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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

floor In mysteries OF Joy when told that
her picture had passed the judges sue
cessfully- And then there are many
tales to be related of how the students,
both men and women, go through with
the experience known as getting
along without much money.
Not all of the girl students are ar
fists. Paris is full of musicians, vio-
linists and pianists. A Chicago vio-
linist whose music will be heard at
home soon is Miss Isabelle Rulards,
who has been studying the violin in
Brussels under Yssye, following the
master wheresoever he chose to go, as
is the custom in Europe. Here the
teacher doesn't wait upon the pupil,
but the pupil follows him. If he takes
il in his head to spend August in cool,
delightful Holland. enjoying the in
teriors and the Delft, there all must go
or lose their lessons.
Three young women, the Misses
Slovenian, Daily and White, Of Ba-
tavia. n. Y, are studying the piano I'M
der Leuteuchsky with marvellous sue
cess-and there are others. so many
others that they cannot all be named.
1nerc are ltuS III TIC 1%stNAu QudIleEs
The fad this summer is for Holland.
The peasants, with the stately head.
dress. their milk pitchers of shiny
brass, and their interiors, darling in
every tiny appointment, draw ire
sistibly the art students. Laren, the
most out of the way place you ever
could conceive, is filled with them.
Wilhelmina is delighted at this addi-
ton to her kingdom, and sends them
joyful and approving messages.
The first night at Laren the young
artists were amazed TO see the walls
open. as it were, and disclose small
beds, into which you could tuck your
self, after which the doors were clos
ed. They looked on with more or less
approval until finally Miss Goodwin,
the linguist of the party, voiced the
general sentiment: I'VE don't want
to be walled up like that" she said,
"but il you will buy some little brass
bedsteads for us we can get along nice.
ly at any place"
The life of an American girl abroad
in the art, colonies of Europe is a very
broadening one, and one that will ever
afterwards be remembered, even as the
art lessons that are learned cling
around all future work.
MARGARET Il. HANDALMAN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

applied for permission to float their flags
from the Presidents yacht. Their irc-
posal is to make the President an honorary
member, giving him the privilege OF heir
docks and their pilots, their boat-honsts
and their repair shops and in return TO
have the privilege of floating their len
nant upon the Presidential craft.
Every country that has a seaport boasts
a rulers yacht. 1t carries him wherever
he wants or needs to go. And the United
States. which has the biggest coast hne
of them all. should not be lacking in Pres
idential accommodation.
That Is the argument advanced by the
Yacht projectors and it is not bad one.
A magnificent Presidential yacht, built in
American yards of American material,
would be one of the sights of this country
if not of the whole world, for nowhere
else do they understand constructing
craft that answers for both business and
pleasure.
GRANT ELDREDGE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

The proposal by member Of the
United States Senate that a yacht be
built for the use of the President of the
United States has brought to Washing
ton volumes Of plans from shipbuilders
and others interested in the President.
That it is not for one President alone,
but for successive ones, a yacht to use
for all time by the Presidents while
they are occupants Of the White House,
has made the proposition all the more
interesting.
With the double sea coast of the
United-a sea coast not eQualled by any
other country in the wOrld-it seems
fitting that there should be some gov
ernmental provisions for conveying the
President around the country 70 inspect
the ports that are in his care.
One Of the Presidents-it was Arthur
remarked that he had never seen his
domain and never expected to. because
Il cost him too much money to travel.
j President Cleveland was fortunate in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
A BENEVOLENT JUDGE.

There was a venerable and benevo-
lent judge in Paris who, at the mo-
ment of passing sentence on a prlso-
ner, consults his assessors on each
side of him as to the penalty proper
to be inflicted.
What ought we to give this ras-
cal, brother?" he says, bending over
to the assessor on the right.
81 should say three years.
What is your opinion, brother?"
to the assessor on the left
Il should give him about four
years"
The Judge, with benevolence: "Pris-
oner, not desiring to give you long
and severe term of Imprisonment, as
l should have done if left to myself,
have consulted my learned brothers
and shall take their advice. Seven
years. New York Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

having invitations extended to him, but
sf,er All il is a poor thing for the Presi-
dent to be dependent upon the conVen-
fence and pleasure or ms most.
At the first word the Shipbullders
stepped forward and MANIFESTED their
WILLINGNESS 10 make the President
nresent of a yacht. The argument the
sbinbuilders advanced in favor OF al
lowing them TO build it was that 1t
would be the only yacht ever con-
strnctsd in this way, and that, not be-
inc restricted, they could make II as
'H Ryealizine tho chance for learning
sonoetbing new, they announced their
s,,ilIingness to look over any plans that
o,io.bt he submitted to them. Mean
lille the Senators have been Deslegeo
b- would-be yacht designers.
'rbe Mans offered have been widely
,,.-a-oent One advocated the building
- Yacht that in time OF war cOulu
- t,,rDed into a warship, a small one,
i,,t sffectual for use, like the halSet
Dus ,-acbt But for the most part the
W. Ss-,,,ers have had in mind the PreSl-
800 ,.7- ovn convenience and have sug-
ueI s.5 q Yacht that would be useful Tor
seoS,,- IN distant part OF the coast
tIasellu sort Many of them have been
IN SO i3nS after the famous yachts OF
sovsreigns. several being patseIn ,'s
SS.oo,v after the new yacnt quit oy , Sne
Ia IF Great Britain Ior d JuO'.ee
Ps ssent TO Her Majesty the queen,
U.s. g. ~ the plans is almost lGenu .CsI
One ~ Kaiser Wilhelms pieasure
y
w being cut up into as may snlS.'
yaCn1, hotel. There Is STUDY
rooms 90 covered walls, Dulit-lh
Win lSas., and tiny cOlOred windows
DOCK Sa arc bedrooms Tor guests
ana 49,. ,s smoking rooms ana thy
card rooLil9' oDartments. The dining
ooserVat ~ large one, and so Is the
saloon - In the plans 0oth are 10
nam so'C With paintings, the salon Win
be nuns he coast, TO be donated oy
marines Dain1ers. and the dining room
famous 49, of the fish TO be caught
=. American waters. ne ,.. .1,, for
,.,tv che. but almost TOO ..'-No. '0''- AZ
5ris practical working cOSnelS -,
rTbe orc that is nos .... .s,,is =,
.rovsd is a great yaeh9 . ne. 49, " T,
Co. two years tour % ~ - w oa ~
would wear from Ceii'F L.
MIS-. -. 4. a ve1teble sea palace.
This 80 80 - has . ength over AL Of
23l feet, water hns 80 b EC, Of %
a. lS5 feet and an OK sAli0 ''-
tcet. II +. construe cd Of steel, with
}. WJ"lS sold cf infect and 8 mean
draught Of ls feet: Us uiSp'aVelieN'
would be over 1000 JRes.
49,, ..,scin,en OF va ,ng Tor thU
me- me-, S+.tes to owl lough tho
...,-,o,~- 81 It would Be s'Ssn-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

makes it better all around than for
merly, for the art students sell more
If their work and people get better
ictures.
The art colony of London is scat
red one. But in Paris it is the old
Latin quarter, known all the world
over for the famous artists that have
come out Of it.
One of the most remarkable students
painting there now, but who intends
to visit home this month, is Miss Eliz-
abeth TRACER. OF Delaware. This young
woman has been three years In Paris,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

at Cresy en- Brie," are messages you
find awaiting you when you so TO call
upon an artist friend.
The girl artists have singular way
of departing and of letting you know
it by a brief, comprehensive method.
You have an appointment with Miss
Reed at o'clock. You go to her little
apartment on the Bouleyarde de Mont
Parnasse and find upon her door a card
telling you that she has gone away for
three days to paint"
The sad case of the talented and
beautiful Miss Gertrude Wilde, of Phil
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

From Truth.
Some blooming idiot Of great man
once said that if a man could writ
down all his experiences and thought
Of single day, it would make tho
greatest romance ever written.
have had a few filings at romance in
my time, and l thought would try
the old fellows scheme yesterday.
This is the result:
Observation-Disclosures to find it a dull
rainy day.
Thought!
Experience-Was informed by my
wife that it was wash day.
Thought-!-!!
Experience-Wash day breakfast.
Thought-!-!i-!!l
Experieuca-Baby sick, go for doc
tor, stay home all day and take care
of said baby, wife busy watching
washwoman.
Thought-!-!!-!!!- ~
Experience-Quarrelled with wife.
Thought-i-i!- III ~!
HI!
Any experienced married party
knows what the rest of the day was.
Is there any romance in that?
Can anyone discover any poetry
floating through that record?
Does it look like a song without
words?
Is it even second cousin to humor?
No. it isn't even melodrama.
The only description of art it re-
sembles is the continuous perform
ance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
A PROBABLE RESULT.

Excited Novice (after eighteen
misses)-'T must have killed that
bird; no one else fired"
Keeper-"Eh, mon! I'm thinking
the puir bird may ha' died natural
death. London Sketch.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
TRAGEDY.

cit will soon be over" SID the
anxious watchers.
But no. Not one went over. and the
poorest batter in the opposition nine
went to first on four balls.-Indianap
oils Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
A CHARACTER TOUCH.

Miss Brush has achieved consider
able success as a painter"
Il notice that she bears traces of
her success on her face. Philadelphia
North American.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

typewriter am rapid enough and
understand business forms all right,
but must admit that l cannot spell.
Business Man-You won't do then,
even at the price. 1 can't spell, eth
er.-Indianapolis Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
CURRENT FUN.

Efle's Brother-Do you love my SIS
ter Fife?
Efiie's Steady Compatibility. Will
lie, that's n queer question. Why do
you want TO know?
Effie's Brother-She said last night
she would give a SO note TO know;
and I'd like to scoop il in.-London
Tit-Bits.
The hand that rocks the cradle may
or may not rule the world, but there
can be no doubt OF the fact that the
fool who rocks the boat is one OF the
worlds ablest depopulators.-Cleye-
land Leader.
He spake slowly, almost painfully.
as one not accustomed TO much talk
ing.
And yet he had been married 30
rs.-lndianapolis Journal.
Collector-Is Mr.. Slowpay in?
Landlady-No, sir.
81 called five weeks ago, and you
said he had gone 10 Long Branch for
a month. Hasn't he got back YETI"
Yes, sir; he's back"
Then where is he"
"In the poorhouse. "-Pittsburk
Chronicle-Telegraph. =
81 never did have any head for math-
ematics."
"Um, I have always understood
that at home you did not even count"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
1.-THE honeymoon may be said 10 be
over" said the Cumminsville sage in
a fine burst OF ALTERATION, when the
bills for bacon begin TO be bigger than
the bills for boxes and bonbons."-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
King OF Timbuctoo-Where's my
standing army?
Prime Minister-Lying on its arms.
your majesty. --.--.,. ..
King OF Timbuctoo-Tell II 10 stand
up. What do / pay II for?-Philadel-
phia North American.
I'D like TO know" said Edith, why
they look at horses teeth to tell his
age?"
Huh that easy enough" said Da-
vie. IF they're false he's old; that's
all,'-Judge.
at Is a fact that people generally
marry their opposites In disposition"
We'll. what OF IT."
81 was just thinking OF that old Al.
len girl who Is engaged 20 profession.
al scorehef. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

Gridgil-Did you ever notice how
Brabrook grabs all the good things
there are going?
Houston-That's business; he's an
optimist He believes that everything
is for the best. and naturally he thinks
he is the best--Boston Transcript.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
SUMNER WITH THE
ARTISTS ABROAD.
From Paris the Girl Students Flee to
Holland, Cressy

and Boulogne- Getting
Ready for the Next Salon-Sum-
mer Work Of Miss Schuyler Of
Louisville, Miss Rulards of Chi
cago and Miss Herreshof-Wil-
helmina Welcomes the Big Hol-.
land Colony.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

He spake slowly, almost painfully.
as one not accustomed TO much talk
ing.
And yet he had been married 30
ars.-Indianapolis Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

The hand that rocks the cradle may
or may not rule the world, but there
can be no doubt OF the fact that the
fool who rocks the boat is one OF the
worlds ablest depopulators.-C
land Leader.
The Press., 1897-04-15
Guarding Wells From Contagion.

There is no need of further proof of the dangers which wells present, from the point of view of possible cOntamlna- tion with disease germs, notably those of typhoid fever. It is well known how many villages have been decimiated by that terrible malady simply because the wells which afforded the W ater SUD- ply had received not only water from pure springs but also drainage from cesspools. Dr. Koch, having recognized the positive character of this peril, ad- vises the arrangement in wells of sand Altering apparatus, for which he offers a very simple plan. At the center of the well he lowers an iron tube or 8 centimeters (2-12 or inches) in di- ameter, of which the lower extremity, tightly closed by q metallic plug, is pierced with series of small holes that permit the water to enter the pipe. In the open space between this part of the device and the sides of the well, which should be we'll walled up, fine gravel should be placed, rising above the highest level which the water is li- able to attain.
 Then coarse sand should be filled in, even to the mouth of the well, and a pump plunger inserted inside the tube. The water which is pumped is then filtered by its passage through the sand.
 It is not possible perhaps to say that all the bacteria will be arrested. because sand filtration is not recognized as ab- solutely eficacious, but it is at least a great safeguard, and the installation is very simple. It is especially important that fine sand should not be permitted to enter and accumulate in the body of the pump. Mature.
The Press., 1897-04-15
Perfume In the Olden Times.

Ihe use of perfume was indulged in to such an extravagant degree by the ancients that some of the more ascetic men had good reason to denounce it. Solon issued an edict prohibiting it's sale in Athens. Julius Caesar and Lucinus. who were Roman consuls in 565, pub lished law forbidding the sale of exot- ics in that city, and by the laws of Lycurgus perfumers were expelled from Sparta as being Wasters of oil and en- couragers of sensuOusness.' Clearchus wrote against the excessive use of un- guents, and Socrates acclaimed against them in strong terms, preferring, he said, ''the smell of healthy toll and the perfume of good and manly life" It was customary at festivals to pass round to the guests perfumes served in ala baster boxes and vessels of gold. At one of these feasts Cynulcus, who loved to deride the youth for the use of perfumes, was made 8 butt for their ridicule. Some mischievous youth anointed the cynic with much ointment, pouring it lavishly over his head and face. When he awoke, he exclaimed in an angry voice: What is this? o Hercules, will not some one come with sponge and wipe my face, which is thus polluted with lot of dirt?'
 At the Syrian banquets it was usual for the slaves to come in with bladders full of Babylonian perfl mes and bedew the garlands and walls and hangings and fill the halls with delicious fra grance. In some of the more modern feasts statues and ornaments were pro. vided with jets which threw out diluted essences and attars London Society.
The Press., 1897-04-15
sa. Patrick and the Snakes.

There is an old legend to the effect that St. Patrick banished all reptiles from Ireland by beating drum, but no one, probably, seriously believes the story. According to the myth, he took his drum out for the purpose mentioned and commenced pounding it so vigor- ously that he knocked a hole in the drumhead, thus seriously endangering the success of the miracle. While pon- dering what to do St. Patrick was as- tonished by the appearance of an angel, who immediately set to work to mend the broken musical instrument. After the hole had been mended the angel vanished, and St. Patrick continued the work of serpent banishing, being suc
 cessful in ridding the island of every representative of the snake tribe except one old stayer who had lived so long that bis tusks protruded from his mouth like horns. This monster refused to leave the "land of his fathers," " and the good saint resolved to practice a little piece of strategy. He removed the patch which the angel had put on the drum head and then persuaded the serpent to creep into the drum for the night. When the reptile had done as requested, St. Patrick glued down the magic patch and then threw drum, serpent and all into the sea. A sunken powder off the west coast of Ireland is called St. Pat rick's drum. St. Louis Republic.
The Press., 1897-04-15
Fa-Dev RarDafo's Good Fortune.

It is better to be born lucky than rich. When Mir. Barnato was at Johan- nesburg, he determined to go to the races. "You'll only lose your money, :" said his friends warnintly. Well, won't take any with me- he replied, "And then shall be all r7ght'
 Arrived at the race course, he saw a man with peanut and fruit stall and asked him what he'd take for it.
 ''Two hundred pounds, " was the re- ply.
 "Done with you, said Barnato
 "Well, where's the money?" asked the man as Barnato was proceeding to appropriate the stall.
 "Oh, I'm MT. Barnato. It'll be all right. :"
 "Well, that's good enough for me- "
 Within an hour Barnato had sold the contents of the stall for G60O. He paid the man his G200, staked the balance on the races and won 912,OOO before the end of the day.
 Perhaps it is not generally known now how MT. BarnatO came to be mar. ried The beginnings of his fortune are said to have been due to the prudent purchase of diamonds in South Africa. These he deposited for safety with g certain barmaid in Kimberley. After 8 time he said to her: "Give me my dia monds. I'm off to Europe. When I re- turn, we'll be married" 7"
 ''I think we'll be married first" she replied, and those were the only terms on which he could get back his dia, monds. Now this astute young lady ii the present Mrs. Barnato, and her Baby drives along the Kings road at Brigh ton ill silver perambulator. London Fi0orO
The Press., 1897-04-15
A Unique Ornament.

Out of Broadway store there stepped lately a tall, dignified, gray haired woman. She started down town and, stopping to look in the shop windows, immediately became the object of very lively interest on the part of the women around her. They first stared at her cu riously and then smiled. The women who approached her noticed nothing be- yond the fact that she was a handsome, well dressed woman and attending to her own affairs. But the people back of her were smiling, and not all of them could explain the cause of the peculiar sight which excited their merriment. In the back of the womans hair was a comb, and attached to this was a large spider web of green silk. In the center of the web was a red velvet spider The thing must have measured six inches in diameter, but it was light enough to hang readily on her comb. People who saw her at distance from the store out of which she had come had no idea low such a decoration could have got on her head.
 Her complete unconsciOusness showed that she was quite unaware of its pres ence, and as most of the smiles were be- hind her back she also failed to see them The people who saw her come out of the store explained the curious sight to their satisfaction. The shop is devoted to the sale of Oriental goods, and many articles such as this staid looking woman had on her head are dis played for sale hung 0n wires stretched about the store. It was from one of these that she got her green silk spider web and red velvet srider. Nobody volun- teered to remind her of it's presence or ask if it was meant to be there. So she continued her walk decorated with the incongruous ornament.-NewY York Sun.
The Press., 1897-04-15
Rainbows For the Stage,

A most novel and ingenious method of adding the representation of rain bow to stage realism has recently been discovered, the effect which is produced being as beautiful as the means employ ed are simple. The apparatus consists of an ordinary box having semicircular opening in front to give the shape of 8 rainbow, within which are two cande- labra prisms, mounted on supports, so that they can be revolved by means of handles fixed outside. To work the ap- paratus 8 strong light is projected through the prisms and through the opening, across which strips of wire are fixed in order to break up the rays, and thence on to back drop scene. When the prisms are turned ill opposite direc- tions, it is asserted that the most beau tiful and vivd color effects are produced. London Public Opinion.
The Press., 1897-04-15
Celandine For Cancer.

Lately new cure for cancer has been described in the journals ill the shape of the application of watery extract of the great celandine (Chelidonium majus), plant familiar to every bot anist. The extract is administered in- ternally and also by hypoGermic injec- tion. Dr. Denisenko, a Russian physi- clan, is the advocate of this treatment, which, however, has not been found efficacious in the hands of certain other experimenters. Still there is no reason why the remedy should not be tried in appropriate cases. It is not a secret rem edy, so medical sensitiveness need not be wounded by the suggestion that it should at least be tried. CuriOusly enough, MT. 0. Lesson Prince in Na- ture gives quotations from works of date 1491 and 1644 showing that the celandine was used in medicine in those days, while later writers express sur prise that the plant has fallen into dis use. The 1491 extract speaks of it as 8 cure for cancer, and the later quotation describes it as correcting vile and per- nicious bodily humors. London Illus trated News
The Press., 1897-04-15
His Irrelevant Question.

She had just returned from visit to Milwaukee, and something had happen ed to displease her.
 ''The fact of the matter is," she said, i've get swindled in this town and haven't sense enough to know it. ;
 "You must have run across bargain somewhere, " he suggested, for he knew her failing.
 "Bargainsl'' she exclaimed. "Why, I tell you, William, we don't know where to shop to make money. Do you remember that last white shirt bought you?''
 He did. He would have said he did even if he didn't but it so happened this time that he did, for it had given him considerable trouble in one way and another
 "Well,' she exclaimed, "I paid just $1 for that shirt in Chicago, and saw an exact duplicate of it at a marked down sale in Milwaukee for 98 cents. "
 "Why didn't you go on to St. Paul?'' he asked wearily. Perhaps you could have got the same thing for 94, @ol Winnipeg might have given it to you for 91. One has to go after bargains, you know"
 She wasn't quite sure whether he was making fun of her, but she felt that it was possible and refused to con- tinue the subject in consequence.- Chicago Post.