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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09

doorway, with its round arch composed
of twelve stones carved to represent
the months, was found standing in
good preservation, and has been raised
and built into the new structure. The
foundations of the old church were
found to rest on the debris of former
overthrows, and, at great expense, the
rock-bed was at last reached at depth
of about so feet for the new foundations.
The new building is about 120 feet
in length by so in breadth, while the
massive stone tower, some $50 feet
high, overtops all surrounding domes
and minarets, and is now perhaps the
most conspicuous object in bird's-eye
view Of the city. Behind the church is
the old cloister, in good preservation.
Behind that again is space to be occu-
pied with a new hospice for pilgrims.
and beneath this are vast subterranean
chahDers.
The entire plot of ground forms the
east half of the celebrated Muristan, or
Hospital of the Knights of St. John,
and was the center of that famous or
der.
Moslem mosques rear their graceful
domes and Northumberland is evident
in the minarets that pierce the sky on
this side, and that of what will prob-
ably always be known as the Kaiser's
church, even though a name will be
officially given to it. That name is the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
Savior. Soon it will be one of strange
Jerusalem's strangest modern features
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09

The dedication of the German Luth-
eran Church Of Jerusalem on the~site
presented some years ago by the Sultan
to the late Emperor Frederick, will be
marked with oriental pomp and splen
dor. An emperor and his spouse are
to dedicate the new church, and when
William of Germany reaches Turkish
soil at the end Of this month, he will
be the guest of "his serene brother"
Abdul Hamid. The empty treasury
of Turkey has been made even emptier
by the expenditures of the Sultan in
honor of his prospective guest. The
palaces in Turkey, in Jerusalem, in
Egypt, where the royal couple will be
entertained, have all been refurnished
without regard to expenses. In fact,
an entire street in Jerusalem has been
widened for the express purpose of en-
protected on the march there.
The church will be dedicated on Oc-
tober 81, and this ceremony will be the
central event in the visit of the German
Emperor to the Holy Land. The date
fixed is historic and appropriate, being
the anniversary of the event which be-
gan the Reformation-the mailing of his
famous theses by Luther to the church
door in Wittenburg.
The new church is, as far as possible,
restoration of the Church of ST. Mary
the Great The richly ornamented
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pICkET POST STORIES.
By CHARLES b. LEWIS.

IT was in the service for three
years." said the man with the wooden
leg. "and. was never downright
scared but once in all that time. OF
course I had an attack Of the nerves
now and then, as was the case with all
the boys, but that didn't mean any,
thing but being laughed at. This lit
tie affair Of mine happened at the most
unexpected time and place, and if l
hadn't been alone l should have been
drummed out of the army for my cow
ardice. There was one thing l dreaded
more than a battle, and that was being
On pfcket-post at night.
On this particular night I was sta
toned about twenty rods north OF a
log cabin occupied by family. and the
Confederate picket was supposed to be
about the same distance on the other
side. / was not in the road, but IN a
fringe Of bushes in a field. 1t was a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09

/, and on this night had post on
tongue of woodland running down into
an old cotton-field. 1t wasn't woodland
as much as bushes, and right at the
very front was fallen tree Crouched
down behind that tree, with head ,1ust
above it, I could scan the ground be-
tween me and the Confederates. 1t was
starlight when ] relieved the post, and
in the course Of half an hour it thick
ened up until could not have seen
man ten feet away. l crawled up and
sat down on the log and smoked ms
pipe and had worn away an Sour OF
my time when my heart suddenly
jumped into my throat and y began TO
tremble.
Il had neither seen OF heard any
thing to alarm me, and / couldn't
make out why | should be knocked
over that way Of sudden. ! didn't
do any investigating, however. On
the contrary. slipped backwards on
the log into a mass OF brlarS and
there meant to remain until /
heard the tramp of the relief. Lee
might be advancing with his whola
army 10 make a midnight attack, but
wasn't going to lea7e my shelter 70
try and drive him back. Nerves.
Well, now you bet had EN-! I tren-
| bed like a leaf, and I'm telling you
/ had to hold on to my chin to stop
the clicking Of my teeth. l wouldn't
have r;n away for ten thousand Go.-
lars, but instinct told me that was
in peril. and the fact that | could
neither see CT hear IL ate up my
| nerve. Without knowing what ] wa;
doing | got my gun around and rest
ed the barrel on the log and made
ready TO fire. ! don't know how long
the situation lasted. but | should say
for good ten minutes. All this time
my heart was humping away alI
was trying 10 draw full breath.
You've heard OF goose implCs, Of
course? They come with a chill of
fear, aad had EN- TO beat the band
felt EN- on every square lncn OF
surface. sat there looking oger the
log when something slowly yosc up
between me and the sky. ! t.dr't
say TO myself that wouldn't IRE;
| didn't even know that ! lad fired
until ] got the kick and report II tbs
musket The sound somehow broke
the spell. and was on my feet. arc
feeling a great deal Drawer when the
corporal Of the guard came running
out TO zee what had happened. What
was it, Well, on the other side Of
the log. with his head as gc-d as
blown of. vas one Of the ueliesf and
most Misunderstanding bushwhackers
or guerillas any man ever saw. lie
was armored only with big knife,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09
THE SIXTEEN DEsERTERs.

And | had my turn at the picket
post and something in the line of ad-
venture" said the man with the shat
tered hand as he lighted his old corn
cob. 1T was just before the last cam
paign that | got my scare and promo
ton with it. A good many Confeder-
ates were deserving 10 our lines, and all
night pickets were warned to give fair
challenge before firing | went on
single-post one night at ten O'Clock. II
was rainy and dark, and the post was
within eighty rods Of strong force Of
CCnfederates. | was left under a beech
tree with orders 20 keep the most Wig
liant lookout, but no sooner had the
relief passed on than ] moved off to the
right and crouched down under a bush.
I hadn't had any too much sleep for
three or four nights, owing to an ach-
ing tDOth, and as ! sat there, bumped
up like rabbit / was too drowsy TO let
my nerves get away with me. | didn't
intend to go TO sleep, Of course-no SOL
der eyer does-but from nodding and
cat-napping ! passed into dreamland,
and but for luck would have slept on
until relief came around. That would
have been the end Of me. very likely,
enemy was considered as serious as de-
sorting. ! seemed to dream that sOme-
body was calling me, and the dream
started me up like an electric shock
| didn't know where ! was for a few
seconds. Then heard a voice calling:
'Yank, Yank! Whar' ar you att :"
Il rose to my feet and peered around
me. and +. seemed as IL | could make
-
"'Say. Yank. we want TO be took
I'M, continued the voice, and then
began 10 get 1t through my head that
Confederate deserlers were around
asked who was there. and this time an
other voice answered:
Come up yere. Yank Thar ar
sixteen Of us who want 20 go into your
lines and surrender
Il advanced to find that his count
was correct. They were all from the
same company. headed by a sergeant.
and all had their guns along. They had
deserted from the reserve picket, and
while / was sleeping they were crawl
ing up to locate the post lied TO them
about being asleep, and when the SER
geant c5me we mustered the sixteen
in behind the relief and tTamped them
in under the shadow Of Old Glory. I
ought to have got at least six months.
but instead Of that the colonel called
NE up and had many words Of praise
and made me corporal II went home
to the papers that | captured sixteen
Confederates. and there are people, who
still insist that am hero. but / have
given you the truth about 1t. II they'd
been anything but deserters I'd have
got bayonet into me or been booked
for Libby Prison. :"
Copyright. 1898. by The International
Z. Literary and News Service
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and jana 4
From Jereusaiem they win go to Jer-
icho. and the other places to be visited
win be Elisha's Spring. ST. Saba. the
Pools OF Sloan. Damascus the Tenn
pie of Baal. the Mount OF Olives, the
Mosque of Omar, on the site Of the
temple Of Mount Moriah. and the like.
The Kaiser will thus conduct explora-
lions that may have results of great
advantage to sacred history. since the
Sultan's friendship for him will en-
able him to do and get done more
things than less influential explorers
have been able to do hitherto.
This church in Jerusalem is not the
first enterprise of the kind that Ger
many has attempted in Palestine. In
1851 Frederick William sent the first
deaconess to aid the sick and the pill
grims. Then a hospital was erected.
1t has cared for more than five hun
dred poor persons annually-Arabs.
Mussulmans, Jews, Christians. Next
a girls boarding house, an asylum for
sick children, and so on until there is
now a true center of German influ-
ence.
So the prominence given to the estab-
lishment of the Church of the Savior
by the fact that the Kaiser himself will
dedicate it on this remarkable trip has
given rise to fresh discussions of the
evident intention to Lutheranize the
Holy Land. The Christian world is
looking on with deep interest.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09
KAISER wilhelm TO DEDICATE
= The GERMAN CHURCH
In Jerusalem--It Wilt Be Trumphal March Of Roy
atty Through the Byways of lslam

to the thousands who journey to the
famed city to see the places that knew
Christ when he was on earth.
The building rises far above those
about it, towering over temples of the
Prophet, perhaps symbolically of the
greater altitude Of the religion for
which 1t stands silent but prominent
witness. The cost of its erection was
more than $685. 900, and the Emperor
is said to have contributed the greater
part of the money. The remainder was
subscribed in various amounts by
Protestants in all parts of the Father
land.
William was too deeply in sympathy
with the movement to see it even de-
l&yed in liz, march for lack Of money,
so that when fresh sums were needed
it was only necessary for him to know
Some have said that the young Kaiser.
in his liberality toward the expenses Of
the building of the chuAh was inf1u
enced by a desire to use the incident
of it's dedication to establish himself
as the head Of Lutheranism every
where, even as the Pope is the head of
the Roma Catholic church in all lands.
more widely accepted Interpretation
Of his interest in the unique project
and his extraordinary action in going
into another empire to dedicate it In
person is based on the fact that the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09

darsish night, with a breeze kicking
up a shindy all around, and when was
oroppe off at post No. and told 10
Keep ny eyes and ears open as | valued
my life. ! got hOmesick at once. The
hrst thing | did was TO move to the
right about thirty feet and lie fat
down. j could see out across the field.
though but dimly There was no light
in the house, and no sounds came from
it. was as safe as a picket could be,
but in a quarter of an hour my chin
was shaking. The wind made all sorts
of noises, and every sound was taken
to be the approach CT the enemy. l
hadn't been on post thirty minutes
when l was crying. | didn't realize it
until | felt the tears, and then | got
up and kicked myself all around and
did some tall swearing | realized that
| had to break the spell or bolt, and
there was a hard fight before | con-
Quered my nerves | had got The better
Of myself, and was thinking Of going
back to the spot where | was first post
ed, when | suddenly caught a sound
which jumped my heart into my mouth
and shook me from head to heel with
a chill. 1t was the sound of a light
foOtstep, and it seemed to come from
behind me. | was standing up, and as
| whirled about | expected to feel a
knife in my breast or back or a club
on my head | found nothing, but as
| faced the other way and peered into
the darkness a human figure stood
face to face with me.
Il saw and realized, but if a thOus-
and lives had depended on it | could
not have raised a finger | chJked up
and gasped for breath, and it seemed
as If | waited for hours for the bush
warker TO drive his knife home. Then
it gradually came to me that 1t was
woman's figure, and after making a
half dozen efforts to do so / managed
to call out and ask who was there 1t
was well for that woma1-for woman
it was-that | was unnerved by my
fears. There was a spring within a
few feet of me, although | had not
discovered 1t, and she had come down
for water for one Of her fevered child
rem. She did not know the exact 10
cation of the piCket-post for the night,
and instead of making her presence
known and escaping all peril she had
hoped to slip down to the spring and
back unchallenged. But Tor my being
unnerved do you know what would
have happened? She'd have been shot
down in her tracks the instant she was
made out. The shot would have
routed out the guard and sent an
alarm all along the front, but the
pickets were taking no chances Of
being assassinated in the darkness.
Why, when l came to discover who it
was in front of me was that weak
that had to sit down, and no doubt
the woman went back to the house
feeling a contempt for me as coward.
If it was cowardice I've always been
glad CT it, l never should have gotten
over it if l had shot her down for an
enemy"
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where no danger was to be apprehend-
ed I've conjured up perils till my hair
stood or end and my teeth were on
edge. The closest call / ever had was
enc night in the spring Of 1863. Just be-
fore the opening Of the campaign.
When the enemy was very lively we
u-ed to double up the posts, and where
you had a comrade for company Of
course You didn't suffer as much with
your nerves. Things along the front
had been quiet for couple Of weeks,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09

and his plan was to creep upon me
and give me the cold steel HIS fin
gers were clutched about the handle
of the knife as If bolted there, and be
had removed his boots to aid him in
making a quiet approach. ! don't
know whether he expected to find me
behind the log or among the bushes,
but he was thlrsting for my ilfe and
WAS out To hunt me DOWN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09
A POCKETS CLOSE GAIL

Il have always contended." said the
veteran with the empty sleeve, that
standing picket on a lonely post tried
O soldiers nerve more than the roar
of battle. Tven when | had post
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-09
TUE missionary
Poker PLAYER!
An EvaHelistic Night in q Bar Roon
RESULTS in a Skin Game.

IN THE FALL OF ~ AND SPRING on
20 HOW AN APPEAL FOR REa4
FORM TOUCHED THE SENTI-
MENTS OF THE MINERS ANIL
HOW A SECOND TOUCH FILLNul
A HALL WITH GOLD DUST AND
left TIE MINERS ALL LAMENT-
ING.
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She latter the QUARREL: And must
me part forever, Harry"
He: We'll, at least until to-ubrrow
night, Mauce."
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Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. BingleyM urgatroyd resides on the
Lake Shore drive. Everybody who knows
anybody knows Mrs. Bingley- Murgatroyd
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and opening IL, nuTleu ~ wv
the broad porch into tnN0Et.
that moment the landlady entered and.
selling one of Posey's hands In both q
hers. exclaimed: "0h, Posey. Posey!
owe you ten thousand thanks for that
noble deed"
without the change Of q muscle Posi-
ey ansered: "a thousand wiz do. N
good woman. a thousands plenty y
carving a small load of freight n
that He's bulky, but he don't weigy
much"
.But the episode furnished excuse fo1X
a drink all around, and the drinks wereN
repeated until some Of the men presenL
had too much aboard. At last Curly.
the stage driver, proposed that a. liter
ary society should be organized. that.
every man in the room should 3oin u.
and that when member was called
upon he should either tell story, slnSa
a song or treat the crowd.
An uproar OF approval followed; the
cards we're put away and the fun conn
menced. | was one OF the first called
unon. and to manage the matter In
the easiest way possible ! babe the
landlord set 1t up for the boys and
tn give them cigars also. AT this they
demanded my name and elected me
true gentleman and thorough ola Iai-1
fornian by acclamation right there ana
then. as a bystander expressed u, In
spite OF his store clothes and or nary
looks"
Then followed such stories as we're
never told outside Of California. such
songs as are only heard in the turbulent
frontier and frequent drinks.
All through tho evening a young
man. almost a boy, indeed, had been
sitting alone in one ccrer Of the room.
He was pale and frail-looking. and Dad
eat as II half-stupified amid the revel.
never once moving. except when th1|
rrffian had inguNed the girl, when ha1
sprang 10 his feet, but the big team
ster was too quick for hfm, and so
quietly settled back In his chair.
last one u the men. excited W
lionor. struck the youth upon
shoulder and said, rude1y:
pale-face, a song, a story or a
The young man rose To hia fe
said. quietly: Il cannot sing,
not tell stories and Do not
"Tbe duece you cant and
Sal6 the miner. what kind
wbl.e-livered monkey are
way?" and, turning 70 the g
tinued: 4 say. boys, wh
think Of this rooster? He
cant spin a yarn. arI don
4 general howl followed
burst and the crowd gath
iualv around the youth.
Curly the stage driY/
fered and said: Your
reconsider; the boys d
story, or try sonl
poison"
81 cannot sing and / cannOA
les" and as be spoke he tur
fearless fare upon the crows
rnurmar Of GlsappointH
ard one rusty miner was
fnntion 70 "city chap as VI
n 20 chats With common
teamsters." when the b3
poeev with a wave Of the
him and. marching up Q
said Il think there's mi
ing here. II you don't 81
stories. nor drink. your
~ baen badly neglected
iirstz If business, sure. b
ove~ for minute: you nigh
thing elee. perhaps.
Tre vcung man booked de-
moment, and then, locking
~ might READ you s0methfA
nerhaps. would answer In Hen 81
or story.
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LOCALITIES IN THE WINDY CITY.

One Has TO Be Frightfully Careful IL
Speaking to Strangers.
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1t was away back in the old flush Call
ifornia day. hat, one rainy Octobey
evening, a little after dusk, I found 4
myself at a hotel at Bidwell's Bar, on
the Feathef river. At that period Bid
wells Bar twas but rough minins1
camp. not much ,differept from a hu6-3
dred other Enps In Californian s6on|
discovered that some koisterous Char
acters were guests in the hotel whereI
/ had found quarters for the night.
They were miners, teamsters, and stage
drivers, and when the supper was over.
and the teamsters and hostlers had
taken care OF their stock for the night
as by mutual consent all gathered IN
the long, low bar room, to make night
of 1t ~: Is T. -
Some clustered around rough table
to try their fortunes at poker; tho|
teamsters in q knot eonversed upon the
state Of the roads, the probabilities OF
an early and hard winter, or the mer~
II OF their respective mules; senten-1
tlous stage driver called Curly" was]
telling Characteristic stories, and all
for a while. were in the best of humor.
At length. however, there was trouble
az the poker game. A few hasty. sharp
words were passed between two OF the
players. when they sprang 10 their feet
and for three minutes fought like ti-|
gers. The crowd separated the tight
ers, and. as they held them, asked
what the trouble was. One answered
hotly: Il had Just anted a five-dollar]
piece, when the black thief stole IL
THAT yellow-haired vagrant never
had FIVE dollars In his life," was the
reply OF the other. and then the two
men struggled like wild beasts to get
at each other.
Just then some one in the room saw
something glisten, at distance on the
floor. and. picking II up. II proved 70:
be the missing half eagle. and Il was
apparent that the money had been
brushed from the table by accident.
Then mutual apologies and express
sions Of respect and esteeml followed
between che two men. A drink was
taken all round and the game resumed;1
A broken off story by Curly" waz
scarcely recommended when a man "a
gone In liquor reeled into the room
and. staggering up to the bar. deman|
ed a drink. The landlord was absq
at the time. but his daughter, kin
faced girl of Is or i6 years CT age,
happened TO be standing near the
with genuine California candcr
you have too much bad
ready, you cannot get dT
At this the man commeV
the Ngirl with a perfect shN
tbetA but in an instant
teamA ters~nalled "Posey'
and, opening it, hurled ar ov
the broad porch into tnNUt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-08
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Teaching ChilGren Economy.


There is some danger, perhaps, in criti-
cising the acts of people who have taken
effective means for teaching economy 10
the young. and for helping said young 10
acquire thrifty habits. We will risk tire
peril. however, at least TO the point of ask
ing whether 1t is quite certain that those
philanthropists who have started Penny
Saving society in the Chicago public
schools may not accomplish at least as
much harm as good. Nobody will deny
that boy or girl might. and. as a matter
OF fact. often does, put pennies to worse
uses than that which the originators of this
scheme suggest. but. on the other hand.
we think that the coins might as easily
be better employed. At present. it appears.
the Chicago boys buy cigarettes with their
pennies. while the girls squander theirs on
chewing gum. This is bad. no doubt. but
Is the early development OF the boarding
instinct the only alternative to the forms
of dissipation mentioned? We think not.
and even II it were We are not quite sure
that the substitution would be jidieio1s.
Childhood should not be expected to take
much thought for the morrow. There are
grown-up folks whose duty 1t is to perform
that unpleasant task for the coming men
ard women, and meanwhile the latter need
all their attention and energy TO utilize
the fleeting present. A thrifty infant. all
things considered. is an unpromising little
monster. and most unlovely as a spectacle.
Thrift is a colorless negative virtue at
best; it prevents woe rather than creates
Joy, and it is dangerously inclined to de-
generate into miserliness. the yilest Of
vices. We, for our part, firmly believe that
children can get more benefit from a wisely
directed expenditure Of their pennies than
from a saving Of them.