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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-03
BLESSED ARE THE MEEK
For a Soft Answer Turned
Wrath

FOR ooI1 answer Turned auar
Wrath
l had long suspected that 7 had Loot
my way, ana when the narrow wind;n~
tIail that | was following came ~ af'
end in clump of blue gums was Snra
OF it.
There was shanty among the trees
and i'll response TO my hail an old u,o'
man appeared in the doorway and cor.
daily exclaimed;
"Howdy stranger; climb down an
hev bita."
/ explained that l had lost nv wav
and only desired to be directed TO the
right road.
After she had set me right she leanad
confidentially against my saddle and
said:
Stranger, I wish tibet We would do
me favor
| CALAMITY replied that it ALWAYS
gave me pleasure to do lady a favor
"Wul, do we see tibet thar critter over
thar"
| did, although l had previously over
looked him.
He was leaning against the trunk of
a blue gum with his hands meekiy fold
ed in his lap and appeared to be gaz-
ing into vacancy.
Stranger, tibet is my ole man, an
we've bin married fer over 40 years. an
ND ter last month we enjoyed all the
hiss Of married life We've fit and
fout. an fout and fit, an the outcome
of them fouts were always in doubt up
ter the last minute.
~iC1t e
the smoke of them yere battles cleared
away the old woman wuz always on
top. always reckoned that | would
go ter my grave in a peaceable state
of mind. but hit looks now as though
I wuz goin' ter be plum disappointed;
an 1us' because thet low down ornery
critter pretended ter git religion an
commenced playin' the meek an low
dodge.
IF + swat him with the broom ham
die he signs an rolls his eyes an says:
Now hit me with the ak helve, Lizer
Jane The fact is, tibet he was a
licked man before he pretended ter git
religion. an he knew hit, an this yere
religious racket is only scheme Of
his ter git out of takin' his medicine
like man.
But what is a poor woman goin'
ter do? If / swat him in the eye he
saws: Now smack me on the snoot,
Lizer Jane Ye can't hit man when
he's down, an this yere meek and low
ly bizness is breakin' me all up
"Now, what | mean ter do, stran-
ger. is to lean over and smack me good
an hard right on my lips, an maybe
tibet will rouse tibet thar critter up an
he will rush up an swat We on the
snoot, an then l will get mad an ruhs
in, an maybe he will forget all about
this meek and lowly dodge, an we
will hev a beautiful fout!'
/ declined as politely as J could and
rode on. but as | reached bend in the
road | glanced back.
The old woman was emptying the
contents of a washboiler over the old
man, and out of the torrent came
meek voice: r.
"Now turn the hose on me, Iizer
Jane. New York Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-03
THE CLEVER All 10 l.

Not infrequently the art student
falls in arrears for the rent 81 even
his airy perch on the "sixleme' ana
landlords have scant sympathy for be.
ings who can "soar to the empyrean,
but can't pay cash. One young man
six months in arrears, knew that his
landlord was keeping watchful eye
on his trunk, which stood opposite the
door. feeling sure that while it was
there the owner would not depart.
Our artist painted a portrait Of his
trunk ON the wall opposite -4ae door.
and in the night took himself and ms
belongings quietly awaX' nor VS. ne
missed for several days.. Good WORK
sometimes serves very iEartistlc ehds'
Chicago News.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-03

the United States The Dehnitive Treaty
was concluded also at Paris, September Z
1888. The signing parties waro Da,.;1
Hartley, for Great Britain; John Adams
B. Franklin and John JAY for tba ITritaa
States.
On January 20, 1888 the preliminary ar
ticles OF peace We're signed hetueo,, -
land and France, and England and snain
o. q DE,Nk-L,N-
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
ICELAND GEYsERs.
ThrowinR stones Into Their
Craters.

Barren as the place really is, the
artists eve would revel in the beau
tiful effects on the snowy jolSulls, the
twilight softening shades OF mauve,
green's and grays on the distant lava
peaks and the luminous midnight Sky.
The intensity Of the blue water Of the
lake or ocean is superb, and the mighty
waterfalls are grand. And the geyser
fieldsl All the warm tints, from cream
10 russet, are found IN the mineral de-
posit around the basin of the Greet
Geyser, Little Geyser, Strol1lSr (thc
Churn), and the Little stroltl1r, while
Blesi Che Blue One) is lined with ex-
quisite white, like porcelain, making it
n fitting vessel for the cooking of food,
and for furnishing boiling water for
tea and coffee. 10 was SO smooth and
beautiful that l seemed TO be mutilat-
ing something rare when / clipped of
pieces of its lining, but knew they
would be valuable souvenirs, and the
uneasy, bubbling water would soon
amend the deficiency.
The mud pools on this plain are the
ihNoN ndAftANuct loI lucN spout not
mud diagonnlly out of the earth. Com
ing upon them in one direction they
are not seen, and many a visitor has
gone home with a scalded foot. The
hydraulic display is now very htful and
inconsidernte tourists hove injured the
spouting fountains by loading stones
into them 10 see them cast out. so YOU
must take your tent with you and camp
on the plain to await the pleasure Of
their majesties. Blesi win serve YOU
we'll while waiting. The Great Geyser
had not spouted for a week when we
were there, and such surlinessindicated
n near activity. The water spouted un.
usually high when it finally appeared
$50 feet. and showed all the tints OF
the rainbow. majestic at the same time
and mysterious. u played for IS min
utes, and then its beautiful cascade.
subsidcd in feathery mist, refined
and graceful withdrawal - Interna
tional.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
THE SPEED OF BIRDS.
a Recent Trial shows That II Is Not
Nearly So Great Ms Many People
Have Imagined.


II seems probable that current esti-
mates Of the speed Of the birds fight
must be modified Monday, June 81,
a number Of carrier pigeons were flown
from the Shetland islands to London.
This is a great distance even for trained
birls. the total length of the journey
being 591H miles. The date being only
week after the longest day of the
year, the birds had the advantage of
daylight during the whole fight, and
the winner reached the house Of its
owner, Mr.. Clutterbuck of Stanmore,
in eight minutes under 16 hours. They
had been liberated at Lerwick at $3.50
a m. The official weather chart Of the
meteorological Office gave, not for the
first time, information Of the utmost
value for estimating the conditions Of
wind under which the fight was made.
Every "arrow" from Kirkwall TO Lon
don pointed due south. In other words,
the birds had the wind behind them
throughout their journey.
The result is that, in what is very
nearly an approach TO a migration
flight, the pigeons travelled at q speed
of 81 miles an hour. An interesting
correspondence in the Field, following
the announcement of this fact, showed
how widely observers differ on the most
interesting question, but the records
approach more nearly TO the lower es-
innate in each case in which accuracy
has been possible. and in any case the
surmises of the late DR.. Gatke that nil
grating birds Travelled occasionally at
speeds reaching $50 miles an hour cam
not now be seriously defended. Yet
such an observer as Mr.. Frohawl, one
of our best painters of birds and ami
mails, isconvinced that a godwing can fly
at a speed Of $50 miles an hour, and Sir
Ralph Payne Gallwey reckons the fight
of a teal as sometimes reaching 40
miles an hour. But it has been calcu-
lated that II the godwing were flying at
$50 miles an hour it would have TO over
come q resistance of air equal to a
pressure of 112 pounds per square foot,
or considerably more than the force Of
a hundred-mile hurricane. Other cor
respondents give instances which leave
little doubt that shore birds do travel
at speeds considerably above so miles
an hour; but as regards the flight Of
the pigeon, some experiments carried
out by the proprietors Of the Field
many years ago leave little doubt that
the speed shown in the Shetland fight
is normal. Twelve records with the
chronograph gave n highest speed to
the "bue rock" pigeon of from SO TO 3s
miles per hour. Pheasants and par
tridges were also subjected to expert
ment The former made a record Of
3s miles an hour, and the partridges,
when we'll on the wing, of 80 miles
London Spectator.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
Nut Cream Squares.

To secure the desired results in naL-
ing certain candies it is necessary to
remelt the finished fendant; and inst
as scrupulously rs you abstained from
stirring the boiling sirup must YOU
stir the melting fondont every mo.
ment; otherwise IL will go back TO cIeor
sirup. Stand the saucepan containing
It (the fondant) in another of boiling
water while melting, and when the
liquid point is reached it is ready TO use
for coating other candies or for having
something mixed with Il. For nut
squares chop any kind of nuts fine. and
add to melted fondant (as many as IL
viii blend together, or fewer, as YOU
choose); blend well, and pour into n
square form TO harden. When hard cut
into little squares or parallelograms.
Ii is natural to inquire here why the
nuts are not added to the fondant when
it is first made. They could have been.
but not so easily, and the cream would
be harder-the reInelting having the
effect of mellowing fondant.- -Wom-
ans Home Cmpanion.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
RUssIA's WOMAN FooTPAD.
she II Coed rider and shooter and
RObs the Rich to Give 20
the Poor.

Mans supremacy in all fields is
threatened. His business occupations,
lis sports, his accomplishments must
lie shared with women, and the in
vaders are likely to set pace which
will make him set spurs and sit tight in
order to keep in the race.
From Russia comes a story of wom-
an who is making the shades of Claud
Duval and his peers tremble for their
laurels. We have had female brigands
and desperadoes. The head of the most
feared and most murderous tribe of
Italian banditti to-day is woman, and
there have been others like her; but
here is a celebrity of another sort. On
the opera bouffe stage one might ex-
pect TO see her, but in real life she is
almost too good TO be true.
Her name is Barbara Daneria, and
by profession she is a highwayman.
The English Vocabulary doesn't pro-
vide any better title for her, since the
makers of the language didn't foresee
her advent, so highwayman we must
call her, regardless of rules of gender.
IT, MS purists insist, woman writer is
an author and not an authoress, and
a woman poet shouldn't be called poet
ess, why shouldn't a woman Claud DG-
val be call highwayman? Her pro-
fession comes under the head of the
fine arts.
Barbara is all that we have loved in
the notorious Claude She is dashing
and beautiful. She rides like a centaur.
She can scallop the edge of a tiny Prus-
sian coin with rife bullets at any range
within sight Her manners would grace
a court. She avoids the shedding of
blood, II that is within the possibil-
tiles, and. like all famous knights nf
the road, she rohs only the rich, and
gives with open hand 10 the poor. She
delights in nudacious ruses and has a
keen sense Of humor and of dramatic
effect. Up TO date she hasn't danced
minuets on the surf in the moonlight
with any Of her victims, and she can't.
with good effect. offer n handsome
traveller his freedom in exchange for a
kiss, as was the custom with all chev.
alrous Claudes. In fact, she is handi-
capped by her sex, and yet her sex
adds to the romance of her story. She
wears masculine attire, but her voice
and her beauty give il the lie, and the
whole province which she has terror.
lied rings with romantic and eNtrava.
CANT praise of this feminine Beau
Brocade.-N. y. sun.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
BRocADE EVENING GOWNS.
Many New and Beautiful Designs Have
Restored the Material to
Popularity.

1t has been stated two or three times
that brocades may not be fashionable
this year. but so many beautiful de-
signs are shown in them that they have
been made up in some of the most stun
ming gowns of the winter. They
come in all different colors-that is,
the light shades of all colors. There
are some exquisite pearl grays. yell
lows, blues, pinks and cream whites
that are very effective They arA all
made with the long train-many of
them with court trains-that opens in
front to show a petticoat of lace or of
satin embroidered in pearls or span
giles, and trimmed at the side with
jabots of lace, aud sometimes of fur.
The waists ara all cut very low, quite
off the shoulders. and have bands across
the shoulders, and short, tieht-fitting
elbow sleeves finished with deep lace
iuflles Some of the waists have no
sleeves at all except a band over the
shoulders and q second band across the
upper part of the arm. These bands
are trimmed with spangles, and some
times with real jewels.
A smart gown of brocade is of cream
white, also opening over a front petit
coat of lace. Down the sides of the
train is an embroidery Of pearls and
lhinestones, and on the lace petticoat
are sewed pearls and rhinestones so
that the effect is of a jeweled under
skirt. The waist is trimmed with a
bertha across the front that is cut into
points, and these points are wired to
keep in place. On the back of the waist
there is no trimming at all. but there
is an embroidery to match the skirt
put directly on the satin. The effect of
the perfectly straight back is not al
ways becoming, but is very smart. The
waist is cut with the sharp bias side
pieces that were fashionable three or
four years ago, and that always give
length to the figure.
A black brocade evening gown is
made with the pointed circular flounce
headed with an embroidery of Jet di-
rectly on the satin. The waist, low
CUT is mass of jet, and is finished
around the shoulders in three points.
the points wired so that they lie fat
against the neck, Below this the let
is embroidered on to the satin. forming
deep point, and below the point hangs
jet fringe. The sleeves are made Of
straps Of jet and jet fringe. At the
left shoulder is a bunch of pink roses
and below this bunch is a spray of these
rcses tied into pink ribbon. This goes
across the bust and around the back
and then hangs down on the skirt
Harper's Bazaar.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
HUMOROUS

Short of space.-"Is your fat crowd
td?" Crowded? We can't yawn with
out opening a window."-Chicago Rec
ord.
"Hhat do you suppose causes night-'
naIes?" II think il must be the un-
stabbed thoughts that 90 teeming
through the brain. ."-phiadelphia Bull
letia.
she-"Ado has married one man out
OF thousand" He-"Well, how
many did you expect her TO marry.
two or three9'-Philadelphia North
American.
Mildred-"What's the poetic fire. one
reads so much nbout?" Charley-"It's
generally the fire in the editors CRATE,
IL he can afford to have CRATE in his
Office. e."-Chicago Daily News.
Nine. Theosophia--"Tell me, have
you never seen a vision? Never well
coined some strange spirit from the
unseen world?" Mrs. Sinclair-"Never.
But then entertain so little. Punch.
Wife-"What would you do II you
had no wife 10 look after your mend
ing, I'd like 10 know?D Husband
"Do? Why, in that case l could af-
ford to buy new clothes. London
Figaro.
Dramatic Note.--Wrlght-'T believe
n good deal of human interest could be
put into a play with the scenes laid
in pawnshop." Reed-"My dear boy,
the interest in pawnshop is something
absolutely inhuman. ."-Cincinnat En-
quirer.
At a Disadvantage wonder what
made that Indian chief give up and
run. It's something unusual with
him" 81 suppose" answered the man
who never acknowledges that he
doesn't know, "he has been so used
TO sneering at the pale faces that he
got ratified when they sent detach-
ment Of colored troops after him
Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The United States has 47.ses co

The United States has 47,ses coke
ovens; Pennsylvania 2e,910.
A Hartford hen, crossed in her ambi-
tion to sit, adopted two squads which
fell from a dovecote.
An average star Of the first macni-
tude is one hundred times as bright as
one of the sixth magnitude.
Exports of -four from the Pacific
coast TO the orient have grown in the
last five years from 10000 TO $4,000
tons annually.
Last year $4,000 persons were en-
ployed in the mines and quarries of the
United Kingdom. The annual output
OF coal is about 2OO,00O,0OO tons.
Queen Victoria's footmen wear wigs
which have eight rows of curls, where
as those of the prince of Wales are al
lowed seven rows, and those of the lord
mayor of London are given six rows.
Some naturalists believe that hares
never drink, but get enough liquid for
their needs in the dew on the grass they
eat, and it is certain that in the London
geological gardens a paroquette lived
over half a century without once drink
ing.
An ironmonger in the Trongate has
affixed 10 a bicycle in his window a
placard bearing this inscription: "The
net cash price of this warranted bicycle
was 6 Q los. To-day it is seven pounds.
1t will be reduced two shillings day
till it is sold"
Oysters, after they have been brought
away from the sea, know by instinct
the exact hour when the tide is rising
and approaching their beds, and so, of
their own accord, open their shells to
receive their food from the sea. as If
they were still at home.
A Rich Beggar.-A well-known beg
gar who frequented the neighborhood
of the opera house in Paris was pros
trated with sunstroke. On being taken
10 the hospital, bank notes amounting
to 100000 francs were discovered in
belt which the mendicant wore.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
B & 0.

Schedule in effect November 20, 1898.
Light.
.Express trains
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON, DEL
AWARE AVENUE STATION. FOR
NEW YORK, week days. '4.S3. 1888.
-lOS4 a. M; 'l2.lQ s2.2a, $3.50, '6.1s (all
Pullman cars), 7.41, 'l1,09 D. m. Sundays,
s.S5. .y.Ss 'llS5 a. m, .2;Si, 1859, '5.19 (all
pullman cars), IA, "11.00 p. m.
PHILADELPHIA, week days, sA33
54O. |L05 7.35, fS.25, 'e.39, "10.24, 11.Os a. m;
'l2lg, LOO, '2.94, 800, 1859. sis (all Pull
man cars), $50 $50, IA, 9.I5, 'l1.Oe z.
m. m; Sundays. ABB, I35, $50. 's.39 11.12.
'll.S5 a. m; '2S4, 800. 1883, '5.1s (all Pull
man cars), $50. s7.41. 800, III 100 D. m.
CHESTER, weekdays, $40, s7O5 735
e % % esS9 -loA Hos a. m; LOO, '2.s4 sOl
Is5. SO '9S9, il12, '1135 a. M; s2.S4. 400
1859, $50, *74i, 900, sI1OO ID. m.
ATLANTIC CITY, weekdays. s7.W A.
m: m !. 'ls.le. '2.Si p. m. Sundays 7.s5 a m;
CAPE MAY. weekdays. .7.e5 a. M; .ssf
p. m. Sundays, 7.S5 a. m
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON,
.w,seess-dsys. we ss y. 'tis, rs. s.3i. .11.o1 m:
man cars). 's.O4, ali p. m. Sundays. s4.is.
T2S, ss.3i a. m; 'l2.5s, '2O9, SO4, 'l57, IS 40
sali Pullman cars) 'S.o4, s9.11 p. m
BALTIMORE AND WAY STATIONS,
t'zo a. m. 300 p. rn.. daily.
NEWARK, week days, AIS, 125, 1874
.ll.ol a. m; 1885 3.0i. '457. go, 's.11, 1886
y. m. Sundays. AIS. LIS 1874 a. m;
'i2;Ss - 49, So4, Z, 49,, 7.s2 .9.li p. n
PIrTSBURG, weekdays, 1884 a m;
$40 p. m, (all Pullman ears). s9.11 p. m.
sundays, 's.S4 a. M; $40 p M. (ail Pull
man cars). '9.i1 p. N.
CHICAGO. dsfiy, .S.H q, M; .i,57 p. m.
CHICAGO via CINCINNATI and IN
DIANAPOLIS, 1884 a. m, daily.
CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS, 1894 a
m: 'l2.56 and .91i p m. daily.
TOLEDO AND DETROIT ell D. m.
daily to Toledo and daily except Sunday
NEW ORLEANS AND MEMPFrrs via
BRISTOL AND CHATTANOOGA, s5. 40
p. m, daily. Through sleepers to Mem
phis and New Orleans.
SINGERLY ACCOMMODATION, week
days, l.& q. m; S.94, $40. 1856 p. m. Sum
days. 7.25 a. M S.0i. 1872 p. m.
LANDENBERG ACCOMMODATION
weekdays, l25, 1000 n. m; 3.04, 457 D. m.
Sundays, 1000 a, m; 532 D. m.
LEAVE MARKET ST. STATION FOR
BALTIMORE, weekdays, Gas a. m;
2.55 p. m.
LANDENBERG, week days. Gas. e55
a, m.' 400, 80 p. m. Sundays, s.55 a. IN.
$50 y. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA. FOR WILL
MlNGTON. weekdays. sS3S. 625, 800.
ee, 'le.2s, l1.30 a. m: st2.c0. s1.37. zoo s2.e7.
'42e. $50. '5.07 (all Pullman cars). $50.
els. $50 $50. ss'as, lO.io1 sii.s5 o "a. sun
days, '2.35. 800. 900, l1.s0 a. m. 1920.
'l.s7 200. '4.2o 4So.ss.07 tan Pullman cars.
$50. '7.30, .S.S5, 1890 p m.
lelmarvia Telephone. No. l9S
Rates to Western points lower than via
any other line
Gen. Manager. Man. OF Pass. Tranic.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
ReaI.tIng rerrIne cold.

That wonderful new substance, liq-
uid air, has recently been employed
at the Kew gardens in London for test
ing the ability of seeds to endure very
low temperatures. Seeds of various
plants were inclosed in thin glass
tubes, which we're kept immersed in
liquid air. For 10 hours consecutive
ly they were submitted to a tempera-
ture varying from 29T degrees to 31S
degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Then
they were slowly thawed, the opera
tion lasting 50 hours. On being plant
ed, Il was found that their germina-
tive power had not been appreciably
affected. The expcrimenters conclude
that seeds, when in a dormant condi-
ton, have their vital machinery alb
solutely stopped, and not merely
slowed down TO an indefinite extent
Youths Companion.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
THE RELIC FIEND.
Spanish Soldiers Sold Their Deiong-
ings Very Chenp ana Our Boys
nouRht Them.

Among the war curios which were
brought here by Capt. Atkinson. of the
wrecked news yacht Kanapaha, and
which afteward formed the bone Of
contention in very lively row with
the customhouse officials, was the
complete uniform Of Spanish colonel
and several beautiful Spanish cam
teens which had never seen service.
In that connection one Of the petty Of
flcers of the yacht spun an interest
ing yarn;
1T was astonishing" he said, "how
readily the Spaniards parted with their
equipment for good American dollars,
aud this spirit was by no means con-
fined TO the rank and file. lhad lieu
tenant offer me his revolver and sword
belt for $3.50 in gold, and another
wanted to trade a pair OF very gor-
geOus epaulettes for a few tins Of del
icacies. Five dollars was the stand
ard price for Mausers, and honest
iy believe that n good, shrewd fellow
with a valise full of five-dollar bills
would have Effected the disarming Of
Torars whole crowd in much quicker
time than was done by the army"
A gentleman who is nov q natural
lsed citizen, but who was formerly a
resident of Austria, and a soldier in
the army OF that country, happened
TO hear the story, and remarked that
great trouble was experienced by Eu-
ropean commanders in preventing
their men from disposing Of accouter-
ments.
"The privates are always in need of
money" he said, "and will sell small
articles, such as buttons and corps
badges, whenever they get chance,
to souvenir hunters. During the
Turko-Russian war / was abroad, and
/ remember distinctly that number
OF subordinate Russian officers were
oourt-martialed and shot for very pc
culiar offense. II was discovered that
they had sold their reyolvers, and in
order TO conceal their absence during
inspection they had made dummies
out of wood and carried them in their
holsters. The handles were blackened
with ink. and the barrels were COW
cred with tinfoil. Some traitor be-
,rayed the poor fellows, and a whole
sale exposure was the result. The
affair reminds one strongly of the
captain in shaw's comedy Of Arms
and the Man., who, as you win recall,
filed his holster with chocolate
creams. ~. o. Times Democrat.