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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03


At Roster & Bials. beginning tomorrow night,
will be presented living pictures OF ancient and
modern gadiators The strong men will be re-
called to the minds OF the spectators by the posing
reproduce the poses of the gadiatorial combatants
Round New-York In Eighty Minutes will again
Florenz troupe and Frank Latoni. The programme
arranged for to-nights concert includes Beatrice
Chris. Bruno, Mabel Russell, Howe and Scott. the
Tloren2 troupe Eta Butler he De yr Forests It's
the vtagraph pictures
Way Down East prospers exceedingly at tho
Academy OF Music. 1t has crowded even that big
house and the two audiences OF Thanksgiving Day
were wellngh records
Tho Girl with the Auburn Hair" has made a
hit at Keths by her odd act, and 1t is pretty we'll
Felix Morris remains for second week, presenting
little comedy called Kerry" He has company
Of five persons.
The Rogers Brothers and their company continue
to play The Rogers Brothers In Wall Street. at
Iiammersteins Victoria. The author of the farce
bara Fretchie." which will be introduced to-mor-
night
To Judge from the size Of the audiences at the
New-York Theatre interest in the recent flstc en-
counter at Coney Island In which Mr.. Jeffries de-
ing pictures SHOWN at this house quite realistic
enough to settle disputed questions
In the last week Nine Fuhring has added two
to her series OF impersona tons at the Ger
mania Theatre. appearing as Fedora and Donna
DIANA" and attracting crowded houses nightly
The repertory for this week is: Monday, Fedora
Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday, Die Schone
Niobe" new; Thursday. Maria Stuart: Friday
complimentary benefit to Nine. Fuhrng for the
first time ARIA und Messalna."
The special attractions at the Eden Musee dur
ing Thanksgiving week will be continued during the
coming week. They include many interesting feat
The afternoon and evening concerts by the
orchestra Will have carefully selected programmes
The main attraction will be tho moving pictures
Including the new Views just received from South
Africa.
'Papas Wife" with Miss Anna Held In the ti,is
part, runs on smoothly at the Manhattan Theatre
and gives promise OF remaining there for some
time 10 come.
The attraction at tho Star Theatre next week will
be Barney Gilmore. in new play by Howard Hall
entitled kidnapped in New-York" This will bs
the first production OF this play I'm New-York The
play Is based on the abduction OF Marion Clarke
ION the suwanee River" will be tho attraction Mt
tho Metropolis Theatre this week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
The largest and in every way the most complete store
in BROOKLYN and the second largest Greater New York.
The Biggest Stocking Needed This Y
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

The Ondawa House. on Schroon Lake in tho
Adirondacks having been specially fitted for cola
weather Is now open for the hrst season a a
winter resort " ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
A Gala Day With the Dolls.
Second Floor, New Building.

We heard a remark the other day: I'VE always Ik3
wait to see your Dolls before trying TO buy any," Do a
know that means great deal? II tells quite story Of
past success OF Dolls, but the past CAM compare VI
the surprises We have in store Tor you ths season.
little mothers are going to open their eyes with delight v
they come the opening tomorrow In the spaced
new quarters the second floor, building Dclh
front of you, Dolls behind you Dolls all around you
order gowns made carefully those by the pofess
tailor Beautiful underwear that can be laundesd
large garments the hats and caps from Paris; Ia 81
mothers can get hundreds Of valuable suggestions
them in buying things for their own children. Thea M
all individual garments the hats, shoes, gloves ds
underwear stockings umbrellas parasols &c. for her u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Japs. Clarlce Vance. the kala,echnoscope and
others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

At the Murray Hill Theatre this week the Dom
nelly Stock Company Will revive David Belasco's
THE Charity Ball"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Way Down East prospers exceedingly at tho
Academy OF Music 1t has crowded that big
house and the two audiences OF Thanksgiving Day
were welnigh records.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

attach few price hints onlyi
THE DRESSID-Jointed Doll, dressed by &
with long slip made OF white lawn, With %
broidery and lace trimmed, cap to natchj I'll
doll Is l6 inches high, at SITS.
very pretty dressed Doll, In White ofsia6'
with light blue and pink lining, With hat
match, $2.75.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
TIE ONDAWA HOUSE OPEN

ION the suwanee River will be tho attraction
the Metropolis Theatre this week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

ship Miss Dolly, II she needs q new outfit. But
Old and young come and be children again. We
THE UNDRESSED-Extra fine quality Jointed
Dolls, hand.sewed wig, moving eyes. In eight
sizes, with shoes and stockings, soc. to $3.50.
Fine quality Jointed Doll, fine bisque head,
moving eyes, with cap; says Mamma and Papa;
size 6 inch, csc.
72O extra fine quality IL inch Jointed Dolls,
fine bisque head, hand-sewed wig, moving eyes,
full iointed 2 inches, soc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Tho Girl with the Auburn Hair has made
hit at Keths by her odd act. and 1t is pretty well
assured that her engagement will be indefinite
Felix Morris remains for second week, presenting
a little comedy called Kerry" He has company
of five persons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

q hours to reach the sun. The COM
bined weight of the passengers in this
car is exactly equal to that of 81 bush
els of potatoes or three barrels of soft
soap. The Internal noise of the train
on this line could be made to run four
sawmills if properly applied, and the
waste of breath Of the conductors in
crying step lively.' would cook 100
pounds of mutton daily if turned into
steam
Il got away from him by leaving the
train" said the New Englander, "and
l wanted to kill him as I went. As I
said in the beginning, the last straw
has been placed on the camel's back.
For forty long years | have had statis-
tics hurled at me almost daily, and it is
time that l dabbled my hands in blood.
| start for Boston to-day, and you just
paste it in your hat that the man who
sits down beside me and begins to tell
me how many eyes and legs the house
fly has, how fast lightning travels, or
why a mud turtle can't fly, is going to
get six months in the hospital as fast
as l can give it to him
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
F0rtify Yourself.

Now; not tomorrow, or the day af-
ter. but to-day-NOW-is the time 70
begin to fortify yourself against the
rayages Of possible disease in the month
to come.
Remember that even the healthiest
and most vigorous person in the world
comes out Of the month Of March weak
er and less vigorous than at the be-
ginning. Then what must It mean to
the millions Of lung sufferers, who
haven't the vitality TO fight the ele-
ments?
1t mea one thing TO many
DEATH!
Don't be one Of those who take
chances. Stock your constitution with
a fighting array Of strength that viii
overcome any condition Of climate Or
weather. Make OF yourself an inylnc-
ible fortress of health, a yeritable Glib
raltar Of strength.
If you are well and strong and hearty
now. do this as an extra %pTecaution: but
If you are in any way a lung sufferer.
Il YOU have catarTh. asthma. bronchitis.
grip. or its after-eifects. any kind OF a
cough, shortness Of breath. a hereditary
consumptiye history. occasional chest
pains. rough breathing. morning and
evening coughing spells, poor circula-
ton. pimply skin. night sweats. or any
other symptom that shows a eonsunp-
tive tendency. don't hesitate for a mo-
ment, but fortify yourself at once.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

hold him in. He gives me a minutes
rest and then inquiries:
"'You are up on railroad statistics,
of course? Wonderful facts and fig
ures. Last year the railroads of the
United States killed 764 people and in
jured zoos. They transport 43,1S7 pas
sengers in safety where they kill or in
jure one. There was an accident last
year in which 116 people were killed or
injured, and six accidents in which not
a life was lost. This train is carrying
156 passengers. Should it leave the
rails and roll down an embankment fif-
teen feet high While travelling at its
present speed, the number of killed
should reach thirty-two.'
That's a sample of what he gave
me- said the New Highlander, and 1
am helpless as a man on a raft in mid
ocean. | can't dispute him, and your
statistician is a man who can't be
scowled down nor turned aside. He
has come to stay, and the only way you
can get rid of him is to leap from the
train. I was going down to Fall River
one day, when an old tooth began to
growl and ache. was getting mad and
nervous about it when along came the
statistician and began:
did you ever figure up the amount
of arabic land occupied by the hills and
mountains of the United States? Well.
it's an interesting bit of knowledge. l
find that if all uncuitivated hills and
mountains were leveled off we should
be the gamer by 81, 294, 317 acres of pro-
ductive soil. Our farming population
could be trebled. Our annual products
would amount to exactly 1912, S2S, 242.17
more than at present.
HE was going to tell on me just how
many more turnips, potatoes and
pumpkins could be raised, and how
many more gimlets, s~crew-drivers and
corkscreks would be needed to supply
the market, when l told him l had the
toothahe and didn't care to talk. He
was bluffed for half a minute, and then
he came back at me with:
1.-The ~toothache, Ell? Toothache is
caused by the cold air striking an ex-
posed nerve. You probably never gave
a thought to it, but there are exactly
$500 nerves radiating from your gums,
and the exposure of any one of these
causes pain. Speaking of teeth, do you
know what the strength of the jaw is?
It is computed, sir, that when a full
grown and healthy man shuts his teeth
down as hard as he can on a pine board
he is exercising a force of n horse
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
KINDLING WOOD FOR THE WINTER.

my aunt in Connecticut is very i'll and
I am anxious about her!'
Let me hand out a love letter" con
tinued the carrier. "and l can always
tell how the affair is progressing. II
things are all right there'll be smiles
and bushes; if a misunderstanding has
crept in, there'll be anxiety instead of
smiles. The general idea is that a
young man proposes marriage to his
the parlor sofa, with the gas turned
low and the clock holding its breath.
Don't you believe it. I've good reasons
for saying that about half the pro-
posals go through the mails. When a
young man has watched for my COM
ing for a long half ~hour-When he turns
pale at sight of me-when he gulpS and
stammers as | hand him the little let
ter with blue or red seal, I'd be an
idiot not to know what was up. On
my next round | may meet him and
his smile will tell me that he has been
accepted. If he has been turned down
he'll look at me in a way to bring the
shivers. Up to a month ago | had an
old chap on m route who was in love
with a woman in New Jersey. She be-
gan writing to him in the fall Of 1897.
At the start her letters came about
once a fortnight. After a few weeks
she wrote once a week. Then she
shortened her time to twice a week,
and finally it got to be a daily cores
pondence. He must have written as
often as she did, and as most of her
letters were double postage, it must
have taken up most of her time. The
old man, who might safely have owned
up to being IS, never missed meeting
me at the front door, and for a long
time he had no excuses. When her
letters got to coming two or three
times a week he thought some ex-
PLANTATION in order, and said to me:
I'm the lawful guardian of my
sister-in-law, you know, and she can't
even pay a bill without feeling that
she must write to me about it.
Il don't know what happened to
break EN- up" sighed the carrier, but
a few weeks ago her letters ceased
coming, and after an interval of one
week, one big, last letter arrived. That
that letter meant business and was
final could be told by the firm and dig
niied superscription. The old man
had worried a good deal during the
week, and he looked dubious as l hand
ed him the letter. Three days later
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

men, grocers, butchers, bakers, shoe
makers, druggists and dry goods stores,
and | have left him six letters at a time
without disturbing his philosophy in
the slightest. Lawyers get after him oc-
%casionally, as | a tell by the printing
on the envelopes, but his smile is only
chased away for a few minutes. In a
year | have not delivered to him one
single letter which was not a dun, yet
he has a 'hello.' for every day and is
letting the other folks do all the worry
ing.
There is one BILL" said the carrier
as he looked at his watch and began
to grow uneasy, (which l can deliver
with a feeling of assurance. No one
ever blames me for passing out that
letter. 1t is the family doctor bill.
The reason isn't so much that it's ex-
pected and looked upon as a necessary
evil, but the recipient feels that he
won't be pushed and can pay at his
own convenience. think most doctors
are easy with their patients. | know
l sometimes deliver the same bill a doz-
en- or twenty times before it is paid,
and l see the people throwing the let
ters aside without opening them. If
dunning letters bring me enemies, d
hundred circulars handed out on a
residence block make people wish that
| was dead. A person looking for a let
ter and finding a circular about dan
druff cure or bedbug remedy is mad
clear through. | don't believe that one
circular in a hundred is read by the
recipient. and | never fail to see dis
gust written on the face of man or
woman as they are handed out. They
may add to his burden, detract from
his dignity and are profitless as a
means of advertising. | took out 500
this morning, and many were thrown
after me as | turned from the door,
l have one man on my route, how
ever, who likes to get 'em. He sends
his name all over the country, appar-
emily, and | often hand him over ten
or twelve circulars and phamphlets per
day. One day last fall I asked him
what use he was making of them, and
he showed me about a ton of stuff in
a back room and he explained that
it was his stock of kindling wood for
the winter"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

IL now, and as North has no more
trumps, the best he can do is to catch
all Of Wes,'s. East knows that Vest
would not have led the 10 Of clubs
without the 9, SO he can safely discard
the ace. North is compelled to discard
his only spade or else deceive South as
to his suit, which he entertainS not IN
reasonable hopes of bringing in.
Trick east is growing a little APP
prehensiye about the diamond suit now,
so holds tightly to every precious one
of his three. 1t is we'll he did, for his
jack blocked North's whole suit.
Trick Now for North's great dia-
mond suit, Vests king dies under the
ace, for it had no guard.
Trick S-South hastens to rid himself
of that losing . Of clubs.
Trick 9-But he cannot help himself,
for North has no spade to lead him,
and his last trump is forced by the jack
of diamonds. West dfscards the best
club in order to keep four spades TO the
8 spot.
Tricks 10 and 11-All South can
make now are the ace and king of
spades, and East gets his club trick
after all.-Beverly w. Smita in the
Baltimore Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
LOVE LETTERS, BILLS
AND CIRCULARS.
What Goes to Make Up the Humor OF
Letter Delivery.

what ooeS 10 make Up the iiumor OF
Letter Delivery.
you must have seen a postman hust-
ling to cover a business district" said
the carrier, land it is easy to figure out
that he has no time for sentiment, 1t
is into a store and out again-up and
down in an elevator-fram place to
place at his best gait. Most of the car
riers among business houses get crab
bed and crusty. That is because they
are shaved too close for time. None Of
them stop to draw a long breath until
the last letter is delivered and then
they thirk more about their corns and
%callouses than the people they have
met. It's hard work on a residence
route, but a carrier is allowed more
time and can study human nature a bit.
Il presume l deliver an average of a
dozen love letters a day on my route"
continued the carrier as his face grew
Bland and good-natured. IF you ask
me how l know they are love letters |
can't explain in all cases except to lay
it to intuition. In most instances, how
ever, the person who receives a love let
ter gives himself or herself away to the
carrier. Young women are no worse
than young men, and old men and old
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

North and South, eight; East and West,
five.
Trick 1-Walbrook opens top-of-
nothing in four-card suits, headed by
two or more cards in sequence, South
starts a call for trumps.
Trick 2-But suspends it, intending
that North shall first count a trump on
the clubs, in which he is probably short.
East misses the 2 of clubs. and can
read that one opponent is holding up q
call until his partner makes a trump.
Trick 3-And, while his diamonds
are somewhat weak, he holds the spade
suit fast, and the only way to save a
club trick is by taking two rounds of
trumps, exhausting, if possible, the
weak adverse trump hand, and thus
render it powerless to trump the club.
Trick 5-South sees that he is in for
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

power. Every time you bite into a
sandwich you use force enough to open
a door. Should you yell 'police!' at the
top of your voice, the air pressure
would be sufficient to lift one of your
shoes seven inches high. When you
sneeze you waste power enough to pull
a turnip out of the ground, and the
force of a hearty laugh would drive
a brad-awl half way throuSh a raw
potato
Il had to listen to that sort OF chin
music for an hour" said the leather
man, "and l was mad all through when
l got to Fall River. l was looking for
a tooth foundry to have the old thing
jerked out, when l met a benign-look-
ing old gentleman OF the street who
asked me if | had ever computed the
quantity Of tears shed in the United
States every year. l told him to go to
and be hanged, but he laid his hand on
my shoulder in a fatherly way and
asked me to remember that the guam
tity was exactly "a barrels, % gallons,
two quarts and a pint. Before L could
get away from him he added that TINS
amount of water would run a ten-horse
power engine II hours and IL minutes,
and that the energy wasted in the
weeping of the tears would plant nine
and a half acres of corn. l have a
statistics shot at me and pumped INTO
me and driven through me until | have
come to have murder in my heart. l
never could see why l should be select
ed out of all men in a car or a crowd.
but it is invariably the case. | was in
New York a month ago. | was riding
on an elevated train and glancing over
the daily paper when a man walked
the length of the CAR to crowd in be-
side me and say:
"'My dear sir, has it entered your
mind that we are travelling at the rate
OF sixteen miles an hour, and that II
this train should be suddenly stopped
dead still, each one of us would be
flung forward a distance of SO feet 9Aa
inches?'
81 made no reply to him, but he was
not in the least put out. He simply
got his breath and continued:
cts the easiest thing in the world
to figure that it would take us 7,490,238
years and seven hours to reach the
moon, and 2,S40, 800 years, six days and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
THE NUISANCE OF STATIsTICIANS.
impossible TO Escape the Bores Who Are Always Talking Strings
Of Facts and Figures.

II don't think / have a reputation
Tor being a bloodthirsty man." said
the leather dealer from New England,
ssbut down in my heart l have the
feeling that | shall break loose some
day and do murder. 1t is a man who
will be my victim. l shan't break his
neck or shoot him through the head,
but / shall prolong his agonies for
hours and get revenge for all l have
suffered. You see, it has been going
on for years-my sufferings-and no
matter how patient a man is he reaches
the dead-line at last. The man | refer
to is the man who is always chucklng
statistics at you. He is to be found
on every train and steamboat-in the
office of every hotel-aye! even at the
newly-made grave of a friend. l have
been one of his victims for twenty
years. but | can't last much longer.
Inside of the next twelve months you'll
read in the papers of some one being
torn limb from limb by a wlld-eyed
man who looked like a hunted tiger,
and that wild-eyed man will be me.
II start from Springfield to run over
to Boston," continued the leather mai
with a touch Of pathos in his tones. Il
am only comfortably seated with my
newspaper or magazine when the mar
IN the seat in front turns and inquiries
at what speed the train is travelling.
I can't tell him. nor would if could.
He hopes that | can't, for he has a
little speech all ready. He smiles in
a patronizing way and says:
"My dear man, we are travelling at
the rate of forty-two miles, four rods,
two wards. one foot and five inches per
hour. Should this train, travelling at
this rate strike a stone wall nineteen
feet and seven and one-half inches
thick. the force of the impact would be
exactly equal to the force of a wave
eleven feet high and half a mile long
breaking on a sandy beach with a pitch
of three inches to the foot
sWell, what can | say to that?" wall
ed the leather man. "He knows he's
got me. Not one man in ten thousand
goes around hunting up such statistics,
I have to thank him for his Informal
tion and turn to my paper, but he
doesn't mean to be choked off. He may
be speeding to the bedside of his dying
mother, but that fact isn't going to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
ST. pATRgCk'S DAY IN THE MORNING.

ST. Patrick's day in the morning,
An I donned a sprig az green,
An away for the day, wild laughter gay,
Vic me own dear, swate colleen;
Wild Nellie, me blue eyed darlint;
Vic Nellie. me own colleen!
An it's green, I ween, on our brists is seen
ST. Patrick's day in the morning.
All ST. Patrick's day at midday
It is thin the bands are seen,
An the way they play all the blissed day
At the wearing av the Greenl"
Yis, chimes like God Save Ireland"
AID The Wearing av the Green"
An the rhyme an chime av that chune sublime,
est. Patrick's Day In the Morning!"
ST. Patrick's day in the aveningl'
When the sun has gone to rist,
Thin I'll tell me Nell what she knows so we'll
Who it is 7 love the Dist.
An shure it's this I'm thinkin,
Whin I say, "Jist name the day."
She will say, SO gay; "Arrsh. now, the day?
st. Patrick's day in the mornings"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
The Way.

Heretofore there have been many diff
ferent WAYS to fortify yourself, but
nothing that could cover ALL condl-
tions, until the eminent medical sci
enlist. Doctor Slocum, gave to the
world the benefit Of years OF scientific
study and research. and promulgated
what has since been named in his
honor, the SLOCUM SYSTEM.