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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29


Can I use your telephone a minute?'
she asked, "a she ran into q neighbours on
ID avenue with a shawl over head.
"Oh, certainly"
''I am going to give a party next week,
and I want 20 invite a few friends
'Yes?'
"It is to be a very select party
'Yesen
"Only my friends
'Nesen
"And, therefore, you-you won't be-?'
Angry if am not invited, nor won Z
consider It cheeky If you use my telephone
TO invite others Oh, no. Any one who
keeps a telephone in the house Tor use Of
the neighhois soon gets used TO anything
WHY, man came in here the other day
and used the line 20 call my husband up
down town and dun him for a bill Go
ahead aud can mp TIE sU0-Cfice,n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
True Frlendship

She whispering You see that Mrs.
Youugboy playing at the piano? I 90 feel
so sorry for her husband; she hirts so out
rsgeously, and they fight like dogs and
cats.
He interested Indeed
She-Yes; and their poor children are
so neglected They both have vile tenn
pers, You know, and don't suppose any
one could get along with either OF them.
He-But how do you come to know al
thiss
She ,surprised}-I2 Why, I ana their
best friend, don't you know
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
An Expertenc d Salesman.
Chicago Tribune

Customer want to buy something
suitable for holiday present, bat you
don't seem to have what want.
misunderstanding in the line Of toys?
Yes"
"Our most expensive holiday goods are
Oh the floor above. Take the elevator.
You want something for boy or girl, l
SUPPOSED"
'Yes-fcr my wife's little brother"
Promptly The fve-cent counter 10
in the basement. First stairway TO your
left.n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29

Miss Steele .ofPi,tsburg So you hsve
a real Chinaman for 3 servant2 Is he ef-
fcient?
Miss Pharwest Of San Francisco -So-so.
He's dresdiully hsri on dishes But what
can Won expect OF a domestic that even
talks broken Chins!
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
whatItsu suggested.
Merchant Traveller

Yves, I'm engaged, said youag wo-
man 10 her conddaple. And Jack has
given me the ioSelisst ring. Here it is.
i is SET with four diamonds and pearl -
"Four dismOnds and s. peaTi2''
eyes; don'tyou Ike it2'
ooh. 10 be sure, but
"Bu, what2'
"Well, IL reminds me so much OF a bob
tailed 1ush, Won know
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
FAVoRITE STITCHES.

All sorts of stitches are used on linen,
tent-s,itch and cross-stitch, the premier pat
in sampler work not being excluded. The
stitches which show more for the amount
Of labor, and are not so trying to the eyes,
az no threads need be counted, are, how
ever, more IN vogue. COUGHING with gold
thread, which is warranted to wash, ia
much used. Sometimes the entire work is
done in this manner, the leaves and flow
ers being entirely of gold thread couched
in diaper patterns. Festher-stitch is one
Of the oldest stitches, dating back to
the thirteenth century. Akin to this
is the familiar tri stitch, which,
"a its name implies, consists
of three stitches of unequal
lengths. The feather stitch proper is more
suitable for articles of ornament than Of
utility. S.eu-stiich is too well known
snd too much used to require even a pass
ing allusion. Split-stitch is the same 81
stem stitch, except that the preceding
stitch Is split by the needle, thus giving g
firm, even line. It is employed with fine
silk in outline work Of delicate quality.
Satin-stiich has lost some Of its popularity,
IFS mechanical regularity lacking the in
terestipg features ofstem.sutch and fea,h-
er-stitch. BIarket-stitch is nothing more
than 81 irregular buttonhOle-stitch. 1t is
commonly arranged in groups Of three or
five stitches, each group being connected
with the next by a long
loop. Chains itch is now used
great deal on linen, notwithstanding that
the same effect can be produced by machine
work. It is Of old English origin, and
some historic embroideries have been exc
cuted by its use alone. In modern work
it is shown chiefly in outlines and arbssques
Twisted chain glitch is also Charles H.
stitch and differs from ordinary ehsin II
that the needle, instead Of being placed in
the center Of the preceding stitch is taken
back to half the distance behind it, and the
loop pressed to one side to allow the nee
die to enter in a straight line with the pre-
ceding stitch. II is very pretty executed
in fine silk, and is useful in forming varie-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
So Tired That De Make. Us Tired.
Tsras SHHngs

Itr1s SUtN9t
HaIry-Who's that passing on the other
side of the street
Charley-Dear boy, you'll have to ex-
cuse me. I'm really too fstigued to look
further than the middle OF the street to-
day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
NEW RNIBROIDERIEs.

The schools and exchanges have all
shown q great variety of new work this
season, especially in embrOideries. Among
these is rOticeable combination of needle
work and painting in monochrome. The
design is first drawn upon the fabric, and
then dyed with tapestry dyes two or three
shades darker than the fabric. Now it Is
ready for the needle. The flowers, leaves,
etc, are worked over their entire surface
in honeycomb stitch with elk two or
three shades lighter than the fabric, and
outlined with the same color, using
a rather coarse silk for the outlining.
The stems, veins Of leaves, etc,
are done in button hole stitch worked
slantWise; sometimes the veining is done
in feather stitch. Bolton sheetiug seems
20 be a favOrite matreisl for this sort of
work, and blne a favOrite cclor. A por-
there recently ehown WAS executed in vari-
Gus shades of blue upon blue Bolton sheet
ing, the design extending only over the
central part of the curtain, that is, begin
ming three-quarters Of yard from the top
and extending yard from the bottom.
Both top aud bottom Of the curtain were
fnished with a struggling, irregular fringe
of cream. cOlOred Irvine placed upon The
fabric and not OF it's edge. Sofa pillows in
the same kind Of work suggested utility
and comfort while they were certainly very
Ornamental.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
LINEN WORK.

A great variety of linen work, mostly
for diningroo uses, is shown. Table
squares and scarfe, tray cloths, carving
cloths, side-bOsrd scarfs and the like arc
displayed in all their glory. Last year the
popular fancy was for coarse German liuen
wrought with coarse fax in delicate colors.
This year the tendency il towards silks,
the main portion being executed in tri-
stitch with white, with simple outlines
of some very delicate color. Both the
silks and the linen used are fine. Doy-
leys in this work are equisite, the
silk used on these being usually white,
every touch of color being omitted
None of these linen things are fringed;
all are hemstitched, and sometimes further
ornsmented with a design in drawn work,
placed an inch above the hem. Some
charming rose-bowl cloths are scalloped at
the edge, the petal of the flower or some
part of the design forming the scallop.
There is q decided rage for bemstitching
and fine napery is almost universally fin
ished in that way, with an initial or mon
ogram on one side of the piece executed in
white silk. The same finish has for some
time been used on bed linen, and now tow
els have been shorn of their fringe aud are
finished in a two-inch hemshtched hem,
and ornsmented with an initial or mono
gram.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-29
THE NEEDLE In ART.
IT is GETTING PINBR AND FINER BVBRY
YEAR.
A Great Variety Of New Ideas in Embroidery.
Nearly All Fine Napsry IS Hemstitchsd-In
Linen Stitches Those Least Trying to
the Eyes Are FavOri!ss.

It is encouraging to note that in art work
of all kinds there is a decided tendency
toward betterment, both in design and COL
oring. Particularly is this the case in the
large variety of decorating work done with
the needle. Every year one sees lees and
less that is monstrous, and more that leans
toward, if it does not quite reach, the ar.
tistic. Excuse may be found, however,
for past shortcomings Of needleworkers in
the fact that embroidery is practically a
revival of lost art, and that it's new life
began barely twenty years ago. At that
time the materials for decorative en-
broidery we're small in variety, inferior
In quality and crude in color, and even
these we're obtainable only in the large
cities. Crewels had not been msnufac-
tured for years, and were not to be had.
In the beginning the KensiDgtOn school
used in their place what is known as car
pet "tbruHs" (the waste left in weaving
carpets, working them upon pieces of
coarse crash or linen. Perhaps in this
way began the deluge of "tidies" which
afflicted the world few years ago, and
from which we have yet hardly recovered.
The experiments in art needlework must
be utilized in some way, hence the afro
ciOus and soul-vexing tidy. But its day is
done.
KENsINGToN THE CORNERSTONE.
Too much cannot be said in praiee of the
ruling spirits who established and devel-
oped the various schools of needlewoTk in
this and other countries. II is 10 these
women that taste fer artistic needlework
among needleworkers ia due, and in aldi-
ton they have by their unWearying Efforts
go directed native talent as to place the
workers in relations at once digniied and
remunerstive with the buying public.
From the Kensington school, which,
through the energy Of one woman, YEA
first established in littleroom over shop
in one of LOndon's side streets, has sprung
innumerable other schools, some of which
rival in point Of originality OF their design
and dettness of their execution the work
sent out by the parent school, while there
is hardly city or town of any importance
in this country at least that does not boast
of its Art Exchange under the patronage
Of philsnthropic women, who receive and
dispose of all kinds Of original art work,
charging only a small percentage, which is
used to defray in part the sbaoluts money
outlay incurred.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
A QUIET DAY.
New Years Passes on Iua Pleasant Man
ner.

New Years Passes on In "A Pleasant Man
ner.
New Years wss spent in O quiet manner
in Wheeling, and many business houses did
not close their doors until late in the af.
ternoon. The reception at the Y. NJ. c. A.
was the only prominent event of the day,
while several ladies received callers last
evening. The theatres were both well at
tended, and everything passed off pleas
antly, the absence OF q noticeable amount
Of drunkenness being pleasing feature
This was occasionsd no doubt by the in
Vulnerable people who drink, taking their
annual swear-Off, which generally lasts for
few days, or weeks, perhaps, or in some
cases even until July rolls around.
Bot what would New Years be unless
people swore Off from bad habit,? 1t
wouldn't seem natural if the old joke
couldn't bs got of once every year, would
it?
All the city and county offices were
closed mp yesterday with the exception of
the Chief Of Policies Office, where a very
small amount of business WAS transacted, =,
only one drunk and one disordeTly being
registered there at two o'clock this morn
ing There was even no display OF fire
works about town, and only an occ lsional
cracker exploding could be helrd. Taking
it all together it was a very quiet and a
very happy New Year TO the larger part
of the pfOple
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
THEY MAY AGREE.
A Possibility That the q strike May Come
To an End.

A Possibility That the q strike May Come
10 an End.
CHICAGO, January lin regard to q
rumor that the strike of the engineers Of
the C., b. * Q. railroad hal been settled,
Second Vice President Stone said that yes
terday = conference between the officials OF
the road aud the Brotherhood committee
had adiourned 6ll Wednesday, which was
evidence that a conclusion had not been
reached.
The company, he said, would not reeede
in tine slightest degree from its present po-
s.iion. Not one man Of the new engin-
eers. fremep, switchmen or brakemeo
would be discharged to make way for
strikers. The company had no hl-will
agsinst the striking men and desired IN
90 way 10 persecute them, but justice
must he done to the new men.
els the strike in q fair way Of final set
clement Mr. Stone?'
''You may say that the present commit
tee of nine has shown a better disposition
io irea. fairly with us than ony other.
They Gre a fne body Of Intelligent men. "
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
A MILLION In ASHES.
A Mammoth Establishment Reduced TO
Ashes In Forty Minutes.

Ashes In Forty Minutes.
ST. LOUIS, January 1.-The immense
siI-story brick building Of the Richardson
Drug Company, on the northwest corner
of Fourth street aud Clark avenue, was re-
duced TO ruins in forty MINUTES early this
morning.
The fire was discovered at 2:29 o. M,
and q general alarm was turned in. So
fierce WAS the FIRE that five minutes after
the alarm was turned in the buildings
across the stree! were smoking and about
TO burst into flames. The iremen suffered
terribly from the heat, and many were
compelled to seek the shelter OF an ada
cent building.
The entire six floors were filled with
combustible goods. On the third floor
were the paints and oils, and this story
was also used for packing. The fire
seemed to get an early hold on the third
floor, and the flowing oils, dropping
through the first two stories. supplied q
fountain of fire that played from the base
ment clear TO the roof, defying ell efforts
to check its costly flow. II vas maenif-
cent and an awful sight from the first two
minutes after its discovery until about
three o'clock, when the building collapsed
and there was nothing more 10 burn.
The loss is about $3.50, 600 on stock and
$3.50. 600 on buildings. The insurance on
building and stock is $65,OOO, mostly
placed by II. NJ. Blossoms Agency, OF
this city. The building YVES erected sew
eral years ago at cost Of Sl5O,0O0. The
corner was occupied for some time by a
paint and oil firm before the Richardson
Drug Company moved up from North Sec
oud street 1t was one of the largest
Wholesale drug houses in the country, and
its druggists' sundries department was the
largest in tht country.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
TIE DAY DARKENED.
Ths Eclipse OF ths sun Viewed on the
Pacific Coast.

Tbs Eclipse OF the sun Viewed on the
Pacific Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, January 1.-The coz
ditions we're generally favorable to-day
both in California and Nevada for a
clear observation Of the total eclipse Of the
sun. In the city the eclipse was only par
hal, about sloveu-twelfths of the suns
surface being obscurod. During the
period Of the greatest obscurity it became
quite dark and one star was plainly seen
Half OF the totality in California was from
fifty TO one hundred miles north OF San
Francisco, and trains from this city con-
veyed large number Of people TO the va
riOus points for the observation.
PiOf. Holden, of Lick Observatory, tele-
graphs 10 the Associated Press that the be-
ginning ofthe eclipse was successfully OBJ
served at that point and also the last con-
tact. The nearest approach to tctality wOs at
$50, when observers noticed plainly
with the naked eye s narrow circle Of
light on the nOTthsasterly side of the sun's
disc, and in an instant the bright spot was
transferred to tee other side. The appear
ance Of the entire valley in a shadOwy
light was weird.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
FLASHES or LATE NEWS.

Whitecaps psraded the streets OF
Browusyille. Pa. and distributed warn
ines to loafers and bans to mend their
ways.
Edwin Booth formally presented Gra-
mercy Park Hall To the members Of the
dramatic profession lAst night Augustin
DAILY received the new hall on behalf oil
the actors.
A big fight is brewing between the
Brooklyn street railroads and their men.
A strike is expected soon.
The patent leather trust has advanced
prices Is per cent, beginning this morning.
The Scranton steel mills have closed
down. Tariff reform has been temporarily
defeated.
A palpable infringement Of the Ameri-
can put a-nickel-in-the-slot weighing ms
chine has been sustained by an English
court and Percival Everett the patentee'
is out heavy costs.
The vaults Of the United States sub
treasury at Baltimore have been roD6sd oi
81 200 How or where or by whom is not
known. A defective lock made admission
possible. and it is believed that an en-
ploye did the job.
Frank Chase, Of springville, has Just
been notified that he is one Of three heirs
40 an immense estate in Pike county, Ky,
consisting Of 20, 600 acres Of mineral land.
A New York syndicate, wishing to buy tie
lard. made the discovery.
Louis A Hammer, Of Chicogo, SALESMAN
of Henry Horuer & Co. has embezzled
500 600 and gone to Canada.
The recent storms have DESTROYED 81"
bouses on Turks Island, in the West lr-
djes and caused much destitution there,
many DeopIe having died Of starvation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
THEY DON'T AGREE
But a Majority of the DIvines Don't OPP
pose Harrison's Dance.

But n Majority of the Dlvlnes Don't OPP
pose Harrison's Dance.
INDIANAPOLIS, January LIN addi-
tiOn to the local clsrgymen whose views
relative to the Inauguration ball have al
ready been telegraphsd, some others were
seen to-day. The hostility to the danes
of March is confined mainly to pastors Of
the Methodist communion.
The Rev. Reuben Jeffrey, First Baptist
Church, said The Baptist haveno written
law on the abstract question of dancing.
The general tendency is against any form
OF excess. The matter belongs to the
realms Of individual liberty, which every
person must decide as he would other
questions of morals and good taste"
Rev. NJ. l.. Haines, Gen. HarrisOn's pas
tor: 81 have not thought of the ball. Gen.
Harrison has never mentioned il, aud /
have no business to meddle with mans
private affairs"
Rev. DR.. McLsOd, Second Presby byterian
''The Presbyterian ministers have not
taken action, nor will they, TO prevent the
Inauguration hall.
Rev. Dr.. Rondthalsr, Tabernacle Prev
byterian: "Ineyer attempt to rule a mans 8
conscience in the matter of popular amuse-
msnts. The inaugural ball is r matter of
State affair, with which the churches, in
their ecclesiastical powers, have no busi-
ness
REV. DIR. o. @. McCullOch, Plymouth
Congregational: The churches have no
business to interfere with the inaugural
ball Of General Harrison, nor with any
other ball Of a similar kind"
Rev. S. Z. Keeue, Roberts Park Metho-
dist: 81 am opposed to the Inauguration
bAl. have talked With nearly sll the
Of our local Association, aud they
are in accord with the action Of the COlum-
bus clergymen."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
DAVIS BODY-SERVANT
Receives a Kindly Letter From the Ex-
Confederate Ohieftain.

confederate Chieftain.
RALEIGH, n. O., January Some
weeks ago James A. Jones, colored, of this
city, who was Jefferson Davis body-serv-
ant wrile the latter was President, wrote
him letter expressing his high regard.
Jones stated that he had not seen the ex-
President siaee both were taken to Fortress
Monroe. Jones was captured with him in
Georgia, and made great efforts to secure
his escape there. Mr. Davis makes special
mention Of him in his history. Jones has
made particular denial Of the story that
Davis was attired in woman's clothing
when captured. Since the war Jones has
lived here. He is Republican in politics,
aud has for eighteen years been an Alder
man. His love for Mr.. Davis amounts to
devotion. To day he rtcsived the follow
ing autograph letter from Mr.. Davis:
BRAUvOR, Miss December 81, 1888.
Twas very glad TO receive your letter,
with its assurance of kind remembrance,
and ID gives pleasure not only TO me, hut
also to my daughter, who WAS an infant
when you frat saw her. Mrs. Davis, yOu
know. was always your particular friend.
We lave all rejoiced when we have heard
Of your honorable prosperity, and have
felt that it was due TO your integrity and
fidelity. The many years that have come
and zone since we parted has in no way
diminished my regard for you and interest
in your welfare, and on Christmas Day l
mailed TO You the last photograph taken OF
me in order that you might see me as l
now am.
With the best wishes of myself and Mrs.
Davis and all the household, am truly
your friend. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
A CORRUPTED BALLOT.
GOV. HILL SAYS, SECURED lHB BLBC-
TION OF BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The Proofs Of Wholesale Bribery at HaDd-An
Election Conducted on so-Oallsd Business"
Prineiplss-ImpOriant Recommendation
Affecting the National Constitution.

ALBANY, N Y, January 1.-The State
Senate to day was organized by the cleo
tiOn of ]. SlOat Fassett, Secretary of the
Republican National Committee, to the
Presidency pro TEN. Fremont Cole
was elected Speaker of the Assem-
bly,. The Inauguration Of Governor
Hin was conducted with much
display. While reading his annual mess
age the Governor created some sensation
wh.n he employed these words; ''The
necessity of some change in our election
laws whereby the increasing corruption
which has become incident TO our
elections may be prevented, is i'm
perative. 1t is believed that
the recent Presidential election
was the most corrupt Ofany in the history
of the country, so far as the direct use Of
money was concerned in influencing the
electors, and public aentiment is naturally
awakened to the desirability of some relief.
The peculiar causes which induced
this immense corruption are ap-
parent. The anxiety TO subserve sell
fish and private advantage, rather than
the general interests OF the public, natu-
rally led 10 the campaign being conducted
upon alleged business principles, where
by it is asserted that electors were bought
and sold like goods and chattels in the
open market.
Governor Hill recommended that by
joint resolutison the Legislature urge Con-
gress to 90 adopt constitutional amend
ments regarding the Presidential term and
provision for ex-Presidents, and Governor
Hill's recommendations are:
First-That the term of Office of the
President and Vice-President shall be six
years.
Second-That the President shall be in
eligible for reelection.
Third-That the President shall imme-
distely upon the expiration Of his term BE-
come a member Of the United States SEN
ate for life and receive an appropriate sal
arg. This amendment shall apply to all
living tX-PIesidents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
Rrahhnrn nsfsnds Warren.

NEW YORK, January 1.-Bin Bradburn,
the Pittsburg pugilist, who is employed
at the Chicago stock yards to keep the
dlOvers in order, has written long letter
to Mr.. A. T. Smiley, in which he earnestly
defends Tommy Warren against the charge
that Warren has been trying to sneak out
of a match with Ike Wier. Bradburn con-
tends that Warren really had the better Of
his boat with Wier at Minneapolis, and
asserts that a hundred or more spectators
of that 20 with whom he has conversed,
agree with him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-02
WOMEN JUMP TO DEATH.
A Fire Alarm Causes Three Women
Tako Dreadful LsRps.

A Fire Alarm Causes Three Women TO
rako Dreadful Leap.
ST. LOUIS. January 1. between D and 6
O'Clock this morning fire broke out in
Zsller's hotel, 7l9 and 72l North Sixth
street. Some twenty-five or thirty people
were in the place aud scene of great eK-
citement ensued, during which three wo-
men jumped from a third story window.
These we're: Mary Weslaud, who beside
being badly burned about the head ard
body, had an arm broken and inhaled
iames; chs died a. the hospital. Mary
Dawson aged 30, had an arm broken in
two places and received severe scalp
wounds. Lizzie Durham, 30 yea-s, a
widow with three children, also received
scalp wounds and had an arm broken.
The fire was trivial affair.