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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18
CHICAGO ROMANCE.
Why Vera Didn't Accept Cecil's Pro
DOSal.

Why Vera Didn't Accept CeciIs Pro-
Dosal.
Vera will you he my wife,
The rays Of the setting sun flooding with
a golden light the oriel windows Of Wood
up villa struck into FURNISHED gold the
hair and side whiskers Of Cecil d. Sykes
Montressor as he bowed his kingly head
and awaited a reply from the lips Of the
girl whose pure and rare beauty had
wound itself with q slow Cuban recogni-
ton movement among the innermost ten
drills of his heart.
He was tall. handsome man, with a
face like a Greek god, chiseled mouth,
whose habitual Cynical expression when
in repose was now concealed by a tassel
of the window curtain. and a figure like
the disk thrower's in the vatican.
Cecil D. Sykes Montressor was not n
man to brook delay. Beneath his cold,
polished exterior lay Vesuvius like pas
sions. and ore to look at his delicate
hands-slender and cared for like a wo-
mans-would little think that his grip
contained but few soied collars and half
q dozen bricks. And yet as he listened
for the answer 10 the question he had
marvellous self-control that his SAVIOR
faire and aplomb did not suffer his agi-
tation to become apparent.
Vera Van Rafferty, did not answer.
Her eyes were gazing rar out the win
dow. and her statuesque face showed no
trace of emotion.
Vera, did you hear my question:"
The voice Of Cecil \. Sykes ontressoT
vibrated with intense emotion. Blase
cynical man Of the world, as he was, be
lieving nothing. fearing nothing paying
nothing, the insouciant grace and spring
like freshness of this young girl cut con-
siderable ice with him.
The girl turned her face toward him
and her eyes rested for q moment upon The
low. sensuous curves of his watch chain
but she did not speak. There were tears
in her eyes, and a dumb pleading in hoT
whole attitude. but her Inns refused tc
form the answer for which he waited.
Suddenly Cecil D. Sykes onuessor's
manner changed. a steely CLINT came into
his eyes, and he took his foot off the in
laid Henry Quatre writing table with
naughty gesture.
He raised his royal head with the oic
superb grace that Vera knew so well. and
with a bursting heart she saw him get his
hat off the coal scuttle, bow coldly and
walk to the door.
Still she did not speak.
When he had gone the girl, with look
Of desperate resolve upon her face, seized
a iewe,ed case knife that lay upon the
table and pried open her teeth that she
had stuck fast together with The fq;al
caramel.
Then, as she realized that Cecil D
Sykes Montressor had gone out Of heI
life forever. she slowly hiss the word:
'Pshawr'-Detroit Free Press.
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grounds. Nice, Baden-Baden, AK les
Bains. Cairo or the mountains of Swift
zer!and. But however she may meet her
title and her castle she vii! find an album
dance in this years pick
A strange fact about the foreign castle
needing a mistress is that it belongs to
many cases this year to a young lord OF
American blood. The mother of the Lord
was an American. and the young man
has within him the same nationality as
the Girl 20 whom his castle is offered.
1t is claimed that in America it is only
three generations from shirt sleeves TO
shirt sleeves: that, as Jay Gould worked
and brought forth bread by the sweat OF
his brow, so his acknowledgements
will do This fortune vanishes again III
the three intervening generations.
In Spain ana other places where the
castles are located it is said that the for
tune goes in less time than that II goes
as quickly and easily as j. came. Two
generations are enough TO entirely scatter
it. and in one generation it is woc-uuy
shattered. This is not the fault ct the
Young Lord who now comes Wfc-seekinF'
Offering his title and q fresh, manly young
heart as an equivalent. Ills father spent
the money. But the fact remains that
the fortune Of the American mother is
no longer there: and what can be done but
TO allow history to repeat itself in this
generation, and send the young man out
for another American wife.
one Of the c.everest young men Of all
the catches" this season is Winston
Leonard Jerome. son of Lady Randolph
Churchill and cousin of the Duke Of MARI
borough. Like his father, he is Lord by
special courtesy. Young Lord Churchill
bears the name of his maternal grand
father. Larry" jerome, of New York,
well known in higher turf circles gen.
Grafton ago. He was born in 1874. and has
been reported engaged to every eligible
Young lady of England, including one Of
the eranddaughtcrs Of the Queen.
The latest is that he "ill come to Amer
lea next summer and show his handsome
face at Newport Lord Winston lives in
Connaught place. London. but his mother
has several country seats. none OF them
very pretentious. except chateau JUST
outside Paris. which she is said to have
bought at bargain" and left in its
nartiv ruined state 10 make il more in
te-esting.
It will descend to the young Lord. Lord
winston has TO great fortune. but he is
rot IN debt. His estate. such as It is. is
free from encumbrances and is respect
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call the hours of good time he now enjoys
with her. He pulls her head-dress away
and takes liberties with her as none OF
her children ever dared to do. He also
calls her nick-names. and last year chris
tened her Dummy" to which he chung
persistently 10 the dismay of his mother,
the Princess May. who feared her august
Majesty might think the child had picked
up the word, like a parrot from hearing
it. But it happened to strike the aged
Queens fancy, and she called herself
Dummy" TO the little prince, after which
the ladies of the court breathed easier.
The Queen, ike most merry-makers,
is an easy woman to live with. She de-
mands respect. but gets along with less
of it than most soveregns. She has an
immense string of court ladies, all good
looking, whom she commands to be well
dressed insisting only that they wear
white stockings with all gowns.
The Queen is very fond of foreign at
tendants. She has a devoted Indian SER
want, who is never far away He assists
her as she walks. and steadtes her shout
der by a firm pressure if she wishes to
discard her cane and stand alone before
her people. She also keeps with her
Scottish servant. who acts as messenger
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

tor, is the young Duke Of Manchester.
This young fellow is just twenty years
old, being born in 1877, the frs, child OF
Consuela Yznaga del Vale, of Ravens
wood, La, one of the first French families
Of that State. He was born William An
gus Drago, Lord Montague Of Kimboton,
but succeeded to the title when his faith
er. dissipated nobleman, died
The young Duke is a very bright. pleas
ing young man with no bad traits ye. de-
veloped upon him. He IS poor. though,
wretchedly Impoverished in purse and
estate and his Castle Kimboton is mere
wreck Of what II once was. L is sal3
that the young Duke does not possess
the original Kimbolton Castle, but only
ruined lodge built previously 70 the great
house erected by the first Duke. Who was
Secretary of State under George I. The
old castle is rumored 20 have been dis
posed Of piece by piece. The estate Il II
were not eutailed. would pass away from
the Duke. SO heavy are the mortgages
upon il. But riches are not peculiarly
Of foreign titles. and castles 20 let are
not warranted In the best Of repair any
way. so If a decent little duke goes with
the ruined castle it IS really all the young
woman ought TO ask.
Lord Rosebery isn't a young Duke. nor
is he Of American ancestry. bat this spring
his castles are fairly crying out for Il
mistress. Dalmeny, the Midlothian coun-
Try seat. where his lordship spends the
spring months,is the pre;test place IN
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

Scotland. and the prettiest % .-
castles possessed by Lord R0s
there are nine Of them. '-l
Lord Rosebery, with his cas-..
titles, his garter, his money. s.r.. DIS
horses is the best eaten On Er....
counting in the little daugh..,. .....
Of Hannah Rothschild which .-
keeping Of Lord Rosebery. H....
looking for royal alliance. ana ...
lean heiress who catches him r...
that her motives are neither r...
nor high sounding, but good an. ....{
Never an American papa was
of applicants as the RotrschHr. ..
relative, the Christian lord.
4 little catch. not yet OLD er.....
matrimonial intentions bu- af1r. ..
as in royalty. plans have begun ..
is the little hereditary Prince OF ...
step-grandson Of John W. ,-...-
California. This young man v..
Prince of Galatro Of the Ki..o-. ..,.i
pies, Prince Of Suellano. Pr.r.. ,. r
li2no and Prince of the Enr.r.
this, he succeeded 10 many u.-..
His prospective fortune on bis -..
side has made him such O. sh.r.-..
that his Italian relatives have r-.-
legal rights to him, having aa ,.. ..
his future
A present catch, mighty ln sa...,....
Of view, is the young Marquis . De-.
caccio. whose mother. for.-- ,,
Elizabeth Field, IS lady-in-w.a. ...
court Of Queen MarEh,ri,l OF r..
Marquis resides in Bran,
which he viii inherit or co. ~r...
the Duke of York irhcr --
Sandringham. lie will also base .-.
nice country place IN the ~l0s'. .fa.-
near where the sculptor
live. lie IS a splendid yow
unfortunately not wife-hga.. -
If a wife should come 20 tr ...
could a brave man Go?' 90 e.... t..s
Austin.
The list might be rro'or -- ..--
elisibes now looking toward l..-.-.
try places over which Oh.
are already growing They - ...
summer at these homes a e.. -...
English style and those b. WHOSE -.-.,
runs the adage As good Dis.
as ever were caught" Should 20,
read that they are En- 1.r.--
groen-growing CrarhrooF -,
Woodstock, soft-wiHdcI r.~-' r.
bury. Durham. Cambridge
ton. Exeter Lancashire and D.
and be governed Accordingly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

ing. After that the royal head always
ached when it came time to put Oh the
ieweled crown; and so. except at the
heaviest of state ceremonies, she has new
er worn II. :
The Queens other recreations are those
of lawn fetes These she has celebrated
religiously, every singer of note having
taken mart in them. Patti for a long time
was her favorite, but the Queen withdrew
her favor after Patti divorced the Mar
quis of Caux, for the Queen has never
cared for the mills that free persons. She
pities them but thinks it not well that
Queen should smile upon those who have
MADE a matrimonial mistake even though
the wrong-doing was all on the o'her SIDE
Throughout her sixty years on the
throne Victoria has neglected none OF her
dpties bur she has found time for every
recreation that can prolong life,
PERCY LONGSTREET.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18
The Largest and Finest Batch of Eligible Titles
of the Century Go With Them.
lord WINSTON CHURCHILL'S CLAIMS.
Better Than Those of the Young Duke of Manchester
Because He Has More Money.
MOST Of THE "CATCHES" ARE OF AMERICAN ANCESTRY.
lron,.rsbt ISL by Ryman interview syndicate.)

able in point of having no gambling nor
rors hanging over it and no sullied ianle
from riotous living of the young Lord
ancestors. His fame IS assured. Tor MS
father the late Lord Randolph Churchill
was NJ. p. for Paddington, Privy Coun-
cilor. a Chancellor of the EXchequer, and
Secretary of State for India, besides the
holder of many small titles. His mother
Lady Randolph Churchill, is great poll
tician as well as a society woman, and IS
the wearer of the Imperial Order OF the
Crown of India, conferred upon her py
the Queen for foreign services. 1t might
uolsuN 81 uosu9s slql .s9Volpo,, 9Vl
be incidentally stated that young Lord
Churchill is the finest bicycle rider in
England and carried off the honors at
the sandringham fetes last year, to the
distress of his mother who knows the
folly of understanding the royal family on
their own grounds.
The catch" most talked about now in
connection with a possible betrothal to
the daughter OF William "Walled-of' AS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18
A CLEAR CASE

Eminent Lawyer-"Cortur- no
jury, according 20 al, tha ...
scented the evidence against u-
purely circumstautial a INJURIES.
committed, and the autopsy
deceased had been hit by ...
persons saw my client s-ar
PROSTATE man. Ny ellen.
his hand. The club was h.a.
seen TO strike. or. 7 should
tap the PROSTATE imam f.v t
the aforesaid club: but rrr-
jury remember The iuju
been done in the sad. 'ra"rs.-.
able past and be clu-iar-.
the hundreds of innocent ..."
have suffered unjust'y &c.
mert, some happy c.rcum
thrown doubt on their guilt ISL.
tlemen, It IS very cvideut'to r
client. IN returning TO HIS r.
from n prayer meeting or
happened to isce the doccas..
suicide by beating himself .
with 4 club, and my boner0
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18
THE THEATRE AND DlsLIKES


-rlt Victoria bore their deaths calmly
10 am artist who skctched her soon after
the death Of the Duke of Albany she sald'
.,rre Lord hath given; the Lord hath
..f..n away. 4 Queen of the Holy Empire
must give mp from her abundance the lit
n. Tim, is demanded Of her except that II
t...t her country
Tr. Queens love has been divided be-
..,.... .0y. of country. which is the strong
.-- ii. She knows. and love Of art life
ST.. is "a most enthusiastic patron OF art,
81. has n fauiug for foreign artists, ana
.- This account has given violent oneHss
FL, rr.I.sh artists. She gets a portrait oil
herself or one of her family every year
.----- her Venetian visit; and she COM
missions German daubers and French
.,,s.-,rsr TO- paint her castles and her
..--,~5. rs wen as herself. The most op-
.-ob.1us terms are applied by the English
artists TO the pictures which Victoria
r-..-- home with her when newly smitten
,,.-., .rrsr3tiou for any particular school.
rhs Queen though o home woman, has
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

and entertainer. for the Queen hates lone
illness and silence, and wants plenty Of
excitement all the time.
one of the Queens recreations is visit
ing with artists. She has her favorites.
She goes out daily in a little pony cart
with her attendants. and it is her JOY
upon these occasions to have with her
q favorite artist who will sketch her.
There Is q young Englishman of whom
she is very fond. She talks to him, lets
him tax TO her. drives with him in q
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

most decorous way, but steadily and
constantly enjoys his society while he
is at Balmoral And he rewards her by
10y drawing pictures which. if not pretty,
at least are not the wrinkled, creased
yellow ones of extreme age, such as an
cvil-int-ntioned man might make.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

Hicks-It is so hard to get anything
through Jackaway's head
Wicks-I know Il. Strange. TOO. when
YOU come TO think Of it, Surely. there
can be nothing in the way.-BoSton
Transcript.
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WAS HIS MOTHERS DARLING.

Trust Him Not in Street Cars Nor With
His Sisters Beau.
He was a nice, manly little fellow in
Fauntleroy dress and with long golden
curls He was kneeling in front of an
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HER ANNUAL SALARY" NOT INCLUDED IN THE
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cOmpllShed, ana Sne was not SO Tlcn,
but now she could not leave her bust
ness and the east must get along with
out her.
She does not make friendships easily
with white men, and has never al
lowed anyone to photograph her.
Through the good offices of Miss Camp
bell, however, l was enabled to estab-
lish such confidence that she readily
granted my request to photograph her,
and grew quite interested in it, al
though she insisted on looking into the
camera to see the picture as soon as /
had taken it, and could not or would
not understand why this was not pos
sible until after the plate had been de-
veloped.
At Juneau 1 made the acquaintance
of two Indian chiefs who are great
admirers and friends of Princess Tom.
One of these, Chief Tlan-Tech of the
Kah-wan-tan clan, was a most inter-
esting old chap, who wore a high silk
hat and store clothes with a great
deal of jauntiness. He is as naturally
born to politics as an Irishman, and
lives in good pine house with his
numerous wives and progeny. An
other chief was quite amusing with
his pretensions to fashionable man
ners, creased trousers and other evil
dences of opulence, to say nothing of
the gold-headed cane he always car
ried. His house was furnished very
comfortably, and in his parlOr hung
picture cards and little gimcracks, be-
sides ipnumerable colored prints of
saints and the Christ, presented to him
by the priest of RussianGreek church,
of which he is devout member.
All my inquiries about the white
sheep brought replies that they were
away to the north, with a sweep of the
hand that meant unreasonable dis
tances. A hunter told me he had seen
a pair of white sheep horns in Cooks
inlet. There I went, and stopped at
Toynic, an old Russian settlement,
where I saw the first evidences of
white sheep, a piece of hide. There
met man who proved of great assis-
lance to me. His name was Creasing,
and he had been an Indian trader in
the country for many years. He is
Missourian by birth. Emptying into
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AN UNEXPECTED $4,000.
Continued from page 11)

glances at him from under her long,
dark eyelashes, and sometimes would
listen with almost bated breath, Won
dering what daring scheme would be
proposed next. He was so different
from any man she had ever met-so
energetic and impulsive and chivairous.
She could not help liking him, and she
could not withstand his impetuosity
any more than the reeds of the river
could Withstand the current in spring.
time. She offered objections to the
building Of the bridge and he overruled
them in a single impetuous speech She
did not like the idea of his assuming
all the expenses of improving the river
but did not dare expostulate for fear
OF the quizzical look which she knew
would come into his merry eyes. In
side of month she began to feel that
he was as much at home on her plan
tation as he was on his own, but she
could see no way to prevent it.
And, indeed, she did not want to. In
the fall their engagement was def
nitely announced, and all Talbottom
the year.
A few weeks before the marriage he
carefully overhauled his papers. There
were many letters addressed simply to
Willie Smith; some were to Willie H.
Smith and few to William Hamilton
Smith. All of them were destroyed.
1T isn't we'll to keep papers," he
soliloquiZed, as the last one was re-
duced to ashes. Some folks see them"
New York Ledger.
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TOYS OF OUR DADS.
Home Made Sleds and Skates for the Boys
Of Long Ago.

The great and general court of Mas
sachusetts, more than 200 years ago,
forbade the sale or use of cakes and
buns except for marriages or funerals.
Christmas was not worthy of being
made an exception, according to the
stern creed of these early lawmakers,
for, indeed, Christmas found no favor
that they would look with any favor
upon the making of toys. These, in
fact, were almost unknown in early
years in New England, though COM
mon enough in New York and the
South.
But human nature is patient, how
ever severely repressed, and the chill
dren's children of the early settlers
had plenty of fun at play. In some
respects they even had decidedly the
advantage of the fortunate youth of
1896; for their toys were almost all
home made, and represented love and
tell and ingenious contrivance in the
home circle.
The "boughten" sleds that are now
made by the million, it would seem,
and sold in their cleaning red paint
at ''37 cents and upward" are not, to
any right minded younket, half so in
teresting as the homemade affair
which grandpapa's grandpa made in
exact imitation of a big ox-sled, even
to the cleft tongue" of hard wood
Grandpa's sled had bent runners of
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ScrOfulOus HumOr Cured.

II. am very much pleased with the
Rainy Day Puzzle sent for three trade
marks from Hoods Sarsaparilla and
eight cents in stamps. My little
brother has been taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and it has entirely cured him
of scrOfulous humor. This medicine
has proved very satisfactory whenever
we have used it," Ethel Hodgkins, N.
LamOine, Me.
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Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
The oasis., 1897-04-17
HOW ABOUT "BLUFF."

The president of the American Whist Club scoffs at the idea that the playing of whist for prizes is gambling. Prizes, he says, are given in whist as scholarships are given at universities, for proficiency in science, the prizes serving to encourage study. The Picayune adds: There is an interest ing comparison which is not often drawn. It may not be convincing but it will doubtless satisfy the conscience of the devoted whist player Arizona Star.
 That is surely new view. And if it is not gambling to play whist for prizes, why is it gambling to play poker? Surely if there is science in any game it is in that of "bluif. n And the science consists in mastery of that greatest of all studies the study of human nature.
The oasis., 1897-04-17

persed, congratulatlng Mrs Black lidge upon the success of her enter tainmeut.
 Those present were Miss Golly, Alnltage, Finn, Doll, Castaneda, Boss, Watkins and Walker, and Myrtle Blabklidge; Mesdames Webster, Trask and Blacklidge; Messrs Webster, Fill more, Marsh, Roberts, Roemer, Keen, Slpe, Castaneda, Reddeld and Harry Blacklidge.
The oasis., 1897-04-17
OVERLOOKED A POINT.

The Massachusetts legislature de feated the measure to provide means for the erection Of a statue to General E. r. Butler. The bill seemed in a fair way to pass until member arose and asked: If statue were erected, what battles would be ins- cribed on its pedestal?" Whereupon the bill was voted down by 9l to 3s. LEI Paso Herald.
 The legislature certainly overlooked point when 1t refused a statue be- cause DO battles could be inscribed. The man who brought order out of civil chaos at New Orleans, and cleansed the city so yellow fever lost its terrors, needs DO list Of bloody battles to attest his greatness.
The oasis., 1897-04-17

TIE OASIS is in receipt of q copy of the report of the governor of Arizona, Hon. E. J. Franklin, to the secre- tiry of the interior for tue year 1896. It is volume of l4a printed pages, interspersed with finely executed half tone engrayings, maps, etc, and is replete with statistical and general information with regard to the vast and varied resources of the territory. It is one of the most valuable works of the kind eyer issued.
The oasis., 1897-04-17
UF COURSE.

Wonder if McKinley's election had anything to do with the unparalleled rich mineral discoveries being made in all parts of the territory. -[Graham Guardian.
 Of course it has. Under the in- cuburs of democratic administra- tion men didn't have sufficient cour. age to go out to look for what they might find. Under republican rule everybody has push and everything moves
The oasis., 1897-04-17

TIE Los Angeles Times hits the nail on the head in the following fash ion; 1t is a noticeable fact that the most strenupus and vehement adyo- cates oi "civil-service reform" just )w, are those democratic office holders who have got into office through violation of the civil-service rules. It is proyerbial that nobody can yell stop thief so lustily as the thief himself. Jealous reformers of this kind will bear pretty close watch ing. The louder they declaim against the "spoils system" the closer they should be watched.