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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
EASY FEATS WITH CARDS.
There is No Slight of Hand About ANY o'
These simple Problems.
InrI6


Tricks with cards are universally In
teresting. and they have the advantage
of recurring no elaborate preparations
The material for the following feats
NAV be carried in a waistcoat pocket,
and they demand no legerdemain. Ihey
are strickly mathematical in principle
and REQUIRE no training for their sue
cessful performance.
To ascertain as many as seven carus
thought of by as many different persons
have the pack thoroughly shuilled anu
handing it to any person, request them
70 draw seven cards from the pack, note
one of Them. shuttle them well, and then
place them face downwards upon the
table. Repeat this process with each
successive person, placing the cards
drawn from the pack face downwards
upon those drawn by the preceding per-
son.
When all of the 40 cards have been
thus placed, deal them out in seven
heaps. face upward. Ask each person
in which heap his card now is. That oil
the first person will be the uppermost
card of his heap, that of the second per,
son the second card in his heap, that OF
the third the third card in his heap, ana
so on. 1t sometimes happens that two
or more of the chosen cards are In the
same heap: but the rule, nevertheless
applies. Should there be lesser num-
Der of persons TO choose they should
draw from the pack only so many cards
as there are persons, and in that case
the number of heaps into which the
cards are to be dealt must correspond 10
the number of persons choosing.
PAIRs'REPAIRED-Any number OF per-
sons having thought of two cards each,
the person performing this trick wishes
TO ascertain what they are. This prob
lem is sometimes called the pairs re-
paired. After giving the pack TO be
shuflled deal out 20 cards, face upward,
but placing them in couples. Invite as
many of the company as please to note
any particular couple they think fit, and
TO remember those two cards. when
they have done so gather up the cards,
picking them up here and there in any
order you may please, taking care, how
ever, that none of the couples are sepa-
rated. You now deal them out again,
face upward, in rows of five, according
to the following formula: Mutus, dedit
nomen cocis, or any four words, of five
letters each, containing in all 10 letters
twice repeated. The above sentence
contains 10 letters only I'm, v, t, s, d, e,
i, II, o, CO. each twice repeated. This
gives the clue to the arrangement of the
cards. which will be as follows:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

Some two months ago had the pleas
ure of seeing the library Of Christina
Rossetti in the gloomy old house In
Torrington square, London, in which
she watches over two auntS who are old
and III. Miss Rossetti'S charities leave
her no money for luXurieS; but her
books, which are TO her as necessary as
food. she houses in large, low room,
panelled with oak, where the tone OF
color is greenish gray, pure and ascetlc
as her verses. The very chairs are I'M
cushioned, with high backs and oak
seats, insisting on sincerity. One of
these the gray-eyed woman draws TO
the fire and looks up at a great oak
mantel carved with allegoric figures
and carving soberly bound volumes in
many rows. The same weird hgures In
misty draperies are carved on the panels
of the high oak wainScotting. The
book shelves continue about three sides
of the room. All is cool and passion
less, but for one touch of warm ceramic
red, limiting of life's struggles as 1t
turks i'm the shadows of a curtain.
In the refurnishing and redecorating
which 90 forward in preparation Tor
winter we smile even more gayly and
daintily than last season in lowered
silks and gold. Mrs. Rockefeller
chooses to make herself an exception.
At lockwood Hall, the enormously
costly battlemented and turreted coun-
try seat at Tarrytown which Mr.. VIII
liam Rockefeller is just finishing, Mrs.
Rockefeller'S personal likingS come out
in the drawing-roomS, which glow warm
with heavy carvings in dark, solid rose
wood and with deep blue silk hangingS.
In her bed room and boudoir also she
has selected mahogany inlaid with white
oak in renaissance designs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
FAIRMONT.

FAIRMoNT, w. VA, November %
Thanksgiving was quiet, pleasant and
profitable in this town. Mass was celebra-
ted in the Catholic Church and Rev.
Whitehead delivered n sermon in the Nj.
f.. Church. The Y. p. S. G. +. had a
PRAYER meeting at q a. m, after which they
distributed baskets OF food for present ana
future use among the deserving poor of the
community. None of the needy were ne
elected and the many acts of Christian
charity performed shed light in the dark
corners and spread beautifully the boards
of poverty The Y. p. 5. G. f.. is credit
to our community and genuine blessing
TO many.
Misses Lucy Davidson and Bessie Dud-
lev, of Parkersburg, and Estelle Powell,
of Clarksburg, are the pleasant guests of
the Misses Stone on Quincy street
Lawrence f.. Sands, Assistant Cashier
of the National Bank of West Virginia, at
Wheeling. brought his wife and spent
Thanksgiving under the paternal roof
Cashier Sands, of the First National
Bank here, is i'll.
The sudden death of James W. Rada-
baugh Wednesday night was shock TO our
community. Mr. Radabaugh was a posi-
tive, energetic, enterprising, honest citi-
zen and our town has lost one of its very
The venerable Elisha Snider is quite i'll
at the house of 7. f. Shroyer, on Quincy
street.
The case of the State against Richard
Kinney for the murder of Elisha Brumage
win be called in Judge Hogans' court on
Monday.
The grand jury is turning out large grist
of indictments, chiefly for violations of the
revenue law.
Ennis Mortified, about eighty years old,
was at court this week. The old man is
still hale and hearty, has always voted the
Democratic ticket and hasn't gray hair in
his head.
X. d. Walker is in Washington, ID. c.,
| is visiting his friend, General Albert Pike.
DR.. John r. Cook, of Rivesville, and DR..
j. Plummer Fitch, of Morgantown, were
attending court this week as expert wit
nesses in the Kinney murder case.
The dance given at Armory Hall by the
! colored people Thursday night was high
" enjoyable and successful affair
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

and began 10 thumb a greasy book; the
township constable threw stone at a
thin sow: an old family mare kicked a
negro boy into whirling streak OF
black: the prosecuting attorney blew
his nose with a loud snort, and then
the court was declared opened. Pretty
soon little old negro was brought into
the circle. He was a wiry old rascal,
and was comical in expression despite
| look of extreme trouble that had set
tied on his face.
"Allen Pruett,' said the Judge.
Oats my name, sah," the prisoner
responded. Il dun been named dat
ever since / kin ricolleck. Nanny tole
me dat da wuz gwine name me John at
one time, after INK John dat ulster sell
shuck collars. But de old generman
sorter fooled roun' er white pusson's
hog pen one night an sorter got so full
o. buck shot dat da had ter drag him er
way wild er yoke O. steers. OATS de rea-
son da didn't name me John, sab"
"Never mind about that" the prose-
cutting attorney spoke up.
sob, | amt mindin' er about it. sab,
Gaze Allen suits me jest ez well ez
John"
"All right, then, Allen. You are
charged with two criminal assaults.
committed upon the body of one Sandy
Shelton"
'Oh, / knows what you mean, sab.
You mean ole bow laig Sandy. knows
him mighty well, fur me and him wuz err
bout TO marry in de same family once.
Putty good man, Sandy wuz, too, fling
you down in er mint eff 20 holt broke. "
Never mind about that. The in
dctment states that you took a number
of sharp instruments, presumably knife
blades, and drove them in the top rail
of fence where the said Sandy was In
the habit of climbing over, and that
Sandy climbed over at that place and
cut himself fearfully. That is one in
dictment. What have you to say about
it,"
The old fellow iolted himself with a
grunt. Now, OATS er strange thing.
| thought dis yere wuz er free country,
but eff it aint, wy is willn' ter go an
lib summers else. Man KANT kill er
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

.All right. DIR. Spinner will be here
in few minutes and we will ask him.
Say. lemme tell you bout. dat white
man. He dun los his recollection. too.
How do you know?"
IVY, sab, knows it by dis fack:
BORED err dollar frum him some time er
go, an he doan ricolleck dat ] paid him.
Doan AK dat man, case he doan know.
Il don't think that it is necessary TO
proceed further with this trial, sald
the Judge. 1--WE will bind the prisoner
over to appear before the grand jury
For a few moments the prisoner Sat
in silence. After awhile he looked mp,
with an expression of disgust on his
face. and said: Man KANT kill er few
squirrels lessen da binds him ODER ter
de jury. Man KANT put er gun in his
crib ter perfect his property lessen da
binds him ober ter de jury. White
folks want er Niger ter vote, but da
doan want him ter take kere % his prop
erty. This whole thing is er trick er
gin me. Deze white folks feered dat
lessen da SEN me ter de pennytenchy ]
gwine be 'lected ter some high Office.
It's all vanity an jea.oasness."
OPIE =. READ.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

ling. The feature of bis reception-room
is a great chimney piece of cream-color-
ed brick reaching from floor TO ceiling,
with bas-reliefs across its face, and hobs
of old-fashioned shape and dimensions
at the sides. In the warm glow OF the
flames that roar upwards one LOOKS
down into the studio-down, Tor
one has only to provide the hangings at
the back of the parlor and look down.
down to where the forked tongues OF
fire from the chimney's throat in the
twilight are giving fantastic life ana
motion to the dimly-seen statues. Mr..
French has taken out the floor OF what
city dwellers conventionally approve as
the back parlor. and his studio, seventy
feet deep. runs from basement to sec
ond story. For a closer look at its
pictureSquely disposed treasures, one
takes flight Of steps, says goodbye to
the fircli0ht and deScends.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
Life-Study.

e. MQrshdH in "Short Stories
They met on holiday train. The
crowd was rough, and drunken man
insulted her He protected her as any
gentleman would have done. When
they left the train it rained, and he
sheltered her with his umbrella to her
door. She was well educated for a
lower New York girl, with fine in
stincts, and quick TO grasp ideas. lie
saw her often afterwards, for he
wanted to study her. He
thought he might get some
good material for a story. His perfect
manners and interesting talk formed a
new experience for her. She began to
look forward to her meeting with him
anxiously. She tried very hard to please
him. She noticed that he avoided the
ndiscriminate use of the words
''ladies" and gentlemen. She, too,
spoke of people as ''men" and
''women." When she had learned this
thoroughly she had won great victory
over environment.
One night, on the Long Branch boat,
in a particularly happy mood, she
pointed to a bright star, and said
That is our star"
He smiled, and said: "Yes?"
He sometimes called her Ma clleric.
When he told her what it meant she
was happy.
She had a very interesting character,
and he was making thorough study OF
I. He had her tell him about the lives
of her acquaintanccS. His story was
getting along famously, but he did not
tell her about that. In fact, he did not
even tell her his real name.
BY and by his study from the life was
finished.
As they parted one night, he told her
that he was going away for long time.
1t seemed to startle her. When he
turned to go. she put her arms around
his neck and kissed him. She won
dered if he would write her, but she
did not ask him to. She really seemed
very human for downtown girl. and
perhaps he wished for an instant that
he had met her in a Fifth avenue draw
ing room. and that she had been edu-
Gated in Paris.
He went to his room and finished the
last chapter of his story. 1t is good
story, and has had large sale.
She went to her room, in that almost
foreign country, downtown, and Sob
bed herself to sleep.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

few squirrels widout de white folks
come er 'dictin' him."
xiii few squirrels" exclaimed the
judge.
"Yas, sab. Now femme tell you:
Some folks like TO shoot squirrels, but
doan. De way | does is dis. Drive
some knife blades in de top rail o. de
fence an sharpen 'em ez keen ez you
kin. Den 20 down de fence and sorter
mosey roun' till you git er squirrel on
de fence an skeer him an make him run
up de fence, all time on de top rail-
an wen he gifts ter de knife blades he
amt gwine see 'em but will run or gin
'em an rip hisself wide open. Den you
amt only got the squirrel dead, but you
got him mighty nigh cleaned. All you
got ter do is tie! snatch de jacket often
him. Now, sab, had been KILN squir-
rels dar all day, an ez / tended ter
come back in dc mornin' ter git some
fine ones fur de prosecutin' 'turney,
here-an' / want gwine charge him er
cent fur 'em. nuther-I thought 1t
wouldn't be with while ter take de
knife blades out, but long in de ebenin'
yere come po Mr.. Sandy-an' de Lawd
knows Tub dat pusson-an' cuts hisse'f
nightly, da tells me. Doan you see 1t
want no fault O. mine? DOan you sea
dat is jest ez inherent as any chile"'
But why did you put the blades in
the exact place where sandy gets over
the fence?"
"Now lemme tell you dat in KILN
squirrels you got ter go whar de squir-
rels is. | neber could kill no squirrels
whar dar want none"
"And you say that the squirrels ran
against the knives and killed them
selves?"
Eyes, sab; ies ripped dasefs wide
open. Wy tells you da wuz almos'
ready to fry wen dey fell often the
fence, an you oughter see dem squirrels
whut wuz gwine fetch you, Mr.. 'Tur-
ney. So fat dat da couldn't hardly
waller, an want goin' ter charge you
nathin' fur 'em, nuther."
''That is very likely story, Allen;
kut is there any one else here that ever
billed squirrels that way?" The prose
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

brides grandmother, Victoria, of Eng
land. These plans We're submitted
while the German Princess was at her
grandmOther'S court during the sum-
mer, and the sketches which have been
sent me indicate that two women, one
ROYAL, the other with somewhat more
reliable sources OF livelihood, are pos
SeSSed of excellent Judgment.
The houdoir is not large, and though,
thanks TO Miss Robinson, most artistic,
is not so luxurious but that ii may be
surpassed by many young American
daughters of half-milliOuS. The walls
have blended ground of pink and gray
checkered with St;rlike mosaic patterns
in silver. There is a frieze of golden
scrolls running over clear Silver-gray
ground. The ceiling is white. with Il
winding ribbon mosaic border of
linked silver rings. \ golden Y appears
over the windows and where it can find
place without obtruding on the decora-
ton. An the woodwork is white
mahogany. The Silken hangings show
beautiful rose bloom patterns on silver.
and the cushioned diVan and the sleepy
hollow chairs. which promise rcpOSc
rather than insist on dignity, are
covered with silver brocade Strewn with
roses and peOnieS. There are several
Quaint pieces of furniture, notably a
ten-sided table In gold and ivory with
solid supports, whose panels are painted
with flowers. and q screen In the style
of Louis Seize. with gold frame and
panel of old tapestry. The entire effect
of the room is intensely quiet and re-
pOSeful. Ii opens by curtains of Silvery
satin, parting under an archway into
the Withdrawing and dressing rooms.
As a novelty in house arrangement
may be presented the lodging Of the
lares and penateS Of Mr.. Daniel c.
French. the sculptor. Mr.. French has
taken liberties with the New York dwell
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
FADS In FURNITURE
CORDS OF WOOD PILED ON THE NEW WOOD
STANDS.
A Woman Designs a Princess BOudOr-A Soup
tors Studio-HOw Mrs. Rockefeller Fur
nishss at lockwood Hall-CanO-
pied Settles.

!SDeeiai Correspondence or the REGISTER.
New YORK, November 2S.-One or
two of our friends, the matronS Of much
money, have laid plans 10 surprise the
guests at their Christmas house parties
with a feature so English that it is re-
lied upon confidently to bring its early
importers great fame. This is nothing
more nor less than the introduction OF
the immense wood stand piled high
with tree trunks that has such me-
dieval look beside the fireplace in the
great assembly rooms Of some of the
baronial homes which are maintained
i'm part in these degenerate days by the
nimble tourists nimble shilling.
A certain charming widow, who
keeps society on the Qui viye with her
inventions and who isn't afraid 10 make
mistakes, seeing that she has no more
pressing occupation than 70 unmake
them, went 10 young artist for de-
sign for one of these stands.
s'Make il bigger; twice, three times
as big" was her comment when he had
explained his plan; don't let people
think Eve rummaged cot bed out OF
the sleeping rooms,
II was made big, so very big that even
the widow looked at it with trepidation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30

suits are of no consequence. Inc eies-
entb card should be some court cara.
This card, in the process which toilo"s
will stand for 0. When then fifteen
cards are placed their arrangementwiil.
therefore, be as follows:
10. o. s, :, 6, 3, 4, 3, ,, l, 0, =,
the four asterisks representing any lour
indifferent cards. Offer to leave the
room and invite the audience during
vonr absence to remove any number OF
cards. not exceeding ten, from the rlght
hand end of the row and place them In
the same order at the other end OF the
row. On YOUR return you have only TO
turn nm the eleventh card, counting
from the left-hand end, which VIII indi-
cate bv the number of its points the
number of cards removed.
To DISCOVER GIVEN CARD.-ihere
are several methods OF discovering
given card. One is to deal the cards
into three packs, face upward, ana re-
auest spectator to note a card ana re-
member in which heap it is. When you
have dealt 81 cards throw the rest
aside. these not being required in the
trick. Ask in what heap the chosen
card is. and. placing that heap between
the other two, deal again as before.
Again ask the question, place the heap
indicated in the middle and deal again
third time Note particularly inc
fourth or middle card OF each heap, as
one of those three cards will be the cara
thought of. Ask, for the last time, In
which heap the chosen card now IS
when you may be certain that IL Is tie
card which you noted as being the mid
die card of that heap.
The same result can be produced WIN
any number of cards, so long as such
number is odd and multiple OF three.
The middle card in the last heap indl-
Gated will always be the chosen card.
Place the aces and court cards in four
rows in such a manner that neither
horizontally nor perpendicularly shali
there be in either row two cards alike
either in suit or value.
This is in the nature of puzzle,
rather than of trick. The key to it is
to begin by placing four cards OF IKE
value. say Jour kings, in diagonal line
| from corner to corner of the intended
square, then four other cards OF IKE
value, say the four aces, to form the OPP
posite diagonal. 1t must be borne III
mind that of whatever suit the two cen
tire kings are the two aces must be OF
opposite suits. Thus, if the two centre
kings are those of diamonds and hearts,
the two centre aces must be those OF
clubs and spades, and in adding the two
end aces you must be careful not to
place at either end of the line an ace OF
the same suit as the king at the CORE
spending end of the opposite diagonal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
cutting attorney appealed I
ence, but no one responded

cutting attorney appealed to H.
ence, but no one responded '"e audi
"Oh, I KNIT hep it eff pohoa..
amt ez smart ez | is" said the Dri else
81 kin do er good MANY tbi prisoner.
deze yere folks doan know no,E, dat
bout" "'h er.
SWELL" said the prosecute.
ney. 1--WE will let that indictmo.9. attor.
the present and take up the ' o,l 90 for
Not satisfied with the terribIa lv !, one.
tion inflicted by the knife bIsdo 'aeera-
went to Sandy's corn crib and Us s.' You
old musket so that any one ono' nAed an
door of the crib would diScy%amIhg the
thing. Sandy, upon reacbin~ &c the
where he lived alone, went 30 nome,
to get some corn to feed his bo ,ne cT,O
was bleeding and was just aba = lie
He opened the crib door and ,bo " walk.
happened? An awful cbarco ' !, what
was poured into his legs Tbo u Shot
bors say that you put the an, ne'sh-
What have you TO say about /, '''ere.
Now, femme tell you hon, H..
cose put de gun dar; had er r G1s' .
do it, an fur why? Some Tina i'slt ter
noticed dat de folks had boen ~ ct go
my con. wicked hard fnr y seailn'
an | couldn't err ford ter le, +, ua' con,
way, so put de gun in dar E To- adt er
know who WIZ er comm da mO" aIdl
comes an shoots hsscfitaip, I n., Nan
| didn't think dat er homes ,n III! 'allt.
gwine git hurt. Pusson 20, or , ri,, wul
take kere O. his con. reckon - Ter
Eyes, but why did you nut u,e .
Sandy's crib? You had no corn ,6 sn N
"Huh?"
.'You heard what | said. Why d,s
you put gun in Sandy'S crib?"
dat is cuts, bnt it wuz dis er way.
1t wuz err monstus dark night, an
thought dat wuz my crib"
"How can that be when you live al
least mile from Sandy's place.
"Sah?"
"You heard what I said. How N
YOU mistake his crib for yours VA
you were a m lie away from home?'
dat is cuts. sho, an hate, =
knowledge it. but l want right brgh
in my mine at de time. You see pa..
sui o. us had been over ter ole Jinny',
ter err quiltin', an de good ole soul da,
she is sot out some monStuS strong
blackberry brandy, an | drinkcd er
good deal q it. an | didn't know when
/ come ter my house. 1t want my fault
| kin tell you dat"
"Here is old Aunt Jimmy. now" said
the prosecuting attorney. I'VE will
ask her if you were at her house"
'Hol' on, sah Now Aunt Jimmy is err
mighty good lady, but she amt right
bright in her mine and neber wuz. DE-
doctor tole ne dat she done los her
recollection.
what DOCTOR"
"Lemme see Qook ling round. b..
Spinner"
"Yes, sab. l knows"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
THE OLD NIGER.
RI COULD OurwIr THE SQIRRELS BUT NOT
TIE COURT.
highly Amusing Sketch Calculated 10 Show the
Ingenuity Of Some Untut'red
Colored "Pussons."
(coPYRIGHTED.

One of the most pronounced charac-
teristics of the Southern negro Is MS
amusingly unhappy knack OF excusing
A criminal act committed by himself. l
had recent opportunity for studying
this peculiarly ''colored" characteristic.
While visiting crossroads" COM
munity in Mississippi, was invited TO
attend trial that promised to stir up
the most refined circles OF negro society,"
On the day of the opening OF the trial'
any one passing through the neisnoor-
hood might have thought tnat tne Ires-
ident of the United States had just ar
rived and was holding general re-
ception. The cotton pickers, locked
from the fields, marched toward an old
camp ground where the trial was to be
held.
The court assembled under the trees.
The Judge sat down behind slab table