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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
FEMININE.
THINGS THAF ARE SURE TO PLEASE ALL
THE LADIES'


Butter-knives have grown very slen-
der.
Glass salt-cups are covered with silver
wire traced In pretty pattern.
The accepted fOwer-vaSe IS OF glass.
Around the neck there is tied big bow
Of ribbon, corresponding in color with
The table decorations.
Tea-plates with family photographs
upon them are considered the most del
icate and complimentary things one cah
place before guest.
Cofee-cups are growing larger and
more elaborate. They are decorated
both outside and inside, and the handle
represents the branch OF tree.
Claret glasses are to be cut intagllo.
The fayorite decoration Tor them Is the
head OF Queen Isabella, although many
lhow fine bust Of Columbus.
Very gorgeous table lamps have base
Of pale green glass with enamel flowers
upon It. The lamp shade eorries out the
color OF the glass. and the whole IS
symphony in pale green.
Two-tined olive-forks are seen. They
,re similar to pickle-iorks, but less
surved. Fancy an oyster-fork with TIE
lines very close together, and only two
Of them at that, and you have the olive
fork.
The handles Of pie knives have APP
ueared in the form OF Spanish daggers
NOT very sharp, Of course, not very
pointed. When the Spanish dagger Is
not used the handle Of Turkish scimi-
tar holds sway.
The newest forks and spoons are OF
xold with Dresden-china handles. They
are so pretty that the admiring house.
wife finds an excuse for placing odd
ones upon her table in addition TO put
ting them at every plate.
Instead Of dolly underneath each
olate very delicate mats Of gold wire
are to be used by those who are always
Dn the lookout for something unique
These delicate open-wOrk affairs are
not at all like the trays familiar 10
childhood days, nor would they De dis
tlnguishable at casual glance from
doilies OF heavy yellow cord.
Instead OF the bell which requires
snly a touch the fashionable bell must
be lifted by its handle and tinkled In
good old-fashiOued style. A very pref
" bell, with twisted handle, growing
larger towards the end and finishing
with a large heavily chased base is the
most popular.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
A Tramp who Was "wnlIn'."

A few days ago q tramp came along to
q farm house In Taylor township and
asked for q bite to eat. The farmer had
so often been imposed upon that be re-
piled to the request with:
.You can have something IL you earn
1t, but not unless"
"Oh, I'm willing to pay In work Tor
good dinner" answered the tramp.
Very well; there's sharp OK out
there by the we'll curb. Use 10 for an
hour and the old woman will set you out
a square meal"
The farmer went to the barn and the
tramp went for the az, and half an hour
later he appeared at the barn and said:
"Well, boss, I've cut down three OF
'em, and 1 guess that pays for dinner"
"Cut down three what?"
"Why, three OF them trees In front oil
the housed"
BE had leveled three maple sugar
trees which the farmers grandfather
had set out, and had got up good hon.
est sweat on his back. The neighoors
declare that the farmers yells could be
heard three miles. and that the tramp
made q mile in 2:45, rs . shotgun kept
trying to get ''pull" on him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
TO PLEASE THE GODS
HUMAN SACRIFICES ARE MADE IN DA-
HONEY.
Cruel Character Of tbs Dahoman Rsligion-No
Torture Known Too Severe for SIavs-A
Thousand Human Lives Sacrificed at
the Death Of King.
81. Louis Globe Democrat

The military operations OF the Erench
against Dahomey have caused public
attention to be directed more than ever
before to this little known country whose
name for many years has been q
synonym for savage cruelty, for OF all
the tales Of barbarity which Africa has
given to the wosld-and they are In
numerable-no one has ever exceeded
the story OF Dahomy. The atrocities
which are al everyday sight In
this out of the way corner OF
tie Dark Continent are ell the
more terrible in that they are perpe-
trated in the name OF religion, and
every massacre, however hideous, Is
really sacrifice.
THE DAHoMAN RELIGION.
The religion of the Dahomans Is q
form OF nature worship. They believe
in one great supreme being, whom they
consider too far removed from earth to
concern himself in the least about nu-
man affairs, but who delegates his power
to a host of inferior deities, who have
their homes in the fields, the for
ests, the springs; who presids
over the crops, the rains ana
the sunshine. To these sacrifices
are annually made with great pomp and
ceremony of things as precious as the
worshippers can procure. Nothing Is
mora nrecious than human life. and the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
I'm jumping 1 throw my arms high

''In jumping ! throw my arms high
over my head, and kick upward with
my left leg as though | were about TO
do a running high kick.
1.-THE right leg double up close to
my body, and when I think have got
my height, / shoot it out over the bar,
and kick downward with my left at the
same moment, This gives me half
turn motion, and generally lands me on
my feet with my face to the bar"
Stingel's style of jumping ought to
be the one that novices should try and
initiate, as it is the one kind from
which the best results are obtained.
Stingel started jumping by clearing 5
feet, and inches at his style, but
stuck to it. never varying, and constant
ly lettering his record. He went into
all games, and thereby got plenty Of ex-
perience; something that cannot be said
of all beginners.
He has cleared as high as 5 feet 10
inches in private, and has q public rec
ord OF feet inches. He prefers indoor
jumping as there is no change ia the
''take-off." and the board floor is always
the same. bnt outside the ground is apt
to be poor and seldom found alike in two
places.
In practice he doss better work out
doors than In, bat In competition he-re-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Choese StraMa.

Mix with four ounces Of siited -four,
two Of any dry, rich cheese grated, an
even teaspoonful Of salt, half salt
spoonful of white pepper and liberal
dust OF cayenne; add the juice OF 3
lemon, the yoks OF two raw eggs and
enough melted butter to form paste,
which can DO rolled cut TO the thinness
Of about the eighth of an inch; cut the
pastry in strips, like straws, lay them
upon a Toured baking pan and place In
a moderate oven until they become
crisp; without breaking them transfer
them 20 oval dishes covered with nap
kins, aud they will be ready for service.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

Kings body-guard, and from oil ac-
counts are far moro savage and blood
thirsty than the men. From their
earliest years they are carefully trained
to cruelty. and the private sacrifices
OF the palace, where they alone officiate
as torturers and executioners, are be-
lieved from what Is known OF them to
exceed In diaboical savagery anything
that is ever seen In public. Human
sacrifices and the practical cellbacy OF
so large a number OF women, have re-
duced the population OF Dahomey, once
believed to be 1900, 900, to less than
500, 900, and the decline is stlll proceed
ing at very rapid rate.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
HIGH JUMPERS.
THEIR DIFFERENT METHODS AND THEIR
ACHIEVEMENTS.
Champion Of the World Sweeney Tells How he
Has Made Rseords-G. R. Fearing Of In
door Fame Explains HisStyls
Of Clearing the Bar.
Boston 9lo0s.

Among the athletic games which are
popular both outdoors and on the gym
nasium floor, none out-ranks the running
high Jump. And what makes this sport
all the more interesting is the fact that
the styles OF the various experts are SO
very different.
M. f. Sweeney of the Xavier A. A. OF
New York, who holds the worlds rec
ord OF feet AZ inches, is an athlete OF
ordinary build, being about 8 feet .
inches tall and Weighing in the vicinity
Of 14O pounds.
In jumping he uses more spring than
most high jumpers, especially In his
run. which is a series of bounds. de
shops" the bar and lands nearly facing
it. In jumping he comes close to the
bar and bcbs into the air with lots OF
life and spring, and clearing 1t, lands
but short distance away from 1t.
From the time he commenced jump
ing be has improved steadily, and this
year won the Canadian cham pionship at
6 feet is inches, and the American
championship at 6 feet.
At the games of the New York Ath-
letic Club, held on October s last, he
cleared without much difficulty the
height OF feet 2 inches, and the bar
was Immediately raised to 6 feet AZ
inches, which he cleared on the third
trial.
Alvah Nickerson. of the New York
Athletic Club, who won the American
and Canadian championships in 1891,
says:
Nickerson is considered to be one OF
the most scientific Of high jumpers
ard clears the bar in q particularly
graceful manner. He takes the usual
length OF run, and runs at medium
pace. When be jumps he lifts his knees
close to his breast, getting his feet
over the bar we'll in advance OF his
body. and lands facing the bar.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

Then blood flows in streams. On the
accession Of the present ruler 90 great
was the number of those thus wantonly
slain that large trench was made In
the ground, in which canoe was
placed. Tue blood OF the murdered
men was conducted by condnits Into
the trench until its quantity was sum-
Gent to float the boat.
CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY.
Yet Dahomey is q couAtry the charac-
ter of which recalls the lines OF the old
hymn, Where every prospect pleases
and only man Is vile." Near the coast
the land Is low aud sandy, but few
miles from the sea the forests OF the In
terror begin. and present scene OF leafy
grandeur such as can be seen nowhere
outside OF the tropics. Most OF the trees
are of gigantic size, while interviewed
creepers and vines, overhead and under
foot, render the progress OF the footmen
almost impossible. Further on. tho for
ests give way to rolling lands OF wonder
full beauty and matchless fertility
In many parts OF the country two crops
are possible In every agricultural year,
but so little acquaintance have the
people with practical agriculture that
they never raise more than Is necessary
for their own consumption. Famines
are far more uncommon, and the popu-
lation of Dahomey is actually decreas-
log. There is excellent reason for this
fact. aside from the horrid sacrifices.
Polygamy is common. Every man
has as many wives as he can get. The
King has from 5000 to 5000. Besides,
In connection with the royal estab-
lIshment there is . body of troops. the
Amazons, the like to which the world
elsewhere does not show parallel.
Nominally the Kings wives, they are
rarely so save in name, but are never
theless kept in seclusiou. They drill In
private, and when they march abroad q
herald precedes them warning all men
from the streets.
They number from 1900 to 5000, ac-
cording 10 circumstances. form TIA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
FOR TWO YEARS
WILLIAM EuSS SUFFERED TERRIBLY FROM
ClfLRRH.
Ia Makes a Plain Statement Of What Hs Wen
Through, and Points the Way Toward
Relief and Cure 10 Those Who
Are Afflicted.

Mr.. William Nuss, of Cameron. W. Va,
blacksmith AMI wagon.builder by occupation,
,h-os, rot sors souethfng different from what
had ever experienced before. The soreness
extended from my nose down over my upper
liz. until nv lip was 50 stin, swollen and red
as Gre, that could not open my mouth "l.nou,
could not lie a. ainute on my back for the mu-
Gus dropping into my throat, aud choking me,
consequently had 10 sleep on my sids sito'
NV throat was sore all the time with . kind
OF dry sticky feeling in IL, causing me to drink
water frequently 10 relieve the distress, WIN
acuing over top OF head and through my eyes.
NV ears got dry and scales came Out OF .nsn,
and thew were always itching, keeping me pick
NC at them every day for about Is months,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

dngton stitch divide the pocket a.
eady formed into twelve narrow peck
Its and slip a fork or spoon Into each
rocket. To the sides of the case sew
,rown ribbons, which are tied in bow
Ehen the case is rolled up. To make
he case a trife more finished it may
Ie bound with fine silk braid the color
II the ribbon and kensiDgton stitch.
These cases have the most shining eff
ect upon the silver. Individual ones
re also made for the berry spoons, as
)aragus forks, etc.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
To Crochet AIlttsns.

Set up chain for wrist large enough
to pass over the hand. Crochet round
and round, widening for the thumb
each time, forming V with the widen
ing stitches on either side the thumb.
Al The union of the thumb to the hand
make a chain Of five, reaching from one
point Of the Y to the other, and crochet
the rest Of the mittens to cover the fn-
gers. Finish by crocheting the top Of
Tho thumb.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Snrar Unscratehed.

To keep silver from scratching when
not in use it should be placed In a
channels case. These cases may De
easily made and will please any house
keeper. Buy a soft, light-co!ored
chamols and cut it so that il Is twelve
inches long and six inches wide. over
this lay another piece Of channels Of
the same length only not quite so
wide. Sew this securely on three
sides TO the first piece Of chamois;
then by means Of a narrow line OF ken
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
A strange Freak.

The wife OF our esteemed citizen, Mr..
John Rowell, while suffering under a Sc
we're attack Of the blues, tried to commit
the crime of infanticide, but was prevented
by the opportune arrival Of a neighoor
Her case has been considered by the pest
doctors incursble, but her husband was
highly pleased, after using a course OF Sui
phur Bitters, to find that she was entirely
red.-Kingston Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

Malcolm w. Ford's advice to novices
Is as good as can be given. He says:
keep at II steadily, but do not tire
Yourself. Take things easy, and do not
mind whether you improve or not. OBJ
serve these rules. and you will get in
good form before you know it,"
j. II. CLAUsEN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
serving celery.

The problem OF how to serve celery
has been solved, at least temporarily,
in the prevailing fashion Of laying two
or three choice stalks at the size of each
plate. Nobody regretted the retire.
ment Of the tall celery vases, but the
fat dishes were about equally awkward
and inconvsnient. The present idea is
sensible and satisfactory and should be
preserved.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

one OF the newest skirts Of the short
round type is that known variOusly as
the 1880" or the Granny" which Is
small at the top, but sets out round the
bottom edge, and is usually trimmed
with ruche, narrow frills, or a fur
border 10 the old fashioned style. The
least wastsful material is single width
about twenty-five inches wide, but the
ordinary double width material leaves
such broad slopings that these are use
ful for the bodice and undersleeves.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Rrovn Potatoe, WIN Roa,t BeeF.

Pare medium sized potatoes, cook ia
salt water until half done, skim out and
put in with your roast beef half an hour
before you expect 60 take it from the
oven. Place them close 20 the roast
and some Of them under the meat.
When you remove the roast TO platter
pot the potatoes on the same dish and
serve with the roast.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

This can bs easily proved by trying the
experiment Of neglecting the rule. The
feet will be found cold and damp after
a few minutes, although on taking of
the shoe aud examining it it will APP
pear 10 be quite dry.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
vsrsss matters, and does better work in
doors than on the turf.

A. a. Green. who has cleared over 6
feet at the high jump, makes an appar-
emily great effort in his jumping, prob
ably owing to his weigh t, which is great
err than that of most high jumpers. A
good cut of Green about to and Is given
here.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
For Rough Hands.

Take three drains powdered borax,
three-eighthsOunce glycerine,s ounces
Of rosewater. Mix well together and
apply frequently. 1t will make the skin
Bmoota and white.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

"Weu, exclaimed Mrs: TotlIng, 81
think it is a shame TO allow the selling
of liquor on the fair grounds at Chi
cage"
'No, that's all right" replied her
husband. After visitor has run
against Chlcago's exorbitant charges
TWO or three times some sort OF stimu-
liant will be found an absolute Reces-
sity."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
When Inns receive a rosy flush.

When Ups receive q rosy nuSh,
And teeth become . dazzling white,
Beneath thu efforts of the brush,
When SOZODONT is used Alright;
The mouth becomes sweet, pure and warm,
And the fresh breath an odorous charm.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Remember in Carving That

Beers heart should be cut in thin
slices and seryed hot.
II there is any roe part should be
placed on each plate.
A guest should say whether be pre-
fers the rOsSt rare or we'll done.
Tongue must be cut very thin; the
central portions are the choicest.
The head pieces Of al fish are eonsid-
cred the most delicate ana desirable.
Great care must be exercised in the
carving Of fish TO keep the fakes from
falling TO pieces.
A haunch OF venison should be carved
in slices down to the bone, from the
broad end upward.
A few drops OF lemon juice and q
little pepper and salt improve the hayor
of mutton wonderfully.
Have plenty OF room upon the platter
aud In its vieinityi great many mis-
haps are thus prevented.
The sirloin of beef should be cut in
thin slices, q portion OF the upper part
and the tenderloin going on each plate.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

- HOUE BACK .zCUES,
or YOU are al worn cut really good foc notn-
Ing, il Is general debility. Try
BFoEESS IRON BITTEES.
twill cura you. cleanse your liver, and give
agOoc aFpetife-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

A life insurance company, whose sd-
vice under the circumstances may be
taken as sincere, tells its clients that
the golden rule IN cold weather is to
keep the extremities warm, The first
aud most important rule for the carry
ing out Of this idea is never 20 be
tightly shOd. Boots or shoes that fit
closely prevent the free circulation of
the blood by pressure, but when, on
the contrary, they do not embrace the
foot too firmly, the space left between
she shoe and the stocking has good
supply Of warm air.
The second rule Is never to sit In
damp shoes. II is often supposed that
unless shoes are positively wet Is Is IN
necessary to change them while the
feet are At rest. This Is great fallaey,
for when the least dampness Il absorbed
into the sole In lts evaporation It ab-
serbs the heat from she foot. and thus
psrspiration Il dangerously checked.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Rillvy

Tim. Table No. 8. 70 take eject l1.sl q m,
sunday. November 20. 1871.
Leave whssllug-f5:D. 1870. t1:iS, f8:oo
ts:ib 1913, fl0:2 fll:0 a m, sz:lb, ti:<5
ts:oO. t3:eo, 4:3. s5:s5, fb:J0 p. N.
Leave Psninsala-f5.B. t5.f6. T.H. fs:U,
.s:s.. ss:sl' fIo:so. tii:57 a. M, si2:sl fl:5a
800, t5:H -8:5l, 1913, t0:o6 p q.
Arrive nartin's y rry-t5.53 -s:sl -
ts:l3, f9:J7, ,s:7. 40. IS. t2.oa sls'o0' H'U'
t3:i2 1873, Il a. 1901, f6:f2
Lesv- srminaI JunoiioD-fS:H, 90 49,
siO:0e siO:43 fil:i5 N. IT'D. fs'H, 1917
s5:I 10 ID. a, 1915. "a rs, fl0,s2 p. m
Leave Lsnghlin's hIll-f7:si, til;B a. n,
Leave ID. Has. Crossing-t7:25' tii:S q m.
HIS, kz:44 s5:lo p NJ .,a z.,a
rive Asrtln's Perry-fs;8 f5.5s r;B,
1000. sio.1s fli:22. Nm tz:8. fz;H. ok.
.D.iiy. .Dsiiy creep. Sunday. Sundays
All trains will run on Eastern Tine. cioct
In telegraph once a. Wnssling 10 the spasaArs
Time. .
noissxd J. TAUsslo. su1eriatenssnt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

BROWNS IRON BITTERS
Cures Dyspepeia, In
digestion s Debility
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-06
BY the Road Side.

1t is the never-failing watchfulness
and promptness in repairing roads
coupled with thorough and honest
construction which gives France a
system Of roads which is at once a
source OF national strength ana ma
tional pride. Thus an American
writer speaks of the roads of that
country. The same principles ap-
piled in this country will bring about
the same results.
The construction and maintenance
of public roads in Denmark are un.
der the management and are the
charge OF local municipal boards sub
ject, however, to State supervisal
Australian State roads are main
tanned by road keepers appointed by
the Government, the custom once
followed of letting out the mainte-
nance to private parties having
proved failure. The numbers OF
road-keepers employed in 1872 was
362S. In the larger districts road
masters for directing the work are
employed. 1t is the opinion of we'll
informed Frenchmen that the superb
roads OF France have Teen one OF the
most steady and potent contributors
to the material development and
marvellous financial elasticity of the
country
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-06
AN UNPUBLISHED POEM BY
SCOTT.

The following lament for Gl.ngarr
was written by Sir Walter Scott, and ha
never been published until its appear
ance in the current B,ackwood's havin,
remained in the possession of the famil
ever since it was composed. Unde
date of Mavis Bank. Rothesay, April II
1893, Miss Macdonell writes:
'My fAther died in January, 1893, and m
mother came to Merchiston Castle. Edin
burgh, where she lived from May. 1898, T.
May, 1880. 1t was there I first Jaw til
Death Song and was told by mother tina
Hir Walter Scott had vii tten it and sent it Il
her. believe che got it soon a ter We al
came south in May. 1928, and it has Away
been in whatever houses we lived eve
SINCE
GLENGARRY's DEATH SONG.
Land of The Gael, thy glory has fownl
For the s'ar from The Nor'h from its orbit il
Dark, dark is thy sorrow and hopeless thy
pain,
For no star e'er sh ii beam with its lustr
Glenga r,-Glengarry is gone cvormore
Glengarty--GlenSarry vel ever deplore
Ote'l ofthe W 'rrior who never did yield
U tell OF the chief who was falchion anC
shell.
o think Of the ratr OF. most ardent and kind
Thcn gh for Glengarry in whom all were
Tho chicttains may gather-the combatants
One champion is absent-that champion
was all;
The bright eye of genius and valor may
flame,
D,A .I,o
fame?
See the light bark how toss'd! she's wrecked
on the wave!
See daunt ess Glengarry on the verge of the
grave!
See his eap--see that cash, and that eye now
50 dim!
And thy heart must be steeld, fit bleed not
Arise thou young branch of 30 noble stom,
Obscurity marks not The worth of gem;
hear the last wish of thy father for thee:
"Be all to thy country, G engarry should be. "
Why sounds the loud ribroch. why tolls the
Why crowd our bold clansmon to Garrys
'Tls to mourn for their chief-for Glengarry
Ills to tell that hero is laid in his grave.
Ol heard We that anthem. slow, pealing on
hi.h!
The shades of the valiant are come from the
sky,
And the Genii of Gaeldoch are first in the
throng,
D list 10 the theme oftheir nria song.
It's welcome Glengarry, the clansmens fast
friend"
It's 'welcome to joys that shall no'er have an
end,
The halls Of great Odin arc open to thee,
welcome Glengarry, the gallant aud free. :"