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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

81 shall not be here to receive him."
said her father, rising from the table.
Business OF an unexpected nature calls
me away to-day. will not be home till
night. At any rate would be In the
way. You two ought to be able to have
it all fixed when get home"
Annie said nothing, but looked unut-
terable things.
As Colonel Taylor was leaving the
house he stopped to kiss Annie soodbY
and then said:
"By the bye, fellow will probably
call here to-day to see me on business
baseball player. Just tell him to cay
again. Better not let him In the house.
They are not all honest and-well, you
don't want to contact with one OF
them"
"What is.the baseball players name. "
81 don't know. A friend OF mine (,
sending him-wrote that the young man
would call on me to-day about an en-
gagement for next summer. Great
pitcher and all that. I'll attend to him
some other time. No hurry"
After her father had gone Annie went
into the library and stood for ten min.
utes before the portrait OF William Bur.
nett. studying the counterfeit present
ment OF the man who had been chosen
to be her husband.
$50 that is the man. I don't lIke
him. What shall I do? I never dIs.
obeyed papa or crossed one of his plans
In my life. But this is too serious and
I suppose the time has come for mo 20
rebel"
A very handsome young man two
hours later stopped In front OF the Tsy-
lor residence, looked up at the door for
a moment, compared the number there
on with with the address OF an omen let
ter In his hand, and then soliloo uized:
ssThis is the place. Shall back out
vet? What Will mother say II she hears
that play ball for money? 1t is that,
however, or / must leave college. Why
shouId I hesitate? -Four months q pro-
fessionsl next summer will give me
money enough to complete my course.
II is no disgrace. am poor. Baseball
nlaying IL the only temporary summer
occupation which will carry NE through
college. Mr.. Carter has been my
mothers best friend since fkther died,
and he advises 1t. He senk me here.
psnaw! Why should Indtlge false
nride? II this Colonel 49, Will en-
gage "A Tor four months 'sn- Here
770 ded the steps EpnE shs
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

Ns,v FORK World
or damages for breach Of
he only one, except perhaps
estitution of cOnjugal rights.
billy degradeS q litlgant who
in the right. Owing partly
as q suit for money, partly
deter OF the evidence which
broduced-the love letters Of
and foolish, reports Of ex-
bf endearment, and the re-
rs half-iuriOus, half shame
mt of her fiance'S conduct
to the skill % comic paper
Nm impression has been
a suit for breach OF
a kind OF legal farce,
defendant Is always a fool
plaintiff either q vim
son or more commonly a vul-
whose claim 10 money ought
bd out OF court. The plain
fore, is always lowered In
by the suit, and often, II the
counsel is skilful, made 70
re or less ridiculous. The
lce is that the better the in
[ARs moro refined, the more
II teri from being Tilted, the
IS be br she to bring the &C
b is thus left almost exclu-
the "cheek," the designing
varicious.
is the disrepute into which
has fallen that except In very
of heavy pecuniary loss or Of
tefulness men cannot be
Bring II at all, and hall
.,lSay be said TO derive no ben
lhe law Moreover, it has be-
u FERN"
! belief Of a writer in the Lon
rtOr that for one case Of heart
z brought into court a hum
prevented that would not be
'ense were uncondemned by
quency OF breach Of promise
'ew York a few years ago led
3 suffering bachelors TO pro-
hinge in the law which, as they
N, gave men no chance at all.
4rse of the discussion that fol-
ne World Mile. Zelie de LuS-
ne. Selma DOlaro gave some
opinions on such suits from
es' point of view. For a
g a suit for breach OF prom
GUS" said Mile. de Lussan,
roman to dOit is scanda!Ous.
pf that nature are, 20 my
6ted by mercenary motives
on never hear OF q poor per-
, sued for breach OF promise,
woman wanted to get married
] never think of doing such
Now, 1 do not want to be
but 1 think that one
ings that lead up to breach of
iuits are long engagements. l
NeVe in them, Tor it strikes me
must be very trying. No
Marry before be is twenty
ge apd no woman before
HbG. At that age they
are doing. I never at
OF a breach-Of-promise
what the newspapers say
farce. You tell OF Law
. cracking a joke aud pass
ith Lawyer Thls-an6-ThGt
ence, and the very idea Of
bile taking advantage Of a
cir private matters will be
ed at by thu lawyers, let
bic, IS repulSlWe'
" MEN PROPOSE.
bntial point Of a breach of
S the establishment by the
be fact OF q 'prOmise of
blows naturally that the
Of the proceedings in
tain abundant literature
Of popping the question.
re is both interesting TO
1ey and instructive to
'snd ln she following
testimony given in some
Of promise cases concern
poriant question there Is
Pading matter.
Reul, of Newark, who
m Wagner into court
keep his vows, seems
pad the experience
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
BREACH OR PROMISE CASES.

Statistics Extracted the Testimony Of Tilted Fair
To Show How Men Propose and How They Break Their
la Troth-The Part Kisses Play-Episodes That Throw
on the Manners Customs Of Lovers With Fund OF
ming Information Of EngaGements the
s Alleged by Men Breaking The-Some Sample Love
s-shoud Women Undergo the Court Room Ordeal Neces-
b Recover Damages for Bruised and Battered Heart.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
MISTAKEN IDENTIFY,
or. HoW WILLIAM BUREETTS NEW YiAR
CALL WAS MISAPPLIED.
WO men having

WO men having
t h e same name
called on business
at the residence
of Colonel Tom
Taylor one New
Years d ay. In
itself that would
have been nothing
Of 8 startling ma
ture, however un-
conventional and
untimely the dou-
Bile in CT d g n I
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

T4lI &TnN b~d a
in Augus e tes-
ylt Of its bein hers
ai out to the up TO
nd be followed and
0Gld love him en- gh to
Isa.d Yes, and he issed
70 went back to thefhouse
Of Philadelphia told
Shelter very datly, so
Bat II she did not harry
pcSmmit suicide. she con-
h Der daughter aboutit, and
pghter said: Mamma, why
marry him? He is q very
klnd old man, and you might
With him." So she consented
n, it was alleged. pressed his
sellie Danielson, a Swedish DO
- 9OS klyn, who cOulu hVV
.,alish, by pointing OUT
SWEDISH phrase-6ooS
tnees as Il love you" Kitty
John Sampson, OF Brook
to a funeral together one
ternOcn and the proposal
ale they were returning
Thomas showed Sarah
coklYn, his divorced papers
q her to be his, and re-
'nlses Of marriage every
3 tine. Albert Falken-
-eyed Lena Unger the
net her that he would
'Ae 3ould wait until bis
ea raised to s. q week
lestRed in the famous
81 sui that ne promised
CAM pbell because she
MI ) Bauer testified
VILLAIN Beckert 70
last put him IN
at hq sskek
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
WHEELING REdIs1 FR. SUNDAY. JANUARY !, 1898.

feeling bther sheepish at their tears,
assessed damages at the smallest
amount
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
Curiosity of Cookery.

The following is copy of the bill
of fare of what is called a regular
mandarin supper, given by Sir Charles
Macdonnel at Hong Kong, in 1867, to
the Duke de Penthieyre, the COmte
Beauvoir, and some other French
gentlemen: preserved fruits; fish
roe in sweet caramel sauce; almonds
and raisins: shark fms in gelatinous
sauce; cakes of coagulated blood;
hashed dog, with lotus sauce; BIRDS
nest soup; lily seed soup; whale
nerves, with sweet sauce; Kwai-poh-
Hing ducks; surgeons gills in COM
pote; croquettes Of fish and rat:
sharks fat soup; stewed sea snails,
with tadpoles; sweet dish composed
of fms, fruit, ham, almonds, and es-
sences; lotus and almond soup as des-
sert, with medicated wine and warm
arrack."
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

s.What's the matter, May?" said
one woman to another, who was sit
ting gloomily In a reading room with
a magazine and bit Of paper before
her. 'Tye just discovered" repleo
May, looking up from the article on
hygiene that she was reading, "tnat
I can never be a clean person, mucn
less a healthy or a beautiful one.
"What! What do you mean" gaspeo
NAYS FRIEND. "MY dear" said May,
.I have the authority of this excel
lent article for the following state
ment regarding personal cleanliness
and health: No woman with aDund-
ant hair can hope to keep it fresh and
glossy without a half hours brushing
morning and evening. This is an
hour day and OF my teeth announcer
half hour. .'Then I must sleep ten
hours and exercise in the open air
one hour each day. ! must spend
three-quarters Of an hour at breakfast
and luncheon and an hour and hall
at dinner. And not less than three
hours in recreation is commended.
II YOU are mathematician you will
see that nineteen hours Of the twenty
four are thus consumed. Then facial
messages and Turkish baths are re-
commended, and these, with my sew
ing, would take up the few remaining
hours "And fate compels me to
work nine hours a day for a living and
| to devote one hour to getting to and
from my work. So that the days will
have to be at least twenty-nine hours
long before can be even clean and
healthy Heaven only knows how
much longer they would need to be II
one aimed to be beautiful and intel
ligent Chicago Journal.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THE beautiful pink and bronze
pearls from Wisconsin are becoming
very scarce The pearl bearing Wis
consin streams have been practically
fished out. as they have been out of
almost all the waters in this country
where pearls have been found in any
considerable numbers. European
fishers open the shell with an instru-
ment that does not destroy the ami
NAL inside, and if no pearl is found it
is put back into the water. The
American pearl fisher destroys ruth
lessly, and in two or three years he
has thrown himself out of job
There is hardly State in the Union
where pearls are not or have not been
found, and one of the finest in the
world was taken from the Passaic
River at Patterson, n. j. This gem.
valued at 80, 500, was worn in the
crown of Empress Eugene. Several
of the Wisconsin pearls have been
valued at thousand dollars each.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
The Feet.

Doctors very strongly recommend
foot baths for those whose feet trouble
them. Walking heats the feet,
standing causes them to swell, and
both are tiresome and exhaustive
when prolonged. There are various
kinds OF foot baths, and authorities
differ as to their value. Hot water
enlarges the feet by drawing the
the blood to them; when used they
should be rubbed or exercised be-
fore attempting to put on a tight
boot. Mustard and hot water in a
foot bath will sde-track fever if
taken in time, cure a nervous head
ache, and induce sleep. Bunions,
corns, and callousness are Natures
protection against bad shoe leather.
Two hot foot baths week and lit
tie pedicuring will remove the cause
of much discomfort.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
cooler.

THE triple screw ocean terror Co.
lumbia, now being built at Cramps
for the United States Navy, will beat
the New York" Yes, and it won't
be long before something will be built
that will beat the Columbia. At
this rate the United States Navy
will soon have the power TO annihi-
late space as completely as it now has
the power to annihilate cities and
opposing navie:. 1t will not be sur
prising if the time comes when one
Of our ships can send up a shell, dart
through the water few miles and
catch the projectile before 1t comes
down again.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
HIS HARD LUCK.
A Valuable Ice Nine that Had q Hoodoo III
1t Somewhere.

A Valuable Ice Nine that Had Hoodoo IN
1t Somewhere.
The man with the negligee snlrb
was talking OF hard luck, says the
buffalo Express
ats just this way" he said; when
things get TO going against you
there's no stopping them. Luck anu
hard luck runs in streaks with every
man. and when things get TO coming
your way there's no stopping then
any more thanfhere is when they get
to going against you.
"As an illustration, let me tell yoC
of an experience ] had. About tnree
years ago began to have hard luck
| lost everything had one way or
another, and got into all sorts OF
trouble. Finally l landed In hlcn-
mond, Va, stone broke, without
friend to whom could apply for ala
and nothing ahead Of me but turn
on the roads as a tramp. l could get
nothing to do in Richmond, and
started out to tramp up North.
1T was as hot as Tophet. tramp
ed along day after day, sleeping on
the ground and stealing what l had
to eat, which was not much, let me
assure you. One day / struck Stony
Creek. which is in wild part OF the
| State. / followed up along the creek
until / reached Stone mountain, and
there I made discovery. L round
an ice mine. 1t was fully an acre in
extent. and the ice was as clear as
crystal. l realized what the lind
meant, and after taking my bearings
carefully / made my way back 10
Richmond.
at didn't take me long to get some
capitalist interested in it, and we
formed a stock company, with me as
President, to work the ice the next
summer. 1t looked as if had for
tune in my grasp.
"Earlv the next summer we started
to work it, but my hard luck came
toddling along and did me up. There
wasn't a month that summer when
we didn't have frost, and there was
absolutely no demand for ice. That
left me stranded again in worse shape
than before.
81 don't see why" put in The
doubling Thomas, who wore a broad
brimmed straw hat. why dldn1
YOU wait and work it the next sum
mer?"
81 told you l was in hard luck
didn't II" asked the man with thu
negligee shirt, severely. well,
was. Although the summer was COLI
the winter was so warm that 1t melt
ed every blamed bit of the ice an'
left nothing but pool of waite
there, which was of no earthly use t
anybody"
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
Queer Matrimonial Methods.

A convenient way they have in
Holland and Batavia Of tying the
matrimonial knot when the lady is
In one country and the gentleman In
the other. For the Hollanders are
such a thrifty, industrious people
that they like not TO lose time even
over the most solemn services. The
marriage is affected by procuration.
The watches Of the two parties-the
one say in Amsterdam and the other
In Batavia-are regulated TO accord,
or the difference in longitude allowed
for Then at the same instant of
time the marriage ceremony is Der
formed in both places, and the thing
is done.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
Present Fashions Unsatisfactory.

Fashion does not appear to be
wholly satisfied with herself just now.
Aware that her recent ventures are
not altogether popular, the great die
tator is continually trying to improve
upon her original and somewhat
crude ideas. Nevertheless, what are
really meant for Improvements often
serve to acceutuate the uglinesS or
eccentricity OF styles under the i'm
proving process. The skirts, bodices,
sleeves. and trimmings are in no sense
prettier or more artistic than they
were a year ago, and it would seem
that the only real commendable,
agreeable change is the removing OF
the sweeping train from the skirts OF
street dresses. Very few women are
found who are really pleased with the
arbiter OF dress in her present mood.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THE electrical method of purifying
water has been tried in New York,
and is declared to have been success
full. President Wilson Of the Board
Of Health of that city, says that the
result was simply wonderful, and
that the difference in the water be-
fore and after the test was plain to
the naked eye. The cost of an cleo
trical plant for this purpose, it is
said, would be about s5, 000 and the
cost of running it about 81 a day.
The humanest person in the world
will not object TO ''electrocuting"
the bacteria, but will admit that it
serves them right.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THERE is a general disposition TO
laugh at the man who wears a cab
bage leaf in his hat to protect him
against sunsUroke, but the precautioD
is really OF value. The cabbage leaf
contains so much water that its
evaporation keeps the head much
cooler than it would otherwise be. A
dampened handkerchief will not an
swer the purpose so we'll because the
linen or cotton of which it is made
retains the heat and the handker-
chief becomes warmer than the head,
while the cabbage, leaf is always
cOOlnr
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
TuE husband of Mrs. Mary IilVa

THE husband of Mrs. Mary Lilvan,
the woman who committed suicide at
184 DeKoven street, Chicago, must
be particularly amiable individual
At the inquest it was brought out
that the dead woman worked on
slop-shop garments from daylight till
dark every day; that she seized the
opportunity of carrying the ashes out
of the house so that she might get a
breath Of fresh air: that she wished
to 60 to see her sick father but that
her husband would not allow her to
90, because the poor drudge would
have lost a few hours from the
treadmill. The slave sickened under
this ordeal. She had violent head.
aches and told her sister that she
longed for death. Finally she could
endure life no longer and killed her
self. Mr.. Lilvan is now alone. He
will probably look about him for an,
other helpmeet to share his joys and
sorrows. 1t is to be hoped that lie
will not find one. He is altogether toe
masterful and energetic for married
man. What he needs is machine
capable of doing a large quantity O
work without rest, food or recrea
/ tion. 1t is bad state of society
that permits this kind of human en-
slavement. Even in the days of th'
'institution" in the South human
chat:els were not worked to death
They were too valuable. But wifi
costs nothing. If she dies anothe
may be had for the asking. 1t is tn
fact that makes such bondgage pc
sible.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

WE are the greatest Of agricultural
nations, but the United States Gov
ernment as yet has not done much
for the farmer. The appropriations
for the Department of Agriculture
are far less than are expended by
some of the lesser European Epowers.
Is it not almost time to let up voting
such vast sums for the Naval Depart
ment and put little more into
channels that will help the tiller OF
the soil?
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

Alphonse karr, the gardener-poet.
was present at a banquet given by the
followers OF Hahnemann, the founder
OF homeopathy. Toasts were given 10
the health Of one medical celebrity
after another by different members of
the company, till at last the president
remarked:
M. Karr, you have not proposed
the health OF any one"
The poet roae and replied nodsetly:
Il propoee tie health Of tAs saeh
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THE recent accidents in the train
ing and handling Of wild animals for
the amusement OF the public have
excited good deal Of comment, some
of which takes the form of suggest
ing that the laws relative to such en-
tertainments be made more stringent
or more strictly enforced, 1t has also
been suggested, in view Of the serious
injury to the show woman in Chicago
and the narrow escape of the female
snake charmer iii New York, that
no one be permitted to exhibit wild
or naturally dangerous animals until
a satisfactory showing has been made
that they have been properly and
thoroughly trained. This is good
suggestion as far as it goes: but is
does not go far enough. What is
really needed is an act providing that
only wooden animals and rubber
snakes shall be exhibited; and as the
public would not flock to such an
exhibition in paying numbers the
business would very soon be at an
end. The author Of the suggestion
does not take into account the pur'
pose people have in visiting suoh en-
tertainments. It is the danger that
makes the attraction. If they were
solemnly assured, under certificate OF
Secretary of State or the Mayor O
a city that the animals were perfectly
harmless they would not give straw
to see them perform, or to SEA
madame" put her head in the lion''
mouth.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
Large Hog.

In a Western town there lives a
woman who has a genius for large
stories. AS she is accustomed to say,
she t'Scorns petty details"
At tea-party she entertained the
company with description of hog
which her father fattened to the
enormous weight Of 5000 pounds
'.Oh, my dear" CALCULATED her hus.
band, 'it must have been 500
pounds"
why, Edward Babb:tt" exclaimed
the narrator, with evident disgust,
1.-THE skin weighed that"
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THAT smart Indianapolis young
man who played the part of ghost
in order to frighten his comrades was
signally successful. If the bullet they
fired at the supposed apparition
hadn't glanced off from one of his
ribs, the smart indianapolis young
man would have been converted into
an actual ghost in about the tenth
part Of a second.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

Two COLORADO men wagered as TO
their respective abilities to consume
morphine. The vanquished is dead,
and the stakers will not compensate
the doctors who rashly brought the
victor back from the edge of the
grave. People Of speculative turn
Of mind would do we'll to seek other
channels for investment.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
THE National Weather Bureau has

THE National Weather Bureau has
issued bulletin calling special at
tention to the large number Of de-
structive tornadoes this year, and
urging people in districts liable to
such visitations TO prepare for their
coming. Tornadoes began their
work Of destruction as early as last
February in Mississippihnd louisiana,
and they have kept at it pretty steady
since in large number Of States.
The Weather Bureau advises peo-
pie living in the upper Mississippi
and Missouri Valleys to provide safe
places OF resort such as strongly pro-
Gectsd cellars, ipto which they ca 70
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THE hayseed farmer" is the man
who will have the bank account and
wear diamonds as he mows. Young
men in search of fortune won't IN
the future INQUIRE, does he own a
bank? but how is the old man of for
meadow land?
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

WHEN Courtois, the inventor OF
the celebrated Perigord pie, died. IL
was said he had killed more men
than fell in Napoleon's battles.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15
co TO NirAm.

That Is what you ought p II
pastures go to. Some pastures n -. -.
enough grass but what ise I II. !. -.
would pick clean. Nov i - -. -
luxuriant pastures or n'n Ta,ss !
fields SOW Salzer's seeds = 80 80
it! Six tons Of hay per acrs ~ !. -, -
five bushels OF wheat ~ 80 i. =
make farming pay. Gu. y, y, Z 4 y !
send 4 cents in stamps To-, 49,.
i. salzer Seed company 80 J
wis, and receive free = slsA
worlds Fair Winter Wheat - Il
catalogue.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

"You have a natural ability FL -.
Vanchump. What ever kept yua 4 I.
stageY' "The stage manager, nay bes ! !
piled Vanchump.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

treat in cases threatening squalls or
funnel shaped clouds hover about
them. A cyclone cellar my come TO
be family necessity in certain sec
tiOnS
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

HALLS CATARRH CURE i llqrz 4
i taken internally, and acts dlfseslE
the blood and mucous surfncss q -
tenn. Send for testimonials, ifte - !
Druggists, 75c. 80.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

Chaperones like to be stored AM i Il
corners.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

"Smith's business Is going alune Il.
clockwork." Pooh, his place il ii iAs -
of q receiver" That's II, being Eousa s
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

THE loss of the Victoria reminds
Us that peace hath her holocausts, no
less renowned than war.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

I Cure Dyspepsia and Consslns,t.
DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve PIN -. =.
with Medical Book 20 prove merit ~ 4 go
Druggists, ,2bc DR. SHooP. Hox W |, ,aaf.zs II
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

Et4a.-An fits stopped frea BY Or. kIlneAcHN
Narva RAatorer, No ~ after nFst aayl - ~
velous cures Treatise and O. % trial ksltls uNsMH
cases send TO DIR. Kline. I'll Arch bt IpaaaatrsA
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

BEEcHAMs' PILrs take the plaee y y =
tire medicine chest, and should y 80 q
use in every family. 70 confs 20.
The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

She: II there's anything 0ls =
fiirty womang He; hn'.I - - =
fiirty mang She: IN. = assr1 !.
some excuse. Women afo
know. -------..-.-.ss.ss~-