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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Cement Floors.

I'm regard to cement floors for stables. we
have one that has been in use seven or eight
years, and it IS in good shape yet and with
but little wear, and about three years ago we
put IN another in a new barn and that re-
mains good / a reference to their use
Tor COWS. l have never used them for horses.
The way we a ours is as follows: We first
ound a wall OF common mortar and stone
aengthwiSe Of the stable and even with the
mont sud OF the Manager, and within two
inches as high as we want the floor when
completed Then we measure back from the
front side Of the Manager the width Of the
manger and platform for the COWS to stand
on. Then We stretch q line through and set a
row of Tagging stone by this line to form the
drop or m2nure gutter. These stones should
be from one and a half to two or three inches
thick and from ten inches upward in width.
Set them up edgewiSe and as high as the floor
Is wanted, then pave in between the tagging
and the wall first built with common field
stones and sand or loan, using q straight
edge from the wall to the flags, and notch out
two inches from the end that is used on the
hags to prevent the paving stones from COM
ing widths two inches of the top Of the flags
so as to have that thickness for tho cement.
Aheh pave TIE strip through DellnQ the cows,
making the drop Of the desired depth. We
do not a a gutter, but leave a strip about
four feet wide behind the COWS for the ma
nure n a walk back of that.
Care should be taken in paving to have
the stones all set down level-nOt to have
points projecting up, to make thin places in
the cement. After paving, make a thin
groutins, using four parts of sharp sand and
one Of good water lime cement. Mix it well
in n box and turn it all over the floor, letting
it run n fill all c~reyiceS. Then make your
mortar by using three parts sand to one of
cement, and spread it on about two inches
thick oven with the top Of the tagging where
the COWS stand.
This should DO done in warm weather, so
that tho cement will harden quickly. Tho
floor should not be used until it is thoroughly
dry and hard. The benefits Of q cement floor
are: 1t docs not rot out, and it retains all the
liquid manure which can be saved by using
Some absorbentS, and there is no harbor un-
derneath for rats and mice. 1t is very dura-
BILE, and not very expensive when farmers do
the work themselves. There is nothing about
lie that cannot bedOne by any ordinary farm
er."-Husbandman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

UPPER FLOOR

$500 ~
tart OF: the upper story a DO finished
G ,s tenement rooms If desired As the
~ n..lveI 1T tho door, seen to the left
-.- Liz Is sent upstairs On the elevator and
! .lr-l through tho cream receiver into
-s .n-am tewperinE watts below. Here the
"-l- kept at ~ degrees, and frequently
NEF'oa leo ~ tie air and get it thoroughly
"".7L Id'rryam is drawn through troughs
~l Zoe Davis swing churnS. The outfit
">S S1'5 and is Us follows: One G-horSe
f'.r engine AMI boiler, two OO-gallOn ream
~.--N- EG,S, two No. 9Swing churns, eight
.-,a"'a crea,a gathering cans, n butter
S~.- scale, two dairy pals, two thermome-
Naoar gallon dip?er, two butter ladies',
Sc. aUgiGs foot lever printer, six
butter carriers, u No. 1 improved
n butter worker, shafting and pulleys
~ patron Is also supplied with a creamer,
'1@l iLr cream Is all raised under like con-
--LA AguOi idea Of the building is given
J. which shows tho front elevation.
...." door opens into the Office; tho
~-er ipor is whore the cream is received
~.o-,'"r taken ont. The pump is to the
1s'aaI rs,egn Teams can back up to it
'~''' o." milk pumped into barrels. The
1 building Is the IcchOuSa.
JTae persons connected with the
nNr.vc regular pay: The butter
g." Ior month; cream gatherer, who
--.S hN uwu team, $3.50 per day; and
sanitary and treasurer, who for the
-''' S'm Of SG25 per month keeps all the
AL Is an interested and efficient gen
@o~S,srt.
factory takes the milk from $50 cows
n ~' -ralually increasing the number.
'-a.~ Is raa ed in CrCamers at the farm
- t-s &.liS : strained into cans rs
N"@N2 'rom tho UddSr, tho Y II
W. tue can submerged at once in the
".Aln TIE cresIner. mo garnerer
st'", puts It in q spaced can and sets
ann his accounts Then ell the skim
"'' AZ home to be fed To the pigs and
Vie US Of the creamcr system and send
O.! The cream to DO churned, u fourth
n, arm "lfes labor Is saved. More Is
O. 'Ie COWS all around than under h
a, Much more indeed. The butter
uga'eIed and sold from the creamery
g-a. :, OF AGENT a gallon, or il a be
M a'pt at home end hogs fattenedOniE
TN :. Tue butter comes into its granular
d. 'uttermllk is run OFF into the drain
Geero. 'eIn. Through a hose attached TO
Gg'% tank, brine is let into the churns
III outer b thoroughly washed There
a Cut little lifting from beginning to
Ga ~ all done by gravity so far rs pos
ven well rinSed the butter is rams
asaa ~ The worker. This is q roller instead
&snaef worker 81 commonly used 1t
IN osar the grain, and makes the butter
Aa aer being thoroughly worked, the
Ss,fn In trays for several hours and
u 5e"orked, getting out all tho butter
aaJ water that can possibly be ex-
Ssrt 4hls twice working IS considered
q .en the superior frmness and stay
snai,s eplng qualities Of the butter are to
n'or IS used, though surely It would
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
SPHINX KNOTS.
Accommodation for this department should
be addressedtoE R. CHADBoURS, Lewistown, Ne.

No. 1884 Power of the Ages.
am the u Of many tears,
Mo- always tears Of sorrow,
Twice elder than three thousand years,
shall be here tomorrow.
l I'm q power to WELD the mass
Ofmen in every station;
But then for good this power, alas!
Has proved of short duration
The end we struggle TO obtain
By argument and reason,
A word from me will often gain
Fit be spoke in reason.
lam a power by man acquired
To influence his bearing;
Men often are by me inspired
To deeds Of desperate daring.
You may your eyes upon me cast
Where l am least expected,
For such discoveries in the past
Have often been effected.
1t was in me that Moses failed,
Ofme he was quite barren;
The need which Moses so bewailsd
Was furnished him in Aaron.
l am a powerful weapon, used
By good and bad alike;
I'm sometimes Shamefully abused
When in bad cause l strike.
i once was said 10 be undone;
Ii was the work of Mars,
when tyranny eclipsed the sun
And blOtted out the stars"
In 0lden time, in sunny Greece,
l built d palace fine;
hoped that there | might increase,
And on ali nations shine.
But war and ruin wrought a change,
And all my hopes were rain;
Since then in lands of language strange
| must p~crforce remain.
II you this wand'rer can persuade
n make Of him u friend,
To you he may in time be made
Some of his power 10 lend.
II . U,pcrp
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Different kinds Of peas will not mix:

Different klnUSO OF peas VIII HOO IAIA
Fall blowing invariably makes better corn
crops.
Tho Crescent is the most popular straw
berry in the south.
Always gather your own tomato seeds Sc
lecting the earliest and smootheSt specimens
from the variety which You may prefer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
III. ronIr. of rn-Dnr.

That Venice Of the Poets and this Ven
ice men toned "a follows in Ihe London
Times seem different cities: The nlthy
corners of Venice are as foul as OF
in some cases filthy beyond endurance.
Decayed fruit Is sold t be eaten by a pop
ulatisn deprived Of its ordinary resources
The wells are still used by the majority
Of the population, for the Brenta aque'
dunct water is sold by the foot and Is very
5ssr B-EXchanQa.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
FOLKS WHO ARE ToUCHY.
Supersensitive Persons and How They Get
Worked Up To the Pitch Of Woe.
I-nI-n nnnI.

"oThtu Up 10 lt tltCuOl WOO.
London Standard.
There was much kindly wisdom in Sir
Walter SCOTS advice to his daughters to
beware of proneness to take ~ well as "a
gire, Oflense. Touchy folks are trying
companions. Oversensitiveness this is the
charitable description of n disposition TO be
offended at ~tritis) is, perhaps, rather
mopern than an ancient Weakness; though
history presents a iair list people who art
rs ialllble III this respect rs any of theiI
later descendants. Could anyiouChiness
exceptthat of Robert, Duke of Normandy!
According TO AOlinshcd, the King, trying
on 4 new cloak, with "a hood, and finding
1t too tight for him, directed that the gar
ment should be taken TO his brother (th,
Duke who was a smaller man. \ light
rent, however, had been made in the gar
ment, and the Duke perceiyingit and hear,
ing that the cloak had been tried on by
the King, Indignantly exclaimed: Now
perceive that | have liyed;too long, since my
brother clothes me like an almsman i'll his
east rent garments and refusing all food
starved himself TO death. ToLchy must
have have been the medieval German
Baron who directed that his body should
be buried upright i'll a pillar that no base
person should walk over his stomach,
Still, Instances like these were rather the
exception than the rule in days of yore.
There is a story of n Scotch minister,
preaching against the evils of ialsehood
being interrupted by the parish idiot, who
exclaimed in an aggrieved tone: IL dinna
see why We suld be SIZE hard on HE, Nj.
I'm sure there's mair liars IN the parish
than me- The worthy divine had intend,
cd no personal allusion, but the idiot he
lOnged TO the ranks of the tOuchy ones
What social agonies arc often undergone
by hosts and hostesses i'll shielding Il
touchy guest from the attacks of a good
natured but hopeless blunderer. They
know too we'll how the former Is appropri'
ating ~ studied insults all the airy re-
marks which the blunderer il making in
happy ignorance of the feelings Of his lis,
tencrs. For the blunderer is the exact
opposite of the touchy person; the latter is
too sensitive, the former too obtuse. The
touchy one reads hidden meanings where
none are lHlcllucu tHc DluluCItI ~ uC'u
and blind 10 the plainest hints.
Few people possess the kindly sense OF
the French able mentioned in the memoirs
of Madame Nigee de Brun, the celebrated
portrait painter of the last century. This
gentleman was, unfortunately, greatly
dcformed, and, playing at cards with him,
Madame de Brun was ~ struck by HE
strange figure that she inapyertently
hummcd Il few bars of a tune called THE
~liunchback." Immediately recollccting
hcr-cIfshe stopped in confusion whercupon
the able turned to her with a kindly
smile, "My dear madame, continue your
tune. assure you that it does not offend
me in the least; the association is so pater-
nal one that / believe it would have oc-
CURED to me in your place"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Few Henu nrinLnH-

1t seems that there are some heavy
drinkers in Philadelphia. The Times OF
that city says that one Philadelphia hotel
has six customers who drink over sixty
five WHISTLES a day each Another hotel
has two customers who imhibe regularly
eight quarts Of champagne a day, ten or
twelve who take over twenty whistles a
day, eight or nine who guzzle forty glasses
Of beer after 5 o'clock each day, and one
customer who regularly drin ks two bot
ties Of coguac a day.-ExchanSe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
How We Came To BE '.Gringoes.'

A correspondent in Mexico explains why
Mexicans call the American q 'Gringo."
She says that when the American army
invaded Mexico q f~ayorite song in the
camps was Burns Green Grow the Rashes,
o." The Mexicans heard it repeated over
and over. and finally began TO call the
Americans by the first two words, which
they pronounced grin CO." Henes
''Gringo."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

On the left a hat of black English straw,
with q band Of jet galloon encircling the
crown, and black ostrich plumes set against
a full bow of dusky red faille ribbon which
ornaments the left side.
On the right n hat of dark blue velvet, the
frame covered very smoothly, and the trim
ming consisting Of a large bow of dusky red
failie ribbon lined with blue velvet and a
cluster Of blue ostrich tips.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
A Man Who Set Fire to Himself.
PuriI Soi.

A workman q years Of age has Just at
tempted TO commit suicide under eKtraOr
didary circumstances. He bound his leg,
together with q rope, and having covered
his body with mineral oil set fire 10 him
self. The other tenants Of the house ap
pear to have noticed what was going on
and raised an alarm. The man was ROLLED
in blankets which extinguished the fame:
but when admitted TO the hospital his cas-
eemed hope less.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
A Card.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and intersections Of youth, nervous weak,
ness, early decay, loss OF manhood, etc, !
will send you q receipt that will cure you
free of charge. This great remedy was
discovered by a missionary in a
America. Send a selfaddressed envelope
to the Rev. Joseph T. Inman, Station ID.
New York City.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
An Awful Possibility.
Hooia Lk.

BABY-A-bwa, a-bwa, a-bwa
MOrHEB-Boire, boire; what can Charles
Augustus mean?
FATHER-He's going to be a toper,
Angelina. Boise Is French for drink.
MOTHER (anxiously)-oh, wouldn't il
be dreadful If Charles should turn out TO
be a French baby, and we couldn't under
stand n word he said.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

I'VE have the princess Of Wales staying
at the AIlee-Saal," says q Laugen Schwal
bach correspondent ~She looks very
pretty and very young still. A German
friend of mine, who had never seen her
before, as o as she caught sight OF the
royal group walking together in the gar
deps by the band, made the usual remark
younger than her daughtera' London
Wnrld
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
GROUND PLAN.

Ls..a there Is no plasterinS to absorb
&c.,, olorS, etc, but the brick work IL
s-s.. thoroughly whitewaShed The floor
q; us tacman, or frSt-story consists Of
.->o m rlgc firmly pressed into tho dry
81 then thoroughly cemeuted, and finished
2 g:l d generous coating Of Portland
1-=a- Tie floor has = decided slant for
Tr. aai 10 the various cutters for convey
T., .4a waste 20 tho sewer, which enters
t-.lr into ch" running brook. As the floor
i n,g-viuus o. water al contamination
@-, I'll, ~rarc, Is reduced to the minimum
II rH,s are tightly shcathed with pine,
>-nsei So as % b' i~mpcrviOus to moisture
a, Tie sink and steam jet for washing
a-,sI ta- boiler room, so that the steam
gIr.gr from this work cannot get into the
l1-.at-rIu5 room. Every possible safe
Cln. Is thus taken against contamination
i01Iay source whatever, a most important
ll-e- ami one that is often overlooked.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Chicago by Ga,-light and Electric Clean
Chicago letter III he CJariT,J Journal.

On every block there is from II u
three saloons, and they range from tn,
gorgeous palace with its plate-glass mirror
magnificent paintings and velvet carpets
beer ten cents-tO the dirty little groggery
in the shadow Of the courthouse, where
schOOners are three cents, and you get "a
glass of Kentucky whisky and u business
mans dinner for i've cents" As a true
sightsecr and a K~entuckian, | looked at tn,
lunch and smelled the alleged whisky
then retired with precipitancy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Gro, Of widows and schooImarms.

A Cleveland grain house sent out q circular
to one Of its customers inquiring the amount
Of old crops on hand in that neiShborhood.
Tho answer they got was Gs follows: "An
wo'yo got in this neighborhoOd is three
widders, two schoolmGrmS, n patch Of wheat,
the hog cholera, too much rain, about fifty
acres OF 'taters, and q darn fool who married
a cross-eyel gal because she Owls eighty
sheep and a mule, which tho same is me, and
no moro at present"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
s,nnkinr nn Ared CIEar.

The editor Of The Perry (Ga-) journal
informs the public that he has had the
pleasure recently Of smoking q cigar
which was mnde t~wenty-four years age
nv q noloPad slave.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
WHAT SHALL WI WEAR?
Some New Hafa.

About this time of year our ladies will be
looking for the new hats and bonnets. We
present to them this week the first install
ment, a batch Of hats They show the back
Of the head and neck abundantly. Some art
lists say this is more beautiful than a woman's
face. An erect, dignihed, graceful carriage
Of the head certainly goes far to make a lady
beautiful. With the hats in the illustrations,
have the back hair gracefully and coquettish-
ly arranged.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

One morning Us l was a city Of North America
my daughter, Il city Ct NGiy, entered my room and
told me that il was u city NJ T.cdS day, and that
a rircr Of NORTH Americd procession was proceeding
from u hill in North Carolina. As il was not n
warm day | put OH my Capital Of Russia beaver
coat, and accompanied by u city Gt Italy, ! babe q
cape gf North America, a cape Ct Greenland, and
proceeded toward the hR IN North CurOiiRd.
ASEIP
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
cpne for DIarrhoa-

Chronic diarrhea Is said to be speedily
eontr oiled in many cases by q saturated
solution Of common salt IN cider neg
the dose being q tesspoonfu three u lou
kimes a 9~=
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

Diez has set heart on draining the City
Of Mexico, where, for the lack OF good
sewers, deaths guns NOW down soma
1000 persons a year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
4 X
No. 202.-An Anagram.

To "rous at DICE you will surely bring
That which drives out anything.
A large oar "&dp," you will concur,
Greatly resembles Il "llDR Rar.'
The ''pic mote ran, " It's very true,
Will show the act of passing through.
q. II. S.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Draining Mexico Ci;n

1t is said silk can be manufactured in
Mexico at one-half what it costs in Paris
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
X
No. 293.-Much In Nothing.

No. 293.-Much In Nothing.
A little word-and yet my meanings great,
No form have | for you To designate;
And am older than the Oldest man,
For | existed ere the world began,
FIN everywhere around, 50 vast | be,
You can not opc your eyes and not SEQ me.
And vet I'm nothing though ] can't say why.
Now, gentle reader, tell me, VIA am /?
WILLY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
No. 29O.-A Reversal
M
No. 291.-A Geographical Puzzle.

Read forward and method you will get;
Reversed, a lame in Holy Writ.
NELsOEIAS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Answers.

Answers will be published in two weeks.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

Hat No. l, on the left, is Of beige or dark
gray felt, the brim faced with brown velvet,
large, full loops Of brown velvet placed at
the left Of tho crown and secured by an old
silver ornament and a long, beige plume
Curled over the back.
Hat No. ., on the right, is Of creamcolored
felt, the brim faced with moSs-green velvet,
and the medium high crown almost covered
with crean-colored ostrich plumes and a bow
placed at the left side of cream-colored faille
ribbon lined with green velvet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
~
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"9f.-NIalE S'eps'
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.
.
worL
= w. H.
> ~, j.nS,c,
r, hnnIi IN rnntnmnt
A. ami,n ~ ~
= Possa.S"J
An Cdrctool.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
Nj. e05,-Odd Addition.

M. 200.-Odd Addltloh'
Take tifty-one. add five and then
One-third of one you add again;
brightly done, there appears TO view
What It's n pleasure well to do.
WILL SOM.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-01

The London Times. referring to the
deep shaft being sunk near Schladebach
by tue German Government, with the
special object of obtaining reliable data
concerning the rate of the earth's in
creased temperature toward the inte-
rior, concludes, from all that has thus
far been developed, that the earth's
crust cannot be more than about one
ninetieth OF its radius. 1t seems That
the plan pursued has been to ascertain
the temperature at successive stages by
means Of special thermometer. the
principle OF construction being that rs
the heat increases, the mercury will ex-
pind so rs TO flow over the lip OF an
open tuber the difference of the over
flowing giving the rate of increase OF
the temperature. At the depth of 1892
metres the temperature indicated 40 de-
grees Centigrade, OF 120 degrees Fair.
Ii the temperature increases regularly
at this rate, the boiling point Of water
ought to be reached at depth of 5000
metres. or nearly two miles, and at
forty-five miles the heat would be that
at which platinum melts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-01
One Of the most interesting recent

One OF the most interesting icSeHe
discoveries in science is tine TACT tnat
ray of light produces sound. a sun
beam is thrown through a lens on q
glass vessel that contains lampDlacE'
colored silk, or worsted, or other SUD
stances. A disk having Sits or open
Ings cut in it is made TO revolve swiftly
in this beam of light. SO as to cut II up,
thus making alternate flashes OF llgnt
and shadow. On putting the ear 10 the
glass vessel strange sounds are heard
so long as the flashing beam Is falling
on the vessel. Recently a more won
derful discovery has been made. The
beam of sunlight is made TO pass
through prism so as to produce what
is called the solar spectrum or RAINBOW.
The disk is turned and the colored
light OF the rainbow Is made to break
through it. Now place the ear to the
vessel containing the silk, wool or other
material. As the colored lights or the
spectrum fall upon it sounds Will be
given by different parts of the spectum,
and there will be silence IN other parts.
For instance, if the vessel contains red
worsted and the green light nashes
upon 1t, loud sounds will be given.
Only feeble sounds will be heard when
the red and blue parts Of the rainbow
fall upon the vessel, and other colors
make no sounds at all. Green SILK
gives sound best in red light. Every
kind OF material gives more or less
sound in different colOrs and utters no
sound in others.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-01

DR.. Calling, the inventor of the fam
Gus GatliDg gun, will soon have ready
new form of bismachine-gun specially
devised for use by the police in great
cities. 1t will be constructed on the
same principles as his large street and
field gun, but will be very light and
compact. The barrels of the guns are
only twelve inches long, and the whole
thing, when mounted on police wa
gon, will not weigh more than fifty
pounds. HIS idea is to have two or
three of these guns mounted on a police
wagon, which can be driven rapidly to
the scene of a threatening riot, Each
gun viii fire at least 100 shots minute.
and the Doctors notion is that the
mere knowledge that such weapons are
in possession of the police will of itself
prevent any violent action by mob.