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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04
nx nam to JarusAIem

The JafIa and Jerusalem Railway has
been In good running order now for
about six weeks. Tive trains day arc
run from Jaia up 20 Jerusalem. and
tourists have now an apostolic sounding
assurance that they can make the trip
to the Holy City In three hours and .
half. II was Sydney Smith who ex-
claimed when he first heard OF passen-
ger steamers on the Levant coaats
Easy, stop hcrl Anybody for Joppa?"
II is called Jaffa now, and not since the
DAYS when "Simon the tanner" lived
there has this harbor 70 wn been OF 20
much general interest TO Chrlstendom,
says the Boston Transcript.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04
A chlld,. Philosophy.

Harold and Stanley, aged 2 and
spectlvely, have toy AZ OF whicp
are very proud. One day they
trying to do some carpenter work
IL. but were mnch annoyed whe
found 10 would not cut. Then
went to his father to complain,
he did IN this wise:
Papa. Stanley says the dulIel
AZ the duS!er i'will cut"
~ guess sates Sc .iighs, T" ~ 49,
"But Idon't think 50, returned Har
old stoutly. ~ say the duller the az th'
duIler II won't cut"
And papa had to admit that Harol'
was right, too.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04
Iat Ne show You

what a saving 1 have made during the last
wear by being my own doctor. Last year
/ paid out $685. for doctors and their medi-
cine; this year paid 500 for ak bottles
of Sulphur Bitters. and they have kept
health IN nv whole family. They are the
best and purest medicine ever made
Charles King, go Temple Street, Boston, Adsa.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04


"WANTED - Young man who can
shave a few guests, open oysters, and
milk; good home; permanent. Hinkson
House, Paoli, Pa"
The above advertisement is sent to me
by q valued correspondent at Wyoming,
Del, and l should be glad to give the
notice further circulation, thus insuring
some good young man with genius
warm welcome and permanent employ
ment. The advertisement is taken from
a Philadelphia paper OF great estima-
bleness.
Opening oysters and shaving few
customers seem to go hand In hand.
When fatigued with this he might also
shave the oysters and open q few Gus
toners. l used to have such man my
self as q body servant, but he Is dead
now. BE sometimes impersonated me
and acted as my understudy, often try
ing new lecture for me.
That was the way he met his death.
He wanted to be busy all the time. He
would on rainy days dig worms for the
feeble minded hens, and at night ne
would crochet Tam O'Shanters for the
poor.
! But one tine he tried new lecture
for me in an uncultivated town. / was
not sure Of the lecture myself and told
him to be on his guard, for some OF the
ideas were keenly expressed, and the
treatment was vigorous. He got part
WAY through the window, but 1t was
violently shut down upon him, serving
him in such a way that the committee
got the end containing the box receipts.
He mad q wife in Beaver Dam, Wis.
She buried him there. You can find the
tomb there to-day. She married again,
and had bad luck with her second hus-
hand also. His tomb IS there too. On
the large marble shaft which bis insur-
apce paid for Is this inscription In large,
beautiful letters:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04

This may or may not have been true,
but day before yesterday we had on the
| Pullman car Asphyxla coming north
man who said that the race problem had
induced him to go south for the month
of November, where he found that the
| colored man was well treated and rap
idly becoming so wealthy as to threaten
the supremacy OF the white race, lie
believed that in a very few years the
trade and commerce OF the south would
be In colored hands. He eaid that In one
county where he visited there were but
| two colored men who owned mule,
each, free Of incumbrauce, twenty years
ago, and now there are three OF them.
Coored children, too, he says, are
more plentiful, and parents seem more
economical OF them. He says also that
there is a strong atmosphere OF progress
pervading and gathering there, and
| though color blind he says that the
other senses may be readily educated,
II at all sensitive, so that even In the
darkness one may detect almost at once
the color Of the complexion pervading
the meeting, though this OF course
refers to the primary colors and not TO
| delicate shades.
believe that many curious anecdotes
might be related regarding the wonder
full distinction OF color by people who
are blind or color blind. l know OF
young lady whose father was very
wealthy up to the time he began to
teach me the game Of poker, and she
suffered from color blindness. at one
time clipping with the colored coachman
and not discovering her error until two
years had swept by on untiring pinions.
Ny friend now is broken in health
and in fortune, living with his son-in-
law, and all day long he sits In the sun
shine thinking Of the past and singing
or telling stories to his little black and
tan grandchildren.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04

(: And n she should outlive couple more,
I: She could plant one behind and the other
{: before.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04
Belon Il sOme one has sdded:

Oh here we have . widow bereft-
Richard on the right and Henry on the left,
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23
FORGERIES.

Never was there a time when there
were so many defalcarions, breaches
Of trust and forgeries as are being re-
vealed every day. One may well
stop and ask whether there are now
any honest men. The fast pace that
this American life leads US, the rush
and strain for wealth, the lowering Of
the public tone and the recognition
that mere money wins, all of these
things have conspired to make men
reckless and to lead them to adopt the
maxim: "Any thing for success" II
is not worth striving for when one has
to pay such price for it. Better by
far preserve ones health that is almost
certain to be lost in such an unequal
contest. When you feel blue and
weary of the world take dose of
RElD'S GERMAN COUGH AND
KIDNEY CURE and stop all of these
morbid feelings at once. This great
remedy contains no poison and can be
obtained of any druggist.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, M
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

sciU! That 'Marthy' 10 a pretty picter,
when you come to look close at it The
palm trees is dreadful natural and the
well Almost makes you feel thirsty.
It's q sacred subject, too, and ought to
suit the parson. I'll take 1t around this
very day. P'raps he 'oiu be pleased"
"But maybe you'd better ask him
first, father" said Patty.
So that Mr.. .Corbin's quietude was a
second time interrupted by Mr.. Greg
ory, eager and smiling.
II guess. parson," said he. "rve got
somethin' as ii suit you this timer
sFor-?" Mr. Corbin looked inquir-
ingly up.
For the donation party" said the
farmer It's my 'Marthy.'"
"Sirw exclaimed the clergyman, in
surprise.
"They tell me you like her." said Mr..
Gregory, in an off-hand manner.
II do" said the clergyman. Every
much, indeed. You can hardly tell how
much; but"
''Then you're welcome to her." said
the farmer.
"To-"
ITO my 'Marthyr" beamed Mr..
Gregory. ''Shall bring her around
here?"
by no MEANS" said Mr.. Corbin, hur-
riedly. II would much prefer to see
her-if You really are in earnest-at
the farmhouse"
sNever was more in earnest in nv
life," said Mr.. Gregory, rubbing his
hands.
And being u man of few words he
went away, leaving Mr.. Corbin bewil.
dered beyond expression.
but this is very strange" he ex.
claimed, rising from his chair and pac-
ing up and down the floor. ''How have
they ever surmised that l was partial
to this beautiful young brunette? Is
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

Big, but bad
the fashioned pill. Bad to
take, and bad to have taken. In
efficient, too. It's only temporary
relief you can get from it.
Try something better. With Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the benefit
is lasting. They cleanse and regu-
late the liver, stomach and bowels.
Taken in time, they preue'ss trouble.
In any case, they cure it.
And they cure it easily; they're
mild and gentle, but thorough and
effective. There's no disturbance
to the system, diet or occupation.
One tiny, sugar coated Pellet for
q laxative three for q cathartic.
Sick and Bilious Headache, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, the smallest, and
the easiest to take but besides
that, they're the cheapest pill you
can buy, for they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned. You pay only for the
good you get. This is true only
Of DR.. Pierce's medicines.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23


give you at the donation party. And
If you would accept the blackberries,
] should be SO thankful. because father
feels that he has enjoyed your SER
mons, and he would like to give some
thing, be it ever 30 little"
THE gift is most welcome, Miss
Patty" said Mr.. Corbin. And SO Patty
Gregory went away, leaving him in .
sort of brown study.
"Father," said Patty. when the good
farmer came to supper, 1--WE thought
of something"
You always was q master one for
thinking" said Mr.. Gregory.
That old engraving that Grandfa-
ther Mullet left us in his will" ex-
planned Patty, with the bronze frame,
that hangs over the restroom mantel;
Martha and Mary at Bethany don't
you remember? The one that Mr.. Cor
bin admired so much when he was
here. I'm told that the scholars
and gentlefolks admire those old en-
cravings. And why don't you give it
to Mr.. Corbin for the donation?"
''I'm ashamed to take an old pictur
like that. said Mr.. Gregory, dubious
~. Before Widow Starke, with her
barrel o -four, and Squire Hodges
quarter o. lamb. and Mr.. Johnson's FIR
kin O June butter. and all them things
as il really worth somethingr'
ASK him IL he would like it, sug-
gested Patty. And take it quietly
around before anyone else comes"
Ut siu't bad idea said Mr.. Greg.
~, sp!slpg hh had - ths tsels y
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

ury of having one at allr'
Deacon Miles smiled-a hard, hyena-
like smile.
''It's the CUSTOM" said he. "And
we'd all ought to do our duty"
"But l hain't nothing to give,
pleaded the honest farmer. 'Crops has
been short this year, and l never felt
poorer in all my born days.
There's them russet apples o
yourn?' suggested the deacon.
.'Oh, good land O. Goshen!" said Mr..
Gregory. "Ain't fit to feed to the pigs
do not speak hastily. Brother Greg
ory," said the deacon, sanctimoniously.
II do not in the least doubt but that, to
our clergyman. all the goodly fruits Of
the earth will be useful and accept
able"
But them amt goodly," said Mr..
Gregory. with grimace. 81 like Mr..
Corbin, and I'd like to give somett;n'
worth havin' to the donation. But |
can't And that's how I'm situated ez-
actly!'
The deacon smiled again-the same
adamantine, dentists showcase sort of
a smile, and went home to pick out the
leanest of his fowls, the sourest and
hardest Of his dried apples, the most
questionable bag of last seasons buck
wheat to make gift offering to the
Lord. For the deacon was a thrifty
and well-to-do individual, with money
In the bank and a conveniently elastic
conscience. And he was already plan
ming to do little serious" match
making, whereby he might foist of his
hard-visaged daughter Prudence, who
had Just passed her nine-and- -thirtieth
summer, upon the new minister, who,
luckily, was still unmarried.
"A clergyman" said the deacon, pi-
ously, ''can greatly enlarge the field of
his usefulness by forming judicious
alliance with some sensible female who
feels the importance of the ministry" I"
Mr.. Corbin was sitting at his desk,
considering the Thirdly" of his SER
mon that day, when old Hester. his
colored housekeeper, came to the door.
''Please. SIR" said she, there's Mr..
Gregory's Patty wants to speak to you. -
ASK her to enter" said Mr.. Corbin.
81 have seen her occasionally in the
Bible class, and she is a devout and
finely natured damsel"
Patty Gregory came in accordingly
a rosy, fresh-faced girl, with limpid
brown eyes, laughing lips and jet-blacls
hair forming itself into natural rings
and tendrils on her forehead.
''Mr. Corbin," said she, timidly.
''would you like basket of blackber-
ries?"
"'Blackberries?'" repeated the good
man, thinking how like one of Mil
lais' pictures Patty looked, as she
stood there In the checkered shadows
of the hop-vines which were trained
across the study window. "Truly,
they are goodly fruit and most lus-
cious to the taste"
I'm so glad you like them," said
Patty. because I've picked nearly
peck on Mulloch hill, and-and IA
.her is poor and we have nothing to
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

In the vast Sierra wilderness far to
the southwark of the famous Yosemite
Valley, there is a yet grander valley of
the same kind. 1t is situated on the
South Fork of Kings river. above the
most extensive groves and forests of
the giant sequoia, and beneath the
shadows of the highest mountains in
the range, where the canons are deepest
and the snow-laden peaks are crowded
most closely together. 1t is called the
Big Kings River Canon, or Kings
River Yosemite, and is reached by way
OF Visalia, the nearest point on the
Southern Pacific railroad, from which
the distance is about forty five miles, or
by the Kearsage Pass from the east
side of the range. 1t is about ten miles
long half mile wide, and the stupend.
GUS rocks of purplish gray granite that
form the walls are from $500 to 5000
feet in height, while the depth of the
valley below the general surface of the
mountain mass from which it has been
carved is considerably more than .
mile. Thus it appears that this new
Yosemite is longer and deeper, and lies
embedded in grander mountains, than
the well-known Yosemite of the Merced.
Their general characters, however, are
wonderfully alike, and they bear the
same relationship to the fountains of the
ancient glaciers above them.-John
Muir. in Century.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

Taking butter from milk
was known in the earliest
times. 1t was left for our
time to make a milk of cod
liver oil.
Milk, the emulsion Of but
ter, is an easier food than
butter. SCOTS Emulsion Of
cod-liver oil is an easier food
than cod-liver oil. It is rest
for digestion. 1t stimulates,
helps, restores. digestion;
and. at the same time, sup
plies the body a kind Of
nourishment it can get in no
other way.
New York.
Your dussis kesps SCOTS Enul.ioa Of eed-uvw
e1-an duGSbo svsryvhzs =. q.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The Farmer and the Governmsnt.
That great magazine The Century.
published by The Century Co.. of New
York City, il going to outdo its own nm
rivaled record in its programme for thu
coming year. Among its features is
series of articles on what the Govern
ment is doing and ought to do for the
farmer, including "The Farmers Dis
content" Cooperation" the Work.
ings of the Department of Agriculture.
etc. A novel of America and India by
Rudyard Kipling, written with a young
American author, is one of four novels
which it will print and the greatest
American writer's will furnish its short
stories. The famous Spaniard, Emilio
CASTELAR,, will contribute q new Life Of
Columbus, to be magnificently illustra-
ted; there will be articles on the Worlds
Fair, by special arrangement with the
managers; the humorist "Biu Nye" il
to contribute unique series, and diff
ferent phases of New York life will be
treated in splendid illustrated articles
The first of these New York articles IL
Tho Bowery" in the November Cen
tury.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The trouble in love affairs is that the
parties to it love too much to love long.
Some people give their confidence as
others give presents, for the sake of
what secrets they will be told in return.
Men judge a mans religion by his az
tions outside the church, and the women
judge it by the brilliancy of his prayers
within.
Men are brutes; they have better
times occasionally without their wives.
and tell them So Women are hypo-
critics; they enjoy life without their
husbands once in . while. but they viii
never sdmit that they were not mis-
sslele without thsH, vAtaAiaea 0!Ahe'
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23
TT Is THIS MARTHA THAT WANTED.

~ 40 a MO IA AnAhA AhAA
she willing to become my wife upon
such short notice? Ought to take
advantage of her inexperience?"
Nov, Marse Corbin." suggested old
Aunt Hester, who from the window
which she was cleaning had taken
in" the whole situation, don you go
fyin' in de face of Providence. Miss
Patty Gregcry's as pretty as pictur'
and assweet as q peach; an eff her pas
done willin to glib her to you, jcs' TUX
her an be thankful"
Hester" said the clergyman, '.you
are a philosopher; and in your re-
marks trace the rudiments of much
good sense"
So he toos Hester's advice and pro
ceeded that very afternoon to the Greg.
ory farm, where Mr.. Gregory was
painting the doorstep. and Patty was
thriftily endeavorrng to mend q ragged
spot in the carpet of the best room.
The farmer greeted him with bolster
GUS delight
$50 you've really come arter my
'Marthy? said he. "Well. am
proud.
II don't know how shall ever ex.
press my gratitude" said the clergy
man.
"Don't speak of it," said Mr.. Greg.
ory. walk in, walk in. Patty, here's
the parson."
Mr.. Corbin scarcely dared to glance
at Miss Gregory; but she smiled and
nodded at him with the greatest COM
posure.
There it is, said Mr.. Gregory, point,
ing his kpotty forefingcr at the wall,
''just as my poor grandmother left ii
to me, bronze frame and all"
There is-what?" asked the clergy.
man.
my 'Marthy,' to be sure" answered
Mr.. Gregory, in surprise
"Ohw said Mr.. Corbin, his counte.
nance falling. IL thought you
meant-I didn't know"
.'Ehr said Mr.. Gregory. 'Tt's my
picter of 'Marthy and Mary at Beth
any'-a hundred years old, and not to
be duplicated, they tell ne, this side of
the Atlantic"
''Yes, I've no doubt it is very valu-
able," said Mr.. Corbin. '.But not so
valuable as-your daughter!'
"As-my-daughtcr!' repeated Mr..
Gregory.
II thought it was this Martha you
meant" said the clergyman, gathering
courage to advance and get possession
of Patty's slim, brown hand ut GER
tainly was this Martha that wantedr'
Mr.. Gregory glanced from one to the
other. lifted his shaggy, gray eyebrows
and drew q long breath.
WELL" said he, ''if Patty hain't no
objection, Ihain't What say you, lit
tie gal? Have you . mind to be my do
nation to the minister, instead o. the
old engraving?"
''Oh! father!" said Patty.
"Mr. Corbin," said the farmer, II
don't believe she'll object"
'Oh! father!" once more uttered Pat
ty, hiding her face.
'And you two can talk it over, while
60 ont and finish that there job o.
paintin'," added Mr.. Gregory.
But did you really think that father
meant me!" said Patty. incredulously.
II really did," confessed the young
man.
"How very strange you must have
thought it." observed Patty.
Il thought it very nice" said Mr..
Corbin.
''Do you really-love meT' asked
Patty.
II really dc" declared Mr.. Corbin.
So they were married within three
months; and Miss Prudence Malinda
Miles Is still an ungathered rose on the
de.con's family tTsA-Awy Randolph.
y ~ y, Ledgeh =
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23
What q Fire Reveals.

The six-story brick building at the
southwest corner Of Fulton and Nassau
streets, New York city, once occupied
by the Sun. and lately deserted by the
Commercial Advertiser, was burned
September Is The property belonged
to the estate of Moses Y. Beach. II
fronted 11S feet inches on Fulton
street and 81 feet 10 inches on Nassau
street After the fire the agent of the
estate told the Sun reporter that the
building was worth about $50, 900, and
was insured for SIS 600 The Tribune
placed the loss on building at $50, 900.
According to the city assessment rolls,
completed not many weeks before the
fire, the assessment of this piece Of
property. land and building included,
was $40, 900. If the estimated value Of
the building is correct the land must
have been assessed at 500. 900.
This piece of property now lies cum
bored with the blackened ruins of tho
fire, and reduced to ''prairie land. save
for whatever value may lie in the dam
aged cellar and its walls. According
to tie Sun, the site Of the ruins has
Just been .sold to Lewis s. Wolh for
SSs5, 900. In other words, the land
without the six-story building is worth
to Mr.. WolH S28s, 900 moro than land
and building were assessed at for the
purposes Of municipal taxation. The
owners have been collecting rent ON
$435, 600 worth of property, probably
not less than $50. 900. and have been
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The king of Sweden has given per
mission for . general collection in all
the churches of his kingdom for the
benefit Of the Lutheran college in
LindsborR, Kas.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

"A man should hear little music,
read little poetry and see fine pic
ture every day OF his life in order that
worldly cares may not obliterate the
sense of the beautiful which God has
implanted in the human soul.-Goethe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

"ALL the corners Of the earth are in His
hands read the fclergymsn, ''Nos "a
Chicago they sin't." replied . repsntart
advocste for the Worlds fair. I'm
Chicago they ~ n the hands q ths
spssnlstegAF
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23
J5$BSq)ll39Da ayly.

CAN'T say I
believe in these
here donation
parties" said
Mr.. Gregory.
grimly. If we
can't afford to
pay our minis
ter in good hard
cash. then, say
i, we h ad n t
o NJ g ht to in
dulge in the lux
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23


product of their labor; therefore no in
dividual nor aggregation Of individuals
called a government has any right to
take from them an iota of the wealth
they produce for any purpose whatever
mot even for the support Of society or
government Society has no more right
TO rob me of the results of my labor
than has an individual
Society has q right TO the means nec-
essary to defray all its expenses. and .
fund sufficient for that purpose has been
wisely provided in the very constitu-
ton of social adjustments That fund,
which has been produced by society,
and which, therefore, belongs to society,
is economic rent or the value of land
exclusive of all improvements
Now, the contention of the single tax
advocates Is simply this: That what
the individual produces by labor Of
hand or head. belongs to him What
society produces belongs to society,
and. that society. instead of taking
from the individual that which belongs
10 him for public uses, should draw
upon the common fund which has been
produced by sll the people, to meet all
It's expenses
This, we contend, can only be done
by concentrating all taxes on land val
ueA and Leaving free from all taxes the
products of labor and skill
Many objeatinns to the prevailing
method Of taxptiou may b urged. but
] viii content myself with stating only
eiew es thsm'