Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-20
STRIKES.
Ice Cephus' Writes a Second
Chapter on the Subject,
Telling About How David Struck GOiiah
With a Stone Thrown from
Sling.
CHAPTER II.


Away back in the early candle-lighting
of the world many things TRANSFERRED.
Some were amusing, some matters Of fact
and others decidedly tragicsl. This chap.
Ter deals with q strike which resulted in
the greatest tragedy of the day, the facts Of
which are still fresh in the memory Of
every Sunday School boy, though he may
not have lived and gone to Sunday School
at that time; in fact, this occurred before
Sunday Schools were invented.
The story teaches q great moral lesson,
and those interested III strikes will profit
by il.
The Philistines had not been
OF SPEAKING TERMS
with the Isyaelites Tor some years. There
was bad blood between them. The Israel
ties had more wealth. better clothes and
iewelry, FOR they had borrowed many such
articles OF value from cd Pharaoh'g folks
just before they skipped out of Egypt BY
the light Of the moon. This was few
days before the enactment Of the law,
thou shalt not steal." After they got
into Canaan territory, organized, opened
up business, built stores, pre-empted farms,
assumed general and independent control,
and had things booming, they became ar
rogaut and manifested q disposition to put
on style, and like many people Of the pres.
ent day who have come suddenly into
wealth, they forgot they had
EVER BEEN POOR
and hi.ed hands TO Pharaoh, working in a
brick yard for their yictuals and clothes,
and no Christmas holiday with pie, dough-
nuts Ere-crackers and rum punch
/ When they had public demonstration
OF any kind they swellcd With pride only
/ elual5d By beckwoods Legislator, always
displaying the ls;es, fashions in Egyptian
. jewelry, seal skin sacGutB, plug hats and
dude pants. Many fine MosGiCs embellish.
ed the panels of their band wagons and
chario,s Their Fourth Of Jolly celehra.
/ tons, although gotten up and paid for by
themselves, fixed the Phiisuu.s Hith envy
and anger
The Phihs.jucs did 10.
run NUCH 10 LITERATURE
Tue arts, or trade. Their principal bust
ness vas to est, tight ard make boAhres Of
their enemies towns. They were both en-
vi0us OF and Disguised with the pompous
airs and inflated manners Of the Israelites,
aud concluded TO punish and strip them
CT their ostrich feathers, bulls eye watches,
cameo 6reas;pjE8, etc This would break
up the pawn shops and create a panic.
The Philistines conCocted what they
thought 10 he u brilliant scheme. They
had big fellow in their gang who stood
7 fee inches in his stockings. He
could lift & barrel Of -four or whisky with
his teeth--most likely the whisky. He
would walk miles 10 militia muster on
! Virginia court days TO clean out the PEG.
PIE Of two or three counties. He was the
/ FASTEST FIGHTER AND HARDEST HITTER
IN the State Judges, shegils aud juri8ts
were AL afraid OF him, sui he was never
convicted Of assault and battery; no they
cent challenge saying they would fur.
nish q man and the IsTac,ircs must do the
came, those Two men to fight TO finish
with four ounce soft gloves, Marquis of
Queens5ury rutea.
! The stakes we're kingdom against king
/ dom, with a.! the cute money TO the win
/ ner. After considerable correspondence
/ the contract vas siCUed, date and place
fixed think the engagement did not
come oil at Collier Station.
he Philistiros were confident Of their
man. and were ready aud ANXIOUS 10 back
uIIn against auy ouluYhI, nYuu Mitch.
ell ia all Israel ard would take odds that
he could knock out any man 10 orc round
! The Igraeliles had