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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05
SHE WAS PRETTY AND PROUD

But the Photographer Was Not Taking
Any Risks With Her Pictures.
Detroit Free Press.
A travelling photographer had arrived
a village at the base of the Cumberland
Mountains, and two of his first callers
we're a mOunta.neer and his wife, who
wanted their tin-types taken. The hus-
band thought It well to have a fair un-
derstanding Of the matter at the Begin
ming and 50 he entered the gallery on
wheels and asked:
How much for two pictures"
"Fiftey cents" was the reply.
"Will yO' take prime cOonskin in
payment?"
Yes"
"Will we look nateral?"
"You will"
kin stand with a knife in my hand,
as if ready TO tackle barr"
you can"
Kin the ole woman hev her hands
clasped and her eyes rolled up, Ike some
of them rich folks?"
If she wants TO-"
"And 20 tnake all the risks?"
"What risks do you mean?"
WAL, l ha.l't purity nor proud but
the old woman is, ond yOll hev to take a
twist out O. her nose, and shorten up her
chin ls6,le or she'll get right up after
seem the pictur' and light onto yo' like
q turkey on a tater bug. The last fell
Ter that was here only survived two
days after takin' her pictur' and I
thought it was only squar' to tell yo'
bout it.
The artist declined to take the risk.
and the man picked up his coonskin anG
went out, saying:
Cant blame yo, stranger-can't
blame yO' a bit. Yo' don't want to be
be tore all to pieces and hev this wagin
wrecked for the sake of one coonskisn.
III get the old woman seven yards Of
kallker, and she'll hev to roll I'D her
eyes at that and let the pictur' 60"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05

WHO compose the masculine quartet
Wen that's poser There S
rr GOOD looking fellows. old and
running around loose. I think
name the winner an right, but to
Oh. place horses beg pardon.
rather difficult task. When
Booth Ned Davenport, Billy
and John Mccullough alive, 10
Ia as easy as finding money to
.urtet But ir is bit different
there are twenty or more can
who run pre- -y close together.
u.l among those are Maurice Bar
Burr Mcintosh. James y. VII
n billiard. Wilton Lackaye. Hem
Hrev Nyr,e Bellew, Jack Mason.
Arthur. Herbert Kelley. Wilson
Willie Kendall. Joe jefferson,
w. Tom Karl Duncan B. Har-
To- J Henley. Melbourne McDoW-
E Price. Carroll Fleming. Robert
u Louis James. Frank Tennehill
Daley. Louis Harrison, To-
and Alexander Salvini and last
r. John H. sullivan. For.
go. forget &c. gentle reader as the
Sully iS am actor Tor ialr.
era you my reasons for the
have arrived ot. John
rand .Way the finest physique.
head and the grandest
h. He has those genuine
, u.. -.r eyes which people
men and women.
.U. fierce black eyes Of bis
@ Hrt Iversarles in the
o leor. before they even put up
hands The eyes are the VIM
I'D. u. So the poets tell u.s.
Johns .lliuc soul must have
uo.El his optics when he en-
o.oua else his opponents
rot have been hypnouzed as
again. Sully has q pink and
urIovion which is as fair as
Fifth avenue belle, save when
aimed by the sun. His face is
oIcanly emit and is Indicative
r. courage and resolution. His
.f brown eyes now flashing
now sparkling with merri-
wen as bis big. semiObl0ng
broad brow. denote occult
for Suly is brainy If not
as his many quaint sayings
abUud1ntly prove.
want tO create any discOrd,
the apple TO the man from
SIS between Barrymore and
rni &c is boss and boss for
Both are big. brawny.
uy Both, TOO have fash
eyes, which almost seem to
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05

women, with the public as with the
profession.
l have culled you a bouquet, and You
can judge whether I am right or wrong.
Anyhow I stand pat on this hand. /
believe thine TO be Shakespeare slightly
altered "the nOblest actors Of them all. ~
MAGGIE CLINE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05
EDUCATIONAL.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE

LEXINGTON, VA.
57th Year. State Military Scientific and Technical
RchOol Thorough Courses in general and applied
Chemistry, and in Engineering. Degrees conferred
IN course: Grad VM. l., and Bachelor Science
IN Post Grad. courses, Master Science, Civil Enginr
eer. All expenses, including clothing and Incl
dentals, provided at rate of $3.50 per month as an
average for the four years, exclusive Of outfit
GEN, SCOTT SHIPP, Superintendent. !,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05

Then Baby was sick, We cave her 7astorie.
When she was q Cand, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Hiss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had children, she gave them Castoria
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05
FoR sALE-REAL esTATE.
SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE.

In pursuance Of decree Of the Circuit
Court Of Ohio county. made OF the nth
day of October, 1885, in the chancery CAUSE
Of Maggie Balpenny ct al, VS.. Martha
Ann Sanders. ct al, the undersigned spe-
cial commissioner will proceed to sell at
public auction, at the north front door II
the Court House of Ohio county, IN The
city of Wheeling, West Virginia, on
,o.; SATURDAY a d NS0ElEMSER 30 1885.
described real estate, that is HsR Two
certain lots or parcels OF groufts2ellated
on the east side of McCoiloch sffsst in
Joseph Caldwelrs addition 10 the city OF
Wheeling, West Virginia, and designated
on the plat of said addition as lots num-
bered 70 and 30 being the same property
conveyed 10 the defendant Martha Ann
Sanders, formerly Martha Ann Blake
more, by William Clouston and wife. by
deed dated December y. 1871. and recorded
in Ohio county. IN deed book ca. page q
Said property will be offered In two SEN
arate parcels, one parcel 10 consist Of that
part of said lot numbered 30 which lies
north OF the line OF the partition wall
OF the double frame dwelling house on
said property extended to the eastern and
western boundary lines OF said property,
and the other parcel 70 consist OF that
part Of said lot numbered 80 which les
south of said line and the whcle of said
lot numbered 2s and all Of said property
VIII also be offered as a whole, and the
said property will be sold in which ever
way the best price can be obtained
Terms OF Sale-One-third OF the pur-
chase money. or as much more as the pur-
chaser may elect, cash, and the balance
in two equal installments at one and two
years from the day OF sale, with interest
from that day, the purchaser 70 give his
notes for the deferred payments with In
terest and the title 10 be retained until
the payment in full of the purchase
money, both principal and interest.
GUY II. c.. ALLEN, 8
Special Commissioner
w. II. Haller, ,Auetioneer
berahV certify that bond and coCuritV
have been given by the said commissioner,
as required by law and said decree
JOHN w. MITCHELL,
Clerk of the Circuit Court OF Ohio County.
The above sale is adjourned TO SATUR-
DAY, DECEMBER It'll, 1895, at 10 o'clock
GUY r. c. ALLEN
Special Commissioner
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05

Pretty Girl-Do you go by the Ne
chanics building?
Gallant Motorm9n evidently impress
ed)-No. miss; bat Ia run the car M
there special for you, if could.-SOm-
erville Journal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-05

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
Condolences OF Clients,

"The matter of condolences between
counsel and client, which the Herald
has touched upon in recent article,
is one of great interest aud import.
ance," said o we'll known iurist and
ex-judge the other day.
"As to the duty of a lawyer on the
trial of case where he has been in-
formed by his client that he is guilty,
the best and most controlling example
is that of Charles James Phillips, tho
eminent British barrister, who in many
directions was rated in his time as
second only to Lord Erskine.
"He was defending Courvo:sier, who
was indicted for the murder of Lord
Russell. During the trial, on the ex.
animation of a very important witness
for the people, the accused was much
overcome, and in the intensity of his
emotion communicated either to Mr..
Phillips or to his solicitor the fact that
he was guilty of the crime.
"Mr. Phillips Immediately asked for
an adjournment of the case, and for a
consultation with the judges. The
consultation was granted, and Mr..
Phillips stated to the bench that the
accused had confessed his guilt, and
requested the judges to point out to
him his path of duty. The judges, after
delib:ration, stated that he would
have a perfect right to make such
legal and logical deductions from the
evidence as he thought tended to the
examination of the accused but il
would be unprofessional to state to
the jury any personal belief Of his in
nocence.
SIN his argument to the jury Mr..
Phillips, carried away by his emotions
and imagination, did state to the jury
his own personal belief in the limo.
cence of his client, and this statement
of his oceasioned much criticism
afterward. New York Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
A Bit OF Advice.

Some years ago, while officiating in
the capacity OF Office boy in one of
our retail stores, n bit of advice was
given to me that have never forgot
ten, says a writer in the Great Divide,
of Denver.
The establishment being large one,
enough ink was used to necessitate the
purchasing OF a dozen pint bottles
every few months. These bottles had
accumulated for a year or more, and
as there was scarcely room in the
closet for the new lot which had Just
arrived, the head Of the counting-room
instructed me TO take them TO the
waste room. l removed the bottles
from the closet, bat put them in one
of the stock rooms in the basement
until lunch time came; then / took
them to junk shop in n small street
near by, and asked the attendant
whether he wanted to buy them. The
bottles being of good size and we'll
made, he offered me two cents apiece
for them, which netted me seventy
two cents, as l had in all thirty-six
DOttlts. IttNIuSNt w tho oihSS III
high spirits over my deal, but yet a
little doubtful as to whether the money
really belonged to me, and oil the
afternoon 1 pondered over this ques.
tion, but could not decide it to my
satisfaction.
Now, the cashier had always been a
good friend of mine, 80 / concluded
to ask him whether / was rightfully
entitled to the money.
"Well," he said, NATURALLY you
could have had the bottles had you
asked for them, but my advice would
be TO turn the money over to the firm,
as little things OF this sort often lead
one on, and there would seem no more
harm in taking n step further than in
keeping this seventy-two cents.
turned the money in-very reluct.
autly, must almit-and wished from
the bottom of my heart that / had
never mentioned it to him, though his
advice was calculated to put one Oh
the right track.
But the funny part is vet to come.
Not long ago / read OF the trial and
conviction OF this cashier for embez.
element, his depredations having ex.
tended over number of years.
Horrible doubts now enter my head
as to whether the firm ever received
that money; in fact, I feel quite sure
that tney did not. And 30 think that
he should give me such fatherly al
vice about it, too, the wretch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
WHO KNOWS ?

A. when the yellow Autumn ttffc is here.
Each tree and shrub, not doubtful OF the
Spring
Puts forth new buds whose hope the waning
year
Has not the power into full leaf to bring
So we who sadly tread lifc's downward
slope.
Chill-blooded. feeble-limbcd and bent and
gray;
Put forth, while passing, each his bud Of
hope
That we may come again TO youth and
May.
And hark! The robin pipes again. The
stream
Shakes OF the frosty fetters II has worn;
rne buds. awnking from their frighting
dream,
Unfold rejoicing in a Spring newborn
And prophesy the lily and the rose.
SO Spring may come again to us. Who
knows2
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
A Novel Idea.

Great interest is taken in France in
the plan OF NJ. Bazin, an engineer.
who thinks the present form OF ocean
ships is an incorrect one. His idea is
taken seriously by some OF the most
famous naval men of the Republic,
and Admiral Conloinbeaud has written
an article in its praise in La Marine
de France. Bazin's "ship of the fu-
ture," as he calls it, consists chiefly
of a great platform, on which cabins
are to be borne, held above water by
huge rollers. These rollers serve as
'hoaters," and as means OF locomotion
for the vessel.
Bazin has not contented himself
with plan on paper, but has actually
constructed "a model five meters long
and experimental with 1t successfully
on lake near Paris. The trials were
so encouraging, IN fact, that he has
decided TO build a ''roller ship" twen-
ty-fve meters in length, eleven and
eighteenth meters wide, with the
rollers eight meters in diameter.
With this he intends to experiment on
La Manche Canal. The construction
of great ship l30 meters in length is
proposed.
The inventor declares that his roller
ship will be able to make thirty-two
nautical miles an hour. and believes
that it will prove much safer means
OF ocean travel than the present form.
Chicago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
COOting.

The most characteristics feature Of
this kind of cunning is the string of
dories lying out to sea, anchored
about gunshot apart, and usually
having two men in each boat. These
lines are established ut certain points
along the coast known to be good
stands. The choice "berth" on such
n string would generally be the first
six from the shore, which coveted
places are the prizes which each dory' q
crew strains to win in the carly morn
ing races for positions; as the best
ara taken, the boats which arrive later
must go further out, or can form a
second line to the south, etiquette for
bidding any boat from anchoring
north OF the first line. The boats
take their places and put out wooden
decoys before daybreak, and stay out
till about ten o'clock, when the birds
stop flying, beginning again in the
afternoon, and continuing till sum
down. There are thus two trips daily
to the shoot.linc.
When there are but few coot flying.
and these are shy, n cry of ''Nor'ard u
runs along the line when flock is
coming, to make the men crouch
down in the boats till the birds are
over their heads; but when shooting
is good, there is no time or necessity
for concealment. Nothing seems to
check the continual flight of the birds
from the north over the boats. They
take little notice of tho fire of the
first line, and give the second near
ly equal chance, only rising little
higher in the air. Then the men oc
cupying the choice berths keep their
guns hot pouring lead into the docks
as fast rs they can fire and load
Sometimes the whole line will frt
nearly together, followed quickly by
the second, the smoke from frequent
volleys hanging in the still air so a:
nearly to hide the ats.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
On the Bouleyards of Paris.

In no other streets in the wii,
world can one SEQ such varied type;
as on the grand boulevards of Paris
Why, trip through them, on top Of
an omnibus, from the Bastille to The
Madeleine-and it takes perhaps au
hour--will give you IL Kaleidoscope
view of life to be found nowhere else,
At the Bastille, the Boulevard da
files du Calvaire and du Temple, you
meet the laborins classes. On Sun
days in their "bestest best" and on
weekdays in white blouses and cotton
jackets. Beyond the Place de Ia Re
publique, the picture changes. Here
are the little merchants and shop
keepers, and some large ones, too
Farther on, up near Rue Vivienue
new blood enters this great artery oil
Paris-i is tinged with golden
sheen, for We are in the heart Of the
exchanges, among brokers and couli'
siers; aye, among just such types a.
Zola drew from, for his book entitled
"Money." Now the shops are beccm'
ing more gay and beautiful, the cate,
more elegant and the siren voices OF
Paris make its joys even more allul'
ing and more tempting, To apprecl'
ate it, you must do more than view II
from an outsiders standpoint. Yo1
must take part in it, live in it, and
for the time being forget that you
ever were anything but n conhrmei
and hardened boulevardier.
There follow my advice, and will
guarantee that you will see Paris 9
Paris is. and not as tourists see or de-
scribe it. Sit down with me at tho
terrasse OF yonder cafe. and watch the
stream of humanity as it flows By
What cosmopolitan throng! Rich
and poor, merchants aud clerks, ul'
mistakable Britishers, blase journsi'
lists, fetching.looking actresses, calc
little Parisienues of the petite boa'
geoisie, newsboys and beggars; aye
and Americans, too-all "touchlns
elbows" as the French say. Is it moi
dizzy to look upon, in its whirllns
activity, it's abandoned merrymakiHs'
Home and Country.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
be surprised to hear he had let him.
self be captured"

be surprised to hear he had let him.
self be captured"
could not endure his jesting.
''Sir," said, 81 am in your hands,
and it is small wonder you find my
plight only laughable. / have made
myself, show for oil the country TO
laugh at. Never q peddler, but will
be selling ballads in se'nnight about
this that have done tonight. Yet l
could believe you kinder than most.
/ entreat that you will help me-"
He was sober in q moment.
"Upon my soull" he said; "the
case is one to puzzle q very Solomon.
I would do much to help you, but
am not altogether free to do SO as l
would. To be frank, my life hangs
upon my escaping out ofthese regions
with all the celority / can command.
And my life But listenl"
He broke of, and, kneeling, placed
his ear to the ground. Then he arose,
with n curious, excited laugh. "The
adventure grows in interest,"" he said.
"Here comes the honest yeoman, and
in hot haste"
listened eagerly, and heard far off
the sound of horse galloping
furiorsIy along the rough tract, w ich
was then the only road acrOss tho
great moorland. | saw sudden
movement on tho part OF my com
panion, aud perceived that he was
lingering his pistols as he stood silent
in the darkness.
"Not that" cried, entreatingly.
"There will be need OF an explana.
tion of some kind" he said; perhaps
you will undertake it. l confess l
have not sufficient gift of words,
and / am little inclined TO doubt
whether your sweetheart will be in a
mood for verbal explanations. Doubt.
less, as n gentleman OF the road, he
will ride armed"
The sound OF hoofs grew nearer.
He was silent now, and listened most
attentively to the approaching sound.
Presently the rider was quite near.
"Dicki" / called. 'Dick! all's
well, and am in tho company of a
friend of yours and mine"
A moment later he was upon us,
aud, sure enough, he held pistol III
his hand. He jumped from his horse
in an instant and caught me to him ;
but it was the highwayman who spoke
! first
"Sir, he sail, 'I see by the pistol
you carry that You take very proper
view OF the situation. And yet l be-
lieve that everything may be ex'
planned. If yoa will consult the
lady"
"Nick," ! said, "this gentleman is
friend. He took mo with him, very
much against his will, because | asked
that he would take me and did that
because l thought that he was you.
You know our plan. He is"
paused. The highwayman laughed.
"Farewell!" he cried, and van
ished into the night. Nor did / hear
again of him until he was hanged,
two years afterwards, for robbery oI
the most daring.
At least there was one who wept at
the news of his death and she hap
py wife. Strand Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
CURIOUS FACTS.


The same letters are in tho word,
Astronomer" and "moon.starer."
A snail ranch has been started bya
farmer OF Anet, France, 20 supply tie
Partisan market.
Grand Duke Nicholas, OF Russia, /,
supposed to be able to eat as much as
six ordinary men.
The United States fish hatchery in
Green Lake station, Ellsworth, Me-, is
valued at so, 500, 900.
There is said to be florist in Port.
land. Me-, who makes weekly ship.
ments of flowers to Florida.
In the North Atlantic States 81. 81
per cent. of the population live in
cities Of over 5000 inhabitants.
II is estimated that two years are
required for the Gulf water to travel
from Florida to the coast of Nor
way.
It is said that not long ago there
were in Russia more than one hundred
persons who were more than one hun.
dred years old.
The ditching plow now used all
over the country was invented by
Charles G. Skinner, of Long Prairie.
MIMI, who has just died.
In 1906 DIR. Baupief died at the age
of III. He married the second time
ut the age of eighty, and had sixteen
children by his second wife.
In Zante, one of the Ionian Isles,
there is petroleum spring that is
mentioned by Herodotus. II has been
known for nearly 5000 years.
The Sahara Desert is crossed by
mountains sufficiently high to be at
times snow covered, while in other
parts it is much below the seq level.
Dishes of gold and silver used in
table service in 900 b. G. were founl
at Troy by DIR. Schliemann. One of
these was found about tho size now
employed.
Good Friday is n legal holiday in
the States of Alabama, Louisiana,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennes.
see. In many others it is informally
observed.
A large clock has just been erected
in the tower of Brill parish church,
Buckinghamshire, England, which
strikes the hours, chimes the Cam.
bridge quarters and shows time on one
dial facing south.
A hunting party in the Olympic
wash Mountains report having seen
500 elk in q single uay, but no at.
tempt was made to kill any of them,
the pack animals of the party being
already laden with game.
To the great Temple OF Kitzuki,
builder of the tree trunks that come
floating with the tide sent by the gods
that rule the waves from every quarter
of japan, come yearly 100000 pil.
grims from every province.
Until tn dissolution of the old Ger
man Empire, the arms of Austria were
the most complicated of any in Eu.
rope, for they contained those Of Hun.
gary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Slavonia,
Avagon, Sicily, Brabant, Swabia, Ant.
werp, Flanders, Burgundy, Naples,
Jerusalem. Lombardy and Milan.
Fond as the Japanese are OF the
plum blossom, woman's beauty i,
never compared TO it. always to the
cherry blossom, or her slender grace
to the willow. But her goodness 0!
heart is likened to the plum. These
distinctions and refnements make it
hard for foreigner to pay Japauesa
compliments.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
A Chinaman,s Tribute.

There was touching incident at the
funeral of DR.. A. j. Gordon in Boston
the other day. With the floral tributes
that poured in upon the church officers
in charge came letter containing u
sum of money. 1t was from pupil in
the Chinese Sunday-school, and read
as follows: "Goon Woy gives the in
closed for missions instead OF flowers,
as he thinks DR.. Gordon would have
desired. Hartford Courant.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
A Hernlc GRANDMOTHER.

A heroic act was performed by an
old French lady at Rodez the other
week. The house where she lived with
her grandchild took fire. The old
woman rushed to the child's bedroom,
already in flames, and, scarrying the
little one to the window, dropped her
into the arms of people below. BY
this time her own retreat was cut oil
aud the brave old woman fell back and
perished in the flames. Chicago
Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28
The Irish "Weapon Salye."

The Irish weapon salve" was al
ointment supposed to possess the mos
extraordinary virtues in keeping wiz
its most extraordinary ingredienA
One of these was powder made iron
the moss which had grown on skulls
lying exposed on battlefelds Unles
the skull was OF person who diea'
violent death the powder was sap.
posed to lose its virtue. New f0i'
World.