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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
MYSTERIES OF ENGLISH COFFEE
General AdulteratIon of the Cup Which
Cheers but Not Inebriates.0

General AduIteratIon of the Cup Which
Cheers but Not Inebriates.
Neither on English soil nor on English
ocean steamers have l found it possible to
get a good cup of coffee unless l pur-
chased my own Java coffee and stood
ever the coffee pot while it was being
brewed. And even then ] had to watch
most carefully to PREVENTS being spoiled
by the addition of what Englishmen con-
slider q great improyer of foreign coffee
namely: q pinch Of home or Belgium bit
ter and black, hidc0us chicory.
livery well remember the difficulty l
had With q kind landlady Of an English
country inn in ~persuading her not to
fling q bit Of chicory into the pot OF
coffee she was making for me out of pure
coffee | had brought with me-she, the
kind old heart, constantly asseveratlng
she should not charge me o farthing for
it, and that it would nightly improve
nv beverage. Less chicory (Succory,
genus chicorium) Is now grown in Eng
land than formerly; but an immense
amount of il Is imported there from
Belgium, France and Germany, in which
eountri 5 this perennial plant is largely
NNENA " GLk " AANA NAA~ 49,
There was a time when a thousand
acres Of it were under cultivation in a
single district between York and Siam
ford, and those English farmers who were
given to its cultivation claimed that it
was not exhausting to the soil, but rather
an impTover Of it, when crops Of wheat
were allowed to folio it.
An average yield Of fresh roots is about
eight tons per acre. Late in the autumn
the roots are taken mp, cleaned, and laid
away. The common price of chicory
roots in England is about 50 los pes ton.
There is q heavy excise duty ,upon chic
DRY, and the English growers OF it claim
that this duty is levied in IN sbRoxious
manner.
In all good English grocery stores pure
coffee can always be bought as well as
coffee mixed with chieory. The sale in
England Of coffee s~dulterated with any
mixture is visited with heavy penalties
unless the mixture is duly labeled. I
have seen in English grocer shops the
packages duly marked ''pure coffee, " and
coffee Mixed with q certain per cent
Of chicoFy. Most purchasers bought the
mixture. But worse than chicOgy Is
adulterated chicory. And it is said that
most Of the chicory in English shops is
adulterated with beans, carrots, pars-
nips, and beets, and eolored with pig
meAts, especially an earth known as
Venetian Ssd, Boston Commercial Bull
letir
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
Tho Crown Prince in Paris.

A writer in London Truth relates that
when "Unser Fritz" was a guest at the
Tuileries during the exhibition of 1867,
he wished to see the interior of the forts
around Paris. But as they were in a
miserable state Of defense, it was ar
ranged to eyade complying with his wish.
He, however, managed in this wise to do
without an order of admission: For some
mornings he made early excursions to
distant places, accompanied by a French
aide-de-camp who was placed at his dis
posal. One morning on his way to the
Bicetre asylum he said to the officer:
"What If we run up to the fort beside
IT." The aide-de-camp did not see the
harm, and took him not only into 1t but
into all on the south side of Paris. With
his well trained eye the crown prince
saw the military poverty Of the land and
the exact defensive capacities Of the line
of orts.-Chicago Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
The Photographs of Celebrities.

Divers photographers make the pictures
of celebrities, as they are called, a spe-
cialty. They include in the word every
thing from II leading statesman to a bur
lesuue actress or a wandering cowboy.
They employ a number of agents to fire.
uuent hotels, theatres and other places o.
resort, and secure subjects of note. Not
infrequently they go considerable distance
out to sea to board an incoming steamer
and engage the faces of distinguished
strangers. Actresses of reputation, or Of
no reputation, if pretty, are eagerly
sought, and every inducement is presented
for them to sit. They receive q number
Of pictures gratis; often get a commits
sion on rates; sometimes a certain sum
in cash, they binding themselves not to
be copied by any rival establishment. If
the secrets Of Photographic galleries
were divulged, they would be very GU
rious-occaSiOnally startling.
In London some of the professional
beauties have a handsome income from
the sales of their portraits. We have no
professional beauties off the stage, not
having achieved the absurdity and iCcon-
gruity of dealing in marketable articles
in private life. The photographs most in
demand are said to be those of pretty
actresses whose fair fame has been
smirched by public scandals. If these
are frequent and piquant enough, per-
sonal beauty becomes unnecessary. But
an entirely proper womSn Of the theatre
cal profession must be very attractive Of
feature to be actively vendable. Few
but those in the trade have any under
standing of the enormous business done
in photographs Of celebrities" espe-
cially of feminine characters, blazoned in
the community. The busine IS is system
atized to Il degree, and many of it's de-
tails which are hidden reveal singular
traits of humanity, chiefly vanity, selfish
ness and avarice New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
Long R~edingotss.

Long redingotes covering the entire dress
are being revived; one in black Albert cloth
Il lined with crimson satin. 1t is cut with
large full plaits at the back, and Is double
breasted. being fastened with plaid cloth COW
cred buttons. Another, in dark blue rough
cloth, also double breasted, is trimmed with
blue fox, which, starting from the left side,
crosses the bust and is continued TO the bot
tom of the coat; high collar and deep cuffs
are of the fur, and the blue cloth toque
trimmed to match. Blue fox will be the most
fashionable form of fur trimming this year;
it harmonizes well with the shades Of blues
and greens, browns and grays now chiefly
worn, though why it should be called blue Is
somewhat Of a puzzle. 1t certainly has q
blue tinge, but is an unmistakable gray for
ell that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
Things to Do and to Know.

The new governors both Of Maine and
South Carolina are farmers.
Remove the seeds before feeding pumpkins
to your cattle. They act on the kidneys too
freely.
Nine-tenths OF the trouble and diseases
among poultry are the result Of keeping fowls
too close.
The stock gamblers are trying to keep down
the price Of corn. Dop't sell them any, but
feed il on tho farms
Don't begin feeding corn to the pigs too
NOON. Grass, milk, roots and refuse vege-
tables will be better until cold weather up
oroaches Warm quarters will greatly re-
ducc the expense Of feeding during tho winter.
Plow the heavy land and leave it in the
rough condition so that the frost can pene-
Iratc and render It fine. There is no better
agency for pulYerizing tough soils than frost
It will also, at the same time, destroy the cut
worm
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24

A man who visited Dir. Meltz' office las,
week says that his business is simply nor
nous, and that he has added to his former
office the gorgeous room ut No. II. PEG.
pie are now coming from all quarters OF
the globe TO get Mr.. Meltz to administer
his divorces 10 them. BILL NYE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
Weddings.

When a bride is married in her travelling
dress, at home or at church, she uses either
o gray or brown cloth suit. Her gloves
are gray or ~tancolor, as best harmonizes
with her dress, and the gloves OF the
groom may match hers, or il 1t is a day wed.
ding he may omit the gloves altogether, or
he may merely carry them in his hand, as IS
sometimes done at the elaborate wedding
where the bride goes TO church in full dress;
At evening weddings gloves are de rigueur
for ths greonl. put instead Of the pure white
gloves that make the hands lsok arger, the
preference is for the groom 10 wear the palest
pearltinted gloves, broadly stitched with the
same shade, while the ushers wear similar
gloves stitched with black. White neck
scarfs are now fashionably worn BY all men
at ali weddings even at the most quiet morn
ing ceremonies at homo or in church. At
day weddings the men guests wear tan-
colored gloves ""''
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
A Warming Against Bad Writing.

Henry Clay, who was a neat penman,
was quite an enthusiast on the subject Of
plain handwriting, and was in the habit
of telling a story in point about a Gin
cinnati groceryman who wanted a lot Of
cranberries and thought he could get
them cheap in a little Kentucky town. 70
place, requesting him to send 100
bushels Of cranberries per Simmons
the name of his teamster. The writing
was so bad that the party to whom the
note was addressed could not make out
the word ''cranberries" at all, but did
conclude that his correspondent wanted
100 bushels of persimmons, which were
at once gathered and forwarded, much
to the disgust of the Cincinnati man.
Ben: Perley Poore.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
Infants wardrobes.

Mrs. L. H. Gale makes the following sug-
gestions regarding infants clothing: OF late
the bands worn during the first months OF i'll
fancy are usually made of fannel-a real I'M
proyement on the old fashioned double linen
bands. Ordinarily these bands are worse
than useless after the first month; but in
cases of weakness, when they seem to DO nee
esSary on older infants, great care is needed
to have them fit easily, yet be SO
securely fastened as to retain their
proper position. These bands never
fit the body unless there are two
small cores from two to three inches apart at
the lower edge Of each where it comes down
below the bowels. II worn after the babe is
six weeks old, when it begins to move about
some, q bit Of tape should I've sewsd between
these ores to reach down and be held hrmly
in pla e by the safety pin. Thi; prevents
slipping up. Shoulder straps Of inch wide
tape will prevent slipping down; made thus
and pinned very carefully, that there may DO
no suffering from sticking pins, The oand
may he fastened 50 loosely as not 70 hinder
respiration or freedom OI motion, and Sct
form n safe protection from injury by severe
trying anil !trAlning. Instead of the short
sl-+V~l nn"n -IIft and tho flannel skirt With
its straight waist of cotton Of linen, make =
lung flarrnvl Jack with goros under the arms
and In the Lnck. fitting the waist loosely and
slOping ont ut tue bottom wide enough for n
skirt This Sark. made nj soft flannel and
long. straight sleeves, and fastened In front.
With small. Thin buttons, Il a much more
comfortable n garment for tho helpless baby
tlInn the elise wrists nnd folds and gathers OF
It's ordinary pndsrclothss Every invalid
knows the luxury Of loose wrappers for lying
,inwr and this little milo Of Lutnarity II MT
Tor nothing 7lSe during tho first SIR weeks NJ
,tS life. Over this a long slip or dress may lie
worn long sleeved, 81 cOursn. ard tnl1rahly
high in tbs ueck. A soft thin blanket Il "Se
tul, especially TO protect the baby hands and
mead when the little enc is carried about.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
HELLER's PSYCHIC TRICK.
A Queer Deception which Has Mystifed
Many People.


ROcknStcr LkiOR.
! have never read an expose Of Heller's
Psyche trick, which has mystiAed most
behOlders. The pigmy figure of a half
body, with a head and arms and a section
shelf Of figure across the front, is placed ON
a hollow glass cylinder. At Heller's com
mand Psyche masters the most intricate
cubes and squares, the head and arms
moving from side to side, the latter select
ing figures and placing them to form 4
correct nSwer The theory was that the
arm and head were moved by electric
wires, but the glass support rendered that
impossible. 1t puzzled me Tor come time,
but / finally discOyered-ju.t how I'll not
say that it was worked by compressed
air circulating in the glass cylinder from
one Of the feet Of the pedestal. The assist
ant in the wing worked the supply tube by
a ball, n pres putting the arm to NOV
ing, two dropping II OF q figure, q third
picking it up, when il moved listlessly
until another double pressure dropped the
mineral in its place. The magician wore
q fash button, /. G., one Of the buttons on
the small Of the back of his dress coat,
which wa connected with apoSket battery
you have seen thoee electric flashing
scarfpins-and gave the cues Of the fig
ures, he being a lightning calculator.
Years ago ittook me three rights to discoy-
er his trick Of the sphinx, an Egyptian
head that rose out of the table after the re-
moyal Of q box, This iAhJe stood in the
center of the stage apparently clear under
meath, with one corner facing the audiences.
The head talked and was obviously alive,
but there was no possibility Of its being
connected with a body because the top OF
the table was not one and one-half inches
thick, and it was entirely clear under
meath. On the third night, having ex-
hausted all my theories, ! threw . putty
J ball from Q flower Icarried with me In the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
ILLUSTRATING HOW A 54-ToN CAN
NON IS CAST.

What VIII Happs0 to the Earth Some
Time; But After We Arc Dead. we
Hope-whAI Heat the aAI~tsa-ROstOn
Cannon e~o0nary.
Bostou u tbs pIacs where the large CANNON
ussd In the United States are cast A latS
pumber NJ The Scientific American contains
all Interesting illustrated sketch OF Som~ OF
tn. processes Of building great gnnS They
are cast within deep pits dug tnop tn" "SIth
aud wAIist with brick Melted iron IL rn"
into . mold nr Ilm,k Ia mak- the gun
Througb IN. ccut-r Of lh- mold runs . ~core.
which lee ~, th. hoIioS through the c4otaT ~
the gun
Fig 10 an lpIerInr view ~ tns large ord-
rAnrs foundry VhstS th. - ton GINS ara cast.
,bs grorud heGrg broken way 80 a. 10 sb"-
. sectinn OF the pit. which n plnced tn tho can
t-i o. the foundry 'n the right are tw" ~
too rsvsrhsrstory furnaces for melting the
iron for the casting and another 4eton turnac"
Is OF the left of the pit The combined caPaG-
iry of these monster furnaces Is l25 tons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
What Beat the Galatea.

The English appear to have learned more
from the defeat Of their yacht Galatea by the
Yankee Mayfower than the Americans did.
Sir Thomas BraSsey, the distinguished British
yachtsman, writes a letter to The London
Times explaining the failure. 1t was due, no
says, to tho form of the G0latea's hull. He
writes: Tho American sloop spreads 1900
feet Of canvas; the Galatea has a sail area Of
T,146 feet, while the ability Of the Galatea to
:arry sail is conspicuouSly inferior. The dis
placement is l57.63 tons, against the 10 tons
Of the Mayfower. The weight Of ballast is
$3.50 tons in the Galatea, and $500 tons i'll the
Mayflower.
"The reasons which nave led TO the introduc-
lion Of the present type of English racing
cutter aro not far to seek. Our models have
been designed under the baneful influence Of
on elaborate system Of time allowance based
upon tonnage, the measurement being deter
mined by the length and breadth without
reference TO depth. Tonnage has been kept
down by minimizing breadth, and the stabil-
ity formerly derived from n wholesome pro-
portion Of breadth to length has been supplied
by the less satisfactory expedient OF q heavy
weight Of ballast carried at an increased
depth below the center of ~buoyancy."
In every aspect Of shape he regards the
Mayflower as superior to the Galatea, but in
the matter of Staunch seaworthineSs and en-
durance he believes the Galatea better than
the Mayfower. Then he declares frankly:
Avoiding exaggerations on both sides, we
may build up on the solid keel of an English
cutter a hull not widely differing in form
from that OF the typical American sloop. 1t
can be done, and pride and prejudice should
not be suffered to bar the way TO improve
ment. The yachtsmen of a past generation,
led by Mr.. Weld, the owner of tho famous
Alarm, were not slow to learn a lesson from
their contests with the America. We may
improve our cutters as We formerly improved
our ~schooners, by adaptations, which need
not be servile limitations Of the fine sloops
our champion vessels have encountered on
the further shores Of the Atlantic.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
COMPULSORY BUYING.
Boston Tradesmen Try tho Mind Force.
Mesmcric Robbery.

Mesmcric Robbery.
Especial Correspondence
BOsToN, Oct. IS, -Metaphysical science and
practice Is no dreamy, impractical matter
here. Boston utilities these unseen forces in
nature for trade purposes. Boston would
utilize the angel Gabriel IL Gabriel proved
superior ability in selling shoes or Goldfish.
Since ~storekeepers work and have worked the
"mind racket" o their customers for years.
They make up their minds that the customer
shall not leave the store without making a
purchase. They show this thought strongly
on their clerks. They count it q shortcoming
in q clerk to allow q customer to leave the
counter without having made a sale.
The customer goes into this metaphysical
and commercial rat trap. She wonders at
the counter why she feels as II she must buy
something. She feels q force brought 10
bear on her which leaves her no choice In
the matter. She feels uncomfortable, wants
to leave, yet feels that she is making a great
deal Of trouble il she leaves without buying.
So she buys not what she wants but what the
salesman wants her to buy. Haven't you
been there yourself in many storcsi Would
you feel as you did before a salesman who in
mind would have left you good -naturedly TO
buy or not as you pleasedi
This is mesneric commercial robbery and
extortion. It is practiced all about us. You
place ten minds in a room, all resolved on the
one purpose Of making you buy, willy nilly
and when you go among them you will feel
the tyranny Of their unspoken thought as you
have felt and suffered by it many a time. You
stand before a good natured, easy going sales.
man who had rather you were suited than 10
buy Of him and not be suited, and you will
feel bis thought and feel at liberty to buy or
not as you choose,
There Is no need Of making any great mys,
travels from one mind to another. or to make
the idea more difficult TO catch on TO by a lot
Of high sounding names. It is q force, and
everybody uses it more or less.
PRENTICE MCLToRD.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
RhAt We Eat

HsrS Il - lss 81 ~Gst people, pIt into their
hadsr +long ~fb IH-ir food IL Is the tag
"hteh u'ieVing kTorer, rOnfSctioners ana
"ukman PM &C ths puhljcs life blood, IN T-
a~C that they may gss rich.
The MASSACHUSETTS, Ststs b0ard ~ health re-
pcrts that thsir rhvmiSt has found rhs follow
lug deliberations. Mix. sdultsrsted 10y tho
addition OF water and ~o.nrjng matter, and
by The ahstyactiou OF the cream: spices, addi-
bnn Of starch and sther foreign powders;
cream Of tartar, substitution oS starch, gyp-
sum, and other cheaper substances; baking
powders, alum, honey, substitution Of cane
sugar and glucose; molaSSes, addition Of glu-
eoss and presence y tin; maple sugar and
syrup. presence Of glucose. confectionery,
terra alba. poisonous c~oloring matter, fusel
oil and arsenicA wrappers; canned fruits,
vegetables and meats, presence Of metallic
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
GIRLS MANTLE.

It is o pretty, graceful little cloak. Set q
plated position into the bottom of the back
made Of a piece six inches deep and twenty,
six inches wide.
Face the front edges four inches deep with
surah. Turn up the under part, which
forms the sling, and sew it 10 the mantle
Basic on the upper part, and finish the neck
with the collar. Provide the front with but
tons and button holes, and set q belt ribbon
into the back at the waist line. Tack the
cape to the back at the waist line, as shown
In the illustration. ''''
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
October In tho south.

About the 25th Of the month O killing
frost usually occurs, and it Is well to have
everything ready for it-pea vines, forage,
hay, etc, gathered and housed. Ground peas
should also be gathered by that time, that the
tons NAV be cured as forage, and the gather
ing OF the nuts facilitated. After killing
frost, the nuts quickly lose their hold on the
vines. and are left in the ground when the
latter arc pulled up. Sorghum cut and
slowed away under shelter, will keep green
and sweet for a long time, Proionging the
period Of green feed well up 70 Christmas
Stalks, leaves and heads cut up together, we
find to be a most excellent feed for cattls.
Our people. generally, have not learned yet
70 appreciate its value as stock feed. we
thinkit superior to Milo Marie or any other
of that class. The amber cane Is the best
variety for this purpose.
Tho sweet potato vine is another good feed,
liable now to be ruined by frost As 1t Is al
most impossible to cure them, they may be
either grazed or pulled or and fed Little
5amaga TO the potato will accrue IL this u
done after the middle OF October. Every
thing should DO in readiness also for digging
the potatoes After the weather gets cool and
yeretation ceases active growth, the digging
NAV take place at any time when the soh
dry Where the vines are not fed OF Vo Stock
the usual practice is to pull them out q me
way with a plow. This gathers the vines u
heaps at the end Of the rows and dspriysS ths
land OF their fsrtilizing properties. Il would
be bsttsr to have a turn plow with sharp, 70
volying coulter, and u it on each side OF .
row 50 as TO cut of the vines and bury them
in the mtddles Then with q plow called =
potato digger such as is used By northern
farmers for digging Irish potatoes, the tubers
might be lifted out Of the ground Sith great
rapidity and without being cut and bruised.
Dig in dry weather after tho plant has ceased
growing rapidly; put in bills Of thirty to forty
bushels; keep dry wrap With pine ssra" and
eornstalks six TO eight inches thick, and cover
With dirt, increasing the thickness OF the lat
ter IS the weather gets colder. until it Is OnA
foot thick. AZ first leave an air hole AZ top
Of hill, say for -four or five weeks then stop it
up with dirt and cut OF ali communication
With outside air. A shelter over the hti Il
. prefers able, though not indispensable, II enoogh
dirt Is put upon the hill and it Is we'll sloVed
- as 70 shed water nspidly.-W. L JCpsa 10
Southern CnltiVator.
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direction of the table, and fpdir,.
lodged in the air I soon discovery sa;
table had a looking-glass between laat I
the magician being careful nsr seh !
caughtip the reflection and that ~ ss
no reflection of the surrOundiDa ae' !,
same way a little investigates !,
proves that the naturalization ~ AVN
ual seance Is the medium impe,sspet.
because whenever l scatter tack. GaSs
the floor spirits can't stand tia, al "
medium is always lame wban .adG
emerges from the cabinet. e@s
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24
FARM N GARDEN.
DIRECTIONS FOR LAYING OFF A
HALF MILE TRACK.

Cure Rennet and Make Your Own Cheese.
October in the SOuth-Doubls PioW-Is
City MIX Better than Country MKT
Race Track.
A valued contributor sends the following
directions for laying of the half mile regula-
ton race track, 50 much The fashion at
country fair grounds:
To Law off this track drive two stakes COO
feet Apart in a direction 20 get the best sur
face With each stake as its Scnter, make .
circle the diameter Of which shah Be S52 fess
s inches From tho circumference Of ons ls
straight lines De made to the other, which
viii be COO feet long. This will be the inner
circle. The outer one should DO Is feet from
this for private, and So feet Tor public track