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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18

Thanks. thought you'd understand.
But IFS very good Of you. none the less;
IL might have been so different.
Miss Vandeleur with mock tragedy
II mauRht!
Cora there are tears on her cheeks)
Will you excuse me now for five min
ctes? / have to dress, as we are lnnch-
ing out at 2. I've no doubt Robert
can entertain you till l come back.
(She goes out.
Miss Vandeleur (noddlnR to him as
the door closes -Ts-ta! amt going
70 wait to see her cry again. Pack o.
lies, 1 don't doubt you've told her;
but tell you this: You've married an
angel, Rob.
Robert accompanying her to the
door)-Ah, yes But under his BREATH
that was performance without her
wing Francis PrGUost IN Black and
White.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18
REVENGE OF SALADIN.

The great building was packed from
floor to ceiling. Even the legend
standing Room Only" has been re-
moved from the entrance and that Of
blouse Full" substituted for IL. II al
ways was so when the great Saladin, as
he called himself, walked the tight
rope. For the people loved above all
things TO gaze at dangerous perfor-
mances and when Saladin walked the
tight rope there was no net stretched to
catch him IL he fell. A fall in his case,
they knew, meant death and hideous
mutilRtion.
Eagerly and mpatiently they awaited
bis appearance. The artists who pre-
coded him played to an inattentive
audience. No one showed any interest
when the juggler balanced plates upon
bis forehead, only the front row OF the
stalls regarded the skirt dancers; the
efforts OF the comic singers were lost 10
the buzz OF a thousand conversations.
But, at last. at ten o'clock precisely,
the number of Saladin's turn went up,
and the people clapped their hands and
stamped their feet and cheered.
He kept them waiting feE minutes.
1t was his custom-the device by which
be insured himself a second outbreak
of the applause which he enjoyed.
Then he stepped ogt on the tiny stage,
close to the roof, from which the tight
rope started, and flung of his pic
turesqus cloak and showed himself ar
rayed in all the splendor of his flesh
colored tights and gay green trunks.
A handsome man beyond doubt,
man Of symmetrical and we'll knit frame;
a man whose muscular arms and chest
and shoulders bespoke his perfect
training. bis eyes had that clear, limpid
look when tells of perfect physical
health; the firm outlines Of the mouth
ADD chin spoke Of determination and
fearless resolution. The men gazed
at him with envy, the women with an
admiration akin 10 that which the bull
fighter excites in more hot blooded
ands.
Saladin looked down from his giddy
height through hay space upon the
mass Of upturned faces and drank in the
delicious incense OF their applause.
Then, as the band began to play the
prelude OF popular waltz, he ostenta-
tiOusly blew a kiss toward a box where
little woman with scared look ia her
eyes sat watching him. The forebodings,
born Of ominous dreams-that something
terrible would beiall that night. So she
had told him, and now he blew her 8
kiss before that great multitude to reas-
sure her.
And vet she was not treasured. Not
that she doubted for an instant her
lovers Sureness OF foot or steadiness of
head. Only she had seen q face in the
stalls and q pair Of eyes that had met
hers and frightened her. She clutch
ed suddenly at the sleeve OF her COM
panion.
Look" she cried, Historically.
YES, dear; what is it?"
MY husband. He is sitting below
there.
Your husband?"
Eyes. I left him 10 run away with
Saladdin. Didn't you know? He'll do
something dreadful. l know he will.
j must run and tell Saladin. Let me
GO, Kitty"
The other tried TO calm her.
"Y0u can't, dear" lhe said. "It's too
late. The turns just beginning"
Blu can't bear 10 look at it. Kilt
ty."
9Th come outside. dear. There's
no d rsaIly; butt If you stay here
Tighten him.
took her d the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18

has vise-like grasp that rivals Steve
Brodis's. The genial Willis smiles all
over MS face when he shakes hands
With you, displaying a double rowiot
the finest teeth in New York City. His
bushy whiskers. flowing nustache and
honest eyes add pleasure TO the mutual
complsment and even il you have never
met him before Willis always conveys
the impression that be is glad to see
you, and hopes you'll call again.
John Ward is very undemonstrative,
but what warmth there is 10 his make
I'D he puts into his handshake.
OUR CHEsTERFIELDIAN COMMISSIONERS
SHIELDS.
Commissioner Shields, the diEnlhed
Dundreary Of the Federal Courts snakes
hands very seldom. but when he does IL
is with the air OF Chesterfield, There
is nothing Of the DuDdreary about the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18

burg Pawpaw Plant, is equally hearty
in his method Of shaking hands, though
he cannot infuse as much electricity
into his grip as does "Jovial Jack"
A. NJ. Palmer, the Frohmans and
other theatrical pantatas, do not shake
hands at all, if they can avoid ii. They
do not need it in their business.
Steele Gray, a shining light OF the
junior bar. also objects to hsndshaking.
Like Beau Brummell, be declares it to
be a vulgarly ostentatious display OF
regard, and quotes that learned wit by
saying: 50 glance OF the eye, Regi-
maid. q glance Of the eye"
There are several other well-known
Young men ia New York who look with
distavor upon the good old American
custom, but it is safe to say that hand
shaking will never die out in the NAM
moth metropolis.
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courtly Commissioner save his wbis-
kers, and they are ornaments which
furnish their own reason for being.
"Jovial Jack" as John Jay Burke is
known to mis- many admiring friends,
has all the traits which his sobriquet
indicates, He seizes your hand in his
own small, carefully nanicured one,
and wrings it as il you were his long
lost brother, and he we're just about TO
ask you to dine with him at the Wal
dorf. Mr.. Burke has shaken hands
successfully for some Of the most cele-
brated Republican politicians OF the
day.
His brother, James Francis Burke,
known all over the neighboring circuit
as the Boy Orator, and also as the Pitts
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18

Rolling the house down to the river, he
loaded 1t upon q seow and it was soon
st Olympia, distance Of about sixty
miles. Then be had 1t rolled upon his
lot. and, strange TO say, not a timber
was strained. nor even piece of furDl-
ture broken, although be had not re-
moved the contents before starting the
house upon its unusual journey.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18
WHEELING REGISTER. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1884,

A curious case of house moving was
recently witnessed In Oregon. A man
who owned a residence at Seattle, which
cost him $1,000 to erect, moved 10
Olympia and did not have sufficient
funds to build another house. He
bought a lot and concluded 10 remove
the building he owned at Seattle. Every
one laughed at him, but he persisted.
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FEW ODDITIES

or seventy Boston aldermen fifty own
no property.
H. II. Nixon, OF Senvia. Ca, hasn't
bought pound OF meat in forty years,
and only one barrel Of -four In the same
period.
Some absent-minded Monticello, Fla,
voter deposited In the ballot box Tues
day nots from his wife to "get a well
cnain."
The Grand Duke Paul, OF Russia, is
the tallest man in Europe. touching the
standard at feet 9 inches. he is not,
however, s pleasant giant, seeing that
his hands are covered with hair. and
that he grinds his teeth in mis- sleep.
After al absence Of forty-oEe years,
Digby Doostock returned to his home
in Wraysbury. 5. c., and asked for his
slippers. His wife handed them to
him without ward, and be sat down
by tie open fire and read his news
paper.
Mr.. Gladstone can low De classed as
q hotel-keeper. Last month be opened
q hotel near the library be equipped
with %, 600 volumes al HaWardeu, and
established rate Of IS shillings q week
for board aud lodging and the use Of the
library. Readers and students have
made it success.
There is 20 other man 10 the world
with a beard ike that which grows OF
the face Of Dusenbnry QMethorDe. Of
Tittlebats Mills, n. C. NJ DgIsrhoroe
hadS that an ordinary bath ponRe A.
SVEN all the purposes OF a. 80 IA
moia ems the sponge, close Fe
glve his face two rubs, Il,
cleaD as 3 whistle. His Al.
have not grown 1-52 of An in = =
MARS ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18

Abel Rhadmus. Platte County. Ka
sss, farmer. owns tame beaver wbicA
be finds very useful In the barn. The
beaver uses It's TAIL as fall, and, az
Rhadmus is not the owner of thresh.
ing machine, he gets a large part OF his
wheat tbreshed out in this novel man
ner. The beaver refuses 10 workon
Saturday afternoons
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
Home, Sweet Home.

Hardly face in the audience in a
crowded concert hall was unmoved,
and many persons were weeping. A
great singer had just finished Won
derfully touching and eloquent rend-
ering of " Home, Sweet Home"
"It is beautiful song" said a
young girl to an older woman who
sat next to her, wiping the tears from
her eyes as she spoke.
"Yes," was the reply, "and the
sentiment to which it moves all these
people is beautiful. How much hap.
pier the world would be if every one
had as much principle as sentiment
on the subject and followed out a
plain, everyday rule, of making home
sweet !"
The girl turned thoughtfully away.
She hardly heard the next song. She
was acknowledging to herself that in
spite of her love for her home she
made it unhappy every day OF her life
by her willfulness and quick temper.
-E'cchange.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
EVERYDAY AFFAIR IN NEW YORK
But the Sight OF It Nearly Drove . Hay.
seed Into jumping Convuisiona

But the Sight OF II Nearly Drove . Hay
seed Into jumping Convuisiona
1t was the hour Of the day when
Broadway was crowded to Its fullest
capacity. The long line Of pedestrian ms
was flEng by the brilliant show win
dows as Ear as the eye could reach.
soinc laughing gayly as they talked.
others with AN distracted ajr, and yet
others hurryLng on in pursuit Of some
unknown object Occasionally mes
senger boy could be seen, but aside
from this oil w0s life and activity.
Yet the student OF human nature
would have remarked that this activ-
ity was regular, mechanical and but
the automatic action Of this great ar
terry OF the metropolis. Suddenly a
man darted out from the crowded
thoroughfare above Union Square and
rushed into the middle of tho street.
wavtng his hat and shouting wildly.
With uninterrupted speed he pursued
his way In the direction Of Thirty
third street A hasty gsance showed that
he was evidently a stranger In all Chat
vast throng, and the citizens eyed him
strangely as be franticaily sped along.
his motions every moment becoming
more uncontrollable.
'1s he madT' some Of the people
asked as he went on In his flight. Cries
Of stop hmt' stop bimr' became
frequent, until at iast, at the intersec.
ton Of Thirteenth street, breathless
and exhausted. he turned around to
ffnd himself surrounded by curious
mob One braver soul than the rest
ventured to address the stranger
My good man. he said, "wha,
means thisf Have you gone crazy p
Have gone crazyY- echoed the
other. 'No sirr and he pointed rapid
ly up the street Don't you see tina,
cable car running away? Didn't you
see helpless human beings knocked
down, coupes torn to sphnters, drivers
buried FROM their seats, death and do
struction everywhere
A mociSing laugh came from the as.
sembled multitude. while the man he
addressed gazed at hun with q pitylns
smile I'VE thought by the way you
acted" he said, that something un
usual had happened. Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
Blood Spilled in Kentucky Over the
Congressional Election.

LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. al, 1894.
A bloody encounter occurred here
this afternoon between Desha Breck-
inridge, son of Colonel w. c. P.
Breckenridge, and J. Duane Living
ston, a New Yorker, who is the Lexing-
ton financial agent of J. Kennedy
Todd. the New York broker. Desha
and Livingston we're friends before
the campaign, but Livingston has
been a hard worker for Owens, and
when he offered to shake hands with
Desha in the lobby of the Phoenix
Hotel this afternoon, young Breckin-
ridge began to abuse him in the bitter
est manner. He finally called Living
ston a liar, when the New Yorker
struck him on the side of the face
with his open hand, knocking off his
spectacles. Just as he hit him a
second blow that fell on his neck,
Desha drew large dagger and plung-
ed with it at Livingston's breast.
Livingston threw up his right hand to
ward off the blow from his breast, but
the keen blade cut his third finger to
the bone. He turned round to get
away from the now thoroughly in
furiated Breckenridge, and as he did
so Desha kicked him several times.
Friends rushed in at this juncture and
took Desha away, while Livingston
was taken to a doctors Office and had
his wound dressed. He then went
home. Desha went to his rooms, but
was seen on the street about half
hour later.
Matthew Lane, young man from
Mt. Sterling, KY, who is strong
Breckenridge man, tried to help Desha
in his fight and he is said to have also
drawn a knife for the purpose of
carving up any anti -Breckinndge man.
A few minutes before the cutting oc-
Cured Lane and Desha met Judge
George B. Kinkead on the street.
Desha said to him "The election is
over now, and l want to tell you
that you are liar" Kinkead replied
that he did not want any difficulty on
the street, and that he was unarmed.
Breckinridge replied: "1hen 60
arm yourself and l will meet you at
any time or place you may designate.
Then Lane, who did not know Kin
kead, began to abuse him and called
him all sorts of bad names, saying
that his sister had entertained Colonel
Breckenridge and that he would not
allow Judge Kinkead or anybody
else to reflect on her character for
doing so.
BLOODY NIGHT LOOKED FOR.
1t is generally believed by those
who know the fighting stock of which
Judge Kinkead comes that he will
attempt to wipe out these insults by
attacking both Breckinridge and Lane.
These two affairs have caused the
greatest excitement, and the Owens
men make no bones of denouncing
both the attack on Kinkead and that
on Livingston as being in bad taste,
and there is so much strong talk being
indulged in by both sides, that trage-
dy is likely to happen at any moment.
The district Committee meet to-mor-
row at Frankfort to count the vote,
and declare the nominee, and it is
believed that the Breckenridge people
will file some sort of evidence before
the committee which may bring about
a protest. They are keeping every
thing quiet, and no one on the outside
knows what they are doing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28

There are in Virginia, the Carolinas
and some other Southern States, large
areas OF abandoned or partially-aban-
doned farming lands. In these dis
trlcts the plantations have been given
over TO scrub oak, old-hcld pine and
brambles, because the former system
of agriculture did not pay, or because
long-continued robbery of the soil
resulted In such impoverishment that
cultivation at last would not produce
a livelihood for labor expended. Land
that has been impoverished by tobacco
One Of the mist exhaustive of crops
or by cotton, az has been done In the
South, may be restored by a change
of agriculture, and this restoration Is
even now going on. Fruits and yege-
tables will be largely cultivated Ia the
Southern States on account or the
good markets for such products in the
large Eastern cities. 1t will also be
found profitable to raise cattle. grain,
wool and dairy products. The result
of this changed system of agriculture
will make the South even more pros
porous than ii was in the palmieSt
days of plantation life.
When all the desirable agricultural
land of the West ID occupied-which Is
but question of few years-then
these lands in the Southern States will
receive attention. Our population Is
increasing rapidly, and the time will
come when these farms Will have to
be subdvided. The average size of
farms In this country is four times
that of the farms of France, and in
Belgium, Holland, Germany and Eng
land they are still smaller. While to-
day in many sections farms OF seven
ty-tive and 100 acres will barely pay
FOR cultivation. the time will come
when farms OF one-third or one-fourth
that size must pay. 1t is useless to
argue that il cannot be done; such
farms are cultivated in way to pay
even to-day, and must become even
more generally profitable In the future,
1t would be we'll for the respective
State Departments Of Agriculture to
establish experimental farms In these
neglected sections Such experiment
farms should be conducted in man
ner to demonstrate 10 the unsuccess-
ful farmers Of the State how they can
take their worn-out farms and reno
yate them; how they can carry on an
industry that has hitherto appeared to
be Improbable in a way to show o
satisfactory balance sheet.
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She Was Right.

He dhpatiently)-You bet If were
wcnan I'd make ZIP my mind mighty
quick.
She9-Then you wouldn't DO u wO-
man. 1-Detpoit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28

An important decision in regard to
selling cows under warranty was re-
Gently given In the Bolton county
court in England, Two dairymen, hay
ing bought of local farmer two cows,
which failed to calve upon certain
dates, as guaranteed. sued the vendor
for the keep of the animals up to said
dates. 1t was decided that, as the
plaintiffs did not take advantage OF
the law which would have authorized
them to return the animals as soon as
they discovered the warranty TO De
broken, or to offer them for sale In
ease the vendor refused 10 take them
hack according TO the customary chat
tel warranty practice), they could moi
now recover.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
CHRISTIAN. +. KNAPP.
FIRE INSURANCE.,
BLOOMSBURY, PA.

Home, OF N. y; Merchants of Newark.
NJ J :; Clinton, N. y; .;Pcoples', N. Y; Read
ing Ia German American ms. Co., New
YORK; Greenwich Insurance Co., New York;
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co.. Jersey City, N. j.
These old corporations are well Sc soned
by age and fire tested, and have never yet
had loss settled by any court of law TbeII
assets are all invested in solid securities. and
liable to the hazard of FIRE only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined, by Christian r.
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Blooms.
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county should
Patronlze the agency where losses, if any,
are settled and paid by one of their own
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
Politics IN the Household.

Mrs. Winterbottom-Cyru isn't Con-
gress Democratic by large majority
Mr.. Winterbottom-Yes.
"And was 1t Democratic votes That
put the tariff on sugar.
1T was. What Of itT'
It'll make sugar higher, won't itT'
"Yes, a little
''rhen Democracy Ia going to make
our living more expensive, is itT
''See here, Mrs. Winterbottom! I'm
going to buy q barred Of sugar for the
kitchen before 1t goes up. Then when
It does go up 1t will be worth more
than I paid for 1t and well be just so
much better of on account Of the
tariff. Don't you see? You 60 back
TO the baby. What does woman
know about politics anywayT'-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
THE VERY FASTEST MILE.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. I5.-
Worlds records went glimmering over
the Terre Haute track, which to-day
holds all but two the fastest three
heats paced and the fastest year old
pacing records.
There is hung up the fastest mile
ever gone by horse in harness. Rob,
ert J. a:ort ; the miles Of Nancy
Hanks and Alix, each in a;o4; the
worlds record for year old trotters,
made by Fantasy in 2:o6 the fastest
six heat race ever gone by 3-year-
old. Expressive's great race three
weeks ago +; the fastest 2.year-old
trotting race record. Oakland Baron's
mile in a:I6; Whirligig's 3.year old
pacing record of a:Io; the stallion
pacing record of 2;o3a by John r.
Gentry and the stallion record of s:o4
by Joe Patchen the marvellous mile
by a s-year-old PAGER, done by Car
Donate in a;oo and his previous record
of a;Io tied by Directly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28

Cierk-Here are some very pretty
they will wash.
Customer-It isn't necessary. l want
them for bathing suit.-Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28

you're not looking well, Hiram"
said his mother "If there's anything
the matter you'd better go TO that
young faith doctor. She cured me of
rheumatism after I'd tried eleven other
doctors, and"
"I've been to see her. mother" inter
posed Hiram, huskily, That's what's
the trouble. she says she can never
be anything to me but a distant rela-
tive. Chicago Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28

Cobwtggef-Where are you going. to
build your new summer health resort?
Or. Kilsun-Down In that place
where l was shooting hast fall where
| m.stook the mosquitoes for sntpe
and where the malaria kills spring
poets and book agents.-Judga
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28

Bingo-No, thank you, dear; don't
believe l care for any mince pie.
Mrs. Bingo-But Henry, l have put
in a lot Of that brandy you brought
home the other night
B4ngo Gaghastp-What! Not that
brandy that paid SS quart for!
Mrs. Bingo-Yes, dear.
Bingo-Great guns, give me the
whole pie.--Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
Her Appearance Was Wrong.

Wife-You made pretty appearance
last night! It's disgraoeful.
Husband-My dear, 1t was your ap-
pearance that made all the trouble. II
you had not come to the head OF the
stairs, you never would have known
anything about my sleeping In the
hall.-Boston Transcript
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
Misapprehe hension-

She-Dtd that burglar who was In
the room last night get your watchf
He-Burglar In the room! Why didn't
you wake me2
She-Why, thought you knew. You
snored so loudly Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-28
A Proper Answer.

Passenger Qn express}-You are the
most disobliging porter l ever encoun-
tered.
The Portef-Yas, sab; knows dat
DIS aen't mo 'commodation train, sab.
Judge.
Mohave County miner., 1894-05-19
Drainin9 Of Lake copai,.

The draining Of Lake Copais hss lad
10 discoveries far beyond what was At
hrst anticipated. Not only has an
elaborate system Of squeduc,s been laid
bare, OF which We hope later to give full
PARTICULARS. but in the bed O, the lake
traces III AN ancient settlement have
been ionnd. and according to the Bar
Inner Philologi-che wochenschrit the
grouni plan Of palace has been made
on'' which IN main outline corresponds
to that Of Tiryns. Thus il seems that
the myth Of the flooding Of the plain BY
herakles corresponded to some actual
iaet' From the bed Of the lake we NAV
hope to recover traces Of that ancien,
civi''za'ion TO which we attach the name
OF the hitherto fabulous Minyae. To this
race belonged the Argonauts, and, If
recent theory be correct, the women
hosts OF the Amazons. This buried city
has been KEEP, intact from the chance
msrauder by the waters Of the ,ake; We
may, therefore. reasonably hope il will
yield rich treasure 70 the scientific ex.
plorer. r.--Scientifc American.