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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

The men who drive the sheep to feed
follow the winding path with the flock,
but they return on stills by short cut.
The poStmen use stills, and so do the
hunters. These marshes are the home
of the wild duck and widgeon, but they
lie far away from the paths in the most
secluded places, inaccessible to one
walking in the ordinary way. So the
hunter donS his stills. These are about
eight feet long, the footholds being
about six feet from the ground. They
are fastened to the ankle and just be-
low the knee with leather straps. At
the bottom, to keep them from sinking
too far into the mud, is a round disc of
wood, which makes the silt look as if
1T had been pushed two inches or so
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26
CLOTHES MAKE THE BRIDEGROOM.
They Don't Make the Man, But in This
Case It's Different.
Chicdgo Ifi0uIIe

He was sitting on a bench at the
Union Depot, with his hands thrust
deep into his trousers pockets. his feet
stretched out in front of him. his head
bent forward on his chest, and his hat
pulled down over his eyes.
Whats the matter with yOu?" in
quired policeman touching him on the
shoulder.
He looked up a moment with dull,
heavy, lack-luStre eyes, and then looked
down again.
Pm sober" said he. You needn't
waist any of your valuable time on me.
don't need looking after"
But you have been sitting here an
hour without saying a word or moving
muscle You're in trouble. What is
it?.
Il don't think you can help me any
perhaps | can. That's what I'm
here for"
"IIumph"'
"IIave you had your pocket picked?''
Worse than that"
Been worked by confidence men?''
Worse"
you seem to be all there. | don't
see any arms, legs, or anything miss
ing"
NO" snorted the young man. you
don't see anything missing. Every
things missing
He jumped up, put his hat back, and
burst out:
"Do you see this valiSe?"
Yes"
'Well, it isn't mine. It's just like
mine, but it belongs TO a man that's half
way between here and the end of the
world by this time He took my valise
by mistake last night when he had to
change cars, and | didn't find it out till
noon to-day"
"Well, that isn't a killing matter"
lit isn't, hey? That yaliSe had my
wedding suit in it. sir. | was to have
been married an hour ago. The girl is
waiting for me at house on Division
street, the preacher is there, the folks
are wondering what's up, and the we'd
ding victuaS are getting cold"
"Why don't you 20 and be married in
that suit you have on? 1t looks all
right.
This suit? These are the clothes
courted her in"
what of it? Go and explain the case
to her"
Shed think the explanation little
too thin"
Brace up, young fellow" said the
policeman. "What'S suit of clothes
anyhow? Clothes don't make the man. "
1.-THE forlorn youth threw himself down
on the bench again, thrust his hands
deep into his trousers pockets, stuck his
feet straight out in front Of him, bent
his head forward on his chest, pulled his
hat down over his eyes, and said in a
muiiled voice:
NO; clothes don't make the man, my
friend. But they make the bridegroom,
and don't you forget it,
And when the policeman came around
that way again an hour or two after
ward. the young man was sitting in ex-
actly the same attitude. except that his
hands were little deeper in his trou-
sers pockets, and his hat pulled a little
further over his eyes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26
AMONG THE WITS.

The more YOU pclt tanner the bet
Ter hc likes it.-Pu>blUg Di>p0tch.
n hops are Scdative why don't
frogs sleep better?-BcrkSIirc NcrS.
The boycott in politics is little better
than the bayonet at the pollS.-U0sh-
uj1to3 star.
II is good TO suffer with the tooth
ache occasionally. Ii proves to your
friends that your teeth are Epoch.
IL read in scientific article to-day
that the coming man will have neither
teeth nor hair" Then the com
ing man is here, That describes my
baby exactly. "-Ncc l'orl, sun.
Can part of a thing be equal To the
wholcOf the thing?' asked Johnnie.
SWELL, / don't know" returned Hen
peck. with a glance at his wife. I've
known a tongue to 1e a-waggin. '-NOr
York sun.
Franklin File has obtained from a
New York Court permission to spell his
name FyleS, the old Holland way of
spelling it. The modern way had a look
about that has long rasped his feelings.
Philadelphia LCdgcr.
WiSc-"Why do you always carry
two cigar-caSeS?" Well, you see, the
black one is for those / smoke myself,
and in the red one | carry those give
20 my friends who have forgotten theirs,
and find they are not very apt to do
that % second time when they are COM
ing to my house. Flicgcndc Blocttcr.
JnkS-"W Well, well, JimiamS, this is
fearful jag; whore did You
get it9" JimiamS-"F iShiu'" Fish
in'?" "IeSh. Shec, when l got (hicl
bite. took drink 90 celebrate. Shee?"
"Oh. yes" But, hole on, y when
didn't lhicl get a bite took (hic)
drink 20 drown m ShOrrOw. Shee?'-
TJJS N0fWgs.
a citizen of CaSS avenue stood at his
gate the other day and offered a boy ten
cents Co take the leaves off his lawn.
The lad said ne hadn't time, and the
citizen was about To 20 for "A rake and
take hold of the work himself when a
man came along with a big sack and
asked: Would YOU object 10 my carry
ing on these leaveS?" What for?" TO
bed my horse" Him. Make good
bedding?' First rate" Then you
can have EN- for a quarter. Leaves
have advanced fifty per cent this fallr'
Detroit Free Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

through small wooden plate. On
these the sportsman can stride from
place to place and also get an inter
rupted view of the ducks as they rise.
He is accompanied by a long-legged
dog. something like a Norfolk spaniel,
who swims and founders along TO re-
trieye the birds when shot, or find them
10 shoot. AT his back the man carries
long, light pole about six feet long
fitted with gaff like that used for sal
mon. and when a bird is retrieved he
hooks it ND to his hand and deposits 1t
in basket at his back.
Cases have been known where the
weight of the basket has overbalanced
4 tired man. and he has fallen backward
&C. be covered by the yielding marsh,
and smothered; his dog going for help,
but returning toolate At night, in the
fall. il is a weird sight TO see these
hunters come striding through the
dusk. looking like giants from some past
age returned TO life. Another curious
feature of duck hunting used TO be tound
on the northwest coast of France, near
Cane GrisneZ. Here the black ducks
used to come in thousands, going out TO
sea with the ebb, and returning on the
first flow. diving into the shallow water
as they passed along. feeding on the
fresh crustacea rolled up by the TIDE.
When the tide had gone down the duck
hunters came TO the beach and spread
their nets. These consisted of one net
covering an area of about forty feet by
forty, and spread fiat on posts about a
foot above the sand. and pulled nearly
tight. Beneath it was thrown a num-
Der of crab shells, fish and wrinkles.
In front of it on the sea side, at a DIS
lance of twenty feet was stretched a net
held by posts in a vertical position, the
bottom tightly pcgged to the sand, ana
the ends forming a semi-circle enclosing
the fat net. The top of the vertical
net was arranged to be on level
with the fiat net further up the beach:
When the ducks came In they sailed
gaily over the first net, diving all the
time. until they came over the Hat net
As one swoopcd down, thrusting ms
head through the meshes after the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

tempting bait, he became hopeleSsly en-
tangled and never came up again. The
receding water twisted his neck, and
the net held him tightly. This would
20 on until the tide rolled deep over the
nets. When it ebbed, the same thing
and when the water had re-
ceded down the bay, the men left their
dominoes and coffee at the village. and
came down to reap the harvest of the
nets. Those that were washed off the
fiat nets were caught by the vertical
ones. WILL =. POND.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

stories An old farmer with chip hat
three years old. au antique coat and "a
pair off oVcrallS stood Zoo front of him,
drinking iu every word. lie never took
his eye from thc speaker. Tie laughed
immoderatcly so his jokes. and danced
with delight when Doe heard one ot his
stories.
After securing the attention of his
audience. Uorr asserted that the pro-
tectiyc tariff had eudcared itself Co the
farmers. 10 had raised the price of grain
and reduced the price of calico.
Addressing the farmer who stood with
omen mouth before him. he said: My
friend. years ago You paid Twenty-Five
cents yard for calico. Under pro-
tectivc tariff &c has been coming down
all the time. till now, under the Harri-
son administration. and in the shadow
of the Mckinley bin, DO has reached six
cents a yard. Now, my friend, tell me
how much You paid for 10 when the
Morrison bin and Che Mills bill We're
threatening the country
The old farmer wiped thc tobacco
Juice from his mouth. and blgrtcd out.
Three cents yard.
Worr started Us though ho had heard
a clap OF thunder. and Wilson almost
droppcd from his seat with laughter.
Then itwas the farmers turn. Tie
began 90 ask Mr.. uorr embarrassing
tariff questions. and finally completely
broke him mp.
Wilhelm Hudson, y. ", Mr. Springer
hoard "a characteristic story of General
John m. Ketcham. For five years the
General has been trying Co get AN app
propriaton of 100000 for 81 public
building u Hudson. Ilc got 10 through
this Congress before hot weather set iu-
To his surprise. however. che President
vetoed the bilL The General ripped
and tore around the House fer several
DAYS. and finally concluded that he
would 20 20 the White House and re-
icve his mind RumorS Of the Cen
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26
Foreign Exhibits for Worlds Fair,

New YORK. October 24.-The bureau
of foreign affairs of the Worlds Fair
met at the Gilsey house this afternoon.
There were present Chairman Depew,
Vice Chairman Waller, Messrs. Way,
Wilson, Lord and Penn. Some talk was
INDUCED in as to the disposition Of funds
on hands, but it was not thought large
enough to purchase a worthy foreign
exhibit. a request was made on the
Secretary of the Treasurr to aid in Sc
curing safety for foreign exhibits.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.
s1gGnnSVIVdnid IiR0G.I
From Bridpeport Station

Trains via the Cleveland and Pitts uf- A..-
road leave Bridgeport for Pittsburg, Ci'Al-
and Cleveland, 4:50 a. m. For Pittshlr-. ~ 3
A. m. For Chicago and Cleveland. 100 3 u.
For Pittsburg and New York, 2:5i =. Do l-'
Steubenyille, 1913 a. m.
Trains arrive at Bridgeport at 7hS o. in., lJ.@
a. m, 10 p. m, 4:3 p. m, and : ~ q. in.
On Saturdays only-For East Liverpool, 6.Ii
D. m: from East Liverpool. n ~ p.
FROM WHEELING STATION.
Trains via the Pittsburg Cincinnati and 81
Louis Railway, Pan Handle Route, leave W heel
ing for Steubenville, Pitt,bure aud The last
20 a. m, 1925 p. m, 1870 p. M, and 3 10 D. ~
For Columbus. Cincinnati, Indianapolis ANA -
Louis, $50 a. m. and $40 p. IN. For Columbus
and Chicago. l2:35 p. IN. Trains arrive 40 w Dee.
ing at $50 a. m, 1000 n m, 2:45 =. m, and ~
p. m. Trains leaving at $40 "A. N. and arriving
at $50 p. m. run solid between Wheeling and
Pittsburg. All trains daily except SUNDAY
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

All doubts and fears are over now anu
with fingers locked in each ether
clasn. we gaze into the beauty OF the
night: and in dreams into the ne oe,
yond. Bending my face towards her l
whisper, you love me Mamie
A moment she stands erect in all her
majesty. then gently her head sinks 1or-
ward until it rests upon my breast l
hold her to me waiting, waiting. Al
length faint, sweet murmur REACHES
nv ear. more than my life.
Two weeks of JOY, of heavenly JOY;
for that brief space | seemed a mortar
tasting the blist Of immortality.
Then the fever.
Dav after day the torrid sun pours
down. and night after night the lamp
Give forth their feverish glimmer on the
dark forms that pass like phantomSS
throuph the streets. Grass grows ana
withers between the tagging, and the
market place is silent and deserted
The graves increase by tens, D!
scores: vet still. day upon day the sun
gives forth its fatal heat.
Oh, is there a God?
In second. in fash of light, she IS
stricken from my side. She IS not dead
but fingers on from day to night, from
night to day, fading, fading, fading:
Why cannot my love make her stay!
Night comes on.
Il am going. am going, she WINS
perS. Remember, remember 1t Is my
parting wish. Come closer TO me that l
NAV whisper il to you. All, why do you
start? Ii is the only thing that l can
give you. Mamie. You have been 50
kind and good, and have done nothing
nothing. Promise me. You cannot
all. but do. 1t is my remembrance TO
you, my gift; you must keep it with you
ALWAYS. Prom" aud her voice ceases,
tremor creepS over her; then suddenly
the life that is about to 90 returns, and.
starting up. her eyes fixed upon some
object before her, she clingS to my
hand, while battle her with my tears.
Promise me, promise me, she gasps'
bow my head. An ineifable smile
lights up those wan features ana SHINES
forth from those Sunken eyes, so full OF
the wonder of the tomb. Is it her de-
parting spirit that speaks? ION, never,
never, part with it, and will watch
and guard you Here | shall be buried;
there | shall liye-always.
spring from my chair. The room
whirls like lightning, and, dazzled, !
sink back. Gradually the objects in
the room assume their familiar shapes,
and look about me.
There is 10 one here, and crushing
the mass of bone to my heart, / cry
aloud in my agony: NO. No. Not
there, Here. Observation-Disclosures
pulta."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

GOOD story is
told concerning
the discussion
between Hon.
William Spring
gerand Hon. Ros-
we'll C.. Horr at
Monticello, y.
Y,on September
T. In his speech
Mr. Springer
said that for
twenty FIVE years
the Republican
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

tracts first. then the decOy stake up the
thread. and upon the way they are ar
ranged depends the sport OF the DAY.
The decoy should always face the wind.
This is imperative, as the live ducks al
ways take This position. As rule the
decoys are ballasted with lead and an
chored with strings.
1t isfhard work to get these to lay
right at dead water, but with a running
tide it is an easy matter, If they are
well anchored Late last year, saw
set of imported decoyS Which took my
fancy, and which any one might make.
Fhey were called profile decoys. Each
bird was made of two pieces OF thin
wood. One piece represented a duck IN
profile or outline. (the wood being only
half an inch thick and was fitted over
another fiat piece of wood, showing the
surface of a ducks back, viewed from
above. Thus, whether the birds were
flying over or sidewiSe, the two views
gave the shape of a duck. With these
decOyS was large triangular frame, on
which they could be placed in any po-
sition desired, and being floated, were
held in position by lead sinkerS, at
tached to the frame. The strong point
in favor of these profile decoys lay in
the fact. that the ducks, frame, ropes
and Sinkers, could all be packed up and
carried in an ordinary hand bag.
Most of the duck-shooting is done
from '.sink-boxes." The best way for
the man who wants fun, and has not
much time TO spare, is to 90 to some
ducking center adjacent to his locality,
add hire a professional who has decoys
and can call" These men are to be
found in all good ducking districts. The
outfit of the Chesapeake bay men, col
lectively, is said to represent value OF
100000. The pay for the men averages
about five dollars day, with outfit, the
price ranging from three to ten dollars,
according to locality.
Never 90 out without a good field
glass; il will save many long trampS
and much rowing. When the birds are
sighted. keep silent, and as still as pos
Sible: if You are in Il constrained posi-
ton remain so until you move to shoot,
and then move quietly and steadily.
There is plenty of time, and a lot of
moving can be done in a second. In
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

AS fantastic and unreal as may seem this
tale. il is, nevertheless, true. On the OIL
flee table of Boston physician is human
skull that once formed part of a beautiful
girl of New Orleans. She was atlianced TO
the physician. but soon after, being taken
down with yellow fever and knowing that
she must die, she begged her fiance to take
her SKULL after her death, to dissect it and
keep it with him always. He promised:
and that promise he has most faithfully
l-anf ]
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26
HOW TO KILL DUCKS
A KILLING DECOY THAT ANY ONE CAN
MAKE
When and How to Place Decoys-NOysl Methods
Used in Other COuntries-Valuable Hints
for the Duck Hunter.
Speeial Correspondence If the Register.
New YORK, October 90.

II E ducks are
coming in early
this year, and
fairly good sport
has already been
had on Long
Island. | was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

n down az Good Ground, Snlnne-
|! cosk, and the south bay two
weeks since and had fairly good
sport, getting twelve ducks IN
| one day, eight black, three sprig
tail and one teal.
y In duck shooting the call at
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

Fred Deppe, butcher, has in his
shop peculiar-looking fowl which he
has kept there as pet for weeks. The
fowl, he thinks, is cross be-
tween chicken and a turkey.
But it has the head and beak OF an
eagle, the back of q hawk or crow and
the breast and legs of chicken of the
Shanghai order. In fact, it is an orni-
theological nondescript. 1t is female
and slightly larger than an ordinary
hen. 1t is somewhat ungainly in form,
having large head and large feet and
wings.
The color is chiefly red. interspersed
with white feathers, and its feathery
covering is quite heavy. When stand
ing or walking its. position is almost
erect, very similar to that Of crow,
but its head is extended far forward,
with an arched neck, giving its upper
portion much the appearance of an
eagle. When standing its tail feathers
extend forward between its legs in ri
diculous manner.-St. Loatis Dispatch.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

A BANGOR, Me-, electrician thinks
that the wire running under the cleo
trio railway track is unnecessary. He
believes that the rails are sufficient con-
ductors for the ground current. On
the other hand the men who have
worked on the road are very confident
that this wire is indispensable. 1t is
connected carefully with every rail and
sure circuit thus secured. Should
any rail be skipped it would be known
as dead rail-" The copper wire that
is used in this work is quite expensive
and has formed an important item in
the cost of the road.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

IT appears that an unfortunate picnic
party went out amid the green fields
and babbling brooks, and allowed q
considerable number Of oysters to to-
boggan-slide down their threats, said
party ultimately bringing up at the
nearest hospital in hurry for the
quickest cure for blood-poisoning. A
medical journal, commenting on the
case, considers that inquiries should al
ways be made into the origin of the
oysters before eating them. This seems
to suggest that in future no oyster will
be admitted as candidate for supper
without o certificate of birth, which
must contain full particulars as to
whether its parents were respectable or
not, and what they did for living.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

EVERYBODY has read the story of the
steamboat pilot that stood at his post
until he had run his craft ashore and
whose horoism cost him his life, but for
out-and-out bravery the boy at the
Leland Hotel in Syracuse who ran his
elevator to rescue guests and who left
his post only when overcome by the
flames deserves the highest praise.
The steamboat pilot would have endan-
gered his own life by jumping into the
river but the boy had only to step out
of the elevator at any time when it was
on the ground floor to have been safe.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

They are now saying that Turkish
bath is the best means to restore a man
in hurry from the effects of the flow
ing bowl. Generally when you present
yourself at the ticket Office Of the
palatial establishment, the clerk leans
forward and inquiries, "Do you want a
Turkish bath?" as if he thought you
might have come to inquire whether
they sold tin tacks. The unhappy in
ebriate will miss this pleasant ex-
perience, since his condition will give
him away off-hand. But it will be a
disagreeably suggestive surprise for the
topper who wakes gradually with the
consciousness Of his iniquity troubling
his spirit to find himself in sersphic
attire in place uncomfortably hot; and
we shall probably hear Of the patient
In such case reaching out for the in
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

A CHATTANOOGA lawyer has peculiar
views of the duties of policemen. He
wrote to Cincinnati for information
about his missing son. He wants the
policeman that finds him to obtain for
him situation in some lawyers Office,
the boy being good stenographer.
The salary must not be less than $40
q week. More than that, the officer is
to see that the boy pays his board and
behaves himself, and is then to report
the lads progress to his father.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

E. A. GARLAND, q Wisconsin man,
has invented peculiar clock. 1t con-
sists of three egg-shells set on pivots,
one to denote the hour, one the min
utes and the other the seconds. The
shells revolve on the pivots without ap-
parent mechanism to give them motion.
Mr.. Garland intends making one with
glass balls and hanging an incandescent
lamp on each ball, so the clock can be
made to serve as lamp as well as a
time-piece.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
Lawn Tennis is Doomed.

We have it from good authority that
lawn tennis, which at one time threat
ened to supersede base ball, croquet
and Copenhagen, is on the decline As
a society game it was not found to come
up to the requirements. What skill
full player gained in applause he lost
on the score of personal appearance, for
the costume is unbecoming. And young
women who were led into enthusiasm for
the game, discovered that while they
were getting red in the face hopping
about after the ball and perspiring like
wood-sawyers, their hated rivals were
sitting by, cool and smiling, in their
smartest frocks (not those horrid tennis
suits) winning the most desirable
beaux, for the latter never play the un-
picturesque game. They won't place
themselves at such disadvantage. A
society game TO stay must be con-
structed SO as to show young man of
to the best possible advantage, and
make young woman look too sweet
for anything. Texas Slftings.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

THERE is'a society in Chicago num-
bering 800 thoughtful women whose
object is mutual help toward learning
the highest standards of physical de-
velopment, and mutual coursel toward
realizing those standards in practical
life" Its name is the Society for the
Promotion of Physical Culture and Cor
rect Dress,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

ACCORDING to the British Association,
in less than 200 years the world will be
too crowded by half, and people will be
falling over the edge. Wegive this warn
ing early to enable our prudent readers
to lay in their winter stock of beans in
good time. There is no immediate
danger, of course, but it's best to be
prepared for emergencies.