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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28

and HOFFMAN in sedate liveries In at
tendance, drew up before a party 81
! chiIdren who were having q SNOWFALL
| hshl Wllhelmina was delighted and
! applauded the children enthusiastically
presently II began TO look as If her
laForlte side was about to be beaten
ana, forgetting court etiquette and
everything, the little queen jumped
from the carriage and began to do her
pest TO turn the fortunes of war. The
entire attention of the enemy was di-
recteo against the unexpected reinforce
menr The Mortified coachman leaped
down and rescued her, frightening the
youngsters half out of their senses by
sternly saying:
Chlldren, don't you know that YOU
are snowballing the queen of Holland?"
queen Emma asked the name and
addresses of the children, and the next
morning each of the snowballing party.
when had gone home in agony OF
spirit, expecting the momentary appear
ance OF an officer of the law. was de-
lighted by receiving a handsome gift.
with the compliments of the little VII
helmina.
1t is no wonder, therefore, that every
Hollander adores the young girl whu
is now about to become queen. So
devoted to her people is she that she
wears on every possible occasion the
national costume. She has been pho
graphed in the dresses of the different
provinces and every household con-
tains a picture of her thus arrayed.
Her sweetness of disposition. the
friendly interest that she takes in all
with whom she comes in contact. her
simple and democratic spirit, her quick
intelligence and her love for all that
is good and beautiful have endeared
her to the heart of every Hollander.
In short, she is queen of whom any
nation might be proud
There is good deal OF socialistic
feeling in Holland, but even that party
adores Wirelmina and says that so
long as she lives they will Loyalty sup
port the house of Orange Nassau
The statesmen of Holland are busy
trying to select husband for their
young queen. She is all that stands
between the Dutch throne and Ger
man ruler, for the next in the line OF
succession is the sister of King Will
lam Ill. of Holland the Grand Duchess
of Weimar- Eisenbach, who,
through her foreign ma~~i"o~' 10 Hfs<u
get@.r German in hST sylhpatules.
enort was made recently to betroit
to her cousin, young Princs\
Bernard of -Weimar- Eisen bach,
thought of the marriage. J
ny OBJECTION ~ Prince Bernard E,I VINO
d aid to be reaNS a nice fellow al
though not remarkably io' ''""''' W
ing that he was too ugr~~ ,r,u ha
The coronation ceremonh< ,..r
held in the Nieuwe kirche r%sntiv
dam. The town will be magnifceI
decorated, and open house will be kept
by the hospital burghers. There VIII
be games and professions and balls
that will extend through out the week;
After 1t is az over Wllhelmina VIII
be in truth Q<en Wilhelmina OF Hol-
land and will begin\ to make history
for the little kingdom\ at the mouth OF
the Rhine. FRANCES HYDE.
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and my lady whispers back somewhat
saucily that it does to gamblers, and
he evidently answers Yes" for he
puts his arm around her, and tells her
he is going to try his chance for the
last time, and that sinister old man
in the moon says, though they do not
hear him, "Ah, ha, my master, the
moonstone has brought you a full
hand." But it seems to me that if he
saw her face he would realize that it
was a royal flush. and Master Jack
could congratulate himself on gaining
something more precious than mere
summer girl.
Then they go back. and there is a
long talk on the veranda, and the pre-
cious moolstone is to be set in dia-
monds to make a ring for somebody,
and Jack kisses somebody good night
and a happy, healthy girl goes and
whispers it all to her mother-that is
nearly all, because there are always
soma pgs better left unsaid. The
tulle us OH. the golden hair is
brus q wonderfully beribboned
and red night dress is put on
AND maid goes to bed t.
drt \and the man In thu
- there was Z mint julie
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28

that had a moonstone inside of lump
of sugar in it, and that Jack and the
man in the moon were arranging some
thing about a house that was to be
hers, way down south.
She is a pleasant girl, this girl at
the Pier, sometimes l think the best
type of American girl, and feel that
you and l and my friends can say
God bless her!" for while she is full
of fun she is not fast-pretty as a
picture and yet not overvain, indus
trious as bee and bright as a star
yes, she is the best type of American
girl, and you and | can say again,
God bless her." for she is the mother
of future heroes, and all that is sweet
and good must be cultivated in her
SO that she may be that best of ALL"
good and loving mother
A touch of wisdom in the home of
frivolity. An, my friend, all is not
frivolity! Who can tell where the
heartache is? 1t is found oftener in
a carriage than walking, and oftener
it is covered by satin and jewels than
by serge alone. Life here, as every
where is contrast, and that is why
1t is SO interesting. If all lives were
the same who would find joy in them?
Not you, not your neighbor and GER
talniy not Bah.
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want to do.
Once when visiting the schoolroom
of a certain little lady who had very
exalted ideas of her own rank she dis
covered that affairs between pupil and
governess were a little strained. The
princess inquired of the governess the
cause The little lady, at once sure OF
the right on her side, burst in with:
Miss F. wanted me TO clean my slate.
Surely a dukes daughter need not
clean her own slate." Miss F. is
quite right" said the princess. Il am
the queens daughter, and l always
cleaned my slate
Once. when Princess Louise was pre-
siding at a committee meeting, when
/ leaving the house where it was held
the hostess dropped her bangle. She
was politely waiting until the princess
had passed to pick it up. but to hel
| surprise Princess Louise stopped
picked it up and gave it to her, saying
| simply, Il might have trodden on YOU
pretty bracelet"
The dignity of royal ladies depend:
upon other things than small Observ
| ances, although in the matter OF Ell
quite they are all passed mistresse.
when occasion requires.
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found a safe haven when the mother
country became intoierant, and 1t was
from Delft Haven, Holland, that the
Mayfower sailed forth on that first
momentous voyage, which was to
transplant to the great new continent
those ideas OF religious and political
freedom and thrift that have made 1t
the hope OF the world
A few years after the colony at
Plymouth had been planted by the lit
tie band of emigrants from Leyden
the HollaEders themselves took pos
session OF a corner of the new CONT
nent which they called New Neither
lands. and where their descendants
still impress upon alien people the
sturdy principles of thrift, honesty
and love of justice for which the
Dutch character has always been no
table.
Remembering all this. can any one
doubt that the interest which America
feels in the browning OF the young
queen asthe Dutch is a very personal
onH
/ Queen Wilheimina, when she re-
! ceives her full name, q Wilhelmin1
Helena Paulina Maria. nad her birth
day on August 81 WI melo ~ -
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eral Washington paid them visit
and approved of it. Nothing VIII
convince me that good rye whisky
isn't the proper thing to use. And
the idea of an ignorant barkeeper
daring to hint at using such f1oury
thing as powdered instead Of loaf
sugar."
She is en- adept on the subject Of
juleps Her mother will tel. you how
she was saved from death at the ear
ly age of 5 months by Mammy's care
and unlimited mint juleps. At one
o'clock she lunches with her mother
and tells her everything that has hap
pened in the morning. In the after
noon she rests awhile, reads the lat
est novel, weeps over the hero and
then suddenly gets up and is arrayed
in a white flannel tailor made suit,
puts on a big white straw hat trim
med with white flowers and white
ribbon, while she wears perfectly fit
| ting tan gloves and tan shoes. Then
she goes out blackboard riding with
Jack. How cleverly the little maid
| has learned to sit steady, and except
for one lurch, when she has a convic.
stion that her corse. lace is broken
Tho drive II smooth and unAventful
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28
SOLDIERS MOSTLY AMERICAN
BORN.
Army and Navy Journal.

Army and Navy Journal.
In examining the lists OF solfTcIS-
killed and wounded before Santiago
one is struck by the great pr1portlea
of what might be termed distinctively
American names which appear. IL
has been common belief that the
majority of our regular soldiers were
foreigners, and the hasty deduction
was made that they were of the float
ing population, fighting simply for
their pay, and distinctly inferior men
tally, morally and physically. In a
list OF 10 wounded, 1870 bore Ameri-
can names-fully rs per cent-and we
think it justifable TO claim that fully
one-half OF those having Irish names
were born in this country. Conse-
quently, II this list is type Of all, at
least 50 per cent OF our army must be
American born. This is very crafty
ing TO know All reports from cores
Sondents and disinterested people
Unite in praisiDg the fine physique.
general intelligence and good conduct
| Of our enlisted men. or their con-
| duct in battle the losses they sustained
| at Santiago is the best proof. and It
is gratifying to our pride to now know
that they are practically all Ameri-
/ cans
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Home she comes and finds that anoth-
er thoughtful admirer has sent her a
julep and is waiting for her to go
off with him in his tendem. She APP
proves of his horses, is quickly helped
into the trap, and as they are off two
envious women wonder in a solemn
tone, What will that girl do nexr?"
Charley as he drives her tries to tell
her how much he loves her, but my
lady has studied the book Of coquetry
and advises him to say nothing, whiie
she adds: Continue to stay me with
mint until l am sick unto death with
love- The dinner is one given at
the casino, to the belle herself. She
wears a black tulle gown, cut low in
the neck and having no sleeves, while
on her blonde hair is huge black
tulle hat, caught up at enc side like
that worn by the Duchess of Devon
shire. At dinner some of the men are
inclined to be little frisky, but one
little girl puts this sort of thing down
with very decided frown, that means
"If you keep this up 1 CO." Then a
riddle is asked 1t is in regard to
lady who wears her gowns very decol-
lCltC, dHu WHCSS JULES dIt Uullt lOI CIV
idence, since they are very plainly
seen. Some one inquiries, "Why is
Miss Montague like an untouched neg
ative?" and the answer comes from
one of the men, Because there is too
much exposure and not enougl devel-
opment," and in the summer time this
is regarded as wit.
After dinner there is a dance. Then
Jack takes the girl from the south
down among the rocks to pick up the
that sparkle on the sand
and which seem to freeze into hard
gems as they are held in the hand. !
Then something is whispered to her
about the moonstone giving good luck, /
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BAB SOJOURNS
ut NARRAGHNSETT.
A Breezy Potpourri Of Mint JulepS, Baths,
Dinners, Drives and LoVemaking,
With Dash Of MoraliZing

name is sure to be one Of the three|
is deliciously sympathetic, and in hel
wise little head she realizes that it il
well to be liked by the women. She
is fioated, she is dipped under, she
,alms about, she rolls On the sand
until her hair is ful. Of il. and then
gets one Of her devoted slaves to
wash it out. She goes out as far as
she dares with Jack, who !el's her the
Old story of her looking like Venus
rising from the sea, and his only re-
ward is a handful of water thrown at
him, which makes him splutter and
choke.
My Lady Caprice comes in. Her
maid is 10 the fore, and in less than
an hour she is on the veranda dress
ed in a pink Bingham and looking
flushed and pretty, like the rose that
Thackeray wrote about Then she
will tell you quite confidentially:
Some Of the men have a julep made
with brandy, but at home they use
the same recipe they did when Gen
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28
CORONATION OF
HOLLANDS QUEEN,
An Interesting Event For the People Of the
Netherlands Personality Of Their
Beautiful Young Sovereign.
Copyright, 1881

toOpNIlSHt, lo'o.J
To be young, handsome, rich and a
queen-it sounds like a fairy story,
but over on the other side of the world
the people Of Holland are preparing to
make it true. The young Wilhelmina,
who on September 6, will in truth as
we'll as name, be made queen of Hol-
land, is the last of the famous house
of Orange-Nassau, the most liberal
and enlightened families of Europe
William Ill, the father of Wilhel-
nina, was not much of credit to it.
but he was one of the few black
sheep.
Holland on the map is very small
country, only little over $4,000 square
miles in area, but it is one of the rich
est and most enlightened nations of
the world America owes a debt of
gratitude to the Netherlands, for it
was in Holland that the pilgrim fathers
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28
A DEMOCRATIC PRINCESS.

Princess Louise, marchioness of
Lorne, is perhaps the most democratic
of Queen Victoria's daughters, SO far
as such term can be applied to any
royal princess. She has no sympathy
with pretensions and affectation. On
many occasions her royal highness has
done things with her own hands that
women whose chief claim to considera-
tion existed in their own imagination
would have rung the bell for a SER
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28
TEACHING AND I.rAnSINo.

They sat together on the beach;
The waves we're rolling high.
Che CHANGED TO see far ont Of reach,
Outlined against the sky,
A tiny sail TELL ne" she cried.
what can that white thing be?'
With stratning eyes the youth replied,
"a little smack at sea"
He looked at her. she looked at him.
But not a word WAS said:
Yet even In the twilight dim
He saw her cheeks turn red,
And then, as though he were afraid
She'd question him no more.
He gstzad ard ahowpd tho blusE1in9 maid
Judge
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NORTH ANp SOUTH.

Maine soldier boy writes homo sn In
teresting account Of n reunion OF the blue
and gray In the trenches at Santiago. The
Arkansas sentry expressed his ssnti-
mems IN these words:
AS near as / can see, there amt much
difference atween We uns ana you uns,
'cept that we uns reckon and you uns
guess"
That's about all, neighbor," replied the
Maine man. " ccpt that ws can guess q
darn sight better than you can reckon -
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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TF 80 INTEr-gEREs.

u e said that By tying sanipspsr
around her ankles a girl can produce ths
same effect as by buying an expensfvs
silk skirt. The pieces Of sand paper RUB
together and sound llks a 81 sktrt.-Atah-
fgon Globe
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28
WHgREUPON GEORGE COT AC-
QEAfNTED.

Hs--why f. # your mother so seldom
trusts us alone?
She-Ch. mother knows me better than
you %. George.-Life.
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Copyright, 1881
Narrag ansett Pier.

Narragansett Pier.
The chief products of this point are
whisky and water. The water is for
the girls to battle in, and the whisky
is refined into mint juleps to act as
an antidote against the water. No
self respecting woman at Narragan-
sett is without an attachment in the
shape OF some sort of a man. and it is
MS special duty, after she has been
rubbed and scrubbed and is once more
IN an innocent muslin gown, to pro-
vide her with that innocent drink,
which has been favored by women
ever since the days when Adam lied
by the sweat of his brow to cultivate a,
mint bed to please Nine. Eve.
Society and mint juleps are COM
patible. There is a decided touch of
nauve about society, while mint
green is very fashionable. There is
certain type of girl at the Pier. she
is apt to be either from Boston or
Richmond. Occasionally she is a New
Yorker, but the New York girl is too
knowing in some ways and not know
ing enough in others to succeed as a
Pier girl-that is to say, she doesn't
know enough about Plato and Mr..
Emerson, like the lady who wears
glasses and who arrives from Boston,
and She is too ignorant of coquetry-
not flirting, but pure innocent coquet-
ry-like the Richmond girl, to be
success.
The style of dressing at the Pier is
decidedly individual At most sum
mer places a great (point is gained if
one is stylish, Weark frills and ruf1es
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
HOnorcl the Confederate Dead.

Mobile, Ma, April y. = Cen.
Coppinyer and the federal uniform
have become H~ dcal to the people
here as tile memory Of the cuntedcr-
ate cray. April u is the memorial
d;,y Of the south. When the memo
rial services were at their height Il
little band OF officers wearing the
gold and blue Of the United States
rode quietly out OF camp where the
regular troops are now stationed near
Mobile. When The horsemcn reached
the graveyard that holds the confcd-
crate dead they halted with bowed
heads before the green clad mounds.
The leader OF the troop was Brig.
Gen. Coppingcr. His followers were
members Of his staff. Never before
in the HISTORY Of the state had olli-
GERS Of the union army joined hands
with he mon Of The far south about
the graves Of the confederate dead
The incident has wiped out the last
lingering trace Of antipathy toward
the north in these parts. Gen. Cop
pin9cr's name is on every ones
tongue and none can speak too high
ly Of him.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
,.1~,Iopf't isn't lrightcncl.

E,H~tport. Me-. is not afraid Of be-
iug bumbardcd' III is 81 located
says citizen, THAT a Spanish fleet
could H0t rWn in close to the city
without being in British waters, and
oi course This would not be tolerated
Il moment by The British authorities,
and If such fleet lay outside in Am-
nrirHM waters the only way that
E,l~lD0fl could be bDmbardrd would
b for shells and other proicctiles to
ftis, oEer the island OF Campobello,
aud is this is also British territory
Spain would undoubtedly receive a
prompt calI-doWn from Great Britain.
In fact. t would be impossible for d
Spanish fleet to destroy Eastport
without tre>pas>in4 on British terri
tory. New York Tribune.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
The Gushing Disabled.

Washington, April 21.-,lt was
learned today the torpedo boat Cusl1-
ing is on her way north from the
the squadron at Havana, in order
that repairs may be made to her star
board engines, an injury which is
the result Of an attempt to show Off
her fire qualities By Naval Cadet
Boyd. who was temporarily in charge.
The repairs. it is expected will take
about a month aud will be done al
Norfolk. 1t IS said the vessel had no
encounter Of any sort with thc Span
ish, and there is nothing in the re-
port that the Spanish 9unboat Lig-
gicra fired at her.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
New York's MilliOneirGdn5:l.

When you get up beside the park
and Fifth avenue beyond the region
of superb hotels, you begin to come
into millionairedom. Everybody
seems to be some sort of a million
aire there. There arc sugar kings
and railway kings, Wall street mag
mates and mining princes III coln-
pany with a competent clccrono he
conversation is a series OF names
great in the business and social
world Here is the house Of the
steel and iron millionaire, over there
is the house Of the baking powder
one. There live the lnultilnillion-
aire pork packers who emi4ratcd
from somewhere in the west ten
years ago and do not know anyb body
vet. Over against then is he palace
Of the great railway king.
Some of these have names to con
iure with in that mighty world Of
fashion which in New York is SO
large and so seriC Us a part Of the life
Of the idle rich. Others are names
known only in the business orld
through the simple articles they
have made their fortunes out Of But
the az elomeratlon Of wealth Is stupe-
fying, almost terrible These sol
emn palaces, brouding in bulky maj
4sty in an endless vista suggest all
those fearful questions which must
seethe IN the minds OF the unfOrtu-
mates who live across town, harded
in the misery OF huge teuements, =
New York Letter in San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
STORY OF BOMBARDMENT.
How Sampson Silcnced the Batteries at
Old MantanZnS.

New York. April 2s.--A dispatch
via Key West from a correspondent
Of the Herald who was a witness Of
the bombardmcnt Of Mantanzas by
American ships. says:
Admiral Sampson this afternoon
bombardcd, silcnced and pretty well
destroyed the Spanish batteries in
position and in course Of construc-
tion at the entrance OF the harbor Of
MatanZas. He did it with the flag
ship New York, the monitor Puritan
and tho cruiser Cincinnati. Not one
Of the American ships were struck,
the Spanish gunnery being wild.
There is as yet no means Of knowing
the number Of dead and wounded on
the Spanish side. 1t must be consid-
crablc.
While the New York, Puritan and
Cincinnati were accommodating the
formidable dcfcnscs being construct
cd the flagship was fired on by the
batteries on Point RubalieVa and
Point Maya, guarding the entrance
to the harbor. The New York re-
plicd firing her forward S-inch gun
on the port side. She steamed bold
lv in between the batteries and soon
bIazcd away with both broadsides at
them. The Puritan steamed in be-
hind tho New York and engaged the
fortitication On Point Maya, while
the New York went to starboard
close up to the land poured her shells
into Point Rubalicva. The Cincin-
natl which had remained we'll ;SterE
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
The Velocity OF Light.

It requires four years and four
months for ray Of light to reach
US from tho nearest star, and yet
light travels at the rate of lo6, $3.50
miles in a second. At this rate
first class express train running at
the speed of 81 miles an hour would
require {, continuous run Of 75,O0O,
900 Of years to reach Alpha Cen
tauri It would take 2J0 900, coo OF
years for a cannon ball travelling at
the usual speed of sucn i,rOjcctIles
to reach this same point, which IS
our nearest star nelghbor. or.-New
York Ledger
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
The Holland HU;iIilt,

Washington, April -. Secretary
Long has announced his intention OF
purchasing the Holland submarine
torpedo boat on Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt : recommendation. not
WithStundiug an adverse report made
by three EHvHi officers Who We're dele
gated to make an examination ni the
vessel. The department is convinced
that if the boat Nerr allowed to 70
the French government Wot,Id pur-
chase it. Mr., Holland proposes to
place he boat IN Immediate service
at Havana. He has offered his S"rV
ices To the government u commando
cr and says he can Eaye {; picked
crew on board and hc in, Havana
in 10 days. Ills proposal i
to utilize the boat in blowing W.
Moro castle. Owing to the location
and peculiar construction 0t the fort
rc>s he sass his boat raN d0 lli>
without di1icWItE. tnc boat can al
50 be used To great advantage III de
strOying submarine mines Ia Cuban
waters.
Mr.. Hollands offer j. rulcr advise
mcnt at the departments II Is high
| " probable that the vessel viii be
sent TO Havana to JONI Admiral
| Sampson : fleet. II can Dc placed on
one Of the hntIIcShip, ur cruisers and
ca rricd without difficulty to Havana
harbor where it can be put into ac-
| tive service.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-05-04
70 Save Srain'G Honor.

Odessa, April 277.-Nu>oian news
papers largely >ympalhizc with Spain
and express the belief That If the
United States shall cain >igna!
naval victory Spaiu'> honor vii! be
saved and Europe will insist upon the
lattcr's capilulatipn in order to pre-
vent the loss which commerce must
suffer through privatcering. Enorm-
Gus quantities OF grain have bret
sold to Spain.