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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14
THE BELGIAN PRISON SYSTEM.

Carried to an Ingenious Extreme.
Especial Correspondcnce.l
PHILADELPHIA, April 9-The articles
upon prison life in Russia, recently contrib
uted to The Century magazine by one who
has investigated the horrors of the great
White Bears dungeons, have caused much
comment OF all prison torture solitary con-
finement is the worst. The effect Of being
shut into given inclosure can only be re-
allied doubtless by those who have had such
experience, but any one who has been in
voluntarily forced to pass day, even a few
hours, without fellow being to speak or to
listen to, can readily understand that solitary
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14

An experienced Adirondack guide est.
mates that there are now in the Adirondack
10000 deer. 2,0Q0 bears and leo wolveA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14

A new system Of gymnastics or physical
training has been introduced in the British
army.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Health and Courage,

II regard courage" writes Lord Wolse'
ley in The FOrtaightly Rerietc, "as the ment-
al correlativs and equivalent Of perfect
phys cal health. And my experience has
taught me that high courage is generally
accompanied by bodily scuudness.
Those who are obeying Javera>'s rule OF
education. "A squad mind In q sound
bcdS,n will be stimulated by these sem
tsnCes of the English soldier to give more
earnest heed to sl that tends to bsget and
preserve physical health.
Lord Wesley himself c.tss notable ex
ception 10 his die um, in TIE case Of Will
liam III. whose courage was instructive,
but who from infancy to death was victim
to i'll health.
He might have cited, also, DR.. Kane and
Gen. Grey, whose strong wills so TIL
umphed over their dis aied bodies that
they alone we're tie aLimstirg spirits who
warmed and iuyigoratsd their half-froz IN
companions. Doubtless such men are
gifted both with will-power and couraga.
The will 50 keeps the bo1y undo: that
il cannot sssail the mans courage, which,
hsedl 50 Of path snd weakness, co,tiuus
to plan and order-even when death sits
By the BEDSIDE.
SHAKESPEARE wss clearly cf Lord WOise
ley's opinion when he sail:
eve are not ourselves
when nature. being Oppressed, commands the
To suffer with the body"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Pulled the Bell for Apples.
Brun tCick (GJ.) Bret=s.

Said Brunswick ard West m man: I
recollect an amusing incident. A very
veIdant looking kind of fellow got on the
train at Albany. He was to,icitsd by the
train boy several times 10 buy apples,
candy, ETC., but was evidently too clote-
fs el.
He suddenly, however, got it i1to his
head that hs would like to have scms
apples, end asked drummer when this
boy would be sround sgain. TIE drum
mer told him that if hs would pull the b, II
cord it would fetch the boy. Without a
nome aus ht station hsyseed gave it two
violent jsrks. Tbs train was running fall
spe ed, but the engineer, hearing the danger
signal, downed brakes and came 10 full
stop.
I was at LOSE, and 30 were the psssen-
gers, to account for the sudden str ppage of
the traio, and rushed forward to Sc the
engineer. o. my way I pass d thI lou sh
the car in which hsyseed was, and he stop
ped me with, Mister, how l,pg will it be
before the spple boy is aroundP" There
was litter IN the Car aud Ismelt mouse.
who pnl'ed that cord?" / asked. II
did" rejoined hay seed; II wanted TO call
the sppls boy"
The j,ke was out, and signal d the
engineer to 90 on.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Trick with Matches.
Neto York T1bun

The Introduction Into this country Of
s Redish matches has made s5me sport
among travellers. They are now ufed on
railroad trains for safety, because the sui
pher compound is Of such quality that ii
G. n or ly bs made to strike fire by rubbing
it against tie de of the box, which Is COW
cred with q special preparation for that
purpose. A story is told Of q wsll-known
New Yorker who was on his way 70 the
Pacific co,st T. Gently. and had gone into
a smoking car TO light his cigar. He en-
deavored vainly 10 strike light from ore
of the mat hes by rubbing it against the
side of the car ard the bottom ct his shoe,
while the other men In the department
l,pghed st his ineffsc.ual III Irts. They
finally assisted him ont of his dilemma BY
Girt citing his attention to tie quality OF
the m s,c les and the directions on the box.
For fully . quarter of an hour he erimly
pull. d away at bis cigar without sasiog a
word, whils they co 1tinued their railtry.
Meanwhile he had been studying the match
question, and finally he b1rst out with the
proposition: "You fellows think You are
mighty smart, and Pll bet any one Of ycu
q case of wire that if You give me one min
ute slo1e in this apartment, l can light
those cenfoanded matches on my cont
sleeve" There was lot of gOod-natured
banter over this, and most Of the men in
sisted that he was not in esrnest When
Ihey discovered that he was in earnest, one
of them took Ihs tei. The apartment
was cleared, and he had sixty seconds by
the watch. When they returned he de-
Id ,rstely rubbed match down his coat
sleeve, and it str )ck 6re the first time. He
took another and repea! ed the process until
he had lighted all the matches in the box
They were somewhat staggered until one
of them picked up the box ard found that
he had SIMPLY rubb d the material off the
side of the box upon his arm. The bet was
p id after shout had gone up that reused
the entire train.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

visions Of tie bill Fad heard Of Mr.. Park't
sut cess in EMPLOY ing steam in the naviea
ton of the Albsmarle aud Chesapeake, and
VISITED him at Noif1lk, hopiog that DC
would conceive q practical plan By which
this SINE methods could be successfully
employed on the Erie. Mr.. Parks exam.
ined clsely the provisions of the bill, aod
he discovered the remarkable fact that its
origipasors wished him to put bust Ell
and Q peck in bushsl measure In other
words, they wanted q two-hundred-h D
canal boat to carry two hundre tone and q
steam engine and boiler This was impos-
sible, and when he proposed to build q
steam canal boat tba. would 60 four In
ct al of two mile, an hour, the distance
made by mule power, but which, owing TO
the sharpening of the Prov and the add.
tional tonnage caused by the engine AID
boiler, would carry only one hundred tons
of freight, the com mittee Of the Nsw York
Legislature declined with tfanks, and re-
turned to their Albany home with a report
that the proposed scheme was impractiea-
bic.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
ALsvel HEADED Young woman.
Hath Journal.

A fast young m.n decided to maketo .
young lady formal offer Of lis hand AID
heart-a'l be was worth-topiog for .
cordial reception. But b was . cautious
yourg man, and felt his way BY putting
few questions 10 bef.
Did che love him we'll enough to live n
cottage with him? Was she . good
cook? Did she think IL . wife's duty b
make home happy? Would she copsult
his tastes ard wishes coacsrDiug her ESQ
ciates and pursuits in lif? Was che
economical? Could she make hsf own
clothes? etc.
The youcg lady said that before she an
swered his questions she v oald Assure him
of some negative virtues SIZE p0sased.
Che neytr drank, smoked ncr chewed;
never owed 0 bill to her l,undiea a.
ta;Yo,; never stayed ont I'll night playing
billiards; never loupged On the Street cor.
ners and cgled giddy girls; reyer ''s;ocd
inn with the boys for cigars and wins sup.
pfTs. 81,
sNow," said she, risiI 6 indignantly, II
am assured, by thess who know, that ycu
do all these thing, and IL IL rather absurd
fsr 700 to expect all the virtues IL NE.
while you do not possess any yourself. l
can never be your wife" and ale bo-sd
lin out and left him on the cold doorstep.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
The Greenhorn In the Woods.

The grtenhorn is to te found in the
wcois IS we'll as anywhere Else in the
world. His manners, his dress, his very
carIi ,ge, all b strsy him. His gun is new
one; HI, shooting seket and b'cts smell
If tie shop. He has an exaggerated idea
of everything about the woods. To his
verdsnt imagination trout are as plenty IN
the lakes aad streams az herring in the
mighty ocean. There are at least one wild
cit in every tree and deer feeding ID
every mesdow. To his mid the deep
forest is cl ,thed in halo of mystery, OF
which he is to be the explorer; and, like
Livingstone and Stanley, he is to be the
reveel4 IT of these -: shty secrets. The old
woDdsman maker nothing of CT eakirg trees
and the weird souu6s produced by the one
brarci scrsping against another would
hardly Command q pc mig thought, but /
have known novice to sit half day by
side OF this phenomenon, waiting for
W Heat to show himself from the branches
overhead. There is ti"gs of dissrp int
ment occasiened by the knowledge # the
fact which comes later or, that OF al SOL
italy places-e1cep;irg perhaps, the great
American Desert-the unbIOken wilder
mes, hae, perhaps, the fewtst signs Of ami
NAL life of aay place on thu entire CONT
nsrt. You may travel al day and o. see
a prhi ige, a deer, wildcat, bear, fox,
robin, crow or blu, bird, and hardly q
squirrel. The d, ep wood on quiet day
is the very personifcation of stiffness.
Game there is, but it gathers in certain To-
calities, accord ng 10 the season. The
newcomer ha' eyes, but they see not; ears
he has, but they hear not; and you can
trust him to make. noiss enough to keep
the game always just out of sight.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Drollery.

Bobby: whats the matter with the
b,by, mAp'
Mother: "I'vs just been pursing him,
Bobby, and he choked little"
Bobby: ibid he get bottle in his
THO 1t. ma"
-''Say, pa" said Willie, after and in
terview with his father, in which the ges-
lures were fsr more impressive than the
Language, 81 thought you was free
trader"
THAT'S what I am, but 1t hasn't got
anything to do with this affair that can
see. The best thing that you can do is to
become Just as obscure as possible
"Yes, Sir; but think you might live up
to your principles anyhow"
what DO you meanf"
"Why, what I mean is that it would
have been about the right thing for you to
do q little soms thing toward removing the
tacks from shingles"
Arawillie elid away and removed fur
Their difficulties.
Mamma, mamma" sobbed q little
tbree.year. old girl, running into the house,
much offended, 81 wish you'd whip the
old htn She WON'T let me see the chickens.
shs dest lift up her dress and an they all
run right unde."
-"Csrl," said Aun.ie, II should not
think you would like rsdishes; I SHOULD
think they would bite your tongne."
"Why, auntie," said the little boy,
"they sin't got any teeth
Little Cora heard an elderly psrson re
mark hist some one who was in trouble
was in a pickle Shorty afterward hel
little brother attempted some difficult feat
'Oh, You mustn't do that" che ex
clsimed, "or you will be in cucumber. >
81 will give You an orange, Willie,
said famous English Freethipker 10
little boy, 'if you can tell me- where Coz
h.n
"And will give you two," replied th
boy q. orce. "If you can tell me whtr
He b not
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
The Homemaker.
Helen Hunt.


. The most perfect home ever saw was
little house into the sweet incense OF
whose fires went no c,stly things. A
thousand dollars rved as years living
for father, mother and three children.
But the mother was the creator of home
her relations with her children wee the
mcst beautiful I have ever seen; every in
mate Of ths house Involuntary locked init
her face for tie keynote o; the dsy,
and it always rang clear. From
the rosebud or c!ovsr leaf, which in spite
of her hard to1sework, she always found
time to put beside our plates at breakfast,
down to the story she had on hand to read
in the evening there was no intermission
of fec influence. Ste has always been
and oil ways will he my ideal of mother,
wife and homemsker. If 10 her quick
brain, loving heart and exquisite fac, had
been added the appliances of wealth and
enlargemt MS of wide culture, hers wsuld
have tesn absolutely the IDEAL home. As
it was, it was the best have ever seen.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Provide Fer Emsrgen cies.
Ninu,upOlis Tribune,

The precocity of eight-year-old boys has
often bsn the theme for newspaper COM
ment, but Till know of one who is en-
titled to peculiar distinction for his bright
nese. The other day he importuned bis
mamms fH q night shirt 'just like
papa. ;" with Q pocket in it. His mother
inside him ore, and the first night he wore
it he went to bed in high glee.
In the incoming. when the mother took
the robe of, she found in the one pocket
couple of se.d cakes. three matches, a
toothpick, q SIN al silver watch, several
piecss of cough candy and the boys pocket
handkerchief. When the little fellow was
questioned as to the reason OF the very
varied assortment, he replied:
well, / tho yht if / got hungry In the
night time wolld need the seed cakes,
and of course I'd want the to otbpicks after
ward; if wanted to see what time it was
by my watch / wopli have to have q
match, and was afraid Of coughing, 30 ]
pat the candy there"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
The Right Kind Of Gossip.

The recent subject Of dsb,te at a young
ladies' seminary in NEWMAN, England,
was: 'Is lie worth living without gos.
sip?" The girls of tie school, sfaer a
heated argument, decided unanimously in
the negaiige Mas Gladstone, addressing
an Association for Promoting the Education
of G lis, in Wales, upheld this decision.
The Spectator defends Miss Gladstone on
the ground that "sasy conversation,
spr.nkle1 with illusions to persons, YET
not confined to personalities, is one of the
intellectual enjoyment, possible only to
those who live under ard share in deye.
lopsd civilization"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
A Priest's Rose Garden In Rome.
Christian ResfstS, Rome Letter.


One Of tie moet beautiful Of the old
cl,ister gardens IL attached 10 the sump.
tn ,us church Of 81. P.u.'s Outside the
Walls. go The whole garden is filed
with rtsss and swt ct herbs. In the mid'ls
AZ d the old we'll and eun.disl, bot every.
where the p nk buds and ro e. are turned
toward the tun. The midday warmth
brought the odors Of lavender, rosemary
and mint-scents all the brotherhoods
se.m to love by inst net. Such
depths vp,n. depths Of ptacs
and quie tade filed the monkish
ros, garden I felt I could dt there for
hours and muse on skpll without get
,ipg too strong an door of our mortality.
For tie glorious Itslian spring trinmpbed
over death and decay. = ,
The prsttiest monastic garden have seen
in Ro ne sdj ,ips the church Of Ban Pietro
in Viocoli, Vice the "Mo es'' of Michssl
Angelo and the 70 tns Magnet" Of Gusi;
ci, o are to be seen.
The mons cry Is now tur ed into . hoel
for engineers, bus the polite attend.
ant is always rssdy TO open the e)ass
door and let you no grNsy nook
planted with tall old orange trees, GOV.
cred with the golden fruit, into which the
Bapksis ross has clan b red With perfect
tempest tf blossoms, wbi'e spring 6oSers
end blooming shrubs fll Il 10 ovsraowing,
run riot over the p,ths, md plant them
selves in vast nosegsys bsainst the dsrk
green and golden background. A p,ir Of
70 k, were mu,teripg In the thfubbny,
H.. fint had seer, and bright green
liz ,s supped away between The stones Of
IL old wall The silence snd fr Shines
zee indescrib bic; and, - usuaI, tha
vanished brotherhood hsd LEFT . SAVIOR ol
sweet, tld.fasbioned hei b, behind them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
His First Night Out.

IN tau Lphld hecord.
Bride (of a month My husband seems
to be ont very late tonight.
Maid-Yes' m; it's after II o'clock.
Mercy on me! Do you suppose he
could have ZEE some forme: sweetheart,
and"
"Nc, indeed, mum; the butler tells me
your husband is at the club having good
time with his bachelor friends, and
think, ma'am, you ought to do something
about ip' .
"Why, Of course! How thoughtless
am! Get that b,x of phosphorus from the
cabioet."
"Dssrie me! You amt going to commit
suicide?'
Suicide? You must be crazy. Pm going
down to the front door to rub phosphorus
On the keyhole."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Mrs clsveland.s Engagement Ring.

BQHtHlOTe AKSTICuu WCottHytOH A-Nci'
Mrs. Cleveland's engage nent ring i
not, as is generally supposed, the beauti'
full diamond which she wears just above
her wedding ring, but is q large, old,
fat hiore ed seal ring, which now adorns the
Presidents finger. There is quite little
history attached to this ring and the way
it came to bs bestowed upon Mrs. Clsvs-
land. A few days before the departure Of
Mrs Folsom and her daughter for Europe,
it will be remembered, the President went
70 New York for the purpose OF
SEEING and bidding them good.by.
1t was u4n this occai,n that
the President frat definitely ask ed Mrs
Cleveland 10 become his wife, and fixed
the date of THAR marriage Immediately
upon her return to this county. Taking
from his finger the seal ring which he had
worn for years, and which had keen
originally gift from Mr.. Folsom, tie
President placed it upon her finger, In
tendir g. almost Immediately threaten to
forward to her the handsomest diamond
which COT If be found. This plan Mrs.
Cleveland herself ultimately changed, as
she decided it would be less likely to
attract attention if during Fer stay abroad
she wore the old seal ring which had be-
longed to her deld father. On the dsy OF
her mari ge, as is we'll known, Mrs
Cleveland received magnificent ring and
rechlac of solitaire from the President,
diamond pins for the hair and bIeist from
Secretary and Mrs. Whitley. in addition
to numerous otter email 1T, of similar
nature from Others. But, cu'iously
enough, the first diamo:d ring
which Mrs. Clsvelsnd ever pcsss'ed
was a tiny little star Of dia-
monde, which abe wore upon the Title
finger of the right hand upo1 the occasion
of her marriage. Tais riug was the gift of
o friend in New York, who had known
Mrs. Cleveland from esrly childhood, and
who, hearing her mention the fsct that
she never owned a diamond, sent the little
differing STIR from Tiffs ny's the day b y
fore her departure.'rJm Washington, whit n
she cane on to be married. This friend
was among tbs number of those who came
in on the same train, and was present at
the ceremony.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

which to r,psIuct Q Bt'le paragraph, and
here Is what the next Olive Branch had t,
say;
'rhe smiable and accomplishtd Colonel
G. Archie Dab, from the city paid ha.ty
viis to ore of or b lis last week. he an
pears to be about the mnst intelligent
young man We hays evsr had the pleas
urs to meet. 10 is rumored that there is
to be wedding before the shows sgain
cover Cemetery Hill. Come sgs.n, Colone
Archie.n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
CoQUE1TE.

Harold Won santvcort in Life.
Oh, FIVE, Coquettel fye er9yette
An arrow Cupid's culver loses;
A masoue he tyes before yo1r eyes,
& shifts & shyes inne artful ruses.
With wimpled wiles & dimpled smiles,
Ye elf beguiles, my wit CONT ses;
Soc thus you're won. his arts III shunne,
: now undope. III conrte the Muses.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

-'T wouldn't cry, little boy" said a
kind old g ,ntleman, consolingly, You msy
be unhappy for the moment, bat 1t viii
s,on pass awsy. You woul6n'l expect me
o cry, would you. every time Pm little
uDhsppy" ,.,
"No, Sir" responded the fearful little
lad; ''ycu'd probably 60 an get drink"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
LOvE-SICK.
Puck.

Puck.
Ny fond heart, it doth ache
With love, Tor thy sweet sache,
Say yss-say yes, and mache
My gray life rose tints tache.
Wen sail loves CLASSY lache,
Where pillows never breache
In bark that meier shall quache,
Joy'n follow in our waehe-
Vow, no! the wedding cache.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

Old lady Ito grocer's toJ): Dye
know, young felltr, tfat ] amt very rauch
struck on thss hy papsr yau sold nae yes-
tsrlay."
Boy: 'Tspcs rot mum; bow shout
thsR.ea.'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
The WHY wiasy.

You cannot philosophizs on a wideF,
She is textbook Ct philosophy, yon can
only study her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28


us. Passing en- route the house Of joliet
parents, which, though not BY any msars pp
to our ideas of the lordly res dence Of the
Capulets, still one might make allowances
for. but 1le terubeau di Julielta!' imagine
being shown through o market garden By
q rseag I'd italian woman and IN etcort Ct
half dozen clsmorirg children, shrough an
iron railing, the one, presumably, broken
down BY Romeo in his frenzy, to an empty
sarf ophs gu, ofgranits filed to the brim With
visiting cards! An inscript'on on the wall
records the place as the burial vsult Of the
Caoulets. The whole thing has degsnerated
into q catcbpsnny, and succeeds in rob
bipg the sad tragedy of the yourg lovers q
every Shred of romance. The surrounding
hills of Verona are lovely, covered with
terraced vineyards, amongst which numer'
Gus ruins and chateaux look down On the
old town. A bridge built By thu Romans
is still used, while many oftheir remains
arches, amphitheatres, etc.-are OF much
interest. The tomts Of the Seaiger family.
benefactors of the city are very fine, AID
Verona altogether most satisfactory.
Next We 1ice! Tot.l'y unlike any othsl
city in the world, it stands alone. Nosonnc
is heard in its streets but the Dipping %
olrs and cries of the gonioliers, and thu
many pilaces rising from the water appar
eutly without foundation form friIy pic
ture. The evening of orr arrival 'ssren
ata'' was in progress. A large barge iilu
minated with many colored lights, snt
with band on board, float, mp end dow
thegrand canal, and 10 followed BY hundred
of eondolas adorned with colcred lanterns
| while the Bengal lights are burnt alon
the qusys and many of the houses lilo
mins.ei; dszzliDg eight Is the Tssui,
With the famous square Of st. Msrk
and the Cathedral, the Doge's Palace