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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
HIS ONION NIGHTS.

The driver of slow passenger train
noticed that the stoker always stared
intently at the windows Of certain
cottage near the line, and curiosity i'm
PEELED him to ask for an explanation OF
the habit.
My girl lives there" said the stoker,
sententious.y.
"Then l suppose she sits In the win
dow watching for your" surmised the
driver.
mo. she don't; she aln't time to
play the fool" grunted the stoker. 4
only look to see whether the window
blinds up or down. If It's up, I know
it's coortin night; If it's down, know
It amt. That's ALL
And do you always visit her when
you see the blild up?'
You bet | do, boss answered the
stoker. heartily. Its one Of her tripe
an onion nights an she knows should
not turn up but for that Coortin' is
dry game without tasty supper 10
help it alcng. "-London Tit-Bks.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

one accepts that curious circle OF very
learned persons with whom the Rookie
fellers have always identified them
selves. OF matrimony John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr., thinks nothing, or if he has
thoughts toward freside of his owE,
he breathes them not to his friends.
A great f1utter was produced in Wall
Street the other day by the hemi-ofii-
cial announcement that young Rookie
felier had gone into leather and the
sudden rise of that commodity three
weeks ago was at once traced to the
young mans door. He came out at the
end of the day many times richer, and
Wall Street gossipped again. Would
his career be a meteoric one, similar to
that of young Letter; or would he work
slowly but surely and steadily, grad
ualy developing into another Sage, one
who could succeed the Old Man OF Wall
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
nrssEAs CORONATION on.

The oil used at the coronation of Rnssia's
Cars Is rot Il an ordinary Kind. II Il pre-
pared with elaborate ceremony. II Is m8ds
only once IN three years, and Il ugN ony
for three purposes-nameiy. the baptism
Of royal babes. the browning o. the Car
and the conservation of the Metropolitan
Il Is called chrism oil. or myro. and u al
ways made al Moscow or Kief
Early on Mon6ay morning ~ Psssion
week the Patriarch, IN ceremonial robes.
proceeds to the sscrisiy. lights the fires
and places theron gallon OF oil 70 boz.
reading the gospel "a the same lime.
The Oh is kept boiling for three days anA
nights without interrulsslon. belng stirred
continually with silver ladies 81 the hands
of priests. After this the oil Is put inE0
two silver cal9rons and placed upon =
porcelain stove whore Il Is stirred BY Six
deaconz. arrayed 10 black and silver vest
msnts.
This oil Is supposed 10 possess miraculous
curative powers. and great crowds 81 peo-
PIE bring bits Of cotton or wool 70 dip Into
tbs holy MIXTURE. The vases filed with
the oil are carried IN great state 70 tins
Cathedral Of the Assumption. where ul@=a
10 said by the Metropolitan.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
VICTIM OF HIS OWN JOKE.
Some Buxzard Eggs Which Reached
Wrong Destination.

Wrong Destination
This is a true story Of Sheriff Brook
shire. of Williamson county, Texas, and
what came of his efforts to play a prac-
tical joke ON his wife.
Sheriff Brookshire is full of good ma
ture, and the love of fun is his pre-
dominant characteristic. To get the
laugh en- a friend is to him the next
best thing to rounding up band OF
horse thieves. He is owner of good
sized ranch, and while working out in
a pasture near his home some time
since came across buzzard's nest, in
which reposed four as handsome snow
white eggs as the eye of man ever
looked upon.
The discovery of these eggs imme-
diately set him to thinking Of a little
game that he would play upon his
faithful spouse. Wrapping them up
with care he bore them to his house,
intending to tell Mrs. Brookshire that
he had been presntd with some uncom-
monty fine eggs from fancy breed OF
chickens, and that it was the proper
thing to put them under one of her
settings hens Immediately. He knew
how fond she was of having choice
specimens of the feathered tribe and
shook with laughter as he pictured her
disgust when these young buzzards
should be Matched out.
Revolving these merry thoughts, he
went into the kitchen TO make the pre-
sentation. 1t happened that his wife
was not there, and he placed them on
the table. intending to call her atten-
ton to them later. Just at this time
he was called out Of his dcmicile on
very important business and the mat
ter was of consequence enough to drive
ali thoughts of the joke out Of his
head. He stayed away couple OF
hours. and when he reached home sup
per was ready Being rather hungry
from his tramp in the pasture the
Sheriff sat down to the table and ate
with good relish the viarsds before him.
Suddenly the recollection of his find
flashed across his mind. My dear,
said he. when / left the house awhile
ago put some eggs On the table yon-
der. Did you get them?"
81 certainly did, and you have just
eaten them for your supper" quoth
Mrs. Brookshire. why" what on
earth ails you?" as the Sheriff clapped
both hands about the middle OF his
corporosity and rushed for the open
air She thought. maybe, that he had
been suddenly seized with fit OF
some kind, and followed to render as
sistance. 1t has utterly renowned
practical joking Washington Post.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

started out to do life he had no golden
penny in his hand. He grew to be a
capable bookkeeper and an honest one;
and Mrs. Rockefeller belonged to the
highly cultured, very intelligent, re-
fined and pretty army of school teach
ers. Both knew many educated peo-
pie in those early days in the West,
but they had not much money.
Then came the oil opportunity. Oil
was Struck" on a little property in
which Mr.. Rockefeller had an interest
and while the others sold he held on
with that logged persistence which has
characterized him ever since, with the
same pertinacity which has descended
to the son and marks him as man Of
determination and character.
The story of the Rockefeller rise is
one that reads like fairy tale. They
say that in future these rises to for
tune in a decade will be impossible
Dul, WnCI lHGtl olOl WIN, Juob ShAAiN
of Barney Bernato-or of Cecil Rhodes
to select a man of the present, and
of others of this day and generation
who have made their money quickly by
luck and judgment. Money chances,
Mr. Rockefeller declares, will also be
within the range of possibility for the
fortunate.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was born
when the family millions were begin
ming to pile up, and he has never known
the taste of aught than luxury; never
theless he is very careful of his money
and modest in his tastes.
HIS SUNDAYS.
Sunday morning after the busy week
is past, and the family breakfast has
been eaten, young Mr.. Rockefeller &C
companies his mother to Sunday school.
They go to the Fifth Avenue Baptist
church, and there the young man of
twenty-three takes his place in his
mothers Sunday school class and lis
tens to her teachings on the Bible.
1t may be said for these teachings
that they partake more of the nature
of theological utterances; for Mrs.
Rockefeller is acknowledged to be one
of the first Bible students of the world.
Her sacred library is large and well
selected.
There is a history connected with this
Bible class. Mrs. Rockefeller has
taught it for ten years or more. Her
son has grown to manhood in the class.
Boys have grown up, been helped and
gone out into the world, better men
financially and morally. No boy in
Mrs. Rockefeller's Bible class ever stays
out of a job very long. The son helps
them. if his mother does not, and his
generosity is the cause Of great deal
of good-natured badiaage.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., is very
interesting young man. and Wall street
is proud of its new light.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

sight of the Rockefellers. father and
Son; for each morning arm in arm they
walk down town. Often they go on
foot every step of the way from Fiji
tieth street to the Battery, distance,
taken by squares, which is computed
at five miles. They walk with a long,
swinging step which carries you over
the ground in better shape than the
qiek. nervous walk which must soon
slacken to mere lag.
The two look something alike. The
father is above medium height, slightly
bowed. grey and with strange lines of
care about his mouth, lines that were
strange a year ago. The son is med
ium height, clean shaven, blue eyed and
very good of face; fine father and
son you would say.
When John D. Rockefeller. the elder,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Towser-Where' the gobbIer?
Bruno (rnournfully}-Gone.
Towser dervsntIy)-W thank Sirius.
wlenerwurst is not a Thanksgiving day
oisF.-New York Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Street?
When John D. Rockefeller, Jr., came
to New York, small member of his
fathers family, he was a studious
school boy whose serious face and eye
glasses singled him out as lad not
like other lads. He distinguished him
self as being quieter than his sisters,
and by going regularly to Sunday
school. Daytimes he attended the
private school which Mrs. Rockefeller
fitted up for her three children in their
home overlooking Fifth Avenue After
school he rode horseback alone; even
ings he played second violin to his
fathers first; and when his mother was
tired at the piano he took her place.
People who live along Fifth avenue
are, by this time, accustomed to the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
NEW Man OF WALL STREET.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is Church
Worker, a Brilliant Addition
to the Money World.

While all the talk about matrimony
and millions is going on, there lives in
New York a young man who could, as
the fiippant expression is, buy and
sell" the others, yet whose thoughts are
for from the general trend of rich
young mans mind.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., one of the
richest people in the world, is living
out his daily life in New York City so
quietly that few ever hear of him The
world of society sees him not at all, il
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

tons of gasoline, 40 barrels. AS the
gasolene is used by the engines, its
weight is automatically displaced by
an equal weight of water, in order that
thine boat may not become lighter, and
rise to the surface when submerged.
The los in weight caused by the dis
charge Of torpedo, which would make
the boat heavier at one end than the
other, is also provided for; and the
weight of man walking from one end
of the boat to the other is also auto
maticaly compensated. So skilfully
has everything about this nautical mar
vel been planned that not one item or
her construction that could lead to the
detection of her presence by an enemy
has been overlooked. The Holland will
have to come to the surface sometimes
to renew her air supply, and when she
does so, her gasolene engine will be
brought into play.
w OlhO kkOlEl
The putting Of an ordinary naphtha
launch can be heard anywhere from
one to three miles away. To avert this
the exhaust from the gas engine has
been placed under water, where its
sound is completely smothered. To
prevent the propeller from being fouled
metal ring has been suspended on
steel supports from the stern; and that
the risk from being pierced by a rapid
fire projectile may be reduced to min
imum, the boat has been crowned with
a steel superstructure.
The Holland has cruising radius OF
1000 miles. She could take aboard
40 barrels of oil and go two-thirds of
the distance across the Atlantic. Fitted
with sleeping accommodations and
cooking apparatus on small scale, the
boat could go on an independent cruise
for two months. AS an auxiliary tor
pedo boat her value would be inesti-
Unable. She could approach harbor
or ship TO within mile without be-
ing seen. and could sink under water at
that point to continue her deadly work,
while torpedo boat would be sighted
by her smoke ten miles away.
For the submerged condition motive
power is supplied by 60 cells Of stor-
age battery. The current is transmit
ted to a 50-horse power electric motor,
acting direct on 4-ineh shaft. On
the surface the current is cut out and
a gas engine of 150-horse power is used.
To charge the storage batteries the mo-
tor is converted into a dynamo and
connected with the gas engine, the
after section of the propeller shaft
being thrown out Of gear. Converted
into a motor again, the main dynamo
will yield an energy of 50-horse power
for six hours, or 20-horse power for
one hour.
In addition to the main motor there
are numerous auxiliary motors. One
of these is for pumping out the fumes
of sulphuric acid liberated from the
hydrogen in the process OF charging
the storage batteries. A second motor
pumps the foul air out of the hold
when the atmosphere has become viii
ated by constant breathing. Still a
third motor of 10-horse power COM
presses the air into the reservoirs,
when the vital machine comes to the
surface to breathe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
RIGHTLY NAMED.

City Nephew--Is that what you call
penknife2 IT looks more ike a nachete.
Cncle SIIas-Waai. its the one stick
pigs with. an If that aiHt a penknife
don't know what II is,-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
SHADES OF TURKEYS.

Saint Gobble. why am kept out of the
heavenly roost?"
The cook forgot to SINCE you just step
down to the other place for a minute,
please. Exchange.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
THE DouBLE-LEADED COLONEL

Kentucky. q Kentucky,
! love your classic feuds
Whese tire State s. ria Of hooGiuns.
Of liars ard OK dudes.
Where the y hiEkey punch 4 gurgilnx
Til It's time 70 go 10 bed.
Where the corn II FUN Of kernels
And the eofoleis fuii OF lead.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
ONE OF THE TRIPLES.

What's that terrible racket asked
the visitor
20. don't pay any attention to 1t,
returned the man who occupied the
middle fiat. Its really nothing at all.
You see. the boy in the top fiat and the
boy in the lower fat have telegraph
code, and the ytalk to each ether over
the steam pipe that runs through tbs
room. No reason to be disturbed, as
sure you Chicago Evening Post
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN
Big Success At vai1sburgh Attracts
Riders--Gcnera1 Gossip.

Since the success of the Sunday meet
at the yailsburgh board track, quite a
colony of well Known riders have loeated
in Newark. and are using the track as
their training headquarters. h fact
that meets are to be held at V~ailsburgh
each Sunday for several weeks to come
and that a meet Is scheduled for some
one of the metropolitan tracks for each
Saturday. will keep the crack prefesioh-
ais in the East indefinitely. Among the.
riders who train daily at V~ailsburgh
are;F. A. MacFarland. BILLY" SimIns.
O. L. stevens. Hardy Downing. Charles
Hadfeld n a number of lesser lfgnts.
Riders who enter the Sunday meets are
permitted the free use of the track for
training purposes.
Chairman Gerlach of the l.. A. w.
Racing Board is compiling a list of men
under suspension by the organization.
There will be fully 1890 of them, but
of these several hundred are under per-
manent suspension for offences commit
ted in past years. The list is the aceum-
ulation of twenty years of cycle racing
government. though 1t contains no
names of those whose SUSPENSIONS have
expired.
Henry Shirmey. honorary secretary OF
the International Cycling Association
denies that there is amy possibility OF the
organization recognizing the National
Cycling Association of this country.
Secretary Daily of the Canadian Wheel
mems Association says that if they get
Majos Taylor at the worlds champion
ships they will be satisfied with the other
pros"
The electrical fountain in Prospect
Park. Brooklyn, started last Tuesday
night for the first time and a large num-
Der of Jersey City wheelmen were there
to enjoy the beautiful sight.
There is much complaining by local
riders that there is no prospect for a
meeting of any kline in Hudson County
this season,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
LAWN TENNIS
Good Playing in New Jersey Cham
pionship Tourney.

Good playing marked the matches yes
terday in the New Jersey Lawn Tennis
Championship Tournament in progress
on the courts of the Orange Tennis Club.
The result was the dropping of three
more PLAYERS from the list. This now
leaves three players to struggle between
themselves for the right to compete
against the present champion. Richard
Stevens. of Hoboken, for the title. The
semi-inals will be played today. Millet
is to meet Paret, and the winner will
meet G. H. Miles in the final tomorrow.
This will be a grand match and should
prove most interesting. as the winner of
the fnal will have an opportunity %
wrest the championship from the Hobo
ken crack. When the champion and the
aspirant for the title meet some extra
ordinary tennis IS expected. 1t will prob
ably be the best that has been seen III
years outside of national championship
playing. The scores yesterday were
Championship Singles-First round-C.
Cragin beat T.. B. Barnes, Ga, Cd.
Second Round-J. P. Paret bea r.. NJ.
Miles. ,Jr.. Go, 6-3; S. C. Millet beat c.
Crasin, 81, 6-1.
Championship Doubles-First Round
s. G. MilIet and C. H. Miles beat M. Og-
den and f. B. Alexander. Cd. 60, G.
r.. Runyon and r. T.. Miles beat G. S.
Wilson and j. Bramhall, Sd, &C..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
FREMoNTs
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Cievelands i. i ] 9 4 ! III !
Fremonts.. 20 o U U b U U s 49,

The Gable Club has arranged a game
for Sunday tina will prove most inter-
esting in many ways. They have BOOKED
the strong baseball team of the Eliza
beth Young Mems Christian Association.
The game will take place on the lnspec-
tor grounds. and it promises to be a
very interesting one from start to finish.
After the game the visitors will be
escorted to the Gables beautiful clu
horse. Erie and Thirteenth streets,
where they will be royalty entertained.
The majority of the members of the Ca
hles went to Elizabeth. some time ago
wifi st. Michael's Club and called lpon
the Y. NJ. C. A. Here they were given a
delightful reception and. with a view OF
reeiprocating. they have arranged a pro-
gramme that is sure to please.
The Hobokens have taken on the
Poughkeepsie a~gregatin' for Sundays
game at the ST. George Cricket grounds,
and there is sure to be plenty of excite
ment. The Poughkeepsies defeated the
Hobokens before in an eleven inning
game. and in fact defeated all the teams
in Hudson County with the exception OF
West New York. Manager Smithson VIII
wiz if it is possible for him to do so.
The strong Murray Hill baseball team
will be seen here Sunday, as Manager
James Kelly of the jersey City Club has
book ed them to play the local aggrega-
ton at the West End grounds. The Muir
ray Hill team is a strong one and will
give the Jersey City players a hard chase
for the victory. The game should prove
an interesting one and should draw well.
Champion Jim Jeffries viii next Sum
day make his first appearance in this
vicinity as an umpire since he defeated
Bob Fitzsimmons. The champion has
been engaged by Fred. Mersheimer to
umpire the game at the Niles avenue
grounds between the Syracuse team of
the Eastern League and the West New
York Field Club. The game should be
a good one. as Mersheimer's team has
shown itself strong enough to tackle any
minor league team.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15

II. Dale; G II. Plenty. The
entries and handicaps follow
First event. Two hundred and twenty
yards dash-J. Gilmore, 30 yards; G.
Pierre, 30 yards; J. Bookmeyer, rs yards;
20 yards: A. Radcliffe, 20 yards; w.
Williams 20 yards; o. Arnheiter, Ia
yards; E. A. Hemphfl1. IS yards; F. A.
Keller, Is yards; G. Landfear, Is yaru-
Fl. Landfear, Is yards; H. Radcliffe, Is
yards; r. Schmidt. L. yards; H. Van
Dien. IL yards; A. w. Hazlett, y yards;
J. Van Pelt, 10 yards; G. Weston,
scratch.
Second event. One mile rum. Book
meyer, 1850 yards; G.. Pierre, $50 yards;
e. A. Hemphill, 100 yards; F. Schmidt.
100 yards: w. Steele, so yards; ]. Van
Pelt. 50 yards; w. Williams, 30 yarus:
G.. Weston, scratch.
Third event. One hundred yards dash
J.. Gilmore, u yards; J. Bockmeyer, 10
yards; g. Pierre, 10 yards; D. D. Baxter,
s yards: G. B~rensinger, 5 yards; A. Rad
cliffe. 8 yards; H. Radcliffe. 8 yards;
w. Williams, s yards; H. Landfear, 6
yards; F. Schmidt, 6 yards; II. Var Diem,
6 yards; o. Arnheiter, 6 yards; e. A.
Hemphill, 5 yards: r. A. Keller, 5 yards;
G.. Landfear. 5 yards; A. w. Hazlert,
yards: ]. Van Pelt, 8 yards; G. Weston,
scratch.
Fourth event. Running broad jump.
Bockmeyer, 8 feet: J. Gilmore, 2@ feet;
G.. Pierre, 2 feet; w. Williams, 2 feet;
D. D. Baxter, IL feet; G. B~rensinger,
~ feet; G. Landfear, 1h feet; G.. w.
Weston. 11a feet; T. A.. Keller, 1 foot;
Fl. Radcliffe, i foot; o. Arnheiter, 10
inches; A. Radcliffe, 10 inches; H. Land
fear, 10 inches: E.. A. Hemphill, s inches;
A, w. Hazlett, z inches; T. Schmidt,
inches; II. Van Diem; 5 inches; g. w.
Kli~ngenberg, 5 inches; .. Van Pelt,
scratch.
Fifth event. Four hundred and forty
yards rum. Gilmore. 40 yards; J., Book
meyer. 40 yards; G.. Pierre, 40 yards; A.
Radcliffe, 30 yards; c.. Brensinger, IS
yards; H. Landfear, 30 yards; D. d. Bax-
ter, 80 yards; H. Radcliffe. 30 yards; F.
yards; o. Arnheiter, 80 yards; G. Lano-
fear, % yards; e. A. Hemphill, 20 yards;
H. Van Diem, 20 yards; F. A. Keller, 10
yards; J.. Van Pelt, Is yards; A. w. Haz-
lett, 10 yards: G. Weston, scratch.
Sixth event. Putting sixteen pound
shot,. Gilmore. 5 feet; H. Landfear,
feet: G.. Pierre. 8 feet; G.. B~rensinger, s
feet; w. Williams, Z feet; G. Weston. 3
feet; q. Bockmeyer, 6 feet; G. Landfear,
5 feet; Fl. Radcliffe, 5 feet; A. Radcliffe,
A feet; F. Schmidt, a feet: ID. d. Baxter,
4 feet; F. A. Keller. 8 feet; o. Arnheiter,
2s feet: ]. Van Pelt, 2 feet; E A. Hemp
hill, / foot; H. Van Diem. l foot; A. w.
Hazlett. scratch.
Seventh event. Eight hundred and
eighty. yards rum. Bockmeyer, 20
yards; G.. Pierre, so yards; H. Radcliffe,
50 yards; r. Schmidt. so yards: E. A.
Hemphin. 40 yards: w. Steele. 80 yards;
F. A. Keller, 25 yards: II. Van Diem, p
yards; ]. Van Pelt, 20 yards: "; Will
liams, 20 yards, G. Weston, scratch.