Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-09-16
ST0RYRgTEs.


the boys said, 81 met an ex-Confederat
who was with Gen Jubal Early In tn
Shenandoah Valley. You know hoy
Sheridan and EARLY used tn chase escl
other in that section. First il was Sheri
dan then it was Erly. One day Sheridan
would get every gun that Early had ans
the next day Early would get some from
Sheridan. This old Confederate said tina
on one occasion be was nc station where
LOT Of cannon. had been delivered. On each
one Of them was tag: General Jubal a
Early, Shenandoah Valley The Confed
crate took his pencil aud wrote underneath
the address, the following: Care OF r
H. Sheridan. '"-Chieago Times.
Anecdotes regarding the last days Of tn
last Emperor Frederick Of Germany con
tinue 10 multiply. Not long before hil
death he gave audience to little Engllst
boy six years old who had undergone thu
operation Of tracheotomy about q year ago
The boy had not only survived the opera
ton bat had grown stroug and healthy
Emperor Frederick heard Of his case and
desiring to see him, paid his expense.
from London to Potsdam. He examined
he child's throat and heard him talk
while the Empress Victoria piled him with
bonbons that he might show how well h'
could swallow.
Country boys are not such squat
heads as they sometimes look" said thu
socisble drummer at the Broezsl House
Zone day last week / was out driving viii
fellow who seemed to think ii his mis-
sion to say or do something smart every
minute. Presently We overlook bare
foot urchin driving q COW home from pas
ture, and my companion refined mp the
horse and SPOKE to him, saying: Say, my
little man, what time will 1t bs at siS
o'clock this afternoon Without mo
meut's hesitation the lad answered
Twill be bedtime for hens and fools
You're no men, but twill DO your bedtime
all the same "-Bafalo Express.
The story the other day about the piou:
little boy who tried to walk on the watei
in the bath tub recalls another Of an equal
ly pious little girl. She was eight year:
old and lived in the country. She had
started one dag rather late for school with
another little girl about her own age. OI
their way they csughts glimpse OF clock
dial through an open door. 1t lacked five
minutes to nine.
"Oh, dssrw exclaimed the pious LITTLE
girl, its five minutes to nine, and ws'l
be late to school"
Pm afraid we will"
Jennie" said tbs pious little girl, i'm
pressively, "rll tell you what We must dc
well kneei right down here and pray thai
we won't be lstew
"H'mm said the other, ~ guess wee
better skin right along and pray as we go'
They "skun" and got tnere.-Bosto'
Transcript
The precocity of eight year old boys ha'
often been the theme for newspaper com
ment, but l think / know Of one who II
entitled to particular distinction for hi
brightness. The other day he importuuet
his mamma for q nightshirt lust lik:
pspa's." with pocket in it. HIS mother
msde him one, and the first night h'
wore it he went TO bed in high glee
Iu the morniug, when his mother
took the robe of she fouud N one packet
a couple Of seed cakes, three matches, 6
toothpick, q small silver watch, severa
pieces OF cough candy and boys pocket
handkerchief. When the little fellow WA
Questioned ~ TO the reason for the varied
assortment he replied: well, thought
if 1 got hungry in the nighttime would
need the seed cakes, and Of course I'd want
the too ,hpick afterwards, il l wanted tc
see what time it was by my watch would
have to have match, and | was afraid o.
coughing SO / put the candy there" Hi:
excuses were equal to his preparation 81
auy rate Minneapolis Tribune.
A four year old miss lately created
good deal Of CONSERVATION, not unmtxed
with amussmunt, in q small social circle
uptown. she had been an q visit to heI
grandfather, and while there was 10 the
habit of playing with him as he lay, hall
asleep, on the sofa. Oae day as her club
by fingers glidei csressingly over the old
gentlsman's seant locks, he murmured
drowsily, 10 reply to some intanttie re-
mark: "Yes, Pun your poor old bald head
ed grandfather" 0he evening no,
long afterwards q young old bach
slor was making call Oh
the family, toward q certain member oi
which, only eighteen and decidedly pretty,
he inclined with very tender feelings Into
the pleasant circle where the bachelor sa'
flashing bright nothiugs Of society talk, en-
tered the four year old. Unseen by the gen
tlemep, she sauntered around the room IN
spectiug him and gazed with interest 90 hi:
polished scalp. which CLEANED in the ligh'
Of the chandelier. Suddenly, with burs
of ingenious sociability, she threw hersel
At his knees aud exclaimed: "Whose poor
old baldheaded grandfather are youP"-
Philadelphia Times
There is one thing about Western
town says" Chsupeey Dapew, II meal
away up in the Northwsst-that please:
me beyond anything in the United States
do love in the annual tour that make
TO strike away up thousand miles from
here, q booming town where everybody ha'
got rich in reality and profoundly rich IL
imagination, where lots are selling al
81, 900 one day and $1,000 the next day
| stood last fall in one of those towns up
near the Arctic Circle, upon lot which
had sold the day before for 81 900 foo'
front, or more than they charge
on Fifth Avenue, New York. Thu
proprietor of it took me ont OIL
the lake to show us the city, for, be
said, "the mud is so deep on the streets
cannot show it TO you iu any other way
And as he was pointing out this lot and
telling me what marvellous prices they haG
brought. I said to him: You seem to have
everything but q cemetery. Is 1t becsus'
land is 80 scarce here that you throw you
dead in the lske?' '0h, no. said he
Where You see that solitary white stone
up yonder was the cemetery, and it he
came so valuable we had to dig them ur
and plant them over the hill. But it wa.
not an uumixsd evil, for the principal
avenue ran right by my lot and it made 6
corner one. had to take up my wife, but,
dear old girl, Shs would have enjoyed it il
she could have known about IL, because
she always was wild about ths growth Of
the town"