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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Capacity for ~Book-ReadIng.

The capacity for reading q book-that
is, for keeping the mind fixed on n ar
gument or narrative for q period more or
less prolonged-has always in modern
times been much more widespread than
the capacity for listening, owing to the
fact that we all get our earliest mental
training through books. As long, too, as
books were the only sources of entertain
ment, and large numbers Of more or less
cultivated people lived in this country,
and there were no newspapers or other
periodicals, and few amusements, and
travel was rare and expensive, the habit
Of reading was kept up. But there is
great reason to fear that, what with the
newspapers and magazines, and the art
galleries, and the museums, and the the
aires, and the facility with which we can
get our people to gossip with Us when we
are both Idle and lazy, the number Of
those who can and do read q bOok-eyen
q novel, even a poor novels rapidly de-
clining. In fact, We fear that any n
who inquired among his friends. outside
the professors and professional men,
would find that the number Of those who
now READ q serious book Of any kind IS
exceedingly small, and those who even
read novels is growing smaller. Most
men who have not kept up the habit OF
reading, in fact, throw down q novel
after q few pages II the plot does not
thicken rapidly, or the incidents are few.
The thoughtful novel, such as George
Enot's, filled with reflection and
speculation, would fare much worse now,
even coming from an author Of her pow
ers, than it did thirty years ago. The
newspaper is fast forming the mental
labits Of this generation, and, in truth,
even this is getting to b, heavy, unless
the articles or eXtratS AK hort. The
reader begins more r.. % resent
being asked TO keep his L - fixed on
any one object for more I.tn five min
uteS. In short, any one who ilatters him.
self during the busy years of an active
career, when he dos no reading but
newspaper reading, that he is going to be-
come a reader OF books at a later period
when he gets more leisure, may rest as
sured that he is greatly mistaken. When
leisure comes he will flQd that q serious
book will tire him or send him asleep in
ten minutes, Just as a dumb-beu would
tire q long unused arm. To be able to
read continuously for long periods, at any
time o fife, just as to be able to row, or
walk, or ride, n must keep in practice
year after year. The man who finds that
he shrinks from q book and longs for q
Sunday paper, may feel as sure that he IS
mentally "out OF condition" as the athlete
who can not bear 10 leave his easy-chair
without a cocktail. Nation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
A u.mori.t who I. I,,ch.

Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Rsmus)
the Georgia humorist, IL reported 70 b
rieh-a fact which seems to be more hu.
morous than anything he has written.
He owns a large interest In The Atlanta
Constitution, Of which he IL a Of the cd.
itors; Is a director and large stockholde1
In the Georgia Central railroad, and owns
q vast tract Of the best timber Land IN thu
state. He has remarkable business "a
pacity, 10 which, it Is almost needless u
say, he owes his fortune, not TO his skin n
writing. Atlanta 10 one Of the most en-
terprising and progressive town In thu
country, and his investments theirs In
land and other things have proved very
profitable. His friends think he has
true Yankee smartness; that he can tell
at a glance where there II an opportunity
70 make money, and that he loses no Tina
In embracing the opportunity. Unlike
many men Of financial abilities, he has No
grasping tendencies; he IL kfnd-heaTted
and generous, and IL particularly inclined
to help those struggling with the pen fol
an honest nvelihood.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03


and white In The Journal put under his
nose by the unfortunate Cruchot:
GThe luminous aerostatic experiments
attempted last Friday have been exceed
ingly successful. The balloon, filled with
hydrogen and interiorly lighted up by an
electric lamp, has descended at a few
miles of La. Ferte-under Bell. The
aeronauts, unwilling to give anything but
reliable information to the pre- IS on their
interesting experiments, we were COM
PEELED to delay until this day the publica-
ton of the following report"
Capt. Gabarit had a cold sweat
He was to have a colder one, when ne
received fifteen days afterwardsan official
notification from the Savant Society OF
Briqueville- on 0rne informing him that
his report would be the object Of a com
m~unication to the National Institute OF
France New York G~raphic-From The
French. .:.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
PHI

Bananas are perhaps the only non
stimulating article OF food that can grow
on the taste like a seductive tonic.
Habitues would rather forego their
daily bread and would hardly miss pota-
toes, peas, or appless rs long as they can
eat their fill OF the musa sapientum. And
Of that sweetmeat OF natures refectory Q
minium OF culture will here produce .
yearly crop OF 5000 pounds an acre
enough to feed a family Of gluttoms the
year round. The C%uernavaca variety
produces o fruit from ten 10 fourteen
inches in length, md single bunch often
contains more than 800 Of such fruit.
After a banana garden has once been
set u and got well rooted. subsequent
work for \ ten-acre orchard does not re-
quire more than q weeks labor per year.
1t simply conSits in gathering the ripe
punches and cutting OF the stem Of the
palm-like parent plant. IL left alone, that
stem will slowly wither; but II cut Of
close to the ground the roo stock pro-
duces new shoots, which can either be
transplanted or suffered TO grow up In
situ, 10 ripen their crop In the course Of
the next year. Maupertais enumerates q
dozen different reasons ia support Of his
theory thst man was originally a native
OF the northern tropics, but TO me the
best proof always seemed the circum.
stance that those regions comprise high
lands combining an abundance Of ba-
nanas with a complete freedom from
insect plaques and climatic diseases.
Banana planters have superior fscili-
ties for ~bee-culture, for the flower, petals
Of the musa drip with abundant honey,
but in Mexico that abundance bstrays II
self chiefly In butterfly swarms, which
naturalists are apt to recolleet, together
with the myriads Of glittering Iriserows
that compete for the ~gleanings Of the
south Mexico banana country.-Dr Felix
L Oswald In Chicago Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
rWo ROSES.

The one with heart Of flams he gave to
her
Whose eyes yelled from his " sins
bitter cost
With throbbiug pulses and with heart
astir,
Entraneed by eyes that held an Eden
lost.
The other-hly pale dropped on its stalk
He gave to her his souls pure love IN
stained,
Whose sanity eyes and sweet unworthy
talk
Held less an Eden lost than heaven re,
gain d.
And when he died, n wept, but dried
her tears,
Ssrensly hopeful Of a brighter day;
Against the others heart through dull,
slow years,
TIL both alike were dust the red rose
G. R. Crespi in ~Lippincott's.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
The Hurrlar and the Cottage.

Summer burylaries, once so common IN
New York, have noticeably declined. This
is, doubtless, due to the extensive use
people make of the storage houses and
safe deposit vaults when they go away.
Time was when q rich man had to leave
his mansion, stuffed with treasures, with
a strong garrison of servants. Now he
travels gayly off, secure in the possession
Of an almost empty house, for which ever
the negligent Waterman who patrols the
block, when he does not feel sleepy, Is
supertiuouS The summer cottage, easy
to enter, full Of ~valuables and 'mmonly
unguarded, falls a much easier prey to
the marauder, and once it is robbed the
average rural policeman is safe not to
trouble the robber by detecting him.
Albert Tumble in New York News
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Mae,uI,,,, ESTIMATE of Ills history.

One Of Lord Macaulay's letters has just
found its way to a public institution. 1t
bears the date Oct. 81, 1913, and is inter-
esJing a. giving the writer's estimate, q
few weeks previous to publication, OF his
History Of England from the Accession
Of James H." IL work" he says, with
scarcely an intermission, from in the
morning 10 : in the afternoon, and shall
probably continue to do so during tho
next ten days Then my labOrs will be-
come lighter, and in about three weeks
will completely cease. There will still be
a fortnight before publication. l have
armed myself with all the philosophy for
the event Of q failure; though Jetfery,
Ellis, Marion, LOugman, and Mrs. Long
man seem to think that there is ne chance
for such a cascastrOphe. 1 might add that
Macleod has read the third chapter, and,
though he makes some objections, pro
ieSSeS 10 be on the whole better pleased
than with any other history that he has
1eat. The state Of my own mind is this:
When | compare my book with what l
Imagine history ought to be, l feel de
ecied aud ashamed: but when | compare
with some histories which have n higher
EepUte, | feel re&Ssured London Stand
arI
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
TIE LINKS or CHANCE

Holding spoise in air
Ny twice-dipped pen-for some tense
thread OF thought
Had snapped-mine ears were half
aware
or passing wheels; eyes saw, but mine
saw not,
My sun-shot linden. Suddenly, as !
stare,
Two shifting visions grow and fade IN
sought:
Noon-blaZe; the broken shade
OF ruins strown. Two Tartar lovers sit:
She gazing on the ground, face turned,
afraid;
And he, at her. Silence is all his wit.
She stoops, picks up a pebble OF green
jade
To toss; they watch its flight, unheed-
ingit-
Ages have rolled away;
And round the stone, by chance, IL chance
there be,
Sparse soil has caught; q seed, wind
lodged one day,
Grown grass: shrubs sprung; at last O
tufted tree;
Lo! over its snake root you conquering
Bey
Trips backward, hghting-and half Asia
free!
Andrew Hedbrooks in Atlantic
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03

1904, q wonderful and creditable work
OF art No old painting, worm eaten and
chocolate-hued disinterred from a garrett
in Client or Nuremberg and furnished
Tor sale TO millionaire pur chssers could
be touched up with lighter hand or more
trembling care 1t at last becomes
brighter than the new, sleek, trim, oily,
and the sprucest, If not the most durable
Of hats A thing Of beauty it Is but not
destined for long to be a Joy to the san
guine purchaser.
One OF the best known establishments
in which old hats undergo a ~rejuyenating
process Is to be found on the Bowery. It
Is an old, narrow, and frowsy shop, filed
to overlooking with old, mlsshapen things
once appendages to the seat Of human
reason. In the years Of its existence the
old shop and its. proprietor must have
seen numerous changes in masculine
headgear. The owner Of the establish
ment, for some mysterious reason, Is
deeper thar many Of his brothers on Hes
ter street and Park row in the secrets OF
the elixir which turns old garments into
new. He Is no conjurer, and never tries
the proverbially difficult experiment OF
placing new heads On old shoulders. But
how many, many times has he succeeded
in putting old hats on young heads, es-
pecially in remote country districts. This
Bowery Israelite is a real artist His
womankind serve him well, making 1t a
labor OF love to replace the lost nap, and
handling the bare edges a. gingerly as if
the felt or pasteboard below were dyna-
mite ready to explode under rough usage.
Refreshed hats at this establishment are
not dear either. They are quoted at from
500 to $3.50. Thirty-ive cents represent
the charge OF the old clothes dealer, the
rest Is for labor, establishment, and fair
profit. At $l.O0 the pretty and brilliant
thing seems cheap. 1t bears fine weather
well, and may figure creditably on Broad
way for three consecutive Saturday after
moons. But at the first d%ownpour Of rain,
glue and gum and paint, silk and brown
paper resolve themselves into their orig
NAL constituents, and the whole fabric
collapses like . dssolying view.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
The immunity Of PhrsIcians.

lis a prevalent popular impression that
some special providence surrounds the
Physician with protective agencies, and
mat although daily exposed TO disease
hNS most malignant forms, he escapes
Shen others are attacked. DR.. Ogle, of
Ln2Iand, finds that while the lawyers die
a. The rate Of %, the clergyman at the
ISe OF 10, the doctors mortality is p per
80 IN l,OOO,O0O adults other than ply
%eIans 10 died Of scarlet fever, Il Of diph-
aerla, and rs of typhoid fever; while
VI an equal number of physicians SO sue
euinoed to scarlet fever, 80 to d~iphtheris,
~ ol TO typhoid fever. Small pOx on
we other hand, claims more victims
slong the laity than in the medical pro
%ssion; due, doubtless, to the fact that
physicians have sufficient confidence in
se protective influence Of vaccination to
Asep themselves insuSceptible to the at
~SA OF small poI-Chicago Times
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
The Manufacture Of Hairpins.

For years the English and French con
trolled the manufacture Of hairpins, and
II is only within the last twenty years
that the goods have been produced In this
country to any extent. The machinery used
is OF a delicate and intricate character,
as the prices at which pins are sold neces.
states the most rapid and cheapest pro-
cess, which can only be secured by auto
matte machines. The wire IL made ex-
p~ressely for the purpose and put up In
large coils, which are placed on reels, and
the end Of the wire is placed In n clamp
which carries It to the machines while
Strengthening It.; from there 1t runs In
another machine, which cuts, bends, and,
by q delicate and instantaneous process,
sharpens the points. Running at full
speed, these machines will turn out 10
hairpins every minute. To economic 1t
is necessary to keep them working night
and day.
The difficult part Of the work Is the
enameling, which Is lone by dipping In q
preparation and baking In IN oven. Here
Is where the most constant and careful
attention Is required, as the pin must
be perfectly smooth and the enamel have
a perfect polish. The slightest particles OF
dust, cause imperfections and r~oughness,
which Is Objectionable. Stoves and Hard.
ware.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03

A vast quantity OF II the results Oh
the excavations carried ON for . long
time on the site of ancient Susa BY n.
Dieulafoy and his companions, have ar
rived at the museum Of the Louvre.
They were brought to Toulon In Q trans
port from Bassorah, and filed BIB chests,
that weighed over 1000 kilogrammes
(nearly forty tons.) The chief contents
are: First, two fragments Of . frieSe OF
enameled e~arthenware adorned with
lions In bas-relisf, from the principal en-
trance to the palace Of Artaxerxes Mne-
mon. Both fragments are over thirteen
feet high by nearly thirty feet long; SEC
ond, a similar fragment Of . frieze from
the palace Of King Darius Hystaspes.
adorned with twelve figures OF tho loyal
body guard, the famous 1Immortals'
This piece Is eleven and one-hah feet high
by nearly forty feet long; third, two frag-
ments of . staircase In same material;
fourth. two fragments Of tara Gotta
friezes, showing fantastic animAls-they
are together over twenty feet long BY SIX
feet high; fifth, the capital OF . pillar
from the palace of Artaxerxes, represent
ing a two-headed monster-it IL over six
teen feet high by thirteen feet In width;
sixth, a collection Of cut gems, number
ing about 800. which seem TO date from
the earliest period OF the Sassanide
dynasty; seventh, q large number OF
arrow-headed inscriptions on stone or
glazed earth, mostly from Susa; eighth, .
considerable collection Of bronze coins
from Susa and the neighboring districts,
from the time Of the Parthians and the
Susanides; ninth, o quantity Of bronze
ornaments and mountings Of the outer
doors of the palace of Artaxerxes; tenth,
a number of statuettes Of bronze. Ivory,
terra Gotta. and marble, . quantity OF
vases and toilet ware; eleventh, q mass OF
objects Of comparatively small value,
enameled Susanide vases, Parthian urns
for the dead, iron and bronze weapons,
instruments and skeletons. Besides these
things, the expedition took plaster casts
on a large scale of portions Of the place
of Artaxerxes, also photographs Of the
neighborhood of Susa, the sites Of tho ex-
plorations of various old monuments and
ruins in other parts Of Persia. Foreign
Letter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
A New Car Conductors Experience.


After the car had become compare
lively empty the reporter made his way
to the rear platform and engaged the old
conductor in conversation He said:
Before a man can become q successful
candidate for q street car conductors po-
sition he must pass a rigid examination
as to his knowledge OF the streets across
which his car is to pass. A man must be
able to tell a street by the appearance OF
its corners, as it often happens that many
streets don't have their names on the
lamp posts. The principal duty Of o new
conductor is to keep his car on time
neither too fast nor too slow. 1t is also
necessary to observe tho city ordinance
which requires cars to stop on b fur
Their crossing and thus leave the thor
oughfaro open. A new man sometimes
has TO be trained for a week before he
becomes proficient Men who show
themselves to be intelligent learn In a
few days. or curse new conductors re-
ceive no compensation while learning.
One Of the most difficult things for a
new man to acquire Is TO mhke his nc
counts come out straight They are
often short and but seldom over. New
men are apt to use the indicator too
freely, and their accounts are sometimes
81 or so short. They are Of course obliged
to make up their deficiency"
@Are conductors obliged under oil cir
cumstanccs to turn In an equivalent In
money for the number OF fares regis
tered?" the reporter asked.
mo. Occasionally instances will occur
In which a conductor will ring up the
fares Of passengers who And themselves
in the wrong car and are compelled to
get out without paying. In case this
does not occur too often the company will
allow a reduction Of the faro 30 rung up.
The days when a car conductor lived In
a brown stone house and ut the rate OF
| $1,000 year, are passed. Honest men
can live on the salary paid, and the COM
pany has no use for dishonest men" said
the conductor in conclusion. Brooklyn
Eagle Interview.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
RsJUvEIlATloN OF OLD HATS.
. Hourin a Shop on the Bowery Good
for Fair WsaEhar

. HouFin a Shop on the Bowery Coos
for Fair Weather.
Nnat becomes Of all the old hats?" a
- on Park row was asked.
OA' they 70 to the SINNERS, who do
LII up again and then ship them to the
waa.'Fy' OF course, you don't know
"a d skinner is? There is n right
ms IN way, and you can find any
ana 0 on the Bowery and on Hester
10 DaNter streets. Go there If you want
out something about old hats"
h Sohg as it will hold together, a hat,
/ ts,," ever so battered and shapeless, re-
5eaIo certain value in the eyes Of the
IT, IN old clothes and the ragpickers.
wbo. Jewish perambulating merchants,
4 Use melancholy monotone Of aold clo'
yast .Shllar, will seldom refuse to in
Nhelr small capital in old hats
IrsS os' trayed, aud dim, they are EAR
sbonS 20 De rejuyenated in froYzy back
wo5SDy Rebeccas and Jossphs 1t is
VIII TO mark the transformation
iDnIottIne cunning touch OF these man
apd LSus can effect, or how their glue
.bip. Osown paper, blacking and dyed rab-
nan!ut can stiffen and smarter the
ts asSSst old tile into the .semblance Of
khj. Wy prime. An old hat refreshed at
PSsEenniA fountain Of youth is
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MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, g..

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! have tried n good variety, but have ne,e.
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wife. and children, with the most gratifying re-
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Medidnal.
Swift'ssSpecihc

Is natures own remedy, made nom roots gath
cred nom the forests OF Georgia The method By
which It is made was obtained by a halfbresd
nom the Creek Indians who Inhabited Q certain
portion Of Georgia, which was communicated %
one OF the early settlers, and thus the formuls
has been handed down TO the present day. The
above cut represents the method OF manufacture
twenty yean ago. by Mr.. C. I. Swim, one Of the
present proprietorS The demand has been grad
ually increasing until a $4,000 laboratory Is now
necessary TO supply the trade. A foreign de-
mand has been created, and enlarged facilities
win be necessary To mcet IT, This great