Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
A COMFDY ON ERRoRs.

A young lady presented her ilance
with beautifully worked pair of Slip
pers He acknowledged the present by
sending her his picture incased in\
handsome frame, writing a note ~
send with il. At the same time he re
Piled angrily TO an oft repeated dun
for an unpaid for suit OF clothes, He !
engaged a boy to deliver the packagy
and notes. The young lady received
a note in her adored ones handwriting
aud few to her room to deyour It's
contents. She opened the misslye with
eager fingers and read:
Il am getting tired Of your ever
lasting attentions The suit is about
worn out already. 1t never amounted
to much anyway. Please go to bhun-
der.
Aad the tailor was struck utterly
dumb when he opened a parcel ana
discovered q portrait Of his delinquent
customer, with note that said
when You gaze upon my features,
think how much | owe you!
When the unfortunate young man
called that evening to receive the nap
nv acknowledgement Of his sweetheart
he was very quickly shown OF the DOOR
step by the young lady's father,
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HOW THE TEETH ARE TREATED,
Tid-RHs.
II i curious to what an extent the
mutilation CT testh goes on among say
age nations and even among certain
civilized people, such as the japanese.
with them a girl is never married
without first staining her teeth black
with 4 repulsive kind Of EaInisA' ana
the custom is especially adhsrea "
among the richer classes.
On, the west coast Of Africa large
norton of the teeth are deliberately
broken when children reach certain
aoe Both in the new world and III
the old the custom exists Of extract
ing the two front teeth Of domestic
servants. In Peru the custom has eN-
isred from time imnemorial, and used
20 be A sign OF slavery in the days q
the Ineas. This IS also the custom on
the Congo. and among the Hottentots.
Teeth are stained in various coiofs
among the Malays.
4 bright red ard a bright blue are
not uncommon. and a Drigat green y
produced with tho aid Of arsenic aud
lemon Juice. Livingstone related that
arno-g tho KafFirs a child with prom
inent upper Jaw vas looked upon az
a monster ana Immediately killed. On
the I,pper Nile the negroes have all
their best teeth extracted IN order "
destroy their value n the slave mar
ket, and TO make It not worth "hi.e
for the slave traders 70 carry them Oh
BATTLE HYMN or THE REPUBLIC.
Mine eyes have seen the glory o. the
rsya4r y 81 the Iyordt
lie 4. tran713Ts, out he vintage wfers the
srapes II wrath are stored ,,
he has ioosed sse fateful lightning Ok Ms
terrible swift sword.
His truth is marching on
T have seen him in the watch-areS q
hundred cirrllaz camps. 49,.
''s EVENING" dess and dam2s:
r cen read lis righteous sentence b. the
.alrn ard aariug lamps:
lis day IS marching on
havs read a Aery gospcl writ IN burrish-
80 T09s q steel. -
"As yv aeai With ~ c9nteurers 70 WE
sou AIy grace ahs5f deals
Let The Hero. bora ~ woman, erSlsh me
aerpeng wita his heel.
Since God IS marching on
re has soun6ad forth inc trzirnDct that
81 never cah retreat:
He Il. sitting 0at the hearts o. rasn before
Ills Judgment seat.
Oh be swift, my soil. 10 an@wer Him: be
5abs.aat. rrT feet
Our God IS marching CT
In the beauty CT ire lilies Christ vas
horn 1cr1Es the SEA,
With glory IN rs bosom that traEsfig-
urGS you and ne.
A He dse;i 70 make men holy. let us de
10 make men free
While God 10 marching on.
Julia Ward szows