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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29
A Curious Coincidence.

Speaking Of condolences, sad ID
man with the wooden leg as he IeA'e
a half consumed cigar he had been .d'
rying in an old handkerchief. ",peaat
OF condolences, gentlemen, ] cal pol
you a very singular thing. ] wa> co.f
up Niagara street, In Buffa.0. wien
saw man with woOde jig on ,A
other side of the street ping down
We looked across at ca other al
stopped. Says to myself and says 81
to himself:
That fellow lost his leg -hc oa.,
Of Gettysburg, or I'm sinner
"Well?" asked one Of the group
1--WE looked at each other across .-.
street for a moment, and then says j '
myself, and says he to himself.
.I'll strike him for quarter ana d.
old comrade and tellow--lilefef Vi"
shell out"
"Wel?"
Very curious coincider senicA''
very curious" continued ,le maD o.
he pulled away at his stu we MOT
on the cross-walk. We shook hA'o'
We struck each other for quarter. .'
didn't get it. We were oo'A '.
broke. Neither Of Us were D ,h' ...
of Gettysburg. or any other y4'.
Then says ! TO myself anI says A'
himself:
Blast his eyes. but be-, 'ra''.D- ~.
his shape and telling tale % "''. . e.
he's no man for me 10 associate
and so we walked of. aoa .IH' .'
cidences myself: there BID m'''i
ION, -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29
FASHIONS FREAKS.
HOWARD FIELDING VIEWS SOME CURIOSlTIES
on THE AVENUE.
The Celebrated Long-Waisted Woman is Now on
Exhibition. Also the High-Born Lady With
the Striped Hslr-Stray Fashion Notes.
sole.nl corre.nnnnluee ot he R.at.t.r.

Special Correspondence Of he Register.
New YORK, March 29.-This is the
day when every fashionable woman in
New York attends church, arrayed
more gorgeously than Solomon In all his
glory; but the contribution box cannot
afford a new coat OF paint. Therefore
the fashionable woman regards II with
cold. unfriendly stare, and thereby
she is for once in accord with her hus-
band, who accompanies her TO the house
of worship. His own attire attracts
little or no attention. bat he can breathe
without being afraid Of bursting his
surcingle, which is more than his VIE
can do. Ae sees hundreds
stare at her and he reflects
with pain that II every one OF them had
70 pass him one dollar and half for an
orchestra chair 10 view that dress he
would be no more than even on II.
The approach Of this beautiful reli-
gious festival moves me 20 jOt down a
few fashion notes which have gath
cred in the course Of my strolls on Fifth
avenue. always stroll there; never
ride. Col. Shepard's stages may be
valuable reformatory institutions, but
| am one of those whom mere physical
suffering can never bring TO contrite
mind. | shall try TO report the result
of my observations SO plainly that my
fair readers outside Of New York will
be able TO deface the image in which
they were created almost as well as II
they lived on the avenue.
This new fashion in waists seems TO
me good thing. 1t gives one his
choice. This impartial mode makes
woman look four times as long wasted
behind as in front. Those who Ike her
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29
Pony's "Onion Night"

q
There is one society girl who has at
least single plebeian taste that she re-
fuses to kill even for the goddess of
fashion, at whose alter she is usually
found. Ii was observed some time ago
by friends that this young lady shut her
self up at home on every Thursday even
ing. and was not open for engagements
on that occasion, or was she to be seen
by callers. Many were the conjeCtureS
concerning this extremely regular Gus
tom. The young woman herself said
that she read the classics on that night,
bat the goSSipS were prone TO suggest
that a far more urgent fascination than
old authors kept the Princess immured.
After a while, however, il became plain
that no young man was a Thursday
evening fayOrite, and then curiosity be-
came more intense than ever. UnfOr-
tunately for the young lady in question,
she had a chum, pink-cheeked inno-
cent-eyed little creature. who loved to
listen 70 condolences and SwOre in a
childish voice never TO betray them.
This chum had another chum, and Of
course could have no secrets from her.
So the mystery of the Thursday night
was gradually diSpelled. A Saucy lady
broke out at an afternoon tea the other
day with:
"Oh. boyS. | know all about Polly'S
Thursday night, Its the funniest
thing Polly Just dOteS on something
awfully nice 20 eat, and INDUCES herself
at dinner every Thursday. Immediately
afterward she goes TO her room and
shuts herself mp for the night. When
she comes down at noon time the next
day an traces of the trouble have diSap-
peared.
well. what in the world is it that
Polly eats" cried a girl in the party.
why. fried onions, exclaimed the
Jade. And they do say she's awful
afterward"
"Oh, l wonder what she'll do during
the honeymoon?" chirped in pretty
Young bud. at which everybody laughed.
Now that POlly'S profane appetite has
become known among her set, il is be-
ing used by the young women who are
enyiouS Of her pretty face TO prejudice
some Of her large following Of men
against her. But most Of them are IN
affected by the story. One poetic young
swain. who believes Polly the paragon of
her sex. observed 10 . rather old girl
who was ridiculing the idea TO him:
''When associated with Polly, my dear
friend, an onion is at once transformed
into a rose. Let her by all means eat OF
them
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29
SALLY Ism OUR ALLEY.
WOMEN HAYg INVADED CLUBDOY ARMED
WITH TBNPINS.
Astonishing Socia, Developments Promised From the
Prsssn. Bowling Orazs-An Ancient and Hon
o-abls Pasams AGAIN Wins Favor.

.SDeciG. C0rresp0F ifHce or ne AeGls-er.
New YoRS. March 26.-Just now we
bowl; some of Us shoot, some ride, some
dance but everybody who aspires TO
oe .in it," like Robert ROwley, roll
the round Toll round" The laundering
whir of the big wooden balls as they
spin down the long alley and the sharp
crashing of the scattered tenplns are
heard la the land Groups Of gayly-
attired girls chatter about 'Strihes
and spares" "teams" and "tOurna-
ments, as they gather in early morn
ing 40 the doors OF the big new athietlc
clubs. II there is any anatomical de-
feet attributable 10 bowling, Ike the
..tennis elbow" the doctors are going
90 find il out very soon. Meanwhile
some hundreds OF thousands OF New
Workers Of both sexes attribute 10 u
healthy color and hearty appetite.
There are probably to-day I'VE men
who caurun score OF two hundred and
forty iu "a ten-irame game % one who
could 90 10 ten years ago. There are
ten women who can make score OF one
hundred and eighty OT two hundred 20
one vho could DO DO even five years ago.
The bowling clubs have multiplied like
microbes .r milk and thelr members are
as the sands of che sea.
old New Workers come honestly
enough bya taste for bowling 10 runs
In che blood. 10 desceuds from 2 long
line of ancestors who bow.od ou green
English turf or on Che c.nker paved
towpath, of Dutch canals TO COMES
from colonial ancestor, who mef oi ~am-
rrer evenings at che Bowling Green
under thr equestrian statue ui hing
George. for aN thaL 10 was Che "er-
mans who chung to bowling through
good rerltc and evI rcpufr. n fashion
and QUO 20 fashion. and who can iiir'f
he thanked flr Che present sharp rcti til
Of Interest .r It. This revival Isl, ir'o-
rte to rhe German Influence .n Che COM
muu.fy.
There are some people who have cher
I-hrd -rrahIuc foudnc.s iur bowling
even when 10 was uufa-hIOuan.e who are
immensely relieved to fud their skill APP
preo.ated A gentleman wei known in
fhl. city told mo the other evening
while we wcrc watching party OF men
working away 40 the alleys. that be,
with "a number of friends, had for wears
gone once a week Oh German beer sa-
loon on the East side whose proprietor
kept bowling alley aud reserved u on
a regular evening Tor their exclusive
use. Atfrst there was no entrance 70 IL
except through the saloon, but the mem
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29

gas meter-not even the petty larceny
hand, that little one on top which runs
around anyway, whether the gas is
burning or not. But she didn't want TO
breathe. She was sustained by some
thing more necessary than air to true
woman. She expressed 1t in her final
answer to my criticism: ut ism I every
woman who can make herself look like
that"
have seen several of these dresses
in millinery establishments. They are
made over skeleton wire dummies,
which are fortunate enough TO be desti-
tute OF internal organs.
But form is only a small part OF dress
nowadays. Color is becoming more and
more bewildering all the time. There
are any quantity Of new shades and no
end of new names for old shades. Har-
mOny in color has become u matter Of
prayerful consideration. A wOman's
hat, and gloves, and hairpins, and hand
kerchief must be exactly the same shade
as her dress. So must her stockings,
and her stationery, and her cough medi-
cine: and In fact, this harmony is car
ried much farther than a modest man
can follow IL. even in print. The idea
lends itself cheerfully 20 the purposes Of
robbery. \ milliner can now include so
many items in her bill that man with
heart disease could never live to reach
the total.
So far as l can judge the fashionable
color for hair continues to be that Of
old-time molasses candy slightly over
done. If the gentle reader who has not
the advantage of living in this center OF
fashion desires TO know whether her
hair is the proper shade ali she need do
is to boil some molasses over slow fire,
whiten it with a little soda, and then
wait till 1t begins to stick TO the Kettle
and smell badly and get streaked.
These stripes Of darker shade seem
to be essential. | walked up the avenue
the other day behind two ladies VINO
were decidedly in the style. l couldn l
help noticing that their hair was exact
Iy alike, evidently the work OF the same
bIeachery. 1t must be great satlsiac-
ton TO a women to know that the color
of her hair is regulated by really COM
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29
STRANGE EVENTS.
EXTRACTS FROM JULIAN HAWTHORNES
SUPERNATURAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
A Bit Of Indian Jugglsry in Civilized America
How a Mans Double Managed to Str
Up Considerable Excitement.
sD.eiql Correspondence ofMe REGISTER.

Slecidt Correspondence ~ Hto heV'o'"-
New YORK, March 26.-An old and
dear friend of mine was sitting one
night in his study, with the door open
into an adjoining room. a student
lamp was on the table beside him; the
other room had no light in it, save what
came through the door. BY and by ne
became aware that some one was pacing
ND and down in the further room. No
one could have got there except by pass
ing through the study, and no one had
passed. As the figure appeared and re-
appeared, crossing the space revealed
by the open door, my friend noticed
something familiar in his gait, In the
downward pose Of the head, in the hands
thrust deep into the pockets; and then
as the man turned, he caught sight OF
his face. Ii was his own, The figure
was his own doppel-ganger, or double.
After watching him for several minutes
nv friend arose cautiously, and went
into the other room, lamp in hand. No
body was there.
This. Of course, was pure hallucina-
ton. A man does not hypnotic him
self.
Now let us see which Of these by
potheses will best solve little expert
ence Of my own.
Ny wife and l were staying at the
country-house OF some friends OF ours.
At four o'clock on certain Sunday ar
ternoon in July l was sitting in the
drawing by an open window.
had been sitting there ever since we fin
ished luncheon. az two o'clock, absorbed
To a volume Of EmerSon's Conduct OF
Life" The only persons in the house
were my wife and two grown-up daugh'
ters OF our hosts. The latter had gone
out driving and the servants had holi-
day.
The drawing-room where l sat was OIL
the western side Of the house, and or
the ground floor, Beneath my window
was a broad flower-bed. On the oppo
site side of the room was door, lead
ing into the entrance hall; the staircase
to the upper floor descended close TO the
outside Of this door on the left as yor
went out. The door was wide open, anC
l was obviously conscious Of the voice!
Of the young ladies upstairs talking to
gether in one OF the upper rooms.
The upstairs arrangements were a
follows: The bedroom occupied by m!
wife and myself was directly over thu
drawing-room. On the other side OF thu
passage was the bedroom Of the youns
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29
He Did What He Could.
Puck,

Stranger-Shall you send your son to
college?
Hardup-No. can't afford, but I've
bought him a cape overcoat.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29

NERVOUS PROSTRATIOS, sleeple ssneSS,
opium habit dullness, blues, cured by DR..
Miles Nervine. Samples free at The Lo-
gan Drug Co.'s and Il. B. Burt's, and at
Bowie Bro s, Bridgeport.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-29

1T isn't such a laundering hard .ob,
even for a married rhinoceros of eleven
years standing, to court his wife If he
only knows how to get at it right" said
Mr.. Diltz TO himself as he went about
the house the same evening at ga. late
hour locking up things for the niht.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
Montana, Oregon and Washington.

The remarkable growth in population Of the
region occupied BY the states of Montana,
Oregon and Washington is only surprising to
those who are unacquainted with the unusual
natural resources of this section. Mining.
numbering, grazing, fruit growing and agIicul-
ture are here carried on with degree of sue
cess unknown in any other section of North
America.
The states of Montana and Washington are
now the scene Of a large amount OF railroad
building. but the principal and most important
line in these two states, and in fact the only
one traversing them from east to west and
reaching all important sections is the Northern
Pacific Railroad This road is the shortest line
to Helena and Butte City, Montana. Spokane
Falls, Wash. all Puget Sound points, and is the
only all rail line TO Tacoma and Seattle.
The Northern Pacific Railroad offers special
nddcement to home-seekers by allowing hold
ers Of second class North Pacific Coast tickets
the privilege of stopping ten days at Spokane
Falls, Wash, and all points west of there.
Passengers are thus given an opportunity Of
examining all sections of this great state at
saving of from S5.0e to $500 as against any
other line.
In the matter of accommodations the North
ern Pacific rdlroad ranks first. Through daily
trans-continental trains carry free colonist
sleeping cars, first and second class day coaches
Pullman first class sleepers and dining cars.
Through train service of Pullman ti,st class
and tourist sleeping cars is run via Wisconsin
Central and Northern Pacific lines, and hand
some first class sleeping cars via Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Ry and Northern Pacific.
from thicaRO To North Dakota Montana and
Pacific Coast points
Inquire of your nearest ticket agent, any
authorized agent of the Northern Pacific X. r..
or CHAs. s. Fee General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, st. Paul, Mimi, for rates, maps, time
tables or special Information as to any particu-
lar section of the northwest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with neuralgia aud
rheumatism, his stomach was dis
ordered, his liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
aud he was terribly reduced in flesh
aud strength. Three bottles of
electric bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
Ill.,, had running sore on his leg of
eight years standing. Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes Of Bucklen's Aruiea Salve,
and his leg is sound aud well. John
Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
fever sores on his leg; doctors said
he was incurable. One bottle Elec.
tric Bltters aud one box Bucklen's
Aruica Salve cured him entirely.
Sold by w. IL. Prideaux.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
Outgrown.


May. you wrong her, my friend her love she
has simply OUT rowu:
One can read tie who matter transiAting her
heart by the light OF ones own
Two summers ago when you wooed her you
stood on the self-same plane;
Face to face, heart 70 heart, never dreaming
your souls could be parted again.
She loved you at that time entirely in the
bloom OF her iifes early May.
And y IL not her fault, repeat IT, that she
does not love you to-day
Nature never stands still. nor souls either;
they either 20 up or go down;
And hers has been steadily soaring but how
has II been with your ownf
She has struggled, and yearned, and aspired,
grown purer and wise, each year;
The stars are NOW farther above You In yon
luminous atmosphere.
For she whom you crowned with fresh roses.
down yonder five summers ago.
Has learned that the first uf our outies 70 God
and ourselves IS TO grow.
Her eyes now are "a eeter and calmer, but their
vision Is clearer as well;
Her voice liHs "a tenderer cadence, but : pure
rs a silver bell
Have you. too, grown purer and wiser as the
months and the years have rolled on2
Did you meet her this morning rejoicing in
the triumphs Of victory won?
Nay. hear me-the truth cannot harm you,
wner to-day in her presence You stood,
Was the hand that YOU gave her as white and
clean AS that Of her wOmanhOudf
Go measure yourself by her staudurd, look
back on the years thst have He'd,
Then ask, II you need, why she tells you that
the love Of her girlhOOd is dead.
St,a cannot tonls dovvr to bar lover ber 1.-Two
like her soul. aspircs;
He must stand by her side or above her, who
would kiudlc its bOliesi fires.
Louise ImOgcn Quincy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11

ton as counsel with the treasury
interest cases. The Democracy of
Wisconsin has staked its existence,
practically, upon the success of the
suits against the ex-treasurers, and
it is doing all it can through It's
machine manager. to prejudice the
people and the courts in favor of
the administration of that legal
question. 1t would have been a
disgrace to Wisconsin had Mr.. Pin
ney been defeated after the sense
less opposition to him, and it is a
matter of qualification to good citi-
zens that his victory is most en-
phatic one Malis0n Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
XnIne of old Records.


1t is said that the Confederate
archives captured at the fall of Rich
mond and other Southern cities have
saved the United States hundreds of
thousands of dollars ia the Court of
Claims. No sooner does an alleged
loyal" Southerner file petition ask
ing for compensation for property
taken or destroyed by Federal troops
than an officer sets to work to hunt
through these vouminous archives TO
find evidence to prove the "disloyalty"
of the petitioner. Often the search is
success 'tul, aud not infrequently it hap
pens that the claimant is confronted
with writings of his own which 60 to
show that he was in full accord with
the Confederate Government. Rich
moad Dispatch.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
Notice of Sale or Re,lu.,.,

STATE OF WISCONSIN. IOWA ro,
> COURT-IN PROBATE. 1VeAfI
In the matter OF the sale OF the real es...
estate of James Polkinghorn late n; ~ y hs
Point, Wis. deceased. NIaen
Notice is hereby given that by yirtus a.,
pursuance OF an order of license. made H. ~. 2
matter by the County Court OF Iowa Conr ,t sai
the Sth day of April, A. d. 1891 the unda-,2, @
administrator de bonis non, with tbe ,s9'fslel
neNed, OF the estate OF James Pplkinet"a..l a.
ceased. Will. on the 4th day of Nav n ' W. ls
O'Clock p m. at the front door of tbe a.. a
in the city OF Mineral Point, in Iowa co,r,,3 ~
for sale At public auction the following ~ We
land situated in the county Of lows s v..uel
Wisconsin, to-wit: ~ aAt Qi
The south wo-thirds. heinE about t,i....
and one-half eet front off OF the soptb ~ /. z
lot one hundred and twelve Ql2p I'm Via;s sIls p
Yey OF the village now city, OF Mineral ~ sl
and part OF lot one hundred and thir,s,Ln9 t..
IN said Nleits survey, described as 6iios,.'
commencing in the east side of said lot ona w
dred and thirteen, at tile center at M r .la'
wall OF the stone warehouse as il nov sts,5 -
said lot; thence westerly along the eenteS i,e-
OF said wall TO the west end OF said bru5,--ss
hity-iour feet thence north to the north Irai,
said wall thence east along said morn NJ
tity-fOur feet thence south to the place of ~
ginning. " V
The terms OF sale viii be cash.
Dated Sth of April A. d. 1891 15w,
PHILIP ALLEN n
Administrator de bonis non, win he sni :,
neXed OF the estate of James Polkingbo1s
deceased.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
sosgs Family Medicines.

These medicines are daily gaining
greater popularity, and the steadily
increasing demand for them can
only be accounted for by their true
merit. They are prepared with tn"
utmost care, aud each medicine is
put up for a particular disease.
Every bottle is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed for it on the label, SO
thar no one VINO buys 0 bottle of
Beggs' Family Medicines can be
disappointed. Sold by w. III. PrI-
deaux.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
. '7IIIV Nj ALIUTuty,
Notice 10 Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOwA COUNTY
- COURT IN PROBATE.
In the matter Of the estate of liver X Retus.
deceased.
Letters OF administration on the estate Of I5'
h, ketrum, deceased, having been issued d
Laura Retrum and william A. Flint
Notice is hereby given that the crediloB \
said liver h. ketrum, deceased are allowed ssi
limited by order OF This court until and negg
ing the INST Tuesday of October. 1891 being l,s
9th day OF said mouth, To present their cisja,
and demands against said liver X. Retrum h
ceased, to the county court for examipato5
adjustment and allowance
houte Is also hereby given that the claim
and demands Of all persons against he al.
liver X, ketrum, deceased will be received. y
amined ana adjusted by this court, at he oHs
OF the County Judge. The court house, in N
city OF Dodgeville, in said county, on The trs
Tuesday OF september, 1891, and on The nl
first Tuesday of October, 1891
Dated this 3lst day OF March, 1891
BY the Court
l4w4 JOHN + JONES Comfy Jndga
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-11
Legal Notices

CTATE OF WISCONSIN. t,oTrSTv 90.
- Iowa County-ln Probate. OHf As
Notice is hereby given that at. A rao-,r,
OF me Iowa county court, to be held ~ lf IN
said county, at the Court HopSe u and D,
Of Dodgeville, in said county. on he !" the
NAY NAY A; d. 1881, being the frs T gsl sal Z
said day the following matters viii 'l9'ssl losoe {
and considered 'i oe Ae1l
The application ofJoseph Gundry to.s,
probate the last will and tesfsr5en ~ auni .
Iregoning late OF the City of Mineral b. N .aat
said County, deceased Folnt 5
And IL IS further ordered, that npht,.
thereof be given to all persons jn,a,-,es., h9iies
publishing a copy OF this order tor SS,esed y
successfully, prior to said day of bea ,i,se srea
Mineral Point TRIBUNE, a weekly nas,. ~ =
circulating In said county. newspaper
BY order Of the Court
l5w3 JOHN + J0Sro
Dated Dodseyille, Wis, April 2rf Ia, ulss,