Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-10

ted up IN blue and gold. Itis4Ob nv an
feet In size and ova in shape. Mos, ~
the rooms in the first floor of the Wbirs
House look as coy and homeltke "a the
Brooklyn bridge.
would hate to keep house there and
that Is one reason why have so mar.
sistently rejected all offers from NV
friends which In any way associated nv
name with the Presidency.
The other day among those waiting "a
greet the executive and shake him bv
the hand was plain man with Uallid
eyes aud IS carat hair. de had brought
mis- wife. aud she had brought the baby
The baby was new thing, even To tbe
parents, aud il was trying to look stern.
ly at the chandelier. but It's neck was 50
timber that every little while the objsc,
| escaped.
The child had evidently been convey.
cd for g long distance through the cold.
for It's chin was completely raw from
exposure. II had a bottle with nothing
in It but space, and ever and anon tho
poor thing made hungry grab az the
cork, while the mother locked over the
costumes OF other callers and mentally
put price on them.
Mr.. Cleveland no doutt ENJOYS meet
ing his fellow citizens, Dut as general
thing be does not expect them 10 report
| 10 him as soon as they are born.
or course society in Washington must
! of necessity be- somewhat mixed. es-
pacially where it is Of an Official charac.
ter and rubject to almost constant
change, but even here think the line
should be drawn somewhere; and II
would be good plan TO admit no one
into society until after christening.
A. the Presidents New Years re-
ceplion this year one gent appeared In
| a neat fitting swailOwtail ana foil even
! ing dress. Ii is only fair 10 say here
! that even the servants 40 the White
/ House declined 10 recognize bin.
! We must do something 10 suppress
| this sort OF laWlessHess, or Other nations
will poke fun AZ us. I attended L
| funeral once when one OF the pallbear-
ers, young man VINO had not yet ma
circulated very much, wore tau shoes,
a silk hat and a sweater.
Such things as that awake the deri-
sion and contumely Of eiete dynasties
I and reveal the facts that our ancestors
! In Great Britain, prior 30 the invasion
/ by the Romans, ran wild In sac marshes
where London aow stands, ate saails,
/ shells and all, wers nothing but FUR
! boa (ln winter and shot each other
| with crOss.guns.
! Letthose who wish to do so trace with
! patient industry their wayering aud
wabbly lineage back 10 the May floweri
but, As for ne, | am mighty willing 10
| let OygOnes be 6Yg0nes.
! Ever STAGE the nuDt,als Of POcabontas
| there has been strain of Indian blood
among she f. L. VS., and doubtless no
| body born under q republican form OF
! govern ment could DO more naughty on
sllghter propagation than those who
traced their lineage back 10 lLo tepee
of Powbatan. or the original life saving
station established By Pocah0nta&
Pocahontas. it is said, never wore
corsets, never shut Off The view OF the
stage by means OF a war bonnet, with
the carcass OF a dead bird VA is, never
| bought Christmas presents from people
whom she loathed, nor loaded q Christ
mas tree with glucose candy and ash
|
waited Till her husband got into bed and
then asked him TO bring ia the pIeauder.
! After Mr.. R0iis got bald she dld not
use his nairbrush and leave her long
dark tresses thereon 10 tickle his.
pnrenology. =
Colonel Cornuc0pia j. Wigwamf
Virginia claimed 20 belong 10 a dlstaus
way to the POcahontas band OF hostiles,
and one day be said in an i'm Qresslye
way 10 Major Borax, a rival who De-
lonVs TO the other family Of which Nlr-
ginia is composed:
"Sir, have the blood OF Pocahontas
Ia my veins"
Never mind. Colonel said BorOx,
81 shall honor your confidence, sir l
shall never repeat iJ 90 auy one, sir.
II am native Of Virginia, said
very bright Washington woman the
other evening, "but am white"
Last week / assembled tie Washing
ton monument 1 do not claim any
special credit FOR doing 20, because
there Is an elevator which goss TO tue
TOP everv half hour, aud I rode.
The site FOR this great o5elisk was
/ chosen by Washington himseiL The
monument is hollow inside and it will
no doubt some day be worked up Into
flats. 1t Is the only place 20 Washing
ton, except the dome Of the Capital aud
Washington's tomb, not utilized Tor
| lodgings Ia morning paper you see
such little sdlets as these:
FURNISHED room, cor. W St. ana
! Arizona avenue, northwest. Nice qu'eJ
place, facing the cemetery. Good board
with the family IL desired. Adyan-
tages OF home life and Interchange Oh
views with Intelligent people. Only si5
per month. Suitable for member OF
Congress"