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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

now the Superintendent man mas
written me a somewhat apologize let
fer in which he asserts his determine
tion 70 find Mrs Italiano or die. NO,
he doesn't say that, but that WhaI he
ought to say. Now do you wonder tnaC
CORPORATIONS to me are not ATTRACTIVE
bodies? Although, if had some STOCK
in one I suppose l should feel dlHerenl-
". but | do believe if did that l woula
vote for having civil men to meet al
comnlaints. If that man had been halt
wav civil. sympathized with me ana
bod told me of his sorrow fol my losC
ducks I should, most probably have CIV
en- I'D duck hunting and taken 10 the
more ordinary pursuit OF earning my
daily bread.
PLAYS THAT ARE INSTRUCTIVE
Bv-the-bye, I should think that at
some of the coming costume balls there
might be some handsome men VINO rep
resent George the Fourth when ne was
Young. Last night, was one OF an au-
dience to listen to the play by MIS-;
Burnett. called "the First gentleman VI
Fnrope." Later, l was one OF a Duet
who discussed it and am going 10 tell
you what l said, this;
81 do not believe in the value oil ms.
torical plays; people do not know nan
as much as they have the credit OF
knowing. Consequently, when an ms
torical plav is put on it incites IN the
average mind a desire TO know more ol
tbe neonle who appear in that play.
To-day every library in New 1ork xvii, WIZ
have applicants for Thackeray fout
Georges. for The Life and Zines oI
George the Fourth, by George Croly.
and for all the other histories CT mat
time. Then. too, it's good TO see a
NAV like this which shows in its set
ting and its costuming the habits OF the
day, We may not approve OF the man
ners of that time, but if our own are
better we realize it all the more by
looking in this fine mirror OF the past
The historical play is
LIKE THE GOOD HISTORICAL
NOVEL
II sends the interested reader, or look
eron. to the fountain head for informa-
ton. How many of us have ever
thought of George the Fourth as being
Young, handsome, and having one par
ticle of honor? And yet, | so positive
ly agree with Mrs. Burnett that think
there is no human being who hasn't
had his minute or hour of good-tne
interval when the best that was IN
him spoke-for if this were not true,
then men would be devils.
"It is told of George that as child
he was so lovely people used to throng
around him to get a peep at him, and
that the middle classes hoped so mucn
from him that the boy was their IDOL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

Ashland, Ky, February Awhile
the billiards OF Wisconsin are driving
thousands of worthy families to seek
puzzle shelter as well as they may.
there lives and fiourishes here a set of
people utterly unworthy public sym
pathy and entitled to nothing but the
scorn OF decent people. Whey are the
art eaters Of the mountains. who for
generations have lived here and who
Tor generations more viii continue to-
subsist upon their horrible food and
remain a menace 10 sOciety-utterly
useless TO themselves and without value
70 the world.
The mountains of Eastern Ken
lucky are prolific Of peculiar incidents.
customs, traits and people, but it is
doubtful if in all that vast region there
Is a condition TO surpass that of the
strangely unfortunate class of unusu-
ally depraved victims known as the
dirt-eaters
The existence Of this habit has been
known for years TO a liberal percentage
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

edge Of the lake is the only frs....
OF the melting Of the ice bena... ~
Another way Of using the com.
I. tiontion is by pouring it u0or g...,
1t quickly spreads out and +. rs-s
mediately. By smoothing off .te T. ..
per surface there is at once -
smooth lake for skating. sa
One of the Yankee genmsas al, ..
East has equipped himself with Us
pail and dipper and is making ..5
upon the country houses alorct5s I, .a.'
son offering to make a skating r+r ,,','
any desired spot in the grounds ~t D..
wagon is filled with the LIQUID r-,-'-'
ton, besides which he carries ~ o.-..
ity of powder and wax 90 mako -.--.
He is looking for orders ro nab.
great open field of the skating u.,
the midst of grounds. trees and .F.-.-
berry. He made a call ar rerr..s.
the home Of Mrs John Jacob 3.-o. .-i
at the country place of Levi p Nor,
He reported that the latter had ero,,.I
him to transform a patch of v0af. i-.-
a skating park with green Overhead
1t is advocated, also. for bali ,.--
use and can be placed iu i'or. t.--
upon any floor. This has been r-.si -
the Paris ball room Of The Count
Polotski, an eXiled Polish woman -
wealth and leader of Partisan ..a.,.-
with such success that O. Co-.H7r v.,
danced on skates on the ban ro,n
floor.
In Paris mock skating parties" ara
now the rage. The skating 5ors
upon private grounds in the ni5s. nj,
growing trees and fancy winter s-~t.
Garden seats are placed 0u- Of do--.
and there is the finest scene D.es-.a
The trees give shelter and warmth ami
the novelty of skating on land -.gers
sport much interest.
Skating uphill is a thing 20 De learn.
ed by accomplished Skaters. When
skaters first step upon the naaTrs
composition they find no difference is.
tween it and the Ordinary iee surf
But when they find themselves M.r,
a gentle incline, with only the ssa,esD
help them up, they have 90 a.k1a7.
edge that they must learn t0 skate an
over again. The only way % ascent
the hill is by skating slowly and care.
fully from side TO side, as q donkey
ascends a mountain, and finally -teuo
is reached Coming down i- is lie
coasting. The skaters sit down on
their skates and reach the bottom q
the hill in toboggan style
At country houses where there gro
winter house parties this ice COMPOST.
ton will be rapidly introduced t0rt
is something novel to skate among lie
picturesque trees and climb The s.r-
perry hills. The ice field is not d'mmt
to make and its preparation is r.. az
expensive as that of the regular .s
pond. a good ice surface must 10
scraped daily and the cracks W-i.
but the ice composition viii hep
smooth forever, unless disturbai "a
cyclone. FRANK HARRIS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

- tho Deonle of a dozen counties OIL
- eastern part Of the State along Oue
C,,r,borland foothills. Just no" IOuS
n has been INDUCED in ana nov az ~
v,bere il first claimed the atleD'io ~, -
che mountaineers is, however, " 4O'~
tion that is impossible 10 answer
There are old men Of the mountain tam
- who assert that the naDlt Was
SoDded down 90 the early selllels -. 80
t u..li,.' sovage companions as maj al
49, ere the red men turned 1ug1'
$50 $50 ,,-es+vard. III indeed thls eApla-
49, 49,, ~ TIME the Indian has WORKED
ne '1lel-,.eorce silent and conunu o Us
S5o,nnable than any wrought ny
l NJ FIRE or pillage upon ul-s us
In mss, ,ictims in the earliest uays Vi
antagonism and settlement
- the dirt-eaters themselves
TN -, he secured no sausIac'oIS
tnSi loDetion of this strange craNll,7' ",
eAple. -----,t either Of record or traU.1'ou
staten a. irceDtiou. They only reHeIu
as ~ -, tbev learned il from theT par
PEI '- ord in doing so accepted luc
enls, s,' 60 and penalties alike WllhoU'
question. 80 +bo+
ordinarily these people are OF J tnSI
- Who cling 20 the mouu1o'liS, 80 -,
&C., 60 upon anything tha- may . ~ M 81
sls..Ie Sev,ng litIc regard Tor lue w
hellu, - no regrets for chc past Nuoso
tut .S-- l1fs has been spent Wl'lIH ~
e ei-iI,, single horizon euU 49, -
tlC1l4iy tstless unOccountaole h"1u' -
luz, he passports 20 the pooIlo'.sS ~,
NOuiu 49, community more l"'o'0U
a.; tbe modern mercies.
,,ov,lanation Of their appetite is o. ~
$50 and in tasting the pSC'', cIo,, one
- seemingly greasy e,lo" o-,l,,.,ilinc-
- ..-1e,icnces nothing OF an -. - a. ~
Nt,,~a in the sensation; I1-- .S.,I In
49, ~enucnanCc ever -'.-.,,,,',,
~. ne ,5eo of eating dirt. IepU7 ' -
. -lI'.o,.oi,e1 by many or US Se|.S' -
W. ,rithin the dingy WaHS - ,.;tb
-, schoolroOm. where we - ,o,,,I
row sSi-obie horror in oos- go. ~
ulispe,'-S, Of d certain class CA 49,
s eoeIs- r-, Indians whose chleI sU go
Alliei III certain seasons was u.'ol
ance W. ,- tbe shore Of the Amazon anu
its tributaries. ,,ro~orco he
4et t ~ Kentucky dirt-eater ana ms
t"eS ,l,,,., predecessor. Here IL ~ ~ ~
sou ll.e... - necessity; hunger oCT2
a matter - 10 consideration. ll
enter NJ NJ eir,plv habit, Tor "n.o"
tbere "a apparently N0' q ,,.hose effects
telligent reason, ana D,bvsically are
morally. mentally anu e
deplorabie IN the ezsIJ r-ontnckv are a
~ Tbe dirt-eaters Of , hSn'1 cc,3plexion.
r.cn M people. Their eo"p'eA'O-''
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

Those VINO never reaG the advertise
nents in their newspapers miss more
than they presume. tOnathn Kenison.
of Bolan. Worth county, Ia, WHO has
been troubled with rheumatism III his
hack. arms and shoulders, reaG an
item in his paper about how a promi-
nent German citizen of TT. Madison
had been cured. He procured The
same medicine, and 70 use his own
words: 1t cured me right up"
For sixty cents the Daily Register
will be sent TO any address outside Of
the city during the session Of the Leg
islature.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

known. and immeasurably less under
stood, even where most general; WINE
at the present there is no rellel' aC
least in sight oo,1,rp
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14
Written for The Prison Mirror
THE ARTISTIC FACTOR IN
SOCIAL LIFE.

Man in every age turns toward art
as a medium for expressing his con-
ceptiOn of the ideas which actuate his
social life And it is a fact, borne
out by eXtant remains of ancient art,
that just in proportion to the perfec-
ton attained in depicting nature, in
giving garment to social ideals, has
been the truth or falsity of the ideals
depicted. In other words, crudeness
of expression is certain indication of
crudeneSS of conception.
1t is by the remains of an artistic
character that we are enabled, in a
measure, to trace the habits, customs,
general trend of thought; in brief, the
various ideals of ancient social life.
In all of it's many forms, whether
minute or massive, simple or complex,
or whether purposed for luxury or
utility, it carries with it the social
characteristics of its time and people.
Absence of, or perfection in any of the
higher or distinctive forms of art does
not imply a corresponding perfection
or lack of it in other forms.
The first and oldest forms of art
that have been brought to light, date
from an era so remote in time, as to
antedate any traditional knowledge we
possess of the human race. In that
age of darkness, the pre-glacial period,
when man was, perhaps, just forming
his early social life; when around him
on every hand brute creatures filled
the forests and fell prey to man only
in time OF need; when the spear, ak
and knife became the aids to progress;
when the rude cave was mans safest
abode; even from this era of life we
possess the crude attempts of savage
man to depict the animal life around
him. His dwelling was vile, his i'm
plements of utility the best his knowl-
edge and ability could produce; but
with them, in his vile surroundings, he
reaches up from the absolutely neces-
sary, to the possession of luxury;
raises himself above the possession of
the crude, and reaches for the beauti-
full; with his crude stone knife he
portrays on ivory, horn and bone ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14
Vol. XI.-NO. 12.
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A PUZZLED VOCALIST.

A PUZZLED VOCALIST.
How can person learn to sing?
That's what I want to ask.
l started out some years ago
All ardOr for my task.
The teacher that met with first
My brain with terms would cram.-
Don't use the thyroid muscle so;
Sing from the diaphragm
He used to open wide my Jaws
And in nay windpipe grope
With little mirrors set on wires,
Called laryngoscope.
My second teacher said my voice
Had been quite falsely tried,
That ''registers" were simply "bosh,'
And must be set aside.
A third one told me that my voice
Was built for second bass,
And if 1 got it focused" right
1t would improve apace.
Another told me that my breath
Must near the armpits play;
The next one said the force of tone
Within the membranes lay.
With vocal chords and diaphragm
And cricO-thyrOid bone
i was becoming mystified
And could not give tone.
AtiaSt l met a teacher gruff,
Who made my heart rejoice.
He heard me through quite patiently,
Then said, "YOu have no voice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14

y
Best world that we've been in yet
Smile and never mind it,
1t is human to err. We all have our
weak points; every one has his faults.
We may make the worst of these, it is
a very easy task; and by so doing
make the burden uncomfortable, provoke
heart and cut off from our
selves our chief sources of happiness.
How many man has striven for
long years to reach a coveted attain
ment in life only to have his hopes
rudely shattered by defeat when the
long coveted victory had been almost
won! How many man holding a
most honorable position, has lost self
control and dropped into the depths of
degradation
When a man fails in business
through misfortune, how people shun
him! If man is tempted more than
he can bear, and falls, how few friends
who will encourage him to rise again
Society is queer ruler; some will
leave their best friends when in
trouble, and slander, abuse, and libel
the unfortunate, lest some one should
think they were once friends. Few
are the men who cannot be bought
away, or bribed away from those they
once said they would share the last
dollar with. Once in a while, such a
person is found. can old friend is the
test of true friendship; so the loss of a
friend indicates insincerity." "Pros-
perity is no just scale. Adversely is
the only balance in which to weigh
friends
A learned writer on Ethics has said:
'He that cannot forgive others, breaks
the bridge which he must pass him.
self, for every man has need to be
forgiven
The style of the world is to hitch on
to those who are going up; to cut
loose from those who are going down.
However situated, we should look at
our affiiction philosophically and make
the most of it. With brave heart
none need fail. What if we do fail
once, twice or dozen times? Get up
our pluck and each time nerve our
heart for a greater effort. While in
trouble we must fight it; if we don't
kill it, it will kill us. To defy trouble
is to vanquish it; and to vanquish it is
to gain success and happiness.
Disappointments are the lessons of
life. They are the dark backgrounds
which set forth the most lasting and
beautiful pictures. Leave past mat
ters rest and look to the future. "The
mill will never grind again with the
water that is past" We must also
impress ourselves with the fact that
man was never made to fear his fellow.
Learn to think and act for ourselves
as if we were born to give and others
to follow advice.
The necessity for self control is
apparent when we witness the terrible
consequences which follow it's neglect.
We can imagine nothing more disas-
trous than free and unbridled display
of the passions. Usually mans worst
enemy is himself for we have more to
fear from the demon within than
from the demon without. "He that
has conquered himself has overcome
the world" but he that cannot or will
not control himself must be controlled.
The power of self control is by far
the most difficult and expensive lesson
man has to learn-this is why so few
attain to it, and those only after they
have shipwrecked their lives.
RUDOLPH.
About all the use some peoples heads
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14

About all the use some peoples heads
are is to put their hats on.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14

The lazy man believes that there is
no hill which is not steep.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14
Written for The Prison Mirror.
DARK SIDE OF LIFE.

Life is what we make of it; whether
endowed with trouble, happiness, sue
cess or adversity.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12
When to Mntsr Plants.

Should plants be watered during sun
shine? Why not, II they need 1t? The
watering Of the plant should be gov
erned by it's condition and surround
ings. The whole thing, in nutshell
is. water plant when 1t does require
i, says a writer In American Garden
Ang. From my own experience have
never had any bad results from water
Ing flowers during sunshine, any more
than in dull weather. During sunshine
and bright weather the evaporation
from most plants is more excessive
than in dull weather; consequently
plants call for more nourishment in
the form of water, and II the plants are
growing fast, and the pots are full OF
roots, often find it necessary to water
them three or four times day. Air,
~ln and light are important factors in
building up the plant, and one is not
much use without the other. Water
containing soluble matter is absorbed
by the roots and travels through the
plant as crude sap passing upwards to
the leaves; there 1t forms comDlna-
ton with carbonic acid gas, derived
from the air, then by the action of sun
and light is refined and dlgested. AS
the sun plays such an important part
in the dlsintegration las 1t were) of the
food of the plant, cannot see how it
would have any injurious effect to
water plants during sunshine; but
would look at it as a thing essential II
the plants needed it. always aim to
nave watering done early in the morn
ing or about three or four o'clock in
the afternoon, for the simple reason
that it facilitates the work, as well as
economies the water; but as said be-
fore, 1 would not scrupie to water
batch of plants during sunshine if they
needed 1t, and would consider l was
helping nature by doing so.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12
u,a. Of Muck.


have had some experience in thO.
use Of muck in one way. / have never,
tried it as Professor Sanborn speaks OF.
IN its natural state, not even when fer
mented with manure or sweetened with
lime or ashes. l have only used 1t as
an absorbent when perfectly dry lair
dried), writes John Webster in Our.
Grange Homes. l cut the peat from the
meadow with spades made for that,
purpose, and after proper handling 1t
is stacked. and when dry 1t is hauleG
to shed near by where it is stored LOT
future use. In this state If the peat is OF
good quality it is good fuel as well as
fertilizer, and this is one Of the uses
that make of 1t. l have burned about
eight to ten cords year Of it for nine
years and find 1t good fuel, being for
some purposes better than wood, and
lasting and burning about like hard
wood. 1t will burn in any kind OF
stove or fireplace readily. It will ordi-
narily make from seven to ten per
cent OF ashes, or about two barrels to
the cord, which are very valuable as
fertilizer for clover, peas and grass
generally. | put on about one-halt
bushel to the square rod and think
that the ashes about pay the expense
OF cutting the peat. In handling the
fuel there Is certain amount OF waste
which l use as an absorbent. II there
is not enough of this one can maui up
enough in day to last month, TINS
pulverized muck or peat | use in the
stable behind the COWS. One busheI
basket full is enough to keep the floor
dry behind twenty COWS through the
night. In the morning haul the ma
nure back from the platform and dry
the floor to milk on by scattering on
about three pecks more OF the same.
This will make everything as dry as
dusty road in August, and will save
all the urine and places the muck itself
in the best condition to become avail
able as fertilizer. One cord contains
twenty-five heaplng bushels, which
would last as l use it six weeks.
think that If farmers would try this
way once that they would certainly find
1t saving over any other way. This
dry peat is also one Of the very best
absorbents and deodorizers to use in
drying and handling night soil, and is
every way better and cleaner than road
dust. Muck beds are plenty everywhere
in New England and Canada, and this
seems to be the way to use them. Wei
muck is too heavy to handle much.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12
the proper time in summer 1t can be
earthed up, and thus an annual crop OF
plants be produced.
Quick Curing cheese.

The following observations anent
the procuring Of Quick-curlng
cheese are made in a bulletin issued
by the Ontario agricultural college.
The bulletin, 1t may be explained,
was issued for the benefit Of eactery
authorities.
l. Accept nothing but pure, sweet
milk.
2. Heat to So degrees and then
make rennet test.
8. Set the milk when the rennet
test is about Is seconds, or at suf1c-
lent ripeness so that the curd will
dip" in about two and a half hours.
4. Use sufficient rennet to coagulate
the milk in about twenty minutea
This will require from three to four
ounces of standard rennet. (Be surs
that your rennet is all right)
5. Do no cut more than three times
unless the milk is over ripe. Retain
plenty Of moisture in spring curds fol
an early market. Our spring cheeses
are usually too dry and harsh.
6. Heat slowly to SO degrees-not
above this temperature, as it is desir'
able to retain moisture.
z. Dip at the first appearance oil
acid. If the acid does not show on the
hot iron, use the alkali test. Do not
leave the curd in the whey more than
three hours, even if the hot iron indi'
Gates mo acid" If you test with the
alkall you will find plenty OF acid at
the end Of three hours, provided the
temperature is kept up to SO degrees.
The hot iron is not always reliable al
this point.
8. Mill early-as soon as the curd
becomes meaty and shows about one
inch on the hot iron.
8. Hand-stir sufficiently to improve
flavor, but not enough to lose all the
moisture.
TO- Salt at the rate of about two
pounds to 1000 pounds Of milk, and
before the grease runs too freely. AL
low the curds to stand longer in the
salt You will thus save butter fat,
and will not be troubled with greasy"
curds. Many are sacrificing good
deal of butter fat for the sake Of get
ting "close" cheese.
II. Keep the temperature Of the
curing room at about 70 degrees, and
thus hasten the curing.
H. Do not allow cheese to go
into the curing room which is not
nicely finished, nor one to leave it I'M
til it is at least two weeks old. Not
few are running their reputation by
shipping curd to their customers. The
writer heard Of case this spring
where cheese was made on Saturday
and shipped the following Tuesday,
Such a practice cannot be too strongly
condemned
10. To sum up: In order to obtain
fat, meaty, quick-curing cheese which
will be fit to eat in about a month
after making, use plenty Of good rem
net; leave sufficient moisture in the
curd; salt lightly; keep the tempera-
ture of the curing room up to 70 de-
grees, night and day; and keep the
cheese in the curing room for at least
two weeks.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12
The Farmer,s Creed.

Prof. Irby OF North Carolina State
College, furnishes the following to the
Progressive farmer:
We believe in small well-tilled farms;
that the soil must be fed as well as the
owner, so that the crops shall make
the farm and the farmer rich.
We believe in thorough drainage, in
deep blowing, and in labor saving i'm
plements.
We believe in good fences, barns
conveniently arranged, good orchards
and gardens, and plenty of home raised
hog and hominy.
We believe in raising pure bred stock
or in grading up the best to be gotten;
they equal the thoroughbreds
We believe in growing the best va
rieties of farm crops and saving the
choicest for seed.
We believe in fertilizing the brain
with phosphorus as well as applying it
to the soil.
We believe in the proper care and
application of barn-yard manure.
We believe that the best fertilizers
are of little value unless accompanied
by industry, enterprise and intelli-
gence.
We believe in rotation, diversified
ton and thorough cultivation of crops.
We believe that every farm should
own a good farmer and that every good
farmer will eventually own good
farm.