Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15


thought I'd have it upholstered; but
the dentist ad yised me to have it drawn
instead OF filed. saying that the process
was almost painless and the satisfaction
complete. ! yielded to his argument
with fear and trembling. | had never
had tooth pulled since l was a boy,
aud the memory Of my last experience
In that line was enough to give person
bad dreams. / was surprised at the ease
with which the fang was extracted and
the almost complete absence or pain.
After this I'll rather enjoy having
teeth drawn. 1t was widely different
when | was a boy, though. remember
the village dentist quite fuently. When
ne wasn't removing molars he was shoe
ing horses. He was large man, and
the muscles of his brawny arms were
strong as iron bands. He used no an
aesthetics, He simply throttled his vic
tim, and inserted pair OF tongs into
the unfortunate's mouth, and then be
breathed hard aud pulled until the tooth
came out or the tongs broke or lie
sprained his wrist. He generally ex-
tracted three or four sound teeth before
he captured the aching one, but he was
liberal and made no extra charges. Oh,
tell you the world has advanced since
was boy, and In nothing more than
dentistry" and the Congressman re-
moved his spectacles in order that he
might see the paper he held in his hand.
At Tennyson's table once there was
new guest. Dinner over, the butler,
having filled this guests glass, placed
the decanter of port before his master.
The talk was on s. subject which deeply
interested Tennyson. As he talked he
drank, and not noticing his friends
empty glass, filled his own till the de-
csnter was drained. Then he said:
THAT was a very good bottle of port,
don't you think? Shall we have an
other?" And, the guest asserting, the
butler brought in a second decanter,
which went through the same expert
ence as the 6rst-Mr. Blank having one
glass from the butler, and Tennyson,
entirely engrossed in talk as before, con-
Stunning all the rest. Early next morn
ing his guest awoke, to find Tennyson
standing by his bed and regarding him
with sort of friendly solicitude.
How are you this morning." was the
hosts query.
"All right, thanks"
'Sure you are all right?"
"Quite sure"
"Ah, but pray, Mr.. Blank, do you al
ways drink two bottles OF port after
dinner?"
CO M
one of the highest mountains on the
Island of Ceylon Is the scene of re-
markable geological formation and the
spot around which many curious legends
aud superstitions cluster, says the Phi
ladelphia Press. According to the Mo-
hammedan story, Adam, after the fall
and expulsion from the Garden of Eden,
was taken by an angel to the top OF the
mountain, which now bears his name.
From it's summit the minds eye OF
the first man saw all the Ills which In
after years should a1flict humanity.
These narrowing sights were such
weight upon the man, who, notwith-
standing mis- sir in the garden, was yet
a good man, that his foot left It's i'm
print upon the solid rock, his tears
forming lake, the footpl int and lake
being still visible. The footprint itself
is five and one-half eet long by two and
one-half feet wide and shows six per-
feet toes, the smaller one being as large
as a good sized mans fist. For CEN
turtles devout Buddhists have made ad-
nual pilgrimages to the spot, and tradi-
ton says that the chain bridge across
the canyon near the sacred footprint
was put there by direction OF Alexander
the Great.
The pretty Lady Brooke, Of baccarat
fame, has stated the latest new idea,
which, IL is said, will be followed very
largely In the country house gardens Of
England next summer, At her lodge,
where she constantly entertains the
Prince of Wales, Lady Brooke arrang-
ed last autumn a Shakspearlan border
for her lawn, In which she will have
planted by some famous hand speci
men of every obtainabie plant mention
ed in Shakspeare's works. Already one
imitation of the idea Is announced by
Scottish woman, who is going to ar
range Robert Burns border In her
garden. The idea is not bad one. as
these fads generally are, and borders OF
Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes or Lowell
would make interesting many OF our
fashionable gardens OF swell country
residences.
Sir Charles Upper denies the accu-
racy OF the statement that the Canadian
Government is building war vessels on
Georgian Bay.
awe are not building war vessels"
said the Minister Of Marine, "but we
have built a couple OF small vessels at
Owen Sound, which we are using In
connection with the fishery protective
service. The. Petrol, launched recently,
is not yet completed. 1t was built on
the same model as the other two, the
Constantine and the Curlew, and is 100
tons net, carrying about eighteen hands.
That is all there is to the story. Some
parties 10 the States aIe looking for an
infraction Of the treaty on the Cana
dian side so far as building war vessels
are concerned, so that they may go into
the business themselves. We have not
violated any treaty rights"
The penant to be borne at the mast
head, of the United States mail subsidy
ships is twenty feet long eight feet six
inches at the mast and five feet at the
end Of the swalow-tail. Its field is red,
bordered By nine inches Of blue. In
the upper left-hand corner is an eagle
in blue, with arrows ana a branch in It's
taions, and bearing on its breast a
shield with stars and stripes in red and
white.