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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09
BURGLAR UNDER THE BED.
How a Woman's Nerve and QUICK WI
Effected His Capture.

A young Philadelphia woman or ram
er graceful, dignified appearance, ABOUT
twenty-five. had become infatuated WIN
histronic art. She was or eXcehenL
family of wealth, and had thorough
musical education at home and in Pars'
svs Philadelphia Telegraph. lie De-
come celebrated songstress was JHe
dream of her existence, and Wheh an
opportunity occurred for her TO display
her vocal powers on the boards, THIS
Young woman seized 10 rapur.0usly'
and. in defiance Of her parents Wishes
Joined an amateur theatrical company.
The company intended to remain IN
Toledo. O.. only a few days, and theh
go further west. The yong woman 20
whom | have reference had a magnlil-
cent set of diamonds, worth thouslHA'
OF dollars. and Of course, she TOOK lAeiH
with her and also large sum Of money.
One OF the members Of the company,
who had taken quarters al the no,e4
with the others, suggested that MIS-
$ deposit the money ana Je"e'7 j"
the safe. but Miss $ refused ~ d,
upon this suggestion. 1t was nearly j.
o'clock Of the evening OF her arrival -
the hotel. and going up 10 her room e.-
returning from the opera, where
had gone with some young peOpie' .'
s was about TO ring for heT
when she saw through mirror
her reflection Of a mans Dool 'N
a hand clasping an ugly LOOKING
Dro,rudlng from under the De-
scream was ready TO burst f'.
throat. but by a superhuman eH
controlled II. and commenced
snatches OF an opera, az The .S
timing OF a clever plan 90 save
herself and diamonds; stopp IN
" in the midst of her sing 12 ..
a,ond. There. | have le' mon
in the office safe. and har d i.s--5
for that bill: III send Mare .', ..'t
And ringing a bell, waitei sra "a -
breath the maids appear ia
two minutes that elapsei
two years. chat inc
Marie" she said, calmly. 3 iAa , .-
dividual came into the room .,
n the office ind bring up ai '- Joy
money left there this morn hs ..t.
TlI write Won an order for t d.t-. .'
inc card wrote: bury ar nuns,
nv, room. come at one N,'- 1''p
and slipping il in an envelope. 60 ..a
G"'' "Cive THIS 10 the proprietor -
continued co and he wi give you .',
money" ,i.. +he be--
s,5 n' 70 see if the foot aul band rea NAM
ed vislble-no hey haa .G. ,ar0.
drawn; then, walking oy.. .ai door
she began began 20 a siI1- in" Sd. answered.
was wash aeI holding i her breath r '- - mr. 5.
mote mote had s5,a 5' tSe hotel prop a2a BY
his side TWO policeman .rrsr4 Mss
ately looked under me the, o. 5.ga-y dr4-
s. was pointing VIII ..-.l me yur-
mate gesture, and etP.'
gIar without any troupe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

size of a pigeon, but very rich and
That's enough, said Spug; 'bst him
two TO one, ana make it twelve pound
turkeys
AT another time l got hold Of a fell
low who thought he could down Spug
al miscellaneous eating, and | took him
down 10 a saloon where knew Jackson
would b.. Spug modestly offered TO try
his appetite against the other fellows
but insisted on going at 1t then and
there. So it was arranged that the men
should ca the same things, one making
q selection then the other, first choice
10 be decided by a toss OF a coin. Spug
won the toss. and his opponent remark
ed carelessly:
"Well. what shall we start onT
"'Hams. said Spug.
GLOW many slices? said the other.
"SHcesn roared Spug. Who sad
ANYTHING about slices? Hams, said
whole hams"
THE other man retired on the spot.
Nothing can give you an approx
mate idea of tbs mans appetite 1t
vas simply beyond description. | never
saw him give up yet, and he tackled
twenty-four appls dumplings and a SIM
liar number Of cups OF coffee before my
face one night. I've seen him 20 into
a restaurant. too, and order beefs,eak
dinners for six. When they came he'd
tell the waiter that he guessed he
wouldn't wait for his friends but would
start r.ght in. Then he'd go through
the whole pile.
at drinking he was a marvel, too
He could drink whole key Of beer; and
Speaking of beer, reminds me Of story
they told of Spug years before / met
him. l. seems that he was working in
a brewery at the tim and some people
bet a friend of his that hec0uldn't drink
a key of beer. So the friends brought
the doubtful ones around to the brewery
and introduced them to Squg.
'Spuy. he said, these gentlemen
want to bet me $50 that you can't drink
a keg Of beer. Do you think you can
do it,
"'Wai. a minute, said Spug, aad he
left the room.
"Ten minutes passed and he didn't
come back. The ten minutes got TO
half an hour and the Spug came in.
d" Bet him was all he said.
The be, was made and Spug drank the
beer. When he had finished his friend
remarked:
Spug. why did you leave the room,
and WY did it take you SO long tomake
up your mind?
Well. I'll tell YOU said Jackson.
I didn't want you TO BET your money that,
I could drink a keg OF beer and lose II.
80 I went out TO see if could first"
The man with the glasses wound up
with this his Renaissance Of Spug Jack.
son, and his listeners marched 20 the
bar and had whiskey straight.-Ne9
York sun
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09
7.-r Brags New Gray to America Silver Shade,
That Shines in the Dark
PALMER'S INVENTION IN SWEATERS.
MS Out Guolsh Blue for Yachting and the Duke Of York Rus
set for Coli
v1g FOR MEM AND WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

alvzed on Eastern college with his rae
ing string last year and surprised socie-
ty This year with the brilliant Pacific
Coast marriage Young Hobart had his
col ars "built" this way TO please HIM
sell. The turn over part was made deep
in ,he back 90 cover the gold button.
The front being tall, opened only lit
lie at the points, just enough for the
smallest black lie TO be visible.
YORK RUSSET.
The correct goldng suit for late sum
msr is the russet and white. The rus
set 5 a combination OF the colors Of the
first falling leaf. The Duke Of York,
who viii make q very dressy Prince OF
Wales. ordered one for a golf game to
Be played with some of the Danish Prin-
ces i'm England for Maud of Wales 5
wedding. Get new color, H. wrote
lis haherdaSher. something for fall
Ike this" and he enclosed a leaf that
came tluuering into the windows Of
York cottage at Sandringham.
The tailOr's OCdsr when executed
showed q russell and white plaid suit
with cap TO match. Stockings and tie
Ta~e bright scarlet, and the gairer tops
.f white tOes6.u-to be cleaned Wi,h
pipe clay. Th= color is called York
russell
Clluncey Depew's steamer suit. when
he came back from Europe by cable
despatch IN Mr. Vanderbilts illness. was
symphony in "uew gray This color
is now g.nnig to be seen. 1t has
Silver threads in f., and the peculiar
quality cf shining in the dark. A new
-.v visor new gray spaJs and a black
Sir handkerchief made our Chauncey
look particular 'peachy' in view OF
... fact that this shade of gray brings
ou every yes,ige Of pink that is in the
complexion.
N--ng Nj. Potter Palmer. who is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

utes Of the day. The favorite summer
drink here with the men is a mixture of
lager and porter. With the girls very
Russian connection of tea and claret 1t
is very nice iced, they say. The cold
drink industry is about the only one that
has been actually helped along by the
bicycle. HARRY GEhMAINh'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

a London mans ambition. An Ameri-
can. on the contrary, is a little abashed
at so much notoriety. But it isn't so
bad. after all, to see a Belmont shirt and
a Palmer sweater looking at you from
the shop windows.
PERCY CHILDE SMITH.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

"How do you manaze. doe. 9 v ~ pa pa
vonrself so popular win 4' '''
tents" .,. T assure those
who only yo III m while those who really ),
really y, ar desn r., that they are quite we'll
-Fleigende Blatter. - -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

-farriage s not failure-simply a
temporary embarrassment from which
the embarrassed are released by d.
vorce.-Ncrristown Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

Whenever we hear an engagement
announced we regard Is as safer 10 bet
on an election than that the parties to
It will ever marry-Atchison Globe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09

The man who marries in the winter
IS sensible: fer at least two springs IN
announced we regard it as safer 20 bet
spring chicken serves for d neal
AtchisOn Globe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-09
LONG BRANCH'S LONG PATH .
Its New Bicycle Road the Broadcast,
SmOOtheSt and COStlieSt One

In the World-Norma Munros
Straw "Tiger" to Drive
with a Summer Tiger Aged z,
Perched on the Box for Chaper-
one-Mortons and Pullmans at
the Branch-Mrs. @. Oliver Iselin
and Mrs. Hobart Cha tf1eld.Taylc
Go from Golf1ng to Cycling.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
AS TO HATS.
slouched Hats Caused Riot In Spain
Which Cost Many Lives.

Which Cost Many Lives.
Has not some one calculated that O
sixth part of the memoirs Of st. Simon
in the original is occupied with the
controversy whether or not the presi-
dent Of parliament should wear his hat
or put il on the desk when performing
various functions? AT length the mat
ter was compromised. The Tiers-etat
should wear a chapeau rabattu, which
had the souched brim pinned up. This
childish quarrel was remembered, no
doubt, when the states general met and
the king harangued them. His speech
over, he put on his hat, and the noblesse
did likewise, according to their privi-
lege. The commons had no such claim,
but they also clapped on their chapeaux
rabattus, amid fierce protests from the
mobiles. The revolution might have be-
gun that day with scrimmage in the
kings presence had he not removed his
own hat, when all, of course, did the
same.
But slouched hats had alTady caused
q riot in Spain, which lasted so long
and cost so many lives that it might al
most be termed civil war. This was
20 years earlier. Charles III thought
them untidy. He thought the streets of
his capital untidy also and denounced
both eyesores in an edict. Every Spaniard
henceforth must pin up his Topping
brim, and every householder Of Madrid
must clean the street opposite his prem
Uses. Forthwith the people rose. They
were little interested, comparatively, in
the street cleaning but they would die
for their hats. And good many of them
did, but not unavenged, More than
week the fray lasted, but it was thought
remarkable by foreign observers that at
2 p. m. regularly the soldiers piled
arms, the furious citizens withdrew
and silence reigned for one hour. Both
parties were enjoying the siesta, except,
perhaps, the wounded After that inter-
val they recommended. The king fled,
and for the rest of his life he never re-
turned to Madrid willingly. In fact, it
was understood he designed to make Sc
vile the capital henceforth, and only
gave up the project when his ministers
showed him what vast sum he had
already spent on the new palace. So,
mighty may be the influence of the hat
in state affairsl Finally the king COM
promised. He withdrew his edict SO
far as the realm at large was concerned.
Within the walls of Madrid every man
must wear his brim pinned up, but out
side he was at liberty to let it SLOUGH.
But the police courts did not cease to
be busy until the fashion changed
Pail Mall Gazette
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
A GREAT HIS TORIC TABLET.
Professor Petrie FINDS Record of the
Crushing of Israel by Egypt.

Professor Petrie FINDS Record of the
Crushing of Israel by Egypt.
was permitted to cxcavate along
part of the ruin strewn desert at Thebes
and to examine the sites of temples
which stand there On these few fur
longs | found THAT there had been seven
temples of the kings of the eighteenth
and nineteenth dynastics, about 1850
1850 b. G. Most Of these l entirely
cleared out, the largest piece of all
the great buildings around the Ramese-
um-being the clearance of the Egyp-
tan research account worked by Mr..
Quibell. Each site gave us some return
i'll information or objects, but the most
valuable of the sites, as it proved, was
one of the least inviting A field of
stone chips showed where the funeral
temple of Merenptah had stood, and,
left in the ruins, | found the great
granite tablet bearing the long inscrip-
ton of Merenptah about his Libyan war
and his Syrian war and naming Israel.
This tablet is over 10 feet high, over
feet wide and over u foot thick, of one
fawless block Of very fine grained gran
lite, or rather syenite. 1t was first cut
by one Of the most sumptuous kings of
Egypt, Amenhotep Ill, brilliantly pol
ished as fiat and CLASSY as a mirror and
engraved with scene of the king offer
ing to Amen, the god of Thebes, and an
inscription of about 5000 hieroglyphs
recording his offerings and clarifying
the god. HE son Akhenaten, who
strove after a higher faith erased all
figures and inscriptions of Amen, and
so etfaced most of his fathers fine
carving on this great tablet. This, how
ever, was all re-engraved by Seti |,
about 80 years later as restoration.
Then, some two centuries after it had
been erected in the temple of Amenho-
tep I'LL, Mercnptah cast an envious gaze
on the splendid stone and stole it for
his own purpose.
Not taking the trouble to rework it,
he simply built the face of it into his
own wall and engraved on the compar-
atively rough back of the block. AT the
top he tigmed IA scene Of the king offer
ing to Amen, and below an inscription
very nearly as large as that Of Amenho-
tep III on the other side. The painting
of the sculptoed figures still remains as
fresh as on the day ii was done, for, as
the tablet fell face forward when the
temple was destroyed, the side belong
ing to Merenptah lay downward, while
that of Amenhotep III was uppermost.
In the runis, then, amid the frag-
ments of columns and foundations,
heaped over with foot or two of stone
chips, this grand block had lain since
about the time of the Trojan war. All
Greek history, Roman and MEDIEVAL
the prophets, Christianity and Islam
have swept along while this was wait
ing unsupported, with its story of the
wars Of Pharaoh of the Hard Heart and
his crushing of Israel Professor Film
ders Petrie in Century.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23

A boy of asked to be taken with his
elders to ball He was told that he
must first learn to dance. Upon this he
delivered himself as fAlows. "But I
tan dance, and my way is more difficult
than your way. ! tan dance alone, but
you have to be holded up" This was
not smartness, perverted ingenuity, as
some might suppose. 1t was a bit of
perfectly natural child thought. To the
little philosopher FIRE seemed nothing
in the nature of things to make dancers
dance in pairs" and hold one another
in so tight a grip unless it were to keep
one another from falling.
In many Of these naive misinterpreta-
lions of what is seen the point Of the
humor involves Of course, a side hit at
grown up weaknesses which lie hid
from the child. A good example of the
charm of this childish innocence is given
by Mr.. Punch when he makes little
Jessie ask her mamma in q railway car
riage, "Why do all the tunnels smell so
strong of brandy" to the disgust of a
Puritanic looking lady traveller sitting
close by. Here, indeed, Isuppose, every
body recognizes that the butt of the joke
is this hypocritical looking lady with
her carefully hidden bottle. National
Review.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
PROFITABLE PUBLICITY.
Plenty of Advertising.

By NATHANIEL c. FOWLER, JR, of New York,
Doctor OF Publicity.
Too much of a good thing is mpos-
sible, because if it is good thing there
cannot be too much of it.
II a small advertisement pays, and the
business is big enough or can be made to
be, large advertisement ought to pay
better.
The largest advertisements are almost
always Of the most successful adver-
tsers.
The larger the advertisement, the more
people will read it.
The larger the advertisement, the more
opportunity there is of saying what you
want to say.
The larger the advertisement, the more
conspicuous it is.
The larger the advertisement, the better
a representative it is of your business.
The large advertisement stands for sue
cess.
The large advertisement stands forpro,
erosion.
Thelarge advertisement attracts atten-
ton.
The small advertisement may, or may
not stand for anything.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
The Good Hostess.

The secret of being good hostess is in
hiding the fact that you are making an
effort to please. The houses to which you
like best to 60 are those where you feel
at liberty to look over books and port
folios, where the piano stands open, and
there are easy chairs with elaborate
cushions. In preparing for an evening
party, if you expect to have games which
involve real play, put away delicate brio
a-brac, so that no guest shall have the
misfortune to spoil his evening andyour
by an accident. Scatter picture books
and photographs at the sides of the
room for the benefit Of those unfortu-
mates, the wallhowers. There should
always be a corner set apart for those
who do not dance, and this should be
large enough for a table at which game
may be played comfortably. Look after
the shy girls and boys; that is one OF the
chief duties of the hostess. 1t is better
to try to bring them into the general
sport than to devote yourself to their
amusement-[ Good Housekeeping,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
A SISTERLY MISSION.
NOBLE PURPOSE OF THE FEDERATION
OF AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN.

How Mrs. Booker T. Washington's Work
Among the Benighted Colored Women
Of the Black Belt Is to he Extended by
Organized Effort.
The newest Of the new women Is the
new colorcd woman. She has appeared
and Is just now very much In evidence.
She Is personifed in the person of Mrs.
Booker r. Washington, wife Of the famous
colored educator, who Is the founder and
president of the Tuskegee Normal school
for colored children.
The new colored woman has cut out u
big piece Of work for herself. She proposes
to raise the moral tone and the mental
condition of millions Of her race. The field
Is fertile While some little attempt has
been made to educate the colored youth of
the south, the women and girls have been
practically ignored, with few exceptions,
of which the Tuskegee Normal school is q
prominent one. The various organiza-
tions Of white women have taken no notice
of their colored sisters, and now the color
ed women themselves have come to the
front Mrs. Washington Is not alone In
her undertaking, but has the help of
large number Of refined and highly intelli-
gent women Of her race
That these women are in earnest and In
tend to accomplish something is shown by
the fact that the first annual convention Of
the National League Of Colored Women in
Washington is to be followed by similar
gathering which will be known as the
convention Of the National Federation Of
Afro-American Women, which Is to con-
vene in the same city July 90 for three
days session The first business that will
come before the latter body will be the
proposition to combine the two organiza-
tions. This was discussed at the recent
convention of the League of Colored Won
en-, which has just closed
Mrs. Washington is directly responsible
for the existence of the National Fedora
tion Of Afro American Women. 1t is the
outcome of her efforts to help the unedu-
Gated and benighted women and children
who live In the rural sections of the
Black Belt AS teacher and wife of
the president of the Tuskegee institute she
had an opportunity of helping the scholars
who came under her supervision, and she
made every use of each occasion. But she
had long wished for some method of reach
ing the mothers and sisters of the scholars.
She well knew how densely ignorant most
of them were and in what squalid and i'm
moral surroundings they lived She had
visited many one room cabins, and she
saw that the condition of these people could
be vastly improved with but little effort if
she could only reach enough of them.
Finally, after a good deal of thought,
she determined to take advantage of tho
long established custom of the colored
people of the south to flock into the neigh
boring villages and cities on Saturday.
She went down into the market streets of
Tuskcgcc and met them as they came in.
She talked with the women and children,
extending to them the only kindly greet
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
Presentation of Account.
SOPHIA S, SALTER'S ESTATE.


STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS
In Probate Court, held at the probate office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district on the 9th
day Of October. A. d. 1896.
William H. Burbank Administrator upon
the estate of Sophia S. Salter, late of Barnet
in said district, deceased, presents his admin.
istration account for examination and allow.
ance, and makes application for decree of dis
tribution and partition of the estate of said
deceased
Whereupon it is ordered by said court
that said account and said application be re-
terred to session thereof to be held at the
probate office in said st. Johnsbury, on the
31st day of October, A. d. 1896, for hearing
and decision thereon; and it is further
ordered that notice hereof be given to ali
persons interested. by publication of the
same three weeks successfully in the
Saledonian, newspaper published at
st. Johnsbury, previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may ap.
pear at said time and place, and show
cause, if any they may have, why said ac.
count should not be allowed and such decree
made.
BY the Court, Attest,
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-23
October fiumor.

He had n call to poetry,
He tried with all his might
But he had been gas.man and
Well, the meter wasn't right.
-[Dctroit Tribune
E. II. writes: "What is the difference
between the new one.dollar and FIVE
dollar bills ?"
If we were to ask idly, we should ac-
commodate him with the ancient jest
THE difference is 81, |" joke synchronous
with How do you spell stove pipe?"
But the handwriting Of Z. H. shows
earnestness in every line, dot and cross
ing. He therefore deserves a serious
answer On the one-dolIar bill there is
woman left-handcd On the five.dollar
bill there is woman left Naked Bos
ton Journal.
81 dunno ez the prodigal son was so
very bad, after all, said Mrs. Corntossel.
He want no good to his family" her
husband rejoined.
That's fact. But when he got
home he didn't hev no more to say. Ef
he'd been like most o. the men folks new
a days the iust thing he'd of done would
OF been to find fault with the way the
latted calf was cooked. = Washington
Star.
We saw yesterday in Western news
paper an advertisement of "pure unma-
nipulated skunk OIL" for whooping
cough, sprains and rheumatism. There
are apparently two kinds of skunks,
manipulated and unmanipulatcd. We
know OF instances where the unexpectedly
manipulated skunk has cured the
sprained and the rheumatic so that they
ran with miraculous speed Boston
Journal