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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04
NO SENSE OF GRATITUDE.

Representative Culberson, Of Texas,
enc of the members Of the international
monetary commission for the House,
tells an interesting story of his person
al experiences as statesman in Wash
ington. Say, do you know that fellow
Hicks-that fellow that came here with
alligator boots and wanted me to get
MIN an office?" began Mr.. Culberson in
his inimitable style. well, burned if
he amt going to run agen me for Con-
gress. He came up here, you know,
and insisted as how he's done heap
for me in the election and allowed that
I'd oughter get him fixed in some good
government job. His boots were great
big things" said Mr.. Culberson, meas
uring off about three feet with his
hands. We'll | took him around to
the departments with me and did my
level best to get him a place. It'd be
all right and we'd be apparently get
ting along first rate with the officers
of the departments, and an office seemed
TO loom right up within reach of us un>
til the officials caught sight Of them
boots of his. They'd kinder shy at
them and all at once grow cold and dis
tdnt. MS occurred S6Ntldl lIllico, ui-
I'll finally | said, We'll, Hicks, | guess
you'd better stay in your hotel and
leave me 10 go it alone SO Hicks he
staid indoors with them alligator boots,
and pretty soon | landed him an office.
l had him made an Injun agent. He
was to go out there to of them Ute res
ervations. Well, I don't know what it
was. whether the Injuns heard he was
coming or not, but just before Hicks
got his commission all them blamed
Utes got up and escaped. They run
clean off. and | don't know where they
brought up. Anyway, since there
wasn't no Injuns, it wasn't no use
sending an Injun agent out there, so
Hicks didn't get his job after all. He
got sorter mad at me then, and he went
back home to Texas, jined the Popu-
lists. and now he says he's going to
run agen me for Congress. Some men
haven't got any sense of gratitude, any
way"
WAT TNED WEI I MAN
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04
WALTER WELLMAN.
.BUCK" DANCING

Description of One of the Most Interesting
Features of the Big "Black America
Spectacle.
"Buck" dancing is one of the many
interesting features which go to
make up the gigantic spectacle, BLACK
America" the outdoor spectacle on the
huntington avenue circus grounds.
During the second act band of pick
aninnies come tumbling in, with the
tynicaI seatless trousers, crownless hats
and hare feet. Old Jeb Andrews, a
product of the early 3O's, with snow
white hair, picks up his banjo and
starts rafting jig that sets your feet
to keeping time. Then the finely form
ed and strong colored boys, who but
moment before were sprinkling jig sand
10 the words of a darby melody, begin
TO dance. No such dancing has been
seen on any stage before.
Buck" dancing was the dance of the
stalwart young darkies of IS to 20, who
were called bucks" befo' de war. 1t
is ALWAYS danced in extra heavy shoes,
which have no heel. This dance is al
most forgotten, even by the darkies
themselves, but the exemplifiers in
BLACK America" make it famous.
The names of the various steps are
curious. They begin with the rabbit
hop" which brings into play every mus
Gle of the body as they bend and hop
without lifting their feet from the floor,
Then comes the Johnny Bull" which
is a series of slides and heavy step TO
each bar of music. That changes TO
rushing step. with a slip from the heel
and a perfect balance of the body.
Then the Pass Mallard," where they
wave their hands from the forearms and
the left foot drags, while the right seems
20 be doing a lot of hard work
They swing from that into Broken
Foot Charley" a crazy sort of dance,
where they get their legs all tangled up
and one foot twists around the other
without landing them on their backs, as
il certainly would be beginner. Break
de chickens neck" is the next change.
This is twist Of ankle and Of knee
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04
TOLD By FAMOUS MEN.
Senator Perkins as a Follower Of
the Sea.
A Runaway at Twelve Years.
Helping Eomesick Boys to Es-
cape-He Sailed Around the Horn
at Sixteen Congressman Culber-
sons Experience as a Statesman.
(Copyright. 1880

II is often said that the life OF some
particular man reads like a romance.
This is certainly true Of George Glenn
ent Perkins, Senator from California.
Mr.. Perkins ran away from home when
he was nothing but slip OF boy i
years old or thereabOut. Being a native
of Maine. he naturally had a fOndness
for the sea, and like many another Doy'
TO sea he went. He has seen every pOr-
ton of the civilized world and a great
deal that is not civilized. Seven years
OF his boyhoOd were spent on the sea,
going from this country to every part
of Europe. He has been to Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Russia, England,
Ireland Scotland, Wales France, Ger
many, Spain, and the countries border
ing on the Mediterranean sea. He has
had adventures, too, and when in the
mood ne can entertain his fellow-Sena-
tors with romances Of the sea that equal
the tales of Marryat.
One story OF the romantic side OF a
sailors life is told by the California
Senator. a story which shows that truth
is indeed stranger than fiction. lie
shipped with a brig loaded with lumber
from st. John, n b., bound for Dublin.
Among the crew were three boys young
er than himself The brig Lizzie Thomp-
son had never been to sea, and she was
found to be unseawOrthy after a few
days out. The crew, including the
boys. consisted of but thirteen hands.
The boys got sick and did not want
to go any farther after the brig began
to leak. The men did not like the looks
of things and mutinied. The refused
to work the pumps and insisted that the
vessel should be put back. and the cap
tain was finally compelled to yield.
That he was wild about being forced
TO do something against his will by the
nutiny of the crew those who knew tho
nature of the average sea captain OF 40
years ago will easily imagine.
They came back to St John and an
chored, awaiting the action of the au
thorities. The three boys were disguised
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04

No. II or take passengers to No. 10,
going west?
The biographer has little space to d.
gress here, but had Napoleon taken JOS
ephine with him whenever he went into
battle ii would have been a great kind
ness not only to her. but to the histor-
ian.
If Napoleon and Josephine had fought
more against the common enemy, they
would have been on a better peace foot
ing themselves
Suffice it to say here that in after
years they We're separated, childless. and
Josephine, who, by her intrigues what
ever those may be. had made Napoleon
a commander, was denied the solemn
JOY Of sharing his glory and his humih-
alton.
Napoleon was called lie Petit Caporal
and was honOred 100 years later by hav-
ing a cigarette named after him. but too
late to swell his proud, cold bosom in
the III ventilated sarcophagus which
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04

as a man twists a chickens neck. In
Go way, sugar, yo' don los de tas,"
the Zig sand represents sugar and
the performers push it and rush away,
and by feet and arms and face indicate
dislike. Scratch ground" means walk
ing and reversing in time to the rapid
music In this way they are loose
iointed from the had down wake up,
black man." is a wild dance. They
swing around and turn and twist like
a contortionist. but never once lose
time. The movements are swift and
remarkable for strength and grace.
Only young men of powtrful physique
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04

can stand the strain. They go, off pant
ing from the exertion.
One of the young men goes by the
name of the "Black Shadow" because
he is never visible until he must go
on" Then he fits from somewhere
and, when all is over retires again.
This fellow is versatile. He writes
Hongs and composes music, the melodies
of his own Tennessee, where his mother
was born a slave, but escaped month
before the war broke out. His frame
is that of the strong young buck who
used 10 go into the fields. under the
scorching southern sun, and work from
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04

trips. Senator Perkins has several
times crossed the Isthmus of Panama
and has made extensive trips in the
Orient. All of his seafaring life was
not prosperous, and when he went to
California TO remain and seek his for
tune he worked his passage TO the port
of San Francisco and also his passage
to the mines. He began his California
career as porter in a store in Oreville,
store that was then doing business
Of $1,000 per month. He soon got con-
troll of the business. and it grew rapid
ly until it reached the enormous amount
of 100000 year.
While he is a prosperous business
man and engaged in immense affairs,
he likes to revert 10 the days Of his
early struggles and is not ashamed to
have it known that he was a sailor boy.
One of his interesting stories is of an
adventure he had in Christiania, the
capital Of Norway. He was the young
est of party on shore leave, and hav-
ing ventured far away from the beaten
paths of sailors in their efforts TO see
the city the men entered the kings
palace in the midst of some grand fete
then in progress. They were not dis
covered for some time, but finally the
older men of the party, having inbibed
too much wine, began soaring the
American eagle and exploiting their
views in a way that was far from sat
isfactory TO the Norsemen. They also
became too familiar with the rudy
checked Norsewomen, and this was
soon resented in a manner that looked
as if they would all be taken prisoners
or killed before they got out of the
hands of the men who were ready to
fight like vikings.
Mr. Perkins was the only man of the
party who had not been drinking, and
who had not given cause for umbrage
but being with the other American sail
ors he was in for the same fate as mis-
companions. 1t was becauTe he had
kept sober that escape was possible
He had noticed side entrance, leading
to a part of the palace grounds, which
was not thrown open to the crowds in
the other parts of the building. When
in the course of the scrimage the
Americans reached this entrance, he
induced his companions to bolt through
it. This they successfully did, shak
ing off their assailants and walking
past a sleepy sentinel out into the park.
The soldiers woke up in time to parley
with their pursuers, and while this was
going on the sailors made a idn through
the park. scaled the walls. and found
themselves in strange part of the
town. After two or three hours wan
dering they again got their bearings
and returned aboard ship. The Chris
tiana authorities made every effort to
ascertain the identity of the sailors who
had created the disturbance, but the
silence of the ships officers, who did
not want any of their sailors detained,
and the bold declaration that no leaves
of absence had been granted any Of the
crew the night of the disturbance, prob
ably prevented an international compii-
cation which might have resulted in
confinement of the future Senator for
a time in a Norwegian prison.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04


"- tead-arnais, who. during tne
lOon. of reign OF terror. ha0 e.
I'D me aecN q s--sa. JeStllio ma.
french people which LETT JOS
-. interim widow, full or GIN
-- aisl purposes. oereaVed' YET
...- ~llollo3s' llgn SPIRITED Wen
travelling wei either single OF
.ao n1J AFRAID OF the cars
N..ll made tle same error here
many sre't ana gifted men
learned id mathematics tactics
s.leral business OF command he
.'l,.e Oh women any one VINO
.' 9een IN Paris could nave told
ne must De Irm-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04

TOO HOT.

TOO HOT.
It's too hot for thinku'.
It's TOO hot TO write;
It's too hot 10 quarrel
It's TOO hot 90 fight
It's too hot for talkin'-
For ridin' or walkin:
But the worlds out o. Sight-out o. sight
It's too hot for dreamin'
BY day or night.
It's too hot for schemin'
For wrong of for right.
It's TOO hot for sighin',
For Twin or dyin;
But the worlds out O. sigat-out o. sight,
Sing. sing all together
And sweet be the song;
I'm spite of the weather
Eve IVORY along,
The glad bells are ringin',
An sweet birds are singin',
And life is = songs = song
-N'' F. L. S.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04
wight. 1895. BY Edgar ". Nyel

wright. 1895. by Edgar W. Nye1
l the ever indulgent and genial
kindly pardon a few terse words
rE the life and public services of
one Napoleon was the legid-
son OF Carlo Bonaparte and Le-
Ramoino. his wife. 1 speak of
@ legitimate son because in writ
rrauch history one cannot be too
1ls9n was born at AjacciO. in the
Of Corsica. August 10. 1863, and
U.s. 1915, broke his moIasses jug
waterloo.
axe of III years Napoleon sue
.n securing q chance TO attend
..-.-- school at Brienne He was
..,aiI I'm mathematics. and early
-..i lis heroism 10y standing up
ir his threadbare garments and
poverty among the sons OF
who t0o.eQ ana lnSulJed Jne
-,~-fa4r and doubtless called him
-h-r,.s l- mo time in his whole lifd
his heart sink lower. even when ne
rrf-u to rha Ola Guard. than Wheh
wrote home begsing his parents TO
Ike him back and spare MS piOuu
..~r This b.tre- humiliation.
ln l.>2 -'lor,. tbs+
lieutenant +;-s~e+tes
would uo. have l-- i Cigarettes
u-. ..u
N..9-.ors family shortly afterward
-..-.a tr. rebels. as they We're called
se Eay undertook 10 free Corsica
.- c---.., n $3.50 - in q
. -', --5 so sbe continued ~
NoDolaon was com
-..,.- .,s,,.-sr his own family in
,,.,r1 t,,re m say that the
,5 Tea1 and died
..-..,..'.. ,7... 8, noble rasolute
-.- -l,. + i--ls CorDoral
IAN. "-N .o -'-' ,,.-, -,.,,,srrs of his
."-- ITO Oo"'~ -"0
.-1s ,-.-..,,,., ,,.,s made captain
Do i.5' \d3ll-'" was -, -.,.. go
hl when -l3 pay vas --.t-,. mir NJ
or about g. cents 'lN 49, 49, mo-,
rei af-llltIl p---' 'lo'-' -....5 ..,,.,,,
.im. ih-t were Fe. u"757. So ,,,l b,,
tle! covered o. o'' N-,r,l,,,,
cutting aILlAo41s ia '- , - -, ~
who was s..o,. $50 -.s...I-.i-,- ,,os on
-. nus - ,.ss-
-..- ~ eo .,I.r,i l,osore Torlon
IS i-.ii.'- ,,.---.rs ar1 o1.o0 M
.i...., -,,-i- .,f ,.ee,roe, and.
%. ..-" .-''. go. +bo 1ro,ld
-..-t- c-,5 F,,gl9rd compelled
,-S. .'[ ,,,1o briqadier GEN
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04
NYE ON NAPOLEON
William Gives q Few "reminiscences
Of the Emperor,

and Declares That His Great Fault
was an Ignorance Of Woman.
Wrong Idea About Josephine
~ What Might Have Happened
I'd he Known Better.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04

daybreak until the harsh voice of the
oVerseer released him from labor. and
tn ..n sing and jig half into the night.
Black Shadow puts all his life into
dancing. He loves it better than a
watermelon on the warmest of warm
days in July.-Boston Globe
THINK OF THIS. Hoods sarsapa-
rilla is the only true blood purifier
prominently in the public eve TODAY
IL cures ;! diseases when all others fail,
because 1t makes pure blood.
HOODS PILLS are purely veget-
able, harmless, effective, do not pain or
gripe "a
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-30
New York Grain and Flour.

NEW YORK, April 29.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, 1900 bblS; exports, $4,000 bblS;
sales, "a 800 pkgs; market generally
5@10c higher, with fair business done
until excessive asking prices finally
checked demand; city mills patents,
S4.05@4.3G; winter patents, S3.Nd345;
city mill clears, $3.4593.55; winter
straights, $3.05q3.35; Minnesota pat
ents, So. 40G3.95; winter extras, $2.150
2.75; Minnesota bakers, $2.35q3-5e; win
ter low grades, S1.90@2.f5; spring low
grades, S1.90@2.2 spring extras, s2.15
12.60. Rye -four higher; sales, $50 bbls;
superfine, $3.55G3.6 CO.; fancy, So 65G4.05.
Buckwheat -four nominal. Buckwheat
nominal. Cornmeal quiet. Rye nomi-
nal. Barley nominal Barley malt
nominal. Wheat-Receipts, 161, 100 bu;
exports, 100 bu; sales, 900 bu
futures, 10000 bu spot; spot stronger,
but quiet; No. red,- f. o. b., 703sc
afioat; No. hard. 77asc delivered; op-
tionS opened moderately easy on rains
West, but promptly rallied and ad-
vanced excitedly on good all-around
buying, including foreign and outside
trading. At midday the market was
irregular on business with a big visi-
BILE supply decrease strong cocl-
tinental cables and an Increase in the
English visible as influential factors.
Finally there was a sharp upturn,
which left closing prices a4GHc higher
than Saturday; No. red, May, 57A@
6SAc. closed at 6S7sc;; June 6S s9-16c.
closed at 6s%4c; July, 675s46s1sc, closed
at 6o%c; August, 6S14 @6St4c, closed at
69c; September, 6s7s@695sc, closed at
6912c; October, 69A @69zscs closed at
$3.50; December, 7O14@717sc. closed at
nBc. Corn-Receipts, 52S, 800 bu; ex-
ports, 94,50O bu; sales, $4,000 bu fut-
ures, 1000 bu spot; spot dull, but
steady; No. elevator, nominal; steam
er mixed, -5395SAc; elevator, 54954Ac
delivered; option market declined at
first on rains West. rallied sharply
with wheat, but finally gave way un-
der big receipts, and closed 5sc net
loss; May. 53114 GD5334c closed at 5314c;
July, 537s@5419c, closed at 53a4c; Sep
tember, 541s@D55c, closed4at 54Ac. Oats
Receipts. 91,40O bu; exports. none;
sales, 800 0O0 bu futures Al 600 bu spot;
spot, AG1kc lower; No. p 324 6325se;
No. delivered. 1914 d335sc; No. 8. 3l1a
D31Ac; No. white 3712c; mixed West
ern, 32034c; track white Western and
state. 37@41c; options dull and weak
under realizing sales. closed &c lower;
April closed 92Ac, May 3214@32 15-16c,
closed at 32Ac; July, 33@3312c, closed
at 3Sc
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-30
BIinnennoIfs Markets.

Receipts were larger, 315 cars with
u shipped. A large part of the No. !
northern was applied on sales previ-
ously made to arrive, leaving compar-
atively little spot to offer, Miilers were
good buyers at 1kc over the July OPP
ton for No. l northern. Other grades
went at strong prices and there were
fair offerings of No. 2. For wheat to
arrive there was a good call at spot
price. For range of price see sample
sales.
Sales of cash wheat are on the basis
of delivered, unless specified.
Cash sales yesterday, by sample, and
otherwise, included the following:
Wheat to go out brings Ac premi-
um, beause that amount is saved in
switching:
car No. 1 hard. 6SAc: l car No. /
hard, 69Ac; car No. l northern, 6S24c;
10 cars No. l northern, &c; cars No.
l northern, 67Ac; 6 cars No. / north
ern, 67Ac; cars No. l northern, 6SAc;
z cars No. 1 northern, 6S1ac; 3 cars No.
l northern, to arrive, 67Ac; IA cars No.
l northern, to arrive, 6SAc Is cars No.
l northern, to arrive, 6734c; cars No.
l northern, to arrive, 6S34c; 2 cars No.
l northern, to arrive, 6S12c; cars No.
l northern, o. t., &c; 3 cars No. l
northern, o. t., 67Ac; 1 car No. l
northern. size; "a cars No. 2 north
ern, 662c; cars No. 2 northern, 66%c;
13 cars No. 2 northern, &c; 3 cars No
northern, 66c; cars rejected, lbs
off, 6612c; cars rejected, l lb. off b b
musty, 641zc; car rejected, 11a lbs off, ,
661@c; l car rejected, l lb off. 66c;; 2
cars rejected, / Ib off, 66Ac; cars
corn, 5015c; 1 car No. yellow corn,
sic; l car ear corn, soc; l car n e.
oats, 29c; car No. 8 oats, wheaty,
2S19c; l car oats, 30c; 4 cars No. 8
white oats. to arrive, soc; cars No. 8
white oats, 30c.
EIOlr-IJiphar- first T., x,,oo1
quoted $S.60@3SO; second patents, s3.40
4S60; first clears, $2.55@26 65; red dog,
ton, jute bags, $14
Bran and Shorts-Market is steady
for bran. at $1O25@1050; sack, 200 lbs,
$11.50; sack, 100 lbs, $12.2 shorts. com,
mon, bulk, $11.50; fancy, bulk, $3.50. s
Hay-Quotations are as follows:
Choice Iowa upland, IS; choice Mime
sofa upland, $S; medium, S6n6. so;
coarse, A.50@5.50; rye straw, $404. .25;
oat straw, $3.50.
OatS-The market was steady; No. 3
white is quoted at 501ac. -
Corn-The market Is steady; No. j3
corn is quoted at 501ac
Barley-The market is practically
nominal; fancy No. 3 Is quoted at 43D
Rye-The market is firm. No. is
quoted at Gle.
Flax-The market is based on Chi
cago prices. .,..-.
Feed and Meal-Car lot quotations:
Ground feed, $19; cornmeal, S19; bolted
cornmeal, per bbl. in cloth, 50 3O@2 .35.
Hides and Pelts-The market is firm
and hides are scarce. Green and frozen,
all weights, 5@6c; green and frozen,
branded, 412@512c; green and frozen,
long-haired lSips, 4051Se:3 green and
frozen veal, to Is lbs, 71z99c: green
veal kips, 10 to 25 lbs, 5@61sc; green
Salted, heavy steer, 6Q7c; green salted,
light steer, 6@7c; heavy cows, 667c:
deacons, each. 3O940c; horse hides, 81. SO
42 so; Minnesota and Dakota wool,
lb, sole; sheep pelts, each, 15@l7c;
shearlings, each, 3@12c.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-30
FINANCIAL.
Now York

NEW YORK, April 2s.-The week
opened on the stock exchange active
Sugar first took the lead, and then
Tobacco, the latter selling off 81. In
both cases the break was due to the
selling of long stock to take profits.
AT the lower figures buyers came into
the market still carrying out the theory
that 1t Is safe to buy on reactions. The
lnduStrials were in most demand, To-
bacco being prime favorite and re-
covering 2A per cent, to 104. Distilling
was also in good demand, and rose S,
while Sugar rallied l per cent In the
general list Pullman jumped 21a per
cent, on purchases of 800 shares, re-
ports being current that the company
shall have earned a big surplus over
dividends at the close of the fiscal
year in July. During the hour before
noon the trading was irregular. The
coal shares were strong and advanced
11s for Reading and Delaware & Hud-
son, for Delaware, Lackawanna, and
7s for New Jersey Central. On the
other hand the grangers1 were heavy
and declined Is to q per cent.
After midday speculation became
more active with the industrial
stocks most prominent in the deal
ings and the tone of the market con-
tInued firm to steady throughout the
afternoon with occasional periods of
dullness and a partial reaction short
ly before O'Clock. At the close the
general market was strong and a ma
Jority of the shares traded in are
higher than at the close of Saturday.
The Leather stocks moved independ-
emily OF the rest of the market; the
common opened l per cent higher.
gained an additional Il, reacted 10.
sold up per cent to 1885 and closed al
1925, an advance of 25s per cent on the
day. The preferred opened ~
per cent higher, rose per cent further
TO ~ and closed at SS7s, which is 3ss
per cent above the last sale Saturday.
The buoyancy in these shares was due
10 reports that the company was max
ing large earnings and that the diyi-
dend rate on the preferred would prob
ably be increased. The other princi-
pal advances on the day are: Pull
man, ~ per cent; st. Paul & Omaha
preferred, 2; Hooking Coal, 1a4; Sugar
preferred, rs, and Chicago Gas and
Bay State Gas, 1 per cent.
DechneS were recorded of 11s in Dem
yer & Rio Grande preferred and Min
neapohs & st. Louis preferred and l
per cent in Rubber and Pittsburg.
c. G. & st. Louis %
The bond dealings during the day
We're fairly heavy, the sales reaching
$2, 80, 600. Speculation during the early
trading was depressed, but in the lates
transactions prices stiffened all
! around. The principal changes on the
day are:
.Advances-Union Pacific, Lincoln &
| Colorado firsts, 4 per cent; Flint &,
Pere Marquette 5s, 21a per cent; Atch-
ison, Colorado & Pacific firsts, 2A per
| cent.
Declfnes-Baltimore G. Ohio. South.
western incomes, series B, and North
ern Pacific collateral trusts receipts;
per cent. @ s II = :,
TOTAL SALES OF STOCKS
today were 800, ,403 shares; including.
American Sugar. 80. 800; American