Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-10-16

That is the reason | was expelled
from Yale. was too impulsive. The
president told me | could not keep up
with my classes unless / burned more
midnight oil, and none OF the stores
kept IL there, and so l came away.
1t was the same at Princeton. We
had the same trouble over lights. DR..
McCosh said talked too much through
my hat. He then had me expelled.
should have been more careful and less
fresh. can see 1t now. Oh, how Bit
terly we bewail these lost opportunities
when it is too latel II / had finished
my theological course at Princeton,
what might / not have been to-day
Possibly speaking TO Phi Kappa Psi at
the opera house in Jerusalem, or taking
a buggy ride through Capurnium, or
trolling for plckerel in the Sea OF Gal
lice.
But let US not bewail the past. Be-
wailing the past commands less salary
now under the Mckinley law than most
any other skilled labor.
Yesterday / received the following
letter from one of my many admirers
In Washington:
VANCOUVER, WASH, Oct. 1.
Mr.. Bill Nye, New York:
DEAR SIR-Can you tell me where
can get a good wife? Am poor man
with good prospects; have set out Is
acres OF land in this (Clarke) county In
prunes, which will bear In four years.
| don't know much about farming, so /
would like to get a good strong woman
who understands the theory and practice
| of prune growing.
III you will help me will buy one OF
YOUR books. Write soon. Yours.
ROGER DAGGETT.
Here is man who is In earnest, and
should any bright eyed single person
who knows the habits OF prunes and
how to cultivate them, run across this
letter. let her write 10 me inclosing pho
tograph. and after a few months cor
| resnondepce I can tell whether she
would be q suitable wife for him or not.
Prime growing In Oregon and Wash.
Ington has grown 10 be Immensely prof.
table. and as there are so many two dol
lar per day hotels in the United States
with fruit on the bill Of fare, which is
dried prune sauce the year around, TIRE
prune crop has, as / may say, grown
10 be a terrific item. Prune pies also,
when Inclosing the seeds Of the prune,
are becoming popular at many boarding
houses, especially al mountain health
resorts. This pie Is also, when vitrfied,
taking the place OF the Belgian block 10
street Misunderstanding wear, frost and
sudden changes OF temperature better
than the latter.
Fill the pie full OF prune Juice mixed
TO the consistency Of umbrella sap, add
ing seeds OF the prune and peelings OF
same sufficient to sustain the great
weight OF the top crust OF the pie. Now
make a small opening ia the top OF the
ME so that the lava can ooze out over
surface while pie Is being kiln dried,
AMI you have glazed top and bottom TO
IL which, II decorated with metallic
colors IN bright designs before baking,
becomes highly ornamental when
framed or used as tiles 10 maLtels or cell
Ings. A prime pie glazed with maroon
Juice and with embossed porcelain hg-
ures in same. representing the discovery
of America By Columbus and framed In
fried cakes, was very attractive feature
At the expo" here, celebrating the
Tooth anniversary OF the fret attempt 70
pave Patton avenue.
A good wife, Mr.. Daggett, Is not had
10 get, I Judge. after reading few a
yer;Isements Of same to be found In !.
Chicago matrimonial paper sent TO me 10
.oala6 anveloDe few days ago, from
which copy:
"No. POO, o01-PetIte blond. only sew
snteen years OF age, gof.d musician and
good cook, well educated; would make
some man q good wife. VIII inherit
s4s. 900, bat would not object farm
life
Here Is very desirable FIfe for :.
pruns farmer. With such rife. $751;,
. 900 and prune farm q acres mr.
der cultivation. one q BE
,tniuly free from care: Az
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