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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
A Mothers Device.

A singular occurrence Is discussed q
great dea in Rome just now. The son OF
the mil lonaire Bellar, living there, In
tended to travel around the world. The
young mans mother was very much
troubled about her only child leaving her,
and tried TO secure n safe travelling com
panion for him. Advertisements appeared
during several days in all the principal
papers, inviting young men who wished
to accept such a position to call at the
house. or the numberless candidates
three were taken into consideration, and
they were invited to dinner, under the
pretext Of discussing the final arrange
ments.
When they had passed a merry time over
dinner, and the dessert was served, the
lady Of the house then suddenly threw
herself on her knees before her husband,
crying out: II am q miserable wretch.
Despair has made me q murderess. The
pine apple cream is poisoned. You have
all to die" One Of the young men began
TO lament his sad fate, the second n re-
manned sitting on his chair, like one
turned to stone with fright, and the third
one ran to the door, calling ont: There Is
an antidote for every poison. I VIII run
TO the doctor" The signora stopped him
On the threshold, saying: The story IL
vented see you have presence OF mind.
You shall accompany my dear child.-For-
eign Letter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Grants Constitutional Reticence.

Grants constitutional reticence must
be kept in mind by those who wish to ap-
r~reciate his character. Because he did
not speak was no reason to suppose he
did not think or feel. 1t seemed to him
immodest to uncloak himself to the world,
or even entirely to his most intimate
friend. He could not, If he would, ex-
pose his opinions and sentiments to every
one he met. He was indignant at those
who sought to penetrate further than he
chose to allow, and kept back something
from them who got closest. He had Sc
crets Of business from one friend, Of poll
tics from another, of feeling from many;
and no one knew all. ! found out traits
in his character in the last months Of his
life that had not suspected before, and
| doubt not that he had emotions and be-
liefs which he died without revealing to
his wife or children. Yet no man ever
loved wife or children more than he
Adam Badeau's Letter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
CASTING Check. nj Hotels.

The fact that a young Englishman,
calling himself Savers, cheated the Fifth
Avenue hotel out of n sum Of money by
having his check cashed, has caused a
ripple of excitement among the hotel
cashiers. The cashier ut a big hotel up
town said to n reporter the other day that
it was almost impossible to follow the
sign frequently hung out to warn guests:
mo Checks Cashed."
I'd He added: 1--WE have to take our chances
and cash checks, or else lose a great many
good customers. We generally try to find
put some way about a guest before he
comes to settle, so as to know what to do
in case a check is given. There are some
men who always pay their hotel bills by
giving checks. Now, II we refused to cash
their checks they would never stop at our
hotel again. Frequently 1t Is a species Of
gross vanity on the part OF some men to
give ~checks-as a rule they are not SO
wealthy, but have q little bank account
and a new check book. 1t appears quite
%millionairy TO them to flip out a check book
and draw a check for 800 or 500 and have
it cashed. 1t is not the way OF a great
many wealthy men. They carry change
enough to settle hotel bils."-New York
Mail and Express.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Malaria and the Eucalyptus,

The Punishment OF malaria from the
Roman campagna by means Of the euca-
lyptus tree has been so often announced
as a fact, that it may DO a surprise TO
many people to learn that, according to
the recent demonstration of n scientific
commission, whatever improvement has
been effected in the sanitary conditions Of
Italy in this particular is the result sim
ply Of drainage and exposure Of the humid
soil to the direct rays Of the sun, through
the cutting away of forests. There is alb
solutely no proof that the eucalyptus trees
deserve any credit at all. 1t is indeed af-
firmed, on the authority Of Professor Lev
ersidge Of the university Of Sydney that
there are in Australia large forests Of
eucalyptus in which malaria is very prev
alent. Foreign Letter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
s~cIatica Cured by Manage.

Professor Max Schiller, Of Berlin, Is
convinced Of he superiority Of messages
over other measures employed In the
treatment Of sciatica, and relates his ex-
perience Of fifteen cases-all IN males, and
except In one or two instances (which
were rheumatic) due 10 exposure TO cold.
Most of the cases were dealt with from
the first by massage: but In q few In
stances, electricity, vapor baths, etc, had
been fruitle-sly employed prior 70 coming
under his care.
The modus operandi IL as follows: The
patient lies on the unaffected side, with
knees and hips slightly fiexed. The course
of the sciatic nerve II rubbed from below
upward, partly with both thumbs, partly
with the ball Of the little finger or thumb;
sometimes struck with tho closed fist,
sometimes the muscular mass over the
nerve pressed and kneaded with both
hands. The pain evoked by these manip-
ulations soon passes away, and after q
short time becomes less and less at eack
sitting. The neuralgia pains very soon
abate, diminishing after q severe and
painful massage, then recurring with less
severity, and gradually disappearing en-
tirely. The power Of walking improves
after each sitting The Lancet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Monuments That Grow Anew.

"Did you ever notice that little plat
there'" remarked a railroader ut the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago cross
ing on Penn avenue the other day, as he
pointed to a small enclosure Of ground of
about twelve by fifteen feet, surrounded
by a high fence which guards the little
corner from desecrating hands.
"Can't say that have" remarked the
pencil shower.
well" said the railroader with a smile,
there is a rather pretty story connected
with 1t, and I've often wondered how lit
tie is ever thought OF it by passers by"
"Why, what is It," asked the reporter,
expecting to chronicle some dark deed
or at least unravel q pretty romance.
well, young man. said the gate-man,
you may be dissppointsd-it's only de-
voted to five lonely hills Of corn, which,
as long as l can remember, have grown
there, and every autumn the corr Is
plucked and given to the widows and
children of two deceased railroad men
who had met their death in the employ Of
the company.
The corr plat is right on Penn avenue,
and the five tall, green stalks are notable
for their striking contrast to the black
and dingy look of freight cars and watch
houses all around it. A peculiar place to
grow corn, surelyl-Pittsburg CONNER
cial Gazette,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
At the Average Summer Hotel.

Table d'hote at the average summer
hotel is = most unpalatable and unsatis-
factory meal, the progress Of which is
marked by rattle and ~clatter, turmoil
and confusion and promiscuous hurley
hurley distracting to people who are the
least inclined to be nervous. Everything
is Ions in a hurry and without regard to
the commonest rules Of etiquette. You
may be partaking Of your soup, your ell
bow neighbor pudding and your vis-a-vis
watermelon. Soiled and partially con-
sumed dishes and food accumulate around
and about, everything ordered is served
simultaneously, you are urged to hurry,
and the whole scene is conducive to losso Of
appetite and disgust. The food is badly
cooked, slovenly served and not always
above suspicion as to quality and fresh
ness, and foreigners have good reason to
ridicule in their most satirical vein the
summer hotel table d'hote-New York
Mail and EXTeS5,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
ORIGIN nf slantinr Roof.

To find the source from which the Eu-
ropean nations have derived the art OF
building in stone, we must look to the
land Of the Pharaohs. From Egypt the
craft passed to Greece, and from the
Greeks it was taken up by the Romans, to
be by them disseminated through the
north and west of Europe in the process
Of colonization. The similarity, in re-
gard to the constructive parts Of the an
cient Greek buildings to some OF those
found in Egypt OF older date, affords
strong confirmation of the tradition that
the Greeks borrowed the art from the
Egyptians. The Greeks, however, in
adopting it, added a new feature, the
pediment, and the reason for this addi-
ton Is easy to find. Egypt is practically
r~ainless. All the protection from the
climate required in a palace or temple in
such a country is shelter from the III by
day and from the cold by night and for
this n fiat roof, supported by walls, or
pillars with arcitrayes, is quite sufficient;
but when, as in all European countries,
rain has to be taken into account, q slant
ing roof becomes a necessity.
The Greeks, with their eye for SYM
metry, provided for this by forming the
roof with a central ridge, at an obtuse
angle, from which it sloped down equally
on either side. The triangular space thus
formed at the end of the building, above
the architraye, vas occupied by the pedi-
ment, and this part Of the facade, which
owed its birth to the e~Xigencies OF eli
mate, was thenceforth regarded as so es-
sential to the artistic completeness of the
work that it was said that if a temple
were to be erected in the celestial regions,
where rain would not be possible, the ped
ment could not be omitted. Popular
Science Monthly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
oyre of Cremation In France.

The Parisians will soon be able to burn
their dead In four crematory furnaces,
which have Just been finished at Pere-la-
Chaise. These furnaces were begun last
November, and have been hurried on to
completion, so that by the end of August
at latest those who in dying express the
wish to be cremated can be there reduced
to ashes.
There will be no first second, and third
class cremations. Poor and rich will be
on a footing Of absolute equality. The
price charged to those who can afford
to pay for the burning Of a corpse will be
Is francs
The furnaces were constructed on plans
by Nm. Barrett and Formice. A large
portico is in front of a dome beneath which
are placed the crematOry furnaces. They
have the appearance of very elegant ovens.
Three hundred and fifty thousand francs
the price they cost. They are accord
ing to the Corini system in use in Rome
and Milan. It was found that the heat OF
the Siemens furnaces was too intense. In
stead Of reducing the corpse to ashes IL
subjected it to o kind Of v~itrihcatlon.
The cost, too, would be 200 francs, instead
of Is francs to cremate with q SiemenS
furnace.
The unclaimed bodies at the hospital,
which are not used for anatomical pur-
poses viii be taken to the erematory at
Pere-la- Chaise. S~culptors, goldsmiths,
and bronze casters are already busy de-
signing urns, of which an assortment IN
marble, bronze, gold, silver, zinc, or lead
win be kept at an office OF the crematory.
The relatives Of the cremated dead a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Restoring Color to Fabrics.

The restoration of color to fabrics which
from one cause or another have deterior-
ated in this respect has suggested vari-
Gus chemical applications and processes. 1t
has been customary to apply ammonia for
the purpose of neutralizing acids that
have accidentally or otherwise destroyed
the color of the stuffs, this being neces-
sarily applied Immediately, or the color is
usually imperfectly restored. An appli-
cation of chloroform has the effect OF
bringing out the colors as bright as ever.
Plush goods, and all articles dyed with
aniline ~colors, faded from exposure to
light, resume their original brightness of
appearance after being sponged with
chloroform; the commercial chloroform,
which is less costly than the purified, an
swers well for this purpose.-New York
Snn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
LINCOLN AND SUMNER.
A Story That Illustrates a Quality Of the
War Presidents Character.

A Story That Illustrates a Quality Of the
War Presidents Character.
A we'll known ex-member of the cabinet
tells some interesting "reminiscences Of
Senator Sumner. A few days before Lin
coins second inauguration Sumner called
at the White House and told him that he
was determined to defeat, in the senate,
his fayorite measure regarding Louis
lana, because it would involve q vicious
principle, which would be quoted as a
precedent when any large scheme Of
reconstruction might be brought for
ward.
Lincoln blandly listened to the senator's
remonstrance and replied: "Mr. Sumner,
/ am not convinced by your arguments,
and as to your threats Of defeating the
bill. l can tell you it is impossible, for l
know q clear majority Of the senate is in
its favor"
"But l tell you, MI. President" an
swered Sumner, "it shall and will be de-
feated.
"Try it," was the quiet response.
Sumner did try it. He appeared on the
last night of that session of congress with
a small law library, partly on his desk,
and partly piled upon each side of 1t. h
bill was introduced, and it was supposed
1t would be Immediately passed. Sum-
ner, however, had the floor, and began to
speak. After he had spoken an hour or
two, it occurred to Senator Wade, OF
Ohio, to ask Sumner, as the session OF
congress would oon expire, and as there
was much necessary business still re-
manning to be done, how long the senator
from Massachusetts intended to occupy
the attention of the senate. Sumner re
piled that his speech must be Of unusual
length, and that he would not promise
that it would come to a close before the
legal session Of congress came to an end.
Wade, who had in his charge what was in
effect Lincoln's bill, vas on this an
nouncement compelled to abandon it.
Sumner thus managed to have the whole
great subject Of reconstruction postponed
to the period when it could he discussed
in all it larger relations to the welfare OF
both sections Of the country. 1t is very
likely that this incident, as Sumner told
it, may be inaccurate in some details II
so, the fault is in the memory Of the lis
tener, moi in his long narrative. But his
object in telling it was to illustrate q
beautiful quality of Lincoln's character.
Il thought" he said, that the president
would consider my opposition a personal
affront. Instead Of that you may Judge
of my surprise when he sent me a note on
the next day, asking me to accompany
Mrs. Lincoln in his carriage to the cere-
monies of the inauguration, and also to
accompany him to the ball in the evening.
As to the ball you may imagine the kind
of wonder that was excited, when, with
Mrs. Lincoln on my arm, l made Ey way
through the throng of ladies and gentle
men present, and placed her in her Sc
lected seat, The thing was nothing in
itself, but still l thought it read a lesson
to shrewd politicians, when they had to
undertake the task of pleasing such q
man as President Lincoln. st Louis
Hhroninla
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Eccentric Wills.

John Stuart Mill held that eccentric
wills should be held sacred, and the
wishes Of those who made them carried
out. He instances the case of a man who
left a large fortune for the care Of
wounded birds. The will was set aside;
but, as Mill pointed ont, the treatment Of
the diseases Of birds, might have thrown
valuable light upon the pathology Of the
animal economy, especially of birds. \
Russian bachelor has just died who be-
queathed his property to his nephew on
three conditions. Before he inherits he
must give his word of honor that he will
never use tobacco or play cards, and that
within six months after the probate OF
the willing he would marry. The nephew
was will to comply with the first two re-
quirements, but gave up his title to the
property rather than cumber himself
with q 1 Ga-Damorest's Monthly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
A Dentist to Royalty.

GDr. Evans" said my friend, makes,
perhaps, 10000 a year from his practice.
He is in demand at all the courts OF Eu-
and Queen Victoria Is very fond OF
him. l was visiting with him once when
he had a letter from the king Of Greece,
who wanted him to come and fix his teeth
for him. He told me that he could not
90, as the expense of travelling so far
would eat up the profits. He said in go
ing from court to court as a sort OF timer
ant kings dentist, he only made tours
when he could lay them out 50 as TO bring
a number Of courts in n trip. This
practice paid very well, for, in addition
to the immense fee which DR.. Evans
charged, he was given presents OF dta-
monds and other things Of great value.
Among his presents were diamond stud
ded snuff boxes, fine rings, diamond pins,
and furs which were almost worth their
weight in gold His house in Paris Is
filled with beautiful souvenirs, and he
has presents from all the kings from the
ear of Russia down to the prince OF some
petty dukedom."
don't suppose any American has ever
stood so close to European throne as
DR.. Evans did to that Of Louis Napoleon.
He came daily al 8 o'clock to the emperor
and chatted with him while he wa dress
ing. Be then went to the dressing-room
of Eugene and talked English with the
empress. Evans was a good gossip and
retailed the talk Of the court TO Napo-
Icons wife. He was as good a friend OF
hers as she was Of his, for he saved her
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
DREAMING.
"A slank Last nirht

I dreamed as I slept last night
And because the wild wind blew;
And because the plash OF the angry rain
Fell hs4vily on the window pane,
l heard in my dream the sob Of the main
On the seaboard that i knew.
/ dreamed as I slept last night. b,
And because the oaks outside
Swayed and groaned to the rushing blast
/ heard the crash of the stricken mast,
And the wailing shrek as the gale swept
past,
And cordage and sail replied
/ dreamed as I slept last night
And because my heart was there,
/ saw where the stars shone large and
bright
And the heather budded upon the hight,
With the Cross above IL standing white;
Ny dream was very fair.
1 dreamed as / slept last night
And because OF its charm for me,
The inland voices had power to tell
OF the sights and the sounds I love so
well
And they wrapt my fancy in the spell,
WOve only by the sea.
All the Year Round.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Forty Years Ago.
There was time to live.
Me- ,lnn+ yat q, THAR hadS

1utI6 WIS tluc W live.
Men slept yet In their beds
The epoch of haste had not come.
The saddle was the emblem Of speed.
Drawn and brains went hand in hand.
A days journey was a serious matter.
Wewere still a nation Of handworkera
The highways Were dusty and popoloua.
No house contained O sewing machine.
The c~anvascovered wagon was the ark
Of trade.
The turnpike was still the great art
cry of trade.
There was not a mower or harvester In
existence.
The land was lighted with candles after
nightfall.
Butter was unmafketable 100 miles
from the dairy.
The steam saw-mil had just begun to
devour the forest.
The lord Of 1000 acres sat with his har-
vesters at dinner.
The day began with the dawn and not
with the trains arrival.
The spinningwheel and shuttle sounded
in every farmers house.
He who counted his possessions by the
square mile kept open house for the way
farer.
The telegraph had begun in Washing
ton and ended in New York twelve
months before.
The rich were lavish in an abundance
which was not yet coveted by the keen
eye Of commerce.
From east to west was the pilgrimage Of
a life; from north to south was q voyage
of discovery. Port Deposit (Md.) Call
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
A Craze for Russian Novels.

In a literary way Boston Is giving itself
over to the reading of Russian novels.
The two translations of Tchernychew-
sky's great Russian romano under the
the titles, respectively, OF ~The Vital
Question" and What's To Be Done'' indi-
cate a new current of interest in Russian
literature and the growing sympathy
with its problems OF life. "The Vital
Question has for q leading motive the
purpose to JUS the Russian people to
the need OF social progress through social
freedom. One element in this movement
is the advancement Of woman, and this
theme is incidentally introduced in the
Russian novels from a different stand
point from that on which it is viewed in
this country. The problems Of love and
marriage are presented in q vivid and
intense manner impossible to American
fiction, yet perhaps they are not exagger-
sted pictures Of American life.
1t Is this element in Russian romance
which Is taking the popular hold in this
country. We read in it that which we
would neither dare read, nor ever dare
write, in our own country, and II there is
traditional wisdom in the multitude Of
cOunselOrs, so in q multitude Of transla-
tors we are apt to get, among them all,
most Of the glaring intensity Of the orig
inal. The demand for these Russian
stories has but just fairly begun; but it is
a literary movement more widespread,
more intense, than anything this coun-
try has probably seen within the past
quarter Of a century. The publishers and
translators who are recognizing this de-
mand and supplying it have grasped a
remarkable field for success. There is a
very wide popular response in America
to the problems treated in Russian flc-
ton, and no line of literature will be so
extensively sought and deeply read
Lillian Writings Boston Letter,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Canadian women and Mon.

Americans have an idea that Canadian
women are large limbed, and proudly
substantiate their belief by alluding 10
the poor creatures feet. This Is only q
prejudice which has grown because
Canadian women will not fiirt. This Is
bold assertion to make, but my knowledge
is founded on several years acquaintance
with them. By flirting I mean those arts
practiced by a New York girl when she Is
full of mischief or is DESTROYS OF forming
the acquaintance OF some young a
Canadian girls will raise their eyes, n
look at you in a melting, heartbroken
way, but the lids cover the orbs again SO
quickly that it takes a mighty conceiteo
or a mighty bright man to discover
whether she is thinking about him or
about her dead grandmother. The girls
dress ~hideously. it is true, and their shoes
are neither nea nor small, so that when
you see a girl who looks pretty you feel as
though you would like to dress her In
good taste and then go with her to the
opera on a first night.-Cor. New YORK
Mail and Express.