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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
A GREAT SERVICE.

Never in the history of American jour-
nalism has a new service so promptly
commended itself to the editors and read
ers OF journals in this country as that in
augurated by the Cosmograph.c Company
of New York. This association Of trained
journalists of nation reputation is organ
ICED on a broad and novel plan Entering
the field just prior to a presidential con-
test its managers seized upon the occa-
sion to demonstrate its ability to place
the newspapers of the country in close
touch with pre-eminent men who have
heretofore held aloof from publicity In
two months the Cosmographic Company
flooded the country with some of the most
valuable opinions on both sides of the
great questions at issue.
This success can be ascribed to only two
causes: First, the unimpeachable integ-
rity of the Cosmographic managers and
staff; second, the energy and precision
with which the work was done Every
American writer on the Cosmographic
staff is an experienced craftsman who has
won his spurs in the open field of metro
politan Journalism, where success is never
the result of accident and favoritism is
unknown. The European correspondents
are no less distinguished, and include the
most brilliant men of their profession
abroad.
National politics at Washington and
New York will be handled by Julius
Chambers and W. T. Manning; the cur
rent social legal and religious sensation
depicted by Julian Hawthorne: the mo-
mentous labor questions of the hour dis
cussed by Henry George, without political
bias; New York society described by the
master-hand of the original "Cholly
knickerbocker;" the financial and social
ambitions of Americans in England by
Julian Ralph; our Anglo-American com
plications by Henry w. Lucy, keenest of
parliamentary critics; England's Irish
policy, handled without gloves for Irish
Americans, by t. P. O'Connor, the Irish
leader; George Eugene Bryson is in Cuba;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

number three in the Rajah's harem.
This seems to be new and promising
field for American heiresses English
blueblood has been largely pre-empted.
French alliances are often very unfortu-
nate, and Germany threatens to shut the
door or impose prohibitory tariff. India
stands with open arms to receive the
heiress who bankers for a coronet.
Some of the Rajahs are immensely
wealthy and their names and titles are as
long and ancient as any heiress could de-
sire. There are drawbacks in becoming
wives to Hindoo princes, but so there are
in wedding European scapegraces and
spendthrifts. A title Is title, and the
fact that Rajah must be saluted by
British warships is not to be despised.
Over in India the brutal British call the
Rajahs "niggers." But what's in name
or epithet when a man at whom 1t Is
flung is a sure enough royalty, with a
family tree in whose roots are kinglets
and princelets by the score?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
1.-THE BEAurIFuL BLUE DANUBE.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the Concert Goer.
They drift down the hall together;
He smiles in her lifted eyes,
Like waves OF that mighty river,
The strains of the Danube rise.
They float on its rhythmic measure,
like leaves on a summer stream:
And here, in this scene of pleasure,
| bury my sweet dead dream.
Through the cloud of her duslSy tresses,
Like a star shines out her face;
And the form his strong arm presses
Is sylph-like IN its grace;
AS leaf on the bounding river
Is lost on the seething sea.
/ know that forever and ever,
My dream is lost to me.
And still the viols are playing
That grand old wordless rhyme;
And still those two are swaying
In perfect tune and time.
If the great bassoons that mutter,
II the clarinets that blow,
Were given voice to utter
The secret things they know.
Would the lists of the slain who slumber
On the Danubes battle plains,
The unknown hosts outnumber
Who die meath the "Danube's" strains 4?
Those fall where cannon rattle,
Mid the rain of shot and she'll;
But these in fiercer battle,
Find death is the music's swell.
With the rivers roar of passion,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

Corner, he came upon a Coarse Char
acter and Woman. who were having
an Argument while waiting for
Green Car. She had Toasted him for
dragging her away from the Remnant
Sale before she had laid in enough
Taffetas to last her all Winter, and he
told her she was the Prize Time Killer
and Beaut to go anywhere with
No matter what they said, they had
a Right to say 1t. for they were Mar
ried. But the Leading Man. stillunder
the Delusion that he was on the
Boards, heard the villain give her this
Lacing, and It offered Chance for a
Strong Scene. Beauty In Distress was
always his Cue to spread the lower
salaried People and hog the Centre OF
the Stage and Talk about himself. SO
he made a Quick Entrance II would
have helped some II he could have had
little Chills and Fever Music TO
bring him on. He told the Man TO
Stand Back.
Instead Of saying Curses on the
Luck and looking AZ his Feet. the
Coarse Character who had been abus-
ing the Woman. merely looked M his
Wife and asked. who's your Friend?"
As for the Prosecuted Woman, in
stead Of selling him by the Arm and
telling him that he had such a Kind
Face and seemed to be a Gentleman.
she told him to Mind his own Bust
ness and not get Everybody TO Look
ing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
Modern 5ables>
Copyright, 1900, Robt. Howard Russeu)
ny GEORGE AIDE.

everyone that she couldn't bear any
thing Formal, and she believed in hav-
ing a jolly Time even though it caused
Talk
When she had Filtration under way
she worked Overtime at it. She made
1t Hum while it lasted. She had the
Telephone Habit, and the Messenger
Boys knew where she lived without
looking In the Book. She loved to go
out in the Afternoon and meet some
Fellow without letting her People
know anything about it. She would
walk the Young Man up and down
some Side Street and taunt him with
being a Trifler and try TO draw him
out and make him Propose, so that she
could give him the Whillykithrow and
mark another Notch on the handle OF
her Scalping Knife. She had many
Notches and apparently wanted TO
establish a New Record. A good many
Young Men of the kind that can get
away in the Afternoon did Propose to
her just TO Humor her She always
said that she was Sorry that they had
mistaken her Friendly Interest for the
INEdt dEIiutIlG OlQ lOft, anu SHt iibRth
they would go somewhere and try to
Forget. Most of them took her Ad-
vice. They were Commercial Travel
lers and had been packing UP to move
to the Next Town even before she
spoke to them.
These Intrigues and Clandestine
Meetings in Department Stores and
Make Believe Romances. conducted
with almost as much Secrecy as a Bus
mess Mems Carnival, led the Girl TO
believe that she was Reckless and a
teeny bit Wicked. She hoped so, any
way. For fear that others would not
know how she was Cutting Up, she
told several hundred of her Acquaint-
ances that a Girl could have a Good
Time and at the same time be q Lady.
and that very few Understood her.
but those who did wouldn't believe
everything they Heard. She said she
was a natural Bohemian. and to prove
it she used to serve Rye Bread Sand
wishes every Wednesday Night and
tell her large Staff of Gentlemen
Friends to smoke ali over the House.
Once she cut loose 90 far that she
drank about Tablespoonful OF Artil-
lery Punch and took a Pull al a Gig
arctic when no one was looking The
same Night she put on a Mans Over
coat and Hat and did a few Buck and
Wing Steps, just to show that she was
full OF the old Nick. There is no use
in trying to deny the Fact that she
was a Saucy Rascal.
She thought she was duplicating Car
mems Career and getting into a Glass
with the F'ibrouE Heroine OF the Eng
lish Problem Play. who is signing for
more Commandments to Break.
After the Fast Girl had taken the
Hurdles for three Seasons and cut out
a Gait that made the other Girls de-
clare that they never saw the Like,
she married a man who invented an
Air Brake and now lives near the
Works. She is a Member 81 the Mar
ried Peoples Duplicate Whist Club
and teaches the Infant Glass at the
Guild School on Sunday
1t Is a great satisfaction to her 10
think that she has Past. and Il would
be a Shame to tell her any different.
Moral:-Never suspect the Girl who
says she is Bad.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
ENRouTE-ANp AFTER.

For the Register.
Did you ever ride in a palace car
At the close Of an autumn day
When the sun had set, and the stars were
And the miles we're whirled away
And every mile, as you checked 1t of.
TOOK YOU from your love away2
Did YOU ever ride in a palace ear
AT the close OF an autumn day?
Did YOU ever SIT in a smoking room
AS the day turned grey to night.
And watch the miles with happy smiles,
And a sense of sweet delight?
For YOU knew each mile, as you passed
ii Ger,
Have you thought such thoughts, in the
smoking room,
At the close OF an autumn days
Did you ever ride on tramway train
AT the close of a wintry day,
When the sun had set, and the stars were
And the light had faded away?
And you met the one whom you held so
And there stood between Thing more
Than Death. and your heart grew sore
At the thought Of that YOU could not help,
And of acts beyond control
And Of sights which grew from love Of
self
And a lack of a hroadened soul?
Could you ride a mile, and affect a smile.
With a state of facts so plain?
While, showing no guile, she stood 1t
awhile
Then arose and left the train?
Did you ever sit in smoking room
As the day turned grey to night.
And watch the miles with happy smiles,
And sense of sweet delight
For you knew each mile. as you passed
it Ger,
Brought YOU nearer-Ohi tell me-say
Have you thought such thoughts, in the
smoking room;
At the close of an autumn day?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

black line forming part OF the beard; the
southern oysters never have this. but the
Lynnhavens have reddish-brown line,
which,. believe, is distinctly their own.
The Blue Point oysters are marked by
fresher taste than the Cape oysters, but
both leave a sweet taste in the mouth
The after taste of the Stamfords is not so
sweet. Never be tempted to buy large
oysters in bulk and serve them on old
shells; the device is too transparent. Be
sides the difference in flavor a freshly
opened oyster should be left clinging to
one side of the SHE'LL
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
The Modern Fable of the Bureau
of Public Comfort and the
Man in Charge.

Man in Charge.
The Druggist stood in his Place of
Business surrounded by Capsules, Hot
Water Bags, Perfumes and Fluid Ex-
tracts. A Man came in and said he
wanted to look at the Directory. Then
he asked if Murphy" was spelled with
an r." He looked at the Hair
Brushes, whistled a few bars of the
'Tiger Lily and went cut.
A Small Boy entered, and wanted to
trade two empty Sarsaparilla Bottles
for Piece of Licoriee Root. The Deal
fell through, because the Bottles had
a Name blown in the Glass.
A Woman came in and said she was
waiting for a Friend. She had the
Druggist bring her Glass of Plain
Water. She said she could not drink
Soda Water because the Gas got up
her Nose.
Another Woman came in for a Stamp.
She did not have any Change with her.
but was going to come in and hand
him the Two Cents some time that is
If he was Small enough to remember it,
The next who came in was a man
with hardy any Chin. He wanted
Free Sample of Liver Pills and an AL
manac telling the Date of the Battle
of New Orleans when the Sun rises
and sets, and why the Chicken crossed
the Road
After him there came a Man who was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

When the Leading Man said that he
interfered by the Right that every
Man has to Protect a Woman when
she is in Trouble, be- expected Hand,
but Il came not although he made the
usual Walt.
a Crowd gathered 70 find cut what
was the Rumpus, and a Man who was
selling Turk h Candy from a Board
strapped IN front Of him. said that IL
the Fresh Guy had tried to Cut In
when the Gui was Out with Some
body Flee. then the Other Party would
be justified in Handing him One. This
View Of the Matter was heartily en-
dorsed. Though such Sentiment
would never be tolerated on the Stage
a Policeman broke through 70 In
vestigate. and the Woman said the
Stranger had been Annoying her and
Charley and seemed 70 be the least bit
Dippy. She said she didn't think he
meant any Harm. but Was Just Queer.
She said they ought to let his Friends
know. She was Coed Hearted. SEN
slble Woman
The Leading Man would have landed
IN the Detention Hospital soon enough
II the Manager 81 the Company had
not happened along He explained to
the Policeman that It was Only little
Realism that the Actor had been work
ing off.
Moral:-Don't be Realistic except on
the Stage.
IL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
CURRENT POETRY.
LET ME EnRGET,

Let me forget that you e'er said
One word TO me that was unkind,
But let me try TO think instead
Twas but a fancy OF my mind.
Let me forget you ever cast
o.; me one cold and chilling frown,
But let me seek while life shall last
To try and live its mem'ry down.
Let me forget YOU e'er withdrew
Your hand in anger from my own,
But try to think IL was not you
Who was to blame. but alone.
Let me forget that in your breast
One thought of III gainst me you set;
And well you know as | 'twere best
Could we all live much to forget.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
The Modern Fable Of How a
Cracking Good scene for the
Hero Was Badly Rehcnrsed.

Once upon time an absent minded
Leading Man, who was making the Hit
of his Life with Costume Play and
SIaughtering the Matinee Tid-Blts
every Wednesday and Saturday. wan
dered out OF the Stage Door and be-
gan to Act In the Street the same as
he did behind the Footlights
As he walked along the crowded
Thoroughfare and held the Mirror up
to Nature, a good many Of the sIouchy
Pedestrians who are always blocking
a sunny Promenade saw him wIfh his
Eyes rolled upward and his Shoulders
thrown back. and they said he ought
to be taken In before ne was Violent.
As the Leading Man approached the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
GENERAL M'ARTHUR,s REPORT.

General Arthur Macarthur has sent
his first annual report of the situa-
tian to Washington, and the substance
Of IL hss ben made public A distinct
thread of Encouragement is said to run
through the document by those who
have perused it, and the General, while
optimistic, is nevertheless of the opin
ion that little or no real progress has
been made during the past year in
the work of pacification. The Gener-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

in a Hurry and wanted to use the
Phone. He was vexed when ne learn
ed that Skinner & Skinner did not
have any Number. He asked the Drug
gist why it was. The Druggist said he
was Sorry and would see to it before
the Man came in again.
Soon after two little Girls came ON n
run and helped themselves to Picture
Cards. They left the Door open and a
Boy in Overalls stepped in to ask if he
could hang Lithograph in the Win
dow. The Druggist went back into
the Laboratory and got a large stone
Pestle. He was just ready to beat the
life out of the Cash Register when an
Elderly Gentleman came in with
Prescription.
The Druggist stayed the Blow and
chirked up quite bit. This is where
| catch even on the Day" he said. RI
was no Mirage. He had to and he did.
Moral:-Don't blame the Druggist
GEORGE AIDE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

r. L. Comedian in Rome: John r Foley.
author OF the Jefferson Cyclo6edia.
Charles Frederick stansbury. ones OF the
best editorial writers in AmeriSa. and
Chas- Hy. Meltzer. dramatic author and
musical critic, will be in active service:
and four or more of the leading iinanciers
of the United States will furnish'a weekly
article on the money market
1t is doubtful If such an array of clever.
experienced men was ever assembled to-
gether in this country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

al also decidedly supports the conten-
ton that the Fslipinos are capable of
self-government, his language being
almost as strong as that of Admiral
Dewey, who said they were better fit
ted for governing themselves than were
the Cubans. The publication of the
full text of this report will be await
ed with keen interest by the American
people.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
nnopE ISLAND CHANGES.

The people of Rhode Island did one
thing at last Tuesdays election which
was not reported in the general news
telegfams. They voted to abolish
Newport as the sumner capital
ana nenceforth Providence will reign
supreme as the centre of the State
Government.
Rhode Island once had five capitals
but they were dropped one at time
until only Providence remained. Now
Newport has gone to join the others
IN their relative obscurity.
The sole remaining capital city has
magnificent new State House, and
recently the Legislature appropriated
three-quarters of million dollars to
ornament it in Egyptian filigree, mag
nificent entrances, lawns half a mile
wide, and landscape garden which
will not be surpassed for beauty in
this country, and this a State next
door to bankruptcy.
The people of the State also voted
to abolish the April election.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

A number of anxious inquirers are
informed that it is far too early to
give the details of, the popular vote
for the Presidential candidates in the
various States. A week or two hence
an approximation will be possible, but
not before.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

The Maine authorities have started
in to close up the saloons in that
State. And yet the Boston Herald is
distinctly of the opinion that no one
away down East is in any danger
of dying of thirst.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

Mr.. Coxey now has more realizing
sense of his unpopularity with some
people. His printing Office at Massil-
lon has just been blown up with dyna-
mite, and his paper, the City Item, will
not appear for some time to come.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
whore woman Would ra,s.

Detroit Free Press.
Woman is bound to be failure in
politics If our present methods of cam
paigning are continued She couldn't hit
the side of a barn at short range with a
brickbat or head OF. cabbage.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

We of the Ohio valley came out of
the early winter blizzard very we'll.
Along the division of the Baltimore
and Ohio, which extends from Cumber-
land, Nd, to Pittsburg the snow was
from five to eight inches deep on Fri
day, and trains were delayed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

The National chairman of the Wool
ley campaign says he is not surprised
at the defeat of his candidate. In
other words, the campaign was merely
educational.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

The Register presents this morn
ing an interesting table showing a
comparison of the electoral vote of 1900
with previous elections back to and
including 1863 1t is worth saving by
those who take an interest in politics,
both for future reference and as an ar
erment settler.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

That advance in meat is a hummer.
1t reaches three to five cents per pound
to the consumer in Chicago.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
The Modern Fable of the Lively
Girl Who Carried ON some
thing Scanda1ou..

A Girl who wore big Rat under her
Pompadour and preferred a short
Walking Skirt. even II Men did turn
around and look. had kind of an I'M
easy Wish to be real Devilish. She told
tH>t %te-% 1414ee<%-o-o- . =
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Chicago Record.
"A thoroughbred gentleman puts on his
clothes and then forgets them"
That's what try to do; but my tailor
won't let me-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11

Is blended the dying groan;
But here in the halls of fashion,
Hearts break and make no moan,
And the music swelling and sweeping,
Like the river. knows 1t all;
But none are counting or keeping
The lists of those who fail
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wl)sslia9 8s9ister
CHARLES II. TANsy. General Manage !.

The REGISTER, embracing its several
editions is entered at the Postoffice al
wheeling, w. Va. as second-class matter.
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How can open oysters at the honse?'
asked Laura.
1t is difficult for most people to have
shell oysters at home because few cooks
know how to open them and vixen they
are served it requires the attendance of
man to open them, which, Of course
adds considerably to the expense. Open
ing is comparatively a simple process. but
it takes some little time to serve family
One must have an oyster knife, which
costs about IS cents. The makeshift way
of breaking off the end of line shells with
Ratchet and inserting the kitchen knife
into the opening and prying them apart
makes very unsatisfactory job 1t is
very hard to describe just where the oys-
ter knife should be inserted. but there is
place about midway between the hinge
and the end where the lower shell is
thinned and does not come quite to the
edge of the she'll Here the point of the
knife can be inserted by rotary motion
of the hand, and once between the shells.
the edge of the knife can be drawn back
to the hinge. which may be forced open
by turn of the knife Always cover the
left hand with substantial crash towel
If you have not heavy buckskin glove;
the knife is liable to slip occasionally and
give very awkward and painful stab to
the opener. The oysters should be opened
Immediately before being served. and
should be as cold as possible. For this
purpose have a bed of cracked ice on each
plate for the shells to rest on. Do not
neglect the wedge of lemon in the center
for the seasoning and little grated
horseradish on an empty shell. for most
people think they must have it,"
How can I be sure OF the kind of oys-
tiers / am buying in the shell?- asked
Laura
The under part of the shell of every
Blue Point is white. the shell of the Cane
oyster is green; the Stamford. more ordin-
airy and not SO desirable. is brown and
dark; the Lynnhaven is very rough and
muddy. The northern oysters have =
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st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hindoo Rajahs are developing liking
for white women as wives. The Rajah ~f
Jh:nd has eloped with a pretty young
Englishwoman. The lady will be wife
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-11
New Field for Hciresses

Standard oil stock has gone up again
It's now $500 per share.