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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
CARL DUNDER.
Some Exfrocfs From His German
Family Almanac.

We all know IN agree dot der world
vhas all wrong, but if any changes yhas
made We ike EN- to begin nit some
body else.
1t yhas easy to tell a man nit a
wooden leg dot he yhas safe on dot side
from a mad dog, but you forget ho~
she yhas il a Texas steer gets after hlfa
on der street.
It ynas no use to wish you could talk
NIT a man wha had been hung und find
out II it hurts him much. It Yhas easy
to try her for yourself.
It ma Or may not be dot marriage
is a failure. but 1t rhas a dead sure
thing dot after you vhas der ladder Of
seven Or eight children you haf got %
keep hustling to bring In der bread und
butter.
l belief she yEas der best yhay fer
eaferDody to begin on der ground floor.
After a man can drive a hog out Of der
garden through der same hole he come
In al it vhas time for der peoples to see
smartness In him
II Fhas . world in which things come
cut even. Der grocer may give you Is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.

Miss Ella Brice has returned from
her summer outing.
R. d. Moore and wife, Of Sistersville,
are guests at the Windsor.
Mr.. Lou Swabacker has just returned
from an eastern business trip.
Miss D. NJ. Hullien. of Main street,
is visiting friends in the east.
Mrs. c. Hupp Kindelberger, Of North
Main street, is quite in~disposed.
Mrs. L. B. Steele, Of Ohio, is the
guest of Mrs. Herbert Riheldaffer.
Miss Laura Nesbitt, of South Market
street, is visiting at Nef's Siding, 0.
Miss Louisa Loeffier, of South Jacob
street, is visiting friends at Clarksburg.
County Clerk Richard Robertson is
expected back from Philadelphia to-
day.
Edward Dist, of Clinton, visited
Wheeling Park after taking in the fair
grounds.
Mr.. John Hess, of the South Side.
will move shortly TO his new residence
at Park View.
Joseph McCrea, a tin worker, OF
Remington, Pa, is the guest of friends
on the South Side.
Mr.. Joe Gundling, of Wellsburg, has
returned home after a pleasant visit to
friends in the East End.
Edward Altmeyer. OF Thirtyseventh
street, will go to Pittsburg to-day to
visit relatives and friends.
Miss Gertrude Schaub, of the East
End, left yesterday morning to visit
friends in Woodsield, Ohio.
Mrs. Mary West and daughter, Miss
Edith Hurry, of South Jacob street, are
the guests Of friends at Pittsburg.
Miss Mamie HUFF, of Steubenville, O.,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. w.
Connolly, of North Market street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r. Lawson left
yesterday for Troy, N. Y, after spend
ing two weeks with Mr.. Lawson's par
ents on South Huron street.
Driver Charles Kurner. OF the Hook
and Ladder Company, will leave to-day
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

and the council of this city are going to
come together in the near future over the
proposed annexation of the former village
to this city. The residents Of Brookside do
not want this, and they nave for several
weeks past been getting signers to a pc
tition asking that territory be incorporated
as a village, and the petition was present
ed last Monday at the quarterly meeting
of the county commissioners. The petition
was received by thai body and the 60 days
notice of the proposed incorporation was
ordered published IN order that any objec-
tons might be filed. 1t a special meeting
Of council Friday evening preliminary steps
We're taken to annex Brookside to the city,
and a committee was placed in charge,
composed Of Messrs. Hertler, Wilson and
Seeley, who were instructed to employ an
engineer to make a survey and prepare a
plat of the territory. II was also decided
that the entire council should look over
the ground, which vii lbe done to-day. A
suit will probably be the outcome.
The Wheeling Railway company will
commence tomorrow running all cars
through this city. There viii also be a
change in the direction the cars viii take
through Martins Ferry. The cars viii run
up Second street and down Broadway. In
order to avoid the down grade on Center
street the change Is made.
Thos. McGough returned yesterday from
a business trip TO Columbus.
J. B. Loe has returned from Detroit,
where he attended the bankers conven-
ton.
Mrs. Belle McConnaughey returned to her
home in Morristown yesterday, after a
weeks visit with relatives in this city.
A number from here viii take in the G..
I. Sc w. excursion TO Chippewa Lake to-
day.
Frank Brannen left yesterday for Colum-
bus to resume his studies in the Ohio State
University.
a large crowd attended the dance given
at Merits hall at Wheeling creek, last
evening.
Miss Jessie Stillwell left yesterday for
Cleveland and other lake cities.
Miss Fannie Gardner. Of Genoa, Ohio, is
visiting relatives al B~rookside.
J. o. Green, Of sandusky. was in the city
yesterday on business.
The debris on Pix street has been re-
moved and that thoroughfare Is now open
for travel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Reed, Of Gnchrizt,
H., are the guests OF :. N Cofland and
family.
Walter Beswick Is spending the day with
relatives at SistersviIle.
Bentley Clark. Of Rochester. Pa. is the
guest OF his father. Capt Clark.
The trolley ride which was TO have been
given by the Loyal Temperance Legion
Friday evening. has been postponed until
next Friday evening
]. B. briggs IS visiting relatives at SIS
tersvslIe.
E H. Stevens is making a tour Of the
lakes.
A business meeting OF the congregation
OF St AnEhony's church Will b held to-
morrow evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, Of Adena,
are visiting relatives at Brookside-
Wilbur Holtz. Of welisvfEle. o.. q member
OF the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers. was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
A BOYCOTT
On the Paris Exposition and the Re-
public ofFfance Because Of Injustice
to Dreyfus.

ST. LOUIS, September 9.-An infor-
NAL meeting OF the most prominent
merchants in st. Louis was held this
afternoon, shortly after the Dreyfus
decision became known, and it was
unanimously agreed that not one Of
them would attend the Paris exposition
nor make an exhibit. 1t was also de-
cided that they would use their inhu-
ence TO deter others from attending or
making exhibits.
There were present at the meeting
many of the leading members Of the
Merchants Exchange.
KANSAS CITY, No, September g.
The women of the Hebrew Relief Asso-
citation, in which the leading Jewish
families OF Kansas City are represented,
at a meeting tonight, adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
We do hereby pledge ourselves not
to visit the territory OF the French re-
public, bug or handle any merchandise
or other thing manufactured or grown
in any territory or possession Of said
republic until the truth Of the innocence
OF Captain Alfred Dreyfus shall be
shown to the world By a fair and i'm
partial trial"
INDIANAPOLIS. September a.-when
the news Of Dreyfus' fate reached Indian
apolis. Captain Wallace Foster. who orig
mated the plan OF floating the American
flag over Indiana school houses. announced
that he would have the flag of France
burned In the public streets.
This evening the t~ri-color was burned in
the presence Of q large crowd, a French
man participating.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

ed for the colored people. The story
THE Redemption OF Freetown," is the
story Of the work among the negroes.
Through his efforts a kindergarten wa
established in connection with his
church, and the kindergartens are fos-
tered by an association.
When asked IL "1n His Steps" was
founded upon facts, Mr.. Sheldon says:
"The story In His Steps when written
was purely imaginary. / knew OF no
such places or characters in existence.
1t was not founded upon facts, but it
was written with a desire that the inn
aginary might before real. Since the
story was written 1 have heard Of sew
eral characters who are very nearly
like those in the book"
Mr.. Sheldon is married and has one
child, a boy. His home is a neat cot
tage on College Hill. Most Of his
writing is done in the study Of his
church.
One Of his ideas is for a Christian
newspaper to be managed on a Chris
tian basis. At the meeting OF the
Christian Endeavor Society in Detroit
he asked the meeting TO subscribe ST.
100000 to be used in establishing a
thoroughly Christian daily newspaper
in Chicago. He believes that the time
will come when his dream will be a
reality.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

spent several months studying the
poorer classes in London and Glasgow.
He became pastor of his first church
at Waterbury, Vt, upon his return.
and in 1888 accepted a cali to the pulpit
Of the Central Congregational Church
in Topeka.
At time he requested his congre-
cation to excuse him from parish work,
and was seen only at church services.
For several months he studied the diff
ferent classes of wage eCrners in a
novel manner Unknown to any one
he donned the garb Of a laborer. Sc
cured a Job" and went to work. He
worked as a mechanics helper in the
railroad shops and spent some time on
the road with the trainmen. He min
gled with the lawyers and doctors, and
finally entered Washburn college at
Topeka as a student. He joined the
scholars in athletic games and literary
societies. His special field Of labor was
later in ''Tennesseetown.' the negro
quarter Of Topeka
The result of his work is most no.
ticeable in the negro quarter. The
yards, once Uttered and unsightly, have
been transformed into gardens and
flower beds. Prizes were offered for
the best kept houses, neatest yards,
most thrifty families, and the change
has been wonderful. A free reading
room and Kindergarten were establish
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
tEN1RA1eaNsaEGA7IoaAL cHvReA. TcpEKa,KAa.
AUTHOR OF I'm HIS STEPS,,

I'm His Steps; or, What Would Jesus
Do?" by Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon. Of
Topeka, has reached a sale greater than
any story ever printed. 1t has been
translated into no less than nine langu-
ages, and over 3,000,0 900 copies have
been sold. 1t cannot be said that the
author did not, in a vague way, anti
cipate a widespread circulation, for he
stipulated with the publisher that the
book be printed in a cheap as well as
expensive edition, so that it might be
within the reach of all.
In 1891 Mr.. Sheldon adopted a new
plan of Sunday evening services in the
Central Congregational church at To-
peka. During the winter he read his
first story, entitled: Richard Bruce"
Each chapter served as a Sunday even
ing sermon. The new way of preach
ing Christianity met with approval,
and since then he has written II stories,
which have been read in the same man.
ner. Richard Bruce was written in
1891, Robert Hardy's Seven Days" in
1892, '@The Twentieth Door in 1893,
tThe Crucifixion of Philip Strong in
1893, John Kings Question Glass in
1894, His Brothers Keeper" in 1895,
"In His Steps, in 1896, Malcolm Kirk"
in 1897, "The Redemption of Freetown"
in 1898, zone of the Two" in 1898, 1.-THE
Miracle of Markham" in 1898, and For
Christ and the Church" in 1899.
Although Mr.. Sheldon has written a
dozen books, he is known best as the
author of "In His Steps, The work
was not copyrighted in England, and
twenty publishing houses there are still
issuing editions. 1t has been trans
lated into French, German, Russian,
Italian, Armenian, Swedish. Norwe-
gian, Spanish, and dialects of western
Africa. From the editions in the Unit
ed States, which sell as low as Is
cents a copy, Mr.. S%heldon's income is
estimated at $500 per month.
Mr.. Sheldon is by nature a retiring
man, and almost breads notoriety. He
will not talk for publication and
breaks that rule. He has had latter-
ing offers to enter the lecture field, but
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

|
the past few months. r~et1rnedstO Gar
rett, Ind, yesterday.
Miller Booth is spending Sunday at
Jerusalem
Frank Henderson,, of Newark, Is the
guest of his brother, G. D. Henderson,,
of Gravel Hill, over Sunday.
Theodore Perry, of Chicago, an agent
for the Stanton Heater Co., was a call
er upon his firm here yesterday.
]. T. Lane, travelling passenger agent
of the B. & o., returned from Phila-
delphia yesterday.
Robert Darrah, of GAINESVILLE, was
among the business callers in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. J.. F. Sherry is spending Sunday
with Pittsburg friends.
C. C. Cutshaw was down from May
nard yesterday.
W. I. Sidwell, Esq, C. E. Talbot and
Jno. Shaun were New M~artinsville peo-
pie in the city yesterday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
CARL DuNDER.

goes home und says to Mrs. Dunder:
"yhen. how about some office vhaa
it better dot I yhas home or IN prisong
It yhas better to be a fool at liberty
dan a wise man locked COP In a cell"
one time when 7 smoke my pipe ID
der yeranda a man cornes along IND
says.
aMr. Koopman's, you " me feefiy
cent. und il you don't pay you yhaa a
licked mani
Il yhlm pay" ! says, "und I gifs him
DOT money. but Mrs. Dunder comes out
und says
I'm all my life / nener saw such q
bunker head. Your name yhas not
Koopmans. ind Why you gif dot TELLER
feefty cents?7
+vhell. I shall explain 7 says. In
dot first place / must look like Mr..
Koopman or dot man would no. speak
10 me. In der second place, / half to
talk und talk, even II I can make him
see his mistake. In der third place, Il
ne blacks my eye or breaks my nose
it Was so "a Of pocket to safe feefty
cent In der fourth place
But dot mar comes back und hands
me oafer M money und gays.
"0xcuse me, II you please, but I haf
made a mistake. Dot aIr. Koopmans
IFS On der next block. und you yhas
somebody else"
Ind ! look It Mrs Dunder ind smile.
Ind shs look It me und don't say
nothing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

vaal government now agree to the Sec
ond proposition and invites Great Brit
ain TO define the constitution OF the
commission suggested and the place or
meeting.
LONDON, September 9.-Mr. Mon
tague White, the consul general OF the
South African Republic in London, said
to a representative Of the Associated
Press: i assure you on the authority
of a cabinet minister that there will DO
no war with the T%ransyaal. In fact,
the Queen viii not permit war. / re-
eeived q telegram from Pretoria to-day
assuring me that the Transyaal govern
ment quite understood the position re-
garding the peace party in England
and IS in nc wise misled by speeches or
demonstrations"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

refuses them all, preferring to accept
invitations to lecture before religious
societies without remuneration. A
writer for an eastern religious paper
telegraphed him as follows:
II am coming to Topeka to stay a
week to treat fully Of your methods
and motives in writing and the work
of your church in detail. The article
will be syndicated and will be printed
in nearly every paper in the country"
Mr.. Sheldon replied Immediately as
follows:
you need not come. I will not talk
to you. have some rights which you
are bound to respect"
When told that the people who read
his books would like to know about
the author, he said: THAT is mere
idle curiosity. 1 do not wish to be
talked about, or to have my church
work talked about. The message 1
have for these people among whom I
live I give in my sermons The mes
sage l have for the world at large I
give in my books. I have nothing
o to say"
Although he avoids notoriety, he Is
willing to speak when an opportunity
presents itself to further the cause Of
religion or humanity. He believes in
municipal ownership of public utilities,
and has studied the subject at home
and abroad. He affiliates with no po-
litical party, but in local campaigns,
when this point was in question, he
has made speeches in favor of public
ownership. He believes that water,
heat and light plants, together with
street car lines, should be operated by
cities.
Charles NJ. Sheldon was born in
Wellsville, N. ", and is Al years of age.
Rev. Stewart Sheldon, his father, NOV
ed to Dakota while Charles was a boy,
and was actively engaged in mission
airy work among the Indians. The
young mans early education was re-
ceived in the country school. Later he
was graduated from Phillips Academy,
Brown Unworthy and the Andover The
illogical Seminary. After his gradua-
ton he went to England, where he
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

the guest Of his uncle. Rev. Holtz, yester-
day.
Harry Lewis, Of Cumberland, Nd. IS
spending the day with relatives.
Miss Martha Gray, Of New Concord, is
visiting relatives on Railroad street.
The Hoodad Fishing I'll viii 60 into
camp at Tenants TUNE to-day. They
expect to remain in camp until October l.
The young people Of the West End NJ. f.
church will meet this evening at the
church at Z O'Clock.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
BLEW OFF HIS HEAD.

Charles Huber Used His Toe 10 Pull the
Trigger-Brains Scattered Thirty Feet.
TOLEDO. Ohio. September "a Com
mercial special from Findiay says:
Charles Huber, aged -. committed sui
eide early this morning after a. Unsuccess-
full attempt 70 XII his wife. He blew the
top OF his head OF with a shot gun. which
he fred with his big zoe. His brains were
scattered about for thirty feet. The APP
pearance Of a nelghbor boy prevented the
murder Of his wife, who IS twenty years
Huber's senior.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
BRIDGEPORT.

The Wheeling creek miners received their
pay yesterday.
Chas- Rhodes. of Steubsnvtlie, is spending
Sunday with relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Koehnline left yester-
day for Mt. Clemans. Mich. TO be gone
about a week.
The ladies OF the Lansing church VIII
give a social Wednesday evening.
The dance at DonnelIy's hall last even
ing was largely attended.
1t looks as If the residents Of Brookside
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
THE WAR SCARE
British-Transvaal Differences Likely to Be
Referred to a Commission

Referred to a Commission.
PRETORIA, September 9-The News
to-day prints an Official statement from
T. ". Reitz, secretary Of state of the
South African Republic, in E-Ieh Mr.
Reitz says:
The government considers that
three courses are disclosed by the COM
n~unieation OF Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain,
British secretary Of state for the col
onies. The first Is a joint commission
Of inquiry: the second is a commission
Of delegates from both governments TO
discuss technicalities, and the third Is
a conference AZ Cape Town.
Secretary ReiIz adds that the TranS-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

ounces for 4 pound Of sugar. but when
you vhas hit by 4 policemansit yhas III
ounce or more If you want it.
Nobody should be too quickly. one
night I hat my pistol all ready to shoot
q man who Yhas climbing in by der
window, but I stop ind call out to him
first. Dot safes his life und keeps me
out Of trouble. 1t turned out dot he
yhas only a burglar instead Of der man
who reads der gas meter.
I vhas curious how many peoples
belief dot IS vhas an unlucky number,
und yet I neffer found who'd knock q
dollar of der bill und call 1t u.
Natural philosophy vnas as easy a.
grease. All you've got to do is to buy .
bottle of collie cure and turn der boy
loose among der green apples. 1t Will
all m about by bedtime.
For f~eefteen years / went about look
ing for an honest man, ind behold. he
vhas at my door eafery morning. He
vhas der milk man. he could haf made
it 3 per cent. water all der time, but had
rot gone above 20. We vhas always
looking too far away.
Sometimes a man vhas>mad at mo
because / don't talk about Noah und
his Ark. bur il / vhas to so a~roundAtry-
ing to find u whether 1t really rained
for 40 days und nights or vhas "a hours
short l vhas in der poor house in one
year.
If der man who plants der seeds Will
figure dot half der MELONS Will be
stolen nobody Will be disappointed. It
vhas when you leave your fellow-men
out OF it dot you make a mistake.
I don't like a man to be too thankful
if lend him a dollar und he pays it
back. If he talks too much he borrowa
IS next time und don't pay it back at
all.
1t vhas poor policy to worry. For is
years | vhas afraid somebody would
break into my barn und steal my horse.
One night a thief did come, und how
you belief it yhas? Dot horse vhas
dead NIT sickness half an hour before
der thief got in, ind all my worry went
for nothing.
One time my dog dies, ind eafery-
body says he shall charge 81 to take dot
body AWAY und bury II. I don't pay 1t,
l put it in a Decent barrel, und in one
hour he yhas stolen. II We understand
human nature we vhas better of.
l vhas pulled up nit pride when a
newspaper a dot my word vhas as
good ash my bond. but dot pride all
went AWAY when like to borrow $50
at der bank. Eaferybody may DO all
right, but a note NIT a good endorser
makes you sure.
Sometimes when I yhas soundly
sleeping my wife wakes me oop to
whisper:
Carl Dunder. vhas you sure you
locked dot kitchen door?"
i beHet dld-but way.
Because some burglar yhas in der
house!'
"VhelI, if he vhas in why should we
trouble whether he got In by der door
or der cellar Window"
One time my fellow-citizeu- like to
run me for office. but / think IT all
oafer for a week und don't take him.
Dot makes my. wife awful mad und sha
says:
You vhas such fools ash neTer
vhasl You vhas elected for sure. ind
dot salary was $4,000 a year
Maybe l vhas FOOLS says !. but va
wait a leetle While ind see. Nopody
should haf too much quickness."
Well dot odder man vhas elected.
Dot campaign expenses cost him 5000.
und in two months he steals $4,000 und
goes TO State prison for three years. I
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

Miss Iva Hammond, Of Shawnee, is
visiting her brothers. Fred and Frank
Hammond, of the Third ward.
Miss Matte Heatherington leaves to-
morrow for Chicago.
Ohio Valley Fair at Moundsyille,
Sept. II, 10 and IA. Excursion rates on
all railroads.
The Misses Kaine, of Caldwell, are
guests of Miss Katie Follett. of South
Bellaire.
Attorney Fred Spriggs has returned
from a visit to his father at Caldwell.
The Phillips mill at Belmont was
struck by lightning during the storm
Thursday evening, and slight damage
resulted.
The ladies' of the Christian church
anticipate a large attendance at the
lecture Of Prof. j. NJ. Kersey, Tuesday
night.
Camp meeting of st. Paul's A. NJ. E.
church begins to-day at Mt. Summit
Park.
Exciting races and good music will be
features of the Ohio Valley Fair to be
held at M~oundsville, Sept. II, 13 and IA.
For particulars in regard to the letter
discovered" by the Independent, see
last evenings Tribune.
The Jewish people will celebrate
Yomkipur next Thursday.
Tho dry weather has left the electric
light plant at st. Clairsville without an
adequate water supply, and arrange
ments may be made to have a supply
shipped from this place each day.
As is noted elsewhere in to-day's
Register, there was a successful at
temp. at burglarizing the residence of
John Parks, on North Belmont street,
last evening.
Three Trotting races, 8 Pacing races,
2 Running races, at Ohio Valley Fair at
Moundsville, Sept. u, 13 and IA.
1t required prompt work to save the
life of Miss Emma Becker at the wharf
last evening, mention of which is made
elsewhere in to-day's issue.
A special meeting of the q. r. X. of
p. is called for Monday night at Armory
Hall.
A. w. Lawrence, Esq, of st. Glars
Vile, was in the city yesterday.
Robert Cow leaves next Saturday to
enter college at Gambler, o.
G. X. Phillips, of Belmont, was in the
city yesterday.
H. L. Anderson, Esq, of La Crosse,
Kansas, is here visiting his brothers,
James f. and John n. Anderson.
Plans and Specifications for the Fifth
ward hose house will be ready to SUBJ
NIT to Council Tuesday evening.
Frank B.. Archer came in from ALI
ance yesterday and will remain over
until after the congressional conven-
ton.
The open air concert by Heathering-
tons Band last evening was highly ap-
preciated by the large crowd OF people
assembled to listen. The Chippewa
excursion will draw well to-day.
Hon. E. B. Armstrong was in the CITY
yesterday.
Wilbur Jones. who has been stopping
with his mother, Mrs. o. C. Jones, for