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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
THE WRONG MAN.

mo, I'm not going up there any
more" said the young man in response
to a question from a friend. 1T is
evident thai | am second best, and that
George has the inside track. Who is
George? Blessed if | know. l wish
did.
II thought l was getting along fam
ously in that quarter, but [ have been
disillusioniZed. | called on her the
other night and found her swinging in
the hammock under the trees in the
yard. Thought l would give her a
surprise, so | stole out where she was
She was asleep il the hammock
or pretending to be, and it struck me
that l never would have a better
chance to impress upon her the fact
that she was all the world to me.
1T took me some time to get my
courage up. l realized that forward
move on my part might destroy all
my chances. She isn't a girl that one
can take many liberties with, and she
has always held me at arms length.
But she made such a pretty pict-
ure lying there asleep in the hammock
that | simply lost my head Without
stopping to reckon the cost, | bent
over her and kissed her. Then l fell
back aghast at what l had done. But
all she did was to smile and murmur:
80, George
well, my name isn't George, SO
fled. Detroit Free Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
Captain T0TTER'S
STARTLING THEORY.
The Noted Mathematician Predicts That the
World Will End in March, 1899.

passes over the second hour without
mentioning it, but the third sees the
householder going out and hiring more
wOrkmen. Captain TOtten fixes each
hour as the time of some historical
event of immense interest to Christian
ity. He says: THE third hour, 3x153,
equals $50, the year Rome told Britain
to care for herself" The Saxons and
Goths were converted when the fourth
hour struck. In the parable the Savior
skips two hours and Captain Totten
says it is no wonder that he did SO, for
the times taken up by those hours
| (years' were exceeding evil. At the
sixth hour, when the householder
brought in more laborers. alfred the
Great translated the Bible into our own
tongue The Norsemen were convert
ed to Christianity and in later years
came into England and rounded out
our race" The Savior, the military
prophet believes, did right in passing
over the seventh and eighth hours, the
time of the dismal middle ages" The
ninth hour is tolled off and Wyckliffe,
the morning star, Knox. Huss and Jer-
ONE OF Prague, hear its tones. The
English reformation is dawning. At
| Tyndal and Melancthon.
Nothing is heard of the tenth hour
in the Saviors prophetic parable and
sit was well left unmentioned, for it
was the age of backsliders." The elev
enth hour brought honest laborers in
to the vineyard, las the pilgrims and
the puritans prove to all readers of
history, and at the eleventh hour was
hn IF x N
James. Captain Totten says that the
happening Of these things SO vital to
the world and to Christians at the ex-
act periods of the hours is stubborn
fact that ridicule cannot shake.
The twelfth hour has struck; now
it is eventide and far more striking
parable concerns this generation. 1t
means the second advent. The years
from 1892 to 1889 are loaded with the
bosom of Jehovah's judgment. Verify
the sword now hangs above us by the
last unravelling thread
1t is necessary, in order to get the
exact basis Of Captain Toten's pre-
dictions, to read the scriptural refer
ences carefully. When st. Peter drew
! the 1913 fishes to land the Lord was
present 1t was after the crucifixion
and resurrection ard none dared say
; who are thou?" 1t is to this fact and
to the number Of the fishes which is
given so specifically as zone hundred
and fifty and three" that is owing the
statement made by Captain Totten that
while the draught of 153 fishes made
the disciples feel the Lord was near,
! the calculation Of the parable and the
certain fixing of the hour as 1873 years
should make us feel now beyond per-
adventure that the second coming is at
hand
The parable of the householder is one
Of the least foundations upon which
Captain Totten rests his prophecies. i
was chosen for illustration because it is
simple. He covers pages with calcula-
tions, mathematically perfect to hair,
all DaseG on passages of scripture and
all of which unerringly as far as figures
go tend to show that the world will
face its Redeemer before Easter of next
year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02

ment.
He had evidently mind to turn and
fee, but Sir Walter, with gentle VIC
lence, constrained him to enter.
We led him along the passage, open
ed the door to the great hall and
pushed him onto the stage. The APP
ause was deafening. The appearance
Of modern railway traveller, with rug
and guide, among the court OF Eliza
beth, was thought to be part of an ex-
uuisite bLrlesque. The Queen wept
tears of laughter, the courtiers roared,
but from complaisance, but necessity;
the whole house rose" at the unex-
pected visitor, who faced it with his
mouth open. 1t was more than a min
ute before my tutor could understand
what had happened. He came forward
full Of the politest apologies, marred
by fits of uncomfortable mirth.
my dear Mr.. D., cannot express
my SORROW" (Which was very true)'
What must you have thought CT your
reception and my house?'
The Welshman was plucky enough,
and not unnaturally in fright-ul rage
Il thought it was lunatic asylum
sir" he answered bitterly.
Then we gave him three cheers, and
one cheer more. The hero OF that eve
ming fell at Balaklava a few years
afterward; my tutor and three-fourtns
of that joyous company have long been
dead: but when l think of that lnlmlt-
able scene the humOr of it sweeps
wave like over all, and for one Meeting
minute downs regret-New York Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
TROUBLE EITHER WAN
Chorus Girls Papa Had Fun w
Dude.

He had caught the youth In the
leading to the stage entrance "a
theatre. and his grip was no gentle
says the Chicago Post.
Let go Of me fellow!" exclaimed
youth. You'll wrinkle my coat: ~
what you'll do II you don't look out
SAY" returned me gruff voice.
without deigning to notice the protest,
"ain't you the felly that sent a big
bunch of roses TO the girl In blue on
the right end of the front line OF the
chorus?"
What II did. fellow" answered the
youth, making valiant attempt to be
brave and evidently believing the term
fellow" the most terrible he could uge
under the circumstances.
Amt you the felly that sat In the
second row on the aisle?" persisted the
gruff one.
What If I ann" demanded the
youth. Just you let me 90 or I'll call
a policeman"
What IL you are?" echoed the gruff
one We'll II you are | want TO know
what you mean by trying to flirt With.
my daughter. See? And I'm going (
find out. TO, and don't You forget IT.. !"
Your daughter!' exclaimed IL
youth, beginning to see real troubl
ahead. "Your daugnteri I-I--Why
me good fellow, wasn't trying to fiit
with your daughter"
You wasn't?"
Certainly not II was all mistake.
assure you. Florist must have got 1t
wrong. you know"
"Sure?"
"Why. certain. The girl the second
from the end was he one had my eye
on"
Ohio" exclaimed the gruf one.
You'd give pretty girl like my daugh-
ter the go-by for little dried up thing
like that. would you? You come here
to pick out a pretty girl TO send some
flowers to. ard then You pass right
over a regular beaut like my Lizzie and
take scrawny thing Ct "a that's been
in the chorus sixteen years. Wen. /
guess not. II / don't HEX the tar out ogI
YOU it'd be because policeman gets
here too quick. II ] don't teach yo5
not to slight my daughter with yon|
flowers and your notes I'll tuI
about"
Just at this iuncture the fun began.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
INTRODUCED TO THE SCHOOL.
The New Pupil Arrived at Most Inop
perfume Time for Him.

On one occasion in school we had
some private theatricals, for which a
great hall in the center of the house,
approached by long passage from the
front door, afforded great facilities
One of the plays was a dress piece, eX-
hibiting the court Of Queen Elizabeth.
1t was my frivolous disposition, per-
haps, that caused me to be selected as
the court jester. A dear friend of
mine (since dead, alas, like most of
them) played Sir Walter Raleigh, and
| we'll remember that he took advan-
tage of my being in a simple net work
garment to prick my unprotected
limbs with the point of his rapier.
1t was on a snowy winters night.
and the hall was crowded with a very
large audience, whose servants. includ-
ing those of the house, were standing
on a great staircase and in the CALLER
les; and Sir Walter and | were in the
long passage aforesaid waiting to
to come on" when there came a ring
at the front door. There was no one
to answer it, as we knew, except our
selves. But who. at this time OF night,
two hours after the performance had
begun, could it possibly be?
by Jove," whispered l, already
trembling with the sense of the alb
surdity of what pust needs come to
pass cts the new pupil"
My tutor, l knew, was expecting one
(from Wales) about that date, but in
the hurry and hustle of the theatricals
we had clean forgotten all about him.
The bell rang again with increased
violence. We opened the door. and
there stood a little man, with a Brad
shaw and railway rug, just descend
ed from a snow-covered f1y. His gaze
wandered from the knight in his doub-
let and hose to the fool in scarlet, and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
MEAN TRICK.
That Was Played Upon a Hay Fever
Young Man.

There is heartless young man in
the patent office and some day | hope
something dreadful will happen 20 him.
He is in love- and he loves the young
lady whom one of his colleagues wor-
ships. The colleague has. or rather
had, the inside track with the young
woman, and he has also hay fever,
which still abides with him. The heart
less young man VOTED all this.
Several nights he went to call on
the adored one. and several nights he
found the colleague on the front steps
with her. Then came day when he
hired small boy to pluck for him a
great basket of goldenrod, which he
sent to the object of his affections.
Along with it went a note-something
about the goldenrod being our nationak
flower and how patriotic girl ougAl
always to wear a spray of 1t.
The same evening he strolled by
house. The hated rival was theI
the front steps, but he did not
happy.
He sat afar off from the youq
who had goldenrod in her hair
her belt He held his pocket h
chief in his hand, and now and
sneezed, fork holy water Is
pleasing to satan THAI
the hay-fevered nostril.
nearly so MUG
front steps were empty
The second day afterward u
basket of goldenrod was sen
girl and that evening the send
So did the hay-fevered victim
soon as he saw the goldenrod
uneasy and said somethin
weeds. OF course the girl to
that insult to the national Il
but then you can imagine
said
The hay fever man sneez
home. He will not call on
again till after frost. The
sits on the front steps OF al
He has the inside track, and
hay fever-Washington Post.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
nT.rTN(-TLY MARKED.

Were there any marks about him BY
which Won would know him again."
asked the policeman who had arrived
al the scene too late 10 be Of any SER
vice.
"Yes. sir" said the indignant young
woman whose pocketbook had been
wrenched out OF her hand by the caring
scoundrel. II left two long finger nail
marks en- his face I'd know him all
right enough. Chicago Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
WITH A ROUND TURN.

"Mr. Oldboy" said the blooming
young widow, 'you have been coming
to see me nearly two weeks. | think
it is high time you were declaring your
intentions. "-Chicago Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02

Faille and all varieties OF colored silk
will be in great vogue during the two
seasons before us.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
HOSTILE TO THE CIrY's CREDIT.

There never was so much money in the
United States seeking investment at lower
rates than were ever known, and at lower
rates than were dreamed of a few years
ago If Indianapolis should offer 600 of
bonds to the lowest responsible bidder there
would be a sharp competition for them at
the lowest rate of interest ever known, pro-
vided the recent performance In the Senate
has not caused hesitation on the part of
those conservative men who invest the de-
posits in savings banks and the aggregate
premiums paid by the holders of life insur-
ance policies. Suppose that while these
conservative officials of these monetary in
situations should be hesitating they should
send to this city to ascertain a few facts
upon which to base their decision as to
lending the money. Suppose that the agent
should visit the mayor while he was sur
rounded by his political friends and wait TO
hear tire conversation. Suppose it was one
of these occasions when there is much free
dem of opinion, and the comment turned to
the recent action of the Senate, and the
agent should hear one of the push" an
plaud Senator Turpie for voting against
the proposition to preserve parity between
all dollars minted and printed by the gov
eminent - applaud him because there
could be no such thing as Independent free
coinage in the ratio of IS TO 1 if a parity
between gold and silver dollars should be
maintained. Suppose the agent should hear
another of the 1G-to-1 howlers Who surround
the mayors Office in the Grand Hotel APP
plaud the .passage of the Teller resolution
declaring that the public debt, and, conse-
quently, the debt of indianapolis may be
paid with other than the best money known
TO the commercial world. saying that it
would serve the Shylocks they deserve
to be forced to take silver dollars for bonds
for which they have paid gold. Suppose
this nonpartisan but matter-of-fact agent
should fail upon the mayor and his 16-to-1
attendants when they We're compelling him
to reaffirm for the twentieth time that he il
in favor Of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at tie ratio Of 16 to /, and that he
would go iato the campaign on that issue.
Suppose THIS agent should be present when
Mayor Taggart, being badgered by the 16-
toll gang. declared that he had dismissed
city attorney. superintendent of the City
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

and bill of his own to which he is said to
be welded. and other members of the COM
mittee have prepared bills Whether, in
view of the plan of the monetary commits
sion and the suggestions of the President
and secretary of the treasury, they can
agree on a measure which will receive the
support Of the Republicans in the House
remains to be seen. The committee has
lost valuable time already, and is losing
character by reports Of its discord. If it
cannot do better it should report as soon
as possible a simple plan embodying the
suggestions of the President and let the
House make a record on that. If it can
agree on a more comprehensive plan, 50
much the better
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Siegfried Wagner, the son of the great
composer. is at work on a comic opera with
a text taken from the history of the thirty
years war
Herbert Spencer is in exceedingly feeble
health from an affection of the heart. and
has removed from London to Brighton,
England, permanently.
The wife of Sir William Vernon Harcourt
is an American, the daughter of Motley, the
historian Although she takes great inter
est in politics, like most of the wives of
English statesmen, she appears on the plat
form rarely. 1t is said that she does much
for her husband in the drawing room.
Cardinal Perraud is an ardent admirer of
the bicycle. He has addressed a circular to
the clergy saying that, as the use of the
wheel in certain circumstances offers great
advantages, he will consider favOrably APP
plications made in writing for permission
to use the bicycle by the church officials.
Senator Hoar is polite to everybody Not
long ago he took great pains to assist an
Old sea captain, who called on him, and
after they parted the old mariner turned
to a bystander and said: Gosh! Who
would have thought that United states
senator would have gone to all that trouble
just for me?'
Sarasate, the violnist, is a confirmed
bachelor, and the responsibility is usually
laid at Auber's door, When the latter
handed Sarasate the first prize of the Paris
Conservatoire he wound up his little speech
of presentation with the words: And.
above all, never marry" a piece of advice
which Sarasate has never forgotten.
Nine. Carnot, the widow of the martyred
President of France is living quietly in
Paris and no sovereign passes through that
city without calling on her as a mark of
respect. In one corner of her apartment
she has arranged chapel, and here she has
placed around a portrait of Carnot nnumer-
able souvenirs sent to her after the assas-
sination.
Gladstone himself is lightweight, year
older than Pope Leo and Lord Gwydyr, and
three years older than Sir George Gray. DIR.
Samuel Smiles and Mr. Henry Russell. Sir
Henry Bessemer and Verdi are eighty-four,
eighty-three Bismarck is eighty-two and
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy eighty-one. Mr..
Gladstone is the oldest of Britain's prime
ministers for two centuries, and the Oldest
eX-prime minister in Europe.
In the new Polychrome Bible the name of
the Deity is given Jhvh, this vowelless
form being as near the original Hebrew as
the English alphabet can express, it. This
reminds a writer of story told of the
famous German professor. Ewald, who once
inserted parenthetical footnote to
prayer. Ewald was in the thick of a fight
(such as scholars wage the one with the
other) with the eminent Hebraist Gesenius.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
TOO MANY AMATEUR BANKERS.
The Profession One Which Requires
Long and Practical Training.
WaShinerfnr, Post
Washington Post


There are too many amateur bankers"
said a Syracuse man yesterday, in speak
ing or the trouble that has followed the
city.
1T is a mistake to think a man can take
up the business without an apprenticeship.
any more than any other difficult profession
or BUSINESS. Men who have succeeded as
capitalists, as real estate dealers. open a
Dank with perfect confidence in their own
judgment. Now there are many rules and
traditions, and certain frame Of mind that
are Indispensable to entirely safe banking
Inese q person can acquire only by serving
q long time behind the counter. Nine times
out or ten the instinct of a trained banker
tells him correctly about the safety of an
enterprise, and in spite of reasons that
would persuade anybody else, he follows
his instinct, which proves to be right The
man who lacks the training allows he rea-
sonable arguments to convince him. and
they may be wrong.
But the most common source of danger
is where q banker is interested otherwise
than as a mere banker in manufacturing
or other enterprises. His interest is almost
certain TO bias his judgment. Probably in
most of the cases where banks have failed
there has been faVOFite manufacturing
enterprise into which the banker has put
more money than it's condition would war
rant 1t is inevitable that when he sees
Such taYorite concern Wavering between
success and failure and when success means
profit to him and failure means loss he
VIII try 10 insure success by putting in the
money that seems all that is necessary
The man who has gone into bank as
an errand boy and gone UP step by step to
the mead OF the institution is much less
likely TO allow himself to become entangled
IN such enterprises, no matter how allurng
they may be- A man who has immediate
and practical control of a bank should be
satisfied with the money he can make in
simple banking ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
WHAT PHILADELPHIANs SAY.
MIR. Cradle Did Not Misrepresent the
Condition of His Enternrises.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.-The gentlemen
in this city who are interested in some Of
the mining enterprises which were pro-
NOTED by Francis Cradle state that they
have no particular interest now In Cradle
or his doings. Ex-Gov Robert Il. Pattison.
president of the Edgemont and Union Hill
Smelling Company. was seen this afternoon,
and stated that Cradle had not been con-
nected with the Union Hill or Edgemont
companies since September last. These
companies, on Jan. II, consolidated under
the name of the Edgemont and Union Hill
Smelling Company He said CRADLES ac-
tons could in no way involve the company
One of the directors of the company made
the following statement which was APP
proved by President PattisOn: Mr.. Cradle
acted only as promoter of our company.
and since last September he has had no
connection with it whatever. Shortly be-
fore that the company purchased two hum
dred claims held by him for stock valued
at 81 $4,000 but since then all of the stock
has been purchased, and the company
in no way be involved. He came TO this
city highly indorsed and strongly recon-
mended by bankers, merchants and business
many in the East No one invested in his
schemes blindly. All the investors who he
came interested visited the property and
made a thorough inspection of ii. All who
were interested pronounced In its favor.
and there is no reason TOR change Of
mind He did not eXaggerate the advan-
tages and we therefore surprised over
the stories which have been published con-
Union Hill Smelling Company was organ
lied we had experts visit the locality, and
they reported in its favor. IT IS the gen
erai opinion here that Mr. GraDle's troubles
have been caused by the fact that he has
overextended his capital in the many en-
terprises in which he was interested. Last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
DemoraIized Reformers.

New York Times. rgl
One of the things which interests a per-
son who sees all kinds of people engaged in
all KINDS of work in a big city is the de-
morallzlng effect of wickedness upon people
VINO are working to suppress it, There are
TWO women in New York, standard bearers
In the work of purifying the city, whose
general conversation is not fit for the ears
OF any pure-mlnded person. While general
knowledge of evil may be advisable, details
OF crime can be. only degrading.
There is another example in an English
woman, "a - et-fdced. clear-skinned
good Hooking woman and who is undoubt-
edly thoroughly good, but she has been con-
tamnated with the desire to purify the
world and a knowledge of why il needs
purifying. She is bubbling over with her
knoWledge of wickedness and desire to re-
FORM II. she has seen and knows more of
individual cases of wickedness in her COM
parat1vely circumscribed sphere than other
women who have been thrown about in all
parts OF the city and i'm all classes have
thought of. Fashionable life she looks upon
with horror and in its simplest functions
she sees only Wickedness and impurity
mere is still another case of a little mis-
slonary who came to the city. She was a
STUDENT at missionary preparatory school
In an adjacent State, and the first question
she put to an ordinary everyday woman
WhOm she met, who was doing ordinary,
everyday work in the city, was something
ABOUT detail of the city's wickedness. But
she did not learn them, for the ordinary,
everyday woman did not know. These cases
may not prove the rule--there are workers
among the lowest classes of the city who
snow pure minds in every word. Mrs. Bal
nngton Booth is one of these. But, taking it
altogether, IT looks to the student of human
nature as II the workers in the cause of
purity We're in danger of prurient minds
and needed to watch and pray even more
than ordinary. everyday sinners.