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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

Il didn't want to go to wah," he
unused, as he ceased his motions, "but
Kurnel Ryder cum along and said l had
to, and he didn't give me no time to
git into the woods. If they fo'ced me
into it then it pears to me-then it
truly pears to me that it's my right to
walk off. When man with sense into
his head has had huff he quits. Reck-
on I've had huff"
Tom Boyer had been disgruntled for
long weeks, but this was the first time
he had gone into an argument with
himself to reach conclusion. The re-
suit frightened him He glanced fur
lively about, walked over and seized his
gun, and his heart thumped as if peril
menaced him. Thus for a minute, then
he recovered his nerve and said:
Il amt goin' to be fule 'nuff to start
fur home and run up agin thousand
men to send me back to be shot I'm
a-goin'-I'm a-goin'-. Wall, dunno.
Sum OF our boys hev gone over thar
and bin treated mighty squar' II they
wasn't sent home they struck good
Jobs. They call It desertip' That's g
nRKerful hard word Dcn't reckon !
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

The statement that the power was
shy on the Yarmouth electric road
during an electrical storm recently
was incorrect. Instead bolt OF ligh--
ming had blown out the fuse 90 the
electric lights OF the car which arrivs
ed in the city at 7:30 p. IN. an hour
late. There were no spare fuses on
board, so superintendent Decker. als
ways on hand and with a prompt
remedy for all trouble. borrowed
common hairpIn from one OF the lady
passengers. The lady was somewhat
surprised at the request, but after
granting 1t was much pleased to sea
Mr.. Decker straighten out the pin and
replace the burned fuse. with Il. Them
the juice Wig admitted 10 tAe car and
"a vent veil lard Mas {gde
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06
HUNGRY AS A BEAR"

In this happy land no famine comes
nigh the Sierra bear, says John Muir
in the November Atlantic. All the year
round his bread is sure, for some of the
thousand kinds that he likes are al
ways in season and accessible, ranged
on the shelves of the mountains like
stores in q pantry. From one to the
other, from climate to climate, up and
down he climbs, feasting on each In
turn, enjoying a great variety as IL
he travelled to far-of countries north
and south. TO him, almost everything
is food except granite. Every tree
helps to feed him, and every bush and
herb, with fruits and flowers, leaves
and bark, and almost everything living
or dead within reach, animals and In
sects-badgers, gophers, ground sqlir-
rels. lizards, snakes, etc, aa1 eptA
bees, wasps, old ans yo12g, ts&ssthzE
with their eggs and larvae, and the&
moss, grass and paper nests. Craunchs
ed and hashed, down all so to his mar.
velous stomach, and vanish as If cast
into a fire. What digestion! A sheep
or wounded deer or a pig he eats warm
about as quickly as O boy eats but
tered muffin; or, should the meat be
a month old, 1t still is welcomed with
tremendous relish. After go gross o
meal as this, perhaps the next viii DO
strawberries and clover, or raspberries
and mushrooms and nuts, or puckeryt
aeorns and choke cherries. And, al
If fearing that anything eatable In ell
his dominions should escape being eat
en-, he breaks into cabins to look after
sugar, dried apples, bacon. etc; and
if still hungry, he eats the mountain
GERS bed, but when be has had a full
meal Of more tempting dainties no
usually leaves It undisturbed, though
he has been known TO drag IT up
through a hole IN the roof carry 1t TO
the foot of a tree, and lie down on IT.
to enjoy q siesta. Eating everything,
never il he himself eaten except by
man. and man alone is an enemy TO be
Feared. Per meat" said hunter
from whom was seeking information,
"bar meat is the best meat in the noun
tains: their skins make the best beds
and their grease the best butter Bis
cult shortened with bar grease goes az
far as beans; man will walk al day
on a couple Of them biscuit" -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06
Wits

Thinking About Something Else-An Echo
from the Last Consress-somc Good
Rules, But All Whist Rules Are Flexible.
Two Hands Showing Good and Bad Man
agement of Trumps.
1t is little short of an insult to you
when your partner, who can play fair
game, makes blunder after blunder,
and then, as excuse, informs you that
he is thinking of something else. -
Drayson.
Judging from the deals which are
coming to light, the last congress was
unusually prolific of freak hands and
mystic plays. The following which
was culled by the New York Sun,
could hardly be exceeded in that re-
spect, and by the way, it is story Of
singleton. Mrs. Joseph R. Hawley
and E. T. Baker were partners:
Baker led off with the singleton ten
OF hearts, diamonds being trumps.
Second hand, with ace and two small,
passed it: so did third hand. The
fourth hand held six hearts to the
king, queen, jack, the ace and queen
Of clubs, four trumps to the king,
jack and one small spade He thought
that if he passed this heart Baker
would jump to the trumps under the
impression that his partenr had the
whole heart suit, so he let the ten wini
Instead of going to trumps, Baker led
a low spade. Second hand, holding
ace, queen, jack, ten and one small,
ace, queen, eight, nine and two OF
trumps, ace and one heart, but no
clubs, covered with the ten. Mrs.
Hawley won with the king, and, won
dering why Baker did not go on with
the hearts or lead trumps, she led the
singleton ten of trumps to him. Sec
ond hand passed, Baker passed, and
the fourth hand. finding the trumps
coming up to him so nicely, with the
whole spade suit solid, let the ten
win! Having no more trumps, Mrs.
HaWley returned the heart, which
Baker ruffed. land so they got four
tricks out of a hand in which it is i'm
possible to get trick if the adversar-
les will only take the tricks that come
to them and lead trumps.-Whist
~
Don't blank an ace, or unguard a
king or queen.
Don't finesse, if second hand does
not follow suit.
Don't lead "up to-" unless willing to
force partner.
Don't lead through when holding
the second best card once guarded.
Don't lead through when long of
a suit until after trumps are account
er for.
Don't lead your partners suit the
third round until after trumps have
been accounted for.
Don't lead trumps without a pur-
pose, just because you do not know
what else to do.
Don't change suits without a good
reason; if opponents hold winning
cards in your suit, they usually make
them anyway.
Don't be SO absorbed in leading
trumps or your established suit that
you fail to note discards; they are
most important.
Don't retain ace of trumps if your
partner wishes you to ruff with it. It
is not a permanent investment, and
can win but one trick
Don't be diverted from your suit
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

otherwise. In year or less there will
be no more Southern Confederacy."
That's big talk" sad the Confed-
crate as he looked away into the
bushes.
But it's also true talk. You ought
to be able to figure it out for yourself.
Grant is gaining every day, while Lee
is losing. Where We have a hundred
men killed we bring down two hundred
to replace them. Where you lose a
hundred men it's Z dead loss. You
must get to the end by and ny."
And when you've whoppe 1 us-then
what"
"Oh, l suppose We'll go back home,
and the old union will go on as before"
"Whatll git fur all I've done?"
Your discharge
"But durn my hide if hain't fit and
marched and starved fur two y'ars!"
Yes, but you won't get anything out
OF 1t. There will be nothing to get.
You'll lay down your arms with the
rest and go back to your homes"
"If-it it's goin' to be that way" said
the Confederate, as he glanced about,
what's the use Of my hangin' On any
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

North and South make but five
tricks, loss of five.
Trick American East had his
horseshoe with him. BY ducking the
first trump lead, holding king and one
small, he gained trick at once. II
North had opened his trumps correct
ly, the king would not have made.
Trick East wasted no time in
making his ace of clubs. He followed
with the fifth high, showing the exact
number in suit.
Trick 8-Providence South made the
same mistake that was made at table
No. land ran great risk of having
his diamond king shut out, as 1t was
certain that West had some good
hearts to make The finesse cost
Providence just three tricks. 1t will
be noticed that East played the Street
attachment" on the diamonds at tricks
Z, and 10.-Toledo Blade.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

soldier forty years DID, want it htched my name
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06
ALL KNEW THE PLACE.
Questions Which a Witness in Court
Considered Foolish.

The Wisconsin Bench and Bar gives
this incident as having occurred in a
Milwaukee court room:
A German saloon keeper was on trial
and had been sworn. One of the at
torneys began to question him.
"Mr. S., where is your place of bust
ness?"
What do you ask me such foolish
dings? You drinks at my place more
as 100 times"
''That has nothing to do with the
case. Mr. S. STATE to the jury where
your place of business is
DE shury! De shury. Oh, Shiminy.
Every shentlemaI, OH this shury has
a string of marks on my cellar door
shust like a rail fence"
His Honor here interceded on behalf
of the counsel, and in calm, dignified
manner requested the witness to state
the place of his business.
"Oh, excuse me. your Honor: you
drinks at my place SO many dimes l
drinks you knows ferry veil ware keeps
mine blace."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

North and South make eleven
tricks.
Trick No. 1.-The ten of trumps being
turned to his right, American North
properly opens with the queen, from
queen, jack, nine and two others. This
bottles up the king at trick two and
catches the ten at trick three.
Trick NORTH makes an extra
trump lead to get q. line on the plain
suits. South tells North, do not lead
a heart
Trick 5-South's suit is either dia-
monds or clubs. North leads the ace
of diamonds, following with the
nine.
Trick 6-South has a sure re-entry
in hearts, and ran but little risk of
finessing. If he had not taken the
jack-king f1nesse, he would have made
one more trick.
Trick lasts discard at trick 8
showed strength in clubs, and Vests
lead of clubs king at trick this point
was sound
Trick S-North's play Of club six
and nine at tricks Z and announced
three in suit and no honor, according
to the Street attachment" and East
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06
The Confederate
Who Went Back.
By CHARLES B. LEWIS.


want it hitched to my name. Won
Ger-?"
He filed and lighted his pipe and
went back to his log, and he had
smoked for couple of minutes before
he said:
Il won't desert, but I'll go over and
hev a talk with that Yankee picket.
He amt goin' to make me believe that
General Grant kin ever whop General
Lee and bust up this Confederacy, but
I'd kinder like to talk to him. I've got
an hour to do it in, and he won't be
On the shoot if yell at him. No, 1
amt goin' to do no desertin', but I'll
hev talk
The man started off at once, as if
fearful that delay would bring change
of heart, and five minutes later he was
hailing the Federal picket from be-
hind the trunk of a tree. He was told
to come in, and after extracting the
usual promise that he would not be
detained he advanced with confident
step.
Hello JOHNNY"
Hello, Yank!"
81 thought you were coming in to
surrender"
'ShCo! Don't reckon I looklike a
deserter, though l hain't got my Sun
day buds on. Yo' see, was sorter
lonesome over thar by myself, and be-
in we wasn't mad at each other l
thought we might as well hev talk.
How long yo' folks goin' to keep fussin'
around yere?"
Until we end the war;
"Then yo'll never git back home.
Say, Yank, yo's got the most men and
all that, but we's goin' to whop yo' fur
all that. Lees goin' to capture Grants
whole army in the next fight
That's all stuff. Well hev you all
in bag before the next month";
They chaffed away in the greatest
good-nature for a few minutes, and
then the Confederate fell silent. He
wanted to open a conversation on
new line, but did not know how to be-
gin. The Federal had suspicion of
the real situation, and presently he
said:
"a good many of your men have
been coming into our lines during the
past two weeks"
''Meybbe so,' was the reply. Thar
are critters in both armies who are too
low down fur any use. 1 reckon we
don't need SIGH folk. What did yo'r
General Grant say to them?"
'+Oh, he treated them WELL"
Did, Ell? Say, Yank, jest fell into
a fit thinkin, to-day. It's only nat
eral that stick to General Lee and yo'
stick to General Grant, but that amt
no reason why we can't talk squar'.
What yo' goin' to do anyway"
"I'll tell you, soberly replied the
Federal, who had left a clerkship to
shoulder a musket. 'fWe've got three
men to your one in the field. We can
make five or six to one. We have got
your ports blockaded, your armies
cooped up, and though you fight like
the devil We shall win. 1t can't be
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06


because an adversary plays high
card on yOur lead Of an honor. Il ho
has no more. whether he trumps or
discards on your second lead, the card
he plays will be an index to his hand.
Don't be stubborn. II you propose
a certain scheme of the game by your
play, and partner deliberately disre-
CARDS it and advances another. you
better yield to him; he has the latest
advices.
Don't be always trying for brilliant
coups, and don't play to the unusual.
Be satisfied with close observance
OF rules made by players who have de-
voted their time to patient study of
the game 1t is the close, conservative
player who wins in the long run, and
is popular as a partner.-Charles S.
Street, in Whist Up to Date.
The hand given below was played in
the recent match for the A. w. L.
trophy, between the teams of the
American Whist club, of Boston, and
Providence Athletic Association, of
Providence, r. l. The modified play
ers on the American team gained five
tricks on this deal. A point of play is
shown in the manager snt of trumps,
and illustrates the principle of leading
a trump higher than the one turned
to your right. Providence lost by max
ing injudicious illnesses, the pairs at
both tables dropping tricks by illnesses
of doubtful expediency At table No.
l, American sat North and South:
Providence West dealt and turned the
ten of spades for trump.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

81 A Confederate soldier forty years old,
I his uniform stained and ragged and
his bearded face having an almost
wolfish look, sat on a log In the
depths OF a wood with his musket rest
\ Ing beside him. He was on picket
post, but there was no particular call
for vigilance with the afternoon sun
beating down ON the fields and tacit
truce existing along the front. The
man sat with his face in his hands and
his eyes on the leaves at his feet, and
for half an hour he hardly moved.
Then he slowly Strengthened up and
looked around and growied:
s'Shuck my hide if l amt tired of
this we're fussin' round. Nuthin' has
come o. it but a heap o walkin' and
fightin' and poor fodder, and I'm git
TIM mighty NIGH the end"
A squirrel in a tree in front OF him
whisked its tail and set up great
chatter, and the soldier instinctively
4 reached Tor ms gun.
NO, it won't do" he sighed, as he
drew back his arm. Heaps O fresh
meat in these woods, but it amt for
us. Beans and bacon is the fodder for
a man as has got to march all night
and fight all day. And what am i
marchin' and fightinf fur? / was pore
and shackelty before the war, and I'll
be pore and shackelty when it's over.
I Nobody amt goin' to do nuthing fur
Tom Boyer to gin him a lift. Deed,
but / had no business to mix up in it
tall. was heap better off befo' they
went to fussin' bout this yere Union
and dragged me into it..
He stood up with his back to a tree
and his feet braced and began to get
excited. Holding out his left hand
with the palm upward he brought his
right fist down with "Swat!" and
half shouted:
"Tom Boyer, if you amt drafted
idiot then l never seen one! Yo' had
q bag O. co'n-meal in the cabin, mo- or
less whisky in the jug, and yo' could
hunt all day and sleep all night. Rab-
bits and squirrels was plentiful, and all
the hard work yo' had to do was to
kill shelters and scratch yer own back.
YO' left all that fur to cum to wah and
be bessed about like niggar and live
like mewl If that amt being a fule
then / dunno!"
The squirrel above him ratified down
bark and twigs on his head, and the
Sldier removed his hat with impatient
4aIld and asked.
And when we've licked the Yankees,
then what? Anybody goin' to do any
thing for yo'? Not as yo' knows on!
sYo'll be turned out to so back home
and find things wuss than befo'. And
8if the Yankees lick us-then what? l
don't GLOW they kin ever do it but it
may happen. Then where will Tom
Boyer be? / don't like it, and amt
feelin' right about it. Pears to me
that sunthin' orter be did"
The soldiers back itched, and he
rubbed it up and down the rough bark
,0f the tree to the detriment of his thin
and ragged jacket.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

time / got up speed l grew afraid OF
running somebody down. The conduc-
tor scolded, and the passengers kicked
and the manager gave me twenty-four
hours to get my nerve back. On my
very first trip yesterday morning I
licked the hind wheel of bike with
my cow-catcher. and after that went
all to pieces. Maybe q lay-off for a
few weeks will bring my nerve back,
but if it don't I'll go to driving an ice
wagon. They are the only thing on
wheels bicycle win turn out for, and
if they happen to run over anybody
there's no great fuss made about 1t.
Copyright, 1895 by the International IAt-
ararXr and News SgrNiCe.)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

should not have finessed, as the lone
queen was marked to his right. This
fnesse cost two tricks.
At table No. 2. Providence North
opened his fourth high trump, and the
nlaY went as follows.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

a story illustrating the red tape OF
English governmental life IS related BY
Arnold Waite in .uis London latter TO
EfaIDeT's Weekly. An engineer officer
II the course OF his duties. which In
VOWED travelling, sent in a bill which
contained a charge, porter, sixpence."
He was told taat alcoholic drinks were
not 10 be included 10 the travelling all,
lowance for officers. lie rejoined that
he was not claiming for the beverage
porter, but for the hire Of man 10
traESp0fss hrs baggage ut station. Up
On which the ga2iemt official reJolned
that in future h. should use the word
porerage. Later the officer. who was
sgag. sent IL a bill which INCLUDED
the item, "czl5bags, two sblilings,
The bill was promptly returned, WITH
the statement f1at green yeestapsea
were not to be included In the travelling
allowance for oflcefa The officer re-
piled that he had i2ksn a can. and that
as when he had asked Tor the are OF
a porter he was inssrueted 20 call II
porterage, he thought tl1st they wanted
him 10 call d Gao a cabbage.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-02-02

Senator Tillman can always be
relied upon to furnish an inter
estin" performance in tie senate
when he makes speech. Yes
terday Was no exception.
Mr.. iillman was describing hi
metalism in his own unique way
when the amusing incident occur
ed.
Before 1873 said he, marching.
up and down the aisle, we used to
90 on two legs. One leg was gold
and the other leg was silver he
said. bringing his two feet down
with a rcsounding thump, one af-
ter the other. Then we cut one
leg eff. he went on. drawing an
imaginary knife across his thigh.
but not content with that, we
placed the cut Off leg on our shoul
der like this, illustrating his
meaning by acting as if he had
lifted heavy load, and now, he
added, We 90 hopping around on
one leg with another leg on our
shoulder.
"Mr. Tillman suited the action
to the word. He hoped around
the senate ON one leg, with his
arm thrown over his shoulder, and
made such a ludicrous, and at the
same time, effective picture ofhis
idea that the crowd in the gal
leries shouted with laughter, and
the vice president had to rap for
order."-Wayh. Post.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-02-02
New York in the Midst Of q Cold
Wave.

New York, Jan. 3O.-At s
o'clock this morning the tempera-
ture - New York was five de-
grecs and again at midnight it
was almost as low. The average
temperature for the day was II
degrees, and the highest point
was II.
Ice was plentiful in the East
and North rivers for the first
umo this winter, and caused
much trouble TO the ferry boats
and small crafts.
Throughout tho state the cold
was severe. reaching nc low as
twenty below zero in some parts.
New York, Jan. 3l.-Since 3
o'clock this morning snow has
been falling IN this city and vi
cinlty, and tonight a strong west
WIND and falling temperature call
forth many predictions OF blz.
zard. The cold weather filed the
city lodging houses to overflow
ing, and last night and tonight
many women and children who
applied for shelter we're sent to
tho different hospitals. Trains
and railways terminating in
Greater New York and jersey
City were delayed by the storm, ,
but none to great extent.
Weather Eorecaster Dunn said
tonight: The weather conditions
have taken on a form resembling
more the outline Of a blizzard
than any other atorm that has an.
peared on our maps for many
years.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-02-02

the doctrine of the Bible. was
then discussed by j. +. NJ. Es
fridge, and others.
Reports from the committee
were then heard, and the Union
adjourned with prayer by Rev. j.
NJ. Neill, to meet with the Flat
Creek church May 9th '9S
Charlesborough is small
church, but the brethren are
open-hearted and generous, and
doubt if anybody was ever bet
ter entertained than the Mid Win
ter Union. "IcH DIBN."
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-02-02
MdrTI00es.

Married, Jan. 80, 1898, Mr..
Robert Duncan and Miss Jennie
Crenshaw, daughter of Mr. James
NJ. Crenshaw, all of the Pleasant
Hill section.
Married in this county, Jan. 10,
1898, by r. II. Sapp, N. p, Mr..
Robert Page and Miss Florence
Bratton Of Union Co., N. @. Also
Mr.. G. w. Richardson and Miss
Blanche Griffin, also of North
Carolina. Also Mr.. Curry Steele
an. Miss Lille Knight of Luncas
ter county. Also on the 23rd,
Mr. James Threatt and Miss Lucia
Hare, both of this county.
Pursuant TO announcement that
occurred in the ENTERPRISE recent
~, the marriage of Rev. S. j.
Creech, pastor of the N. +. church
ut Gailncy, s C.,aul Miss Blanche
Moblcy, charming and accom-
plished young lady of the Heath
Spring section, was solemnized
last Thursday at the home of Mrs.
DIR \. j. Evans OF Rock Hill.
sister of the bride.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-02-02
FINAL DISCHARGE! !

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
~ on the 26th OF February, 1893, the
undersigned as Administrator OF the
estate OF II. n. Patterson, Sr. deceased.
will make application unto George
McC. Witherspoon, Judge OF Probate
in and for the County Of Lancaster
anc state OF south Carolina, for final
discharge as such Administrator at II
o'clck, a. m. All creditors OF said es-
tate are hereby notified and required
to appear at said place and time and
file their claims.
j. n. PATTERSON. Jr., Admir-.
January 2Gth, 1898.