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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-25

loved by the poor, from whom he would
take no fee.
Shortly after De Magny's advent in the
gagement. to a beautiful and charming
girl. They spent their honeymoon in Italy
where they stayed six weeks, il being the
first holiday the doctor had given himself
in three years
On a Sunday afternoon q week after
their return they were enjoying the sun
shine in the public park. They were
seated, talking and laughing merrily,
when by evil fortune NJ dc Magny came
by.
Now, it happened that the day after his
return. DR.. So!eau had been called in to
attend the seventh victim of De Magny
a barrister. who had been wantonly in
suited and then killed. The doctor, as the
bravo passed, could not help showing his
loathing.
The cold smile that meant death came
on the bully. He walked on few yards.
then turned back and. ignoring the hus-
band. he stopped before Nine Soleau, and
with well-stimulated politeness, said:
Good afternoon, madame; with your
permission l will seat myself beside you
and We will chat together. l love to talk
to the beautiful" with another bow.
Estelle. who had never heard of the
bravo. turned inquiring eyes on her hus-
band, thinking the man was either drunk
or d mailman. Soeau's face became
frightfuny pale, and he controlled himself
with the greatest difficulty, unders ;andng
well that De Magny was seeking to insult
him.
Monsieur" he said, you are speaking
tc my wife and you are offensive. Pray
leave Us"
De Magny affected neither to notice nor
to hear him. "Wll madame give NE per-
mission 10 sit beside her or win she take
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-25
TO THE DEATH;
OR.
HIS WlFE'S REVENGE

Sixty or more years ago Their eflourished
I'm France class of bulies the most de-
testab,e one could conceive. men who had
perfected themselves in the use Of arms,
who -lcofuuy boosted of the number of
people they had done to death and took
rank accordingly. as an Indian brave takes
rank by the number Of sca.ps I'm his girde
one OF those braves who styled himself
jules de Ia Magny. took up his residence
i'm Lyons Magny was a man of about 40
TAIL rather slim, and Of a military bear
ing.
This scou0jrel, who dressed elegantly
ana dined ON the best-hc preyed on "a rich
widow. who adored him-and affected tile
most elegant and aristocratic manners.
boosted that he meant to kill eight men
before the year closed.
81 have "a method" he said. THE meth
cd of progression. Last year it was seven,
this year eight. Behond. it is September,
and have only accounted for five. so this
city must supply me with three
NJ. De MaEuy opened his Campaign at
Lyons with duel that pleased the citi-
zens. There was already a minor bully
in the town. who called himself Capt
Ferreuse. and who had terrorized the law
abiding for some time. 1t was only a week
after De Maguy's advent i'm the town that
he insu.ted Capt Ferreuse in the Palais
cafe, the swell cafe of the city, one even
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my arm for stroll: I find madam
charming. ana ADORE charming women.
ana ne mace her 'Ho'Ner weeping DOW
NoISIoUr' Yo" are grossly offensive
1911 YOU SaId SoIt"u' ueupAhS with rt-
strained passion your behavior is that
OF cad.
An. said DE MdSnY. stiI affecting to
ignore the husband madame is id;iguod
/ ana does not care 10 talk VIII leave
maaame ana VIII cal. upon her TINS even
"'S' hu- permit HE 90 PATE 'lIS
e''Ul"A' ana pe'ore 'Hl nus n"ho OF WI.
QUO guess what was coming ne had
A'S.,o Her'
'.n SPRING IKE ''E'I 9oIeau was
I'm -, '.''''T ''''' 49,,
MS HS,S' f-S'e''e ScI5"Il'" !" terror ana
several people VINO h"N Witnessed the al
tyrcai - 40 " niue distance came up. pe
NaEhy' WIN l'uSs' race pu' win ms
demon SmIl-' hao alsehsasad himself ana
was asking for satisfaction.
S"'lSidc-.oH' ies' c'le" lHe !ou"S
doctor satisfaction ana your deserts.
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guns, also by Krupp and there is seem
ingly no end of small arms. The vessel
has 10,GoO horse power. and makes easily
- to 70 miles per hour.
China's ideal ship is odd to look at but
it is capable Of doing deal of damage, as
the Japanese found out. Its best vessel
is an ironclad. The ship carries two 2ll2
ton guns one four-ton and two forty
FOUNDER guns. She is plated with nine
inch armor throughout has displace-
ment of 5000 tons. and is sadly deficient in
speed. the highest ever attained being
thirteen knots.
Turkey does not pretend to own war
ship. Its most powerful one is theMesoo-
diyeh, which has twelve eighteen-ton
guns. and the highest speed ever attained
by her has been fourteen knots. This is
scheduled for its place in the line.
The German ideal ship, also scheduled
in the parade, carries a compound armor
OF thirteen to nearly twenty inches in
thickness. Below the water-line the armor
is six inches thick. The official speed is
from thirteen and one-haf 10 fifteen
knots; the barbette towers are protected
by seventeen and three-qUarter inches of
armor and carry l6.5-inch guns. the latter
4 rising twenty-one feet above the water,
permitting a great range. This descrip-
ton sufices to stamp the battleships
named as thoroughly modern in construc-
ton. Their efficiency in addition, has
been proved by many trials and manocu-
vres.
The Japanese are, perhaps, the peers Of
all nations i'm ship-bui.ding
If Japan sends its best ship it will be a
cruiser costing 50. OOO00o. exclusive Of guns.
Her displacement IS 1850 tons. She is
among the very largest in the world. To
protect hor crew and machinery from the
assaults Of an enemy, she has side armor
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that did not pass unnnoticed. In a few
minutes he got up to go. He went little
out of his way to pass near where >he four
were sitting. and when close to De A1agny
he stumbled or pretended to stumble-none
of the onlookers doubted for a moment thaJ
it was Newfoundland lurched against MIN
as he was raising glass OF wine to his
lips
The consequence was tina; the liquid was
spilled on the duellist's immaculate shirt
front and silken waisicoat He turned
around as if he had beeen stung Mon
si5ur." he cried to the young fellow, who
stood with an insolently proud smile on
his features.
"Monsieur!" said he unknown.
Monsieur" said De Magny, more ru-
rious than his friends had ever seen him.
You Will apologize for your rudeness or
clumsiness. whichever it be-
Monsieur, l. never apologize for acci-
dents"
Monsieur, you will apologize, or"
Monsieur, l never apologize"
Nor do l apologize Tor that" cried De
Magny, in tempest OF rage, as he picked
up friends glass and flung its contents
in his opponents face
The youngster calmly wiped his face.
Monsieur has wantonly insulted me-"
he said Il shall demand satisfaction"
willingly" said De Magny, with his
terrible icy smile Il shall kill YOU pup
py.'
Perhaps, pig" retorted the other calm
~. and then. turning to the spectators. he
asked in clear voice: Are there any gem
tIemen here who will act for stranger Of
good birth who has no friend at hand?'
There was little hesitation, then two
gentlemen. one notary. the other silk
merchant. signiGed that they would.
That you. gentlemen. Shall we confer
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would 90 away for n change. she said. and
one day she set out for Paris. Or. Leres
was glad. feeling certain that she had for
gotten her VOW.
one evening. seven months later just
after another scandalous affair of De
Magny's. a handsome and unknown young
gentleman entered the Palais cafe at
Lyons. The newcomer. who, to judge by
his tone. was d m re boy. walked with
much swagger. talked loudly and author
ita.ivoIy. and altogether conducted him
self with aristocrauc insolerce.
\ little later De Magny entered with
three of his particular friends. The
stranger favored them with 4 rude stare
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The meeting took place an hour or two
later. and after few passes the captain
fell with a gaping wound in his throat.
Decent people congratulated themselves.
but soon they found thot they had only
exchanged King Log for King Stork, and
10 man was safe. OF course, De Magny
had his friends-there were always to be
found dozen or two who looked up to
him as their leader and chief and took
pride from being recognized as a friend of
so redoubtable a man.
Ernest Soleau was young doctor in the
city-a most able young man, who was
steadily making a name for himself He
was respected by his equals and almost
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-22

since we started. and ] had to pump up
about every ten or fifteen miles. we
arrived within thirty miles Of Madison
about $3.50 o'clock. when Charlie $ chalh
broke and we stopped and farmer
1xed n wire in it, but it did not hold
Ionc Then IL started to rain pltchiorAs'
and we managed TO get under sheu,
where we waited until we thousht II
had stopped But after we rode halt
mile II started to rain again ana we ha1
20 walk all the way 10 Edgerton In mud
two inches deep at the least.
You ought TO have seen us Wheh We
rot IN. out wheels were covered just
az thick as they could be with mud' ana
we were soaked through and through
when We got there no one was az the
denot. and we had 10 wait over an hour
for the ticket agent. and then we found
that the next train left az ll:os o'clock
we cot into Madison about midnight
where we stayed in a wagon-shed unul
o'clock this morning It took us about
five hours 20 clean our wheels ana theh
we started for Token, and arrived here
about noon.
Token. wis. JAMES AND CHARLIE
Two bows could hardly have had more
trouble packed into one bicycle trip could
they?
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AN ART CITY IN GEORGIA.
Located at Rome, on SsTen Hills, After
Ancient Rome, and in Same Latitude.
LED BY MR.. And MRS. DURAHD.
He New Yorker, She Californian Du'
They Take Their colony South.
statuary Now Coming
From Europe

ROME, GA, Aug. z--Rome Is 10 nv
again. IRON living In ruins, halL slooAsu
with ancient art treasures "niSn a. xSul
rled away piecemeal every year, ~ ~
stand proudly forth again, g-ntra of
plenlshed, and. again, ths All
the Universe. -, - poroe
Ga Rome lies In "orthern Geot ~
among the hills where II Is eool ~ IL lat
mer and almost arctic IN WINE poma
itude It Is precisely what ths o,e ,s
was, and this, among otheE leohooss n
what led the New Romans 70 S'''
for the scene OF their ART WI beon
For some years past artists nave -.
contemplating the building oI 81 - - :
Centre in the New World. but inc w
1ectiOns were many. one OF t"o ,hrid la
pal ones was that no locauoh 49, ~
found To be a success IL "ouiu -
be a secluded place, YET 30 Of MIC
that it would favor the eNecuIlo" "a ''S
lures. to, Ytaoss
I'm this country beautiful secluded places place.
are scarce. IL they are peauU -. ~
do not remain secluded lons, - Who
are purchased by wealthy pslsoil9'
soon raise the prices OF real SsS1S~'
DIDSCOVERING ROME "a.
The discovery of Rome. Ca, Was MAJ
by accident. At a meeting OF SUNG a. o.. ,
students I'm the Latin Q1aLtet, 49,
the old question OF an art colony IN An ll'i
la arose "What a pity that we should
have no art home on the "eS'eiH ''''''
isphere." sighed one. A.. ,-oeo
Then, Ike an inspiration, there arose
I'm the mind OF n Georgia woman 1850
the lovely spot IN NorthsIn Hrol "a
and the chance 20 mako IL al '""' a. ''-''
crave. A. and
The leaders OF the movement Ar. ana
Mrs. Durand, OF the old New YORK laiilliy
of Durands. were enthusiastic abouV ls,
and soon tho location was decloe9 uPln
and the land secured though the leaders
themselves have never seen IL YET
The new Rome is 10 commence with an
old Southern farmhouse ana pltntatluu
This has been purchased from southern
PLANTER. aud the work or laying u o-t
a. an art city has been begun. iheie
win be MANY new buildings upon inc
nlace. so the different cliques can an
have separate accommodations u uesll,.i
lint the main home will continue 70 DC
the farmhouse.
Surrounding tho farmhouse VIII DC tenn
nlee The Temples Of Art LlteraIure'
Science and Music will he grouped aIounu'
and between them the smaller STUDIOS
and study halls FOR the furtherahce OF
the students work.
II would he a very nice ming II the ar.
work done here could be Solo but one ..
the clauses in the understandlnE IS ma
there IS to be no exchange Of money upon
the place. The students, as an Sall GU.
themselves. can paint pictures. but they
must not sell their work. Ihey can SEM
N away 20 be exhibited. and II can, IL
The merit be sufficient be placed IN the
loan and public exhibitions, but nothihs
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Oh, You Beggars !

Our BOYS and Girls beg so hard TO be
given more time on the Mixed Pictures,
that We have decided 20 give them the
remainder OF the month.
a mixed picture IS painted either IN
water-colors or In Oil. IL isn't drawn with
O pen or a pencil or a crayon; nor Is At
etched or engravod-it is simply pasted.
ANY boy or girl OF sny age can make a
mixed picture. An that is needed is a
pair OF shears, a bottle of paste and plenty
OF newspapers, magazines. picture cards
or anything else containing pictures In
black and white -Four or more separate
pictures or parts Of pictures should be
cut out and so pasted on sheet Of
paper that the combination Will make a
beautiful. amusing or interesting mixed
picture. Simple, isn't II?
A great deal OF art can be used in max
ing a mixed picture, especially in the
selection and arrangements OF the parts OF
other pictures SO that they viii harmonic
as TO subject and perspective. News
pictures story Illustrations advertise
ment pictures. diagrams, maps or any
other pictures IN black and white may be
used IN whole or i'm part For instance
a man may be cut out Of one picture and
set 20 driving a horse cut from another
picture with u landscape background
from third picture. a barn or house
from a fourth picture, or the men may
be made up. head from one picture. body
from another, legs from another, ana so
on. Not less than four pictures or parts
OF pictures should be used in the mixed
pictures. ColOred pictures should not be
used. DO not make the mixed pictures
too large.
As you VIII see. a great deal OF SKIN
and ingenuity can be used in making the
mixed picture interesting. Let's see who
win DO the best work.
Now go ahead and send them rlght In.
THE TIMES.
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Stand Up, We Spoilers!

Stand up, ye spoilers, now and spell
Spell phenakistocope and knell;
or take some simple word as emily
or gauger or the garden lily,
10 spell such words as sylloeism
And lachrymose and synchronism
And pentateuch and eaccharine,
Apocrypha and celandine,
Jeiune and homeopathy,
Paralysis and chlOroform.
RhiuoccrOs and pachyderm,
MetempsychOsis, gherkins, basque
is certainly no easy task
Kaleidoscope and Tennessee,
Kamchatka and dispensary.
And Etiquette and sassaIras,
Infallihle and ptyalism.
AllOpathy and rheumatism,
And cataclysm ana beleaguer.
Twelfth Eighteenth, rendezvous. intrigue
And hosts Of other words all found
on English and on classic ground.
Thus Behring straits and Michaelmas,
Thcrmopylae, jalap. Havana,
Cinquefoil and ipecacuanha.
And Rappahannock Shenandoah.
And Schuyllin and a thousand more
Are words some prime good spoilers miss
In dictionary lands like this.
Nor need one think himself a scroyle
II some of these his efforts foil
Nor deem himself undone forever
no miss the name OF either river
The Dnlcper Seine or Guadalquivir.
New orleans Times-Democrat
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THIS FROM TnE LITTLE GIRL
Who Sent Us the Big Mixed Picture, and
it il "a Beauty,

Station b, Richmond, Va,
August -, 1891
Dear Editor,-As / had already sent IN
my picture when L saw We had anolher
week on IT. / could not alter ii, so 1 nope
It Is not too large. ,,
The other day we went 10 Lakeside
Park and had delightful time. 1 VIII
tell you a little about the park, although
YOU may have been there. After pleas
ant ride on the cars. We entered, CROSSING
a small bridge which spans a beautilui
lake. The whole park is gay with beds
OF flowers in full blossom. We went AZ
once 10 the zoo. which is beautifully KEPT.
The animals seem 10 be very tame. the
monkeys were very interesting, ana run
of tricks. 1t was we'll 10 keep off little
distance as they grab at every thing.
The owls and a tack-daw were in one
cage. while the eagles and a buzzaid
occupied another The stately swan with
the ducks and the geese made a pretty
picture as they sailed on the still waters
of the lake. Nearby were two large ALL
gators baslSing in the sun. on little
farther were more ferOciOus beasts, as
the bears. wolves, puma leopard and
Wild cats Then came the animals we
so often have az pets, viz rabbits, SPUR
rels and etc. Now j must close.
Yours respectfully,
NORA c. FRENCH.
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talk Of nothing else night or day. They
have their agents I'm all parts OF the
rountry, getting students and rel
cruits." and It Is thought they may have
as many as one hundred 10 begin with.
The number Is climbing well up. The
Durands are spending all their money
upon works Of art for the furnishing OF
supplies Of Studies" and paints
Tho ultimatum OF the scheme is
great art city. where all are welcome 70
come and stop awhile, the layman as
well rs the student. Eventually there
will be hotels and a city-as In Rome,
Italy-but the promoters must work in
the most disinterested way until the
Art Centre is established.
As an added touch TO the resemblance
between the two Romes IL has been
discovered that Rome, Ga, has seven
hills, like the Immortal City.
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until we found a decent place. when
we started l guess 1t must have been
about $50 degrees in the sun, by the way
we felt. We rode on, however, 70 wool
stock, about fourteen miles from the
lake. All Of a sudden clouds began 10
appear, and we thought we would get
as far as we could before IL rained. We
1ust got out OF the town when 1t began
10 pour 30 we stopped under O wagon
shed. 1t rained only a little While, so
we started again, but after We got ABOUT
five miles It became so muddy that we
had TO give II up. We walked through
mud and wet grass 20 the first farm
house. where we stald for tho night.
The next morning wo started out at
5 o'clock expecting 10 make Token, Wis,
before night, but Il had rained long
time on this part Of the road, and the
mud was deep. In about two hours we
got - Harvard. Here we rode on the
sidewalk. and came very near being arr
rested by the city marshal for doing II.
After eating the rest OF our lunch, we
started out 10 ride. but / guess we walked
most of the way. First we got on the
wrong road, and we turned back and
got into another wrong road. We walked
about two miles or so in the mud, when
we met a farmer, and found out that the
roads were still worse farther on, so
we decided to 80 back 10 Harvard and
take the train for Madison. We got into
his wagon and he took us back TO the
right road.
We got into Harvard again about 10
O'Clock, and found that no train left
for Madison until $3.50 in the evening,
so we bought some lunch and rested,
and about Y o'clock we tried IL again
on the right road. Here we found the
road good, and we rode for about ten
miles. when Charlie got a puncture, which
we had TO pump up about every three
miles, My tire had been leaking ever
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-22

l never thought that moments,
Such as these. could come 20 me-
When fraught with deepest cadness.
Comes every thought Of thee.
And thenl Since stern misfortune
Thy once glad life hath crost'
D1'st thou never once recall me,
The friend whom thou hast lostY
Thou did'st deem me but a wording
False and shallow like the rest
None like me hath ever enshfined thee
As the brightest and the best.
When the child I loved 50 fondly
Lifts her sweet. dark eyes 20 thine,
Does no thought Of her erection
With dreams Of me entWine?
But the thoughts which should reproach
thee.
Are as chaff borne on the breeze.
Who smiles at faith In friendship.
Cares naught for words like these.
Lizzie Petit Cutler.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-22

A boy in Brooklyn n. Y. IS very happy
over the fact that he has received letter
from Rudyard Kipling who wrote the
fascinating Jungle Books Clement
had been watching the magazines Tor
more Of the Jungle stories. In which
he was very much Interested and when
he found that no more were 10 be written
me wrote to NJ Kipling asking him to
tell Gust one more Jungle story. please.
A few days later Clement was proudly
showing the following autograph letter
10 his friends
Dear Clement: Yes ! know some more
Jungle stories. but they are so bad 7 am
afraid the mothers of the little boys
who read the other stories wouldn't want
them to read this second crop. This IS
the reason 7 have not written them.
Your sincere friend.
RUDYARD KIPLING.
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What One of Our Girls Saws.
Hammond. N. J

KlCnmOnu, Va, Aus - lofi'
Dear EditOr-In reading the children $
Page" Of your interesting paper OF last
Sunday happened TO notice your request
for the most neatly written and best eN-
pressed letter TO you. Earnestly hoping
that l may be successful and having a
few moments leisure. 1 decided 10 drop
you "a few lines.
hope you are enjoying as good health
rs l am nt present / enjoy reading your
paper very much and always LOOK forward
TO It's arrival with great pleasure. Inc
"Chldrcn's Page cannot DO equaled by
any other paper. The differelt selections
in prose and poetry are both entertaining
and Instructive 1t is great fun 10 Work
out the puzzles and TO answer the his
torical questions ! have tried my best
to write this as well as could, Tor /
have competed f,r several prizes and have
generally been so unsuccessful that had
become discouraged. hut remembering the
well known provorb. IF at first you
don't succeed: try. try again." concluded
10 try once more. Sincerely hoping that
/ have been successful, 7 remain
q ffHN
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-22
pnNYses and PanscS.

In a western school. not very long ago.
little fellow was called upon TO read
for the county superintendent, who was
paying the school a visit The boy was
a good reader in all respects but one
no gave absolutely no heed 10 punctuation
marks. When he had finished the super
intcndent asked:
willie, where are your pauses?
Willie dropped his book and held up
both hands.
Here they are. SIR" he said.
These Boys Made a Long Run.
Every boy who owns a bicycle, says
the Chicago Record. dreams Of making
a long run some day-perhaps TO Milwau-
kee or 70 Madison, or on the century
course by way Of Elgin and Aurora. But
there are difficulties in the way Of long
trips that few young riders appreciate
until afterward. Two boys left Chicago
saturday morning. July 10. FOR run into
Wisconsin. Their letter describing the ex-
perlences Of the trip shows that bicycling
IS not always as joyful as 1t might be:
After starting out Saturday at $3.50
O'Clock in the morning we rode until
about 9l5. when we arrived at AlgOnquie.
about forty-fve miles out. 1t was get
ting hot about that time, so we thought
we would ride on about four miles 10
Crystal lake and take a swim We got
there about 10 o'clock, and had 10 walk
u mile through the swamp ana woods
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-22
Charlev,s Reform Mork.

There were many points OF difference
between the Rogers farm and others OF
the same neiehborhood; but perhaps the
most noticeable was the ground about the
house. other farm-yards were filed with
the accumulation OF old wagons and
plows and hay-rakcs, and not infre-
auently there was a wood-pile immediate
~ I'm front OF the house, but at the Rog-
ers farm oil these things were relocated
20 their proper place somewhere in the
BACKGROUND. Slipping down from the
broad piazza steps was smooth. we'll
kept lawn. dotted here and there by
fower-hens and shrubs and terminating
al the foot IN a thrifty hedge OF Califor-
MIA rrivet. AZ one end % the house was
o hardy border OF herbaceous plants,