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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-20
ELoQUENcE ALL IN VAIN.


Judge Churchill Stopped the Lawyers
Argument, But for Good Reason.
The late Judge Churchill was u his
day one of the most polished of The jus
tees Oh the municipal court bench ne
is remembered By old timers as au c.0-
quent talker, courteous TO elegance lie
sell, but a bad man for prisoner lie
was. in other words, what lawyers
term a conyicting judge.
Unlike the late Justices McCauerT
and Curtis. ne rarely troubled himself
about trying to read between thc lines.
He appeared to have unbouuded faith
i'm what government witness testified
TO. and based his decisions according'r.
Yes. said Edward Everett Brown,
a member of the Suffolk bar Judge
Churchill was a peculiar man
Very" added O. brother lawyer and
then three others who happened DE
present mumbled Amen.
Two of them thereupOn related funny
stories in connection with the I49
Judge: but IL remained for Mr. Brown I'D
tell the best.
Il had just been admitted TO the b1r."
said he, and being the happy posse
of a good. strong healthy voice and %
fair command of words. LET DO opuor-
mnity escape me TO make an argument
zone night the officers of division b
raided n house at the South enl aad
among others arrested and locked uu o.
very beautiful young girl Ia' n.Nt
morning she was brought before j '-e
Churchill i'm the old court hon lI he
ing. Here the charge of being d'a and
disorderly was preferred against her.
to which she pleaded not gully.
We'll" continued Mr.. Brown, pause
ing in his story long enough pa
match over 10 one of the others. G
was my good fortune that morning
be retained 10 defend the girl al i
need not say thai / went into r. fi.
with all the enthusiasm / was
Of. and / was capable of q good .lI
those days.
when / came 10 argue "' lr
Brown. warming mp over the ro..'-
ton, "I simply le, myself on. move.
had before or since. for th.t
There was another incentive 1r el'I
exhibition of my Ortorlcal poN
court room was crowded. d.
know how many probable clients 'lrr"
might be about me-. and as j mad aa cte
for the future as sell as the pie n Fl
sought to make a good imp. an oa
my hearers.
81 called the attention OF '"' court
to the wonderful beauty of tH. prisoner
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-20

como a-Wav. come away. children
or You you will get strawberry on your
clean clothes
The man canned the strawberries
himself. He got a new recipe to see
if il would work.
Did it work?
No. but the strawberries did.
Now the man Will have to hunt up a
recipe for removing the straw-ber-
ries from his clothes.
DO not step on the berries or you Will
track them over the mans rich prayer
rugs and make him swear at You, for he
is yex-ed about the recipe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-20

1t is a man. Do you see the burglar
under the bed?
No.
That is because the burglar is so far
under the bed that you can not see
him.
When the man is in bed, the burglar
will come ont of his lair, and while he
has his back turned the man will rob
him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-20

CrlSp uaWn.
Is the dew on the grass?
Yes. it is on the grass. We will take
a snowplow and get it off, will We not?
Come, John, get your tip-pit and We
will ride to Fort Dodge, la.
Is Fort Dodge a large town?
No; Firt Dodge is not so very large.
1t is there that one orders for break
fast beef-steaks ana assorted cake.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-20

Come. little boys. and see this man
exert himself
What is me doing?
He is preparing The soil for planting
ON his farm.
DO YOU see his cap?
no.
We'll look a little closer and you win
see it.
lie links he is q s-band-man.
DO you see the muscles on his arm
The thing on the left is the muscle.
The arm is on the right hand side o.
the muscle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-20
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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03
equal to the hghtg' she asked, passion

equal to the fight?' she asked, passion
ately.
| Paul looked at her with something
more than amazement now. He had
never seen her in such mood before.
my dear" he said, more gently,
''what is the matter with you tonight?
What has happened?"
Flora held out an instant longer,
then the tears came with a rush, and
they were shed on his shoulder with
his arm about her.
"Please forgive me, Paul" she said,
brokenly, when her voice would come.
II am tired. think l will go to bed"
He took her upstairs himself and was
full of tenderness, but after he had
left her he went back to his work with
frown on his face.
IL shall put an end to all intercourse
with that woman" he said; then,
urged by what motive he could hardly
have explained, he took up the book he
had so openly despised and glanced
through it again.
Poor little Floss" he said to him
self; ''she has thought for all. Who
knows, perhaps some poor devil has to
get living by this sort of thing.
should like to give it good notice if
only to please her." He read through
page steadily. Then he groaned, and
finally he closed the book.
He swore with all his usual vigor
when the queens taxes called for the
second time the next morning, and
Flora smiled sadly for one instant as
she thought of check hidden away
upstairs and heap of charred ashes
that lay in the kitchen CRATE, and that
was all that remained to her of book
that had been bound in gray and gold
the gold Of woman's hope and un-
selfish ambition. Adelaide Row.
lands, in London Weekly Sun.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03
SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERiCA.
Andrew jackson and StOnewall jackson
Two Notable Specimens.

Two NOthDio opcci"ohSs
The history of the Scotch-Irish in
America is unfamiliar even in outline
to some otherwise well-informed peo-
Pile, says the New York World. No
one can know American history, how
ever. without knowing what the Scotch
Irish are and what they stand for.
They were among the first to cross the
mountains into Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana
and other states of the old northwest
territory presented to the union by
Virginia. They led the advance to the
Pacific, and in politics as in pioneering
they have known how to push to the
front and stay there. Their strong
hold has always been In the south. At
first it was in the Virginia uplands and
in North Carolina. Then it was trans
ferred to Kentucky and Tennessee,
where they had their strongest devel-
opment. The men of this strain are
apt to be radical. If they are religious
at all they are almost sure to be Puri-
tans. If flippancy were not unbecom-
ing in so serious a connection it might
be said of them as of Longfellow's lit
tie girl-that when they are good
they are very, very good, and when
they are bad they are horrid." When
Andrew Jackson bet on horse races,
attended cock fights and fought duels
he represented one extreme of the
character, as Stonewall jackson did
the other when he said prayer before
every act in his life and put off until
Monday the reading of his sweetheart's
letters which reached him on ''the
Lords day" Perhaps there could be
no better illustration of what the
Scotch-Irishman means when raised to
his highest power than is afforded by
the two Jacksons. The Scotch-Irish Of
America are breed that always has in
it the possibilities of greatness. But if
you know one of the family beware how
you quarrel with him, for he thinks all
his own enemies are also enemies of
God and the human race.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03
MY Robin.


when was child, beside our door,
In n green and spreading sycamore,
Hnere sung each morning, with note as clear
Aax crystal brook, and full of cheer,
robin.
4 watched his plumage in childish glee.
.And fancied he sung his song for me;
Aud the melody fingers in heart and brain,
Making me often child again
My robin.
Z hook for his coming in early spring,
Tyhea the crocus opens. and naples bring
sfMcir crimson tassels to kiss the breeze.
and the sunshine dallies with newleaved
trees
My robin.
4 Esar him sing as the sun goes down,
sind the stars come out DER the silent town;
yBsaa there's never a harsh or mournful note
THAT wells afresh from the warbler's throat
My robin.
Ard learn lesson Of hope and cheer
Y'hat carries me on from year to year,
TO sing in the shadow as IN the sun,
Doing my part till the work is done
My robin
Sarah X. Bolton, in Christian Work
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03
HIGHLAND SuPERsTITIONs.
Curious Relics of the Old Druid be
liefs.


liefs-
In Mrs. Alec Tweedie's new story the
Highland superstitions play considera-
BILE part, as witness: ''She's one of the
characters Of the reighborhood. The
last time l saw her she was in awful
distress. The dog had been bowling
all night and her husband had seen a
magpie fly over the house, so she was
certain some death was imminent, poor
old lady" sand did anyone die?"
"No, not that l know of. She thinks
dogs have precognitions. When people
play at cards, if dog is seen under the
table, Mrs. Robertson tells me it is a
sign that they must at once stop. The
dog has cloven hoofs, and il is a sure
proof that the devil is tempting them
to perdition. If dogs bay at the moon
IL means ill-luck. And in this neighbor-
hood pigs, sheep or cattle are never
slaughtered at the wane of the moon. {"
But" said Lorna, there are lots of
superstitions everywhere connected
with the moon. In many parts of the
world 1t is supposed to be unluclxy to
look at the new moon through glass. ("
I'm the Highlands any unusual event, +"
Jean continued, such as the falling Of
the star or meteor or any uncommon
lunar effect is looked upon as the pass
ing Of some illustrious spirit to eternity.
Daddy says this curious idea no doubt
finds its origin in the old Druid belief
that souls assembled to Heaven In a me
teor." The northern lights of Green
land, Nansen says, are supposed by the
Esquimaux to be the souls of children
born prematurely or killed (which Is
often done in the case of weaklings'
after birth These souls take each
others hands and dance around In
many circles. This notion of the Green
landers seems to be closely related to
the Indian belief that the northern
lights are the dead In dancing array.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03
some Railway Map Making

''This won't do" said the y.
passenger agent, in annoyed ' Cs;.
the map maker. II want .a, \
moved down here half an inca' ~ :.
come ON our direct route to Nc" 4, \,
Then take Buffalo and put II +,
further from the lake. Yonves~'
troit and New York on dinei' NJ
tudes, and the impression tna' "a
correct won't help our rosa
man, take these two lines that ~
with us and make 'em twice % s,
as that. Why, you've gos vDs 4,
almost straight. Yank BosUI M
little to the west, and put New ~
little to the west, so as 70 su. 4
sengers that our Buffalo div,siO. !.
shortest route to Boston. mae- ~
done all these things I've salu' =.
print ten thousand COPIES.
how long have you been y y IN
road business, anyway l.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03

-Moiiere, the French a,
tried hard 10 initiate the ns ..i
the French nobility. bu, lO' M
task one OF great difficnl.y,b !. N
reception he once attended ?, ,'.i
he would never 60 TO anC I'D I. ~
got q new back. so tired dla y"
with bowling and scraping'
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21
FRIDAY JUNE q. 1895.
MEXICAN REFORMS

Interstate duties in Mexico
are to be abolished. An amend
ment to the Federal Constitu
ton viii accomplish what some
Of the State Governments have
persistentIy refused to do. The
amendment was introduced in
Congress just before its adjourn
ed and will be taken up at the
opening of the September ses-
sion.
1t is an administration meas
use and Will have the support
of practically the entire Liberal
party. After passing Congress,
the amendment will go to the
legislatures of the different
States. AS in the United States,
so in Mexico the adoption Of
an amendment to the Federal
Constitution requires the APP
prevail of three -fourths Of the
States.
If this amendment is adopted
by the Mexican Congress and
ratified by the legislatures Of
81 States, as it will be within
less than a year, the greatest
Barrier to ommerce in Mexico
will be removed.
These State tariff laws injure
not only Mexicos foreign trade,
but also Interstate commerce in
that country. A number of the
States have voluntarily abolish
ed them and others would be
willing to were it not for a few
that insist on retaining the old
method of raising funds.
The change will be of i'm
mense benefit to the United
States. Mexico's foreign trade
is chiefly with this country,
and it is certain to increase
with this restriction removed.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21

THE Nicaragua canal com
mission which has been exam
lining the proposed route of the
canal, as well as the work al
ready done on it, has returned
very favorable report regard
ing the project. There is little
doubt now as to the feasibility
of the canal, and the United
States should lose no time in
pushing it to completion. To
allow any European nation to
gain control of this important
project would be extremely
foolish On the part of this gov
eminent. The Nicaragua canal
should be constructed at once,
and the United States should
be the builder.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21

THE Cuero Star some weeks
ago copied an article from q
Brownsville paper portraying
the most gloomy outlook for
the farmers on the lower Rio
Grande, alleging that drouth
had killed all the corn on the
uplands and an overflow of the
river had likewise destroyed
all hopes of crop on the low
lands. Although this greatly
overdrawn statement has since
been indirectly corrected by
accounts of the really splendid
corn crop along the river, now
almost ready to be harvested,
the Star has not mentioned the
fact. This was no doubt simply
because it did not occur to
Editor Crisp that by the publ
cation of the calamity howl
from the said Brownsville
paper he had helped to spread
a false report of conditions in
this section, OF else he has not
noticed the subsequent reports
from Brownsville to the op-
posite effect. The Star doubtless
believes in advertising, and
having published to its section
an adverse report of conditions
on the lower Rio Grande, it
should do us the justice to adj
vertise the facts. Farmers in
Cameron, Hidalgo and Starr
county will average a corn crop
of at least sixty bushels per
acre, and vegetables, potatoes
and melons are abundant and
exceedingly cheap here at
present.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21

FRANCE has formed an al
lance with. Russia, and Mos
COW is forgotten. Germany, too,
is enjoying the smiles of the
republic of the lilies, and al
SAGE and Lorraine are q thing
of the past. It only remains
now for England to be embrac-
ed in. the general amnesty ex
tended the former foes of the
French and Waterloo will be
buried with its dead heroes.
Our sister republic across the
duck pond is getting on very
intimate terms with her royal
ist neighbors.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21
kEXIc0ANDL0W WAGES.

AEXIC0ANDL0 " WAGES.
Houston Post
Senator Jones of Arkansas
in his speech at the Memphis
convention said:
TIhey talk of Mexicanizing
this country. Why, Mexico is
paying better wages, is more
prosperous than ever before"
If any one can be informed
about the affairs Of Mexico,
certainly the Mexican minister
to the United States from that
country, Mr.. Romero, ought to
be thoroughly well informed.
In an article in the North
American Review for June he
states that this country is so
far ahead of Mexico in material
progress, commerce, manufac-
lures, agriculture, wages, pop
ular education, wealth, banking
facilities, and so many other
things that comparison would
be unfair. Mexico has the sill
yer producing country of the
country of the world has
been its only currency for
nearly 400 years Mr.. Romero
states: ''The silver standard
is a great stimulus in develop
ing home manufactures, be-
cause foreign commodities have
to be paid for in gold, and,
owing to the high rate of ex-
change, their price becomes so
high that it pays well to man
ufacture some of them at home,
our low wages also helping to
bring about these results"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21

VICToRIN ADVOCATE: If the Cor
bett-FItzsimmons fight takes place
in Dallas this fall it viii be in plain
violation of the penal law of the
state The following is from the acts
OF the Twenty second Legislature;
ANY person who shall voluntari-
~ engage in pugilistic encounter
between man aud man, or 6git be :
tween man. and bull, or between
man and other animal, for money
or other thing of value, or upon
the result Of which any money or
other thing of value is bet or wager
ed or to see whether any admission
fee is charged, either directly, shall
be deemed guilty of felony and
upon conviction shall be punished
by fine of not less than $500 not
more than $1,000 and by imprison-
Inent' in the county jail not less
than sixty days nor more than one
year 1t remains to be seen what
steps Gov. Culberson will take to
prevent the fight. If he wishes to
prevent it he can do so.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-21

LEE RoUNTREE begins to feel
Ion some, as the bachelor edi-
tors of Southwest Texas con
time to fall into the ranks of
the benedicts. Lee will soon be
like the last rose Of summer,
left blooming alone, if he
doesn't get a move on him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-05
To Prevent Drifting Sands.

Some years ago the Federal Gov
eminent expended $50, 600 in plant
ing beach grass along the ocean side
of the tip Of Cape Cod in an effort to
prevent that drifting inward Of the
beach sands which threatened Prov
incetown with entire destruction.
But the work was undertaken upon
too small scale, and the inhabit-
ants Of the town did not realize that
the growth OF the grass would have
to be fostered, so that most Of it has
persisted and the advance Of the sand
drifts continues. The State OF Mas.
sachusetts has, however now taken
the matter in hand, through its har-
Dor and land commission. and Mr..
Leonard w. Ross, OF Boston, has
been retained as advisory forester.
Mr.. Ross proposes to adopt expedi-
ents similar to those so successfully
began more than a hundred years
ago, to save lands on the shore of the
Bay OF Biscay, and expense will not
be spared, for the harbor Of Province
town is the only one that affords shell
ter to mariners along many leagues
OF stormy coast. His method will be
based upon that by which Nature
itself once defended the point Of the
promontory Her thick plantations
Of beach grass were backed by low
forests OF pitch pine, which were cut
of for fuel by the early settlers.
These will be renewed and, according
to the Boston Transcript, a nursery
has been already established for the
propagation Of the Scotch broom,
Genista scoparia, which, with silver
poplars, white willows and locusts
and an underground Of smaller plants
will be used to form windbreaks. Aus
trian and Scotch pines will be tried
and also the marine pine, the alder,
the European white birch, the horn
beam, the cockspur thorn and the
tamarix
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-05
Earthly Substance in Food.

When we consider the amount OF
earthly or inorganic substances, in
GLIDING some of metallic origin, that
we are in the habit of taking with
our foods, it may be question
whether the eating and drinking
habits of our most enlightened people
are not open to criticism.
The Pacific Health Journal says
that it is well-known fact that the
habitual use OF limestone and other
mineral waters will cause goiter.
The mineral products cannot be abb
sorbed into the fluids Of the body
and thrown out; they are, therefore,
deposited in the glandular system,
giving rise to disease OF these organs.
And yet are not mineral waters ex-
tolled to the skies? And do not our
invalids rush to the mineral
springs" all over the country, ex-
pecting to be healed? You could
not persuade these people that pure
water would answer just as well-in
fact better-though certain cele-
brated springs, the waters OF which,
as shown by chemical analysis, are
entirely free from any foreign ingre-
dent, have given most wonderful
results.
One effect OF the use OF mineral or
earthly substances in food or drink
is to break down the kidneys. The
habitual use OF bicarbonate OF soda
in bread, pastries, etc., IS no doubt
injurious. But how many are will
ing to give up their hot biscuits at
breakfast or their batter cakes,
though very palatable bread can be
made, and also light, with nothing
in it but air and water? Very ex-
cellent pastry, and as light as q
puff" can be made with white flour
or from -four of the whole wheat.
1t requires little management in
the baking. but this can be learned |;
and, il health Is any object, it might
be worth while to take lessons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-05
Worlds Greatest Eaters.

The Koreans are the greatest eat
ers in the world, their motto un-
doubtedly being, I'VE live to eat I"
The average Korean eats everything
he can get his teeth on and he will
take dozen meals day il afforded
the opportunity. He IS by no means
particular as to the manner In which
his food is served. Raw fish is q COM
mon article of diet in that country
and slices of uncooked white trout
are considered very toothsome by
these peculiar people European
travellers who have tested the quality
OF this food state that it is not at all
repulsive after the first mouthful has
been masticated. The Korean fish
erman, before going out to make a
catch. provides himself with bottle
of pepper sauce and when hungry
viii take fish from the hook as soon
as caught, scrape of the scales and
sprinkling n quantity Of the peppery
compound over 1t devour it with the
greatest gusto. They are great lovers
of chicken, but consider that the
only necessary preparation is to strip
the feathers from the fowl and with
ont drawing it put it into an oven
to bake. In some cases they will not
take the trouble to pick it, but serve
1t baked in its natural state, feath.
ers and all.