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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
TIT MS sTEGFR IN DEMAND.

Wbe George Edwards engaged JULIUS
s+eoer tbe baritone. to originate n TINS
country the principle role in His Ex-
callencv" il was understood between
tFem that when The Artists Model
rooaived it's first production in New
York Mr.. Steger should be translerrtu
TO #. After seeing Mr.. SteSer IN ms
Fxcellency." However Al Hayman' W.,
with Charles FrOhman. IS conducting !,
the American tour Of His Excellence
EXPRESSED himself as extremely deSirous
IN have Mr.. Steger remain in his pres
emf nositioa when the opera goes on us
forthcoming tour Of the principal cities
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15


inc tho mines. They have large
erof vi-h the trees. These
t..v Keep clear of noMous
and this-Ies. They clear paths
h for walking. and they Visit
r-.ruortfv during the year 20 oe
., Irf1rr has touched the tree ana
sun is aching down to an
So. -,t.i-g n Christmas tree
--.r- ovonlv a crooked
..,- f. givan AWAY.
-.s,' bev9 forests of these
r to ,-iva a9cb enough
fr crow properly. Trees
oak upward towards the
therefore they must ne packed
I'D Keep l1er TOPS away
hing un. 500 far enough pdll not
cWerei. This is Che christmas
arc in a nutshell
ar tho Christmas tree is grown
.nr.s.ma--lree man visits the
Ee looks ct the trees decides
many carloads he wil. take of the
and orders lhom cut down lot
and tied n punches Tine Christ
e mor tays aauu- 25 cents %
aul tl.Ia ar6 fho1, 0'r trees Do
bunch. SIX nun,i.'' '.'. ..i..
carload ,lfee -u',.''.'''.'
me farmer mas 1N'i p''l i.l9
loaded them upon lI'''"
0lHe "'.e io 90 tN1'iN COUNT
.h.y CHRISTMAS ,r'-s are ~
-9l leln6 I'D Sl'- o.SI . '
l.ee man Ieegi'e9 oIg , IN,
l.Ih' ulio"d7 luc'" ei. 80 60.
'o 7-'..' ','., -. C,i.,,,.. ,,.
.-. o- !. ". 49, ...'.,,.-. '.,''''
.,tEo FHoN MAINE
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
A MILLION TREES

One million trees come to New York
City every year. This is a tree for
each family and some to spare. But
each family, you say, does not have
tree. This is true. but the churches
and halls use up enough to make up.
Last year one church bought 200 trees
and cut them OFF, using only the tips of
the trees.
For the poorer quarters Of the city
the Christmas tree man provides small,
scrubby trees. The big feathery ones
he saves for Fifth avenue. The little
trees, if very poor and scrubby, sell for
a nickel The good ones average $500
apiece.
There is no way of telling whether 1t
Will be a good Christmas tree year or
not. The times" do not seem materi-
ally to influence it. Two years ago, IN
hard times. everybody bought little
tree to set off a cheap present. In pros
porous years they may leave out the
tree and buy something too grand 10
need its clarifying influence.
The wOOdmen have an influence upon
this. Some years they will combine
and ship so many secretly to the city
that the price slumps down to nothing
Next year they get discouraged and
will not chop down trees for love or
money. ii. -
The Christmas tree is as uncertain 10
the Christmas tree man as Santa ClauS
is TO the small boy. He knows there
will be something, but whether II VIII
be enough to keep him happy all the
wear he does not know until the morn
of Christmas Day itself
CLARENCE S. RUSSELL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

believing. rightly enough, that the per
sor,l successes of Mr.. Steger as the
Reoen+ has had no incOnsiderable erect
NO. mo the success of the piece itself Mr..
HavmoHd has sailed for England ana
will endeavOr to make Mr.. EDWARDS
aoree with him on this subject. Mean
v-b;Ie il is unsettled whether Mr.. Steger
III ba saen in one opera or the other.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
GIRL ARTISTS HANDLE HOLLY.
They Draw FIOWory Plans Of What
Your House Might Be-

And Trim It for You-Band Of Busy
Xmas Workers-Miss Q. Piled g.
Grandfather Clock With Holly
and Posed for a Xmas Idyl-Trim-
ming the Old Armchair - Tells
How to Build a Floral Hallway
and Make Curtains of Greens and
Flowers-Deft Touches With Mis-
tletoe and Holly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

start in to be Christmas tree men, and
every year they fail. To be a Christ
mas tree man you have got to be born
in the business.
Said one Of these men a ew-days ago:
Now, young teller, suppose you are
buying Christmas trees. say down in
Maine. You go there and they tell you
the crop is short; that they are only 60
ing to cut 10000 trees this year; that
twenty men have been after those trees.
and that they want 40 cents bunch for
them. You look around, find you can't
do any better and you pay it. When
You get back to town the market is
swamped with trees, and you are glad
to sell for enough to get your money
back.
When I go up there I know those
fellers well. I say to them. I'll give
You SO much for them trees an you
can take it or you can let it alone.
They take il
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
Copyright, 1895, by Ryman Interview
SyndicateO

The pace for decorating town housese
is set by the very ones who should set
1.-THE artist women Of New York.
These young people. Of whom there are
precisely three times as many this year
as there were last year, have been busy
ing themselves all this month getting Zip
pretty schemes for Christmas decoration;
and. as they have been selling their ideas
and taking part in the decoration OF
other houses, their time has not been
wasted.
The trimming of Christmas rooms n
New York has long been an annual Gus
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posrnN1ANs, NEXT PRODUCTION.

ROSTONIANS' NEXT PRODUCTION.
Toward the latter part Of December
Frank l.. Perley, manager OF the bus
ronians. viii so to s.. PAUL to meet tnaI
organization and decidet viii Barnaoee
and Macdonald whether the next pro-
duotion Of the BOstonians shall be a com
:c opera by Strauss MillOcker or cellar.
Tho Bostonians have the American
RIGHTS 10 all three of these works. and
each opera has made a success abroad.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
RoBsoNs CAPITAL REPERTORY.

Stuart Robson has this season several
more important plays in his repertory
than has any other English speaking
comedian. He has a new play called
Government Acceptance. revival OF
Bouccicaults Forbidden Fruit A
Fool and His Friends" by Sidney Ros-
enfield: q fine production of Sheridan's
''The Rivals" and and he IS further
more. shortly to present in New York
City q new comedy adapted by F. c.
Burnand. of London Punch. from the
French piece called Nine. Magodin.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

by Ryman Interview
Sgr.iCo-e)
tree man is as mystic
Santa CLANS himself. No one
comes from. whittier
..t becomes of him dur
clio scar. lie may be O
sruug into existence
season only. or he may
Claus. Industrious and ac-
arms for his wintry visit
.u I about him.
when santa Claus went to
ln person and collected his
trees is past His silver
and reindeer cart have nothing
.r with the Christmas trees of
morning. Santa Claus dele
his work now 10 sub0rdinates,
-s ft Oh. year after year. giving
satisfaction 20 the old
- his beuefciaries.
THE TREE MEN.
are in this coutry only about
mas tree men, and these ten
.e whole of the United States
CHRISTMAS trees. They buy and
and the Christmas tree in
with them is as important and
lucrative as the gold mine
African kings.
-mas trees comes principally
Maine. Here there are farmers
olmen who make q business of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

travels an over. TIC is never cheap ai.
Rooms its high price from the IacJ OF
tho s9ff climate of Jersey. Inc hOlly
grows slowly. gets very strong ana
green and is supplied with berries OIL a
ricber red than that of other States
SO the Christmas tree man s1ls'
am the mountainous sections OF the
country are beginning to supply Jhe
large cities with their trees. b9- ,ue4
are less careful i'm the cutting. TO taxes
n great many streamers OF popcorn ana
a great many brilliant candles 20 hlue
the defects uuOn the sides of these trees
where they have come down c'whack
up0u the ground. The few Wcodmen
who DO know how to cut them are reap
ing a fortune this year, for the demand
was never greater.
A Christmas tree takes five years to
grow. The woOdman who raises them
can count upon going over the same
strip OF land once every five years.
This year he takes his boy of five with
him. Five years from now ne takes
the boy again. a lad who can be helpful
Five years later the boy begins to chop
for himself i'm the same spot. and still
five years later me is beginning to count
upon the proceeds of the Christmas
trees from this piece of land. and is
reckoning upon starting q little chap
Of his own i'm the business. Thus a few
arres Of pines, upon which vigorous
trees viii grow, viii support a family
from generation 10 generation. world
without end, rs long as Santa Claus
lives.
A "CINCH" BUSINESS
There is a very singular thing about
the Christmas tree man. He works for
only two weeks i'm the year His labor
begins now and ends on Christmas day
During that time he bargains. dickers.
works and sells. When his last tree is
gone he is done with work for another
wear. There is only one Christmas tree
man i'm the United States who works
during the year This man is q very
ambitious down Fastener. who wants
10 make money for q big family. This
hard working man rests from Christ
mas Day until July. Then he goes TO
work again. He buys up watermelOns
and sells them in town. He is the go
between for watermelOns i'm summer,
Just as he is for Christmas trees IN the
winter
The other Christmas tree men DO alb
soluteIy nothing for eleven and q half
months Of the year bat wear good
clothes. They dress i'm excellent taste.
own fine country house somewhere.
read books. enjoy their horses and are
gentlemen Of leisure. A little before
Christmas they bestir themselves.
The absolute "cinch' Of the Christ
mas tree man has not passed unnoticed
by his fellows. Every year new men
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

a Christmas tree must be used about
ten days after it is cut. The trees are
bought in the woods just about now.
A week from now they are tied in
punches and landed in the cars. and
within another week they are getting
their decorations.
There is always q preference in all
cities for trees that were cut near by.
Nearly every one wants a tree that
viii keep green and fluffy until New
Years day, and only the trees near at
home will do this.
The average size Of a Christmas tree
is six feet. This sells for about 40 or
90 cents on a good year. The largest
trees are about twenty-five feet high,
or up to the second story window.
There is small demand for them. and,
owing to the trouble of bringing them
20 the city, they sell for all of S25.
Santa Claus is very eXtr8vagant when
he buys such trees as this.
The cheapest Christmas tree sold is
the little sapling Of three feet. 1t
brings about - cents Occasionally
on Christmas eve of q bad year the
. grocer viii put it lower. but 10 cents
is the price the Christmas tree man
reCkOns upon.
STRINGS OF GREEN.
Christmas green's come under a diff
ferent commercial treatment from the
+ trees. These i'm the East come from
+ New Jersey and Delaware. The favor
I lite green's are ground pine, feathery
tuft and Princess feather. These are
tied in ropes and shipped to the cities.
f In the West they come mostly from
I Wisconsin. The Christmas tree man
+ sells these green ropes for 81 for 100
yards. and the green grocer gets about
I % cents a yard for them But nobody
thinks this is dear. Christmas at the
/ rate Of % cents for a good long yard is
dirt cheap
If the green's are sold loose they are
packed I'm barrels, and the Christmas
tree man pOkes an inQuiring nose IN
each barrel. shifts the Princess feather
and pronOunces the greens worth 10 or
f Is cents per barrel This is the way the
Christmas streamers are obtained.
Holly from England may be very
good. but holly from Jersey is the crisp
est. daintiest. reddest-berried stun that
ever graced a mantel. Jersey holly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

An important and intsrestps t ror,s 20
sama time. has recently reached . decislon
"a the Uaissd state: Circuit SSuf the 1U1 s sis
~. 80 an inianction against the infringe
m mss Of com tlainant's THE n \; fairoann mi,
Company Cticagc) trade m ARK "Io.,o'e me.
nv thc ,ieo ~ inc word "Cottoleo. -
va,,d;sv OF Cottolene as q trademark was
made permanent By an Injunction, s ue css
oo ~, seems 10 lie the law that when manu-
facturers have educated the publ, ~ =, 1s a..
FOR certain article by It's trsaemn ,s;s, maj
inc, .rcn na. manufactured by others shall not
be given 70 the public under tina, IN, name ss.efs
= l 49, 'sn,. sucn name can only he Cd
saned BY iaaia se svs Il Md 1rrD'sr.na
~ ,aorL name might be adopted by
o e1,s n:erior articles might then be pro
dured and sold under it: and mereuy un =,
value TO manuf acturers Of the reputation - -
the name used by them ~ traue"@s
would be destroyed"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11
VERY LUCID.
a protectionist Organ Has an Explanation
That Does Not Explain.

a p.c.actioutst Organ Has an Explanation
That Does Not Explain.
Among the score or more OF wage al
yanccs. in large mills. reported since
the new tariff bill took effect is one by
the Whiting Manufacturing Co., OF
New York. The New York Press OF
November IL. in reporting this advance
makes an interesting comment ana al.
mission. 1t says: THE restoration %
wages to the former standard Is De-
lieved to be the direct result OF the re-
cent overwhelming republican victo-
rios In this particular case some Tour
hundred men are benefited thereby.
Z The assurance of a republican congress
leads the firm to believe there Will oe
no further reduction in tariff duties
and they therefore look for speedy
revival in business" The heading over
the article removes all doubt ana say
the restoration is directly due 10 tns
recent republican victories
It is probable that majority OF the
gullible readers of this high protec
ZIONIST paper will believe the expiana
t;ons of the Press. But there must %
considerable minority who ask them
selves: .Why should this company al
vance wages on the strength OF higher
duties three or four years hence? Y
| see; wages are not advanced IN an
ticipation OF higher duties but on IN
belief that there will be no turtle
reduction in tariff duties. hut
saws this intelligent minority. ism
that a queer explanation to find IN m
protectionist paper? With - Pc
cent duty on silverware wages wer
: reduced: now with 81 per cent dut
wages are advanced My protectio
. logic may be out Of repair but it seen
:. 10 me that it would be proper an
= honest to credit such wage advance
!, TO tariff reductions and to say that
!. Is probable that still greater redu
I ton would have caused still great'
J, advance. The people are not all 100
!. even though the republicans did ma
: big majority at the last eiectio
!. They cannot be caught with such IN
- sophistry and cheap buncombe as IN
= r. TARIFF REFoGAER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

neighbours in an instant, and saw
them seize upon something in piue-
lined cloak and devour it with kisses.
ats my baby!' cried Augusta.
ATS mine, madam cried the irish
lady.
stood dumb. The Irish gentleman
offered to fight 1t out with me. MARIA
Briggs il was who explained
..Me and Mis- Smith we come from
Pokeville to-day, and the man went on
with our bags; and the deaf critte'
there thought the baby was ioun
ling. and gave it to the periice' an'
we've been ravin' distracted ever
since" was her verson.
mo apologies at ALL SAID tns
Irish gentleman. "Shake hands s,r
Sure we can adopt another just IN
same"
Augusta had Ellsworth Hncoi
Grant. and was crytsg softly over MN
She returned with the child and = mn
Maria to Pokeville by that night
boat No power could induce her
| .leep in my house. and she has uevs
I forgiven me. -.
A for Hepsibs, I have never bee
J able 20 explain the thing to her. ~
.hs still alludes occasionally to IN
, day your wife come. "-Bosson O'o0
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11
THAT OLD SQUARE PEW.

IN !, very old church. In quaint old town.
xvt..,s new tangled notions" had been wcu
kept down,
was an old square pew How plain II comes
back.
IKE picture though dI m. in the long, back
ward track.
since the days when. an urchin OF scarce nan
ascorc.
r,assed n and out OF that old church door.
VIVA, grim earnest preacher the parson
vas
dwelling much on egsc'. and but little on
remen Der SO well. when the summer sun
shone.
Howl wished in the way that all youngsters
are prone.
That the sermons were shorter-or else none
at ALI
counted the cracks In that old church
wall
.The deacon my grandsire, slept SOUND IA
his scat
rxulaninr the matter By saying; Twas
heat
AZ, he never mfsted 10 ask me the text.
To forget which knew just what 70 expect
on from firstly TO lastly that iohs
weary time
who cannot recall. without aid OF nv rhyme
when the birds in the trees would be uAlih'
their lays,
And MI nature combined In the grand chora
praise:
when the winds from the meadows wer'
waited 90 sweet.
Twas lure Of earth. earthy-the charm wa
complete
since then have seen temples. stored IN
old.
Dim cathedrals. with frescoes in purple an
gold:
ysu, no wave OF emotion sweeps over my SOL
Like that which u word or thought may W
roll.
AsI fancy myself In that old church ono
more
See again the same fields through the WIZ
open door.
Meet the faces loved. hear the voices Khe'
Allgathered about in that old square pc"
Elizabeth 4. Davis. In Golden Days
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11
rAE SUGAR COMBINE.

rxposure Of the secret Connections he
tween the sugar Trust ana WnoiessAo
tsrocers' Associations.
There is one phase OF the sugar trust
which the public is but little familiar.
Most people know something OF the
trusts ability to dictate prices OF botn
raw and refined sugars; to close re-
fineries and throw men out OF work. "
MANIPULATE its stocks in Wall street.
bv means OF false rumors as TO pros
pective dividends or profits; 70 DEFY
laws and courts by refusing to give sta
tistics to the census department.; or to
allow senate committees to examine us
books; and to bride enough senator's 70
procure favorable legislation. 'ut
few people. however. know that dur
| inc the last four years the trust mas
built m nearly forty wholesale gro
c.r., aasociations which now cover all
parts of this country and has SO
MANNED them that their most impor-
TINT function is to serve the base inter-
ests OF the trust. Yet such Is the case.
nv an ingeniously devised system OF
rebates 20 the grocers who are mem
hers Of wholesale associations ana VINO
sell only the trusts sugars Tor sugars
81 refners allied with the trust-as
practically all now are) at prices nxeo
daily by the trust. the groccrs' associa
tions become the instruments OF TN
trust in sustaining prices so that NJ
person in this country can obtain suga
cxcept at trust prices More than that
the profits from the rebates have peel
large enough to make allies and de
Tenders of these natural enemies OF IN
J trust. Several times, when called uI
on. these grocers have sent in hundrea
~ kilograms TO congressman from a.
I, parts OF the country begging or threa'
ening them not to favor legislatio
which would destroy some or all OF IN
unholy profits Of the sugar trust.
Congressman John Dewitt Marne
r who secured the passage OF the fr'
e surar bill through the house, and WI
Is. perhaps, the best posted on sug'
n trust matters Of any man not connec
2. ed with the sugar business, has wri't'
= q very interesting pamphlet, prin's
. bv the Reform club Of New York, 2
20 titled. 1.-The sugar Distributing oo'
r bins." lie has made great col'cct''
OF original documents. correspondent
N etc. upon the subject and gives :
al most accurate details Of the heretoio
no seoret history Of this gigantic trust =
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

Asa rule hut little is expected from
congress in its short session. and es-
necially when its majority party has
been defeated ut the previous election.
nut the democratic leaders at wash
inpton should remember that their
marty was not beaten because its police
had been carried out, but because us
promises to the people had not been
fulfilled. II those leaders are wise
therefore. they will do their utmost e
show the country that they understand
and will heed the lesson OF the iats
election. N. Y. World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

its powerful allies in every state -
the end Of his ai-page pznphiet Mr.
Warner thus summarize, the startling
actail, OF this wonderful trust:
.Nita the sprecic.s Ia cor'roi OK
Hawaii and tns liaycme ser, cE'en'.
inv their plant ,ions in iaoa, tae iDs'
fictate, - every branch oi sugar pro,
duction and distribution I'm the Unite"
states. taking under its wing every one
concernei-except those who consume
smear. From its office, at liz VAN
street. cable messages fly daily to its
AGENTS In Cuba. fixing the price OF raw
suo,rs there: 10 san Francisco an
nounciny cuban parity. at when ar
riyinr Hawaiian sugars are To be val
ned: 10 Louisiana telling her planters
,vha.--in view OF Cuban and Hawaiian
nrices-tne trust condcscends 10 oher
for American sugar; and to us repre-
scntativcs all over the world, gvih''
the limit-based on Cuban parity--at
which they can pick mp Austrian,
.Javan. Philippine, Brazilian ana
other sugars. when these are tempo
rarily depressed in price. In an al
ioininp room the quotations. al orr above
which the subservicnt dealers through.
out the country are permitted 10 Sc,
sugars. are daily settled, and through
the four great sugar brokers VINO
; stand nearest the throne thes'
are passed to the forty o.n
ers who await the sugar trust
nod AT New York and telegraphed TO I'M
waiting hundreds in other cities OF I'M
land. These in turn SO promptly no
; tifv their patrons. the thousands o
Wholesale grocers Of the country, ina
before their doors are opened all dan
ger Of any purchaser getting ms suga
below trust prices is over for the aas
e Nv discount from this bill or periodica
y remittance. as the ease may be- eac
faithful wholesaler is promptly an
= literally paid for his LOYALTY; an
e whenever in the crisis of Legislation
- he hears the bugle call OF the trust
IL instantly steps into line. ready to bon
1" bard his congressman with TELEGRAM
y or fight him with ballots at sho
;. range until the sugar trust cause
- triumphant.
re Such is the grandest trade organic
20 ton the world has ever seen.
:" The sugar trust dictates the triou
70 that shall be rendered it by the Anne
10 lean people.
"v The wholesale grocers are reward
gu by whatever of largess the trust thin
ne necessary to insure their loyalty.
And the public? = the pubic
d-d--and ii is. u. ". IL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

President Havcmeyer has changed
his mind about closing all the renner'
les and now says that one-hali the
men employed by the trust will DC
permitted to return to work Inc
most serious thing about it all is that
IL should be in the power of single
man to stop the operation OF whole
great industry on which every family
in the United States depends for IA
supply OF practical necessity OF iiie'
| -BufYalo Express. Rep.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

The action Of the sugar trust ~
shutting down its rcfnerics and de-
priving thousands Of men Of employ
ment at the opening of winter Is the
ordinary trust plan OF stopping pro.
duction as means Of extorting higher
v,ricas
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11

Mr.. II. q. Havemeyer receives : sal
nry Of SIS. 900 . year as president OF the
sugar trust and s25,0O0 year Is trus'
tee. DO his salaries stop with the shut
down. like the wages Of his labOrerss-
| N. Y. World.