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

/ went 10 MS nOJel. IL gave he sOuie-
thing to do l was glad of 1t. l dis
covered that l was right. There was
only one way to account for 1t. he
thought very likely that | wanted to
borrow money or would not have given
him a western welcome in city where
it is not the custom. | was too glad to
see him. That was all. Since then, In
the light of ripper experience, ] guess
he was right. The indications were
"agin" me.
But we ought not to judge people by
their clothes. We do IL, Of course, un-
consciously. Clothes do not make the
man, but they finish him up somehow.
There was western judge once who
reprimanded the defendant in court for
wearing such ragged and reprehen-
sible pair of trousers.
judge" said the prisoner, "you must
not Judge me by these poor old worn
trousers. 1t is unjust TO me, judge. 1t
is not fair or generous. My pantaloons
may be poor, judge, but they cover
warm heart"
This is often the case.
Yesterday visited the wonders OF the
museums. They are delightful. All
dime museums resemble one another In
one Respectfully smell the same. Why
should art suffer so? am greatly inter
ested In every little jelU de spirit OF ma
ture, such as the two-headed girl, the
boy with varirus limbs and only one
head. etc. Nature, when she tries TO be
humorous, will always find an apprecia-
tive audience In me.
As boy walked twelve miles to see
the Samese twins. i remember II be-
cause it was the first time ever ordered
a dinner from printed menu at high
price reStern1O, as we called 1t. l look
back on that dinner with horror Pre-
serves and terrapin, think, constituted
one course. The waiter early began 10
read me, as did the young man who
waited on David Copperfeld when he
was on his way to school.
He helped me order things. People
came from distance to see the goods !
had ordered. The order was kept for
years, till the restaurant burned down.
II It had not been destroyed | would not
have had the courage to rise and win
deathless name.
At one of the museums a group OF
wax figures has a breathing apparatus
connected with it. A man with a spear
in his watch pocket and gaping wound
with roof paint oozing out OF IL Is
breathing his life away by means OF
nice new rubber lungs, the only kind
that can stand the sitting and poorly
ventilated air OF the place.
Ar In hn
air here in this museum seems fixed,
does II not?"
Eyes" said the museum lecturer, who
Is a great wag; SIT was fixed by Soodoo,
the six legged calf that died Thursday
and is being embalmed to-day. We
should have done it sooner. This figure,
ladies and gents, is that OF Eva Hamil-
ton. the actress, who rose to sudden his
trionic prominence by means of her
Hason. She did not receive that recog-
milton by the profession which she
thought she deserved, and the press was
real mean to her. She looks a little bill
ious in this figure as You see her here,
thus showing that her liver did not act
any better than she did.
1.-THE figure was formerly that OF
Mary, queen Of Scots. The artist who
done It over regards 1t as his great chief
do over"
have just received here, since came
10 New York. Mr.. Robert p. Porter's
little brochure containing some of the
most thrilling statistics that have ever
read. l am delighted with the work,
though panied to read that during the
L IL
horses and asses. 1t should be lesson
to those OF Us who are still spared as
monuments OF mercy, and we should so
live that we may be always ready when
our own summons comes TO meet our
fate with glad and resonant bray. Do
you not think so, Brother Porter?