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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
READY FOR SUMMER DoARDERs.
Inducements in Doubt but Rates Set
tied in Advance

There was a farmers wagon at the
depot after two punches OF shingles,
and when they had been loaded up the
man came sauntering along the plat
form TO say 10 me:
Comm up here among the hills fur
rest next summer
l replied that L didn't know, and fol-
lowed it up by asking If he intended
TO take boarders at his farmhouse.
Jest few" he said; lest a few
aristocrats. I'm takin' home shingles
TO fix up leak In the roof. That old
roofs bin leakin' fur fifteen years. but
it's got to be fixed before the boarders
come"
What are you going to offer for in
ducements?' | asked.
Wall, that amt exactly settled ylt,
though me and Hammer hey bin talk
In it over. Nobody around us have
ever taken any summer boarders. and
so we amt quite decided what to of
fer. OF course, thar'll be mountain air
to start with"
Yes; that will be all right"
And the scenery-you kin look into
three different counties from my
porch"
The scenery will be something of
draw"
Wall, that's about as far as we've
gone-the air and the scenery. DO
summer boarders hev purity good APP
petites?"
Il think they do" I replied
Yes; I've heard so. Wall, we've
got pork and 'taters and corn beef
aad cabbage for Study. Outside o.
that Hammer would make custard and
SIGH. Wouldn't be any growlln' about
that. ! take it. Dye think some Of
the men would jest as lief sleep in the
barn?"
Il hardly think So"
"Pertickler. Ell? / s'pose the vim.
min folks would want carpets on the
bedroom floors and would hev to hey
lookin glasses. and all that?"
Very likely. Have you got a bath
room in the house,"
Lordy, no. They'd hev to gift along
somehow with barl We've got
parlor organ. but no bathtub. Do
wimmin boarders hev to hev napkins
at the table?"
Always" / replied.
And they use heaps OF sugar in
their coffee and tea?"
Lots Of IT,"
And they stay up al all hours I've
heard. over IN Bronseuville last sum
mer they never went TO bed TIL III or
IL O'Clock at night. / don't know az
we would put up with that, but we
are gcin' to talk II over"
What will be your rates?'' asked
as he turned away.
Rates? How much week dye
mean2 WAL. that's purity nigh set
tied. Thar1l be the mountain air. the
scenery, the parlor organ. good solid
fodder and seven different hills 70
climb. and me and Hammer hey decid-
ed that 1t orter be wurth SIS a week
apiece for gorwn folks aud half price
for children. II the men are willin'
TO sleep in the barn and the wlmmin
amt too perticker about bathtubs and
sicf We might knock of dollar
week. but we shan't 20 into the BIZ
ness for fun; vel either mako enough
10 pay of ar $500 mortgage or shet
up the house and go visitin'."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
IT WAS A CLOSE CALL.
Uncle Ben Managed to Land on Half
Way Rock. but it Came Near End
ing His Career.

The roar of the surf on the Half
Way rock was little saucier than
usual the other day when we went
racing by Ny friend the fisherman
cast a jerk of his thumb in that di-
rection.
The old cat whines pretty loud to-
day." quoth he. See the froth where
she is chanking her teeth"
How'd We like to land off'n dory
there, Bill?" asked the cook The
cook spoke ironically. 1t was evident
that possibly he could be convinced
that Spain might lick the United
States, but that no earthly logic could
ever make him believe that a man
could ever make him believe that a
man could climb from the sea TO the
dripping green sides of the lonesome
CascO island.
The skipper smiled ASK old Ben
Mott, the pilot who USED y rut, The
Canuck liners into Portland. and he'd
tell you it was only d lubbers job,
anyway. And il so be Uncle Ben
didn't see the loom of a red funnel
down sou'east just about the time you
was a'asking him, he would turn to
and land, just 10 show you how the
thing was done. o, Uncle Ben didn't
brag just to hear himself talk.
There never was a storm when the
wind blew hard enough TO keep Uncle
Ben off his beat watching for one Of
his Aunt Marias,' as be called the
liners
Good money in those days for the
pilots who skirmished off the harbor
- ~ Irrffa Ron had
some OF the very best contracts.
Uncle Ben weren't round looking
for any advice. The skipper OF Do
minicn tried 10 give him some che day
when the advice would have been a
mighty good thing for Uncle Ben TO
have put in his pipe. But Uncle Ben
had been in and taken an extra drink
of the stewards best, and he was ready
10 leave the ship well of Half Way
rock
Land on there," cried the skip
per. as the steamer stood away for
England It's only another name for
funeral
The keeper OF the Half Way light
deserted the dory through his glass. 1t
fitted into sight 50 vaguely and 50
ghost-like that the keeper guessed
rather than saw that II was Uncle Ben.
In fact he knew that none other than
Uncle Ben would be seeking shelter
on Half Way rock in that fashion. So
with his helper he rushed down to the
foot OF the tower and stood awaiting
an opportunity to drag a mutllated
corpse out OF the water.
They got one glimpse Of Uacle Ben
as his dory paused and fiickered on
the crest Of billow well off. The old
man had faced around and with his
cars was easing the boat toward the
surf. Then down he let 1t race toward
the booming shore. The next moment
the wreck Of dory came shooting
through the boiling pillows, and tfIrn
the body Of man followed, wet
and soggy mass, that the keeper and
his aid just maEaged to grasp as it
went sliding off the rocks.
As they carried him upstairs they
supposed he wasl ad- But ts6ufRi1
!; s 4;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

pocket the fragments of briarwood.
We'll, that dummed old fool of a
Liverpool skipper was right" he an
grily snapped. when l went over he
said something would happen. and
here I've gone and broken a pipe that
I've carried five years. That's just
my blame clumsiness'
And that was all the comment
Uncle Ben made on one of the narrow
est escapes any man ever had on the
Maine coast. Lewiston Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
SERIOUS TROUBLE.

"What is the matter?' inquired the mis-
tress of the mansion, hastily running on.
through the kitchen.
1.-THE matter is. ma.am, indignantly
explained Mosely Wraggs. pinning up a
.teaT in his trousers, that this yere dog
3Df Npurs has bit me on the laig.'
fAfrcy," calculated the dame Verona.
e. poor little Fido in the house and
is mouth out instantly!'-Chicago
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
FADING OF LOVES YOUNG DREAM

FADING OF LOVES YOUNG DREAM
Lawysr-what can do FOR you.
madam
clisn'-I want a divorce from my hu'-
Lawyer-Upon what grounds do you de.
sire to bring suit2
Chenille hasn't been faithful 10 his
marriage vows.
Layyer--In what particular has he vio-
lated them2
clisn.-IIs promised 10 ais ff me. and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23

the profoundest regret, a month later
Harrets foot was quite well, and their
last weeks at Durham we're much the
tolliest-because of Liskum. And when
they had got home. what gave them both
the deepest pleasure was their frequent
news from Durham. Sometimes their Tn
Gle Thad wrote, and sometimes Mrs. Pom
eroy; but the day before Christmas there
came a thin. oblong package directed to
them both IN an unfamiliar hand, and a
letter directed likewise.
Eugene opened the package, and they
both fairly squealed with pleasure Il
was a photograph Of Liskum, in a becom-
ing hat and Jacket and tippet-Liskum,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
ESTHER HYLAND TAKING AIM.

make the best shots and create the most
damage The members of No. Eight-the
after gun on the port side-are proud of
their record. Their second captain-he
whom they call "Hay''-has received the
public commentator of the captain him
self, sent down from the bridge in the
midst of the battle 1t is mark of dis
tinction not given freely and No. Eight
is eager Tor more honors.
But the men have not forgotten similar
case, occurring on the voyage down the
coast when another cartridge failed, and
on being extracted from the breech cham
Der, exploded, Killing a marine corporal
and wounding others
The meu of No. Eight have not forgot
ten that tragedy. and that is why their
gun is now to them menacing creature
of steel whose breath may be the breath
of death. They stand in groups, they
eve it, they speculate, and they at last
feel that a desperate and perilous duty is
before them.
The risk must be taken. The cartridge
must be extracted. 1t Is a fortune of
war which all who enlist must expect.
But it is one thing to fall before an enc
my's blow, and another to lose your life
al the stroke of your own weapon.
The officer of the division steps forward.
1--WE will see if we can't take it OUT
without much danger" he says briefly.
Bring a rope"
one is hastily procured, and the first
captain-a great brawny, good-natured fell
low, who has spent years at sea-deftly
fastens the blight of the rope to the handle
Of the breechblock. He then retreats a
short distance and signifies his readiness.
when 1 give the word" calls the off,
Ger, pull handsomely. Ready - pull
awayr'
From out the smoke-filled compartment
men lean forward, eagerly-anxiously
They instnctivey shrink back as the
breech plug slowly moves Then, when it
finally opens. revealing the brass head of
the cartridge inside the firing chamber, a
sigh of relief comes from all
But the danger is not yet over
The defective projectile must be taken
out and tossed into the sea. The second
loader steps forward al a signal from the
gun captain. This second loader is
stump" He shows no fear, but draws
out the heavy cartridge. handling il as
he would n harmless dummy and passes
II to another man and myself. Carrying
il between us-and carrying il gingerly-
we hasten to the side, and with a power
full swing, launch the UNDERGROUND pro-
jectile through the open port.
1t barely clears the port sill, coming so
close to it, in fact, that for one breath
less second we think that II will strike.
As the shell passes from view another
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
A CLEVER WING SHOT.

. -r,veIve-Year-OId Gill Who Accom-
,Jisbes wonders with Her Rifle
and Pistol
Mics Mamie Esther Hyland is probably
cha Youngest wing shot in the world; de-
s,ite the fact that she is only u years
o,d and has only been shooting two years,
she has defeated experienced men of more
than three times her age, and has never
isan defeated by a member of her own sex.
7tttIe Miss Hyland lives at North larry
town \. Y, and her father says that
wing shooting seems TO be a natural gift
10 her. He has been able also to teach
her many trick shots, such as breaking
glass balls in the air, breaking swinging
halls and breaking them aided by the re-
section of mirrors with both rifle and pis-
roll one of her most interesting feats Is
TO take two pistols and hit two balls
piaced side by side at once.
Miss Hyland tells of her career as a
rifle shot as follows: My first acquaint-
ance with firearms goes back as tar as 1
can remember. At the age of 10 father
bought for me a very light double barreled
shotgun, H-caliber, and weighing five
mounds. With this I would roam through
game one day father and some friends
we're shooting clay pigeons thrown from
traps: naturally. I was a very interested
onlooker. AS 1 had by little shotgun with
me father asked me to shoot at few
clay birds Greatly to his surprise and
must say TO my own, l broke three out
of five shot at. From that time my trap
shooting started. father taking great in
terest in me and keeping me at it con-
tinually.
81 have frequently broken % out of %
balls l have done more clay pipe shoot
ing than shooting at live birds, as the
latter are scarce and very expensive in
this locality. In my first attempt at live
birds / scored seven out of nine. I am
hardly strong enough yet to use a gun of
sufficient weight in which 1 could use a
killing weight for live birds. My shotgun
weighs bur six pounds, and 1 have to use
a very light load or else the recoil would
be so great that it would bruise me- there
fore a great many birds that I shoot at
I hit but the load has not penetration
enough to stop them at once.
IN my first shoot at the Westchester
county handicap at White Plains, ~ Y,
on Jan % last, 1 shot at fifteen live birds.
I hit every bird but only scored ten, with
three dead out of bounds. 1 believe-ald
all the shooters agree with me-that had
the charge been heavier 1 would have
scored fifteen straight kills.
Father has succeeded in teaching me
many trick shots with the rifle, such as
breaking swinging balls, shooting in usual
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
Do You Need
Building Up?

You may be large eater and yet be
weak and not weigh as much as you
should. This is because you do not
receive proper nourishment from your
diet. If you wish to be strong and in
crease in weight take Johann Hoff's Malt
Extract. Taken with meals i. will as
sist the proper digestion of food and cause
it to be easily assimilated; you will then
obtain from your diet the largest amount
Of nourishment Johann Hoff's Malt
Extract is not only true nutritive tonic,
but is a food in itself. DO,
DIR. II. b. Buterbaugh of Indiana, Pa,
writes: Have used Johann Hoff's Malt
Extract with very satisfactory results.
have one patient who began to use It
about six weeks ago. His weight then
was os lbs He now weighs I4s lbs. and
is strong and healthy"
Get the genuine Johann Hoff's Malt
Extract. Avoid substitutes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
EMPEROR WILLIAM II AS AN ARCH
ITECT

On Oct 81 the solemn celebration of ths
new Church of Our Savior viii occur at
Jerusalem in the presence OF Emperor Will
liam and numerous Protestant Princes OF
the German empire. This church was
planned almost twenty-nine years ago by
Frederick william, then the Crown Prince
of Prussia, but il is due mainly to the ener-
getic interest of the present Emperor OF
Germany that the edihce is now nearing
completion.
In the fan OF 1869 e0ur Fritz" who
had entered the holy city on the old pill
grim road from Jaffa, received as a pres
ent from the Sultan the ruins OF the
Muristan IAN insane asylum; he took pos
session publicly of the site.
The Crown Prince promised at the time
OF his visit that new evangelical church,
the first In Palestine, would be erected on
that site. He did not lack the good will,
but circumstances were stronger than the
Princes endeavors. II is due solely to the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
IN THE AUXILIARY NAVY.
FROM THE DIARY OF NO. OF THE
PORT GUN.

Continuation of the Story of the
Cruise of the ''Yanxee"-Removin
Defective ProJectiIe-The Bonn
bardment of SantIagO-What the
New York in Action Looks Like.
Copyright, 1898. by S. S. Mcclure Company.
Continued from Last Week)
The scene on the gun deck of the Yam
kee at that moment would have made an
eloquent subject for the brush of a Nelson
nier. 1t was the deck of a warship in bat
tie and the spectacle enacted was accom-
panied by an orchestra of the mighty guns
of a fleet in action
Imagine a compartment of STEEL COM
partment filled with smoke that surged
and eddied as the ship lunged forward or
rolled upon a heavy swell.
Imagine scattered about in this pungenr
vapor many groups of men, men half-nak-
ed, perspirng, their glistening bodies
smeared and stained with the CRIME of
conflict
Imagine in the center of one of these
groups a wicked menacing gun-a 5-inch
breech-loader, its long, lean barrel raised
shoulder high upon the apex of a conical
gun mount, near the base of which are
significant wooden cases, some empty and
other filed with elongated, formidable
cartridges; and pals of black, dirty wat
er a-scum with powder; and other objects,
each significant of war.
Imagine these things and then under
stand that this gun, made to be turned
against an enemy, has now turned against
it's workers. In the bore. pent in by the
polished breechblock, is a cartridge which
has failed in its duty. 1t is apparently de-
fective
The tide of the battle is surging on;
other ships of the bombarding fleet are still
pouring their shot and shell upon the grim
array of forts ashore; other guns of this
ship are pursuing their duty with savage
energy. But this gun is silent.
The men wax impatient. 1t is the hight
of the conflict. Many shots have been
fired, and more will yet be required to sub
due the enemy. To be "out of action"
will mean passiveness in the face of the
enemy Anything but that.
There is a rivalry between the guns
crews. 1t is a rivalry as to which shall
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23

manner; also holding rife up-side-down
on top of my head, shooting from right or
ieiJ shoulder breaking balls tossed in air.
breaking balls by sighting rifle with air
OF mirror, splitting a cord, shutting a can
de holding rifle in various positions, and
several other difficult shots.
with a revolver | can hit balls tossed
"a the air. break them swinging, break
'hem by sighting the pistol with a mirror
ana break two balls hung side by side,
using two pistols and firing both at once.
am very fond of the sport, but must
say taat prefer shooting a the trap with
shotgun to rifle shooting, as the con-
tests are more exciting, and l like TO see
what / can do in contests with noted
shols. Mamie e. Hyland,
North Tarrytown, NY"
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SAYS BIBLE CoRRUPTs MORALS.
scriptures Seized in Columbia and
Circulation stopped for IA Time.

Circulation stopped for "a Time.
From the New York World.
The question is soberly discussed in some
Of tho courts of Colombia whether the
circulation of the Bible offends Christian
morals. The charge is brought against
eolporteurs of the American Bible Society
that in Offering to sell the Scriptures to
the people of that republic without notes
and comments they are violating the law
Of the land and corrupting the morals of
the Inhabitants.
This vital question has given concern
to the ecclesiasGcs and the civil author
tics in The department of Santander, and
OF course has been a matter of great an
noyance to Mr.. Norwood. the society's
agent, whose business has been temporar-
lily arrested by the seizure of property
and the injunction to forbear from dis
trlbuting the Bible.
After series of legal and ecclesiasti-
cal examinations an official decision was
received from the authorities in Bogota
that the sale of the Scriptures is NOT pro-
hlDited by the laws of the republic, and
tnat the censorship prohibited is to be
invoked only in TIE case Of books for pub
nc instruction in government schools.
SUCH decision coming from high au-
thority and formulated by one who is
Ieputed to be one of the most conserva-
i've men Of the clerical party in the re-
pubic. gives satisfaction 10 the agent of
vac Bible Society who regards il as a
slsnal victory over the opponents of the
"'us circulation Of the Scriptures
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23

with a plump, bright face Liskum, look
ing well cared for and happy
Harriet tore open the letter. II do be-
leve." said she, Eyes, IT Is, 1t Is from Lis
kuml" And she read ID.
Dear Harriet and Eugene-I go to
school all the time, and | have learned to
read and write, ana ! am going to sur
prise you with n letter from me myself.
DO you like my picture? Mrs Pomeroy
took me to town. and we had II taken.
Your Uncle Thad gives me a good many
things ana ne gave me the tippet; IL Is
silver color, and II Is thick and warm and
! like to wear It, But / wish Il was
summer. so that you both would be out
here again. Mrs Pomeroy has taken me
for her girl, and so this Is what ] am
now, and II is what they call me. Your
friend. IiskumPomeroy."
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and it won't do bit of hurt, and Uncle
Thad Isn't here, nor Jim, and he won [
ever know 1t, and I'm going to- said
Eugene, in one rapid breath. Promise
you won't tell"
Eugene, dontw Harriet implored.
Promise you won't tellv' Eugene in
sisted, bending toward her an anxious face
Uncle Thad would just skin me Aren't
you mean thing? Promise! Won't you
promise?"
l-yes-l--" Harriet faltered. and there
was a raising of the dust and a scurrylnz
Of fleet hoofs down the drive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23

Initiative of his son, the Emperor. that the
promise made so long ago viii at last be
redeemed. He not only used the enormous
weight OF his personal influence to over
come all difficulties, but designed in person
the sketch Of the tower of the new church,
which the official architect, Prof. Adler of
Berlin. embodied in his plans without the
slightest alteration. of course. The EN-
peror also lent his financial support so
that the building Is now practically COM
plete
Within few days the German Emperor
win himself start upon a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land, and his visit to Jerusalem
will be marked by the dedication OF the
church his father planned and which he
built.
Our illustration is taken from the sketch
OF the emperor, and shows his own sigma
ture The church itself is a square edl-
fee Of severe lines, like many other struc-
lures from the crusaders period. 1t
stands on the ancient foundations of the
Church of Santa Maria Major that was
bunt by the Knights of ST. John, which
explains the square base. When digging
into the ground TO establish the soIidity
Of the old masonry traces Of the old city
wall were found which encircled Jerusa-
lem at the lifetime OF Jesus Christ
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CONTINUED Next week.l

President Mckinley always wears
red carnation in the lapel Of his coat, and
always has a bunch Of the same flowers
in a vase upon his official desk. When he
was Governor Of Ohio the students of tire
State University, at Columbus, started a
controversy for the selection Of a state
flower. The Governor was consulted, and
suggested his fayonte
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23

Frederick Hacnmann of Milwaukee,
claims to have invented a telegraph in
strument that viii print messages in type-
written letters without the aid Of an oper-
ntor at the receiving Office, which may
be hundreds of miles away.