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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-10-18
WASHINGTON. PA.

WASHINGTON, PA. October 17.-R: M.
Paxton. formerly Of Wellsburg, w. Va,
has accepted position in the Southwest
Pipe Lines office.
DThe Washington Glass House Company
IS unable to secure a sufficient force of boys
since the opening of the school year,
Rev. James I. Brownson, d D, and j.
K Mitchell attended the meeting OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Synod at Scranton this week
J. w. Jones shipped in the neighoorhood
of $4,000 pounds of Washington county
wool to foreign dealers this week.
A swell social event was Miss Maud
Johnson at the home of her father, Brad.
johnson. ESQ. About eighty guests were
entertained
Six hundred acres Of the Maple farm.
near West Elizabeth, has been purchased
bv John A. Snee. The price paid was
sol 900. It is valuable gas territory.
James O. McGiffin and Samuel Ans
paker have been appointed by the Court to
defend Al. Catlin, charged with the MUIR
der of Emma Grass. The case will come
I'D at the November term of Court.
The Washington and Jefferson College
Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar CLUB opened
its second season with concert at Canons-
burg, last night.
The Waynesburg fair, held this week,
was we'll attended A number OF Wash
ington people were among the visitors.
Miss Bird Howell, teacher in the Fin
leyville school, attempted TO punish an IN
cOrrigible pupil. when the boy shot her In
the eve with a bean-shooter. Miss Howell
has entirely lost her sight as result
A number of Washing on men attended
the Lexington races this week.
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A. o. U. W.

The brethren of Welcome Lodge No.
6, had a pleasant surprise the past week
in the shape of an announcement that
At the session of the Grand Lodge being
held in Pittsburg, the past week, a
beautiful set of solid gold-mounted ivory
gavels, given by the Grand Lodge Off
GERS, was presented to Welcome Lodge
No. 6, as the banner Lodge OF the
Pennsylvania and West Virginia juris-
diction, and well worthily were they
bestowed as no Lodge Of this or any
other fraternal brotherhood has shown
a greater interest in the work.
On Tuesday evening, October 9th,
the entire Brotherhood throughout the
United States and Canada arranging to
celebrate the tweuty-third anniversary
of the A. o. U. W., and Welcome Lodge
No. 6 has dropped into line, and on
Tuesday, October eth, will celebrate
in the hall the twenty-third anniversary
with a programme made up by Brothers
OF the Lodge. Addresses are to be de-
livered by Brothers Fullerton and Dorm
blaser. Bro. Lieutenant Braunsreuther
has promised, also, one Of his inimit-
able talk. while the musical part OF the
programme promises rare treat to the
members. being in charge OF Brothers
Sherratt and Ankle, Zulauf, Dowler,
Clemens and Stewart. This will be fol-
lowed by banquet at the Hotel Van
Keuren, in charge of Bro. Charles &.
VanKeuren.
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money of me and weeping on nay vest
was the only one in the city whom l
knew. and l wanted to meet some one
who was wealthy and normal ana VINO
could talk with me.
He drew himself up to his full height
which made his little tan coloreo ooA
coat look like a Garibaldi waist on him.
and said in deep chest notes-iee cnest
notes: 81 beg your pardon, sir, out you
are mistaken. do not know you, SIT"
/ can still remember how nice and
white his teeth were as he SAID IL, aho
how he looked like a man who Is having
a three-quarter picture taken TO seno 20
one he loves. He was a good LOOKING
man, and as / stood there L fell uucon,
sciousIy into comparing his snufr colorea
derby OF the newest block with my nat
which was of course clean and decent
but it was a soft and sbapeless little
thing with no self assertion about IT, L
knew that, but still did not think ne
would freeze me for that.
It got colder and colder though. i
told him who / was as rubbed my chill
bIains and felt his icy manner calling
forth the goose eruptions on my peacnY
surface. He said be had never seen me
never. finally asked him is his name
were not Mr..
He said il was not.
He lied.
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BURLINGTON.

DoY PosToFFIcE, O., October 17.-Miss
Maggie O'Brier, of Sharon, Pa, was in
town yesterday.
viii Delany and family, of Colerain,
were in town last Sunday.
Foreman Wooster, of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg railroad, has just completed
new switch at the Standard mill.
Sam Ashby was called to Portland to-day
by the serious illness of his aunt.
Albert Campbell has moved his family
here from GleDn's run.
The c. 81 p. COMPANY are extending
their side tracks at the Elson glass house.
The Glen's Run Oil & Gas Co. has not
been working for some, but will likely
commence in the near future.
Business is Frightening up at Rainey-
town since the new coal mines have been
started.
Mrs. Adam Householder, Of Martins
Ferry, is calling on friends here.
Miss Lizzie Ulrich, VINO has been sick,
was reported some better yesterday.
Frank Mooney, of Portland, spent Fri
day here.
Rev. Paul Deopkin, of Martins Ferry,
was in town Thursday.
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THE SECRET SOCIETIES
MAsONRY.

On last Monday evening assembled
one of the fine turnouts of companions
to the stated convocation Of Wheeling
Union Chapter No. 1, who were gath
cred there especially to assist In the
work of the evening, which was to be
in all the degrees of capitular Masonry.
After some time spent in the aceumu-
lated routine business, two aspirants for
the Arch were found in waiting, and
they were started on their journey to
fame.
Bates Lodge No. 33, held communi-
cation on Tuesday evening with a full
attendance of Jealous brethren pres
ent. Four Rough Ashlers were brought
forth from the Masonic quarries, and
they were dressed in a true entered
apprentice style, and received the pol
ish of Masonic education necessary to
fit them for their place in the great
Masonic Temple. Worshipful Adams,
occupied the East and conferred the
work in an intelligent and most effec-
tive manner. Bro. Henry Morris as
Senior d, S:on did his duty frSt-class.
1t was his first attempt.
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.BUNCOMBS BUNCO MAN
WHEN YOU SIZE BILL ME- COMING, RUN FOR
DEAR LIZ.
&c Isa Bad Han from Bunc0mb'. with Store
Clothes and Parachute Pants-fwo Vie
tins Who Bscapsd-Lrs and
Death In MUSEUM.
conmiaat. 1ss1, BY Edqar ": Nye.


NEW YORK. October.---After an entire
summer in the pine clad hills ana Ut
trimmed valleys of North Carolina, New
York seems to me more vociferous tnan
sver. To pastoral person like myself
interested in the growth of plant life,
the mean annual artificial rainfall and
the growth Of CHAMBERS in equestrian cir
Giles. the exposed bowls of Broadway
as may be pardoned for saying, trust,
since that street so forcibly reminds me,
with its open expression and exposed
pipes, condults and canals, OF the man
on the title page of the Zodiae-Broad-
way. with its hurry and rush and bust
ness and omitted dividends; its torn and
difgured surface; its crowds OF young
men who brag about being such TOoeys,
as the French say, when in fact they are
not or they would not blow so much
about it; its flocks of beautiful girls
with bright, new, becoming frocks; its
gangs of patient toilers, who are putting
in the new cable at rate which makes
the old moss covered street opener OF
New York crazy; its returning troops OF
brown and beautiful children, fresh
from the fields where the black eyed
susans and the bluebells grow, all, all
bewider a rustic from the woods OF
Buncombe county, n. c., and cause him
to buy new clothes for himself so that he
will not so readily attract the green
goods man.
This time, somehow, when am buster
than ever, think I am more than usu-
ally annoyed by these people. A very
disagreeable thing occurred to me not
long ago. 1t was different from any
thing l had ever before experienced. l
was in a well known publishing house
of the Scribners, looking at new books
in the saleSroom and especially admir-
ing beautiful volume Of "Hiawatha, !"
Illustrated by Remington, who makes
such truthful frontier horses and had
almost said such truthful Indians.
While / was thus engaged saw at
distance a Chicago gentleman who pub
lshed book for me once. | met him
when we made the contract, about five
years ago, and expected to see him every
sixty days after that, at which times
was to receive statement and check, but
instead of all this he began TO build and
also bought team. Well, tor those
reasons did not see him any more, and
so was not quite sure that it was he-in
fact it was not, but felt sure it must
be. However, was we'll dressed and
wished to let the Chicago man know
that we New Workers are q courteous
and kindly race of people, so, as looked
well and had my new fall hat, | thought
l would ask him up to my club, blow
him off. as it were, have dinner with
cake and preserves, and practically have
time of it, allowing bygones to be by
cones.
sailed gayly up to him and assumed
well bred attitude which my coach
man had taught me on rainy days this
summer.
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summer.

"Good morning, Mr.. Skeezix," said.
Skeezix was not the name OF the man l
knew. but IL ought to be. Good morn
ing. Mr.. SkeeziX. When did you leave
Chicago?"
He looked at me as one does who has
been bunkoed only a week or so before
and whose fostering wound is torn open
afresh by new bunko man. he turned
a little pale and put his hand TO his
pocket which contained his pass. with
the other hand he felt for the bright.
new and massive watch chain with the
gold horse hanging from 1t as charm.
"That is not my name, SIR" he said,
with dry lips and husky voice. ''The
man YOU want is coming this evening.
He has car load of watermelons."
mo" / said, she is not In the water
melon line. He is publisher. Are you
not Mr. Skeezix %
'No, sir; am not Mr.. Skeezix, and /
am not going to tell yon who | am so
that you can go around the corner and
tell your partner either.
Just then Mr.. Scribner came along
and said 'Good morning." as he called
me by name, and we chatted on pleas
antly about books, of which am pas
sionately fond, buying almost every
thing Of value that has pretty binding,
so that now have one OF the prettiest
little libraries In the east. have no old
books, / keep only the neat, new ones.
with Kaleidoscope backs. so that my
bookcases are perfectly respondent.
AS we talked / saw the keen student
OF humanity who had done me the cruel
wrong to take me for bunco man. Be
was evidently asking the salesman some
| thing. When he had gorged his curios-
ity for eight or nine seconds he went
out Of the door hurriedly, leaving q
large enighteen dollar Bible which he
had paid for but forgot 70 take with him.
The above is substantially true. Once
l met gentleman at. dinner in st.
Louis and we talked for half an hour,
being neighbors at the table. A year
afterward was in New York and did
not know a single human being; and,
may add, only one married one.
Suddenly on the street, one day when
I was walking-walking In imitation Of
a man who Is walking toward some
| place which he has In mind, and not
succeeding very well with the imitation
l-alI at once, when would have given
twenty dollars for the sight Of afamiiiar
face, no matter whose, saw my dinner
acquaintance coming.
need not cay that was glad. /
hailed him with welcome that was no
doubt little too boisterous for New
York. 1t was too unstudied and glad.
But you must remember that measIy
lsndlady who was constantly borrowing
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Coming out of the high close hills we
crossed a gay sparkling river and found
ourselves in the meadows belonging to
s.The Stone House." All roads and
maths were lost in the unchecked growth
of many years, and the long grasses
smothered the sound Of wheels as we
drove quite up TO the door. The broad
slabs of stones making its once hand
some steps had sunk like grave stones
and Law awry upon each other. 1t was
a well built house of dressed stone, very
large and solid, with the usual detached
kitchen and long row OF negro
ouarters." From these poured
out a shining faced, fat, smil-
ing crowd - old and young -
scary young ones holding on TO their
mammles and peeping round at our
oficers-"Linkum'S SOjers." They scat
tered so when first spoken to, that fol-
lowed ND a woman with heavy baby
and made her comprehend that we
only wanted to see Mrs. Cruger.
"Ole Miss9"
eyes. Go in and take this card. Tell
her she saved my life when was baby
and had Group mighty bad, and want
to see her.
She was afraid TO venture in but we
made her, and she ran back radiant; We
were TO come in. Going back to the
front door we found ''0le Miss" had had
Il unlocked, and the slanting sun sent
its yellow light upon the thick, thick
dust Of the long broad hall. In a large
s->rsry lined with books we found seat
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ed there, the old lady, who knew per-
fectly well all about me and understood
why armed men rode down her glen.
She talked wonderfully of the conditions
that caused the war and of one newt
able result; but all with no interest or
feeling, merely knowledge. She was
carefully dressed in rich black satin
with a cap Of beautiful old yellow lace,
with its big bows of orange and red rib
bons on top, and broad strings OF the
same tied under her chin; the inevitable
false hair, dark. was framed in with rich
lace quillings. Herage told in the skin OF
face and hands, which were like crisped
parchment, but the lips were tirm, ana
the eyes, deep set in wrinkled lids, were
still dark and keen.
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

As the week rolls by and the night Of
meeting of Alpha Lodge comes round
we go TO the lodge room and meet those
well-known faces seen there these many
long years, and we ponder, and wonder
who will be at the helm and run No.
424 when we have been called from labor
to refreshment. Will it be new faces or
those of our brothers who have forgot
ten they are members Of Alpha?
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In old countries. where generations
mass away I'm homes built by ancestors
whose memory is lost in the mellow
haze of time, people are sum la touch
with former ages; and the dreamer, In
search Of forgotten past wherein he
NAV roam az viii, must go back many
centuries. In our own great West the
traveller may come upon a deserted
sbaptv OF year ago, and wonder in
vain who built it and for what. The
thread is broken; its past is lost, and
the Imagination may drift freely IN aud
ont of the sun-warped weather-bOard-
ing of this relic Of antiquity. The
restless tide Of settlers will soon eface
it. and, all but q few Of themselves, fol-
low IL into the Great Forgotten. And
so, what we feel TO be time, is not
measured by years, but by events.
Our own good city Of Wheeling has
reached q period in its history where
the enduring works of man are accumu-
lating. But the food OF former changes
has swept its ancient history into the
unknown, leaving only here and there a
landmark Of the long ago. Let Us
cherish what few we have and keep
alive the associations gathered round
them. II is upon the pyramids and the
grand old ruins OF Egypt that our
knowledge Of the ancient life Of that
land is based. For without tangible
evidence the ancient history Of people
grows into mythology. And something
is lost to them-sOmething which might
show pitfalls in the road TO come.
About FIVE miles from this city, east
ward on the National road, at the forks
Of Wheeling creek, stands beautiful
old home, known TO many Of our people
as Monument Place" Crossing the
east branch Of the stream by three
arched stone bridge, we turn to the
right and enter through a new gateway
Of stone.
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SONNET.
For The Sunday Register

For the Sunday Register.
Respectfully dedicated to VIM. Leighton, Jr.
Cambridge, Mass.
For the days that are fed from our lives
And gone scundless down the years,
Hiding away from the worlds keen eyes
Its Joys as well as its tears,
Raising the soul 10 ethereal height,
And as its haven appears,
Woefully checks its celestial flight
And buriss it deep in its fears,
Let us hope that the thought shall yet reach,
After repeated endeavor, its goal;o
Let US hope that the veil shall sTise
And disclose 10 our enraptured soul
The God-like beauty OF sunlit skies,
And the rainbow hope over all;
z. E. CITIZENS.
CIariR0toH, o., oct. II, 1891.
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TO the east as we pass through the gate
The rolling fields stretch away city
ward as they did thirty years ago. But
the Sombre war time scenes Of deserted
homes and neglected fields have been
changed in these piping times of peace.
The harvest has been gathered and the
land is preparing for the coming year.
The prosperous energy of the city has
sent it's iron rails for rapid transit this
far even now, the rattle and clatter of
flying trains give the echoes but little
chance to doze, and the screech of the
motor breaks the point of many a jest
and browns the sweet music Of many a
pretty speech.
Signs Of busy work are abundant, in
the fields, on the road, and in many new
buildings by its side.
We see q land whose future is so
bright that it's past is by contrast dis
appearing in the shade.
As we recross the bridge we turn for
last look at the old place and see that
the picture so well drawn by Mrs.
Fremont has been reprinted. Decay
and death have passed away. Life
reiQns.
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THE weight Of each anchor plate on
the Brooklyn bridge is twenty-three
tons. The height of the towers above
the roadway is 159 feet. Just six years
after the first wire strung over the East
river FOR the bridge the first paid pas
senger crossed.
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Do re Your FriendY

Is the family doctor your friendi How
many unnecessary visits does be make you :
How many days does he keep you sick that
YOU ought 10 be az your work, and so doing
how many hard-earned dollars does he ex-
tort from youl Would IL not be better for
Try them, they will be true friend. Saw
ing you long sickness and large II,
which you have hitherto paid TO some ava
ricious doctor.-Edftor State Journal.
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Lyul1 bOggS. she llNeu
TO be LOG years old, and
had an active and event
full life, clear headed TO
the end. She was married,
at 20 years Of age, to Col.
Shepherd. he wa sa con-
tractor on the National
Road, and seems to have
been her first and only
love, although Shewas mar
ried again about the year
1885 to Gen. Crug r, 3 New
York CONGRESSMAN. He r
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a wen Known Author Dead.

NEwBURTPoRT, Mass. October IT,
James Parton, the well known author and
writer, died this morning after several
weeks illness.
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she liked. Her old books the only Kind
sbe cared for, "but 1 know all that's
going on" she said. 81 take New
Work daily paper and Wheeling
PAPER" and when she wanted other IN
formation, 81 send for lawyer.
She never left the house ana leu no
one come into it but for her few per-
sonal wants by day. Broths, eggs ana
milk. made her food. A bowl OF mix
and some bread were beside her on a
small table-her regular supper, after
which. at six o'clock, she locked the
door and remained quite alone all
night. ,,o,,
But" l asked, suppose you are ill?
"WelI. l never am. May De you
think l might die here all alone. 80 L
might. but have been alive over hum
dred wears aud my time must come-ahu
I might as we'll be alone then Tor no.
body can keep it off"
She remembered her duties as hostess
and said it might please 1.-THE young
people" to go up stairs. There was
bali room up there and they might
dance If they liked. Its twenty-five
years since l cared TO go up there, she
said.
"Some times I send the women up
there to clean but l don't know II they
do"
The young women found it so curious
that they made me go up. The oall
room was across the Ghole front OF the
house, with many windows and hand
some carved fire place at each end and
deep. closets either side OF these hre
places.
Like Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. Cruger
would seem to have kept all her fine
clothes. The whole walls were covered
with dresses of silks and satins and vel
vets, "pelisseS" trimmed with fur,
braided riding habits, and deliberately
trimmed mantes of queer, rich, dam
asked, black silks, while the closets had
endless boDnets, hats, turbans, those
bonnets of tremendous size and fine old
Leghorn straw costing from $50 to 500,
and their wells to the knee Of fine old
English lace, gold and silver India
muslin, and fine gold embroidered cash
mere turbans. Such things made a
museum OF fashions from about 1920
20 1S4O. There were treasures OF good
lace in shawls and lace wells OF great
length-lovely things for front breadths
Some we're in old English Honiton, a
charming refined lace; large capes with
long sash ends, in fine French needle
work, on muslin, and frllled richly with
yards upon yards OF Mechlin or spidery
Brussels lace, and there was shawl
and some flounces Of yellowish Spanish
blonde which it was distracting to see
unused. Some India scarfs were Left
we fancied the shawls might have gone
TO the negro quarters. The air Of the
room was still and dead-only light ever
penetrated there. Adjoining was bed
room with all things in perfect order
to the eye. The plump, high feather bed
and pillows had their fine time, stained
old linen, and on the toilet table which
had the usual divinity cover and hang
ings was large pin cushion. One of
the officers accidentally rested his hand
upon this when to his shock it crumbled
into flatneSs.
The world astir outside---CiviI war in
full progresS---here the silence Of the
grave before death. 1t seemed inhuman
to leave her so. She said we had best
start, that we had four miles of billy
road and the country not safe. "And
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BACClLLI IN BLOOD.

Recent experiments as read before the
last Congress of Surgeons at Berlin, leave
no doubt that the true way TO CLEAR
THE SYSTEM OF MICROBI is
through the pores of the skin. Il has been
found that remedy which kills the Mi
crobi win also destroy the life Of the
patient; but it has also been found thst the
Microbi can be forced out through the
skin, and it is in this way that @ 6 g
relieves the system Of poison. $3.50
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EgAHIKc SUFFERED much from Conta-
~ gious Blood Poison. after using half
a dozen bottles of r. II was REsToR-
Ed no PERFECT sSsssA HEALTH, and
an eruptive sores disappeared. You are
at liberty to make any use OF my statement
that you wish. CROSBY BYRON, SUo
Third Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa
Treatise on Blood and skin diseases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
DrawurA Atlanta. Ca
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life with him was not happy, and
IN the last years she had but little
70 ssy Of him, but had many happy