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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
Laughter.

Laughter has often dissipated disease
and preserved life by q sudden effort OF
nature. We are told that the great
Erasmus laughed so heartily at satir,
ical remark that he broke tumor ana
recovered his health. In q singular
treatise on Laughter" JoubeTt gives
two similar instances. A patient being
very low, the physician, who had
ordered q dose Of rhubarb, counter
manded the medicine, which was
left on the table. A monkey In the
room. jumping up. discove.ed the goo-
Iet and on tasting IL made terrible
grimmace. Again, putting only his
tongue 10 It. he perceived some sweet
ness of the dissolved mama, while the
Tbubsrb had sunk to the bottom. Thus
emboldened, he swallowed the whole,
but found IL such q nauseous portion
that after many strange and frantic
orImmaces, he ground his teeth 10
sgonv. and in a violent fur. brew the
goblet on the floor. The WI ,e stalr
was so ludlcrous that the sick man
hurst into repeated peais OF laughter,
and the recovery Of eheerfulness led 10
health.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
Hair over SIX Feet Long.

The New Orleans Times Democrat rep
resentatlve called recently at q house
in Holly Springs. A middle-aged ne
gress greeted the visitor The woman
is quite dark, OF q pronounced African
type Of physiognomy, five feet three
inches tall, and in fair health, but has
never had any children. She wore a
white cotton turban tied about her
head and tucked in at the back TO sup
port the i'm ense weight OF her hair.
This she removed and laid upon the
table and unwound the braids OF her
wonderful hair, which went many times
around her head, and dropped upon the
floor.
Ii was indeed an amsesog sight
Three braIds almost as thick as mans
arm close to the head, but taperlng TO
the thickness OF finger at the ends,
closely plated and measuring six feet
six inches, braided as II Is. In length.
1t looks a good deal like Spanish moss,
bat is darker, crlnkled and grizzled,
coarse and almost repulslve to the
touch suggesting CHASTITY stories OF the
abnormal growth OF hair after death.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06

It VIII DO the Most Notable Event of the
Season.


Thursday evening will witness an as
semblage at the Park of the most FASH
ionable portion of Wheeling society,
the occasion being tho annual enter
tainment of Wheeling lodge, No. %, B.
P. o. Elks. 1t will commence at five
o'clock and continue until midnight.
The most elaborate preparations have
been made and the names OF the gentle
men composing hRe committee are
sufficient assurance that every detail
will receive careful attention.
The event OF the evening will be the
concert on the dancing pavilion. 1t
will commence promptly at 5 o'clock,
and visitors are advised to take the
seven o'clock or earlier motors. Mad
anne Kate Rola will be the stellar at
traction, and one OF her numbers will be
a German solo. Messrs. Will B. Day,
Chas. Zulauf, H. C. Sweeny and Albert
D. Adler are others who will partici-
pate. 1t goes without saying that the
programme will be one Of unusual ex-
cellence.
After the concert the remainder Of
the evening will be devoted to dancing
and promenading.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
alas. FactorIes WORKING.

The blown and press tumbler shops
At factory "H," United States Glass
Company. are in operation. It is the
first time 10 ten years that any depart
ment Of q factory has been running
during the summer stop. The A. f. g.
w. q. has suspended the rule which
enmpels the entire factory to close six
weeks, end certain departments are
compelled 70 be idle just three weeks.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
THB EXCHANGE
BANK CLOSES
On Account of Inability to Meet
Immediate Obligations.
WILL PAY DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.

! Meeting Of Bank Officials to
Take Acknowledgement Excite
ment Caused By the Rumors
During the Evening-The Assets
Will Exceed Liabilities Several
Hundred Thousand Dollars
Other Banks Solid, and No
Cause for Alarm.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
WITHOUT ANY MONEY,

and as we were unsuccessful in our ei-
forts to secure q loan upon securities
which are 'gilt-edged,' there was moth
ing left but to close the doors OF the
bank"
1t is understood that none Of the
banks deoters will be pushed in collec-
tions, and it is thought that the capital
stock and the bank property will re-
main after discharginG all liabilities.
II is said that only three weeks ago
there was Sis, 600 in the vaults, which
was all taken out by the constant drain
since that time. There were also SEQ
600 or $50, 600 in special deposits, which
were withdrawn during that period.
While no statement 20 that effect has
been made, by those in authority, il is
understood that the bank will resume
operations provided there is an i'm
provement 10 the money market in the
near future.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06
OR n. r. sunday Excursions.

Sunday excursion tickets noW on SAFE
TO woodland, franklin, New Martins
Vile, Sistersyille, and Long keacn.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26

dey WAS dat mean dey warn satisfy no
how, an dey KEEP hollerin, 'Frow down
JeIsball' An he frew her down seb,nty
dered up seb'n basketsful."
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
NOT A soLIrARY HrADsronE.

The esteemed Registers apology is ae-
cepted. 1t ia all right and there are no
purlieus in 1t. But when tho Register calls
Brother Isbell ga solitary headstone in the
cemetery of buried Republican civil serv-
ice reform pledges" 1t is too lugubrious
and funereal. Brother Isbell may perhaps
properly be called "spared monument"
but he is not SOLITARY headstone."
Having gently and successfully led the
Register out of its purlieus into the dis
covery of Westville and Brother Isbell we
will take it again by the hand and lead it
to the town of Portland, Connecticut. 1t
will find there, If we are not mistaken,
another spared monument which will
make Its solitary headstone impossible.
We have helped the Register to find West
vile, and we can assure 1t that Portland
ia also in existence and waiting to be dis
covered by it. Portland is in Middlesex
county, opposite Middletown, on the east
bank of the Connecticut river, and four
teen miles south of Hartford.
We felt when the Register was chortling
a few days ago in hysterical glee that there
was likely to be reaction. The reaction
has come, and it now speaks of solitary
headstone in cemetery where things are
buried. From the highest height of glee
1t has plunged to the deepest depth of
gloom We will cheer it all we can
by assuring 1t that Its cemetery is not
such a desert as 1t has pictured. There
are some very lively corpses in it, and
there are also some "spsred monuments
in it. Brother Isbell is not ga solitary
headstone."
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
PceuIiarIties OF the Burro.

lefOm tle september 81. NICHOLAS
The burro has many peculisrities, whicl
are shared with his half-brother, the mule
Burdened with heavy pack, he may trave
for hours patiently and without complaint
He approaches little stream of sluggish
water not more than al inch or two deep
or 1t may be dry rGvins which has Esrel
only in the rainy season. He sets foot In
It with the utmost reluctance, and sftel
having been fairly pulled in, he may de
liberately lie down and ref1se 10 90 fur
ther. He knows how easy IL Is for his
little feet to sink into the wet sand, and
the recollection that just Euch an inno-
cent-lookinR place once upon q time
proved to be u qusgmire stiil survives In
his mind.
This came instinct Of selt-preservAtior
Is what makee him so sure footed. BE
will carefully pick his way over q noun
tain trail that would be impossible to 8
horse and would mske a man dizzy.
once saw a burro with q good-sizsd pack
on his back try to pass along a trail that
led through a narrow cleft In a rock. The
cleft was too narrow, and, when halfway
through, the psck stuck fast. Being una
BILE to 90 forward the burro backed, but
WAS equally unsuccessful In getting out.
He then tried this last resource-lying
down. When he couldn't do this his
groans and lamentations filed the air,
and continued during the hour 1t took
us to fres him. I thought he must have
been injured internally, but no sooner
was he at liberty than he went few yards
forward on the trail and quietly began to
grszs!
But 1t is when kept behind his COM
rsdes, IL only for a few moments, that
his sgony is greatest. Then such strug-
giles to be free! Such braysl One won
ders how so email an animal can make 60
great noise.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
The old Darky's knowledge OF tho
ParabIes.

From the Washington POST
Vice-President Stevenson told the fol-
lowing story to group of senators the
other night: There was AZ old dsrky In
southern Illinois who wanted to join the
ministry. He had progressed through
many years of trial and tribulstion, from
the portion of chief hog stesler and hem
roost robber Of the community to the
mourner's bench, to membership, to q dea-
Donate, and finally to the digniied office
of sexton and chief bell ringer of the white
folks church in the ssrns town. BE
couldn't resd, but his granddaughter Lu.
cindy could, and he made her read to him
every evening from the good book. BE
was finally brought bsfore the board for
examination, which was conducted as fol-
lows:
"Brer 'Lias, do you know the BibleI'
''Yss, praise de Lswd."
"Brer 'Lias, do you believe it to be the
word of Godr
"Yas, dat do, praise de Lawd"
'Do you believe the parsblesi'
"Dat do. Ever w'ud OBJ dem par'bles
is fac's, sho huff Gospel troof"
to repeat. Brer 'Liasf'
''Dat do. I knows dem all, but dA,
one of Potiphar and JexsbAl is de truesi
an most powerful one OBJ all. Hit goe.
dis away. You see Potiphar was q ridin'
down In his charyit FUN jerusalem into
Jericho. BE drove long III bit wen long
come Jezebal. She sayr: 'W'ite man,
gimme rids;' an he done tnk her up be
him him In charyit. An dsy went erlons
i'll furder an fell among tieyes. An
dey say: 'Frow down Jezsbslr
t'An' Potiphsr he say, Let him amons
you widout sin cas- de fus' stone
"But dey say all de louder, 'Frow dowr
| JezebalP
cam finally he frew down Jezsbal Bu
dey warn satisfied, an yell, 'Frow dow
| JezebalP
CAN he frew her down ergin. An dsl
dey yell out, 'Frow her down some mo-.
] An he frew her down seb'n times. Blu
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
A MOCKE

A MOCKER.
There have been temperance meetings
which seemed likely to result in much
good. The speeches have been eloquent
and moving. Even the old topers
present have looked as If they would
like to be dispossessed of the demon
rum. But, alasl When the final appeal
has been made and all who ought to
sign the pledge have been earnestly be-
sought to come forward and free them
selves by stroke of the powerful pom
from the bonds of strong drink there has
stirring song and the personal invitation
have all failed, and the meetings have
closed in bathos and anti-climax.
1t WAS fervently hoped by the great tenn
perancs meeting of this community that
the Chamber of Commerce would sign the
pledge. The appeals to 1t were many and
moving, and 1t seemed to be affected by
them. But the decisive moment has come
and gone and the Chamber has not
signed. 1t has, however, shown that 1t is
still quite sober by refusing to buy wine
for the crowd. It will let each member
treat himself and such friends as he may
want to treat, but the Chamber will not
treat. 1t has not yet reached the stage of
intemperance when 1t feels moved to call
all hands to the bar and pay for their
wine.
Wine is mocker So Is the action of
the Chamber of Commerce concerning 1t.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
Iselation OF Prairie Life.

IE. V. Smsley in the Atlantic Aonihlyl
If there be any region in the world
where the natural gregsrious instinct Of
mankind should assert itself that region
Is our northwestern prairies, where +.
short, hot summer lie followed by q long.
cold winter, and whers there is little in
the aspect of nature to furnish food for
thought. On every hand the treelsss plain
stretches away to the horizon line. In
summer 1t Is checkered with grain fields
or oarpsted with grass and flowers, and It
Is inspiring in its color and vastness; but
one mile of 1t is almost exactly like anoth-
or, save where some vstercourse nurtures
a fringe of willows and eottonwoods.
When the snow covers the ground the
prospect lie bleak and dispiriting. No
brooks babble under icy armor. There Ia
no bird life after the Wild geese and ducks
have passed on their way south The al
lence of death rests on the vast landscape,
save when 1t Is swept by cruel winds that
search out every chink and Granny of the
buildings, and drive through each un-
guarded aperture the dry, powdery snow.
In such a region you would expect the
dwellings to bs of substantial construc-
tion, but they are not. The new settler Is
too poor to build of brick or stone. he
hauls few losds of lumber from the near
est railway station, and puts up a frsil lit
tie house of two, three or four rooms that
looks as though the prairie winds would
blow /. away. Were 1t not for the inven-
ton of tsrred building papers the himsy
walls would not keep out the wind and
snow. With this psper the walls are
shesthsd under the weather boards. The
Darn lie often nondeseript affair of sod
walls and straw roof Lumber Ia much
too dear to be used for door yard fences,
and there is no inclosure about the house
A bsrhed wire fence surrounds the bars
yard. Rarely are there any trees, for on
the prairie trees grow very slowly and
must be nursed with care to get a start
There Is q saying that you must first get
the Indian out of the soil before a tree will
grow at all; which means that some savage
quality must be taken from the ground By
cultivation.
In this cramped abode, from the win
dows of which there is nothing more
cheerful In sight than the distant houses
of other settlers, just as ugly and lonely,
and stacks of straw and unthreshed grain,
the farmers family must live. In the
summer there is a school for the children,
one, two or three miles away; but In win
ter the distances scross the snow covered
plains are too great for them to travel In
severe weather; the school house Is closed,
and there is nothing for them to do but to
house themselves and long for spring.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
ENTITLED To A SEAT.

Those who travel will be interested in
decision which has recently been rendered
by the Supreme court of Mississippi. For
tunately the combination Of circumstances
which led to this decision are not common,
but they are common enough.
A white man purchased q first class
ticket on train composed of three passen-
ger cars besides the baggage and express
ca-s. One car was for white passengers,
one for negroes and one for emokers. He
entered the white. car, where there was
plenty of room, but some of the passen-
gers had piled their baggage on seats,
others were asleep occupying two or more
seats, and he could find no room to sit
down without disturbing others. He asked
the conductor to provide him seat. The
conductor refused, and told him to find a
seat in the next car. He went into the
ductor afterward ordered him out, as the
car was exclusively for negroes. Then
he went into the smoking car, but the
air was go nsusestipg that he was COM
PEELED to leave 1t. He returned to the
white car and again demanded that the
conductor should give MIN a seat, which
could be done easily by removing baggage
or by asking other passengers to vaoate
extra seats. The conductor refused again
to give him seat. The passenger then
said that If he was not provided with a
seat he should sue the railroad company
for damages. The conductor told him in
an angry and insolent tone that he would
not give him seat and that hs could sue
and be -" The passenger left the
train at the next station and afterwsrd
brought an action against the company.
He obtained a judgment for $3.50 damages.
The railroad company appealed the Gaze
and the judgment was affirmed.
The supreme court holds that the pas
senger had paid for a seat and was entitled
to one, unless a crowd of other passengers
made 1t impracticsble; that according to
| the evidence the conductor could have Civ
| en- him seat, and should have done 30, but
| that his demand ''subjeeted him to an ex.
| plosioD of profane and contemptuous wrath
from that official" And the justice who
l delivered the decision said that the rail
road company should "thank God and
take courage" in consideration of the small
amount of the verdict for damages.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
Womb Troubles.

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Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
RRCONCILING.

Says an exchange: 'There are poems
| unwritten and songs unsung." That is
what reconciles us to life.-Tsxas Siftings.
Teacher-what kind of hair did the an
cient Britons havei Tommy-Long blond
hair. Teacher-No; the ancient Britops
must have had gray hair.-Texas Siftings.
Hicks-By Georsel that girls as pretty
as picture! And how elegantly she is
dressed! Wicks-As usual the frame is
worth more than the pieture.-Boston
Transcript.
Jack-That fellow is go strong he can
bend silver dollar over his thumb. Tom
That's nothing; can break one over any
bar In town and not half try.-Detroit
Free Press.
She-Ohl isn't that bulli He-Yes; but
you needn't be afraid so long as I am with
you. She-But Pm afraid you wouldn't
be with me long If he came this way
brakes Magazine.
He-If there is anything any more ur-
pleasant than to find q hair in the butter
would like to know 1t. She-There is,
dearest. Discovering one on your shoulder.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mrs Wickwire-What is the difference
between me and a chicken, deari Mr..
Wickwire-About thirty FIVE years, guess.
Mrs. Wtokwire-Oh, you hateful thing.
That isn't the answer at all. The chicken
is killed to dress and Pm dressed to kill
Indianapolis Journal.
Guest-Whst is that pretty little ootayo
volumea The German Linguist-That's a
new edition of my rules of the German
grsmme. Guest-And what are those
quarto volumes near It'll The German Lin
guist-Those are the exceptions to the
rules.-Chicsgo Record.
Little May wrote competition on 'rhe
Cow" 1t was brief: "The cow is very
useful animal" Her mother requested
her to read it to the minister, which she
did, amending 1t thus to suit the occasion:
"The cow Is the most useful animal except
religion. Journal.
"I say, mother, didn't hear you say
last night you thought vegetables had feel
ings" "Why, yes, my son, it is very
pleasant to believe so." 'All right then,
you don't catch me running that old lawn
mower again. Pm not going to hurt the
feelings of the grass."-Boston Transcript.
"Oi'm sorry, ma'am," said the queen of
the kitchen. "but Orll have to lave yez. {"
"Why, don't we treat you wellt' "OPve
nothin' to say agin the tratement; but yer
ways o. livin' is unconganial to nae. How
ever, Orm perfectly willin' to give yez q
letther of Recommendation to yer next
cook. Washington Star.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
FASHION NOTES.


The Mother Hubbard was tabooed long
ago, yet the very prettiest of the seasons
room gowns, or as they are called boudoir
matinees, are much in the style of the for
bidden garment. An especially pretty one
is given in the illustration. The yoke
is made of alternate lines of insertion
and pale pink satin ribbon, outlining IL
there is deep founce of cream lace and
from under the latter the train comes. II
hangs loose straight soross the back, the
side seams are fitted, and the front Is just
like the back. Two rows of cream lace
insertion are set about the foot of the
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Suit has been brought In the courts OF
Orenburg, Russia, by nephew of N. Nsr-
vfnoff, who owned extensive gold mines In
Siberia, against the other heirs for Il, ,000,-
600 rubles. The plaintiff Is deaf and dumb
and without property. Prince Urusoff.
the most famous lawyer in Moscow, hear.
Ing Of the case, offered to conduct 1t fres
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26

Extreme Lassitude, "don's care and
want to be left ALONG feeling, excl
liability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lssTnss' aS sys;.s or sas as
sure Indications Of Female Weakness
none deranrement Of ths uterua, or
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26

skirt The wrapper is made of delicate
rose silk, but may be prettily carried out
in rose cashmere. The other boudoir mat
inee follows the present rage for black and
white. 1t Is in white cashmere or orsps
and a smooth yoke is outlined by an In
eertion of wide black lace. A somewhat
narrow train falls from the center of the
back, coming from the line of insertion.
Sides and front are fitted to the middle
breadth, which falls loose, matching the
train effect. About the hem Of the skirt
there is q wide band of the black insertion.
Both these gowns are simple and may bs
worn over nightdress even and yet es-
cape the baggy or untidy look of gown
entirely loose. Many are following the
French style of wearing wash materials in
the house without regard to season, and
such can carry out either of these designs
in delicate muslins and challies. A brides
outfit should comprise many such dainty
morning gowns, and any woman viii find
use for at least two of them. They have
been aptly named "Alarm gowns" !" because
they can be clipped on whenever there Ia
sudden need. FLoRErrz.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-26
Royal Baking Powder Co.,
1O6 Wall St NV

He-Al of Scrugg's employees will attend
his funeral In q body. She-wiu they
send any floral tributesl He-No. Scruggs
didn't like flowers and they voted that ere
works would be more appropriste.-wash-
ington Star.
She-You mustn't try to kiss me at the
station, for there are so many people there.
He tprotestingly)- But every one win
think we are brother and sister. She
And so we will be, too, If you attempt 1t.
Detroit Free Press.
$50 the engagement between Miss Chi
cago and her Detroit lover 10 oHf' Eyes;
che wss too sensitive. A woman ran q
baby cab over her foot, and when abe told
George about 1t he asked her If II upset the
cab. b."-Detroit Free Press.