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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-25

tooth. was lounging about the door.
The years that followed brought chill
dren and an increased bad reputation
to the pair.
Was anything missing from clothes-
line of linen to a piece from the village
communion service, no one questioned
who were the culprits; the constaDle
simply arrested Flanders-if the OLD
man was ugly drunk, and Wim-Henry
was not TO be found, the old woman was
substituted. SO Ii occurred that the
Flanderses, as an undivided Iaml-y'
seldom graced the home. Marth, the
little one. tOddled about, lodging Bows
and making friends with strange cats,
until she was big enough to climb the
stone wall which divides the odd ROAD
from the cemetery, and there, IN q
world of gravestones and daises, she
found a safe hiding place. There,
with a pumpkin dressed in a trailing,
dirty apron. she spent whole days,
creeping home only when her sharp
little ears could detect neither oaths
nor blows mingled with the strains
from the violin. There she whimpered
nonsense to the pumpkin and grave
stones. confiding to them that her
mother used to be pretty and had wh.te
teeth. cause she didn't smoke a black
pipe
Particularly happy was little Marth
to hide among the fallen leaves and
watch a funeral procession, and it was
ION such an occasion that she would i'm
pose upon her pumpkin doll by telling
her that "the lady with a collar" was
her "truly mamma, and she was cry
ing cause poor Martha was dead" In
spite Of Martins crossed fingers and SOL
emn affirmation. it is altogether likely
that Maudia looked increduloUs, for at
this point She was shaken and bumped
against a gravestone until she seemed
properly convinced, then clutched
lightly to her mistress tattered little
pinafore. while that young preyaricatOr
cried herself TO sleep.
Age had a shrivelling effect upon
Naudie. but she held her own wonder
Iully. and Wi'm-Henry, used her as an
emphasis in trying to convince the Old
woman that she was a snake with two
heads.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-25
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NOOpyIi6ul- 1850, by Ryman Inter
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There is so much advice given to the
young man about to start out in bust
ness that one feels as though the
scriptral admonition of the evil Of
"toO many consellors" were danger
ously near being his portion. But in
all this great bulk of advice there is,
singuiarly enough, little or no men
ton az all Of the greatest element to
be found In any life, business or other
wise-the element Of Providence it.
self.
hen young man starts out In
business he has a stout heart. a little
capital good wishes and the world be-
lore him. The other possessions that
belong 20 him, but which he does not
always claim, are honesty. industry
and real worth, With these three
factors united to- those that ne had be-
fore. his chances for success are a
thousand fold greater.
To be more explicit suppose q Young
man starts out M business for himself.
Every body wants TO give him a help
ing hand. No one offers him charity.
but NJ be is In trade people drop I'm to
see MN, willing 10 leave their dollars
with him IN return for something
good, and business men smile upon
him more indulgently 40 first. and Of
Yer MIN more privileges than they
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would accord those longer in business
The Young man. then, has a tar
start Now comes the most critical
part of his career. If he gives people
as GOOD as he saws he is giving them,
if he pays fair and square for what ne
buvs. If DE tells the exact truth about
his wares. giving poor ones TO those
who cannot AFFORD any better ana re-
serving the high-priced for those Win
money. then people pay him another
visit. assured of his honesty. and he
continues upon his prosperous path.
He is a regular business man now,
with success just as surely ahead OF
him as though a ticket for 1t were
held i'm his hand.
This ifs Providence, The Lord plans
matters in such "a way that those who
walk uprightly find an the pums
OF the earth. and those who walk the
wrong paths pick mp the stones and
thcrns. Occasionally something good
will c.pa,r 90 fan TO the Tot of those
who are dishonest. but mark my words.
the words of man who has fought
the world and walked in the world the
hest Dart of @ century success Is
as erhemeral as The brightness Of the
spring leaves. or the coldnesS OF the
snow BAH An viii fade away before
another season has visited IL.
IT. is commonly supposed that 10
make money i'm this world q man must
he ono of two things Either DE must
be a genius or q dishonest man. lie
must make his money by sparkling
briniancv that few can initiate. or he
must steal DC SO slyly that none can
see him. An examination of the great
fortunes that have been made will
show this to- De absolutely false. Was
the first ROthschild 90 carve his name
uDou the world of finance q genius
Did he coin" money i'm his elahatory
or flash &c forth by electricity or cause
the wheels Of newly discovered patents
to grind it out2
No He was q hard, steady worker
man To whom. after YOU had in
Trusted 500 YOU would ga. ogaln with
another hundred. And AGAIN. ANA
again, He kept his friends IN hnancs.
lie gave them q good return Tor tner
money. and If by hard study ne dis
covered and planned ways Tor invest
fne that money. SO that his percentase
ms caretaker was worth MS "uIle' my
so much the better for him, and the
whole world. too.
Could any one say that this way OF
"making" money was not the most
honorable i'm the world? The great IL
nanciers have an made their dollars
in this way. They have worn them-
selves out as public beneiactors, and
often. after they have done so. they
have had hard things said to them and
of them instead of getting the praise
they deserved. But nc rs because tne
world of strugglers cannot see things
I'm the broad light from where they
stand nj the foot of the ladder. When
they too. have climbed TO the sumits
nj fame and fortune they will under
stand the steps and accept the position
thankfully and reverently, with pa
Hence towards those VINO are coming
AFTER. bitterly now, but to be JOYFUL
themselves.
To particularize. Suppose You take.
for example. some struggling Western
citv Nothing moves i'm it except the
peoDle. They are working early and
late for a pittance. Their horses are
drawn to the bone and their animals
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e. No word. NO intimatiOn; simply

gone. No word, no intimation; simply
gone.
OF course it was "ungrateful' for
Marth to leave without warming, but
as Miss Nancy said, IF she had been as
mean as some She would have stayed
till she got the new clothes which were
promised her, to replace those that were
stolen"
Fifty miles from Clarktown is Fac
toryville, and here Marth plodded.
There were months of Encouragement
for her and hard fighting for life, bnt
Fa0toryville was not yet grown large
enough to be altogether heartless, and
its inhabitants were mostly working
people.
How she accomplished it the chroni-
cles do not relate, but in year she was
the pOsseSsor of a little stock of mil
iinery. and had patronage enough to pay
her rent
That the young minister should seek
her company was not altogether sur
prising, for Marth had improved Won
derfully. Her cheeks were hike the ripe
side Of peach, and her figure was 1.-The
and pleasing.
1t mattered little to her that the pale
young theologian's head barely reached
to her shoulder, or that a bad fall had
forever deprivedihim of a straight back.
That he sought her was the thought that
filled herhOUrs. I think she must have
been very happy just then; at least, she
saw much of young jackson, and if She
found 1T hard to read the book of pray
ers which he gave her that fact detract-
ed nothing from her happiness in fond
ling 1T. Softer lights lived in her eyes,
which sometimes did not close all night
from happy thoughts.
Doe night the window in her little
store was broken, and the few cheap
femininites therein DISPLAYED were
stolen. The thief was speedily brought
to justice, however, thanks to young
Jackson.
When Marth was called to identify
her goods she looked straight past the
bedraggled finery into the face of the
thief and refused to swear TO owner
ship.
For a few weeks Martins burglar
hung about her store, and after a little
her stock dwindled TO nothing. One
night he went to young Jackson for
money, and it was on that night that
Marth disappeared from Factoryville
Jackson found on his doorstep the next
morning a scrawley note signed
"Marth." which merely said she wasn't
an orphan and hoped he would forgive
her; there was a little money, too, en-
closed in the note, which that young
man promptly sent to the heather.
Only a few years have passed since
then, but Martins teeth are black and
She sits al day in the doorway of the
Flanderses' shanty, wearing a mans
hat and smoking a pipe.-Boston Tran
script.
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are Thin from poor food and weather
b.rdsbins Ii is walk. walk! work,
work work. drive, drive, drive!
I'm that city lives one man, a real
mani He saws 10 himself, we should
have steam power here. We should
have cars that run themselves! We
should have mills to grind our corn!
We should have power for little facto-
ries to keep our girls and women busy.
Their money now goes away from us
when they want dresses. 1t is pay
ont and pay out! Nobody buys any
thing of us! Oh, Providence, show me
way
with all his saved capital-not very
much-with all the money he can Dor
row-and oh. what interest they ask
biml He gets few thousand to-
eether.He builds a little railroad. He
nuts ND a small factory. He starts
numberless little home industries.
The hum Of the wheel is heard in the
town and there are people going quick
IN and cheerily from one place to an
other-there is business in this town.
But the man who planned II all! he
has worked aud worried. He has seen
the sun rise over the hills many a
night before he has sought sleep. He
has seen himself beggared and dishon-
ored a thousand times. But now
now success is his. His little invest
ments are paying him money. He has
paid back what he owed. He has
drawn others in the business with him.
He has made capitalists of men who
never thought to own a dollar unham-
pered pr thoughts of the morrow. He
is the rich man Of the town Now who,
who Of an those who have watched
him. viii begrudge him one iota OF his
rest2 But back of all this the man
himself sees a Providence as certainly
as ne sees the fruit of his works.
Without having had this Providence
to guide him he would have found
cred at some point aside from the
right path. when dollars in plenty
lay 10 the left of il. would have been
too great for him without Providence.
This. then. Is Providence in business.
II had 10 take my choice Of begin
ming again either with q million dol
lars or with Providence should choose
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the latter The million would last not
much longer than a 10-cent piece, but
with Providence TO look out for me and
suggest ways and means should
soon be able TO look roll of money
sQuarely i'm the face.
Honesty is a business coin not often
fn great demand among those VINO are
starting out. IN get success by hook
or by crook is the too frequent re-
mark But when it comes by crook
magic that brought il.
With an this honesty there must go
wonderful sagacity. Many an honest
man looks for employment to-day.
He contents himself with walking the
street and saying to his friends Il
never stole a dollar in my life instead
of sitting himself down upon a park
bench to do five minutes of the hard
est thinking he ever did in his life.
Then q year Of the hardest work he
ever did i'm his life. Honesty isn't
worth much without something back
of &c. To is the cannOn-ball Of trade
and business of all kinds. but it must
be sent forth with might and precis-
ion. Without these il is a great use
less hulk
When was a lad 1 worked hard,
made the right change and thought a
great deal. When I got to be a man
had a chance TO swing around in the
orbit of my thoughts. To other young
men beginning I would say think a
great deal-never stop thinking; plan
, e--eo+ raal -poy-or sion Manning
Work hard an the while, be strictly
honest and. as sure as the sky is above,
Providence is looking ont for YOU with
rich reward.
RUSSELL SAGE.
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Narth did not soon become recon
cleI 10 the loss Of Maudie. There
were whole feds Of pumpkins, TO be
sure. but weeks of searching did not
disclose one which appealed TO her. anG
she Rugged the apron which had clothed
her lost doll closer, and Whimpered be-
meath her breath for God TO send Mauule
back.
one summer, when Marth was grown
tall and awkward, she su,ked mo the
village school. She did not take TO
books readily, and it hurt somewhat TO
be called "a Flanders but she master
ed the alphabet before she gave IL up.
One day Jim came into school TO see hil
gal" He was drunk, but that she did
not mind so much as that he should
steal the dinner basket and books from
the one little girl who had befriended
her. She cried a little over the primer,
which mad been loaned her, before she
put it back in the teachers desk that
night.
She did not go TO school again, but
spent her time mostly, sitting in the
doorway of the shanty, looking across
the graveyard, and wishing the jail
not Jim Flanders.
was further away, and her father was
Unusually reckless must have been
the Flanderses. for It came about one
summer that, with the exception Of
Martin. they. an unbrOken family, were
soj0Wning in the county jail.
Thirty miles Tin the opposite direc-
ton from the temporary home of
WTm-Henry and the Old mani was not
far for Mrth TO walk. and it brought
her to Clark,0wn. Here 1t seemed that
the gods who had refused TO turn her
/ father into Squire Bachelor, for, in
answer 70 her prayer, please, Lord.
make lady out OF a winder and tell ma
20 come in and wash her dishes, forever
and ever. amen. she was accOsted by
the Tabor sisters, who. in great distress
were trying to get Old Sp0oney to take
/ his head from among the apple bOughs
and trot along as he should. Without
doubt, SpOony was surprised into obed-
fence, for Co have a long legged girl
crawl along his back and pull his ears
and take apples out of his mouth was
a new experience.
For this timely assistance the TabOrs
were duly grateful, and Martn was in
vited TO ride. Ii may have been that
my heroine was nervous from fasting,
and her long walk. or perhaps the little
woman seethed oyerrustful, thus APP
pealing 10 the romantic in her. for GER
tain it is that she rOmanced dreadfully
in reply TO their kindly questions.
Before the Tabor cottage was reached
she was told that she might try the
homework for the sisters.
One night Miss Lucinda was Mortified
to find a drunken tramp in the kitchen
with his feet on the table: Marth was
/ pressing bundle into his hands The
man staggered out of the house grin
ming mal.c!Ous,y. while Marth. with q
Jny red spot on either cheek, hurried
about her work.
Marth did not come to the sitting
room that night to the reading.
They're stole" she made answer,
/ when Miss Nancy intimated that an
/ other gown would better become her az
/ the dinner table and the most d:ligent
! search could not produce a shred OF
/ clothing belonging 10 the girl.w
/ In the days that followed Martins
/ step lost sons hing Of its ightness. and
/ her eyes became shifting and uneasy.
One morning little Later she was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-25
"THE FLANRERSES."
BY Adelaide Lund.

Their shanty stands on the cold
Road. in the outskirts of Crow Hollow.
To was once as a shoemaker's shop, and
boasts of but one room, but the happi-
ness of the Flanderses depends to no
great extent upon space.
An air of general decay has settled
heavily upon the cabin. which seemstO
be shrinking into the earth. The win
dow is broken and stuffed with RAGS
and a hat or TWO. the shingles are fall
ing off and the settling OF one corner
suggests that a high wind would COM
plete its demolition.
It's one window OverlO0ks the grave
yard; and no night. when the miSts from
the valley are rising. and the whip
p0or-wilS are calling back and forth, it
IS q lonely pace indeed
jim the founder of the family. tramp
ed into Cow Hollow (1rOm no one knew
wherel and took possession Of the hut
more than forty years ago. He was re-
peatediy invited 20 vacate by the towns
people. but he grinned at them for thes
trouble, ana ShO- their dogs. and per-
sisted i'm staying.
Here he LACED and tiddled away the
days and nights except when ne visit
ell a villagers hencoop. or, by the way
Of diversion (after drinking bis fill of
bad whiskey). smashed a ne,ghbor's
window, or held up" an offensive far
mer for a gallon Of cider.
One morning. after a tribe Of gypsies
had left the Hollow. q red checked
young woman wearing a mans hat was
seen frying pork IN a camp k;ttle at thN
rear Of Jim'S Shanty. while he. with a
conspicuous black eye and a missing
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-25
sLIGHTLY CoNFIRMATORY.

do you believe in reincarceration?"
asked the mysticist.
"N-no," was the hesitating -eply;
although I must say there are some
things that point to the truth of the
theory. Every time Spain kills lot of
Cubans they all seem to turn up again"
EXCHANGE.
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TOLD on NE LAVE DIR. MCOSH-

1t is related of the late DR.. MoCosh. o.
Princeton College, that one night ne
hurried over the doromitory to suppress
some merry students who were making
a great noise. He raped, but received
no reply. A second time he hammered
on the door and demanded Ambulance.
who's there?"
ITS me, President McCosh."
You're a liar" was the reply. eff YOU
were old Jimmy you would say 1t is l. 4"
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A WISE BOY.

It is a wise boy who knows just what
20 do in an emergency.
First Boy dropping in for a CALI
What are you doing with your hat and
coat and big boots on in the house?
Second Boy-Mamma is putting
things to rights, and l want to keep
these where I can find 'em.
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'BAN HANBER. :"
Frederic Mason Tells All He Knows
About It.

More Flirting Than at Newport,
Saratoga, or Atlantic City-Sym-
phonies in White and Pink That
Almost Stop the ClOuds-Nymphs
Of the Sea in Heavenly Tinted
Bathing Suits.
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Miss Black-Mose Yallerby, yo' hab
such provokin' ways sometimes dat l
wish Id nebber accepted your proposal.
Nh Yallerby (gently)-Mebbe, Dinah,
mebbe: but remambah, it's de sweeter-
est paint oh de watermelyOn OATS full
crest of seeds!-New York Truth.
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CONTEMPLATION

scores a bulls eve on the target
faction. if our display Of turn
pens 20 he the bright and SHIN
of this steady fire OF gazing.
Orr goods provoke serious .1
purchase. just as the magnet
It's like drawing a prize. J2o.
one of our furniture parl
gives us a draw on buyers,
the engine on the train. 10"
TO secure a full house, from
pointo view, for a moderate
Stock is always a mirror OF u.-
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PROVIDENCE and MONEY.
Russell Sage Tells How the Former
Plays an Important Part

In Big Money-Making-Honesty a
Business COin-HOw the Great
Financial Names Went to Work
and How They Climbed to Their
Success.
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Bangor, August %.

She can wear our shoes and Jackets,
our collars and cravats;
She can wear our trousers.
And the latest style of hats.
Each mannish fad and fancy
She copies If she can,
But she cannot raise a mustache
or grow whiskers like a man
New York World.
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Fuddy-They sail into the theatre
as big as Billy, and I'll bet anything
Ithey came in on a pass.
Duddy-On a pass, Ell? Then why
not say, instead of sailed in, that they
skulled in?-Boston Transcript.
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wish I'd nebber accepted your proposal.
Nh Yallerby (gently)-Mebbe, Dinah,
mebbe: but remambah, it's de sweeter-
est paht oh de watermelyon OATS full
crest of seedsl-New York Truth.
Fuddy-They sail into the theatre
as big as Billy and I'll bet anything
Ithey came in on pass.
Duddy-On a pass, Ell? Then why
not say, instead of sailed in, that they
skulled in?-Boston Transcript.
"a woman" said Blaggins, disconso-
lately, will argue, but she wont rea-
SON"
"That." replied his wife, serenely,
"is why she will be a success in poll
tics"
what do you mean?"
"She will never be logical candi-
date. "-Washington Star.
Temperature of wineries should be
about 65 degrees by night and 70 de-
grees by day. Ventilation when the
thermometer registers 20 degrees, and
close when the temperature falls be-
low JudJ punt
Light. single railroads on which
large wheelbarrows run are beginning
to be used on French farms. The rails
are fastened to small iron crosspieces,
the ends joined by fish-plates, and can
easily be put in place and removed.
The trucks can be drawn by horses or
men. and are balanced by a heavy
crowbar, held by the man who pushes
them.
NJ. Louis Coulon, a lawyer, residing
in MOntlacon. France, began shaving
when he was twelve years old, owned
a beard a foot long by the time he
had reached fourteen, and it now meas
ures nearly eight feet in length. I'm
fortunately he stands less than five feet
six inches, and for this reason M. COu
lon is compelled to wear his marvellous
beard in coils around his neck.
Moltkes strategy at Gravelotte and
st. Priyat is severely criticised by
person named Fritz Hoenig. Hoenig
saws that Moltke neglected to recon-
hotter the ground personally before the
battle; that he was injudicious in his
choice of headquarters, and. conse-
quently. lost control of his subordinate
commanders: that the mistakes were
due, probably, to his extreme age and
the excessive Difference paid to him.
The old man got there, all the same.
In Hattlesburg, Miss, of late,
lynching party waited upon one John
son, a negro. who had in some way in
ficted wound upon its moral sensi-
bilities, and politely gave him the priv
ilege of selecting the mode in which
he would ratherslain. They were pre-
pared to burn, hang, or shoot him.
but recognized his right, and were
generously willing TO concede to him
the privilege of choosing between
them. He choose the latter, and the
local journal extols the neat manner
in which the job was done and the
fine polieness which accompanied all
of its stages Upward of 500 shots
were fired at the victim. and it is re-
cited, with pride, that the markman-
ship did credit to the region.
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MONDAY, SEPT. I'd, s BICYCLE RACES
FOURTEEN TR0TTlNG PACING AND RUNNING RACES
DURING The WEEK.

Prot Nash's Running Combination VIII
give two exhibitions each day, one OF the
finest attractions in the country.
Fine exhibit OF Class ii orsrs. Cattle' Hheep'
SWINE. Poultry. Agricultural Implements,
Farm Products and numerous special attrac-
fiDU@
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"a woman" said Blaggins, disconso-
lately, will argue, but she wont rea-