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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

last autumn. It was part of the fall
baking" which wedding-cake makers
keep always on hand. After being
made, it was wrapped up and put away
to wait for the order of good custom
er. Il takes several months to season
a good cake after it is baked, hence it
is that the baking of the autumn is
prime now.
HARRISON'S PYRAMID.
This cake is made into pyramid.
The pyramid is accomplished by plllng
one cake on top of another until the
top layer is little cake the size OF a
dinner plate. The bottom one in this
case is as big as a cart wheel. Icing is
then put over the pyramid until IL
looks like a large white round mound Oh
snow drifted to the top of hillock.
The cost of a cake like this is either
sixty or seventy cents pound. II you
want to pay the latter price you can.
Nothing is made any better than the
best wedding cake, and though you be
king or queen, eX-President or Alder
man. you can get no better. There are
raisins. currants, -four and spices, and
plenty of citron and plums, and further
than that it is impossible to go. If you
nut other things into cake it ceases
to be wedding cake" It may be Offset
with angel food, or served with nut
and cream cakes fanking it, but
wedding cake is the same the world
over.
The bird that does the talking about
the Harrison wedding cake says it cost
about $3.50 and that it is surmounted
with a wedding bell and is profusely
trimmed with scrolls and flowers done
in paste. The flowers are not to eat
but the scroll work is, and the good
caterer who places the cake in the box
after the bride has stuck a carving
knife into it, knows that each box must
have a corner of the sugared rim or
scroll 10 be complete.
The wedding cake industry is one that
wages unhaggingly all the year 1t is
apparently busiest in the autumn when
the cakes are baked. Then great pans,
ranging in size from a cart wheel down
to a dishpan and a size smaller are
filled with the dough and slid into big
ovens to bake and bake until the tradi-
tional straw that is run into them comes
UP as hot and as dry as burnt broom
corn. Then the cakes are done.
They are taken out of the oven,
wrapped up in tissue and cloth, and set
away by men and maids to get spicy.
This is when the spices get all through
the -four and fruit, so that all tastes
alike. whether il be bit of dough or
the choicest morsel OF citron in the mix
ture. All is richness and spiciness.
$3.50 FOR AVERAGE BRIDES.
When a cake is ordered the bride or
groom selects the size. The ccmmonest
one is four-pound cake. This is as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05


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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
STILL GUESSING.

The other day a Hibernian son of toll
was strolling i'm his working clothes
up Twenty fourth street. and. caught
10y the glitter Of the Hoffman House
museum. of whose attractions he had
heard. attempted to enter but was stop
ped by the bouncer on guard at the
door. who said it was a place for gen
uemeD." Paddy was a little rufled at
this re5Ur. but said
"Au right, me- hearty. I'll get in any
way" and then went or In a couple
% hours he returned, shaven and shorn
and decked Our i'm his Sunday clothes
and sailed 10y the gentleman at the door
with o. smile OF triumph. He looked
at an the CuriOs. saw the wheels go
round. was shocked at the nymphs and
did the place generally. He then
sauntered up 10 the bar and called for
q cocktail The bracing beverage was
put uD TO him and after drinking it
with gus-o ne laid down 20 cents.
which the bartender passed over TO the
cashier and went on with his polishing
opera tons while his customer hung
around and appeared TO be waiting for
something.
After the pause the fluid dispenser
said. "AuthiD' else2'
"Are change" answered Paddy.
NO change: we charge % cents for
a mixed drink" was the reiOiner.
"a Micks drink. said the Hibernian.
Am who FOLD We me buckO. that / was
a mick Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

large as a dinner plate. Il doesn't
sound very large for wedding cake, but
this is the average cake, and the aver
age bride can afford no more. The cost
is about sixty cents a pound or $3.50 for
the cake and then comes the icing and
trimming The icing costs dollar or
so, and makes the cake look twice as
big and the trimming actually swells 1t
into grandeur
The ornament on top, which is part
CT the wedding cake Of to-day, is mat
ter OF selection. For $40 you can get
very fine little Cupid, with an anvil in
his hands. He pounds upon a sugar
wedding bell, with the result that ANU
steal instrument hidden in its sugared
depths begins to play the LOhengrin
march and follows it up wiki the popu-
lar airs of The day One of these was
just made for New York wedding.
AS wedding cake, like the bicycle OF
Daisy Bell fame, is built for two, the
ornaments have a dual consideration.
You see a bride and bridegroom in front
of a Cupid parson. The bride wears
real silk and tulle, but the bridegroom
is of black sugar paste. Again, you see
very beautiful pair of hearts, joined
by an arrow shot from the bow of smil-
ing Cupid, who hangs himself up near
by to watch results.
The cost of a very small ornament is
$3.50. And this is not so tiny either.
1t will tower above the cake six inches
and spread out in most attractive
array.
Ornaments ordered by people with a
little money to spend stand three feet
high. The most popular is bell with
Marriage" upon it and a fine sugar
clapper The bell is gorgeously trim
med with sugar flowers, and from all
directions come Cupids and birds OF
sugar to attend the first chimes. A cake
two feet high, with all this upon it, can
be found for S25, with each sugar plum
warranted real. And this price is low
when you consider that a few years ago
the Ornament was the heaviest cost Of
the marriage feast, and the obstacle
over which the brides father hung with
persistent reluctance
WASHINGTON WEDDINGS.
Many of the fashionable weddings Of
Easter, notably of Washington and New
York, will have a cake decorated with
wedding colors. Suppose this to he
pink. The cake is baked and iced aid
placed upon the centre OF the dining
. table. In the top of it is set a silver or
cut-glass vase, and this is filled with
pink dollhouse roses. This style is
much admired by every body, except
the caterer who supplies the ornament
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
HAWAIIAN FRUITS.

The ohia, or Malay apple, is COM
mon timber tree Of the Hawaiian ISL
ands, though not peculiar TO that To-
cality. On the Island Of Maui Is
mammoth orchard Of wild ohlas. eA-
tending from the sea 10 the mountains
and measuring twenty miles In length
by from five TO ten miles in width
The trees are from forty TO fifty ieet
in height some of the largest yieldihg
nearly fifty pounds Of fruit, the lO,1l
crop being said TO be sufficient 10 Ill
fleet OF one hundred steamers. ne
beautiful crimson or white appies'
however are unfit for transportation,
as they last but a short time lh soou
condition.
Near the Volcano House. on the i.iana
Of Hawaii. are great thicket5 o. Tue
obelo. or Hawaiian hucklebNTy 'la'-
cinium reticulatum), which me hali' -
consider sacred to Pele. me e'uu.'
who is supposed 10 preside over mo
famous crater Of Kilauca, ana which,
together with white pigs ana ch.ch .,.lI
are thrown by them into the DoI'lnb
red lake during an eruption ID APP
pease the wrath Of the aggressive uail =,
and thus cause the rivers ~ ava 10
cease flowing on their desTuc'l'e
course. .-., t,-,
These berries grow I'm clusters on low ''.
bushes right on the very Drin" VI NO
birthstone beds. and are so numerous '5
that a bushel may be easily gd'noleu
in half an hour. In appearance Ia ~
somewhat resemble a cranberry anu ns
the favor is pleasantly suggea.,lt,c ~, VI
grapes.-Popular Science monthly iot
April.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

To his mercenary eye the vase of pink
roses is an unworthy substitute for the
sugar bell
There has for a long time been
large import trade in wedding-cake
decorations The very finest paste and
sugar ornaments have come from
abroad. Paris, Berlin and Vienna send
ing them TO this country. The foreign
wedding-cake decoration are the work
of fine artists and are worth preserving
as a good piece Of sugar sculpture.
The difference between the work at
home and that abroad, is that the for
eign decorator makes his ornaments
eXquisitely fine. You can examine them
infinitely and not find a grain of sugar
misplaced, or a wipe Of paste too deep.
This care is exercised throughout the
making of the decorations until, when
completed, they are frail, but marvel
lous works of sugar art
The home wedding cake artists
strive after effect. They model with
the hands quickly or cast it in a mould
Their work is a thousand times as
pretty from a distance. And is more
acceptable for a room full Of people
who must view it over each others
shoulders. The foreign cake is too min
ute in workmanship TO be appreciated
except by the select few Of the bridal
party. But these can forever preserve
the work as wedding souvenir Both
kinds Of workmanship thus far have
their own advantages.
The wedding-cake industry is agrOw-
ing now. Scarcely any one now but has
a marriage cake. If you look over the
Bureau of Vital Statistics. until YOU
come to the marriage list, you can put
down the result as the number Of we'd
ding cakes made during the year, so
few there are who do not have cake.
GROOM'S CAKE.
The groom's cake is smaller one
than the brides, and may have any tiny
decoration upon H. Few weddings have
a grOom's cake, but there are old set
tiers and foreigners who preserve the
Independent custom Of two cakes. The
cuts from the groOms cake are taken
by his relatives "tO dream upon and
the slices from the brides cake by her
relatives. The two cakes are shared
alike by friends.
The style in wedding cakes changes a !
little. A few years ago there were many
square cakes. Now there are none bu.
round ones. If a very large wedding
cake is TO be made 70 is baked in quar-
ters and put together carefully. The
four pans that bake the four quarters
are shaped irregularly as the quarter Of !
a round cake must be. In olden days
there would have been several square
ones baked and made into a great
square cake, but now the wedding cake
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
BAD BILLS BREAK.
How a Revival Was Suddenly Closed in
a KANSAS Town.

HOW Il IltNlNdl w do Ouhl4full NlUHcu III
a Kansas Town.
bad Bill was a well known charac-
ter in the west. and there are many
stories told of his exploits. but one Of
the best mas never been printed, and
was related Ia a Washington Star re-
porter by man who was present when
it occurred.
Great Bend, Kas., now one Of the best
towns in the State. was at one time
about the worst. This was when it
was a railroad terminus before Dodge
City was established.
A travelling reYivalist went 10 Great
Bend and tried to start revival. There
were a few Christians IN town and these
all attended the firSt meeting. -o1rrr'
one of the unregenerate present being
Bad Bill" who took a from, sat Every
one feared trouble when he walked into
the church, but hc sat quietly during
the eXhOrtation. The evangelist re-
quested all who wanted TO 20 to heaven
to stand up and every person present
except Bill arose. When they were
seated again Bill got up and, drawing
two pistols, said:
You all say you want TO 20 10 hcaY-
en-. Now, anything | can do to help
this game along and give pleasure 10
the players I'm in for You all want
to go to heaven and TIL give You as
good a chance as you'll ever have. The
first man that gets up TIT give him a
ticket clear through, without any stop
overs
The evangelist crawled under q seat
and the members Of the congregation
laid on the chairs.
Well" said Bill. 81 sec YOU wasn't
in earnest, so we'll put our the lights
and call this meetin' adjourned One
by one he shot ont the l.gh.s and oy
morning the evangelist was on his way
TO Hutchinson. while the members OF
the congregation kept quiet and made
no further attempts at holding a re-
viYal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

must show tbe never-ending circle Of
true love like the wedding ring
The Harrison wedding cake will stand
trusting the same reliable little cbirner
almost as tail as BENJAMIN himee,f1
with the ornament counted in. And
doubtless a piece Of it will travel 70
all political friends, whether thew he
Democrats or rivals for honors nnon
tine same field as that upon which the
groom may fight, while the scent Of the
wedding cake is yet fresh in the borsa
HARRY GERMANS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

The little bird that flies over the
steeples. chirping tidings down the fire
places. tells with loud notes of the
marvellous wedding cake ordered for the
Harrison nuptals, to take place to-
morrow in church. There will be a
gathering Of friends, few and great,
before or after, and there will figure
the wedding cake that is causing the
bird of comment so much noisy COM
ment.
mis- cake. runs the tale. was made
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
HARRISON'S WEDDING CAKE.
Stands Almost as High as the Groom
Himself.

Has a Sugar Bell Upon It-Great
Cakes for Easter Weddings-Har-
rison's, Baked Last Fall, Is So
Spicy Now That Each Lump of
Dough Tastes Like a Plum Cakes
That Come From Paris and Wen
na-Washington and New York
Florists Trim Cakes With Roses
for Pink or White Weddings.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

give them a happy day, and make the
year to come a better one-better, be-
cause in it there may be buried these
sins that seem so little, and that mean
so much. Again, say, God bless every
body on Easter morning. All that I
can remember; all that is imprinting
itself on my mind, are the last lines OF
the Easter hymn:
" Till mornings joy shall end the night
of weeping,
And life's long shadows break in cloud
less love"
And dream? Yes. But believe in
dreams; and it seems to me that spec
ial one came to teach some of us to live,
that when we die, and have to spend
those few minutes alone with God,
though we may be afraid, still we need
not fear that we will be judged too
harshly; for in the verdict there will be
considered the temptations and the en-
vironments, as well as the prayers of
the little children, who are pleading
for their mothers. l believe it. Be
lieve that the dream was meant as a les
son to you and your nighbor, and
Bah.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05

say YOU won the bicycle race didn't
you?"
Your name is Walker. isn't it?'
Eyes. ... ,o,cb
"Well. I won the pedestrian ma'o"'
and my name is Ryder +ots
Great Scott, Let's go anu ''Ns
somethingr-Chicago Tribune
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05
PITT HE DIDN'T.

Toody-Mamma, do fairies use - S''' ,.r.,
lf ann child; but why do you
ask? III Mr. Zones
he'd take srou1i to-ln u,, ,oV we're up to
nuff-Washini on Times
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25

officer the badge is proudly displayed, for
these men take 40 risks tbet are likely to
impcril the regularity Of their pay day
/ This is emphasized by the fact that the
original seven members Of The league are
growing fat and cd in the service Of their
masters.
In reality the men are not police, nor do
they perform police duties. They merely
maintain On espionage over their country
men, When they first became actyoagents
in the Chinese quarter Chief Of Police
Crowley was Informed of their objects and
told of the advantages that would accrue
to the department. through their services
They were consequently provided with a
sort OF card Of Identification cr credentials
that they might make themselves known
whenever occasion demanded
The blue coated guardians of the peace
do not regard their Chinese brethren with
a great deal Of favor. Ono veteran officer
who has seen r.uch service in Chinatown
says they are as bad almost as the high
binders themselves and arc Mother orna-
mental Tor useful. Instead Of aiding the
force this officer maintains that they hinder
justice
Once a week the Chinese police report to
the consul general. it is said ID 30 an in
teresting sigh5to FEC them going to the big
bricl; dwelling On Stockton street, where
thu consul general lives, to make their re-
ports. With their polls clean sEayon, cues
newly Traded and wearing tier Lest
Llouscs, they enter the portals, and with
many a saluain and kow tow give an nc
count Of thor work Of the preccding week
Then, with indre soraping and moro bows,
q cup Of ten and sometimes something
stronger, they Depart toresume their labor
San francisco Chronicle
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25

5rom Franklin City.
,Goinp North read down. Going South read "a

d. FKEEEKr, General superintendent,
r. L HOLIDAY SuDerinte dent
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25

"a" stops 70 leave passengers from Wilmington
ana points north, o. take passengers for points
south Of Delmar'
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
Leave Wilmington > 10 \. m, and 9.tl m. daily
and gfs II Is a. m. $50. 1870, 615, and 65S p ~.
week days Leave New Castle ESQ a. m. and
fOl8 D. m. daily. S3i, 9-i5- ll.Os am. lilo
5.8B, ga and 7.22 pm. week days
Express trains leaving Harrington 500 a, m.
and arriving at 6.g4 0. IN weekdays run through
solid to and frem Baltimore, via Porter ana
Newark.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25

Is it possible that the canny Scotsman
Is developing a faster tendency toward
madnesg Chan his more southern brother
in pnftiJnlar or the rest Of the world in
general? Perhaps tic national character
istic Of "closoness'' may he only another
symptom Of tie disease which has hitherto
escaped the cataloguing OF tho physician
who is frequently called upon to assert
that that undue liboraliiy which dogener-
atcs into a condition of spendthriftness is
evidence Of a mental unsoundness
Certain it is that tho number Of mad
people is increasing rapidly in Scotland
when compared with tho increase of tho
population This years report states that
the number Of lunatics is Il, O03.
Less than 80 years ago there were only
1894 mud people in that portion Of the
kingdom. They have thus increased be-
tween S, OO0aud 9, 00Oin the period named
In other words, the lunatics have multi
piled By about 140 per cent, while tie
population has increased So per cent dur
ing tho same period. -Pearson's Weekly.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25
SAN FRANCISCO cHINAMEN
They Havo a Police Force OF Their own
20 WaIoh nigl. binders.

They Havo Police Force OF Their Own
to Watch Hlsl' binders.
One Of the pecnliar features of the in
ternal administration Of affairs in the Chi
nese quarter was developed during the re-
cent agitation over the expected raid Of
highbinders. 1t was nothing more or
loss than body ot regularly organized
police who patrol tho Chinese quarter and
report regularly to tho head men of the
companies and consul general the doings
Of their countrymon
Some three years ago, when tho high-
binders broke ont i'm one Of their tends
tho merchants Of tho Chinese quarter de-
termined to.Obtain protection from these
lawless gentry, and as a result the Aler-
chants law ana Order league was organ
, lied. Il is purely Chinese in its organiza-
ton and regime, and the men who com
pose It are respected among tho Chinese as
much as any Of their other officials.
Tho life Of a Chinese policeman, even
when "constabulaFy duty's to 10 done. "
is an easy enc. They do not wear uni
forms, have no regular beats but are here
there and everywhere Matters i'm tle
chinese quarter are conducted in a man
ner different from those Of other portions
va NAif WY ~ - dH ulhtl an empire With
in itself as any Part Of the Celestial cn,-
piro. In consequence the Chinese police
are a feature as Indigenous to tho district
as the lottery or opium dem
Each OF tho elk companies, into which
the Chinese colony is divided. contributes
one or more Of these police officers The
number to which each is entitled is regu-
lated by the membership or families hold
ing allegiance to that company. In most
cases only ono man has been appointed
from each, and the total numberis now
segen the same Hs at the time of the Or
ganizatiou, A salary of $50 % month is
paid, and the place is considered a sine
cure.
One Of the principal duties Of these Chi
neso police is % Keep track Of the worst
When one of the latter be-
gins 70 got offensive and declares himself.
The Chinese police keep close watch upon
him, ard ~ hen the orders como from head
quarters that the higlhlnder las gone far
enough, oneo Of thoregular palico is notified
II warrant is sworn out, the highbinder