood better than Makart how to produce
decorative effects, as every one Of his paint.
ings ;esti6es. The study is to be preserved
as a national memorial to the great artist.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
Seals in IN Iceberg.

Capt. Lasrsen, Of the Norwegian bark
FIiga, now at Noble street wharf disohlrg
ing cargo, tells the following ASTONISHING
story OF his last trip TO this port: ave we're
within 800 miles Of the eastern coast OF
Newfoundland when We sighted an iceberg
The iceberg was as clear as crystal, with the
exception OF a great dark mass in Its centre
a fathom OF so above the waters edge
From a cleft in the side of the berg a slen.
der column Of vapor assembled. | at once
directed my binocular glasses upon the
r ystal mass and discovered that the
black blotch in the centre was moving.
Soon it could plainly be been with
the naked eye, and my men be
came greatly excited. In half an hour We
we're near enough to get at the truth, all
YOU may scarcely credit it that iceberg was
Just swarming with seals. There must have
been $4,000 worth Of sealskiRs in that berg.
The vapor hat came from the top ofthe ice.
berg was caused by their breathing. With
out exaggeration, | think there were between
wo anu three hundred seals there. The
9trg was evidently hollow, and the water We
ould see the seals plunge into now and
hen was the ocean The wall Of ice that
.eparated US from the seals appeared TO be
hut a few feet thick, and | think it had only
1ecn there a short time. After sailing
around the berg without finding an opening
we hove the bark to and lay off that iceberg
as long as we dared, hoping it would split or
crack in some manner 10 give US a chance
to get at the seals, but we had to sail away"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
Chained to-a Log.
ILL.,. Hall

\ gentleman who was coming into Bate
At dusk from out beyond Missouri Gulch dis
covered in an ~uufrequented spot a li.year
DID girl fastened 10 a heavy log By means Of
a big chain. one end Of which was secured
about her ankles and the other end fastened
% the log. She was very thinly dressed, her
feet and head were bare, and she was quak.
ing with cold. She did not offer anJ ex-
p!anstion Of how she came to be in such a
position. but the gentleman, as soon as pos
sible. unfastened the chain from the log
and taking he girl up to the Dexter Mill
had the chain cnt and removed from her
ankles Her rescuer brought her to town
aud vent With her 10 the Shsrifs Office
Sheriff Iryin recognized the girl az the
daughter Of a teamster named OHara,
those wife died several years ago. Since
he mothers death the children have no
received much care, and have grown up
IKE Sild weeds. The girl in question has
proved troublesome, and one or two occa-
sions the father has had her put in jail TO
q, ep her out of mischief. II is not known
vko chained her IN The log.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
Eight Practical Paragraphs.

Fr0as SIHHaTy GlsdRIRgS Jor january
Ventilate your sleeping apartment every
day after arising; but warn 1t to comfort
tefOr sleeping in it again.
Remember two very important objects in
ventilation: To warm the air, and, at the
same time, to keep it moist.
An ori6ce in the sole or side Of your shoe
in windy or cold or damp weather will give
you 8 severe cold or sore throat.
EWhen you are drOwSy from reading or
work, sleep until your are rested. Nature,
by feeling of fatigue, calls for rest.
Thin.clad ankles and limbs in Fall and
Winter will generally cause severe acute
diseases ofthe lungs and throat in children.
Many q man takes pneumonia, or rheuma-
tism, or p~leurisy from sitting sfew moments
Gu a wet or damp cushion of a passenger
car.
Broom out the dust and sccumulatiOns
from around the main springs OF your
motives, and this sanitary effect will keep
,hem clean and pure.
1t sometimes happens that gas stoves are
net provided with chimneys, Common
sense must dictate the necessity of these
Gas is a poison and must be speedily re,
moved.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
Thn M..tarn saharn.

The detailed account Of the journey OF
DR.. Oscar LEM through Morocco, the Saba
"a. and the Soudsn, has recently been PAD
Eshed at Leipzig. and will soon be given in
an English form. The writer takes especial
care TO correct the prevalent notions Of the
Sahara; where be found elevated plateaux
instead of fat plains q great variety OF
eoufpuration instead Of continuous uni
formity; an average Of only86' instead Of an
intolerable heat; and many springs and
even running rivers, instead OF an
absolute want Of water. In the
middle Of May, in the center Of
The Western Sahara, he records rain and q
rainbow. The considerable portion Of the
Western Sahara usually delipeated on the
maps as FL Jufis entirely above the Level Of
the sea, though below the surrounding dis
trict The levels given on the authors
map ySry from 1853 feet at Wady SGs. on
the northern side Of FL Juf Il S36 feet e;
Arauan, its southern point BY his Toase
The depression between these points varied
from 394 to 4O2 feet above the sea- Ttm,
buctoo has 10000 inhabitants, sada tr sde
in ostrich feathers, ivory and coral 0he'
towns Of equal or greater importance eKisi
In the direction OF the Soudan-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
PROOF.

Consumption, Splitting Blood.-Ay fried
We up all hopes Of my recovery. III. Johe r. saaiu
red ne two yeGrs ago. Seo. Delaney,
Consumption, CLronIc Diarrh9a, spittip,
nd Passing Dlood-I EAs enadGied 10 . skels
on. sH-ngin gone ~. smith cured me two yzJ
90. Mrs G. !. Nelson, Wheeling, W. Va
Catarrh, iuiypus of Nose, Loss OF Voice
,uGered for yearI- IhyslciABs and medicines hils
0 help BE. thOagtt my diSe1se iDeuTzble. u
nth cSred ns completely sso ysIr, asn Ha'
Of sjcidel 4 Co., Wheeling. v. v.
Cancer Of Brrs.f-Wss cut out three times b.
2EyEiciars. VT. smith cured me without the knih
Mn. ~. 81 Orcnti-
To the IadIes-Dr. Smith has a method Of treat
'ng fAliingoi the womb and femsle weakness shici
cures IL IN Z short time. Ladies need Eu1er no ianzsr
FemaIe Weakness-hOst aggravated kind. ~
ore seemed 10 underEtEnd the case Of my daughter
IN. Smith cured her q year ago sni she h nov wei
aud strong. Nn- {. J. EellsOu. W heelinz, w. Va
Tjstula In ADo, PiJes-AoSt aggravated. Wa
efven 90 70 die and prcnounoed inearrsble. On m,
tack iar eighteen weeks. Dr. Smith cured mo IN 6u
seeS Without The hnlIs. three jean ago, and I enio'
Thos. Coirin, Groeer, whselina
FJts-Sy vile had them Tor yezn- Couid get
rlief. Dr. smith cured her three jean ago, and q,
serofnIous Ulcer on Leg for Ysars-D
VA. Catherine PsInsbana
Valley Grove, ". Va
aaiteT Of hGS tong standing, without The knlle. Az
without the ir1st dabgrG Of any kind.
LoSs of E~Anhood-DY. smith hzs male Q sped
atty n! tbs condition uhIcq taps the fouad&tkoap
hralth and renders mtsrahse 10 many. His tresa
glent win restore health and strength In Q sh0rt time
In. Smiths rooms are % arranged that patients cal
M 70 se him Go not come I'm contact With etben
and hs butne0 With Ladies and gsDtlemen Il striaf
confidential.
Blood Dfsorders-Those sufsrfng fnDm the
stroyer Of life may consult ID. Saith With perfect
A Cha for g lf-Exami1ationseuf 70 pasiens
IT q distance ca reoeipto Of two 3e STAINS, and pztispt
thus treated are always guxrznteed atisfattoo.
Consultation Free at oficaL Ofboe hours toa
a. m 10 p N daily, except snnfzy.
Ne 1904 Cbzpiine Strss1
rnx21 Whessinz, W. Va
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
Why Your Neok-Scarf Cos.s 50.
Risrc3 N7rL.


A piece of oright-colored silk, a little
larger than q mans hand, hded neatly over
the edges Of q narrow. sh~ield,shaped piece
ofcardbord, to which 1t is fastened BY a
dozen stitches and attached to the upper
left hand corner of q narrow strip Of the
sane material, q little longer than the cir
conference OF q mans neek-ihis is a very
ordinary style Of scarf and the dealer
ganted 81 for it.
The price was not eXorbitant compared
with that ofother scarts in the same stock
or 10 be had in any other store in this city,
but II seemed so high, considering the most
6sir estimate Of the cost Of manufacture,
,bat the customer was induced to look for
the cause Of the necessity for so wide q
margin.
he found that q good grade of neckhes is
not made from scraps Of silk discarded By
drsssmakers and other employers Of silken
fabrics but that the material required for
each scarfis cut from q pattern out OF q
large piece, the same as any other garment
would be.
The other materials were not expensive,
and virls expert at the work could make
them no for q few cents each, 50 that the
total cost ofa scarf retailing at 81 would
be from Is to 20 cents.
On the statement Of 3 retail dealer, the
manufacturer calculated TO make 3 profit
Of 100 per cent, which places the cost to
he ioSber Of the scars in question at about
40 cents
The retailer said that he would have to
nav the iobbers q profit Of about . cents on
Zach scarf, so that in order 70 double his
money he was Obliged to 6xtta Price At 81.
aNo%eesatinued the deeAk. that 81
scarFeondh De sold for % eefs&snd pay .
fair prO6s al around; bot y JON ~ 1t in
The case marked atthak 6fure and another
Of exactly the sane qusfk and workman,
ship hing beside h meFkedT gou would
axe the latter every dpA afhongh your
self could not see the difference. 4 Is
the reason q 50-rent scarf sells for 81.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11

A correspondent thinks that the health
Of the people woaId Be brought up 70 8 bet.
ter condition II they were educated out Of
the following faIlaeies
The idea that cold baths are healthy 10
winter and dangerous in midsummer.
That rain water is more wholesome than
hard water.
That bed rooms must be heated in coll
weather.
That the misery Of everlasting scrnbbing
aud soapsuds yapors is compensated by the
comfort of lucid intervals.
That q sick room must be Theoretically
closed.
That it pays to ave the foul air for the
sake of its warmth.
That "draughts' are morbifc agencies.
That catarrhs are due 10 low temperature.
That even in midsummer children must
be sent to bed at sunset, when the air begins
10 be pleasant
That an afterdinner nap can do any
harm.
That the sanitary conditions Of the air
can be improved by the fetor of carboiic
acid.
Ihat there is any benefit In swallowing
jugfulls of n~auseous Sulphur water.
That rest after dinner can be shortened
With impunity.
That outdoor recreation is waste Of time.
That athletic sports brutalize the eharae-
ter.
That q normal human being requires any
other stimulant than exercise aud fresh ar.
That any plan Of study can justify the
custom of stintng children in sleep.
That the torpor of narcotism is prefera'
Die TO insomnia.
That the suppression of harmless recrea.
ton will fail to beget vice and hypocrisy.
That stimulation is identicsl with iuvig-
Grafton.
That fashion has = right to enforce the
wearing of wooden clothes in the doSdays
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
DR.. J. Z. SMITH,
No. 1905 Chapiine street,

Is the only regularly c1ucatcd physician specials
N the following dlse1ses In the State Of West VII
.inia, and the beat evidence Of his skill and saccessi,
he testimony Of his patients. He never uses . Pc
i-Bt's name without permlsion; those appended Ar
a few out Of many hundred certificates In his posse
don. Many years experience Ia the b-st hospital
rogether with a thorough medical education andti
~miliarity with therapeutic agents, Q close ohscrYang
e tempermentic peculiarties, and strict zttentlonie
hygienlc management enables him 10 treat With sue
cess diseases which are frequently regarded IS Incur
ahle. In every instance DR.. Smith win frankly CIV
tks patient his ~opionon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
RcNsSRp: ON THE CHOICE OF HIS
TOMB,

.'AEtres, e roES Jataia.E."
We caverns, NJ i We founts,
That from these rocky mounts
Well forts, and TALL below
Vita CLASSY Gov;
Ye forests and ye waves
whose stream these meadows laTts:
We banks and eoPses CAV,
Hear yc my lay.
when Heaven and my llstsun
Shall tell me nay race is run,
Snatchtd from the dwelling bright
Of cOmHon light;
No marble ehiseled be,
That boastiulneSs may see
A gTander Pomp ilus1e
But may, in marbles stead,
Some tree with shading head
UplIt its leafy screen,
And from me grant, o Earth
An ivy plant its birth,
In close embraces bound
Ny body rOundi
And may enwreathing vine,
To deck my tomb e~nlwine,
That al around be made
A trellised shade.
Thithcr shall svains, zach year,
On nv ieast-day draw near,
With loSing herds in view
Arustie crew
Who. Lailing first the light
With kuchariSiic rite,
Addressing thus the Isle"
Shall sing, the while;
"HoE splendid IS thy fame,
o tomb, to own the name
OF one, who fills with verse
The Universe!
.sWho rever thrned win IRE
OF gnyiOus desire
For g}ories Fate atforis
To mighty lords;
Nor ever taught the use
OF loVecOmPel!ing juice;
Nor ancient magic art
Did e'er imPirti
sBut gave our meads to see
The sister Graces three
Dance Ger the sEardei plail IS
To his sW set SIR ins
because he made his Tyre
Such soft accordS resPire,
As oils Us and our place
GsNay gentle mama fall,
Forever, on his pail;
And deWs, eIhaled in Nay,
At cless Of day.
aRs turf. and murmuring wave,
The fence around his grave:
Wave, ever flowing seen
Turf, ever green.
"Ard We, ~sose hearss So wei
His noble faEae can tell,
As unto Pan, will bear
HOnOrS each year"
So viii that choir strike p
Pouring from msny q cup
A lambs devoted blood,
With milky food,
Der me. who then shall be
OF that High City free,
Where happy souls poses
Their bliss.ulreSA
Hail hurtles not nor there
Falls snow, in that mild air;
Nor thunder stroke o'erEhelBs
Those kan ,ved realms:
RutevermOfe IL seen
To reign, unfading green;
The lovely Spring.
Net. Nnefc 20 hucl cloNIG
The iusts thai Kings ailEre
TIER ruined neighbOpS STATE
To dominate:
Like brothers they Shide:
And, though en- earth they died,
Pursue he tasks they set
While living Jet
There. there, AlexnS' lyre
III hear, Of wrzthful hrei
And SapPhOs chords, which fall
SEeeter b all
How fhose blest souls whose ear
Shall strains 50 shanted hear,
In giadaess must abound
At thatsSestso uadi
when sisyphus the shock
FOreretk, Of his rock;
And TaRtlus By thirst
hno more euEst.
The sole dslici0us Lyre
Fnlflls the HEARTS desirut
An1cazrmss With iey intense,
3ba hztSning 1tnSA
Ia roet aonoaless htgB reietS1dhis Priofy Of 3
.s-enFIsH 81 whf1h Duperr0n-f1 his frHsrz
IN HonsNrd. hns kk7d Nfkfa 1riory fsnhre
very aaresa1te sita1ticn On TIE bankxs 4
E6lretsarraensc1 ~ thtrhGt<, srrEztrs. a
- rnlnral tfaafie4 phicA eHtbsiltst loQrniq
s{tk4 al ~ - - Uazt. tha eye nn8 4ef4t4
.r - kez 7etazHe ~ - A. a. $50,
ft I'LL -
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11

The Tribune states that the frost king
is abroad.
He is, is he2 Well, if he is, he's left 8
mighty good substitute at home!
The Philadelphia Bulletin has an article
headed "Enoch Arden Improved.
This is good news.
We thought he was dead.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
She should Have Been Put ON Ice.
Mlanera04r ToHaze.

Il wonder why Henry IrvIng dosent play
Rip Van Tink1e-yo1 know he wrote the
story on which the play is founded remar-
keda Chicago girl 70 her Boston school.
mate the Other dsy. The maiden from the
HUI" xss carried ont on q rose leaf
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11

~wrse. did you bring your opera glass
with your
"Yes, but ! can't use It"
@Khy notY
@ok, I left my diamond ring. at home pa
The wAskstaud."