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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

nor more plentiful where lakes abound,
as here.
One of the persons discussing a pos
sible flower parade at Asbury suggested
many novel ways of trimming with Ill
lies. One way was to obtain that ia
vorite of the flower parade, an express
wagon, and stand poles erect at the four
corners. Each pole would have a great
bunch Of lilies tied upon the top with
lilies falling in a trail at the sides. Inc
rear end of. the express wagon would Dc
treated similarly, and inside, upon little
benches twined with lilies, would SIT
pretty girls, posing as certain Well
known floral characters Of mythology
and legend and play.
Newport is to have flOwer-wheelinS
parade. One Of these was planned TOT
the Hudson river last spring, but the
rains came and muddied the roads, ana
bv the time the rains had cleared soci-
etv had disappeared Nevertheless the
Misses Morton and Mrs. Aston, all most
enthusiastic wheel women, ana WheeI
with flcwer-decked bicycles along the
new Astor Boulevard and we'll along the
river. Several of these flower paraaes
took Mace last summer on bicycles, but
they were nothing to what will be seen
mis- wear. If society can be mustered
cut en- masse 10 ride down Bellevue ave
nue.. Newport, as they raced down II
last summer, the sight will be one to be
cbronic,ed in floral parade history. At
present the more ardsnt Of the cyclists
and flower lovers are agitating it. IL
will not fall through, but how large 1t
will be cannot be told until August.
PACIFIC COAST FETES.
Along the Pacific coast, where they
can make hedges of Gala lilies and
grow roses wild, the flower parades are
so beautiful that Their is no realization
of them away. As well look at a pic
lure of angels in a cloud heaven and try
to imagine the real thing as to picture
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

81 wish he would not talk about
graves" murmured the young lady
aforesaid; 1T is ghastly enough without
that
All was still as it could be-" resumed
she story teller intuitiyely changing his
smile. for he had not apparently heard
what was said. All was still as it could
be. but all of sudden my ears were
pierced by a sharp click"
And so it was burglars and they must
have been right in your room too" re-
remarked the young chap with the big
hsaded cane. Did they kill you? No,
of course they didn't do that; but did
they-what did they do, anyway
"Hush" exclaimed the young lady
with the fluffy hair. "Oh, dear! It
makes me crawl all over. l can see 1t
ala one of the horrid creatures was out
side with the horse and wagon, and the
other, the biggest and the most fero-
eious one, had got into the house with a
billy or jimmy or one of those awful
Ehings they give pet names to, and there
me was tanding over you with a pistol
in his hand, and"
Not exactly" broke in the man with
the blonde moustache. After little
began to understand the situation"
"Aad you leaped out of bed and laid
the miscreant dead at your feet?" sug-
gested the girl, who has aspirations for
the stage.
NO; why should -" replied Blonde
Moustache, COR indeed, how could 1?
When l heard a second click l got onto
rhe racket. 1t was Urlibird's confound-
ed lawn mower. He's the greatest fell
low you ever saw for getting Up hours
hefore daylight and pushing that beast
ly lawn mower of his all over his place. -
And so it wasn't burglars after ALL"
murmured the young lady who awhile
ago had felt herself unequal to hearing
the story.
Another young lady expressed the
opinion that it was real mean" and
take it all around, Blonde Moustache
would better have kept his yarn to him
self.-BCStOn Transcript.
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THE NIGHT BRIGADE.

One two three, tum a lum. lum, lum-
Mn hin hurrah! the soldier boys nave
come
And the drummer boy in red,
Leading round the trundle bed,
With his grandma's carpet supper,
or the l0ng-handle Upper,
Beats a lively rat. tat, tat,
As they charge upon the cat
And they rOut II
Ard they scout II
With their pistol. sword and gun.
on what can a kitten do when the soldiers
come but run?
One. two. three tum a lum. lum, lum-
Charge, charge, charge, the soldler boys
have come
Private Bunting. gay Of manner,
Laughing waves his stocking banner
Ard the Jolly Captain Buster
Fires his mighty feather buster
At the grim Major Thomas Thumb
Who had aimed his poker gun,
Dut his cap
Failed to snap.
And the major, sadly wounded, falls upon
the tTundle bed,
And there beats muffi5d tattoo on the
dipp5r for the dead
One. two, three. tum a lum, lum lum-
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the weary soldiers
come
Marching round the trundie he'd;
Sleepy mods the captains head,
And the private, with the flag,
With the rear command DOES lag
In the nurses arms between
Drinking from the old canteeA,"
And the slipper,
On the dippsr
With It's martial airs is done,
For the drummer boy in red lies asleep
upon his drum.
WILL S. RICHARDSON.
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cites. but the north and cooler ATTITUDES
| in the middle Yves, have the satlsiac'lou
/ of knowing that their blossoms Keep
/ longer without fading, and so are FeaHy
I finer for a floral parade.
THE LEMON DRIVE.
The T.anox Flower Fete, which CLAIMS
~ H. -be first established One-thouga
II is likely that Santa Barbara ante
dates it-takes place in september
r-5is wear il may be earlier-the latter
,,ar, If auo7ist. The autumn used to be
IN lime when society found itself al
mo Parl-sbires. but iatterly there mas
developed q fancy for running away 10
+be hills a few weeks earlier. ne s"lile
with Richfeld. Autumn used 10 Oe tue
ti-,s for ir.now it is summer. And the
pjchfeld flower parade, mucn taiNeu VI
now. will be held then. mood
The Lenox flower parade Is uiau' ca
bv The women. Or, rather, IL Is ulttn-
cod nv the men and the women 70 ,, ~ -.
9oro5ino AS Mr.. Frederick W. Eeo-
III - h. renorted to have said when ASK
u5 10 ~ -,laco his dragein the flower par
ode. 81 will loan the drag anu nc
horses can drag it, but you can ~ 80 %
me INTO the flower parade. anu 1- I',i
Ia went on to elucidate lie "ouIu
decorate the conveyance ana assls. nc
..~o-.,- Girls to their seats in it. but How
erNSecl.ed carriages We're for women.
1,be men would have all they could 90
+,.sr,roino the vehicles and admrlng the
rrocsssiou. Theirs to be the specI1-
tors, u,ao num-
- bols a hundred carriages OF an
I-;n5s !, beautiful woman leads 1t: All
no rrea+ society bellies in turn nave
taken their places at the mead OF vnIS
Drocession. One year a TURKISH W.
man. ershrcUded in floral veil WI"
moIeattendantsoneach side OF her lead
ir, The horses with floral chains. starts
DOWN The wide roadways. Anotner
wear II is a veritable flower girl OF Nice
tbrov-in- her blossoms. And then
cones the regular rank and file the
/ lovely equipages trimmed from morse ;
name TO carriage end with flowers ana d
smiling woman driving
SARATOGA FESTIVAL.
The saratoga flower festival has Ia
ken on more practical form. III - pau =
ticipated in by the school children, who
are allowed to bring up the honoreo
rear after the grandly-decked carriages
have passed. The children cultivate
nIots loaned by the village corporation
every vear-or obtained in some equal
" philanthropic way for floral purposes
and the society girls of the place have
weekly floral sales. All to get funds Tor
the flower fete. This is managed IN an
extensive and luxurious way, and Is
very instructive from the nature OF the
floral floats that pass by
There is talk this year Of having a
flower festival at Asbury Park in con-
junction with Ocsan Grove, the place
adjoining. Flowers are scarce at the sea
S0ore-s0me flowers, but others are
abundant and beautiful. The flower pa
rade plan is to decorate the wagons
with sea weed and MOSES, with shells
and sea things. Other wagons are 10
he trimmed with water lilies and the
noles entwined with their stems. Moth
ing is Shower than these white flowers,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

a Santa Barbara fete when you nave
never seen one. You, TO whom Wllu
rose is a thing painted upon a plaque
and who must fight for your PansleS ,;
can only dream Of a Gala hedge as TAI
as a man walks.
Many very artistic schemes have been
arranged for the production Oh moral
rar9des this summer. 1t certainly does
take money the first year. II all hao
drags and coaches it would be different.
Rut after the twenty-five volunteers,
The vehicles give out, and then there
must be a sinking fund for hiring, TRIM
MING manning with assistants, etc.
The assistants are the small boys the
nao,es the footmen and men attendants
who walk in the ranks OF the parade,
decked with blossoms and carrying pas
kats of them, but actually Keeping the
scared horses in place and on the look
ont for accidents from the falling now
ers. .o,, 4ho
form of a wild battle Of violets, roses
and confetti. Then the sidewalk PED
dIers sell their wares presto! Ana the
smitten in the fray must eat their rose
IeaTes as a penalty. Rose-leaf' violet
and forget-me-not salad is served at all
the restaurants on that day. That's the
latest in Paris. ao
Once started in any place, the flower
rarade becomes feature and lasts for
ever They are now nearly continuous
In tbe summer places. II connected they
would form one long flower chain eX-
tending pretty nearly across the coun-
tr,- And the time for them is near at
nd HERBERT C. CHILDS.
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CROwDNG THE TRUTH.

The old man was leaning over a pine
table labOriOusly making pencil marks
ON @ sheet of white paper.
cts derned hard writin' advertise
ments. Maria, DE said at last, when
you don't know jes' how
"Y0u writ enc las, sumner Hiram.
Cant Won jes COPY itt' she said
"'TwanJ no good" ne answered
shortly. .Ive been loOkiu the matter
up some since then. an iuj / left out
a hun lot Is the old trough down in
the fve-acre lot aI cleaned 0ut?"
"Henry cleaned 10 this m0rnin'," she
said
"An right" he said bending to his
work again. "Iu put I'm good bathin
within easy waikin distance OF the
house"
"Aint that O lie. Hiram?" she asked
d0ubuully.
Course ft amt" he replied promptly.
at would be- lie if said anything
about sW.mmin', but that trough is
good enough tor baJhin, Us the wind
mill workin' ali right?'
"The bows say It's little cranky vet,
but they've got it fixed SOS il works
most OF the time"
he went on with the pencil again. and
q few minutes later he read The follow
ing.
Running water not ten yards from
the door
Maria shook her head.
"lIebbe It's all right she said, "but
it don't seem so Co me. I pose YOU put
tn scmethin' about the lawn. tOO?"
~Of course 1 did" he replied. ct said
It was aaIssTvsy avn .ll., an, almost limit,
less. :. ~ 1s,lt Lawn on board an
sticl.E heg n he Old hay field cross the
road Then I said, Fish within mile,
"Fishr she exclaimed. "There amt
any dshin within twenty miles Of
who's talkin' about fshin'?" he
demanded. II said fish an I know
there's fish at Cy Parker's general store.
not more'n q mile from here, for 1 see
! box of sardines there myself yester-
aI s'pose you've got i'm somethin'
about fine shade trees2' she said re-
siguedly.
~Of course" he answered. 'and that
ain't no lie. either, for you know there's
4 null grove Of them mp the road
wavs. The only thing that kinder hurt
INV conscience was the cool nights
/ reckon that was a straight lie, but
we've cot to lie some IT, We so into the
summer resort business, and they'll
find everything else just as advertised.
And. having thus squared himself
with his conscience. he added some
thing about no mosquitoes, and mailed
the advertisement TO a city newspaper.
Cleveland Plaindeaier.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

You hear strangers abroad speaking
of the flower parades over here Ihelr
own battle Of flowers and floral festivals
Sem TO them trivial after they have
seen a Lenox flower parade or a sara
toga carnival of flowers, or raIesJ Oh al,
q California fete. Their own are snl@I
ever after.
Every year sees these flower festivals
more numerous. This summer towns
one after another. adopt them, copying
each other and with American original
irv getting up new features. There are
six well established ones now, with
many more in the air. This climate
has so many hardy blossoms. and sucn
abundance of floral vegetation, that it is
no wonder that the desire to show on
The flowers spreads. In the warmer
iatrudes in Jersey, where Asbury Park
and Cane Nav lie. and south of Jersey,
there are larger flowers and more Vari-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

LF. samuel WHORE Bennett Still Alive
How n Wrote the Hymn.
I'D 11e qufet little town Of Redmond of
some eight hundred inhabitants, in
Wa-W0rth county on almost the eX-.
IRENE southern boundary of the state
OF Wisconsin, leading the quiet mOnot-
Ollo-s, sel--sacrihcing lie of country
physician, lives one of the post war
l4e poets, Samuel Fillmore Bennett,
he served 'l0r three years of the wdr''
rs Lieutenant Bennett. of the FOrtielh
Wisconsin Volunteers. and his name
la's dropped almost INFO oblivion.
though his song, "Tbe Sweet by and
by. has been sung and heard by near
ly every music loving person in this
and foreisn lands.
Az The time of the inception Of the
song DR.. Bennett had returned from
Ann Arcor llicl.. where DE had gradu-
ated with highest hoEcrs, and had be-
come an atache o. the E,kbOrn indie
pendent writes q Chicago Tribune cor
respondent
lie and @ musical composer, J. p.
Webster long since dead. were friends
inscparable Webster was of q despon-
Gent nature; in many ways an eNtrein-
lsl while Bennett was more cheery.
Webster appeared before his friend one
day. more than ordinarily d0Wnc0st,
when Bennett Inquired, What is the
trouble nCW2"
"ll is no matter: TT VIII De all right by
and by, replied he.
Like an inspiration or O voice from
rr. fha
idea OF The song. The Sweet by and
By Turning to- his desk, writing off
hand with his pencil. I'm less than thirty
minutes De handed Webster the hymn
Worded as IL reads today.
AS BENEFIT handed the words TO Web
ster. TWO friends, S. h. Bright. now a
resident OF Fort Atkinson, and r. H..
CarsweM who long since Joined the
great majority entered the room and lis
tened 10 Webster as he improvised the
music on his violin. hastily jOtting
down The notes on bit OF waste paper.
in less than ten minutes these tOur men
were singing the bymn, The Sweet BY
and By TO an audience of one, II. r.
Crosby. who remarked with tears in his
eyes, Gentlemen chat hymn is immOr-
tal."
Within a few days it was sung by
school children on the streets; then it
was p-5lished as a Sunday School
hymn ana lastly as sheet music, trans
lated in many languages.
Aside from their intrinsic worth and
beauty the words were peculiarly fitted
20 the spirit OF the times in which they
were written, when so many hearts
were socrOwing because of "natiOn's
49, = raatehins tO grasp any comfort
Ting word or melody. with both of which
4 The Sweet BY and BY was replete, a
iaact that doubtless fastened the popu-
'lRrity OF the hymn.
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dar'ced up and down the circle with
crossed hands in a W + that suggested
that when he was \ college, he prob
ably Joined i'm some such innocent
amusement A country parson is to be
piuea lie is expected to be more than
2 saint and less than a man. OF him,
It is demanded that he shall guide
everybody else's children i'm the way
tnaJ they should go and then find time
enough 10 make Young saints Of his own.
1ils VIE must Be mother in Israel,
and yet wear q bonnet mai while il is
not too gay. Doesn't annoy the congre-
sauon by suggesting how mean they
are IN putting out money for the min
ls,er and me L0r& I wouldn't marry a
minister tor-but goodness graciousi 1
oon. believe there is q minister in the
country or the city who would be will
ing TO marry BAB
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05
THE BIG DAM FISH.

The Old Man Gets Things Badly N'y'
You must be on your good aala|
this evening, Henry, for the minister Is
to take dinner with us. said o Morgan
town lady to her worse half as be- -.
home from his Office last Thursd1E
"What have you for dinner? asked
the husband.
"Well, know he IS quite fond 0. DID,
so l bought quite a string of SINAI. r'-
er fish, and several large ones llou ..a
dam"
81 am not much at doing the t.rlr
when we have a minister at the .
said Henry, but | guess we cH
through all right"
Hall an hour later they wer
at the table, and blessine Dad ..A
asked by the minister. 'tt0 A.f-
vously the head of the tab Began ..a-
ing out the vegetables. q uaAs 'o
the guest said
"Will you have some Of 'he h.Ie rV-
er fish, or would you prefer some %. '"'
dam big fish," .,.
The warning kick under 'he table
| from his wife WAS uAA.
knew he had bllnderei, and cold bead
of Precipitation started "t on his for'.
head.
u mean"-trying 10 repair the er"
-"wtl YOU have some Of the dam r.'I
fish or some Of the big fish,
Worse and more Of it! His son " ..
slightly pulled his coat tail to 1-..s
| him to his senses. .n.
"That is, would you like some o. '.
river fish or some Of the other ..-
fish,"
The deep carnation spreading o'"
the coed ladys face didn't mend ha
tiers a bit. and with a gasp he p...-
in once more: ..r
"We.l which of the dam fish a' s."
prefer, anyVay%-klng"ooa A.-
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have done a little. But where is the
fan big enough to cool a city? And
where could it be placed? The ancient
inventor, of the lever who was willing
to move the world, IL he had pedestal
to stand upon, was in no greater guam
dairy than the electric fan man would
be if told to cool town with his fan.
Every year numerous things are pat
ented for making sweltering mortals
comfortable. The Patent Office at
Washington is filed with them. Odd
shaped things they are, and odder in
design and intent
A RUBBER COOLER.
One Of the things that makes people
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05
TERRIFIED BY A LAWN MOWER

Thrilling Experience of Brave YOUNG
Man That Ended in DISAPPOINTMENT
rYes." said the man with the blonde
moustache that was a terrible expert
ence l had that night
And it was really burglars? ASKED
one of the young women with sluu-
der and she looked over her shoulder
with a glance OF terror, as though shs
expected to see behind her a rufilanly-
looking fellow, with a black mask on Ms
face. and a cooked revolvr IN ms hahu.
'PI tell you ali about 1t, repAed the
man with the blond moustaohe. IL was
evident that he understood his business
and did not intend to give away the de-
rouament Chats French, you know, for
"snap'O until he could do it in true dTa-
matte fashion.
"Tu til you all about it," he said.
EVERYTHING was still as death or sup
nose il must have been for | had been
sleeping like a log, when | was suddenly
aroused by a peculiar rumbilng sound
Il was like the noise of an approaching
carriage. 1t grew louder and louoer'
until | kcew it was c.Oss at hand.
1T suddenly occurred to me tnat II
was burglars, and that they had come IN
a wagon the better to get away in a hur-
~ in case of a chase by the police and
,or convenience in carrying off their
plumber.
q leaped up on end in bed and sat
there listening and-yes and trembling,
for the situation was not pleasant"
"Oh, it must have been horr.d! eX-
claimed the young lady who had spoken
before. Il know l shant sleep WINK
tonight"
Il sat listening and listening" COP
tinued the man with the bond nous
tache. but not a sound did hear. All
WAS still as the grave"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

Marjorie was standing at the window
when she saw two little dogs frisking
about in the street and manifestly having
such a good time together that she said to
her father:
Papa, don't you wish you was two lit
tie dogs, so you could have good time en-
joying yourself together? ''-Editor's Draw
er, Harpers Magazine for July.
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NOT THE ANSWER HE EXPECTED

A visitor from Manchester had been in
vited to address the Sunday school.
II am reminded, children" he said "of
the career of boy who was once no larger
than some of the little fellows / see before
me. He played truant when ne was sent
to school, went fishing every Sunday, ran
away from home when ne was ten years
old, learned to drink smoke tobacco and
play cards. He went into bad company
frequented stables and low tap rooms;
finally became a pickpocket, then a forger,
and one day, in a fit of drunkenness, he
committed a cowardly murder. Children, 8"
he continued impressive1, where do you
think that boy is n0w?'
He stands before usr cried the children
as with one voice.-Clips.
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air. The air upon the ground must rise
as the cold air rushes down. This makes
a wind" equal TO the strongest north
wester
That, in simple language, is what hap
pens. In its operation it requires pow
erful machinery for pressure and dell
cate electric apparatus.
The scheme of carrying 1t out is pro-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05
THE ARC LIGHT AND THE EYES.

London Oculists are M IN arms
AGAINST the very serious danger 10 the
c9mmunitv caused by the electric light.
several eminent eye doctors are agreed
IN the point that unless q stop Is put
RI the exposure Of the uncovered cleo
fric lights in the streets and in shops
~rF oHicss. many OF the population viii
1soome blind. Experts are so greatly
e,-s~oi-ad on the matter that they even
$3.50 fhat Parliament should take II
and prohibit the use Of plain glass
- fer electric light unless they are
~ shaded.-PCpular Science
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ask questions is a rubber suit very
large and very loose. A close patent
protects it from infringement by am
bilious brother inventors. Inside the
rubber suit is an interlining IL this
imerlining there is to be placed crack
ed ice for keeping the body at an even
Pockets hold the ice
evenly, and the only thing chat keeps
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05
FLOWER PARADES
Of TIE SUMMER
Lenox's Hillside Drive viii be Earlier
Than Last Year,

And Newport May Have One Also
Rumors of Bike Flower Rides.
With Machines Decked, Men and
Women will Wheel Past in Gay
observation-disclosures big Mid
Summer Festival-More Flower
Parades Here Than in the Old
World, and Finer Than in Nice or
Paris.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

To keep warm in winter ana 1.,' COZ that a-t
- 60 oT were the two problems thal
s,lllrtnVt the pilgrim Fathers waen
they came to this. change" pnon solved
The former question: mas peeT i,tter is
by steam ard coal But lne y,,i t@o'9 fans
I'm ~ q question. The reyoiVlhs IHN'
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ECONOMY OF FIECTRICAL COON
ING.

Mr.. r. E. Crompton a well "
electrical engineer. has s.'. n
trustworthy data as TO the econ
electrical heating and cooking
convenience and cleanliness OF
ejtv in the home and kitchen
orally recognized, but it is n. q.
known that an electrical oven. .J,
to cav. an oven heated by OBJ.
current. is practically twice d. 4
micaI as any other oven, Vhe....
nv PAS or solid fuel" This aus -s
~ from the great waste or h.t
and coal fires in ovens. A'.'
Mr.. Crcmpton, the gas c1r.."
away so per cent. Of the to'aI
GRATED. whereas only 10 per e.. ...
electric heat is wasted. Ae" .s
ably not more than per cen
heat given out by the Goa. r
fires Is utilized in cooking io-..
in private houses, cub
showing,an enormous and tAi
waste.-Popular Science New
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nreliable.-Tom-Mone talks. Dick
But a silver dollar only means about three
fourths IF what it says.-Truth.
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"Dah's many a dig man sl-' t..
rben dat nebber would hab c.in'. Il.
success ef is wife ha.f 100 =. ,.l..a'
her han sometime ter st11' ~
Washington Star