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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Hnms Made Curtains.

Curtains made Of alternate strips OF turkey
red and cheese cloth are pretty trimmed Win
antinuc lace. Beautiful curtains can De
made Of the best cheese cloth by stenclnng
them. or. il economy is not a considerations
soft nuns yelling, partly silk, Is still better.
II the material is wide enough to ben one
riarr II i better than to have a seam, but II
no, make the seam as invisible Us possible.
I'm the first place, measure the window,
allowing a little ~fulnesS, and ALLOW three
c;ohths cf a ward extra in the length TO urn
over for a heading. Next stretch IL ughtiy
and smoothly on q table, and Iasten Win
small tackS. Select some simple design
which will look well in outline such as a
daisv or sunfower or a star. Draw the out
line neatly on a piece Of cardboard, then cut
out carefully with a sharp Penknlte. Now
there are two ways OF managing. One way
i 10 use the perfectly cut opening IN tht
cardboard that remains after the design 10
cut out as a stencil, lay it or the cloth, ana,
with a fine camers hair OF cable brush, PANT
over the open space with gold paint or The
BEAUTIFUL metallic. "luStre" paints. be care
full to fill out all the points in the pattern.
Rereat tho design at intervals till within
,b-q--.iphths of a yard of the top. +
that piece over and paint the pattern ON the
other side. Turn the piece over II sew
small brass rings on to hang it on a brass
rod. Finish both top and bottom with gold
fringe, and make several rows Of feather
stitching with gold foss above the fringe.
r..-Sef prrSty way Of making cheap cur
tains is TO take u~nbleached muslin and with
diamond dyes make a spatter work design OF
ferns.
Lovely vestibule curtains may be made by
taking a white tarlatan and cutting enough
lar.er than the glass to admit OF an inch,
wide hem all around Cut from large-tigured
satin-fnished cretonno, flowers, leaves and
butterflies if possible. Make a thin starch
pasyc and paste them on the tarlatan IN
spravs or wreaths. Turn on the wrong side
and press until dry with a warm tatiron,
The light shines through them n they have
the effect of being painted. They will keep
clean a long tiue.-Nrs. C.. S. Fox in o
Housekeeping.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Tomatoes and MaecaronI.

Not everybody Is aware what a delicious
dish can be made in a simple manner from
these two constituents. Maccaroni, imported
or home male, is sold done up in pound pack
ages or boxes. 1t is very nutritious, contain
inc egg and -four among its constituents.
Our American houSekeepers do not make half
the use Of it they might.
Now for the recipe: Take some long, thin
sticks Of maccaroni and break them into q
saucepan, in bits one to two inches long.
They swell about half in size in process Of
cooking. Cover them amply with water,
and boil till they are quito soft, twenty min
utes To half AN hour. Stir occasionally, to
keen the broken bits from settling to the bot
tom and sticking.
While the maccuroni boils, Scald half a
dozen ripe tomatoes, more or less. according
to the quantity desired, and slice them. When
the maccarOni is soft enough to run 4 fork
through easily, pour the water nearly all off
and slide the tomotocS in with the muccarONL
Cook gently for ten minutes more and season
with salt, pepper and butter. \ little milk
or cream makes a pleasant addition. Serve
hot
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Facts of Interest.

Geologic surveys indicate that the New
England coast is slowly rising.
In Berlin the health authorities propose to
establish two great city milk halls" where
undoubted pure milk can be cot by the poor.
This is in the hope Of diminishing infant NOR
tally.
y chemist recently analysed q sample Of
a certain widely advertised NERVE food" and
found it to be sweetened water Favored with
essences and one or two bitter substances.
Tha: was all there was TO it.
Is has been discovered that the addition Of
sugar or molasses to mortar increases its pow
err Of holding together to an extraordinary
degree. II is believed that this is the secret
of the wonderful old Roman cement and
mortar.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Signs of the Tongue.

The tongue is the indicator Of the system.
A white coated tongue indicates febrile dis
turbance; a brown, moist tongue indicates
disordcred digestion or overloaded passages;
a brown, dry tongue indicates depressed
vitality, as in typhoid conditions and blood
poisoning; a rcd, moist tongue indicates de-
bility, as from exhausting discharges; n red,
dry tongue indicates pyrexia, or any inflam-
matory fever; n strawberry" tongue, with
prominent papillT, indicates scarlet fever, or
rothcln; a red, glazed tongue indicates debil-
ity, with want Of asSimiiativc power of di-
gestion; a trcmulous, tiabby tongue indicates
delirium tremcns; ~hcSitancy in p%rotruding
the tongue indicates conclusion Of the brain;
protrusion at one side indicates paralysis Of
the muscles on that sidc.-Ilal's Journal Of
HCalth
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14

Won had given him a Dover's powder or some
Peruvian bark he would neber get well.
Your only safety am in deceivin' your pa
shients. If de medicine works all right dey
will git well and praise your skill; If it works
de odder way de undertaken an sexton will
hide he fack under ground"
Oats what I'm calkerlatin' on
AN, lastly, Pardon. enter into partnership
wild some druggist as soon as You make your
start. People who am foolish huff to fall
sick mus expect to pay well fur der
cines. De hundred per cent. profit which de
druggist caIkerlates on kin jist as well be
made a hundred an forty, an de extra goes
TO YOU. An some more lastly, doan' hev
muffin to do wild patent medicines. IL a pa
shient of yours has a bruiSe doan' permit him
to buy his salve or liniment of de shelf. You
kin git 81 for writin' him out a preScripshun
fur de VERY same thing"
Il learned dat de VERY first week, sab"
Exactly. lie glad to see you hev tumbled
to all de little rackets, an on behalf OF dis
club l bid you good speed"-Detroit Free
Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
ArtistIc Stoves.

We are rejoiced to sec an attempt TO I'M
prove the appearance of stoves, there Is no
other piece of manufactured furniture that
IS 50 unnecessarily hOmely and f~orblddlnG,
executing pianos. The stove men and piano
men have been artistically sleepy ever since
the first Of each wa made thousands OF years
ego. The sheet iron enormities that are
brought into our rooms and set down for our
physical comfort, presumably, are such de
Gbarate and vicious horrors thai the warm
ing public has finally got up a Justliia0le and
widespread strike, since strikes are In fash
ion. and have actually driven the manufac-
turers 10 q contemplation of something less
delirious and n~ightmareish in tendency. II
there are such people in existence as stove
designers they have lived u sinecurish life
heretofore, for the strain on their brain has
been at a minimum, but the tax on their
nerves must have been excessive. At any
rate the manufacturers are cutting loose from
tbc-e old time forms and making use of the
healthier ideas Uf artists and as q consequence
producing something worthy of COMMENT
Decorator and Furnisher.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Mark Twain, Neryou,ne...

Samuel l. Clemens MARX Twain
seems TO grow nervous with the advance
Of years, possibly from too much prosper
ity in the publishing business. He was
in the corridor Of the Murray Hill hotel
a short time ago. He was not still for q
moment, but was moving about con-
stantly in a quick and ierky manner.
The humorist Is a physical study. He
might be thrown as a strange type upon
canvas by a capable portrait painter with
great effect. He has a big head with a
great shock Of iron gray hair, beetling
eyebrows and a bushy mustache. His
face is big. His nose is large, bnt Is not
by any means a remarkable nose Of any
type. 1t is a mongrel and a mixture.
His eyes are large, black and sleepy.
Somebody once described him on the
lecture platform as looking like q NAM
moth interrogation point-New York
Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
C~o-operative Farming in England.

4 successful attempt at cooperation In
farming is reported in England. y company
of city ~workingmen, tradesmen and mechanics
in London, who were out Of employment,
united in an association which rented u run
down farm Of 1874 acres near London. They
paid n comparatively high rental for such
land, thirty-five shillings per acre, but put so
much labor on it that the enterprise was II
success. The land was enriched and devoted
largely to market gardening and dairylng,
the latter increasing as the association secured
capital to purchase cows. Formerly only
four men were employed on the farm. Now
it gives constant employment to forty, with
proportionate increase Of profit. This Is pos
sibly a suggestive experiment for unemployed
workmen in some American cities. 1t Is
comparatively easy to secure land on favor
able terms. The difficulty would be that too
many unemployed workingmen would try to
shirk the severe or diSagreeable labor INSOFAR
able from any farm operations. Still, if there
is no shrinkage, these combined attempts at
farming are more likely to be successful than
individual attempts often made by discour-
aged men with small capital. Cooperation
helps 10 lessen the burden Of lack of money
when each OF the partners is willing to do his
share of the work.-American Cultivator.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14

What is your aim ami purpose Of life" l
asked Of a young woman who for years sat
in q telegraph office at 60 per week. Moth
ing" Is the reply, Il drift"
What is % become Of her when her powers
weakcn-aS weaken they must through lack
Of exerciSc-when capacity for pushing out
into any other line Of business becomes less
and less, as it will WHEN there comes that in
ertia, lethargy and lack Of disposition for
change which faStens itself on any one bred
to become but a piece OF moro intelligent
mechanism i'll a machine-when through such
inertia and rust Of mind she grows prema-
turely old-Or in other words her powers,
both Of mind and body, decay for lack OF
proper exercise.
She will disappear as thousands Of not so
much over-wOrked as rusted out workers do
here. They crawl away from public sight
and die in holes, corners and garrets-die in
CumbrqnccS on the hands Of people as poor as
themselves. I knew Of such a case a few
weeks since, where consumption claimed its
victim, when a long lingering illness wore
out the few who had any time, strength and
heart TO give; where, internally, those 50
worn out felt relieved at heart when death
ceased this strain on the living, and where a
relative, with a few more dollars than the
rest, begrudgingly paid the expenses Of inter
ment 10 save the family the disgrace OF .
funeral at the towns expenSan
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
The First Rule Of Politeness.

The truest, noblest rule Of politeneSs was
siven nearly 1000 years ago by the grandest
gentleman that ever lived. 1t was simply
this: Whatsoever We would that men should
30 unto you, do we even so TO them. The
person who does that will never have any
trouble in being polite. Real courtesy is
founded alone on n feeling Of kindliness and
good will tc ones fellow man. am honor
preferring one another" says the same in
spired manual Of politeness that contains the
royal rule. To keep ones eyes open habitually
to the comforts Of others, giving way TO
them in small things, watching ones oppor-
tunity to do little and great acts Of kindness,
in our homes, to our relatives, friends, neigh
bors, and to the poorest and humblest, this it
is to he truly polite. One who has lived in
the backwOods all his or her life, and who
observes these things cannot go far out OF the
way in any company.
There are fashions Of social etiquette which
change from time to time. These can be
learned from books, from watching closely
what others do who are accustomed to what
is considered best society"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
FaultleSs but SoulIess.

A correspondent asks Bill Nye what lie
thinks Of his composition, specimens of which
he sends him, and the humorist W In
the first place, your style Of composition is
like the present style Of dress among men. 1t
Is absolutely correct, and, therefore, it is alb
SOlutely like that Of nine men out OF every
ten we meet Your style Of writing has a
muStache on it, wears q t~hree-button cut
away of some Scotch mixture, carries a cane
and wears a straight, Stand-up collar and
scarf. 1t is so correct and so exactly in con-
formity with the prevailing style Of COM
position, and your thoughts are expressed Sc
thoroughly like other peoples methods Of
dressing up their sentences and sand paper
ing the soul out Of what they say, that / hon.
essly think you would succeed better by try
ing to subSiSt upon the quick sales and small
profits which the drug trade inSures."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
A Question of Etiuuette,

Susan asks-If a lady is chatting with a
joined by another gentleman, whom she pre-
fers TO chat with, how can she signify it To
the one already with her. without giving just
offence!
The etiquette is for the gentleman with
the lady when the other joins them, to give
way TO the new conner. But il the two men.
seem inclined TO leave il TO the lady to decide
she may make a slight inclination Of the
head TO the one she prefers to leave, as II to
say good evening, taking the others arm and
stalking off at the same time. All such
things, however, are so dependent upon the
circumstances. relationship Of the parties,
etc, that it is difficult to give a rule to cover
any case.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
rsye,lal CUrrespondenceI

RosroS. Nov. S-There are in MaSSachu-
,sttS e. 90 more women than men. lnere
seem in Boston women enough TO give each
man two wives apiece il he wanted a par.
There is in this part Of our land a growing
tendency not to marry until an advanced
ace. and even then 10 put it on until the
marrying age is passed.
The surplus woman here may b a clerk, q
, telegraph operator, a dresSmaksr. She nVes
IN her hired room, sometimes with q COM
panion OF her own sex, more often alone.
Her earnings grant her a pinched hVlns'
That is, after room rent, food and suhdrtes
are paid, she may see one new dress ahead
for the next six months. Her tastes are often
far beyond her means for gratifying them
She NAV cook and eat in solitude. She's aP
preciative OF a carriage, but IS obliged 70
ride in a car. She was educated in the New
England public schools 10 appreciate
the rafnements Of what is called civil
cation, but was taught 10 method
of realizing them save possibly through
a fortunate Marriage chance IN
this VHorts- Sys- growing more remote. rs
present mOnOtony Of life, occupaton and
earnings has lasted six. eight, ten and fifteen
years. She finds her years increasing, and
all that goes to make life lovely, hopeful ana
worth living for decreasing. She sees IN the
future only old age, hard work and increased
solitude. She has no aim or purpose in life
save to make a living" This, IN many cases,
might BE- defined here as keeping the body
patched up while the soul StarveS within or
without, or wherever the soul keeps itself.
Gentlemen may 10 attentive 70 her; II 80,
they are apt 70 be Of the cyaneScent order,
the middle aged male butterfly, who diSPortS
himself hither and thither, now lighting on
this flower. now on that. His fancy = fleet
ing. Besides, the garden here Is 80 full OF
flowers, and 50 many ars withered on the
stems. Boston contains many single surplus
! women who never had so much As the ghost
of q cavalier. Such a lifelong state Of
things revers.s with them in time the usual
order and tendency Of human nature, 50 they
4 grow nj last % hate man collectively and
dread him individually. In fact, maSculnity
with them is a siu-mau l. an eIcrescence on
the face Of nature. There are cases OF this
kim her, who would not Be left alone IN a
room with a man for Ono moment
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Their Special Use,

YES, Bobby" said the minister, who was
dining with the family, everything in this
world has its use, although We may not know
what it is. Now, there is the fly, for instance:
You wouldn't think that flies were good for
anything, yet
~Oh, yes, would, d" interrupted Bobby. Il
know what flies are good for
"What, BobbyF'
p says that they are the only thing what
keeps him awake when you are presching.--
Texas SutingS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14

Frank Wilkc<Ou knows now TO catch frogs,
and here tells how it is done: To catch
frogs Is simplr, provided they have not l+-
como wary and Iimid through over much
hunting by small boys. who boot and howl
and throw stones ut them, and U~Ssiduou>ly
seek 10 club them 70 death. Frogs are ever
hungry. They are cursed with appetite;
which blunt their intelligence. They are
haSty in arriving at conclusions. Their i'll
tuition Is invariably m~iSlrading. | suspect
that they are very near sighted, and perhaps
color blind. The crafty frugger takes an UNI
fair advantage of the defects in their mvntGl
composition, ami tics To Il pole n line, ono
end of which Is fastened 10 u sharp fish
hook. which is concealed 10y Il piece
Of red cloth. A.med with this sim
pie outfit, and q bag to hold his catch, ho
walks slowly around the edges of the pond
looking fur frogs. When he secs one that
suits him lie bangles the rel cloth in front of
its nose. The FROG, which is sitting partially
submerged on a lily pad, and apparently ab-
sorbed in profound thought, or in silent al
miratiOu Of the glOries Of white and yellow
water lilies, wakes up to the realities OF frog
life. His eyes fly open lie braces himself,
and then, giving n quick, nervous jump,
which plainly says here is food 70 be bad for
the catching, he Seizes the alluring rcd rag
and the sharp hook, and, instead Of catching
anything TO eat, he Is caught 20 be eaten"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Tashionlsts

Small details rather than dcr'I'i ohAA
distinguish now winter gowns
Carriage costumcs Tor a~ftfr'''n
made Of two or three fnbricS npiHOH''i
Plush and velvet t~urianS, n vel 10 :,
Of cloth, are much worn by young
10 with tailor gowns.
Felt hats and bonne.s m MT DihS
able o. they have teen. Thy arc %.
~,n.ontortsble Plush. velvet anA cF'b Law
taken tho piace Of felt forn""hn'
Tho French modistes s'm % nv
crazy In their search for De'' o'm' - g,
color. Bright red, bali o,'r"l la
brsiding. u very fsSbS0nabi 10 -
ro~1.s, and dark green with C..Ai 81
o.es. Another arorit0 c>inDi'''%
rrssn and gray white.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Order of the Cincinnati.

What is the order Of the Cincinnatil For
what purpose was it organized and whence
CONF its name! Does It exist nowHMoS-
MOUTH.
The order of the Society Of the Cincin-
natl was organized by surviving Ameri-
can officers Of the revolutionary war to
commemorate the services Of all officers Of
the army and navy during that struggle. 1t
was made hereditary though, according 70 the
English law Of primogeniture, and is now
composed Of the descendants Of revolutionary
officers who nave inherited memberships.
1t takes its name from C~incinnatus, the
Roman general who returned TO agricultural
pursuits when peace came.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14

The juice Of half a lemon in Il glass Of
water, without sugar, viii frequently cure u
sick headache.
II tue hands he stained there is nothing that
will remove the stain better than a lemon or
O lemon and salt.
After the juice has been squeezed from the
lemon, the refuse can be used for thcpurpoSe.
Lemon juice is also a very good remedy
for rheumatism and the so called OiliouancSs
Of spring. In the latter case the juice should
lie taken before breakfast. The pulp may
also be eaten, avoiding every particle Of
skin.
Lemon juice and sugar, mixed very thick,
is useful to relieve coughs and sore Threats.
1t must be very acid as well as sweet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14

These great cities are in reality battle
grounds. You see only at the front the
workers, fighters, ~Strugglers well and I'M
wounded. Struck down, and they crawl to
the rear out Of sight, and out Of sight they're
ont of mind.
Here, also, is the surplus woman who Is
married, or has been. She has found that
matrimony is neither paradise nor the great
purpose Of life; that a husband was, or is, q
heavier load TO pack than cehbacy, and that
II one can be miserable alone two can be
twice as miserable if tied together. Boston
also contains many divorced couples who are
still living together conformity. They keep
mp the show OF marriage to keep up appear
ances, thereby keeping up marital misery to
its full pressure.
More lamentable still is the lot Of the gen.
teel surplus woman who doesn't work for q
living, who possibly cannot work for a Nv
ing, and who depends on e rrich relatives for
bread. clothes and shelter. She may have it
thrown in her face in some way daily that
she is but a beggar. There is a fashion Of
giving and then reminding one OF the obhga-
ton which makes Of giving a curse. The
richer roofs of Boston cover many 4 woman
who writhes In this sort OF inquiSition. She
may be married 70 the worthless husband
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
The OLD MAID.

he old maid sits In her chair and she rocks,
While grooming q plant Of the old long ago;
auuding a dream and smoothing her locks,
As the shadows OF years Just q shade logger
grow.
ever about her the sweep OF the tide
, OF q world filed ~heayn-high with love anu us
glow;
FOR her but heartlongings and striyings to hide
The wrath OF her hope in the lost long age.
In the wide world diyines her dumb painl
what seer who may read in the soul 'neath that
face,
Nbere dolorous ruth has traced lines IN vain
To conquer deriion with pain, patient grscei
teaL. all supreme to what never shall be;
Her life Is the saints, lonely guarding love
dead;
Whence tenderest lessons 70 thee and TO me
That we pass on our way with Tut FVerenI
Edgar L. Wakeman-
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of Man.

What are the facts as arrived at by scien-
lists as to mans first appearance OH the
earth!-.R II.
There is no satisfactory evidence of man
imbedded in stratiied rock, as i'll the case OF
fosSilized animals. The bones Of human be-
ings have been found in caves along with the
bones of extinct animals. These are, per-
havs, the best evidences Of mans antiquity;
but, as scientists differ from 10000 to 10000
wears in the matter, mans first appearance
ON eorth NAV be put down as unknown.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
Knmen,a Names.

Charles Dudley Warner rightfully insists
that women shall call themselves by their
own names, instead Of their husbands. For
instance IL Mary Green marries Richard
Roe, she is not properly Mrs Richard Roe,
but Mary Green Roe. The correct way
would be TO give a girl at baptism only one
name besides that of her family, as simply
Mary Green. When she marries she has only
to add the name Of her husband-Mary Green
Roe. That is the correct thing m women's
mamma