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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03

Princeton, October 1.-The old COL
lege graduate would scarcely know
himself or his alma mater if he were
to visit the big university towns now.
They are full of freshmen, but they are
not the same kind of freshmen that
the university towns used to be full of
once year.
Time was when the freshman was
was the rarest and the most JOYOUS
'come-on that ever appeared from any
ham.et or farm or cline. The towns
people rubbed their hands and licked
their chops when they saw him COM
Ing. He meant an increase in pros
perity, running all the way from SIS to
the cabman, who took him around one
block six times, to 5000 to the hotel
man, who charged him Waldorf prices
for Irish stew meals. He was sand
bagged by the landlady and made to
pay 81 week for room that was not
big enough to change his mind in. and
he paid sixteen prices for everything
he bought and twenty for everything
that he got charged.
NO LONGER FRESH AND YER
DANT.
The freshman of to-day is no longer
the fresh, green and verdant thing
that he used to be. No longer does
he walk through the streets of the col
lege town and across the campus with
timid, shrinking steps. expecting dan
ger and abuse from he knows not
where, only that it is coming with
terrible certainty from somewhere.
Could an old grad. of ten or even eight
years standing view the present style
OF freshmen he would be tempted to de-
ny his alma mater. He does not affect
a sophomore swagger yet. but he walks
to and from his classes Just il he had
right to, and few of the holder ones
carry their hands in their trouser peck
cts and even whistle few bars when
they reach = secluded corner 81 the
campus. He no longer = Ncoan
" 'e
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The famous 400" of New York are
not under obligations as rigid and ex-
elusive as those enforced by leaders
of the so-called official set in the Capt.
toll City The positions held by by the
husbands make the social standing
of the wives and none dare say nay
to the system.
Of course there are charming social
circles outside Of all this code of ETH
quette. A charming musical coterie
has. for a long time gathered about
Mrs Senator Davis Mrs. John Hen
derson, wife of the famous ex-senator
from Missouri is famous for her re-
ceptions, attended by art lovers and
advanced thinkers. Admittance to
such circles as these can be had on
grounds of good breeding and the pos
session of accomplishments which
contribute to the general enjoyment
of the gatherings.
THE SOCIAL LEADER.
The centre of official Washington
society is the White House. Its lead
ers are the President of the United
States and his wife. Then come the
Vice President and his wife. The or
der OF rank Of the Cabinet officers as
arranged by the statute Of 1896 is the
Secretary Of State, Secretary Of Treas
ury, Secretary Of War. ATTORNEY
ornl 0fSn&Ua nnfars. 4
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The army al.
ready beginning /
series of teas at IT,
Meyer and the Navy-1~
OF our defenders on land a..
delightful little society of the. -,
| delightful in spite Of the fact til. / it,
too, is governed by rigid social code.
1t will be remembered in this connec-
ticn that Mrs. Dahlgreen, wife of the
famous naval commander, was the
first woman to compile and put into a
book all the unwritten laws of social
precedence in Washington.
The City is looking ahead to an in
teresting session of Congress and a
brilliant social season. McKinley's
Cabinet officers are many of them men
OF great wealth, and some of the re-
ceptions will undoubtedly rank up to
those long-remembered. Whitney and
Morton events.
1t is, of course, welr known at
Mrs. Mckinley herself canGot9 ne
the active and arduous dutiessv cial
leadership, and already the gossi1s are
wondering who will take her plate. In
finite tact, personal magnetismf gooc
i4SeiAIA anu q wealthy AuOUdluf WOulu
seem TO be the requisites. There are
many who can pass this social exam
ination. Who is to be the chosen one?
HOTELS FULL.
The last and yet the surest, indica-
ton that Washington is thoroughly
awake is the hotel register. All the
leading hotels are filling up, clerks are
smiling and proprietors are rubbing
their hands. Washington is, more
than any other American city, de-
pendent upon it's transient population,
and long, hot summer, has depleted
the pocketb0cks of a number of boni-
faces. In fact, the most famous hotel
in the city was forced to the wall in
September, although plans are already
on hand to reopen it.
Then, too, we have here an infal-
lible grounding rule for divining that
the season is on. When you may not
zee the print of your heel in the soft
asphaltum on Pennsylvania avenue
then the sun is no longer hot, and poll
1ticians and ordinary people may
safely return. The season is surely on
if the asphaltum is unyielding. Cool
breezes are tanning the city from
across the Potomac to the north and
west, and there are no hob-nail traces
in the streets. Verify, Washington is
ready. YROME RETSOF.
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were the reason why he had not been
able to ride

were the reason why he had not been
able to ride.
The girls, with American enterprise,
asked the hotel propri IL way he did
not attach a bicycle agency to his
hotel, but he, 100, shook his head and
said he was afraid it would not be
very popular Not more than dozen
visitors year come to Vollendam,
and these usually journey by rail and
stop only long enough to look at the
quaint old Dutch town.
But it should have a place in his
tory, for it is the only city in the
world that has never had bicycle in
it's limits until now.
OWEN T. ALBRIGHT.
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broidered in different colors, and even
the sabots are grass green or yellow.
The little girls dress exactly like
their mothers, and so do the little
boys, in skirts and all, until they are
seven, when they are put in boomers,
and the only way they can be told is by
q little disc the size of dollar en-
broidered on the back of their tight
little baby caps. The girls caps
haven't them, but as they are as vari-
colored as Joseph's coat it is hard to
recognize the little disc when you see
them on the boys.
These little caps are worn by the
children over their white ones, but not
by the grown boys. All of them, from
babies to grandmothers, have a long
curl from each side of the face, and a
bang that is treated to dose of blue
Or something to make it stick out like
A single. The rest of the head is
shaved. The children look like little
fairy princesses with their golden curls
and gay dresses, and when you are
there it seems as though you were
living little fairy story while you are
among them.
When the people of Vollendam go
In bathing they use a bathing machine,
and tourists are also offered the hos
pitality OF one. A bathing machine is
a nice little dressing room on wheels.
1t is driven out into the water So
when you are ready you open your
front door and step into the sea-a
wise arrangement, seeing that Dutch
bathing dresses are perfect horrors.
inc
as long as you do, and when you are
safely in it again the horse is hitched
to 1T and you are driven up on the
beach and complete your twilight" at
leisure.
The people Of Vollendam never take
up new things. Even the children
never play new FRANKS on each other.
'Ftcy do the same old tricks year after
year, play the same games and hand
down from generation to generation
the same little old playthings They
are sweet little things who know moth.
Ing of the ways and wiles of the
American child.
But a few days ago there was a sem
sation In Vollendam, and it was caus-
ed by the arrival of two American
girls. They were bloomer girls, who
came over from Paris to see Holland,
One of them was from Chicago and the
other from a Southern city. They had
heard that there were strange places in
Holland, and they set out to find one
of them. When they left Paris they
discarded their skirts and put on the
comfortable bloomer, which is very
becoming and graceful if it is made
right.
When these girls arrived in vollen-
dam they went TO the hotel, and there
prepared to go fortht but when they
came out they foundia crowd OF Vol
lenders around tho door. Asking
aome - What Wal the matter, they
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03
UNCLE SAM GETS
bACk 70 WORK
Washington Filling Up With Politi-
clans and Society People
Oh irm an hip Appointments.
They Pay Fat Sums and Thei-
Duties Are as Soft as the Chai
in the Rooms The New Society
Leadership.

Washington, October 2.-Under the
Constitution of the United States the
Federal Congress is directed to start
its proceedings on the first Monday in
December, but long before that time
even now-the hotels are beginning to
fill up with politicians in general and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03

But politicians are not the only
ones on hand. With the return of the
President to the city this month also
brings back the society leaders. They
are already getting into training for
the swift pace of the winter.
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Besides these plums Of sinecure, the
leaders of the House on the Republic
can side already have their lieutenants
after big chairmanships, such as APP
preparations, Interstate and Foreign
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hearing themselves talk.

nearing themselves talk.
Then there is the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures. 1t
also has salaried clerk, soft easy
chairs for its members, and duties as
soft as the chairs.
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FRESHMAN O. q.
The University Towns Are Full of
Him,

But He Isn't What He Used To Pc
They Can't Haze Him-He is on
His Good Behavior, Though, Be-
cause He Wants to Join the So
cieties-Sophs "Take Notes" Of
Him.
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1cto t e~ = - zz-9a:

place in the summer and Includes
tearing up of carpets, shifting about Of
desks, painting, vanishing, oiling,
washing, and generally making things
ready for the arrival of the law
makers.
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< 4 and magnificently fur
ed room, and meets at any vague
time. 1t is a standing joke around the
Capitol that the members of this. COM
mittee yentilate nothing but their own
ideas and only study acoustics by
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03

ueTgrauuateS OF CambrA
awakened first to the IA.
was a worn-out and ha,
tice that was beneath
indulge in. At any rate Il
yates by c. nmon consent d
right they had earned to
next years freshmen" and
Harvard ceased to be a. ha.
her rivals had to follow b
1t was out Of no considers
feelings Of their freshmen
abolished the delirious pa
doubt a great majority of
men and graduates still |
hazing is good for a fires
that nine out of ten of tn
badly. They gave it up
cause they could not afford
it. The sort of men ttS G
needed and who had mo de
as to viii n college tn,
would go to the ond wher
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subjected to u
The prepar
them after II
folly Of being
learned the lei
car& to reL
DOM make
ls..s;IsE s e T
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
A Queens Visit.

To be old and poor and bedridden is
generally to be debarred from the
greater privileges of life. but there
was one old man in Scotland who
found his disadvantages had procured
him privilege that the strong and
more active members OF his family
were seeking III vain. 1t was on an oc-
casion when Queen Victoria was at
Balmoral, and, as she often did, she
went one day. unaccompanied. to visit
the cottages. In one of these she
found an old man, bedridden and quite
alone, and she sat down to talk to him.
And how is 1t you are alone?" she
asked. Have you no one to keep you
company"
NO." replied the old man, innocent
ly, my folks be all away seeing the
queen; they thought they might get a
glimpse-of her."
His visitor made no reply. but she sat
with the old man, pleasantly filling the
gap made by the absence Of "his folks. :"
and then found time to read to him
from the Bible she herself treasured.
On leaving she gave a further proof
of her sympathy in the shape Of five-
pound note, accompanying it with the
words: when your people come back,
tell them that while they have been
to see the queen, the queen has been to
see you."
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
BRIGHT BITS.

A little systematic study every day
will make scholar at last.
The homely virtues OF everyday life
are the crown jewels of character.
He who fawns upon his superiors is
likely to be insolent towards his In
feriors.
God and duty are the only things
that abide; all else Is but 4 6eeting
shadow.
Capacity to appreciate the virtues Of
other people is the true test of mag
nanimity.
All special privileges Of every sort
are obnoxious to the spirit Of the age
In which We live.
Children are usually. trough not al
ways. ~ good a. their parentase and
bringing up allow them to be.
When you hear . man say that every
man has his price. you may depend
upon It that he at least u on the mar
ket
The man who possesses the funda-
mental virtues Of truthfulness. honesty
and purity should b Judged vsfy lsa-
iently for minor shortcomings.
Tho ignoramus has = contempt for
The scholar, and the scholar. unlsas On
his guard, IL in danger Of eatertain-
Ing q similar feeling for the igAora-
Osf.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

6ubScI ip.AoAA
The man brought 1t back to the pay
table and said to the captain: Please.
sir, you've given me bad half
crown"
The officer took the coin. and. with
out looking at 1t, rung 1t on the table.
and then remarked: ut sounds all
right, Bagster. What's wrong with
it,"
"You luke at it, SIR" was the reply.
The captain glanced at the coin,
saying: Its all right, man; 1t will
pass in the canteen."
This apparently satisfied Bagster,
who walked of making the remark:
"If you say it's a right. sir. 1t is a
right; but it's the first time I've seen
the queen wi whisksrs on!"-An-
swers.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
Barney B.rn..o,. Old r..eh.,,

Barney Barnato was educated In Jewish
~ school down in the Whitechapel district
e left that humble institution. where he
AAo been considered an uncOmmonly bright
boy, his teacher gave him a blessing, a lot of
1000 advice and a penny. He was then hf
teen years old. After he returned to Lon
son and half the world going crazy
over his speculations, he took a half holiday
on one occasion and visited his old school.
without disclosing his Identity he remarked
TO- the old master:
DO you remember giving a penny to
ago.
~ have given many n boy a penny" was
the ol dgent!cman's reply. '.And may have
given one to Barney Is,acs''
we'll, you did give him penny, and
nefe Ia the interest" responded the diamond
ring. handing his teacher a Bank of Eng
!end note for 600. .lf you ever want any
bat they call me Barnato now"
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
A Strange Feeling.

"Iphigenia," exclaimed the infatu-
ated man with a trembling voice. "a
strange, wonderful feeling comes over
me that we have gone through this ex-
perience before. Can the doctrine oi
the transmigration Of souls be true?
Are we merely reincarnations Of beings
that lived ages ago! II not. how is
this to be explained? oh. Iphigenia
does not this marvellous consciousness
impress itself upon you? Do you no,
remember now that far back in the dim
and misty past told you Of my love
even rs 1 am doing now. and you lis
tened favorably to my"
why, surely, Roger" interrupted
the lovely Iphigenia, have you forgot
ten that We were married and divorced
ten years ago? l was your fourth, you
know."-Exchange.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
Knew the LANGUAGE,

School Visitor (after the teachers
prize pupil, little Johnny. has recited
at race horse speed. his favorite piece
beginning: "Atminnight innes scarded
tentthe Sturkwas dreamnof thourwen
Greaserknee nsuppliance bentshd trem-
blat spower!')-An unusually bright
scholar. Miss Rushem; yes, indeed. 1t
is pleasure to hear him. l didn't
know you taught the ancient Gaelic In
this school, but l am pleased to see
that you do, and that your pupils are
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
Sound Reason. for Approval.

There are several cogent reasons why the
meSca! profession recommend and the pub
lie prefer Hostettcrs Stomach Bitters above
the ordinary cnthartics. 1t does not drench
and weaken the bowels. but assists rather
thar forces nature to act; II is botanic and
safe; Its action ls never preceded by an In
ternal earthquake like that produced by n
drastic purgatiye. For forty live years past
IL has been II household remedy for liver,
stomach and kidney trouble.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

We print this sentence not so much
for the dehnite news 1t contains as for
the unusual frankness 1t displays. 1t
seems that there is something which
Washington correspondent does not
know! His honesty in confessing ig-
norance Is in striking contrast with
the audacity of some OF his fellow
correspondents who were asserting at
the same time that "the President has
determined" this, or "the adminstra-
tion has resolved" that.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
LICENSE OF THE PRESS

A prominent New. York paper print
ed. not long ago. dispatch from
Washington beginning thus: "Presi-
dent McKinley's Cuban policy is still
. matter Of much uncertainty"
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
Swallow.

One swallow does not make sum-
mer." remarked the observer Of men
and things, but 1t sometimes makes
a sea serpent, and that's good start. -
Detroit Journal
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

$50 you let your lnughter go away to that
summer schoolT' EYES; but we made her
promise she wouldn't talk about 1t when she
comes hack"
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

She-..Jack. do you really love me7" He
"Great heavens, girl! Didn't I write you
ietter when the thermometer registered
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

Modern journalism OF the lower class
in England and in this country as
sumes that the public is not only inter-
ested In, but should be let into, every
thing which either the public welfare
or the peace of private life requires to
be kept secret. THE public desires to
know" is its excuse for prying. II 1t
succeeds in finding out. it blurts out
the secret; II it fails, it Invents some
thing to pacify its constituency and
to uphold ltz reputation for omni-
science.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

"Grandfather. I remember. used to put or
q clean white duck suit every day" ayes
and you grandmother. ! remember, used tc
have to wash and iron IT."
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

'IIow much insanity develops In hot
wea ther! "ics. people lose their minds
when their Ice bills come in"
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
W. should rh.nk 10.

n. D. Ito anxious mother)-Your
sons case is . very simple one: We will
open his back, take out his spine and
lay his lungs and heart bare. inject his
liver with an acid, and insert silver
wire at the base OF his thorax- We
will then sew him up neatly. and you'll
bs SURPRISED at the change it'll maks!-
Truth.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

Educate Your bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever
loc II C. G. G fail, druggists refund money.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
to,. Tobacco Spit and Suok, Your li(, Ax,v.

20 quit tobacco easily and forever, he mag.
neIc. full OF lfe. nerve and vigor, take No.
to-Bac, the wonder worker. that makes
weak men strong. All druggists. 5Oc. or 81
Cure guaranteed. Booklet and sample free
Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or
New York.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

"pid you see what that girl ordered for
her luncheoni' "No; what was it," "Iced
tea. Ice water and Ice cream"
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been n
family medicine with us since 1866. r.
Madison. 24O9 42d Ave. Chicago. III.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

u.-.r mink every nan ought to have aa
ei1SrtuaIty 10 70 to church % o1nAaY:
CsWeH II you had such aA 0DDStSsosV
OHas vooM yss 20 With Nr'
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

n enoar & tAis papsr edvisse -
suo6oss tAas Q frss pacfa6s Of PsravianA
- ~ kiAnsy aad liver cure On safth, VI
- As1fvsrsd FREE to any sa6srsF, Y ws1e
- fse proap<ly. PRnUviAHA Rnn1Dr o.
~ ~ D., CfncanAaA, Ohio.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

No-To- Bao for Fifty Cents-
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. q. All druggists
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
r~a.s.tly Practical

sFAsv ~ that socialism can Drodsss e
Dsaes3eal fssaltsf' shouted the e1SteD"
s6f eesrse II isn't." replied the .good.na-
tired citiDen. Anybody knows that u
4 - aboQt IL and, sometimes, ~ osvssai
tho0aS6 coolea"-Washington etAf.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17
a Ns~sa Pasa.

Ceimsonbeak-I understand one Of
our girls hit upon . novel plan to make
people look at her new bonnet. Yeast
And what was thatf ''She stood .
thermometer among the Aowers."-
Ycnkers Statesman.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

r00gh.
what = tough face that young fsl-
low has! Don't you think so?"
Think sof I know II. I tried Ia
break II oncs."-C'ncinnati EaQuirss,
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

Possibly the conductors Of sensation
Al newspapers are, as they assert, con-
trolled by the Unsuitable thirst Of their
readers for information regarding mat
ters which do not concern them. In
that case, the first step in reforming
the newspaper by reforming the read
ers may be in pointing out to cred
alous public that what is impossible is
not made possible and true by putting
It In print.-Youth's Companion.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

regularly, then write to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn, Mas
toms aud you will receive prompt reply telling moth
self In the meantime the Vegetable Compound will
for her. 1t tones the system, invgorates
the body, and the blues vanish before it dark
ness iees from the sunlight. You get it at any
reliable druggists.
Mrs LoUIsSrRoNa Harris HILL Erie Co. N. " says: 81
have been troubled with falling of the womb for years.
was advised to take Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. took thirteen bottles received great
benefit When the time for change of life suf-
fered great deal with faintness and palptaton of
the heart. l got one bottle of the Vegetable Com
pound and one of Blood Purifier and was relieved {
enabled to pass throug that serious period very
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

The fact that the guesses are not
contradicted goes for nothing. both
because some assertions could not be
eontradicted without revealing that
which 1t is purposed to conceal, and
because the President would find time
for little else were he to undertake the
contradiction of false rumors.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

The application OF little common
sense to a newspaper account OF an oc-
ourrence will frequently help one to an
almost certain conviction of its made
up character. For example, II we
read that the King of Sweden on some
occasion reproached his son for some
act, We may set it down at once as
a pure invention. Why? Because the
rebuke would not be administered pub
licly, and neither the king nor the
prince would tell any one about 1t If
it had been given.
The Meeker herald., 1897-07-17

So. almost as surely, about admins
tration secrets: for when the Presi-
dent wishes to reveal his policy he
doesn't tell it to correspondents, nor
to "leaky" friends. Those who as
sumo to know, whether correspondents
or congressman. are merely guessing
when they pretend to disclose the in
tentions of the President.