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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
IT'S A POOR RULE.

The Marquis Of IOrne, when Gov
ernor General OF Canada, was present
at some sports held on the ice OF the
st. Lawrence. Though wrapped in
furs he felt the cold acutely. and was
astonighed TO see an ancient Indian
meandering around barefooted, enyei-
oped only in blanket. He asked the
savage how he managed TO bear such a
temperature when he had so little on.
why you 10 cover face?' inquired
the Indian. The Marquis replied that
no one ever dld 80. and that he was ac-
customed 10 have his face naked from
birth. Coed rejoined the prairie
king. me all face" and walked away.
san Francisco Wave.
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his unspoken thoughts with an ac-
curacy that, to less healthy, whole
some young fellow, might have been
embarrassing. But withal she was so
womanly and tender, and her fancies
SO pretty, that gradually he grew used
to them, and found himself often lin
gering over them and almost wishing
they could be true.
To one of these fancies he had read
lily yielded; each evening both sat wher-
ever they might be in silence for a little
time, and let their thoughts go out free
ly to each other. Soul talks Doro-
thy called them; and, whatever they
were, the result was that his love for
the girl grew more tender, and he knew
that in some subtle manner he was
coming to understand her better and
better each day. These times had been
inexpressibly dear to him of late. They
were his moments of absolute rest from
the worry of the strike, and he always
left his brain refreshed, and afterward
was better able to cope with his grow
ing difficulties.
The pulse of the strike was growing
feyerish, and night after night Shotwell
had slept at the office, fearing that some
kind of attack on the premises. By
the end of the week worry and lack of
sleep had told heavily upon him, and
as he sat smoking in the mysterious
shadows of the early evening he deter
mined that this must be his last night
alone; he would get watchman to aid
him. His thoughts grew vague and
mixed; his pipe fell to the floor and
made him jump, then his eyes closed for
a moment, opened sluggishly, dropped
again, and he was fast asleep.
With start and fearfu, sense of
oppression, he awoke, struggling wildly
in his chair-tried to cry out, and real
lied that he was tied down A cloth
was wound tightly over his mouth,
while the room was filled with a subtle,
sickly odor Of chloroform He heard
a sneering laugh behind his chair, and
well, yer took a purity good nap
that time, didn't yer?" There was an
answering growl from another throat,
and the two men came round in front,
both muffled in heavy coats, and pieces
of cloth covering the upper half of
their faces. One of them carried
small black box somewhat gingerly to
the desk and set it down in front of
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fined to the morning and evening. On
such occasions Cooper had his work
hidden away under his blanket, and
his rheumatism was invariably mo bet
ter"
Every day, soon after noon, La
TQuche danced silently into the hospi-
tai to be fitted and to see how the work
of art was proceeding. At each visit
he grew more delighted. "I'll have it
ready by the day before the ball." said
Cooper.
The night before this creation in
gray blue and gold was completed it
had already been paid for-Capt.
Singer. of the Thirty-third Ohio, who
had about recovered from a gun shot
wound in the thigh received at Chick
amauga, drew me to one side and
said:
Il have plan for escape, and I
want you to help me-"
IF course, I'll do it," / said. BIN
why not let me in?"
II cant't.'
"Why not?'
Because, confound it, there is only
one suit"
Singer then went on to explain that
he had planned to take La Touches
uniform from underneath Cooper's
head and, after putting it on, pass
out when the guards were changed at
daylight the next morning. Nav, ever
since the cloth began to assume form,
this idea had taken shape in my mind,
and | so tCld Singer. We drew lots
to see which would try it, and my COM
panion won.
In my anxiety to see how Singer
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clock on the mantel caught her ear
caught it strangely. AID she listened,
breathless, trembling: tick-tack. tiek-
tack-what did it mean? Then slowly
and softly q solemn voice fell on her
inner ear: Goodbye, Dorrie: good
bye, darling
s1.h!" she rose to her full height
was rigid there for an instant. then
quietly: Eyes, know, | understand j" ,
She walked quietly to her father'sl
room, took his keys, and, taking her
hat and coat, slipped unseen out into
the night.
Tick-tack, tick-tack, eight minutes
more
Eight minutes, eight years: God,
Can | wait? One brave spring now
would end the torture, and-no, no, for
Dorrie's sake. for the honor of love.
I'll live my life out to the last bitter
second" Shotwell closed his eyes a
few moments, then opening them, saw
a face in the doorway gazing at him;
to him it seemed the soul of Dorrie
come to say Goodbye"
He was not afraid hardly awed: it
was not real; dying mems eyes are
sometimes strangely clear: he noticed
the hat, the coat; the face drawn with
fearful anguish-souls did not look like
that-it was Dorrie herself A moment
of wild JOY was swallowed up in q still
horror Dorriei "-here, with that
thing-Oh! God this was worst of all
but her quick hands touched him. deft-
" untieing first the handkerchief that
gagged him, then delicately slipping
those fearful strings from his wrists
How long, Arthur" she whispered.
lie glanced desperately at the clock.
Two minutes; don't stop to unite
me: water. quick, There's a bucket:
fill it at the tap: it's our only chance"
She comprehended instantly. oh,
how slow the water ran, She walked
swiftly to the desk, took the box in her
hands. and carried it, ticking, to the
bucket: placed it in, and held ii, trem-
bling. as the water swallowed it. until
there was a little rasping jar in the
ticking. Shotwell drew one deep, long
breath as he stopped over the girl and
waited for what never came. One, two,
three minutes passed; then, with
breath of half fearful relief, he looked
down at Dorrie. She was fast~asleep,
nestled in his arms and breathing
peacefully.
He walked her with a kiss. She
stared at him in sleepy surprise. why,
Arthur, Where am /? What is it,
dear? How white you look; and see
the waters running all over the floor:
you careless boy--I-oh, Arthur, l..
take me home. '-Aquila Kempster
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bachelor, and no end of gallant, as
we afterward learned.
See here, Captain" called out Adjt
La Touche, after he had watched
Cooper for some time, "are you a regu-
lar tailor?"
That is my trade" reDIied Cooper.
think you could make me a full
dress uniform if l furnished you the
materials?' was the next question.
IF | had your measure and a plate
to go by
20, we have no plates, but I can give
you the details; know all about them. -
you see" continued La Touche,
there is to be a ball at the State House
in two weeks. and if could have the
suit made up at a reasonable price in
time for that event it would take a
great load off my mind"
what would you have to pay a
Richmond tailor for making such a
uniform?"
"About s4C0,' blurted out La Touche
IF guaranteed you satisfaction and
charged one-half, would you give me
the iob?"
Gladly said the delighted adiutant,
ard the contract was closed. La Touche
must have thought the transaction If
regular for there was much secrecy in
his manner, when the next day he came
in alone, carrying a large bundle
in which was the material to be made
up.
Cooper examined the goods after TAX
ing his customers measure 1.-THE GUS
toner brought a tape line with him) .
When Is Touche turned to leave, Coop
er called cut:
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the thing to go quicker, Just struggle
hard. and If We manage to pull either
OF them strings, well. guess it'll oblige
ye."
Nov, Bill, we've got no time to
waste. Here's the keys; you go for the
safe and I'll fix the desk"
Inside of fifteen minutes Shotwell's
guests had gone, leaving little trace
chloroform, and that strange-looking
black box, with its monotonous tick
tack, tick-tack.
The whole thing had happened so
suddenly, and his brain was so heavy
with the drug, that the men were gone
before he fully realized the horror Of
his position. As it dawned on him he
could not believe it was true; it was
some terrible nightmare. He strove
to shake himself, but the Tightening
of the strings on his wrists and a half
jar in the tones of that ceaseless tick
tack brought him back to his senses
with chill horror. lie glared terror
stricken at the little clock that was
ticking off the moments of his life-a
second each time. A few more min
utes and then-he broke out into a
cold sweat; an unmanning fear of this
unknown, cruel thing crept over him,
and for while he sat, huddled in alb
ject terror; then slowly the soul of the
man steadied itself; he closed his eyes
to pray, and the word that came was
Dorothy With fierce mental eff
fort he pulled together his shaken fac
ulties for her sake. For her he would
: die like a man. Perhaps she would
know he had been no coward.
Tick-tack, tick-tack, twenty minutes
past ten. All, it was time to sit and
talk to ''Dorrie" Well he would do it
would give to her those last twenty
minutes. And so he sat on, his face
drawn and CHASTITY. but his courage
firm-sat and babe long goodbye TO
the girl he loved: thought strong,
manly thoughts to her. that kept fear
from his heart. But while his Utmost
self talked with "Dorrie" his flesh
grew gray and pinched, the lonely
silence broken only by the steady tick
ing of his clock of doom.
Dorothy that night sat reading; then
later fell to wondering of Arthur
alone in that great building, and at the
thought of his loneliness all her heart
went out to him; and perhaps some
Of her soul. for her body fell asleep.
Then she, too, woke with start-a
start of perplexity and fear: fear for
Arthur-what was it? She passed her
hand over her forehead, bewildered.
What was it-why could she not re-
member? Then the ticking of the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
LEAVING LIBBY.
low IA shrewd Yankee Managed His
Escape.

low SAt9WU 9ahEeC 4tLanaSSu MS
Escape.
When Gen. John Morgan, the famous
Confederate raider, visited Libby prison
early in 1864, he said: There is no I'M
dertaki1g in the world that you have
not mer in the prison qualified for;
that's why it is strange that more of
you fellows don't try to get away"
In Libby prison, al the time of Nor
gan's visit, there were about 400 Off
GERS from beardless second Heutenants,
in their teens, TO grizZied leaders of
brigades and divisions.
These men came not only from every
State and territory in our land, but they
represented the armies Of nearly every
European nation. We had lawyers,
doctors, clergymen, college professors,
engineers, editors and every variety of
skilled mechanic.
Among the craftsmen was Capt. Coop
er, Of Connecticut, who had learned the
trade of tailor in his youth, and was
conducting clothing store at Hart
ford, when patriotism dominated profit
and sent him into the army.
Where every man felt sick and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24

1t will be really a trolley line, for the
power will be supplied from an over
head wire.
OF all the mountain climbing roads,
those of Mount Sinai and the Jungfrau
are the most ambitious. There is an
electric railway in Massachusetts
which climbs Mount Tom, but Mount
Tom is a molehill compared to the
Jungfrau. There is a steam cog-wheel
railroad which runs up the Rigi from
Lake Lucerne. And when the Decenl-
Der nights are hot in Rio Janeiro a
cog-wheel railroad takes the BraZilians
5000 feet up the side of Corcovado,
where they dine at the "Pineras, with
the sparkling city spread out below on
one side and the ocean on the other,
while the sabia's sweet song is heard
in the forests.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
THE RAILROAD UP THE JUNGFRAU.

Il don't want deposit, adiutant, be-
cause I'm afraid you'll clear out and
not come back TO my shop for the goods,
but, IS you know, Woodworking man
needs more and better feed than one
who's doing nothing. So if you could
let me have little on account from
time to time it would give me nerve for
the work.
La Touchk took the hint and left 800.
As there We're no dangerous cases in
the hosDitaI at this time. tie visits Of
rr- Sabal and his assistant Were con-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
SIGNS.


Cleveland Leader.
The melancholy days are here,
TIE signs are everywhere:
The woodland leaves are turning sers,
And nuttering through the afr.
The cricket chirps it, mourrm lay
Belaath the window Sill.
The buckwheat field is turning gray,
Upon the distant bill.
A dreamy silence seems to spread
O'er all the country side,
The flowers that bloomed. alas, are dead
Their petals scattered wide.
But cen without such signs as these
The hills immersed In haze.
The turning leaves upon the trees
We'd recognize the days.
For now the agile college men,"
With hanks OF hair 10 spare.
Are on the campuses again
And raising hades there:
Their hosting flags and raisAQg caaes
And also hazing some.
And elsewise showing that theft bEe7f
Continue out Of plump.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
RURAL MINISTER'S BLESSING.

Down in the rural district it hap
pened that the Mean Man invited the
preacher to dinner The Mean Man
had plenty of money, but he didn't
spend it on his table, which on that oc-
casion showed but ,scant fare.
"Parson," said the Mean Man, ''times
/ air hard an sSQferies high; but, SIGH
\Ps it is, you're Welcome. Will you AK
blessin'?"
Il will replid d." the parson: fold
ur hands" md then he said:
Lord, mako US thankful for what
are about 10 receiye-for these
ems without aeon Athis bread with
=; y Z; .: i: :: ::
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made out l kept awake all night. On
larceny intent he left my sight about
an hour before daylight | watched
him moving to where Cooper lay, about
fifty feet away. Then followed q long
silence A half hour passed, and / was
wondering at Singers slowness when
Cooper's angry voice broke the still
ness.
a man who'll try TO steal from a
fellow soldier in prison Is no man at
all, he said. but he did not raise hia
voice so as to be heard by the guarda
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
20 RTYASIX MINUTES WITH DEATH.
By tls Author Of IAN Occult EPISODE .As BY Fire. Etc
HHD strike al the foundry"

III HE strike at the Foundry,
STARTING from comparatively
= small grievances, had-thanks
to the influence of few of the
readers reached state where salts
factory settlement seemed impossible.
Inc men had expected to be out a
week, or ten days at the most, but near
ly two mOfAhs had elapsed, and their
position was almost desperate. Several
depxations had waited on old Mr..
Vice, the proprietor. but had been in
VarlaDly referred back to the manager,
with the understanding that he had full
authority to deal with them.
Inc manager. Shotwell a young man
OF intelligent sympathies, from the
1lrst had been willing, even eager, to
discuss the mems grievances and help
them to an understanding. But when
he found that the leaders, to whom the
men had intrusted their cause, not only
were disposed to take advantage of
hls Justice, but were seeking their own
tends at the expense Of the men, he sud-
idenly changed his attitude and refused
ITO listen to any proposals other than
absolute surrender. He gave the three
leaders to understand in the plainest
Language that under no consideration
would he tolerate their presence in the
shops again.
The result of this understanding
and the contemptuous way in which
the manager had expressed his opinion
OF the leaders and their scheming
reused these men from sullen spite to
hatred. They could not keep the men
out or get back themselves unless
well, unless Shotwell changed his
mind, and they knew him too well to
hope for that
Shotwell's obstinacy had surprised
even old Mr.. Vice, who had known
him from boyhood-known him SO
well, in fact, that he had sanctioned
the young mans engagement to
Dorothy, his daughter It was posi-
bly, the thought of a<future partner
ship that made him SO determined to
stand to his guns 1bw, and show the
old man and his tweetheart that he
was capable of hoAing the reins
Even DorotlE's lover hardly under
stood her. she had strange ideas of
'soul communion" that made the mat
ter of fact young man gasp; and she
had an uncanny knack of demonstrat-
ing|fhe proof Of her beliefs by reading
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
TROLLEY CARS INVADE
MANY HOLY PLACES.
Road Up Sinai Will Have a Depot
Where Moses Stood
When He Talked With God TO
Pass Elijah's Cave Electric Road
to the Summit of the Juugfrau
Soon to 30 Opened - Stsepest
Climbers Ever Euilt.

Holy Land, October Elm a short
time the little port of Tor. on the Gulf
OF Suez, will hear the cry, ''All aboard
for Mount Small" and in the hotels
of lnterlaken a man will go about cry
ing out that the train is about to start
for the summit Of the Jungfaur. 1t
was shock to the conservative when
the railway porters at Joppa began to
cry out, "All aboard fer Jerusalem."
and when the steam of the locomotive
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whistle awoke the echoes of the house
OF Simon the Tanner" it seemed like
sacrilege at first. but now the tourist
will bargain with hackman and tow
about his luggage before the gates of
Jerusalem as if he were alighting from
train in Jersey City. A pilgrim to
the Holy Land now goes not with
sandal shoon and scallop SHE'LL but
with one of Cooks return trip tickets.
Since the British occupation of Egypt
there has been a constant flow of tour
lists caravans from that country out to
the Sinian desert and to that noun
tain where the Lord gave up to man
the Ten Commandments, and down
whose slopes Moses
Trod,
All glowing, from the presence of his
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24
WEDDING ETIQUETTE IN KANSAS

A man presented himself in his shirt
sleeves before the Probate Judge of
Shawnee county to be married the
other day. Not to be outdcne in polite
NESS the Judge also removed his coat
an then conducted the ceremony.
II sas City Iouf6aI.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24

At any time in the spring can be
found sitting under the palm trees in
the court yard of Shepard's Hotel, at
Cairo, Americans, Englishmen or Ger
mans WHO have just returned from
trip tN Mount Sinai. Mindful of this
fact. company has been formed to
build railroad from Tor, on the Gulf
OF SueA 70 the1;spmmit OF the sacred
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-24

But He Was Cured Once and for All,
q 1t Seemed.
nuWhen the laRdlady asked the book
in the sfond-sfery front room
d obj1t 10 a roommate, he
~ link he'd mind it, just
How didn't snore
dy promised to be very
Question all callers closely
It 1t was two weeks before
Any one whom she consider
|ough to share the room with
eeper. The newcomer was
tie fellow, who had his trous-
every other day, and who
respects the quintessence of
1efe66 Skug men got pretty well
acquainted the Nrst. evening and the
bookkeeper thought he should like his
companion immensely Before morning
he changed his mind and knew he
should despiSa him. The roommate
/ spored. Il was not an infant snore, but
a fully-developed, mighty snore, such
as he had never heard in all his
varied experience He spoke about it
the next day.
mate; that's funny Nobody ever told
ane about it before
Maybe you never slept in the same
room with anybody"
20, yes. / have; lots of times. I tell
you, I don't think it's natural for me
TO do that | think I did it last night
- ~ tlnSQt such a bad cold
eper accepted that -expla-
bth men set to work to
At the end of a week
trace of it, but the
at a more lively rate
bookkeeper complain
m-mate was very nice
b he was sorry, and
recommend anything
II snoring he'd be will
no difference what it
night the bookkeeper
me newspaper clipping
mad run across in the course
DAY.
people who snore will take ia
Ipoonful Of cayenne pepper and
Iolespoonful Of olive Oil before retir-
ing, they will find the mixture a pos
ttive cure for snoring"
That was. the gist of the paragraph
,After dinner the bookkeeper went to
the drugstore and bought plentiful
supply of both ingredients.
Il tell You what it is, he said. when
he came back. 'if little of anything is
good, good deal ought to be still bet
ter. Instead of taking two tablespoon
fuls of this stuff you ought to double
the dose
The roommate demurred little. but
the other persisted, and after much
gasping and weeping the fiery mixture
was swallowed The roommate had
taken to the sofa several nights before
that and the bookkeeper went to bed
and slept peacefully the whole night
: Through without being disturbed by
single snore. The next morning he
arose and looked at the silent form on
the bed
Hello, old mani" he said, "that stuff
worked likesa top, didn't it? Nary
snore, eh?"s
No answer
Say" he went on, "are you still
asleep"
The figure sat up then. Its face was
flushed, its eyes bloodshot, and its hair
rumpled.
Don't speak to me-" it beloved Il
hate you. I'm burning up. If the fur
mace of the Hebrew children were in
my stomach | couldn't be any hotter
than | am now. No, I'm not asleep. |
haven't been asleep all night l never
expect to sleep again No wonder l
don't snore. Chicago Tribune.
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COMFORTABLE PILGRIMAGEs.

All glowing, from the presence of hi
God
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HIS ROOMMATE SNORED,

But He Was Cured Once and for All,
1t Seemed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-25
CRUISE OF THE BEAR.
She Will Start Up Into the Arctic at
the First Break of the Ice Pack.

New York, Feb. 25-The United
States revenue cutter Bear is under or
ders to cruise into the Arctic ocean at
the earliest possible time after the
breaking up of the ice pack. The COM
mander of the Bear, Capt. Francis Tut
tie, passed through this city last night
en- route west. He was summoned to
Washington a week ago for consulta-
ton with the authorities. His vessel
is now at Seattle, Wash, and is report
ed ready for sea.
Capt. futile says that a number Of
whaling ships have endeavored to Win
ter this season out in the Arctic, and
though there is no real ground for APP
prehensiOn it is borne in mind that one
ship was crushed in the ice in the win
ter of 1896. The whaling fleet now north
may all have reached the mouth of the
Mckenzie river, where the shelter is
comparatively good; but those ships
ground are not likely, it is thought, TO
have come out free of damage.
The Bear will leave Puget Sound in
the course of a few weeks and stretch
across to Unga, thence to the mouth of
the Yukon and into Port Clarence.
From the latter place she will move up
to Icy Cape and there watch her chance
to enter the ice. If any ship has been
lost the crew, Capt. Tuttle thinks, will
be found at Point Hope, which is near
Point Barrow Point Hope is about 400
miles north of Behring Strait. The ice
leads lie usually close to the shore lines.
and vary in width from a few hundred
yards to two. or three miles. The Bear
has on previous occasions fought her
way for miles through the ice by hav-
ing recourse to ramminE.
A ponderous craft of nearly 1 500 tons,
with an 1S-foot draft hold on the water
she has been known TO drive full speed
into foe and fetch up standing with
hardly a tremor perceptible to those on
board. The Bear was one of the origi-
nat Greeley relief fleet. She is built
throughout of oak and teak and is
Sheathed with irOn-WOOd. For Is feet
abaft the stem she is filled in with solid
oak