Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24

90 fair page. To yourself be true, be gem
erouS. Listen to the whisperings OF the old
love" In silence and with bent head the
host listened, but answered not Then the
guest quietly stole away to where the wife
was confined, and told her that her husband
repeuted, and that she must go to him for
forgiveness. At the feet OF the naughty
knight bowed the lovely woman, upon whose
face anguish and sorrow had written his
ten which needed no words Of hers to ex-
plain, and the reconciliation came. For
many years they lived happily together, and
with their three children forgot the night
mare Of the past.
German Superstitions.
A true German would never think Of GO
ing to bed on Sylvester Abend before the
usherinE in of the new year. Were be to be
guilty Of such forgetiulness year of slck-
ness and illluck would surely attend him
From the Emperor down to the most hum
bic of his subjects, the night is spent in
reading the Psalm book, recounting old fam
lily stories, dancing, in singing, conviyiaIlty
aud eating. So, too, does every loyal Ger
man buy q carp and feast upon it, with
brown sauce and potatoes, at this time. The
6shmongers frequently make enough money
on December 81 to support them a year.
For, since everyone must have q 6sh, and
since thousands are sold. advantage is
taken of the custom TO send the price up to
eight and ten marks per fish. The scales
of the fish must be saved, and punctuslly
at midnight secured in q sealed pack
Ell, a small number are put IN the
pocketbook, in which there must be some
money. This is sure to bring the poSsessor
much wealth during the ensuing year. The
fish is cooked in some sweet sauce. andls
quite delicious. The roe brings with 1t az
ceeding good luck. At ii o clock each
member Of the family melts some lead IN
shovel over hot stove, and when it is thor
oughly Euue6ed it is poured quickly into
bowl Of water Naturally, it assumes all
manner OF queer forms and shapes, which 8
lively imagination can weave into various
types. Early on New Year s morning the
fortune teller calls, and with these leaden
efFgies spread out before her, proceeds to
read the fortunes for the coming year. Now,
it is q singular intersection Of the
psychic with the physical that these forms
should often partake largely OF the sub.
stance of that which occupied the mind
when the lead was poured into the
water. For Just at this time one must
make a wish. Whether the insensible
metal does really take on these forms
or whether the imagination, governed BY
the wish, causes them to assume such forms
the reader must Judge for himself. At mid
night each one jumps into a chair, turns
about, Jumps down and shouts and then
Jumps up again. Each member Of the fam
ily embraces, and the street is filled with
"Prosit Neu Jahr" from the mouths OF the
passers by. Then the Bible is again brought
ont, and, without looking, the finger Is
placed on q certain verse which becomes the
text for the next twelve months. The young
women congregate together in one room
and, opening the stove door, expect to lind
the faces OF their future husbands in the
sparkling flames. Others, with similar
view, peer into the looking glass Just as th'
clock begins to strike II. For ghosts the
Germans have all possible respect, and their
h gendsry tales are full of quaint, weird hire
sil sstories. d. X. d.