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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

below and changed his clothes. When
he came on deck again he wore white
duck suit that would ruin the reputa-
ton of laundress, 1t was so streaked
and yellow from washing 1t seems the
boys had to do their own washing, and
the white ducks had to be washed ev-
cry day. Most of the men on the ship
We're society idlers who had rich fathers
to pay their bills, and it was funny to
think of them on the ships scrubbing
away for dear life to make their clothes
look well.
Men who had been most particular
about their appearance at home had re-
lapsed into the most abject state of in
difference on shipboard and wore al
most saffron hued ducks. Men who had
not bothered so much about the cut Of
their ties and the latest dancing step,
but had spent their summers camping
in the woods instead Of at Newport or
Bar Harbor, sQuabbled over their al
lowance OF soap and were the envy Of
the erstwhile society dudes, who had
not the muscle or the experience 10
scrub their garments in the same degree
of whiteness. All the men were grow
ing odd looking boards, and their hair
Was cut INTO IldE NtlOus dASlce dDbuL AAc
edge where their hand mirrors had fail
ed 10 give them a good view OF the
back Of their head.
Manicure their nails? Some OF these
men used TO be proud Of their well kept
hands. Nov their stubby looking nails
were trimmed with black. and the skin
was red and horny. All OF them crowd
ed about. us. and il was beautiful to see
how unconscious they were OF their APP
pearance. In fact. fancy they thought
they were looking particularly well. for
one man that remember having
thought last winter the most insurer
able dandy ever knew remarked cheer
fully:
50 - % ls1Iss eans sodHy. Mis-
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B0b'S Reflections
On Country Life.

hat OF the summer boarder till she
looks as If prepared for a fricassee.
Inc average woman envies you your
clothes, no matter how simple thew are.
DorroWs them to cut from and then
tanks about you to somebody else. She
thinks you're immoral because your
lingerie is trimmed with lace and ruff
hes, she suspects you if you're too IA
mlllar with your own father, and her
general opinion of everybody is that
people are all such fools. Sometimes
you come across an exception, and you
mo her Jolly to talk to, good to eat CT
don't mean the dishes ON her table are
palatable) and ready to enjoy herself
in any way possible. We've struck one
OF this kind, and from shooting frogs
down to chasing the COWS home she
aids the boys in having a good time.
Ild you ever chase a COW in the di-
rectlon it didn't wish to go? 1t is
more mulish than mule, crosser than
a cat, possessed of more bitterness than
bulldog when he feels that he is not
appreciated, and the situation is such
that you wonder why, if cows were
necessary at all they should have been
made with such peculiar tempers. It
does one good once in awhile to get
acquainted with the people of the coun-
try mean those people who are not
supposed to have souls.
But how can | look into the eyes of
that big mastiff without understanding
that he is saying to me: you go on
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n WOmOn'S View
Of Our J0CkieS.

Kniekerbocker, when We all are in ap-
pie pie order"
We were shown all over the ship. 1t
had been great coastwise liner before
the naval reserves were put in charge
Of it, and it was most interesting to
note the vessels complete transforma-
ton Some of the men told us how
many times they had crossed the ocean,
never expecting to be found one day
cleaning guns and scrubbing decks
where they had once had the proud
privilege Of chumming with an Eng
lish earl CT Russian prince.
We were asked to sup in their mess.
as they call 1t. Six o'clock was the
hour. Each man was provided with a
tin plate and tin cup. In the cups
they were given soup or something of
that sort, which they drank like tea or
coffee. There was big dish of pota-
toes, and each man got so many. A
chunk of bread was beside each plate,
and when the word was given each
sailor fell to and simply devoured ev-
erything in sight. Their table manners
had flown. Every man seemed to be
possessed of fierce ambition to get all
he wanted for himself and let every
other man look out for himself, When
they had gobbled everything on the
table, all stopped rather regretfully,
and our friends again were prepared to
notice our existence. They assured us
that their appetities were in a measure
satisfied, although they at all times
baffied appeasing.
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At first the men had done their own
cooking and had great larks over it.
Reggie had expected to shine when he
tried his chatting dish skill in the ship
kitchen. He Dragged so much to the
other men Of how much better the bill
of fare would be when he was on cook
duty that good many Of them who
had tried his Welsh rarebits and oysters
at home we're inclined to have pleasant
anticipations. But, alas, the beans We're
harder and the potatoes soggier than
ever when he cooked, and poor Reggie
was almost mobbed by the disguised
sailors.
The most popular man on shipboard
was a little Irishman, a drayman or
something of that sort, who had kept
bachelors hall for himself before the
war broke out and who could cook the
potatoes until they were so mealy and
nice that they almost melted in the
mouth and whose fried bacon, we were
assured, was poem in itself.
When they were on cook duty, most
OF the men tried TO vary the monotony
Of the menu as much as possible They
made rice puddings. using prunes in
stead Of raisins, and cooked the food
in every way which imagination could
suggest and skill could execute. In
spite Of all this they got tired n nearly
everything. When they reached New
York harbor and anchored OF Tonp-
kinsville. cooks were assigned to their
ship. and the culinary corps was re-
tired from active service. but they
found their experiences useful In afford
ing knowledge TO criticise the new
cooks Although they feasted by COM
parison with the old order Of things.
they were twice a. hard 70 please.
Nosr OF the men got shore leave
now and then Wherever they went out
people stared At them ard came up and
wanted to shake harda- Sometimes wo-
msa asked then Tor : hntban1 q .
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Downright. 1882


And I never laughed SO much in my
life, said the pretty girl, as the day
we went down to the ship to visit those
boys. There was Charley Van Tassel-
never in his life did anything harder
than lead cotillon. AS we climbed on
board the ship we recognized in a dirty,
dilapidated sailor, clad in tattered togs,
the irreproachable Charley He was
painting the side of the ship, and he
looked as fierce as a Spaniard until he
spied US. Then he showed red even
through the paint and CRIME that he
had managed to get upon his face.
Susie-you know, Susie has no tact
rushed right up to him and said, so
glad to see you, Charley, but you do
look dreadful" She didn't mean his
clothes or the paint even, but his gen
eral gauntness. Charley took it the
wrong way, however, and would scarce
ly speak to her.
The rest Of us had little more tact
We pretended not to have seen him
and were absorbed in shaking hands
with Reggie Clinton, who rushed up to
us quite unconscious of a patch of black
on his cheek, where he had left the
print of his fingers after polishing UP a
gun. In the meantime Charley sneaked
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
A PRINCESS CAMERA.

The Princess OF Wales has for some
years been ia the habit Of carrying a
snap shot camera with her in her ram
bles about her Norfolk home. She ID
very fond Of phOtographing animals,
and al the annual sale OF the Prince u
Wales horses at Wo.fertop she may b.
seen on the sale grounds taking snap
shots OF the animals as they pass In
review.
She is also very fond OF taking views
that strike her. and on one occasion q
photograph which she made of a rail-
way bridge probably prevented SER
ious disaster. She was close 10 WolfeF-
ton. station when she noticed a freight
train crossing the bridge and photo
zraDhed Il. When the negative was d.
yelopsd she observed that the bridge
had a curve. and naturally thinking
thaf she hag not held her kodak In
proper position she tried the bridge
again a few DAYS later when an express
train Wa passing over H. This nega-
tive aIso showed the same curve. and
the PRINCESS. rot being able 10 under
sand the reason. spoke about Il TO the
He A. = once ines tina. something
was wrong kquiries were set on
foot whsrb n IN the discovery
that the old ps In dans erouB
condition an pasuaAteiy pc ~
built
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
AN INTERESTING AMERIo'

Lady Randolph Churchill is
interesting personality. Arriving
England some - years ago ono ~
pioneers of the American feminine
vasion ~ the British peerage. she hal
many prcIudicos 90 overcome. n wal
not a case Of she came she saw, she
conquered. II took some time 70 fo,
but Il was done thoroughly. She took
her place and kept Il and. while quito
natural and unpretentlous, was self az
sured and cool. Then she IL extremely
clever and most amusing and her bril-
lance soon attracted that keen appre-
ciator OF brightness In womanly INTEL
lect. the Prince Of Wales.
There Is perhaps no other woman
in England who has been 80 perslstent-
w asked to meet the prince az Lady
Randolph Churchill. She IA also fa--
vorite with the princess. Being ex-
treme1y musical. she amuseg her royal
highness by playing To her. while her
singing would make her fortune. not 80
much for voice as for expression and
her quick conception If pure fun.
At one time, too she earned the Last
ing good opinion 81 very august per-
sonages by the admirable way in which
she choked off the calf love evinced for
herself bv 8 Youthful scion 81 the blood.
Indeed. she is a wonderful woman and
looks much more like her sons sister
than his mother. She was recently be-
trothed, by report, TO we'll known
American millionaire widower. Tho
report, however. Is an cd story. and 80
far there has been no wedding though
the American wido> and widower are,
all the same, very excellent friends.
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out and have a good time. I'll watch
the house for you?"

out and have a good time. I'll watch
the house for your"
How can l pet that beautiful mare
with her little colt beside her, and not
have her murmur to me: I'm a
mother. Did you ever see a prettier
baby than mine?"
Or, when the chickens are running
around, the hen lays an egg, and the
cock of the walk takes all the credit
for it, am | not forced to think, "Oh,
Mr.. My Gentleman, how like unto a
man you are?"
And then at night, when we're GID
ing over the waters and somebody is
looking into somebody else's eyes,
there's a whole flock of white geese
that follow the boat, as much as to say
Make love while the moon shines, for
the holiday times will soor De over,
and there will come to you some hours
CT Wcrk-of work"
There's a wonderful life in the coun-
try. Get yourself presented to it, get
yourself thoroughly acquainted with it,
and you will have any number Of
friends.
The horse will whinnny at your ar
rival, the great big dog will give a
bark of welcome, the cows will moo
in their pretty fashion, while the ducks
and the chickens will clatter and run
about, making so much noise that you
don't know whether it's welcome or
defiance. And they call them dumb an
inals. Some Of US may lie glad that
they can't speak, and some of us may
regret it. But cuddling up to me is a
little fox terrier who is getting to be
old In years, but as he grows old he
grows more loving until nowadays he
knows whether the heart is gay or the
eyes full of tears-those eyes and that
heart which belong to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
HAD TWO SILVER WEDDINGS.

Mr.. James w. Twaits has enjoyed the
unique privilege of having had two sill
yer weddings. He was born at Lynn,
Norfolk, England, 50 years ago, but
has been living in Saginaw, Mich,
since 1856. He married his first wife
in England in 1913, and they had II
children, five of whom are still living.
He was connected with the Chartist
movement from 1882 till 1S4S and suf-
fered for his opinions.
He left England in 1851 and landed at
New York almost penniless. He OBJ
tanned employment on Lake Erie, and
in 1853 his family Joined him when he
was working for a lumber firm in
Cleveland. Three weeks later a fire
burned out the works, and be lost
everything. and in 1856 he went to Sag
inaw His first wife died in 1870. their
silver wedding having occurred Ia 1865
In 1872 he married his second wife.
a widow. with two children with whom
he has lived for over a quarter of a
century. their silver wedding occurring
n 1Do7.
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HAMBILETOlNIAN,
The Great Progenitor of Trotters.
Born May 5, 1913.
Died March 27. 1876.

Died March 27, 1876
So, you see, after all, Sood trotter,
hike the small child in a Sunday school
book, has a monument raised to his
memory, but it's Disgrace, with a
capital ID, that some of the numerous
bodies who contribute TO Hambeton-
ian and who had gained ducats by him
do not have the grounds kept in order
and a fence painted. Having been
born a Quaker, | can't bear to see
things not quite tidy but for once in
my life, and that's this summer, had
SO much tidiness that | turned and
fled.
Things were arranged this wav:
There was an oyster she'll on every
mantelshelf to hold dead matches. By
dead matches | mean those that have
had the breath of life burned out of
them In the corner Of the room was
a tiny tea chest intended TO hold scraps
of paper, and If by chance you drop
ped your dead match In your tea chest
or your piece Of paper III your shell
the ladies of the family, usually spok-
en- of as girls" though it's been many
q day since they clapped hands for
mamma, came down upon you with a
wrath that only boarding house keep
er can exhibit. They were the clean
est people ! ever saw. Cleanliness to
them meant Christianity, but 1t was inn
possible to be, as gone on cleanliness
as they are and still be a Christian.
They hadn't ! pet around the house
they considered pets unladylike-and
one of the family who had that sort of
temper that breaks out like a big
Fourth Of July cracker and fizzes and
buzzes would have liked to wash the
water in the WELL, The Lord Almighty
and she couldn't arrange this, so they
took it as 1t came Having seen such
ultra cleanliness, shall in the future
be charitable to those who regard dust
as the bloom of time.
rye been trotting around a good bit
this summer and been forming good
many conclusions, and one of them is
she more a man claims to be a Chris
fian the less likely is he to give you
onvfhing to eat. He waters the milk at
the expense of his soul, and he takes a
drink usually Of whisky for his stom-
ach's sake and his infrmities. but at
the expense Of the boarder. Then, too,
II has been borne in upon me that the
man who prays the loudest at the
Wednesday meeting goes in with the
greatest vigor when kissing games are
PLAYED at the annual picnic.
The women are different in kind, but
Ill have one great pain. and grief, and
that IS to pluck every Feather Of the
< a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

this personal description Of Maria
Christina, regent of Spain: A pale
austere face, cold and changeless as
marble; features of the Austrian type,
with full lips and projecting mouth;
blond hair, with no tinge of warmth,
what the French call ashen blond; pale,
steel blue eyes, with sparse lashes and
unlighted with soft or tender CLEANS;
small, partician hands, wrists and feet;
figure graceful and charming in its
proud carriage, especially fitted for an
equestrinne and she rides frequently.
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NEW PARTISAN FANCIES.

Toques will be exceedingly fashiona-
BILE for autumn wear, and Paris models
show embroideries of jet, sequinS and
beads as borderings to loops and bows
or on lisse and net for yelling bright
colored fabrics. Velvet draperies in
rich emerald, petunia and orange vel
vets are yelled with crazy net, dotted
here and there with sparkling jewels,
and jeweled pins Of some size fasten
loops and twists or connect draperies
on the more elaborate toques.
Butterfly bows of black net, incrust-
ed with glittering stones and jet, are
mixed in with the twists and folds of
bright hued velvet, and, while black
plumes subdue the more obtrusive col
orings, the darker toques are adorned
with speckled quilts or feather aigrets
and chouX Of bright ribbon Or velvet.
Hats turned up in Punchinello fashion
are ''le dernier cri'' in Paris and Wen
ma, but here are gaining ground slow
~ although extremely becoming to the
American type of face, which does not
so well bear a hat shading the fore
head.
The newest shade of red is termed
begonia and is very rich and deep and
less obtrusive than cherry red or car
dinal, although resembling both Aza-
lea is the happiest of the violet tints
and is combined with the palest green,
blue or salmon pink. Velvets powder
ed with small embroidered designs or
single jewels On tiny clusters of Sc
quins will be largely used for millinery,
and embroidered robes will still find
favor for evening wear.
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Bocals own. The whole family, no
matter how numerous, Is crowded into
one room at night. the sleepers. reclin-
ing on heaps of dried banana leaves.
Strange 10 say, the women are clean-
ly people. They are fond of bathing
and are expert swimmers. They are
proud or their teeth, and take pains to
frequently polish them with rude
brushes made of the areca tree. The
poorer people have no other cooking
utensils than an earthen pot, and the
aristocrats have few cast-iron pans
and big rough earthen dishes.
The substitute for cotton and WOODEN
goods is called mouffia cloth, and it Is
made from the mouffia plant, which Is
a species of hemp. The natives pull
the fibre out, wet the finger and twiss
the thread, which, as q consequences,
is uneven and full of little lunches. II
takes an Industrious woman several
weeks to make a strip of mouifia Cloth
ten feet long and three feet wide. Flax
being almost unknown on the islands.
the only other material for cloth is
silk. The Philippine forests are null
of mulberries, and silk was woven long
before white men came TO the islands.
Some of the Philippine silk Is as fine as
the finest China silk. Much of 1t is
deliberately hrocaded. although the pro-
cess requires an immense amount of
time, as the threads which form the
pattern have to be tied up each time
separately. A Philippine weaver takes
her child on her back and weaves for
half an hour, then she goes down to the
stream and draws jug of water, or
down to the seashore for swim In the
surf. After weaving few minutes
more she again goes to the brook or the
shore, and washes out some single ar
ticle of clothing, never washing more
than one garment at time. so that
during the day she probably puts In
about six hours at the loom.
The whole Philippine archipelago Is
the smokers paradise. Quantities OF
tobacco OF the finest favors grow In
tropic luxuriance on the uplands. and
every one is an adept AZ smoking. In
every home, whether in the country or
in the heart Of Manila, there are always
leaps OF dry tobacco leaves, tied ia
punches, upon the floor or In q shed
near tue uRuets btN tue ptbNtNtht AH&~t
lays In stock Of tobacco for household
purposes several times year as care
fully as the American does the family
supply OF potatoes or -four.
The commerce Of the islands Is esti-
mated at $4,000. 900 a year, and prob
ably even greater, the chief exports
being sgar, tikeco and hemp. OF Ma.
Mia cigars. y nearly product is TOO
5000 sIhH and on
yearly product is a
eight-tenths of which
United States. One
produces 100000 ell
gle year. The import
ormous value The UH
the Philippines chiefly
-four. while England.
France sell them print\
drilling, hardware. cannd
There are other large towN
lands. but most OF the inn
landed at Manila. and are 81
them by local steamers.
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Copyright. 1881

have always had a weakness for
horses. The kind like best is COM
monly and vulgarly known as the
skate" He belongs to the breed that
can be driven by women. CHILDREN or
the new cook Of Polish origins He has
a few little weaknesses of his-own, but
You admire him Notwithstanding what
might be called his nerviness. He never
passes a fruit store without making
stop. The finest brandy in the world
would not tempt him, but a particular
iy nice apple, blushing on one side, or a
tender peach, looking most too good for
this world, charms him, so that he has
been known to really enter the SHOP
and demand, in a horses way, the fruit
that he loves best.
This particular skate" which have
controlled during the summer months,
unfortunately got what was called by
the gentleman who owned him a nod
dity in his fore leg" During this time
we drove, to our sorrow, a horse, or,
rather, mare titan of color, coed OF
shape, but with temper like all the
1850
consolidated in one horse. | never drove
her but once, and that once was quite
enough for me. She SHE'D at a ragman,
ran down the road, dumped me in the
grass, sent my slipper tiying through
tlae air, while my companions We're
scratched and bruised and accused me
Of, trying to kill them, while, between
you and me, | think they were glad,
after the first ache was better, to de-
scribe themselves as heroines and to
tell of the adventure after the fashion
OF a detective story.
After this | was content with the
Skate" and drove him with a loose
rein and a feeling that my heart was
true to him even if he did wheeze and
had a queer fashion Of going into the
barnyards of people who were entirely
unknown to me. He was a sociable
horse. AT least that's the way We have
worked out his idea. He longed to get
acquainted with the ueighbors. One
afternoon the skate" whose name was
Prince and who had good blood in his
veins-at least we were told so-agreed
with me that it would be pleasant to
give all the children drive. So off we
went, little and big, wearing hats from
a linen tam to large leghorn laden
with white plumes. Prince went along
very well for a short time, but at the
foot of certain hill he took his stand
and refused to bulge.
Prince was determined to go up that
hill, and l concluded it was just as
well to let him go, and so learn what
object he had in view. He piled up the
hill, while the children hit stray boys
with peanuts and fired chewing gum at
the dogs, and at the very top Prince
stood quite still and looked round at
us all, as much as to say: "Who among
you poor miserable two legged crea-
lures is worthy of monument like
that? You can get hold Of a scoundrel
any day, you can get hold of some re-
spectacle man any day, but it is only
once in century that Hambletonian
appears" And then the smallest boy,
who was in the Second Reader, read
out the inscription on the obelisk of
plain granite. He was pretty slow
about it, but he succeeded in making
even me understand. The inscription
read:
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The commerce Of the islands Is esti-
mated at s5O.000.Oo a year, and prob
ably even greater, the chief exports
being SCAR, u keco and hemp. OF Ma,
Mia cigars. Q Yearly product Is 700
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SKETCH OF MARIA CHRISTINA.
A newspaper correspondent offers