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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
She Took No Stock I'm IL.

Omaha Paterfamilias-It is remarkable
what large number Of doctors claim that
diseases are transferred by kissing, and
Miss EtbeI-What kind Of doctors. pas
%Wby. the allOpathic doetorsr
@But. pa, You know we're bomeopaths ~
Omaha World
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Nm tn -unM Wa. % Gos.ibl.'

A certain man has Stnarr t"n arfr 80 ~
l,unda,y e. Gnnr trce.. one standing ~ rAsh -
ncr This lot l. sIITrUundsd ny land 0ahfH I.
Il. from shom 4 wished IN pufrbase tfn - -
more 30 add Ia his farm. AMI Tod hin ~. =
would give him ten acrrs frOm The sHA.,
land, II he wOuld keep hIs farm In Tie hfl =
s1,Iar. aud retain IN. four trees IN Their ~
position. n BOUNDARY. ,,..,,.,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Those who only know Of jalap as q
pauseous drug would DO surprised at the or
namcntal character OF the plant The COM
merciaI portion-the drugs the dried root
The plant forms n network Of slender under
ground stems, from which proceed roots,
which. though slender and thrcadlike at
first, soon grow thickened and feshy, and
finally become turnip shaped. Fig. 2 shows
the underground stems and ths roots. These
roots vary i'm size, from that OF hazel nut
up TO that Of a hens egg, though occasion
ally they are ~ large rs a mans fist. When
the roots are dug tho larger ones are sliced
before driving, the smallest roots are dried
entire. while those Of intermediate size are
gashed or scored in several places, to facili'
tate their driving.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Int Like n Man.

Little Wife, don't think this bonnet quite
suits my hair, George.
Husband shortiyt-Sh'a' thought o that
b,fore y gave s'mucb money for IL
Sbe-What, my bennett
He-No; your hair, my dear-Punch.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Next Comes "CementntInn. -

Cremation, now become so popular in
some parts of the world, may have to
give way to cementatiOn=the process by
which corpse Is converted into solid
statue that may be kept in the parlor, the
garnet, or the coal shed, or loaned to an
art gallery. -Courier-Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
A AInk-Fed Pumpkin.

One Of the peculiarities Of $50 pound
pumpkin grown at Newburg, n. Y, is
that It was fed on milk. A root was sent
out from the vine to basin of. milk, and
IL consumed pint of the fluid each day.
Chicago Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Few OnaiIs In Dakota.

Ouails are almost unknown In Dakota,
and some Of the gun clubs are trying to
introduce them The Kimball Graphic
notes as a remarkable freak that eight OF
the little birds alighted on the sidewalk
in the business part OF the city recently.
They were evidently bewildered strangers
to the country, or the street was one OF
those noted sometimes, where the Rer-
chants do not advertise. -Chicago Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
II g. wHiiOp
M IA, An OrpitbologIeaI ~ idis'

Five hundred stand to gtiAnl ny IT.
But nAughi within you u hpi,
Five hundred more now ~ ~ "
with nothing yet behind. -,
This famous guarI-DO fsts " 'hut
Will show tsicc DER taxi sSmh
And combined, ifrcaf Alright -,
A wondruu. bird will Inns W Ighh
Eorml IsCEiHI'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

An apple tree at West Chester, Pa,
which documentary evidence shows 10
have been planted III years ago, is still
in full bearing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

This plant has horticultural interest as
a climber, for GREENHOUSES ct the north ana
In the open air at the south. At the north t
blooms too late TO be OF value out OF doors
II also has a remote agricultural interest to
the southern states, as one Of the plants az
fording commercial products, the cultivation
OF which might prove protitable.-American
Acric,ilturiSt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Letter From 8. s. Prentis.' widow.

Mrs. Mary J. Prentiss, widow Of Sar-
geant s. Prentiss, publishes I'm The New
Orleans Picayune an open letter TO Rev.
W. II. Milbnrn, taking him severely 70
task for certain criticisms Of Prentiss In
his lecture. Mrs. Prentiss says: IF,
therefore, I now address you, II n be-
cause feel that have not long TO live,
and wish before die 10 bear witness 20
the character Of my husband which do
not hesitate to pronounce the noblest and
purest I have ever known. Permit me
to state TO you that he was utterly de-
void of selfish ambition, living only 10
serve his country and his fellow men, aud
desiring 10 be remembered only by those
he loved; that his fortune was lost by the
decision Of tho supreme court OF the
United States involving his title 70 the
VicksbuFg commons; that he died OF o
disease inherited from his father, and
that his death was FASTENED by the Ia
tigue and exposure Of the presidential
canvass Of 1913, and by overwork u bis
efforts to extricate himself frum financial
difficulties "-Exchange,
100. Let the Granks Had II
A Frenehman is bringing out work
entitled .pFhe Art Of Living Hundred
Years" Great care should be taken 70
keep 1t out of the hands Of the weather
cranks in this country.-Norist0wR Hsr-
aid
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
The German soldiers Big Boot,

In the German army the fatherland
kindly provides very roomy boots for its
warriors. There is a very serious incon-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

A candidate for o political Office is too
often judged by his cigars.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

A light board, shaped to the shoulders Of a
cloak. with hole bored in it and string in
serted to hang by, keeps a cloak smooth and
saves it from being worn by hook or nail
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
VIVA, He Worked at During Summer

What He Worked at During summer.
sSay, mister. don't yer want boyF
@Are you out Of work."
SYesn
@Wbat did You do duSng the summer
Il stuck flies onto fly paper in druggists
winders: but ny times over nov "-Phjla-
delphia Call.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Butter coloring is now universally
used, But il must be put in in very
small quantity.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
No. 3ii.-An Enigma.

Any communication for this department ,ho.,,l
be addressed 10 T. 4, CHADBnURN, lev ist"vn X,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
alIeeIias Roadster
NOVELTIES In SCIENCE.
A BEAUTIFUL PIONEERING PLANT
A. WITH A BAD NAME.
Origin OF Fruit CanBIng-EGeet Of Light
ON Piants-Rassian Locomotive Car.
Nothing Less Than an Earthquake
win Rouse Them.

1t requires a great calamity to arouse in
the general public any keen interest IN tho
physical universe. As long as the machinery
OF the world runs smoothly men IN general
are content with their ignorance Of its func-
tons; it is only when it jars little that they
awake to a sense OF its Importance. The
comparatively moderate earthquake shocks
which recently damaged the city Of Charles
ton have served to turn the minds Of persons
who never before considered such questions
10 the problems Of the geOlogist. They desire
20 know how it happened, and the likelihood
of similar disturbances in other parts OF tue
country.-ProfeSsOr Shaler in Popular Sci
ence News
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
The Sam and the Fool.

An astronomical obseryation-"M.
starSI'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
A VERY Remarkable St0n.

A gentleman who lives in the
eastern part Of the county tells one
Of those stories that few people will
believe without seeing it." He
says that he was out fox hunting,
and when the chase was at the
height of its excitement his horse
ran into an old we'll thirty feet deep.
The horse was instantly killed by
the fall, but the rider was unhurt
The walls of the ,,ell had cayed in
at the bottom a distance of three or
four feet, and the gentleman says
this prevented getting out by Dig
ging footholds. Realizing his sit.
uaticn, he began to call for help at
the top of his voice, but no assist
ance came. He was compelled to
remain in the well all night, and
the next morning the stencil arls'
ing from the dead carcass Of the
horse was anything but pleasant,
aud he noticed that buzzards were
soaring over the spot. Finally the
buzzards began to alight in the
well, and it was then that bright
idea struck him. He decided to
catch the buzzards by the leg as
they came down until he got a suf.
ncient number to carry him out.
That he did, and when he caught
as m any as his hands would hold
he showed at them and they
flew up, carrying him out of the
well.
But still the fox hunter was IN =
dilemma. The buzzards flew up so
rapidly that he could not turn loose
when he reached tho top without
falling back in the well. Upward
the buzzards few with their human
freight, and the fox hunter began
to despair of his life after ALL
When about 100 yards above tho
oronnd the fox hunter was lust
about to let 90 and fall, when he
was struck by another bright idea.
He decided to loose one buzzsrd at
a time until his weight would pull
them downward. Acting upon this
plan, he was soon landed safely
! upon the ground.-ColumJus Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
CHAPTER V.

GEN. M'INTOsH'S CAMPAIGN.
In the spring OF the year l773,
government having sent small
force of regular troops, under the
command Of Gen. M'Intosh, for the
defense of the western frontier, the
general, with the regulars and
militia from Fort Pitt, descended
the Ohio about thirty miles, and
built Fort M'Intosh, on tho site
of tho present Beaver town. The
fort was made with strong stock
ades. furnished with bastions, and
mounted with one G.pounder. This
station was we'll selected as point
for a small military force, always
in readiness to pursue or intercept
the war parties of Indians, who
frequently made incursions into the
settlements on the opposite side of
the river in its immediate neighbor-
hood. The fort was well garrisoned
and supplied with provisions dur
ing the summer.
Sometime in the fall of the same
year. Gen. M'Intosh received an or
der from government to make a
campaign against the Sandusky
towns. This order he attempted
to obey with one thousand men
but owing to the delay in making
necessary outfits for theIexpedition
the officers on reaching Tuscarawa
thought it best to halt a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
Little Expense.

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
ont you will always be poor. The
art is not in making money, but
keeping it. Little expenses like
mice in a barn, when they are
many, make great waste. Hair by
hair heads get bal0 and drop by
drop the water comes into the
chamber. \ barrel is soon empty,
if the tap leaks but a drop a min
ute. In all things keep within com
pass. Never stretch your legs
farther than the blankets will
reach, or you will soon be cold. In
clothes choose suitable and lasting
stuff, and not tawdy fnerieS to be
warm is the main thing, never mind
the looks. a fool may make money,
butit needs a wise man to spend
it. Remember it is easier to build
two chimneys than to keep one
going. If you give all to back and
board, nothing is left for the sav-
ings bank. Fare hard and work
hard vhile you are young, and you
will have q chance to rest when old.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
Jack LOquitur.

81 tell you, old fellow, I've got and badly,
I've stuck it out long, but I'm cornered
at last.
The truth Of it is I'm in love with her,
madly,
And q might as wei tell it) my Rubi-
cons passed..
"lou know that last party We went 20
together
Well, that was the night Of the fateful
event.
We danced--l was clnmsy she light as a
feather
Then forth irom The heat Of the ball
room we went.
ave found dark corner away from the
dancers
And sat down to iest-prctty close,
confess.
had just heard tho music begin on The
Lancers,'
When got myself into the following
mess;
"We were talking on nothing just lirt-
ing tri0c;
She looked so piquant, 50 provokingly
I meek
That, obeying an impulse a saint eoul'
not stiile,
leaned forward, and kissed her righ
square on the check.
'1magins my feelings whep, stead o
/ CT upSfsiding,
She blushed Ike poppy, and started t
weep;
Wbsn she murmured, the while her Iwee
bushes were fading,
'Oh, jack Cit was Mr. bofore) fsl
cheap.
Are you awfully angry my darling, m,
dearest'
was bouud ia endeavsr her pardon :
r gain,
| And stammered in words that we're non
Of the clearest:
Don't you know that love you' and can
cause You painf
" you have caused me pain, are you sorr
You kissed me
,Yes-no-that isl didn't mean
offend.
M try 10 be good, dear, il you will assis
me, .....r ......r
4 win if you'll promise your manner
10 ment.
$50 I swore d ae,- kiss her again, anC
half Joking.
| turned to 60 of, but the witch had m
Gagged,
| And said with a blush and a smile so pre-
| vOking- r..t,
| why. 1t isn't wrong now, jack, you kno
wero engaged"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
SHENANDOAH HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES.
A DOG THAT CONSULTED THE CLOCK,

An old farmer from Amboy,
Oswego county, took great interest
in the trained dogs which appeared
in the Grand Opera House, last
week, rs they were taken into the
Caad,e House after the show. 81
used TO baye a dog,' said the farmer,
(Which was the most knowing and
intellectual dog you ever see. He
could tell about what time it was
by the clock just as well as could.
He would run into the house in the
afternoon, without saying word
to anybody, and look up to the
clock, and if it wasn't quarter past
five he'd go off about his business.
Then he'd come back again, and
the second it was quarter past five
he'd bark and start for the cows.
One day my old woman thought
she'd see if the dog could be fooled,
and at one o'clock in the afternoon
she turned the clock to five. The
dog came in, looked indifferently
up at the clock, stopped, shook his
head, and then ran out to look at
the sun. lie came back again,
squatted down and eyed that clock
as if he was waiting for a rat.
When the minute hand got around
to quarter past he started off as
usual, and before We could stop
him he had all them cows up in the
barnyard. | drove them back, and
a more mortified person you never
see than that dog. He ran into the
house, but the woman had turned
the hands back to the true time.
The dog jumped up at the clock
and acted as if he wanted to tear it
to pieces. He always seemed TO
distrust the dumb thing after
that.r-Syracuse Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
A Hint Concerning Profanity.

Don't you find that you swear
under certain conditions, in certain
circumstances, and that you don't
swear under other certain condi-
tions You are sitting at your
family table. You never tell an
off .colored story there. You never
swear there, and this is not on the
theory that man thinks when he
swears either. With that class OF
cattle | am not dealing. A man
who intentionally swears, who re-
ioices in dirt and vulgarity and
wickedness, is the kind OF man !
am not talking to. | am speaking
to ordinary human beings like my
self, who arc governed by circum-
stances, dominated by surround.
ings, to whom a life OF thought and
expression and action here is total
~ different from linc Of thought
and action and expression there,
and absolutely without any inten-
ton SO far as my prethought di-
rects. If you can control your
thoughts and your phrases in your
home circle, in your school, you can
control them in your store, in your
Office, on your playground.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12

"Travelin' - queried the elderly
passenger, who must talk or die, as
he leaned over and looked into the
face of a young drummer. "GuesS
| am," replied the young man.
"sellin' goods!p "Yes." "Where
do you travel FROM "Chicago.'
"Busincss purity good?' "FirSt
rate; never better. I've just had
one of the best trips of my e1pe-
rience. Took in orders like an ice
cream saloon in August. COllec-
tions are good, too, and there seems
to be plenty of money in the section
of country I've been in. Everybody
appears to be prosperous. It's fun
to sell goods in country like that
"And where have you been tray-
elin'?r "Kansas." "Kansas, eh
| thought so. That shows 'em,
That's just what Pve been tellin' all
the folks down to our place. Pro.
hibition means prosperity. When
community shuts up the saloons
an stops buyin' an drinhin' liquor
it gifts along all right. It's whisky
that makes the hard times. When
people give up their guzzling they
have plenty of money to buy boots
and shoots, and clothing, and gro
ceries, and the necessities of life
BY the way, do you travel for a
grocery" "No, sir.' "For boot
and shoe house, maybeW "No'
"Like as not for a clothing con
cernw "No.o." "What then?' "a
distillery"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
Did Not Epua What 10 SiJ.

"Tommy, will you have some
more pudding, my sony" asked
Mrs. Smiley at the Christmas din
ner.
There was large company pres.
ent, and she spoke very pleasantly
to Tommy, for she was afraid he
might be disagreeable. Tommy
was in the habit Of making dis
agreeable remarks, when there was
20 -
company.
81 don't know whether will
take any more pudding or not
You are always saying that eat as
much as four boys
"Why, Tommy, you know better
than that"
"Yes, you and pa are always
saying I'm no better than a pig
Are you sure enough in earnest
whom you ask me If | want some
more puddingi'
"Tommy, I'm ashamed of you.-
Won't you have some more pud'
ding, Just a little more? Come, now,
that's a good boy" said Mrs. Smi-
ley, looking at him as if she would
like to skin him alive.
"Well," replied Tommy, defiant.
ly, " rm in a fix. If | say | want
some Pudding, then you'll say after
the folks are gone that the little
pig had to have pudding twice. II
[ don'ttake any more pudding, then
you'll say ] ate so much turkey that
| couldn't eat any more pudding
when you offered it to me. Darned
if | know what to do"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12

Powdered rice is said to be very
eficacious in stopping bleeding
from fresh wounds.
Italy is growing. She has three
locomotive factories and three rail-
way repair shops.
South Carolina produced last
year 400, 1O3 tons Of phosphate of
Line, valued at $2,659, 100.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12

A little money sometimes goes n
great way. As an illustration Of
this. read the following, founded
upon an incident which is said to
have really occurred:
A. owed slj to g.; B. owed $50
10 c.. c. owed 81 TO D.; u. owed
$50 TO T.; I. owed $3.50 to F.;
r. owed $l0 to \.
All Of them were seated at the
same table.
A. having a s. note handed it to
b., remarking that it paid s. Of tue
Sl5 be owed Il.
B. passed the note to {. with the
remark that it paid s. Of the $50
which he owed c.
c. passed 1t to D., and paid with
it s. Of the Sl5 he owed d.
ID. handed it to f., IN part pay
ment Of the $50 owed him.
I. gave it to f., TO apply on ac-
count Of the 9l2.jO due him.
f. passed it back to ~, saying,
"Thispays half the amount ! owe
you"
A. again passed it to B., saying,
81 now owe you only So"
Il. passed it again to c., with the
remark, "This reduces my indebt-
cdness to you to $40"
c. again passed it to d., reducing
his indebtedness to s..
d. paid it over to f., saying, " l
now owe you S2O.'
Z. handed it again to f., saying,
"This reduces my Indebtedness to
you to 500
Again f. handed the note to ~,
saying, "Now ! don't owe you any
thing"
a. passed it Immediately to B.,
thus cancelling the balance OF his
Indebtedness.
b. handed it to c., reducing his
indebtedness to s..
G. cancelled the balance of his
debt to ID. by handing the note to
him.
d. paid it again to f., saying, |
now owe you $l5.
Then L. remarked to T., "If you
will give me $3.50 this viii settle
ms Indebtedness to you."
f. took $3.50 from his pocket,
handed it to f., and returned the
s5 note to his pocket, and thus the
spell was broken, the single s. note
having paid $50 80, and cancelled
AS debt to T., C.'s debt to d., Els
debt to i. and F.'s debt to A., and
at the same time having reduced
BIS debt to G. from $50 to 81, and
DIS debt to +. from $50 to SO.
MORAL" Here aud there lit
tlep helps to pay off large Scores.-
Money circulates from hand to hand
and business moves. Pay your
dcbts-in full if you can, and if you
cannot pay in full, pay something.
What helps one helps another, and
% tho round il made
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12

At a corn husking party, q youny
man who didn't participate in the
husking got the first cred car" lie
attempted to steal kiss from
pretty girl; and that is why he got
a red ear. The girls hand fell up.
on it.
Somebody, who evidently knows
what he is talking about, says
give a girl long eyelashes and q
small hand, and she will put ur
with No. 6 feet, and marry al
around a curly-headed girl wear
ing ones and a half.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12

with a view to have revenge Oh the
wolves for devounng their compan-
ions, they covered the pit with
slender sticks, rotten wood and bits
of bark, not Of sufficient strength
to bear the weight of a wolf. On
the top Of this covering they placed
piece Of meat, rs bait for the
wolves. The next morning seven
of them were found in the pit
They were shot and the pit filled mp.
For about two weeks before the
reliefarriyed, the garrison had been
put on short allowance Of half a
pound of sour -four and an equal
weight of sinking meat for every
two days. The greater part OF the
last week, they had nothing to sub
sist on but such roots as they could
| find in the woods and prairies, and
raw hides. Two men lost their lives
by eating wild parsnip roots by
mistake. -Four more nearly shared
the same fate, but were saved by
medical aid.
On the evening Of the arrival OF
the relief, two days rations were
| issued to each man in tho fort
! These rations were intended as
| their allowance during their march
to Fort M'Intosh; but many of the
men, supposing them to have been
back rations, ate up tho whole OF
their allowance before the next
morning. In consequence OF this
imprudence, in eating immoderate-
II " after such extreme starvation
from the want Of provisions, about
/ forty of the men became faint and
sick during the first days march.
On the second day, however, the
sufferers were met by great num-
Der of their friends from the settle
ments to which they belonged, by
whom they we're amply supplied
with provisions, aud thus saved
from perishing.
Mai. Vernon, who succeeded Col
Gibson in the command of Fort
Laurens, continued its possession
until the next fall, when the garri-
son, after being, ike their prede
cessors, reduced almost to starva.
ton, evacuated the place.
Thus ended the disastrous bnsi
ness Of Fort LaurenS, in which
much fatigue and suffering were
endured and many lives lost, but
without any beneficial result TO the
country.
no 81 CoSTIYuED.j