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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-20
OLIVER, ,FINNIE&Co

Carloads Steel Nails,
Carloads Snuff and Soda.
I Carload lands
Carloads American SardineB.
1 Car-o ad New Raisns,
I Carload New Salmon,
1 Carload California Canned Fruit
10 Carloads Tomatoes Peaches, Corn, Etc.
I Carload AtmOres Mince Meat,
2 Carloads New York Bucxwheat,
Carloads Pigsleet, Kraut and Barrel Pickles,
Carloads silver Moon Cream Cheese
Carloads Virginia Peanuts,
Carloads Fire Crackers and Fireworks,
2 Carloads Nuts
Carloads Fine Bananas.
3 Carloads Red Ben Davis Apples,
Carloads Fresh Fancy Candies,
1 Carload Oatmeal, Cracked Wheat. Etc,
Aud q complete assortment of staple
for the special Of Country Merchants.
p1-hend for N Price-Lkt.~Sa
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20

20 the cottage on the Half Way Hill shs
was followed by an Enghsh gentleman, '1s
head of the largest commercial house ~
Havana, and to him. on his second VISIT
she gave her hand "a. .,.,,;..,
The vine-covered cottage, its trein u.s.
and borders, have crumbled into dust. Inc
courtIy lover and innocent maiden are re-: lon ;.s
since dead. Bat the old bill still hits III
AGED brow, wrinkled all over with traditions
favor;.e lookout of the Nstchez Indians
n ,ime of wa,--ihe scene Of daring con
sn;racy against the Spanish authority-the
rendezvous of lovers-the hiaing pace %
brigsnds, and depot for their blood .s.ai y
ed treasure-muts. but faithful witness OF
the past. (Ses Claiborne's History OF mis-
sippi, volume l, page 2S7)
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RELICS OF BARBAMSM.
Good Friday Repentance in Maxioo-fun
ishing the wickedest Man.

Good Friday Repentance In mexico-ru
ishing the wickedest Man.
Mrioan Letter in Kansas City Times.
Once year on Good Friday, the Mexi,
cane sslect victim tor the whipping sno
sometimes more than one. The selection
ia made by taking the worst one OF the iot'
This il determined by all making comics
sion before a priest Of the years misdeeds,
and the one decided to be the worst sinner
ia selected as sort of "scspe-goat to pear
the torture.
The martyr is prepared at the church BY
being stripped nearly naked and oy oeing
PRAYED for. Then be is made to carry q
heavy cross full ten feet high, with the cross
arm of FIVE or ak feet in length, and made
of wood ak 70 eight inches in diameter.
He carries this cross for considerable ois'
lance to a place selected for the purpose,
where there is another larger cross erected
Arriving at the upright cross, he carries his
cross around it and is then permitted to
layit down. Here the business takes q
turn not quite so agreeable to the candi
date, for he fnds q crowd OF worshlppers
surrounding him. Two Of these worship
uers are armed with large cactus bushes OF
what is commonly called tree cactus Oh
"cans cactus" on account Of its being
used to make walking sticks Of. This osc
,us fgrows to the height of three or foui
feet and is armed with thousands OF needle
like spnes fully an inch long. The main
stalk ID as large "a a mans wrist at the
ground, branching off as 1t rises, and each
branch having many lateral branches from
three to Eve inches in length, ell full
armed With needle-like thorns, which art
very poisonous, the prick causing very pain
full, fostering woudns IN short time.
Selling one Of these cactus bushes BY
the butt, and which has been trimmed fol
the purpose, two begin the ceremony By
striking the candidate on the naked bach
and marching him around the cross. the
rest keeping up continuous shouting and
singing, with music bys sort OF wind in
strument. Having whipped him sreunc
until their bushes are broken up, they form
q procession and march him back to tbt
church door, where he is stopped. Here
with sticks like lsths, the sdhering piecel
of cactus are scrsped of OF him and placed
on the ground in the door where he is mex
to enter, walking barefoot on the pieoes o.
cactus. After this the victim 10 allowed Il
be taken to his home 70 SET we'll or die. Al
the case meY he, de is not allowed Il
pull act the ihorns until they come out b.
fostering. and it frequently occurs that BIZ
or eight months elapss before he RECEIVERS
Invent to see one Of these ceremonies
through curiosity, and am not curioul
enough to go TO see another. The sigh
Of the bleeding victim, subject 10 torture
that far exceeds burninns st she stake, is nj
attraction to me, Though the poor victim
never atte1ed single sroan during ell thu
performance,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20

with you, dear. I shall get your name up,
depend upon il.
II am afraid we shall never get our
votes" Caroline remarked, resting her chin
on her hand, and speaking in q mood OF
doleful confidence. Ii had been vet even
inc. and the meeting had been small, moist,
and not sapguine. I'VE are working
against hope"
Il shoald not be disheartened, Car, If |
we're you" Egerton replied. Try little
OF this pheasant. dear. No2 Well, | will
/ was going to say should not be disheart-
ened about the cause. AS you said to night,
dear, new truths always have to word their
wsy. Look at my theory about red mullet
have been st it for twenty years, and yet
even to this day that delicious fish is laid
on YOUR plate in most houses in kettlewell
lust as il It was package. But that truth
will work its way, too; aud when am no
more"-Egerton said this with q tremor IN
his voice and he laid down his knife and
fork to deal with certain symptoms OF
moisture in his left eye-"vhen sm no
more, red mullet will be cooked in my way
all over educated Europe"
For poor Egerton remained constant 70
his great theory about red mullet and firmly
persuaded that reform in that direction
would help on the regeneration OF mankind
and in this gentle conviction our amisOle
milksop will live and die.
We bid farewell TO Sibyl, to Caroline, tc
Egertou. Let the men learn what lessor
from Egerton they can or will. write tol
the women. And l wish them to observe
|, that Caroline, as well as Sibyl, sank into
social infection, lost all power Of attrac
ton a. years went on; and in both cases
believe the loss arose from misusnage
mens. This story las every rejecting readeI
| saw long sgo) has as many morals as
{ hedgehog has prickles. But here is ont
: particulsr moral spear which / would inhl
ia the minds Of my feminine students:
Either Sibyl or Caroline, according to to-
gifts Iof person and Of mind, would haV'
3 outshone Sophia from first to last had the!
known the secret of charming as she kne'
N
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
CHAPTER III.
LADY BEAUTY TEACHES LADIES ALL HOW TO
Re BEAUTIFUL.

LADY BEAUTY TEACHES LADIES ALL HOW TO
BE BEAUTIFUL.
But with q sigh shall no. end this story.
snn resolved to end smiling, and to have
nv readers smiling, too; for which purpose
I have kept On snecdote for the very latest
line.
Sophia would sometimes see her friends
at little tete-s-tete visits, and here she
would discourse, as she only could, on all
kinds of subjects, or she would let her
friends discourse The charm of Sophia
was. that you could never tell exactly
whether it WAS you or she kept up the con.
vsrsation, How that woman managed her
house and family is quite beyond my com.
prehension. Manage she did, and we'll,
and vet whenever You called on her, morn.
ing or evening, there she was, dressed in
the best taste. her bsir done in fsultless
STYLE, and all the rest of her attire to match
Al, gray.hsired Sophia, you knew-did you
not that one to whom you often vouch
ssfed those gracious interviews, In all honor
loved YOU with q more than boyish level
OF what did We not talk Literature, mu-
sic. pictures, history, gossip now and then
but somehow one always went away from
that drawing room with Q more cheerful
heart. With nobler views and hopes of hu,
man life, with touch ofrsdnement caught
from Sophia. And lovers Sophia hss more
than meas he shall see who reads on to the
now nearing close.
One morning-vell I remember it-ss
Sophia and myself sat thus alone, Perciysl
being occupied with fossil, drew from nv
pocket that little paper Of Beauty Rules"
of which told you some tine, ago, saying
that | should ike her to explain those Ak
IONS to me. She was sitting in Q low
chair and had work-bssket beside her,
With which she kept up kind OF telsgrs-
phic connection in the shape Of q thread
4hich travelled slowly from the basket to
herself, as her fingers worked out some
in wool.
Hand me the paper" she said. laying
Der needles and work down. Il viii read
them to YOU and explain"
But here Sophia was seized with ht OF
laRhipg. greatly ticseled, it seemed, to ind
herself lecturing on bsauty TO me.
II never showed the3e to anyone except
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CHAPTER w.
THE LAST AND LEAST CHAPTER OF THE


THE LAST AND LEAST CHAPTER OF THE
EoyrL.
praise my heroine no more-Hot 9
line, not q word Two little anecdotes
tell Of her, and with these leave her to
your judgment, my fair readers. The hrst
anecdote, you will perceive, is in the old
STYLE, and you will yswn over it. The sec
ond is more in our modern habit.
Percival Brent WAS quiet and undemon,
strative man of science. who never shocked
ANYBODY by declaring himself against re-
ligiou, or tho "old notions" But among
his particular friends, it was we'll known
that he freely accepted the most advanced
aud las they are at present considered) the
the most disintegrating scientific views
("Nov what is this leading up tot you, my
Msy.blossom student will ask: patience
little one; look below and see how near the
end We sre.) One of his friends who kne"
his views, and could speak TO him freely,
said one day interrogatively:
1T is a matter OF astonishment to me,
Brent, that you, with your opinions, still
keep mp your religious practices SO iegu'
larlSH
Let me tell you the reason" Brent
answered
Il su married to wife whom | love
and admire even more than | love her.
For true sWeatneas of character, hvellness
sense, and virtue al around, | never met
her sousl l have often asked myself,
What Is the secret of her character and l
always cone 10 the ssme conGlusion-that
if her religious faith were deducted from
her aha could not be what she is, but must
become less agreeable and not 30 good a
woman. She has kept me from taking the
leap which reason has often bid me take.
| cannot renounce q religion which l feel
makes her what che is "
A tedious anecdote reader, however
short. Now for number two which rs
quite another pattern.
To Ketllewsll, not 80 many years ago,
came a man aged forty.three. BE was
famed as a ladies man, and something in
him must have pleased woman, for his sue
cess with a certain set was quite undoubted
Perhaps his consumate prudence won
their hearts, Be that as it may, he was nn
object of no little curiosity, the more be
Cause he wss wealthy and lresumptivs heir
to a title. This man, satisfied with himself
and confident Of hiS power over woman,
met Mrs Sophia Brent two or three times
Whether he tancied her to be maid or wi.
dow-or whether, knowing her to be mar
ried be meant to enshrine her in Pla-
tonic affection l csnno. tell This l can
tell. This, reader, did actually happen.
That this man of the rOrid. aged for
W-tkrce, fell in lore NTH Mrs. Sophia
Brent, aged ffty.three, and positively
made downright fool Of himself
Ladies, am your most obedient hum
bic servant.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
AN OFFICE LYRIC,

EuSk.
This Is breezy, roSe-croWned June,
Don't shut the door!
BirdletS now are all in tune,
Don't shut the door,
Now sweet maids are reading books
In the blossom hooks,
By the babhiing, splSshing brooks,
Don't shut the door!
Lambkins gnmbOl on the mead,
Don't shut the door,
Gardners are planting seeds,
Don't shut the door
NeTnal breezss ream the deli,
Toying with the fiOWer-bell,
Add the strawberry yend-rs yell,
Don't shut the dS0r!
Now the summer time Is con
Don't 'hut the dOorl
And the bunbles loudly hum.
Don't shut the door.
This IL breezy, golden June.
And all nature i in tune
II you'd miss our Oxford shooR,
Don't shut the doori
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THE END.
The Girl and the Nails.
IT. Dsf.

Il was in hardware store this morn
ing" said Sir Brinhsm Eustis, "snd II
stepped very fashionsbly. dressed younl
woman. All the clerks spruced up, in tn
hope Of making an impression on the fsi
creature. Have you any nsilsY she asked
The proprietor said he had aud asked wha
size. She bowed him with her dainty fin
gers, and then he said, 'Ah, l guess ten
penny nails are what you want Ten
penny nailsr she exclaimed, oh, no, moth
ing 80 common. Give me some twenty-five
cent nails Then everybody knew she was
from Hnhoken."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
What Kept Her Upright.
Cleveland Voice.

Maud TO Msbel-"Ethel de Browne is a
lucky girl. | saw her pick lovely gold
garter buckle out of the gutter to-day"
Mabel-"0ut of the gutter2 How hor-
ridw
Maud-"WasA't it? / saw it first, but /
couldn't stcop to do such low action"
Mabel-"Of course you couldn't"
Maud, sighing-"Ot course l couldn't;
was laced too tight
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SKIN, >, ' CO.; %; ;;,,,,
u IA hN AND

FORMULATING Eruptions, Itching and Burn
III ing Skin fortunes, Loathsome sores. and
every species Of Itching, Scay, Pimply. Inherited
ScrofulOu, and Contagious Diseases OF the Blood
SBin and Scalp, with OF HAIR, from infancy "a
ola age positively cured by Cutioura, the great
Ok cure, aud Cuticura soap an exquisite skin
Beautder. extrnally and Cuticura kesolvent, the
new Blood Purifier Internally
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A YEAR AGO.
soma-rals Journal.

A war 400 We strolled upon the strand,
XIV am, about her, IN the soft noonnght:
CloSe-claspsd In mine l held her little hama -.
And marmured lOve-YOws % that oissiol hsn@
A year ago she looked into my eyes,
5-6e loSe-light shining clearly In her Own
AvowinS all, and making no disguise
OF happiness al being thus aloue
A year ago was her all-in-all.
And he To me the only ytri on earth
Gladly owed myself withia her thrall, 18th
And she, dear girl priced me AT my true worm
A 80, AMI A twelve month nov has lied,
snd nov she tmiles on other meni
while turn earelySSly my head
ysar srol We we're not married then'
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Not a Favorable Occasion

1t takes q very strong-minded young
Rsmeo to talk nonsense to gentle Juliet
at ii p. m, when the screams of q colicky
baby across the streersre splitting the Silly
stiffness of the night from the cradle to the
curbssone.
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was fsultIess, her ever movement was grace
full. her conversation was clever and AMI.
mated, and she dllcGyS tried to please.
II was not alone that called her fascinat-
ing; she was one of the most acceptable
women in society ever knew. The mar
ried brilliantly and her husband, harris
ter in large practice, was devoted to her
more than if she had been queen OF beau
ties
"Now here" Sophia continued, resuming
her own disccurse-"here WAS woman
who, excepting fairly neat figure, had not
a single natural gilt of appearance. ls
not this worth our thinking sbout-those
of Us women who care to please and are
not bssuties bornY
Rule Ten.-Every year a woman lives
the more pains she should take with her
dress.
The dress of US elderly DANES" Sophia
said, laughing, "oug ht TO be more OF a
science than It is How often one hears a
woman Of fifty say %. my dressing days
are pastr When" adds Sophia, IF she
thought about it, they had only well begun
At least the time has come when dress Is
more to her than ever. Remember, from
forty to sixty.6ve is quarter of century
the third of long life. 1t is the period
through which the majority of grown-up
people pass. And yet how little pains wo-
men take-hoV little thought beforehand
Ito be charming thenF
And now" she went on. seeing did
not speak, "here comes my last rule-as
yet
Rule EleUeB-In all things let woman
ask what will please the men OF sense be,
fore she asks what will please the men Of
fashion"
Tby no cans intend, she added, thai
a woman is not to have regard TO the opin
ion of men of fashion, only she should no.
give it the first place. She will carry the
men OF fashion sooner by methods thai
please the men of sense than men OF sense
by methods that please men OF fashion
And besides, listen to the men OF fashion
They always praise q woman TOR t6ing'
which begin 10 perish at twenty-five. Ever
the old men Of seventy will talk Of q hue
girl-deucedly Gue fgureT" wish
could give On idea of Sophis's wicked mi
micry at this passsge) And they will cal
q woman rath ,r on the decline, when, II se'
is on the decline, where and what are they
Yon see, it a woman lives for the common
datiou of men of fashion she will, il pretty
piuuant or what not, have reign OF ter
YEARS But if she remembers that she ha'
charms of mind and character and taste, 81
we'll as charms of figure aud complexion
he IN an Of sense will follow her for half
century; and in the long run the men o
fashion will be lead by the men Of sense
And there" Sophia cried merrily
throwing the paper down on the rug besld'
her-"there are my rules for reforming
cur little world Of women"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
SCALP. FACE. Ears AND NECK.

was afflicted with Eczema on the Scalp, fscs,
Ears and Neck, which the drugg st, where got
your remedies, pronounced one OF the worst cases
that had come under his notice. He advised ma
10 try your Cutcura Remedies, and after five days
use my soap and part Of my face we're entirely
cured, and hope In another week TO have my ears,
neck, and the other part OF my face cured
HERMAN BLADE.
100 E. Fourth stres., New York.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES

Are sold by all druggists. Price, CutIcurs, sc
cents; Resolyent, sl(Oi soap, % cents. PorTKH
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co, Bnston, Mas. bend
Tor How to Cure skin Diseases"
2E All fiFY the Complexion and skin BY
uiing the Cuiicura -oap.
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BEAUTY'S SECRET.
By ALAN MUIR.

Autkor of" Vanity Hard'oars," Golden
Girls" Etc.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
THE SEWING MACHINl

a % Ia the cause OF Uterine Pains and
NXTSA W6akness. For Aching sides and
&NIM Back, Kidney fains, sciatica Chest
EF Pains, Weakness and Inbam nation,
the CuGcura AsTI.PAIN PLAsTEB f. ipfa lible 25
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IrCHISG DIsr.sns cuprn

Cutcnra stands at the head Of its claus, especially
Is this the Gaze With the tuticura Soap. have had
an unusually good sale this summer owing 10 the
prevalence OF an aggravated form OF Itch through
some localities In the country. in which the Cuti-
eura Remedies proved satisfactory.
W. l.. HARDIGG, druggist.
Unontown, Ky,
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DRUNK ENNESS


destroys All appetite for alcoholic hquors m cs
os secrsfty administered In coffee, tss. or sny
x nsn =, leoi even In liquor itself with ,,c,es
leassg ,esnIts, Thousands Of the worst drunE.
rus nave been cured, who to-day believe tbey mi,
IN Slinkhg o. ther own free WILL Endorsed bv evsxv
Send tor pamphlet containing hupdreds ~ ~,
moniais from the best women and man fro,a ~,
soI the country. Address In CONFIDENCE ~''
ooLDEh sPEclR3o ca. lss Race O., Ctnei,,.u a.
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m REQ!

UYANrEO-An sctivs Ma -
w every county 70 I'll or -. -
m noafh snd expeaooG - ce IN ,ersp
n s1vnnesL OutAtires. FGiu a,
lr8 DRAHDAar eIvss VA =
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20

Rule SereR-Gsyety tempered by seri-
business is the hsppiest manner in society.
"By which l mean" Sophia said, look
ing at me with knitted broWs, as it she
we're about to explain some matter not al
together clear to herself, that in sll our
gsyety there ought to be hint of self-rec-
election. Do you understand me|
mot quite" | said.
This | know certainly she replied;
the most agreeable woman / have met
with-snd think the most regarded
have been women OF rank, who have been
trained with due regard for religion.
Their worldly education had made them
mindful of grace and liveliness; their re-
iigious education kept these qualities under
q particular sort of control, which is per-
ceptibly different from mere good breed
ing. II seems to me that vivscity and
sp.ightliuess are greatly enhance By vein
of seriousness Certainly no woman ought
to be mocker.
Next" she continued, seeing did not
speak, comes
"Rule Eight-AlWays speak low.
81 wcndar why l put that down. 1t ia
so obvious. In support of it / need only
quote your Shakespeare, who calls it an.
excellent thing in women.
Rule Mine.-A plain woman can never
be pretty. She can always be fascinating
if she takes pains.
"IweIl remember" Sophis said, after
reading this to me- rather questionable as
sertiou, - man Who vas great adnIes
of our sex telling me that one OF the most
fascinating woman he had ever known wss
not only not pretty, but as to her face de.
cidedly plain-ugly. only the word is rude,
| ask my friend: How, then, did she fss
ciusteg well remember his reply. Her
figure, said he, was neat, her dressing
, 1886-05-20
From Yesterday's Daily.

Yes, We will celebrate.
Try Epicurean Food. At Pettygrove's.
Read Pettygrovs's new advertisement
Memorial Day celebration is next on
the docket.
Judge W. D. Wood, of Seattle, is in
town today.
The Hamilton Brothers, OF Quilcine,
are in town today.
Port Townsend will have the "boss''
celebration this year.
MIR. ID. Hoffman, of Dungeness, arrived
this morning on the Dispatch.
1t is reported that varioloid has ap-
peared among the Indians at Neah Bay.
The government wants bids for furnish
ing supplies for revenue marine vessels.
The Fourth-of-July committee of ar
rangements will meet at the court house
this evening at s o'clock to appoint sub
committees, etc.
sYSperry's Patent Roller Flour is the
best. At Pettygrove's.
Mr.. Jacob Chapman has opened the
saloon in the Occidental Hotel, an will
hereafter preside therein. He has named
it the "Poliee Gazette" Saloon.
Mr.. Frank Arouson, representing
Calm, Nickelsburg & Co., of San Fran
cisco, is in town. This firm manufactures
the best Of boots and shoes, from white
labor altogether.
CAUTIoN!-Little boys are in the habit
of writing their names in the sand under
meath the overhanging clay on the upper
side of the grade on Washington stEeet.
There is great danger that a cave may
occur and bury them some day.
Mr.. Worthington, the photographer,
has selected site in The burnt district,
on the corner formerly occupied by the
Bradshaw building. His tent has been
put in position, and he will be ready
forthwith TO take pictures by the light
ming process.
, 1886-05-20
San Juan Oil Company.

The steamer Lone Fisherman, now
under charter to The San Juan oil COM
pany, whose works are located at Friday
Harbor. came up yesterday to be regis
tered. Mr.. II. w. Smith, an attaehe OF
the company, accompanied the steamer.
He states that the company is meeting
with gratifying success. The demand
their oil on the Sound alone is consider
able. What cannot be disposed Of here
can readily be sold in the east and Eng
land. The company began the operation
of their works too early this season, as
the weather is no. sufficiently settled to
enable fishermen II work, without loss
now and then of their lines. The COM
papy expects to begin work next year
about June /. The weather at that time
of the year is not subject TO any great
changes Times